Very reluctant to post, seeing as i've done NONE of the mods/upgrades on it and don't really claim it as my own, but plans in the pipeline have spurred me to post.

Bought this car from BORDER back in June, 54,000 miles and a shed load of history to boot, so was pretty chuffed.
Mods included 40mm lowering all round, 18" alloys, K&N cone filter, stainless steel exhaust, and loads of other bits and bobs.

This is what she looked like:

[img]http://i651.photobucket.com/albums/uu232/repta323/Mazda%20323f%20%20Estoril/Image6-1.jpg[/img]

[img]http://i651.photobucket.com/albums/uu232/repta323/Mazda%20323f%20%20Estoril/CIMG0104-1.jpg[/img]

I have no recent pics as i haven't done anything to warrant taking any.

At the time of purchase the alloys lacquer was starting to peel, so a refurb is on the cards after crimbo.
i've not cleaned her since buying, so really need to get that done before the winter gets here.

Other than that i plan to dress up the engine bay to a tasteful standard, sort out a few little bits like the split front splitter and just generally keep looking after her.

Next couple of weeks i will be doing a well needed service

i must say, even though i do miss my ZXi SE (especially when seeing Mazdasteve's!), the 1.5 is still an awesome little engine.

Oh and massive praise to BORDER who got this car car looking as good as it does

Tidy motor

that is a beautiful ride you have

Always loved this car, glad its gone to a good home

Looking forward to seeing what you're going to do to improve it

Improve?

I'll try!

Got some Kerr Nelson 10mm wires coming soon and new sparks, will be doing an oil change this week and might get round to sorting the tired looking splitter.

Thought I'd better update.

Gave the car a good ol' service a few months back, the usual oil/filter, some uprated sparks, and a set of Kerr Nelson 10mm HT leads which make the bay look about 10 times better (did give it a little clean too). She now runs a lot better, the leads/plugs combination really do improve economy and responsiveness.

Also i recently bought a Whiteline front strut brace and have sprayed the ends black as the other paint was flaking off, unfortunately they didn't come out perfect due to a combination of bad weather and impatience but still look okay in my opinion.

Pics to follow

[img]http://i651.photobucket.com/albums/uu232/repta323/Mazda%20323f%20%20Estoril/20120126_160707.jpg[/img]

Just need to do something about moving the filter.

Also to do is to respray and re fit the splittter not really sure how to go about it; All black, or the middle black and the 2 side parts colour coded? (had planned to do that to the V6 but never got around to it)