New bonnet, door handles and gauges.

[yonner]

quite fancy those door handels and ur mirrors. whare did ya get em

[J4P RX]

Originally posted by yonner
quite fancy those door handels and ur mirrors. whare did ya get em

Read the first post :rolleyes:

[yonner]

i ment the mirrors

[chrisBoid]

Andyp : yep I had a metal one put in, I heard that Mazda started putting metal ones in at some point anyway, mines a \'96 and was paper though.

yonner : the mirrors came with the car on import, they are Ganador I believe.

[iaint]

Lurvely car Chris, nice one!

Depending on where you put them and how tight they are, the pins should help the front shutline (corners) and make everything perfect!

Iain

[chrisBoid]

Yep, I was thinking of placing the pins between the headlights, to help get those corners down!

[yonner]

il giv u my bonnet pins ine xchange for ur mirors wee jsut took our full bonnet of whitch never realy fitted flush with the side pannels so we are thinking of sommat nicer but tbh i keep saying about all these mods we are doing and the thing still aint runing ::mad:

[FDDreamer]

absolutely beautiful...so jealous! love the carbon effect, both inside and out. car is a great colour also. you did a great job of picking the car...how long were you waiting until you found the right example?

also, could you tell me where you found it and what you thought of the service etc? i\'m looking around currently at a lot of importers, and am v interested in first hand experiences! thanks!

[chrisBoid]

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They were excellent and I fully recommend them.

After I handed over my ideal spec / wish list I had to wait 4 weeks for them to find a suitable example which surpassed what I thought they could find  It then took a further 4 1/2 months to get my hands on it because of the import process.

It didn\'t turn up in the spec you see here though, I\'ve added a lot onto it in the 9 months I\'ve had it  Getting a car in excellent condition with a good set of things done to it is very very rare as far as I could tell, so I opted for the good condition side of the bargain with a view to make it more special myself.

[FDDreamer]

absolutely beautiful...so jealous! love the carbon effect, both inside and out. car is a great colour also. you did a great job of picking the car...how long were you waiting until you found the right example?

also, could you tell me where you found it and what you thought of the service etc? i\'m looking around currently at a lot of importers, and am v interested in first hand experiences! thanks!

[chrisBoid]

Took me a while, but I finally took a shot of the DEFI boost gauge and RE-Amemiya steering column pod, in case anyone wants to know what it looks like

I only took a picture because I was at a show taking pictures and it started raining, so I was sat in my car with a camera!

[FDDreamer]

Awesome. Looks suitably impressive mate! Small wonder your car won best of show with attention to detail like that! CF looks lovely, though even for your FD i think 300mph is a little optimistic! :p

Thanks a lot for your info, everyone is full of praise for Miguel and Newera, and after looking at the DVD i can see why! I\'ve been looking at their site for ages now, and every FD they\'ve had in has been excellent.

Interesting that you chose the path of buying a car with a view to personalise it as it\'s something i\'m thinking about. As i\'ve wanted one for so long i\'d ideally like to get the EXACT one i\'m looking for, in terms of kit, spec etc etc. But realistically, the chances of finding it are next to nothing so i was thinking about buying something less unique (but ensuring therefore the quality was top-notch) and spending some on Ross\' services!

Fair to say you\'ve certainly succeeded in making an already special car even more so, surely there can\'t be much more on the wishlist?

[chrisBoid]

Hehe, yeah I have a had comments about the 300 "mph" before.

Ooop, it wasn\'t best of show, it was best 3rd gen

When I first set out I knew that I would not get exactly what I wanted, so my plan was to get as near as possible then go from there.  I did think that after my first round of additions I would be finished though!

I am eyeing up my third round of additions now and I haven\'t even seriously looked at the (insurance hitting wallet pounding) performance mods yet!

If you want power then you can invest in an already modded example which would be the best economically viable way of doing it, but I am happy with getting it built the way I want - I get to learn a massive amount along the way too

[FDDreamer]

Best 3rd gen? Ah well from a certain perspective it\'s the same difference...the FD is without the best car ever to have come from japan, and as you had the best example of the best car that\'s a winner in my book! :cool But out of interest, what type of car won best car (if there was such an award)?

Well at least i\'m lucky in that performance mods aren\'t even a consideration for me! I\'m going to have a tough time of it insuring the beasty standard, plus 250bhp+ is MORE than enough considering it\'ll be my first taste of big power,turbos and RWD.

If finances are permitting, i agree totally, doing things your way and learning the how\'s and why\'s is all part of the fun. Like when you were little and built lego. Or something. :rolleyes:

[eatmyrx7dust]

I saw you a JAE...nice car !