I'll hopefully get fitment pics after next Wednesday. It's all FG WITH a skeleton and stock lactch. The covers are removable via screws.

I got it on Ebay from Keycompositesgroup. $199 + $140 Shipping. I like it since not too many people are rocking it (compared to the Dmax-like hoods) and the design is KINDA unique. It's a copy of the FD hood made for an FC.

it's a good deal, IMO. I've seen it on other cars on the net so it's not like I'm being original, I just like how I don't see it around my area.

Miata_mx5 has a link to REAL Dmax hoods for under 600 (another good deal IMO) but I found out about it too late, plus, I think this new hood is an awesome deal.

wow, nice build deal, looks like you have put lots of time and money into her..

my .02

I hate the non pop ups
I never liked that hood on FC's

of course doing a build is all about your preference.. and for that sir I commend you and I think your doing a wonderful job.. keep up the good work and keep up with the updates.. THX for sharing

believe it or not, I haven't spent that much to get her here. 1K for the chassis, about 4K in mods and all the TII parts from my old TII. I still think it's coming out cheaper than other's builds.

I'm sure things will need to be replaced (need better IC) and some more body parts but it's been relatively cheap IMO.

I thought about it for a long time. I wanted the Border type 1 bumper (with the camaro-like headlights) but i moved on because they looked like camaros.

I then looked at knightsports headlights or the MIata conversion headlights but again, that didn't appeal to me for long.

I don't know how it came about but Higgi made me these headlight buckets and I figured it was a great time to do something different. I've been working on the headlights for at least a year and a half (from purchase of custom buckets to now).

I like the headlights since they're utterly different tahtn anything available for the FC but I hate how square the bottom part of the FC2K kit is. It's just flat!

I can't wait to get the car back to get her running.

I'm indecisive about the paint tho.

paint it something "flashy" lol

that's the thing, I don't want flashy. I know it seems like it because of the front end but I want the car to only look crazy to rotary owners and bland/boring to the general public.

My ideas:
PZ Black (stock S5 color)
Flat black
Shade green

The crazy idea is to go Vinyl!

well quitye honestly I was thinking green when I saw your car..

so I would go GREEN

yeah, I just don't wanna cheap out on the paint so I'd rather leave it primered for now. :dunno:

I'm posting these links for my reference BTW:
Next few items I wanna pick up...


http://store.summitracing.com/partde...?part=INN-3794
http://www.theautochannel.com/autopa...emn777893.html

I love those innovate products. I'm not using the gauge like you have there in the link, I'm running the big hand-controller. Also your car is coming together really great! Keep it up!

I personally DONT like the innovate gauges... not because of how they work, but I am into the flashy stuff and to me they are to boring..

as far as a gauge goes.. they are top notch for SURE!

well, i figured I might as well go with the gauge that comes with the LC-1. The other gauges are all black so this one fit the group best. Thanks guys....I'll be updating soon.

So I traded the blue hood for black rear seats + hardware and I ended up putting the vented hood on the NA for now.

I'll take pics tomorrow morning but I'm somewhat satisfied.

First it was chipped in the driver's side corner but that's not very important to me...lol, :dunno:

Now, the vent covers don't like strut tower bars.....it seemed to touch on the NA's bar. I removed it but the latch is too stiff so it wouldn't latch. I didn't want to slam it too hard (it FG) but I tried a couple of times. The spring is too old and worn and it's all stiff. I'll have to get a new sprint and then lube up the latch and see if it closes a bit better. I understand why they say to use Hood pins... I ended up removing the spring in order for it to latch overnight....It should be simple to open tomorrow.

Fitment:
There is a gap between the fenders and front bumper but I thought it was acceptable/expected considering the price.

I installed it late tonight so I didn't get a chance to take pics and inspect it better so I'll update with pics tomorrow.

Now, I went for a drive afterwards and I left the car on afterwards. Hot air comes out of the second vents (from the front) when the efan comes on. I put the thermometer on the hood closer to the fender and it showed 68* then I put it directly behind the vent (on the FG) and it showed 109*

Mind you that was after driving and the efan had just come on.

Those are the first impressions......I'll update this post with pics and more critiques....

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...7s/NewHood.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...s/NewHood2.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...s/NewHood3.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...s/NewHood4.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...s/NewHood5.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...s/NewHood6.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...s/NewHood7.jpg








So, I'm still having beef with the hood but It should be betther when I put it on my car. I'll modify the spring this weekend and see if it closes better.

I do believe I need hood pins....

I messed with the latch some more earlier.....Closes better now.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...7s/hood010.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...7s/hood011.jpg

Been running around like crazy trying to take care of some setbacks in the past 2-3 weeks but I'm slowly gathering parts and painting some.

SineAutoProject came through with an INSANE HOOK-UP and I'm very happy.

Here is the roof wing:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...grades/004.jpg

The headlight covers:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...grades/005.jpg

The pedestal and oil cooler lines from Comitatus:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...grades/009.jpg

Here are the mirrors after the fist coat of paint:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...grades/006.jpg

well, the NRS sell for $1100 per rotor (IIRC) while the Iannetti can be had for much less (Mazdacomp says that members cannot divulge prices under threat of blacklisting or something like that).

Ceramics....The wave of the future....

Turn signals came in:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...dProgress5.jpg

I still love the front end. It looks naked without the stock turn signals...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...dProgress2.jpg