Needs moar pictars

That's all I got :dunno:

You're car is actually going to be in a comedic pic tonight or tomorrow.... I'll post here and in BAW :lol:

:squint:

Got the harness wrapped up and ready to install.

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Makes my penis cry blood

You might wanna get that checked out :lol:

Finally got back into fab work this weekend. It was a nice change from the wiring BS. The ABS bracket was interfering with my wiring harness bulkhead connector, so I had to redesign the mounting bracket. I forgot to grab pics of that. Brain when you swing by this week can you grab some snaps?

Also made some good progress on getting the fender wells sheet metaled. Passengers side is done with the exception of some hammer/dolly work, and driver's side is ~75% there.

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Nice man

Will also get trailer dimensions :suspect:

Thanks homie.

Word.

I never understood why they left those gaping holes just to be covered with the fender liners instead of closing them off with aluminum or something.

Weight reduction brah! :lol:
It has always bothered me though. The FC had nice metal fender wells. Oh well, it's taken care of now.

Well, considering other areas that were skimped on in the name of weight reduction, that makes a lot of sense lol. Never thought of that.

Why didn't they just do a tube frame chassis?? lol

Cost ;)

Well, obviously, but Mazda says weight reduction. LOL

Plastic radiator end tanks, check!
Plastic AST, check!

Makes sense to me! lol

Nah, the plastic is for cost, not weight... most OEM coolant tanks/end tanks are also plastic....

Yeah, but most OEM don't have super rotor fire!

I tried to make that sound as Japanese as possible, but that's hard to convey through text.

A little something for TIG'd up tuesday. Got all the WG recirc pipes final welded.

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It was a helacious weekend, but we made some good progress. Up till ~5-6 AM Friday and Saturday working was not fun. Gotta thank Brian for all the hard work he's been putting in with me. :icon_tup:

I finished the sheet metal on the driver's side, and we stripped the bay down for paint.

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Got the car flipped around and rolled it into our makeshift paint both in the annex.

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Then this happened. Dropped the complete sub frame out. We're going backwards! :lol:

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Brian fought through some issues with the paint gun and laid down some initial primer. We still need to mud/sand it then put down the final primer before color. It's nice to see it almost entirely one color!

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Bad. ASS!!! Looking great man!

So I guess this is how you've been spending your weekends? :lol:

Thanks bud!

Pretty much yeah :rofl: With the exception of a small hiatus for some personal shit I've been going up there almost every other weekend. The drive is a killer!

Yeah, I can imagine that drive would get draining... Have you thought about taking the train? I'm pretty sure I remember seeing Amtrak listing Stamford on one of the daily lines from Union Station when I was taking the MARC train as my daily commute for work..

Na, I'm usually shuffling parts one way or the other. Not to mention train tickets are expensive, and mouth breathers make me angry :lol:

:awesome: Cheers

Need moar sleep because less.... wait... wut? :rofl:

That fucking sucked but thanks for reminding me to find and order a rebuild kit..... note to self... no one else is allowed to borrow my gun....

Hmmmmm yeah... I tend to believe a train ride with a block, complete subframe, tranny, and PPF would be rather difficult to accomplish :rofl:

Incidently.... Need to think/discuss/plan parts returning.... may not need to bring engine/tranny next time. Might want to get the column, steering, ABS and brake lines in... all that shit before the engine gets cumdumped in.... wiring too is going to be a motherfucker to complete.

Ah, I didn't realize you were schlepping parts back and forth as well :)

Werd, It's why everyone needs a REPU

That.

Would have been interesting :lol:

Agreed. Thought it was premature for engine.

Unfortunately yes.

While loading it would have been easier. You have to be impressed at what the Fit can hold.

While the sub frame is out I've been working on refreshing the suspension/steering.

Installed poly PS, control arm, and sway bar bushings.

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New ball joint boots.

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New inner and outer tie rods, and new steering rack boots.

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New adjustable sway bar end links, and sway bar mounts as well.

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Still need to sand blast/paint the lower control arms and install the new bushings.

Well that made me wet

Sexy!!! I've always wanted to pull/blast/recoat the subframe and stuff... I'm jelly.

:awesome: Your arbor press has enough throat to do the arms? Nice!

Now when are you dropping the rear subframe? :smilielol5:

:ky:

No one wants to :lol:

Well, I'd like to be able to appreciate the end results.. We'll put it that way :biggthumpup::cheers2:

:naughty: :awesome:

I wouldn't say it's fun, but the end results are nice.

Negative, but I made my vice work.

I don't want to talk about it. I do have pillow balls and bushings that need to go in though :suspect:

This.

More accurate :lol:

:awesome:

:facepalm2:

Much

Why you facepalming me fool?

Moar parts going backwards :rofl:

Ah true, but should be relatively minor. Don't have plans to drop the subframe, the diff bushings are already done. Just need to do the control arm bushings, and the pillow balls. I also have toe links and trailing arms on order, so we won't have to deal with those bushings.

Ah, kewl.... was unsure how Treffeisenized you wanted to go with sandblasting and painting/powerdercoating the rear subframe



DON'T FORGET WHEEL LOCKS!

Yea I like the idea of dropping painting etc, but since no one will ever see it I'm not inclined to put in the effort if I'm honest :rofl:

Would probably like to clean/paint the control arms though.

Word. Send me a text next week to remind me.