Miaka

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I have been talking to Rod from Tetsuya Garage about sourcing some parts for me. My funds have been completely depleted because of this. First thing was the OEM fogs. Rod had a set complete with harness/relay and switch. Couldn't help but to pick these up.



These install a little differently on USDM cars since the drivers side is on the left. The relay and ground was mounted on the left side close to the relocated cruise control assembly.



Miaka did not have the harness for the foglights just the unused bullet connector that powers the switch in the interior. Redid the bullet connector and installed switch in the interior.



Power was tapped from the fuse box. 30 amp fuse in to the ABS (my car has no ABS)



And now we have light!

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Tetsuya Garage also sourced this HVAC panel and needle caps for me. The finish was a little dull but nothing a little polish couldn't fix.



AWD>OEM



Little tape...



Had to dremel some of the back of the lowest HVAC knob of cuz it kept snagging the front plate



Aaaaannnndddd Done!



As soon as I can find some gauge rings and the gauge faces come in the mail, this is whats next on the to-do list:



Bikini time in Las Vegas!

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AWD gauge transformation is finally complete! Sourced some AWD gauge rings from a fellow MR member. Props goes out to vote4pedro for selling me his gauge rings. Definitely makes a huge difference in the finished product. Props also goes out to revlimiter for making beautiful gauge faces.

This:



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This:



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Cracked the clear front piece of the gauge cluster though so it looks like I will be calling up Project-G to source a new one.

[I<3flippyheadlights]

Wow that looks awesome! How do you like the bikini top?

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^^^ I so far so good. It's been extremely windy a few days out here in Vegas and it has held up very well. I'd highly suggest it if you wanna have a "convertible" feature but don't like driving with the top up.

[ZooAtlanta]

very dope car
you rekindled my love for all things bbs

[grrrant]

Awesome build thread man. I got those same crappy black headlights too LOL. I'm ordering HELLA e-codes soon though.

[D L M]

Awesome build thread man. I got those same crappy black headlights too LOL. I'm ordering HELLA e-codes soon though.

The black housings provide poor light output and were basically unusable for me at night. Im thinking about getting the black housing dapper lighting classic kit. Really like the projector look on the round headlights. I have a couple friends in Vegas who run e-codes and they love them

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Some new updates:

Finally got the valve cover back from powdercoating. Happy with the way it turned out.
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My key bent and crack almost in half. Wanted the pole position key but found the silouhette key and purchased that instead. Home depot messed up cutting it but it was nothing I couldn't fix with a metal file.
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Found a clean set of checkerboard mats. Kinda tough to keep clean tho.
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New plates!
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A couple of pics for Project-G
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Road trip to Phoenix for HIN!
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Had a little fun with the electric tape :-)

I'm looking for new seats but I may just go with seat covers by nakamae. I like the stock seats but want a more retro look. I'm also looking to upgrade my racelands to something better. Leaning towards BC or stance but I'm still debating on which one. More to come!

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So I made a trip out to NorCal at the start of this month for my godson's birthday/baptism. San Francisco is an amazing city and I can't wait to go back in the future.
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I was lurking Craigslist while I was out there and found an ad for a roadster/rx7 swap meet. I couldn't help but o and check it out. I spotted these nielex headlight covers and had to have them!
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I also picked up a set of used tein flexes. One of the tophats was missing a stud but I found a member on mr who had dans creation tophats looking to trade for regular tein hats. I will be installing these by the end of the month just in time for wekfest in long beach.

Most recent pic from import face off las Vegas
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First place best Mazda at IFO!
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Some other updates:

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Flex coils installed with danscreation top hats in the rear. They didn't go low enough in the front so a collar was taken out and the shock body was adjusted. This is how Miaka sits now:
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Went out to wekfest in LA with Project-G:
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1st place best Mazda at wekfest! (I was very surprised. So many nicer mazdas were there)
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1.6 dash swap coming soon! Along with this:
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[PharoX]

Congrats! Can't wait to see the interior done.

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1.6 dash swap was done yesterday:

Half way mark!
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Prepping the new interior piece:
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Done! But I forgot to hook up my sub so the center is coming out again!

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