RXFORD Posted September 18, 2022 Author Share Posted September 18, 2022 The plastics on the trimmed recaros were a bit shit, and the adjuster knob had chunks missing, so I swapped out some nicer ones off some parts seats I had before fitting them back into truck. Also gave the stock rails a quick prep and rattle can to clean them up and match the adaptors. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RXFORD Posted September 18, 2022 Author Share Posted September 18, 2022 I had to make some new mounts for the centre console. For some reason the mounts I had were wrong. Maybe 4wd vs 2wd tunnel or something. Got that done and mounted and the sub fitted back in. Swapped the stock steering wheel out with a nice Momo Ghibli 3 wheel I had to match seats somewhat. Other than another vacuum, and finding some better suited floor mats, the interior is now complete. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RXFORD Posted September 18, 2022 Author Share Posted September 18, 2022 Finished tidying up the Lh side loom and snipped off all the unused plugs. Sorted and rewrapped the engine loom too. Spent a bit of time fault finding in the horn circuit. Found a faulty horn relay in engine bay, so got that swapped, mounted the horn behind grill and got that wired. Need to give it a bit of a clean, and the headers/inlet manifold a polish but most things are done engine bay now. Had a little rubbing of the front tyres at full lock during cert check, so ended up raising front about 10-15mm, lowering bumpstop 10mm, and limiting steering. The drop spindles didn't have an adjustable steering stop, so I had to drill and tap them to suit. Might check valve clearances during the week but pretty much ready for the recheck next week now. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RXFORD Posted October 3, 2022 Author Share Posted October 3, 2022 Coupla saturdays ago @cletus was a top bloke and did a cert recheck for me. I had to swap out my steering stop bolts to a dome head style but other than that, it got signed off and paperwork sent away after 'celebrating the queens death' Monday holiday. Got the message today that all is sorted at Lvvta's end and the info has been loaded to the site. Stoked !!!! 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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RXFORD Posted October 3, 2022 Author Share Posted October 3, 2022 Whilst waiting for the cert to go live I managed to find a part number for genuine pedal pads as my brake/clutch pads were pretty shit, and metal showing on the brake pedal is a wof fail. Almost ordered from overseas, but figured I would check locally first. South Auckland Ford/Mazda had stock and are cheap as chips. Also FYI, the same as FC Rx7... so ordered a couple pairs and had them turn up the next day. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RXFORD Posted October 3, 2022 Author Share Posted October 3, 2022 Did some ghetto paint chip touchups and took for a quick drive round the road to get some pics whilst the sun was out. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Popular Post RXFORD Posted October 10, 2022 Author Popular Post Share Posted October 10, 2022 100% Legal now! Took to Vtnz today and other than a few things noted, (slight rear brake imbalance and play in drivers door hinge) it was a clean sheet. Its been a while since I've had to get a Pink/Green sticker Wof and holy fuck do Vtnz exploit the fact they are one of the few that can do them these days. $212 and a 45min check. Farkin Burglars. And wtf is there issue with phones in the carpark? I rekon they might need more signs... 9 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RXFORD Posted October 30, 2022 Author Share Posted October 30, 2022 Have been putting a few Kms on the ute. Took it over the hills to the lockup last Sunday as it was a beaut day. Used it for daily duties for a few days during the week. Even did ute things with it... Swapped it out with the Cordia yesterday so now utes crammed in the home garage and Cordia gets a spot at work. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post RXFORD Posted October 30, 2022 Author Popular Post Share Posted October 30, 2022 Cordia has been neglected since I took it down to Hamilton in Jan 2021. Have only been in the garage and seen it a couple times since which is terrible considering I park infront of it every night. Anyway, its at the shop now, so I stripped the rear end today to start on the taillight/latching panel. Bit worse than I though, so here we go again... 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post RXFORD Posted December 19, 2022 Author Popular Post Share Posted December 19, 2022 Took the mazdawg on its first major outing yesterday with a buddy I met up with Cambridge on the way Destination was @hoods place in Rotorua. Got burgers and went to the lake. Dog got treats and splashed around in a new environment so she was happy. Stopped at Karapiro for a bit on the way back. Truck ran like a top. Only issue was its fuckin gutless. It cruises sweet, but nothing home when ya stomp the loud pedal. Been a while since I have driven one so figured thats all it had to offer, but whilst stopped in Karapiro I did some checks. Felt like secondary throttle wasn't opening. Sure enough, accel pedal gets full dort on carb, but only off the primary. Might have a linkage missing. Will figure out this weekend, but other than that it was a great shakedown cruise for it. Bloody road closures on the way back added an hour to the trip so that sucked. 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RXFORD Posted December 21, 2022 Author Share Posted December 21, 2022 Clearly didn't get the Cordia sorted in time for drag day. Had a good crack at it, but gave too many of my weekends away leading up to the event. Had to bring dog to supervise scrutineering til the old duck woke up and could look after her. Big day, she was out to it on the way home. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RXFORD Posted December 21, 2022 Author Share Posted December 21, 2022 Started off Cordia repairs by making a quick jig to bolt to the boot latch mount. This will help locate the rear panel and confirm shapes once repaired. Then drilled the orig spotwelds to split the inner latch panel from the outer. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RXFORD Posted December 21, 2022 Author Share Posted December 21, 2022 Folded/stratched a new hatch seal flange, tacked on, marked my hole centres, folded a patch to replace some ugly pitting, clamped on and scribed cut lines. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RXFORD Posted December 21, 2022 Author Share Posted December 21, 2022 Cut out and fizzed in. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RXFORD Posted December 21, 2022 Author Share Posted December 21, 2022 Made another jig to keep my widths where they need to be then removed the corner gussets. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post RXFORD Posted December 21, 2022 Author Popular Post Share Posted December 21, 2022 Repaired the drivers corner gusset by welding a new lip to it. It was actually a pain in the ass to get right. Maintaining the lip angle, the curve and the upsweep with each adjustment had me going round in circles but got there in the end. 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RXFORD Posted December 21, 2022 Author Share Posted December 21, 2022 Onto taillight surround repair. Templated good side, and transferred it to some plate radiusing the edge to give me a simple hammerform. Marked my oversize repair section, cut/folded and riveted it to the hf. Bit of heat and some gentle persuasion got me the shape I wanted. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post RXFORD Posted December 21, 2022 Author Popular Post Share Posted December 21, 2022 Scribed/trimmed/welded and filed the slots for taillights. 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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