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No worries at all man, it looks good on the cortina! Alternator shat itself around wellington / Palmerston North, but another GC off here that I was dropping off some bits for hooked me up with a spare battery so I could start again to get home. Just didn't turn it off from Palmerston North till Auckland haha. And yep the ears were a bit sore by the time I got back up here.

the roof rack looks good on there man! awesome build btw too, so cool it's all tucked under the bonnet with no scoop or bulge

Evolve or die ... some one famous once said something like that right?

So finally got springs sorted from Archers ... Went to pick up my replacement front coils two weeks ago and they had given them to someone else and tried to give me a pair that wasn't going to fit, wouldn't believe me that they wouldn't fit, so I drove back home, got my standard front coil and took it back to show them the diameter differences. So another week later and I finally have captive non-cut front springs. They sit at the perfect height I was after for too, so WOF's shouldn't be a hassle. However, while I was under there, I noticed that the inner tie rod ends are rubbing on the steering rod ... So now I know Rx7 inner tie rod arms are no good on a 626. Outers are fine. Managed to find some through super cheap though (fingers crossed, on order) so will see if they are good when they show up. Anyways, picked up some firewood on the weekend, got a few funny looks towing the trailer!!! http://oldschool.co....n/#entry1603115 once this suspension shit is all sorted, I'll put up a parts list with all parts numbers so if anyone else does this mission they'll have some numbers to use when calling shops.

The weather held out, windy and a bit chilly but only got a small amount of rain. Sweet to meet some new peeps and talk about stuff! Nice pix too!!!

Any one driving from out southern ways?

why didn't you just take it to PAC? surely you would have been better doing so haha

Looks good so far gonna be a crazy little car when you're finished!!!

Will try get along to this one and bring the new car

So, finally got this down on the ground again yesterday! Front springs were sitting way too high, even after driving around for a few km's so I'm taking them back to Archers to either trim properly or get another pair made up. So the cut springs are back in the front temporarily. Rear sits perfect though, and the shocks keep everything captive too. All new front steering bushes, tie rod ends have made it feel like a nicer car to drive too. May be selling this soon too, will see about garage spacing with the new (older) car. http://oldschool.co....n/#entry1603115

such a cool build! good luck with the cert process, hopefully it goes well

Picked up the new springs from archers yesterday; fingers crossed they're as low as I asked ... Always nervous when ordering one off made springs! and pretty much all the ball joints / tie rod ends are stuffed eg; so ordered these in and picked them up today with the lower arm ball joints from auto lign; And gave the front / rear bump stops a little skim to hopefully get a bit more clearance Still have to shorten the shocks (hopefully get that done this weekend) and waiting on the front bush kit coming in from australia, and then it's re-assemble time. http://oldschool.co....n/#entry1603115

Thats no sharn at all bro, thanks for the info!!!

And another thanks to Archetype for another sticker I got made up for the doors; And was getting a bit sick of the bouncy cut springs, plus it'll be WOF time again before I know it, so figured now's a good time to properly sort a few suspension bits n pieces. These are the cuts (1 front and 1 rear) vs the standard height springs, will be taking these to Archers and get them to make something up about the cut height Got the struts out, will have to trim down the front bump stops a bit, as the cut spring height was pretty much on the bump stops Sourced some new shocks from Autostop, ended up being quite a bit cheaper than all the other suspension places I tried. Never heard of VST before, but oh well, almost half the price of Munro shocks so based on price along, I'm sure they'll be great! And while I was under there, I had a check of a few of the bushes, will probably end up replacing a few if not all of them. I also noticed that the passenger side control arm looks like its taken a hit. Nothing else under or around here looks like it's been repaired or twisted, so maybe it just wacked a rock or something once. Will source a 2nd hand one from somewhere and swap this out. Discussion thread; //oldschool.co.nz/index.php?/topic/50482-oldrx7s-1981-mazda-626-discussion/#entry1603115

Can't do this anymore unfortunatly. She's offering two free tickets to the 1940-1960's themed ball which did sound like a bit of fun

Can use this if need be, just need to know a few more details of timing etc

was a sweet day, weather just held out which was cool, looked like it was gonna piss down a couple of times. good to meet a few people off here as always and have some yarns about stuff. got a few more pics i'll put up a bit later; check out the green beetle!

These are the details I believe from the other thread; 8.30 am at the Bellagio cafe carpark on Plunket ave Manukau then head to Hamilton

' will also have a spare seat if rustisize doesn't end up making it. I'll be leaving from papakura, then meeting up at manukau with the rest of the peoples.

damn 7am is too early for me haha. 8.30 sounds perfect!

am keen on this, will have a seat or two for peoples. where in auckland to meatup before?

cut dem springs and it'll be all good!

keen! 626 convoy?

sweet, if i end up getting and trying out some rx7 struts without springs i'll get in touch

^^^ Thanks mate , rear shocks aren't proving to be the problem, but that is handy to know. Anyone used the 'on autos' people on trademe? Might end up getting the bushes through them http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/car-parts-accessories/mazda/suspension/auction-1068488564.htm