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HMT's '93 BG - Resurrection

WOW what a nice restoration effort. Looks very nice.

omg that was an awesome restore from start to finish.
good work mate.:):):)

bloody brilliant mate, looks awesome with the snow sprayed up the back.

That looks good from start till now
Anything else planned for it
Wish mine was that clean!

Not really, no. Was thinking about swapping the engine but i actually like it as it is now. No need to change anything. All that's left to do is proper maintenance.

How long and how much much did all of this take?

Awesome job.

Heated seats!!!

Uh, well, most of it happened between April and August 2007 - when learning for graduation, i took half the days off to relax while working o the car :)
I spent about 1000€ for parts n stuff, so it's really a cheap thrill...
The detail work happened later on...

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Originally Posted by HMT (Post 222819)

http://www.project-l.com/images/astinadynamic/89.jpg

Why you don´t turn filter just down, this extra hose what comes near radiator don´t work as you think. It don´t bring colder air because engine and radiator warms it up. If you don´t want turn filter down, move that black hose from oter side tat it won´t be near radiator and engine. There is a holes where you can move thru. When I but filter then I had no bumper on car and wached that cold air can move thru filter. And if you direct air with this hose, then build wall between the engine and filter. If you turn filter down then don´t needed to build wall. That´s why I turned filter down. If you don´t understand tat I mean, I can but some pictures how I place the filter. Only let me know.

Fitted an oil temp gauge some time ago...
http://www.project-l.com/images/asti...0-mar/n8-2.jpg

thats some intense footwell lighting there!
does that get distracting?

i thought my blue ones would but that looks really intense

quick question, how did you get the aircon/fan controls completely evenly blue! i want to change mine from the green but dont want bright spots, yours is brilliant! well done! also love the dials :)

Cheers :) The heater control was easy since it's just a EL glow dial placed over the unit.
As for the light intensity, that's only a matter of photography - in real life not distracting at all!

where the heck did you get that! looks sweet! very envious of it all lol

no, the uv ones that were in my brothers commodore was distracting, the strobe lights hidden in the kidney grills, were also distracting.

well done on the restore. It's good to see people still see the potential in the old astinas.

awesome revamp dude! ;)

awesome revamp, spent about an hour looking at the photos and drooling lol. where do you live so i can steal your instrument cluster?

That thing is tops, very impressive restoration.

Out of interest, do you have any more information on your front lip? I have the same one (photos in reader's ride) but don't know much about it.

Cheers guys.
The lip is from a german company called Foha - you could order it from your mazda dealer around here...

Very nice, it looks amazing.

How can you change the dash / speedometer and add light inside?

Hey Man, hopefully you're still around these forums.. if not can anyone else tell me:
How do you convert the dash instruments to white and do the lights and such?
Any help would be much appreciated!
Simon

I am indeed - was just surprised about the thread necromancy :)
It's fairly easy - you could buy new illuminated dial facia that you could juyt put on top of the original dials. I then only painted the needles and changed illumination to red bulbs.

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Originally Posted by HMT (Post 222817)

Interiour decontamination:

some color
http://www.project-l.com/images/astinadynamic/47.jpg

Hey mate, don't know if you're still around here, i was just wondering how did you colour your rocker/valve cover? Is it powder coated? or did you spray it yourself?

And how much did it set you back? (If you don't mind me asking)

The car came out beautifully, well done!

Cheers

Thanks mate. I think i just sanded it down and sprayed it with brake caliper paint.

Sooo, it ain't dead yet!
Gave the car to my mom in 2014 and just got offered to have it back since she bought a replacement.
It has had a bit of a rough life but does not look like a lost cause. Those pics are the last ones from a few years ago:
http://www.project-l.com/images/asti...15/resto06.jpg
http://www.project-l.com/images/asti...15/resto05.jpg

Unfortunately i crashed it a bit during a winter touge session so the front end is only minged roughly into shape. Would require a new front mask in addition to brake lines, brakes, gaskets and some minor rust removal.

Still, how could you say no to this face?
http://www.project-l.com/images/asti...15/resto33.jpg

Atm I'm chewing on the idea of getting it registered as historic vehicle in 2024...