oldrx7's 1977 Mazda 929 wagon - Discussions

[kyteler 48,519]

Looking slick boss

[jake. 367]

Fark yeah looks rad!

[rembrandt 28]

Great wheel choice. Cool to see someone modding a rx4 wagon, dont see many around now

[oldrx7 6,406]

thanks guys, pretty stoked on how the wheels turned out, pine engineering certainly know their shit!

[SHGWAG 2,035]

Such a sweet sweet whip

[Cullen 1,682]

Taking this to leadfoot or reunion?

[oldrx7 6,406]

Unfortunately not.  I'm off to Japan on the 2nd-14th Feb for a snow holiday so I miss two of the best summer event's that I'd want to go to.

Next year for sure though.  Planing to be at Nats in Featherston with this though.

[dx pwr 1]

Wicked wagon man I'm currently building my own few years off looking like yours but its goof to see there's still a few of these around !!

[chris r 6,483]

It was good to have a ride in this at nats. Bloody good in person 

[oldrx7 6,406]

21 hours ago, dx pwr said:

Wicked wagon man I'm currently building my own few years off looking like yours but its goof to see there's still a few of these around !!

 

Thanks man!  i can't take credit for most of the hard work that was put into it, but its had some love over the years.

Get a build thread going for your one bro

[kiwi808 10,141]

New grill paint job looks badass. Looks heaps better than all silver.

[Matteybean 892]

Black looks awesome! I like it better than all silver 

[Mazda Dave 91]

Yeah bro! Looking dirty as

[johnnyizegem 155]

Love it!

[kyteler 48,519]

Double check those tie rod ends are right.  Are they even locking into the taper? It looks as though there's a massive step on them instead of a gentle taper so they may not even be going far enough into the knuckle? 

Could just be me looking at a tiny screen on my phone though. 

[yetchh 3,758]

Ball joint looks substantially different from the original.. 

[bigfoot 1,069]

When you get it sorted, bring it down to me for the alignment/boss will do you a good price

[oldrx7 6,406]

1 hour ago, kyteler said:

Double check those tie rod ends are right.  Are they even locking into the taper? It looks as though there's a massive step on them instead of a gentle taper so they may not even be going far enough into the knuckle? 

Could just be me looking at a tiny screen on my phone though. 

 

1 hour ago, yetchh said:

Ball joint looks substantially different from the original.. 

 

I've had a decent look at them - was thinking the same as you both that the taper looks different.  They sit nicely in the knuckle though.  Annoyingly they're the same part number (different brand though) so if you both are right may have to look at replacing them.

[morkster 1,273]

Should have got 555

[dabuzz 1,254]

there are two different sizes for rx4/929 models, and not by much, put a vernier across the small end of the taper to compare - going by images (eyecrometer) you have the wrong ones