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Prep & Paint
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I finished painting my front dash and door panels using plastic trim paint today. It was alot of work but I’m very happy with the black and beige theme. Here are some progress pics of the work I did today. I removed the two front seats to fix some rust yesterday and prepped the car for painting. Primed the dash and door panels. Painting process.. Final product after 8 hours of work
Long weekend interior blackout!!
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Long weekend update: Encountered some rust on my seat rails while prepping the interior for paint. So I ground off the rust to bare metal and painted the rails gloss black. The plastidip/clear coat combo isn’t holding up as expected on the door handles. So I will be painting my dash and door panels flat black using plastic paint tomorrow.
Mazda6 brake upgrade
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Swapped out my driver side p5 rotor, pads and caliper to 04 mazda6 brakes this morning. Also picked up a new set of BB2’s 215/45/17.. Met up with Frank yesterday and painted all 4 of my calipers black. It was a bit rushed since we started really late in the evening. Here are some pics of the car from this morning .. Front: (Height | Width | Weight)2006-09 Mazda6 (v6) : 298mm | 25mm | 19lbs2003-05 Mazda6 (v6) : 282mm | 25mm | 14.8lbs2003-03.5 Mazda MSP: 273mm | 24mm | 13.5lbs2002-03 Mazda Pro5 : 257mm | 24mm | 12lbs Rear: (Height |...
MSP Racing Hart Wheels
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I got a set of racing hart wheels for my 24th birthday. I couldn’t wait so I slapped these on to see how the car would look with new wheels. New tires, rotors, pads and a front caliper are on the way.
The Hunt for MSP Parts!
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1147kms and ~17 hours of driving later, I came home from Montreal today at 1 am. I got a chance to meet CMQ member and pick up his 5 lug conversion and a new/used protege for my friend. In all the trip was pretty awesome, just the drive home was brutal since I got caught in the thunderstorm. Here are some update pics of the open mouth grill and 5 lug swap. Hopefully I’ll have the swap done within the next couple of weeks. Also, I picked up a set of msp headlights and installed them today. I really like...