New here, recently bought SP20

[A.E]

Hay names Ahmed. Bought a Mazda SP20 in yellow and a hatch.

Loving the car so far. Fitted the sound system on the weekend and loving it. Don't regret buying the car loving it.

Located in basshill Sydney.

http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc283/Ahmed_boi/photo-37.jpg
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I was sent her by marcs_sp20(ozmazdaclub) and bought a few things of rupewrecht

Can't wait to get the stuff :D

[Buzz_LightYear]

looks good. liking the last pic. welcome to AGT

[Rupewrecht]

Welcome!

[A.E]

Lol that last pic was abit of a accident. Did it one handed wanted the car in the middle lol turned out better that way tho lol.

Thanks guys

And Dan I can't wait for my parts. :D

[marcs_sp20]

Welcome to AGT! :D

I think you'll find a bit more info on SP20's on here then OMC ;)

CHeers
Marc

[wheeler33]

welcome mate! I'll keep an eye out for you on the road ;) drive through bass hill alot

[smurfy]

guessing marc got you onto the darkside :P

[marcs_sp20]

Hey its not so bad over here :p

[A.E]

Hay as long as the info is good I'll go to whatever side.

[A.E]

http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc283/Ahmed_boi/9c60ab49.jpg

Rimmaggeeee :D

[phunkdust]

Just noticed the custom number plate, awesome :D

[chicaboo]

Nice wheels. :)

[ethand]

Just noticed the custom number plate, awesome :D

i was about to say the same! very cool, mate!
and love the rims... wouldnt happen to be from dan, would they?;)

[A.E]

Yeah there from Dan :P good man to deal with :D. Personaly I love them, but I've had a mixed response lol some ppl are like why didn't you go bigger. But meh I think they suit.

The plates came with the car so I'm just leaving them on lol.

Plans for the next few weeks. Install my exhaust (also from Dan :P ) and get some springs, also eying off a CAI for sale on these forums and a autoexe front lip (marcs fault :P)

Cheers guys.

[A.E]

Also HiDs are in :P

http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc283/Ahmed_boi/e4a1f835.jpg

Had to modify those stupid adapters, air saw and superglue fixed that :P

[A.E]

So it's a sad time. I've had the car just over a month and I've managed to swing it into a tree (the only tree in my mates front yard -_-)

I kinda pushed out the major dint but it's all crumpled now

http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc283/Ahmed_boi/53b42ae8.jpg
http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc283/Ahmed_boi/661493ef.jpg

Bought a mirror housing today from greenacre( god bless the lebos who never close, lol)
Just need to take it to my uncle and see if he can beat it back, than get a mate to respray it. Happy days :/

[smurfy]

unlucky :(

[A.E]

Trade you doors :P.

Ps was in your area last night. Kurnell smells funky donno how my mate lives there :P

[RustyKaos]

It is much easier to just replace the door than get it repaired. Most repairers will use bog to fix it then smooth it out before painting which in my opinion adds more weight and possible future issues. Any good wreckers should have some for around $100 - $150 and probably in the same colour too. All you have to do is swap in the parts from your door (lock, glass, electrics, etc...) and your good to go.

Cheers Jarrod

[Rupewrecht]

Yeah, much better off with a swap. Even replacing it with a different color and getting that sprayed would be about the same cost, and then you've got a good door/quality repair that isn't going to have bog shrink and fall out of it over time.

[smurfy]

Trade you doors :P.

Ps was in your area last night. Kurnell smells funky donno how my mate lives there :P

ahah kurnell always smells and its so far away from everything!

[A.E]

Yeah it's quite a drive. But it's enjoyable.

Dan do you have any links in Sydney with wreckers??

[Rupewrecht]

Yeah it's quite a drive. But it's enjoyable.

Dan do you have any links in Sydney with wreckers??

Nah not really - down here moreso. There's a list of wreckers in the Forced Induction section though.

[marcs_sp20]

Contact this bloke on Ebay - he's from sydney and has looks to be a yellow Sp20, you may get lucky ;)

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/mazda-323-astina-bj-sp20-engine-motor-good-condition-/260713195431?pt=AU_Car_Parts_Accessories&hash=item3cb3b7a7a7#ht_500wt_1156

[A.E]

Marc your a beautiful man I'd kiss you if I could lol.

I sent him a message I'll await his reply. Cheers bro

[smurfy]

i bought a few things off him.. very easy to work with

[A.E]

He doesn't have one :(

[smurfy]

try, http://www.formazpartsplus.com.au/Home/Home.asp

they were wrecking one on ebay not to long ago...

[A.E]

Yeah I sent them a enquiry but there off til the 4th. Cheers bro

[arden]

hey mate
ever considered removing the black side door mouldings??

[A.E]

Hard to remove?? Does it look a whole lot better ??

[arden]

Hard to remove?? Does it look a whole lot better ??

the mouldings are easy to rip off but the hard part is getting the glue off.

looks damn good

take a look at my photos

http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2213811/2002-mazda-protege5

[A.E]

Mmmm I'll ad that to the list.

After I repair the door I'll be doing some nice work. ;)

[SP-20-DB]

Hay mate was looking at buying that car. I think lol but decided on a red one... looks sick hope it treats you well and hope I see I round town, im the revesby area alot.

[A.E]

Ah your just down the road. Lol I almost bought a red one but there was a ignition problem with it so I left it with the dealer lol.

[SP-20-DB]

Nah not living there anymore but all my mates and family friends live in the area so always around there... it's a good buy mate love the rims on it. Makes it stand out. I'll keep an eye out for ya.

[A.E]

Night vision. :P
http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc283/Ahmed_boi/96e764db.jpg

[A.E]

Autoexe intake on it's way :D

[phunkdust]

I pulled off the door mouldings and the glue took half the paint with it. Seems they are not all made equal. So respray is on the cards now, sigh.

[A.E]

You should of heated the strips first. That glue can be a pain. Kinda the same as the door seals I've done at work. Pain to get off have to use a caramel wheel.

In other news I've got the exhaust on :D

http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc283/Ahmed_boi/f706d806.jpg
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Sounds meen with that silencer in it. Just the tone I wanted. :D

[Rupewrecht]

You should pull the silencer out - it seemed to make bugger-all difference LOL

[marcs_sp20]

Was going to say arent they restricted to 95Db?

Looks good mate, good to see that exhaust finally went to a good home ;)

[Rupewrecht]

Yeah there's a 96dB sticker on the muffler, but i never knew whether it was with or without silencer. At least the silencer you've got is an adjustable one.

[A.E]

I'll play around with it tonight. So on full throttle it's still won't go over 96db??
My Capri was 97db on idle. Lol we tested it at Tafe.

[Rupewrecht]

Not 100% on whether it's 96db with or without the silencer

[A.E]

So fixed my clerance problem today. Through in a longer hanger. No more rubbing on the bumper. :D
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http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc283/Ahmed_boi/9f856433.jpg

Couldn't figure out how to remove the silencer but meh I'm happy with how it is now.

[phunkdust]

You should of heated the strips first.

Parked it in the sun on a 36 degree day, thought that'd do it :(


Looks like there's just that one allen bolt holding in the silencer (the vertical one) should pull out if you remove it I'd say.

[Rupewrecht]

Looks like there's just that one allen bolt holding in the silencer (the vertical one) should pull out if you remove it I'd say.

Yep. Pull hard though!

[A.E]

Yep. Pull hard though!

Lol cbb I was eating lucnh at the same time.

[smurfy]

were you in the shiree on friday nightt ?

[A.E]

Just seen you list this. Mmmm nope I was asked to come down but I declined. However I was at nulla beach than kurnell on Sunday.

[trent188]

u need a long strong hook and then yank at it mine was a massive pain in the arse to get out!