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UPDATE! Finally being fed up enough with the body shop my insurance sent me to back in August and having the car looked at by the collision center at my dealership, I've decided (and just finished) telling my insurance co. I'm not happy with the work done to the car and I'm choosing my own body shop (yay for that being legal in FL!) for the car to be looked at again and fixed.
The list of what's currently bothering me:
They butchered the mounting point where my front bumper meets my left front fender, they misaligned that fender to begin with, there are pinholes in the bodywork they did on my rear right quarterpanel along with more oversprayed paint, the ...back bumper doesn't align with that quarterpanel correctly, theres also paint run on my rear bumper on the left hand side. They forgot to fasten down my front cowl on the driver's side, and I'm gonna be going over every inch they touched again soon to see if there's anything to add to the list.
And that's overlooking the bolts and plastic rivets they used to fasten body panels back together not coming from Mazda or other OEM spec pieces, just what they found around their shop.
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Originally posted by Mazdaspd2008 View PostUPDATE! Finally being fed up enough with the body shop my insurance sent me to back in August and having the car looked at by the collision center at my dealership, I've decided (and just finished) telling my insurance co. I'm not happy with the work done to the car and I'm choosing my own body shop (yay for that being legal in FL!) for the car to be looked at again and fixed.
The list of what's currently bothering me:
They butchered the mounting point where my front bumper meets my left front fender, they misaligned that fender to begin with, there are pinholes in the bodywork they did on my rear right quarterpanel along with more oversprayed paint, the ...back bumper doesn't align with that quarterpanel correctly, theres also paint run on my rear bumper on the left hand side. They forgot to fasten down my front cowl on the driver's side, and I'm gonna be going over every inch they touched again soon to see if there's anything to add to the list.
And that's overlooking the bolts and plastic rivets they used to fasten body panels back together not coming from Mazda or other OEM spec pieces, just what they found around their shop.sigpicBACK TO SQUARE 1
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Originally posted by Lex View PostMuch easier to work on a BG - especially since the turbo is in the front
My MS3 is fully bolted already ... I guess the next step is a bigger turbo if I want to go that route. At 300whp and more torque than that already I just wish it was AWD.
Car is looking great love the painted FMIC. YEp Radiator core is a composite like plastic, unbolts pretty easiy. (helps whem removing soem of the motors).
Keep up the work on the car. looking good.
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$3000 for an AWD swap is actually pretty cheap all considering---Has ClubProtege helped you in someway? show your support by Contributing--- Click Here---
1992- project FE3..... 313 WHP @ 9.3psi
I pet my dash when I get into the car..."good car"he actually has a mazda tree, parts grow on it
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UPDATE! The car is currently back at the body shop to have the problems addressed. Not my dealership's shop, after talking with my insurance co. and the dealership shop we decided it was best to take it back where it was originally. The owner said that the car would be done tomorrow because he was starting it ASAP, I won't hold my breath because they made me wait numerous times the first time around, but hopefully all the problems will be fixed correctly.
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Originally posted by Mazdaspd2008 View PostUPDATE! The car is currently back at the body shop to have the problems addressed. Not my dealership's shop, after talking with my insurance co. and the dealership shop we decided it was best to take it back where it was originally. The owner said that the car would be done tomorrow because he was starting it ASAP, I won't hold my breath because they made me wait numerous times the first time around, but hopefully all the problems will be fixed correctly.
HPLogic Mustang Dyno @ 15psi on MS1 v3 226 whp / 195 ft-lb [HD Video]
Soon to be powered by a Precision snail on crack...
Add me on more pictures of my projects can be found there.
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Originally posted by jinx View PostUgh, It better get done right this time because that was some slop work they did to your poor car
On another note, I've decided that when I get a turbo upgrade it'll probably be to the BNR Supercars stage 2 setup... it's a GT28 center housing machined to fit with the speed 3 ends. The stage 1 reuses the stock compressor housing but the stage 2 has an upgraded housing with an adjustable actuator and custom outlet to reach up to fit any intercooler using the stock outlet location.
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Just got charged $185 to have my purge valve replaced -.- I hate dealerships. I'm gonna check my warranty info and see if I can't have it covered under warranty the car is less than 3 years old and the purge valve has nothing to do with any of the mods I've done so there's no reason it shouldn't be covered. We'll see.
Atleast my idle AFRs are now perfect (hovering around 14.69) and we'll see if my rough idle problem is gone next time I need fill the tank all the way from E.
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Me and Mike spent the day giving it some under the hood attention and love I hope it's running a lot better now. The more I'm around it, the more I want one..
HPLogic Mustang Dyno @ 15psi on MS1 v3 226 whp / 195 ft-lb [HD Video]
Soon to be powered by a Precision snail on crack...
Add me on more pictures of my projects can be found there.
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Here are some shots of our day's work, about 1/3rd through the day I was completely forgetting about pictures so I'll get some shots of the finished work later on.
It's running a lot better, btw, except that part throttle BOV release problem.
Our target, the brake booster line. Our mission, install a vacuum block for extra vacuum ports. Who wants to volunteer to wire tuck this setup!? Anyone!? :D
Upon getting to the bracket we needed to remove to get the block installed with Jinx's custom bracket (thanks again) we found a hole in my boost controller hose. Here's everything we took out to get to and fix the problem.
Problem solved! New reinforced hoses and a lower out of the way mounting point.
We found this as well, big slice in my recirc tube, which was replaced with 5-ply silicone! That's definitely not breaking anytime soon!
Like I said, I forgot partly through the day to snap pictures... so I'll get the new recirc tube and the vacuum block installed soon and add them up here.Last edited by Mazdaspd2008; 12-08-2010, 05:03 PM.
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