Resurrecting a 144k FD by Fd3BOOST

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Sup guys, 

I've been slacking on working on the car. I bow hunt and the rut is kicking in so I've been spending my free time chasing bambi through the forests of Southern Maryland. 

Last night I spent a few hours compounding the paint and it looks pretty good. It will have to be buffed with glaze after the I'm done compounding the sanding marks out. 

I snapped a few photos when I wrapped it up at midnight. I don't know when I will get back to wrapping this up, hopefully soon. i accidentally splashed lacquer thinner on one of the fenders so I ended up buying a new fender and have to start one of them all over again, which really blows. 

The color washed out in the last two photos of the fender vents but you can see that there is no visible line where the piece was filled in..

Anyway have a great week all.

1-12-2014

No updates, I've not been able to devote any time to the car. I have way to many things going on through the fall with the hunting season and then the holidays. Hopefully work will slow down enough going into late winter and into spring to get time to start putting the car back together. 

I've been stock piling parts and will be buying a set of wheels probably in March. Most likely CCW classics. 

The color of the paint is pretty well discussed on previous pages. It's House of Kolor paint. "Majik blue pearl

3-3-1014

Well I don't know about any of you guys but I am done with winter. I have been snowed in all day and I'm bored to tears, Not sure why I have plenty of things I should be doing but I digress, I thought I'd post.

I haven't made any significant progress on the car but have the ball rolling in the right direction. Until the weather warms up I am not going to finish wet sanding and buffing out the paint. Not to mention I have to re-do the drivers side fender. That being the case i changed gears and turned my attention to the suspension. I've removed all of the pieces and started pressing out the pillow ***** and bushings. i ordered a super pro kit from J-Auto a few months ago. Juan was a nice guy and I would recommend him if anyone is looking, His price on OEM pillow ***** was actually less than what Ray Crowe at Malloy Mazda could offer them at if you can believe that. 

The biggest problem that I encountered with pressing out the bushings is articulating the parts in my press. I actually broke one piece of bar I was using and caught my finger pretty good doing so. 

This was yesterday. I have not pressed the new bushings into place yet. I ordered some zero fittings off of Amazon and was going to drill the control arms for the zero fittings to avoid any possible future squeaks that might arise, although I have searched and did not find anyone complaining of that. 

Here are a few pics to stare at.

Completely off topic but again, I'M SNOWED IN WITH NOWHERE TO GO.... REDRUM...REDRUM..

So I picked up this RE street diffuser and some Feed side skirts off of Fritz this past summer. Should make the car look diabolical. 

No fake **** here.... 

And I pulled out the A/C equipment along with the sway bar and the steering rack. 

I just ordered some boots and tie rod end from Mazda Trix a few minutes ago to freshen up the rack. 

I also went ahead and ordered a new Racing beat front sway bar. That should just about wrap up the front suspension. I have no plans to do a new sway on the rear, I want that nice and soft. I will however order some softer rear diff bushing mounts. I think the Super pros may transmit to much vibration. I was considering the Pettit offering, Anyone have any thoughts? 

As far as the A/C is concerned. I have to do some more homework, started reading up on it last night before the eyes got heavy and I Zonked out. I want to have as cold A/C as possible, what ever it takes is my motto there. 

Anyway random photo of the stripped out engine bay.

This picture just makes for an interesting comparison. 

My spare jeep tire (36" iRok) next to the pulled motor.