My 6 year FC project

[WE3RX7]

So this is where the story gets slow and boring.

Basically, I ended up moving around, changing jobs and getting held up in other projects (FBs, RX8s, etc) and really lost sight of this project. I knew I'd get back to it when I was more stable, but I did keep the car around and added parts when I could.

February and April 2006 - Start collecting suspension parts

I decided I'm basically working the car from the "front to back" restoring things as I go.

I picked up a new RB front sway and end links, along with a mazdaspeed lower control brace. My plan is to also refurbish the control arms, all the bushings, steering rack, struts/springs, etc as well.

[WE3RX7]

Its depressing, but I lost my job in 2006 and the project took a big back seat for a while.

This is basically where I am now with the car and I'm starting the project up again.

I got the garage all cleaned up and here is where I currently am with the car.

I'm working on customizing some black interior I got from my friends parts car as I do want to swap over to black interior completely including new carpet, etc. I just need to go back and get the dash out.

Basically, after I get the black interior cleaned up, I'm going to redye it in some areas, replace a lot of it with custom CF replacements and then get the cage installed. I am still holding off on the seats for now as I need to see how much funds I'll have left after all this but the interior thus far will be:

-S5 black dash, misc parts
-S5 carbon fiber door panels
-Carbon Fiber gauge center console / idiot lights gauge pod
-RE Amemiya boost gauge / misc defi monitoring gauges
-autopower 6pt cage welded in place and door bars added
-RE Amemiya steering wheel
-SPARCO quick detach steering wheel hub

Should be good. I'm just looking for clean and functional.