Cheers Ayrton obviously I can't see the back bank but defo leaking on the front

Il get them ordered

Looking good smurf, whats next on the list?

Cheers andy
i found the tinting film in the garage... , so i have that to add to the list, and ive sourced euro fog light too.
it seems an endless list at times, its all good though, it keeps me out of mischief

Spray the wheels white ... Thats best part i guess , haha. I just love spraying something lol. White rocks .

thats on this list definately, i do like playing with rattle cans...this is my old cars(dancer) interior.....

Wow like that dash Paul, looks mate, i would love to have a white dash in KT, but worry about the glare an reflection of the sun, sprayed the original gloss black, and was always blinded gotta love the rattle cans

to be fair the glare was a bit of a bugger, womble will be having a blue dash eventually, with other bits n bobs white... , ive found a colour match blue which is a matte finish so hopefully is shouldn't reflect too much

that reminds me of one of our Aussie members from a couple of years back, it might actually have been Mike (UNLEASH), painted the dash white, got stopped by the Aussie rozzers and had to remove it before they'd let him continue

To be fair, its a teensy bit sunnier down under

when the dash was white on the old car i toyed with making a custom dash cover which had some of that non slip stuff on the back which could be put on for driving, then if required could just be lifted off for shows etc, i might resurrect the idea and have a go at making a few if there would be interest.
lets face it the interior of our cars as standard is a bit bland, and the bash is ripe for a bit of rattle can attention,

Must admit I've been toying with the idea of mine in blue

Couldn't agree more Paul, dash is a bit plasticky and boring

Well fingers crossed i have fixed the blowing exhaust, was a case of re-seating the gasket and best part of half a tub of exhaust paste, its purring nicely on the drive curing now , the real test will be picking the kids up later and heading down the a19

just had the tracking done and all is good , compliments from the guy who sorted it out too after a little test drive, he was impressed with the way it drove, handled and sounded

due to a welcome break in the weather ive finally, finally managed to get the zxi splitter/air dam fitted to womble, with some help from my daughter(she has called herself mazdameg)passing the screws n washers etc .





also my little blue skull dust caps came in the post today too....they are truly awful tatt , so meg has claimed them for herself, they will end up on some craft project she has going on

Splitter looks awesome Paul, I really like how it looks painted at the ends

looks lovely

So how is the civic front end coming along

cheers for the comments guys , im getting happier as its coming along.
ayrton, the front end is on hold at the moment, cant get a second hand one for love nor money, well, i can but they are going for around the £120 mark, which is a bit steep for a project which might not work, once ive found one at a decent price it will be full steam ahead.
Hope your trip is going ok too and these winds are not causing to much trouble

due to a mind numbinlgy boring morning i escaped to a new scrappy i found on tinternet, just a regular yard, found a 6 in there and decided i quite liked the gear knob(leather and brushed aluminium), so i then hunted down just a random 'one size fits all' leather gaiter...



slowly getting rid of plasticy/rubbery standard interior parts

Nice gear knob there:) are those seats leather? Looks nice too

no mate they arn't real leather on the seats, well not as far as i am aware, they are a 'racing style' seat, nice and comfy though

That looks well smart Paul

What did you get the gator out of?

cheers andy, it was off a pug i think, it had been shadily modded so i had a peek in and whipped it off, its not going to be on the var for long though as it has red stitching on it.... , but it sure beats the standard rubbery thing

Yeah mine went the journey aswell, I bought Ayrtons suade one from Bahgeera

sounds good. Hows the car? still putting a big grin on yr face , she does look good all scrubbed up

Still love it Paul, puts a smile on my face every time I drive it

I don't drive it hard, furthest I've gone is to 5k I'm not one who likes to thrash cars
I always let it idle for a minute or 2 from a cold start till she warms up and those pesky HLA's quieten down

Good stuff , ive had the dreaded white smoke on start up for the last two weeks... but i popped some wynn's stop leak in with the oil on friday, touch wood ive had no smoke since, and the engine feels a lot smoother and responsive too.
im not mad keen on additives, but this stuff claims to nourish the seals too, i know f's are renown for valve seals leaking and causing the white smoke on start up.

Just hope you don't end up with blue smoke chap like I have

shhhhhhh.....my colour them is blue and white....i just hope ive cured the white , im just hoping i havnt goosed the engine with putting an addititve in, ive never been keen on them since i did an engine flush on my old accent, totally killed it, the age old build ups of deposits had self healed most of its leaks, it ended up like a seive after i flushed it

Touch wood aside from condensation mine is pretty good

One thing I won't do to a mazda anymore is an engine flush, I did it on my 2nd BA and it was horrendous afterwards, serious blue smoke and a lot noisier

they should just call the stuff engine kill and be done with it....
just been chatting to a guy on a local forum and there is a rent a ramp facility near to me, considering getting the car in to give the womble a good underseal to help protect from rust over the winter slush/gritting period, as all of us in the north east will know the salty sea air doesnt help either, im only 50m away from the sea so the car gets it all year round