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  • 3 weeks later...

I have desided its time for a change. I have found some 808 hubcaps. So i am guna change them from my chrome outer trims and centre caps to the 808 hubcaps. When i got the hubcaps they need a good clean and polish. So i clean them up and took them down to the local polisher. He did a prety sweet job but wasnt cheap.

After i got them back from the polisher. When he polished them it took off some of black paint in areas. So i deside to sand back were the paint was and repaint

This what they looked like after that:

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I used some fine line 3M tape 2 mask out the shapes and areas i wanted painting

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After i masked the shapes i wanted i covered the rest of the hubcap with paper to stop over spray.

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I used a airbrush to paint the areas. Which workd realy well. After i pealed of all the tape this is how it came up:

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I was prety happy with how it came out. Not bad for a first time doing anything like that. I will try get some more pics when they all finshd and on the car.

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Heres a pic of a wagon i found with a visor. This wagon doesnt seem to have the chrome trim arond the roof line tho.

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I have kinda test tryd the visor on my wagon to see what it lookd like but the chrome trim around the roof line seems to get in the way if i was guna mount it there. I ant keen to take off the chrome trim.

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The front struts and suspension need a bit of work so i deside to rebuild them. I got all the suspension parts sand blasted back to bare metal and repainted in black.

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So far i have only put the front stuts back together with new shock inserts and dobi lowering springs. Which lowered the car about 60mm. Not to much as i dont want the front wheels to rub or wreck the guards.

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Also brought all new nolathane bushers for front and back suspension just havnt got around to putting them in yet.

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HELP

Ok guys i need some help. When i last took the wagon for a wof, the guy at the wof station said i have play in the steering wheel. So i check that the steering wheel was on tight. That was all sweet. So i took off the steering wheel and found the steering column has play in it. So is there a bearing or somthing inside the column i need to replace?

Any help would be much appreciated :D

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  • 3 weeks later...

Little update:

I have been slowly collecting up mint or Nos 808 parts

So far i have got:

Nos nose cone top piece:

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Nos nose cone lower lip:

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Nos head light surounds:

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Also a few Grand familia grills:

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I am after any Nos mazda 808 parts. So if anyone call help would be much appreciated :D

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