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Old 16-09-2011, 03:19 AM   #1
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Stu and Caroline's 323F V6 from the U.K

Hi guys, all of this thread has been lifted straight from Club323F so may contain references to other people etc

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Right guys and girls we have just bought a V6

These are all before pictures this is as we received it on saturday morning.

So far including picking it up its cost us £333.

I will let the pictures do the talking now.























Righty today has been a busy-ish day!

Firstly I started off with this.







After a little while with my trusty rotary machine polisher and a bottle of Meguiars Ultimate Compound I ended up with this 50/50 shot



After another 30 mins I ended up with this,




After the bonnet was done ( it needs a bit more work to be perfect ) I moved onto the passenger wing, I decided to take the mudflap off though and I ended up with this,



After a good clean down with some Meguairs Quick Detailer, A compound and some Megs Gold class wax I ended up with this,

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Old 16-09-2011, 03:20 AM   #2
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Then I turned my attention to the mudflap It started out with this,



And after some Megs quick detailer And Megs trim detailer and a bit of Elbow grease it ended up looking like this,




And back on the car,



Looking all good and shiny now, Don't worry about the arch this will all be sorted when the wheel come's off to clean that.

Bought her a little present too,



When putting them on I decided the wiper arm's could do with a little re-furb, so that's what I did,

Before I did the arm's You can see they are rusty :roll:



And after I finished,




After I did all this I popped on the new Crystal clear side repeaters,



When I had completed this I looked at the front of the car and decided the numberplate holder had to come off, Unfortunately I snapped the plate when I pulled it off Give's me an excuse to buy some shiny new one's
Anyway here is the picture,

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That is all for now until tomorrow, I may have the front bumper off to polish it

Righty today has been a nice steady away one agian, Decided to tackle the wheel arch on the passesnger side, Here are some pics,




I used some cheap Morrison's all purpose cleaner and a dish brush type thingy, anyway Ended up looking like this,




After this using some Trim detailer They looked like this,


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Old 16-09-2011, 03:21 AM   #3
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Cleaned the alloy wheel but I forgot to take picture's of it, looked ok in the end though. Did get some pics of my Nuts though . . . . .




Nut's aren't perfect Could do with re-chroming but that is one for the Future.

After the wheel was back on I started on the bumper and wish I didn't bother

I have had to wetsand pretty much the whole thing then G3 and then finally Ultimate compound, I haven't waxed anything yet though, Here are some after picture's, I still have the other side to do so I will get picture's of that tomorrow,





Working my way around the car and to get to part of the bumper I have had to take out the headlamp, whilst I was in there I cleaned and polished what I could,



And finally for today Headlamp back in and looking shiny,





And an ermmmm reflection ( kinda ) shot of the drivers side front bumper before polishing,



After Wetsanding with 1200 grit,



And finally polished,



Removed the splitter ( Just for you Paul . . )




Picture of the holes for you Paul,




Whilst the splitter was off I decided to replace the centre section with the Brand new part i had from Mazda,




And polished the clips in the end of said splitter,

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Old 16-09-2011, 03:23 AM   #4
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Splitter back on the car all clean and polished and the rest of the bumper finished, Polished and Waxed,



Onto the badge I started yesterday,

Just lacquered,



Sanded,



Polished and on the car,



All completed and waxed, Just missing numberplate and fixing's,



Nice reflection shot on the bonnet,



Drivers wing Before, I have also given the mudflap the same treatment as on the passesnger side,



Drivers wing after, Forgot to get a picture of the mudflap :roll:



Bought and Acquired some stuff recently too,

Silvervision bulbs,



Some new trims, Front doors, Both trim's above the doors and Front door seals.





A new bonnet release to replace the awful old one,




Finally I have a nice Sony stereo, I forget the model name,


That's all for today, More will come tomorrow Uploads will probably be on saturday
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Old 16-09-2011, 03:24 AM   #5
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Anyway, removed the stonechip guard flute and polished it all up, Looks lovely now, but as always, on with the pictures.

Driver's Side,




Wing mirror,



Stonechip guard and arch,





Some nice shiny after shots now,




And the Stonechip guard and flute,



And the wing mirror,



the spoiler is really doing my head in though, Wet sanded it but can't seem to get much of a shine on it, Dont have any picture's from after I sanded or polished



Finally today before I decided to call it a day I removed the rear light's to clean inside them and so the boot shuts,





Polishing today, Door latches, Looks well although the drivers side needs a little bit more attention.

Drivers side before.



Drivers side after



Passenger side before



Passenger side after

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Old 16-09-2011, 03:26 AM   #6
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Ok Ok to keep you pic hungry lot at bay here they are. . . . .there is lots of them though

I started off removing everything and then cleaning everything, I hope you will all take the time to have a quick spring clean in your arches to keep the rust at bay

I'm very shocked at the top mounts Can't believe the car was still on the road. . .

Anyway here goes

Before, during and after pics all here















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Old 16-09-2011, 03:28 AM   #8
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Now onto the topmount mess.....

How it should look. . . .



How it actually looked. .





The wheel :shock:





The strut.....





Very bad
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Old 16-09-2011, 03:29 AM   #9
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BJ steering wheel, Variable intermittent wiper switches, chrome handles, front fog switch replaced, jap auto up window switch, bonnet lifters painted and fitted and some custom dials

Guess you want pics?

Steering wheel before



BJ steering wheel after being drilled with a 7mm drill bit top and bottom



3.3Ohm resistor in place for airbag



Bonnet lifters before



Door before



After pics

Steering wheel, dials and switches









Chrome handles



Bonnet lifters



Done till tomorrow
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Old 16-09-2011, 03:30 AM   #10
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More updates, she is now back on the road after all the suspension and brakes have been renewed, I also took this time to give the old girl a little spruce up as she was looking a little tired after winter :shock:

Lots of pictures here so they can do the talking













This one with flash to show lack of swirls etc







Up on the axle stands









A few after the sun had gone away :roll:





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Last night down the beach infront of the skatepark










Today is nice and sunny in Scarborough so we did some nice pics







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Old 16-09-2011, 03:31 AM   #12
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This is where we wanted to be but we can't get in there







To finish some nice reflection shots of the clouds and stuff :lol:











There is some swirls and very light marks evident but I haven't yet got all the different pads and polishes I need and the paint is sooooo incredibly soft.

Right then, after keeping a few secrets for JAE I can now reveal all of the mods to the car

Exterior

4300K Hid's with slim ballasts
Lamin-x yellow front fog lights
Kato muira 18" wheels powdercoated black
Clear side repeaters
Egr headlamp protectors
Black painted tow hooks
Euro rear fog light

Interior

Leather gear gaitor
Double din cd/dvd player
Custom dials by HughieW
BJ sport steering wheel
Custom intermittent wipers from an MX-3
Jap spec auto up window switches

Engine & preformance

Powder coated rocker covers, brackets and slam panel
Hand polished stainless steel nuts and bolts
Bead blasted and lacquered intake manifold
Stainless steel power steering and brake fluid resevoir covers
Mazdaspeed oil cap
Limited edition HKS 1.3 bar radiator cap
SFS performance 2.5" induction hose
Aluminium 2.5" 45 degree bend
K&N air filter
K&N oil filter
Ash racing 8mm Fuel pipe
19mm breather filter
Stainless steel T clamps
Powerflow dual exit exhaust
8mm Kerr nelson HT leads
Sickspeed HT lead seperators
Custom JAE rad cap

Suspension and brakes

BC racing coilovers
Front standard strut brace
Rear ultra racing strut brace
Super pro poly urethane bushes
Front and rear drilled and grooved discs
EBC Ultimax pads

Couple of pics





The wheels are now all black and they look much much better, I am yet to get some decent pictures though

That's all for now

Stu and Caroline
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Old 16-09-2011, 04:18 AM   #13
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nice car man love all the work I wish I could get my car that shiny, I like the stance with those BC's in.
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Thanks very much, the BC's are fantastic and I mean really fantastic
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Old 16-09-2011, 06:53 AM   #15
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Holy jesus you are anal about cleaning. I've never even thought about the door lock latches, and especially never thought about cleaning under the wheel arches. It looks brand new dude, amazing work. Engine bay is pure porn too. I'm guessing you have won or will soon win a LOT of car show trophies.
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Old 16-09-2011, 07:02 AM   #16
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Thanks mate, I have soooo much more work to do under the bonnet, I want every single clamp replaced with a stainless steel T clamp like THIS

I will almost be happy at this point, YES I'm very anal about cleaning and no I haven't won an award . . .yet, It only made it's debut last friday
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Old 16-09-2011, 07:34 AM   #17
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Yay someone else thats ridiculously crazy about cleaning! Car looks a trillion times better with a good clean! I need to get me one of those buffers you had!

you also got some nice mods coming along!
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Old 16-09-2011, 09:32 AM   #18
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Wow, a lot of effort there Stu - it certainly looks the goods
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Old 17-09-2011, 02:53 AM   #19
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Thanks for the comments guys

Ben - I'm going to have an extra nice (but expensive) modification on the way soon thanks to Dan
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Old 17-09-2011, 03:04 AM   #20
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Thanks to Moddedclassic on Club323F for taking these pics for me



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