Ben's SP20

[Ben]

Originally Posted by swift jimmy

Your making me want to go spend $228 on car care products.. yes probably around the same price as getting a pro detail but that said how much of the products to you have left?

Thats exactly right, i now don't have to buy pads, buffers etc. the products itself probably only cost around $70.

[Ben]

Some new pics.


Mazda SP20 by Photographs_by_Ben, on Flickr


Mazda SP20 2 by Photographs_by_Ben, on Flickr


Mazda SP20 by Photographs_by_Ben, on Flickr

[Chris_180]

Hmmm very nice mate! Lip is looking better

[Ben]

Thanks Chris, i hit it with the heat gun and got out all the wrinkles, looks much better!

[Ben]

Got my bumper brackets thanks to Darryl!

Before, could fit a finger in the gap easily




During: Love to destroy. Also 10 ton of leaves fell out as you can see. One of the plastic clips was completely snapped and it fell out when i took the bumper off.


After:

[morganluke]

I want to turn your bumper over... Did it get scratched whilst on the concrete?!

Makes a big difference! Looks good

[mynameisdaniel]

Originally Posted by morganluke

I want to turn your bumper over... Did it get scratched whilst on the concrete?!

Makes a big difference! Looks good

I thought the exact same thing! We'll just pretend he's got a towel or something under it that we can't see

Huge difference, your gap looked like it was worse than mine!

[Ben]

Originally Posted by morganluke

I want to turn your bumper over... Did it get scratched whilst on the concrete?!

Makes a big difference! Looks good

Huge difference hey... No it didn't get scratched i was very careful.. Not that it matters, has scratches anyways from previous owner :/

Originally Posted by mynameisdaniel

I thought the exact same thing! We'll just pretend he's got a towel or something under it that we can't see

Huge difference, your gap looked like it was worse than mine!

The actual plastic clip was broken/gone haha

[Ben]

Installed my RDA rotors yesterday and some new pads!



Before:


After:

[maz sp20]

Looking good Ben

[swift jimmy]

looking good :-)

Did you notice the difference going from standard to slotted?

[Ben]

Originally Posted by swift jimmy

looking good :-)

Did you notice the difference going from standard to slotted?

Yes indeedly. I actually locked it up "testing" them. Insanely better. However, my old rotors were fairly rooted so anything would have been better

[Chris_180]

Very nice mate, brakes look great and most importantly work better by the sounds of it!!

If you don't mind me asking how much and where did you get the rotors/pads from...!? Prob something I will have to do in the nearish future...!

[Clean_Cookie]

wait until another 20% or free pads deal comes up from GSL rallysport. Postage is cheap via courier, and are great to deal with, bought a few things now from them! its about $400 depending on what you choose. if i were to do it again id recommend what Phil got, the DBA rotors rather than ones like above(RDA), simply because they come with a gold coating which stops them from rusting and looking ugly, ive used both the remsa and QFM pads. i like the remsas more but create a fair bit more dust than the virtually dustless HPX from QFM. (remsas were about $15 more a set?)

[Ben]

Originally Posted by Chris_180

Very nice mate, brakes look great and most importantly work better by the sounds of it!!

If you don't mind me asking how much and where did you get the rotors/pads from...!? Prob something I will have to do in the nearish future...!

I got it from GSL rallysport here on the forum. Had 20% off. They do it every now and then. It ended up costing $333 for the 4 rotors, 4 pads and the courier. Free to get them fitted...got my grandfather who was a ex mechanic to help. Fairly simple job.

Originally Posted by Clean_Cookie

wait until another 20% or free pads deal comes up from GSL rallysport. Postage is cheap via courier, and are great to deal with, bought a few things now from them! its about $400 depending on what you choose. if i were to do it again id recommend what Phil got, the DBA rotors rather than ones like above(RDA), simply because they come with a gold coating which stops them from rusting and looking ugly, ive used both the remsa and QFM pads. i like the remsas more but create a fair bit more dust than the virtually dustless HPX from QFM. (remsas were about $15 more a set?)

Didnt even think to ask about DBA ones ah well.

QFM are apparently dustless. Haven't seen any dust yet and the rotors are still looking shiney as they were in the box. Done about 250km so far lol

[Zenki]

Originally Posted by Ben

Also installed LED's in the number plate... They are bright but phone pictures fail.

How did you manage to change those number plate bulbs? I tried but couldn't get them out

[smurfy]

ahahah i had the same problem for ages till db showed me... you like slide it to the side and pull it off

[Ben]

Theres a clip you push in, then you slide it the opposite side the clip is and pull at the same time...The clip is really tough generally, so i got a screwdriver (on a rag of course) to hold it in for me while i slid and pulled it outwards. Fiddly job, but once you do it once its easy.

This sounds really dirty...

[xeon8]

Car looks awesome Ben How did you take/photoshop the picture with the 'clear' bonnet?

Loving the red brake calipers haha, makes me want to paint mine now!

[Ben]

Thanks Nick. You take 2 pictures (Not moving the camera at all) one with the bonnet closed and one with it open. Then merge the 2 in photoshop with the bonnet closed one on the top layer. Then select the bonnet with the selection tool, cut it to a new layer, then change the opacity so it looks clear. Super easy.