not really an update, more of a new pic after the weekends tinkering, car now handles a treat after the drop links and bushings have been replaced, handles like a different car , swapped over the rear nearside strut as the old one had started to develop a leak, just need to get the top mount for the front, only the bearing is going(starting to seize and stick), but i may as well change the lot rather than just the one bit.
and with still being impressed with the white wheels i did the calipers too, every bugger in our local boy racer hang out spot has bright red calipers, so i decided to be different(for a change) and do them yellow

Looks great and the yellow was a good choice

cheers ayrton, yeah its just little bits going on at the moment, but they are starting to add up to the bigger picture.

Ive ordered these for the centre caps on the wheels too, the full white look needs to broken up just that little bit i think

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/4-x-Mazda-Spe ... 0835991962

Looking good paul not low enough though

ha ha ha, cheers, aye i know, i would like to go lower but having 3 teenage kids and a love of camping.......just dont mention the coilover option , they are there on the list....

Looking very nice there!

well today was a good day when the postman arrived, this has arrived from Japan courtesy of Masse......



WOW!!!!!! a thing of beauty, now i just need to decide where to put it....i think it will get a special place inside the car

I'm glad you like it.

not a lot to add recently, have a few bits on order from ebay to arrive, a few jdm goodies en route.
also started a saving fund for something a little bit extra special indeed.
but need to sort out the handling first...
feels like the front wheels are not actually connected to the car.
mot reveiled that one of the top mount bearings was starting to seize, so i intend to replace them both, as well as replace both front drop links and track rod ends.
are there any front end bushings i should be thinking to replace also?

finally picked up my new lockwood white dials from the post office depot....adam, they are spot on mate , also started to put together a list of all the parts i can think of to sort out the front end.
Are the control arm bushes pretty straight forward to swap over?

well, its been a while since i updated all thats been going on with the car.....

here is Womble as she sits today



pretty happy with the way she is looking at the moment, but a fair few things will be happening over the next week or so,

but first a bit of a roll call of thanks for upcoming changes

White Lockwood Dials - adamhicks
Clear side repeaters - Cosmos1989
Armrest console - Dale
Post Ford front fogs & Switch - mazdaman88
Mazdaspeed front splitter - mazdaman88

Thanks guys, your help is apprecited, as is advice from you all on how to fit bits ive not tackled before(dials - stuartspel)

also recieved some nice mazdaspeed dustcaps
and the shine is courtesy of a bog standard buffer bought from cash generators, the search continues for a decent one though

very nice smurf! looking good dude! im thinking of going back to the square plate and seeing this had just made my mind up haha

Good though dude! look forward to seeing how she progresses with the new updates

Looking good mate!

Looking good Paul

I love those decals on the front doors, I had planned to get those when I had mine, never got round to it though

Very nice mate i think the dials make a world of difference

Cheers Guys , now i just have the agonising wait for the postman......

beautiful

shameless mod steal update......my engine bay is not what it was....its been getting dusty and oily so was in need of a bit of a tidy up, thanks onyx for the inspiration on this one.....still have the rocker cover to do, new gasket ordered so hopefully will be all done for next weekend, will be staying white



i do still have a spare heatsheild which has been polished up should i ever feel the need to change back over

just to add, ill be doing the heatsheild bolts white.....

Great work, whats with the intake manyfold? Any plans?

cheers mate, always good to helped along with a bit of inspiration, not totally sure as yet, in the past ive just been polishing it up as ive never removed one before so not sure of whats involved....

ive just ordered some silicon hose for a few bits under the bonnet, but not able as yet to find any top/bottom hose kits......

Looking good amurf. If you want an amazing degreaser use bilthamber hd.

Cheers Ayrton, its my own fault its very oily under there....typical schoolboy error, topped up the oil, forgot to replace oil cap and went out in the car.......oil everywhere, even in places i didnt believe oil could reach...oops

ill have to have a look out for it, ive heard you mention it before and how good it is

I had the same problem with the intake haha, i planed to get it all polished but there is so many stuff on it, i gave up on that idea und just polished what i could... Ive never seen it painted on a 1.5, only stock or polished, so i will just leave this here...

thats certainly different....lol, i do believe another member from here Mazz did paint hers red.......looked good too, but if i were to paint mine i would probably go for a blue/white combo, mines even worse to get to now ive added the strut brace....lol

ive just decided to try and set an hour aside a day to clean little bits of the bay at a time.... , well thats the plan anyway

well, all being well, this will be getting delivered courtesy of mazdaman88(Graham) on friday..



its had a bit of a ding on the passenger side, but from close up shots, nothing that cant be repaired and repainted.....

i think this will now be the third incarnation of womble's front end...... , and the last, as ive been after one of these for long time now.

Oooooooooooooo very nice

im like a kid waiting to see santa.....cant wait

fingers crossed paisley freight handle it very carefully, i know it will be wrapped well, so it will be all repaired and painted ready for a cruise/meet im going too next wednesday, its going to be going matte black, rather than colour coded like the v6 splitter is at the moment

Oh noooo not paisley.... they are awful. They are the ones that wrecked my carbon bonnet and there are countless stories online of how useless they are

yeah i know.....thats whats worrying me a little, ive heard many bad stories about them too.....ive had bits delivered from mazdaman88 before and i have to say they were extremely well packaged, so i have no worries on that point. but yeah its Paisley freight...fingers crossed for me

its arrived............................

and unscathed too...phew

already sanded back, filled, first coat of primer on...still a long way to go yet, but at least i can see what needs doing to it now...all being well, on the car tomorrow eve