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Old 03-04-2012, 10:52 AM   #21
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Had a sick day today, so I went and visited the panel beaters. Bonnet, left headlight and left guard are straight and on the car but unpainted. Front bar was missing, which means its in prep or spray. Either way they said the right parts were in and it will be finished either tomorrow or Thursday. So I will get the upcoming 4 day weekend to muck around good and proper. Was good to touch her again, dusty as she is. Back on cloud 9 now.
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Old 03-04-2012, 11:21 AM   #22
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Yay... now we can stroke our little white play toys together!!!
Pics of fixed panels when its done too pleash. I need more motivation as I am getting a cold and will most likely have some days at home soon.
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Old 03-04-2012, 11:24 AM   #23
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Yeh I think a welcome home photo shoot may be in order.
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Old 05-04-2012, 05:56 PM   #24
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She has finally come home! Super stoked right now. Just spent a little while checking everything and its 99% perfect. They left a ring clamp off the 90deg elbow that goes from my pod to my AFM. I don't have any spare but I'll get some ASAP so I can drive it hard. Apart from that, excellent work.

Something that surprised me was that they transferred my LEDs that are in the indicators and parkers from the damaged parts. They even painted the whole bonnet by the looks of it, no more stone chips anywhere except the driver's side popup light cover.

And the final "holy ****, really?!?" moment was when they said they couldn't replace the passenger side 'DOHC Turbo' badge as Mazda are sold out and not making more. So I was about to take that hit when he said he is getting one made up CUSTOM just for me so it's replaced. I mean, what panel beater do you know that will do that. I'm kind of stunned really.
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Old 06-04-2012, 11:26 AM   #25
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I ****ing love this car!!! Just went for a shakedown on the local mountain and its just glorious. Paint match is 100% spot on too.




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Old 14-04-2012, 04:40 PM   #26
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Quick little upgrade. Supergrid Aero wipers to replace the horrible, rusty old ones. Sanded back and resprayed the wiper arms as well so everything looks nice and new. Please ignore the giant crack in my windscreen.




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Old 21-04-2012, 01:45 PM   #27
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Been a bit slow lately due to budgets, but have done some work today.

Fluids checked, oil and coolant topped up.
Both wiper reservoirs filled.
Adjusted the position of the front wipers so they sat a little lower on the windscreen.
Dropped my fuel pressure down from about 38psi to 32psi. My economy has dropped since I installed it and I can smell it overfueling sometimes.
Dropped the rear end down another 15-20mm.
Fixed wiper/indicator combo stick. Dash and tail lights now working.
Glued a rattly bit of plastic back inside the cluster surround.

I've also got my ported vf10 cover in getting a 3" snout welded on. And my stainless 3" intake pipe is having the flange removed and a catch can return 8mm hose barb added to existing plumb back BOV port.
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Old 26-04-2012, 07:34 AM   #28
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Minor visual update to the engine bay while all the hybrid turbo gear is getting sorted out. JDM Sport fender washers to add even more useless bling to my engine bay!




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Old 29-04-2012, 10:47 AM   #29
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Nice Car

Hey mate i'm new to this forum, but have had my car for 5 years now.
I have a Mazda 323 Astina SP, love what you've done with your car. Mines red however and I'm getting a full respray done by next week.

I've got a question what are the best brake pads to use on the Astina SP for track and street use.

Also was going to get BC Racing Coilovers for my car and was wondering if you remember the model no. that you used.
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Old 29-04-2012, 11:31 AM   #30
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Old 29-04-2012, 11:34 AM   #31
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Best for what. For close to dustless and quietness, with good street performance got with qfm hpx. Gsl rallysport on here sells them. The next step up is the remsa pads, higher temp rated, lots more dust. The next step up again is the qfm a1rm, which he's currently got in the front, but wants to swap with the hpx. Initial cold bite is less and his squeel. Mine have good enough bite and quiet, so may vary depending on use. Hope that helps and welcome!
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Old 29-04-2012, 01:56 PM   #32
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The Fender washers look sweet!
Thanks Marc. It's the little things that count sometimes.

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I've got a question what are the best brake pads to use on the Astina SP for track and street use.

Also was going to get BC Racing Coilovers for my car and was wondering if you remember the model no. that you used.
Contact they guys at GSL Rallysport. I've bought all my brakes through them. They currently have a new brand that they are plugging called 'Remsa'. Before the new brand I would have said QFM HPX pads, but there is a Remsa equivalent for exactly the same price as the HPX. HPX will work for a decent track day and will give you bite on cold mornings. The step up, A1RM, needs heat to work properly and have given me a few close calls in morning traffic. If you want track day pads, buy a set and use them on the day only. They will last for more track days and you wont risk anything on the road.
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Old 29-04-2012, 02:52 PM   #33
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Ive got the remsa pads on the front and they are dusty. Work well but I'd buy the hpx simply due to the low dust vs performance. Remsas wouldn't have much on the hpx.
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Old 29-04-2012, 02:55 PM   #34
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What he said ^^^^
I am running remsa front pads in my BJ
An QFM HPX in my rears.
Great cold stopping and good when you push them a bit too.
If you are looking at doing a little bit of track work or just occasionally like to push your brake pads extremely hard.
Wouldn't recommend HPX pads (sorry GSL)
On track temps they have a bit of trouble sticking together... Hehe
I just melted my rear HPX pads weeks ago.
The front remsa pads which would have had more temp in them are still perfect.
Millions of threads on various forums about The HPX pads in I suppose 'extreme' conditions.
Using QFM pads in almost all of our cars ATM.
But from using remsa pads in all conditions. I would take those over the HPX

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On an actually related note....
Really love your BG....
Want mine back! .
Fender washers look sweet
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Old 29-04-2012, 02:58 PM   #35
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And yes remsa pads are extremely dusty!

I actually found that the remsa pads had same cold stopping as the HPX
And that the remsa pads performed better at temp. And they didn't fade as fast as the HPX pads.
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Old 29-04-2012, 03:19 PM   #36
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Crap, the A1RMs I have on the front now are dusty as hell. Really noisy constantly too from all the dust. I was hoping the Remsa option would be cleaner. Oh well, I can only hope for quieter. Thanks for the opinions on the pads guys, not thread spam after all!

Also, as for work on the car, brakes and clutch are bled and back to normal/nice. And I tightened up the coolant feed to the turbo again as it was leaking, again.
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Old 29-04-2012, 03:37 PM   #37
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My remsa pads are silent!
I do 500-800 k's a week, don't have any squealing issues from the front pads.
Occasionally slight squeal from the rear HPX.

Don't let the dust bother you... Realistically, these are cheap performance pads... There Is always one flaw... And if it's dusty pads... So be it...

You have dark coloured rims anyway. Can easily get away with it.

Actually, only time they make a bit I noise is when you cook them and when they are cooling back down. When you touch the brakes again slightest quiet squeal for a second.

Just a side note:
The remsa pads will fade sooner than the A1RM pads, and the A1RM would perform a bit better than the remsa at high temp too.
But seems like you are pretty sick of them. Lol.
And you won't have the issue of almost slamming up the back of someone in traffic
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Old 29-04-2012, 03:59 PM   #38
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Very sick of them is an understatement. When my stereo broke for a few weeks I was ready to murder children by the end of it. And dust is indeed a good trade off for constant noise.
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Old 29-04-2012, 04:06 PM   #39
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Ahahahahaha lol!
When are you going to order the pads?
If you want I can email or msg you a pic of the amount of dust that the remsa pads produce over the HPX in a week (500k's ish)
Just cleaned my rims Friday. So if u can wait til then, I will send you a pic to give you some idea.
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Old 29-04-2012, 04:13 PM   #40
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All good, I'll trade off anything for getting rid of the noise. Won't be ordering new ones for another month or two though. Gotta finish this hybrid turbo swap already.
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