oldrx7

I'm sure it won't be a POS for long in your capable hands. As the tile says, I'm sure this will be an interesting build thread.

Do you still have Mazdaspeed wheels?

Is this other projects fred material?

Annual update. Still haven’t begun the manual swap, I got tempted by looking at yahoo for wheels and used the money I’d been putting aside for flywheel, clutch and associated bits n pieces to purchase a new set of feet. Sold the 17’s nice n quickly, turned out a few people wanted them, but first in best dressed. After just missing out on a few nice sets of wheels off yahoo I put a few local wanted posts and the lovely chap @sr1600 reached out saying he had something that might tickle my fancy. He sure did … 16” work ewing III’s. He lives not too far from me which made a test fit nice and easy. I really like the look of them, oldschool styling but in 16” which helps with ground clearance, and don’t look as big and out of place as the 17’s did. I’ve spent a few hours taking off some black paint and polishing bits that had dulled off while being stored. Maybe next year I’ll start that manual swap … but don’t hold your breath lol

Awesome story! Nice looking car, will be watching the project thread keenly!

Bro that's looking amazing! Great stuff. Have you thought about the door frames being black instead of body colour?

@J4m13 & @sr1600 - what's youz fullaz opinions of stuff in there?

I think that's why some shops act as the conduit for builds. They'll undertake work on the car, and organise the cert for you, but they won't be the certifier, and IMO that's a good safety net / quality control. You just have to pay the cost of someone else sorting admin on your behalf.

@dabuzz - some of your knowledge might be handy here. Have you ever seen the 0 readings on a compression test before?

Is it nationwide rules or state by state ... that could make a difference.

Yep, no harm in doing so, little effort to make a copy and flick it to them. Hopefully the invoice has the details of exactly what was required to make it work.

Archers springs in Takanini have made me new coil springs numerous times.

What did you get from the Hunua general store?

Round 3

Just over on page 3. Pics kinda show the difference - blue rx3 coupe has the fat plate and orange 808 has the smaller plate.