My FD Resurrection

[MattDaKav]

Hi folks,

I\'m new to the wonderful world of Mazda\'s. I have been, and still do, play with Nissans and Vespas mainly but I\'ve always wanted an FD so I\'ve got myself a new project.







I know what you\'re thinking... she\'s a real looker huh... :Giggle

I bought it a few weeks ago as a Cat C write off & I\'m in the process of returning it to the road with a few alternations.

Some progress...






I\'m not going for a billion horses or anything but I thought I\'d share my labour of love with you.

Still cant decide on a color! :Hammer

[myatt1972]

Quite a lot of progress if you ask me, stick with black, always looks good.
That 300zx in the background is the spits of one I had on a n F plate, also had a turbo on a D plate, great cars.
Keith...

[Rotary_Menace]

Looking good fella, nice to see them being bought back on the road. How long have you been working on it, seems you are doing a good job. was there any damage to the chassis?

Keep it back, the by far the best colour, although it never stays clean :-(

[MattDaKav]

Thanks.

Yeah, I\'ve had a couple of Z31s... that one\'s on its way to being a 400bhps-ish track car. Hence I need the RX as a daily.

Black is nice but I\'ve had so many black cars & fancy a change.

[MattDaKav]

Mods so far:

Wing mirrors removed,
Spoiler removed,
CF Bonnet,
350Z wheels,

[MattDaKav]

Looking good fella, nice to see them being bought back on the road. How long have you been working on it, seems you are doing a good job. was there any damage to the chassis?

Keep it back, the by far the best colour, although it never stays clean :-(

Cheers mate. I\'ve only had it a month. Been working on it at the weekends when its dry.

Luckily there was no chassis damage. The bonnet, light covers & front bumper were the only victims. Panel gaps are all nice & straight. Hopefully get an MOT in the next couple of weeks.

[RobMatthews]

your gonna need a drivers side wingmirror for an mot and dont you need to get it checked over slva center befor an mot? Im liking the wheels a lot!

[MattDaKav]

Sorry, I should\'ve said... I\'ll be mounting small mirrors on the window plates.
It will need an MOT before the VIC as the car has to be road worthy before they\'ll VIC it.

[MattDaKav]

MOT today! Fingers crossed!

[fil_auto]

^^^ Good luck bud - let us know how it goes! FC in the background?!

[MattDaKav]

Not an FC mate... Z31.      

[fil_auto]

^^^^ Cool!

How did the MOT go?

[MattDaKav]

Aaaaah! Fail!
 
My power steering pump doesnt have a pully on it. I didnt realise that was a fail.  :3Confused
 
I\'ve got ten days to find one if I want a free re-test.

[tiger18]

Ive got one sat in the garage if you want it,, not sure how much tis worth.

[MattDaKav]

Really?!? Sweet.

Well there\'s a set of five FC pulleys on ebay for £18.50 so I\'m guessing its not worth loads. I\'d be happy to give you a tenner for it... if you\'d take it?