I now have a 1.8 (not 56k)

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[cali4niaisdead]

sweetness, are all those switches just for the lights?
and does anybody know what i have to do to get my fog lights to light up with out having to turn on the headlights? i hear all that is needed is a wire bypass/ re-routing of some sort... but i'm not sure...
and good job with everything else
if only my car could come along that quick

[Grav1ty]

sweetness, are all those switches just for the lights?
and does anybody know what i have to do to get my fog lights to light up with out having to turn on the headlights? i hear all that is needed is a wire bypass/ re-routing of some sort... but i'm not sure...
and good job with everything else
if only my car could come along that quick

3 switches work lights the other 3 are waiting for a purpose.

I have no idea on the factory stuff for fogs.










So the tires are in and installed on the car.

I love them.

I was mistaken before... They are 15" X 7" OZ rims. The 8" I posted before was that they are ballanced at on the machine.... ID (7" bead seal) vs OD (overall width)....


I painted the rims.

Metallic with ice blue pearl


Preped and ready for paint.


Painted with a silver base then covered with a metallic layer, no color just liquid metallic flakes.


A close up of the metallic


Pearl added.... It killed a little of the metallic's richness and depth but I like the new look.
You can see some of the flop in this photo. It seems to range from a purple to a light blue then to a blue. The photos really don't do much for the colors.


I took the following in the dark using a flash or a white led light









I will have more pics later of them on the car.

I am going to a test and tune autocross Saturday and get to drive it at 10/10ths for the first time.... Can't wait.

[Jho]

I love those rims. They came out very nice!

[Jho]

sweetness, are all those switches just for the lights?
and does anybody know what i have to do to get my fog lights to light up with out having to turn on the headlights? i hear all that is needed is a wire bypass/ re-routing of some sort... but i'm not sure...
and good job with everything else
if only my car could come along that quick

This ought to help you wire up the fog lights:

http://www.wihandyman.com/forum/show...g+light+switch

1000 posts biatch!

[Grav1ty]

Update:

The car has ran very well. Placed about 5th constantly in the Detroit region autocross in STS class out of 30 something in the class.

The seats are the worst crap I have ever bought! I have rewelded the driver seat 3 or 4 times. It no longer reclines.

Biggest problems:

Oil consumption under decel (thinking rings)

Needs sway bars.

Fuel system is retarted... On hard turns it starves at a little over 1/2 a tank.

Had a crash with it and rebuilt the rear.
link:

http://trackfiends.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=89&start=0

Car handles the same as before the wreck. Still chasing the same 3 cars. A BMW, Neon, and a 2 driver Subaru 2.5 RS


Heading out to Grattan Raceway Monday. WRM's autocross, taking a set of stock 5 spoke GT rims with Kuhmo Victoracers. Going to save what is left of the Azenis for the last couple Detroit races.

I am real happy with these tires. Depending on the surfaces where I have ran them, they have been set between 38 to 50 psi. They stick great and are mostly quiet for sprited "city" driving. They seem to wear real nice.

They have been to 2 track days and a dozen autocrosses or so. Maybe 4000 miles tops. It is a daily driver and it gets driven about 30% of the time, the rest goes to the to the Protege.

A little of the life...







The last pic is a few weeks old... This is not the ride for rain.


A couple pics of the other daily driver, the Protege (at a recent rallycross)





The decals are permanent on it, makes for fun in the city.



A shot of scort on grid at a SVR event held at Dixey Speedway. All decals (but windshield) are magnents.

[EricM]

very nice...looks like you're having a blast man!!!!

also very nice rebuild on the scort!

[aliennation95gt]

is that a protege with an escort front end? the grey one, its a protege with escort front end parts?

[1967cutlass]

Explain that protege a bit more, if you will.

[Grav1ty]

Explain that protege a bit more, if you will.

Here you go, I wrote a history on the Protege......

http://www.wihandyman.com/forum/showthread.php?p=329321#post329321

Another Escort pic

I like this one a lot.... It is even my phone background.

[therieldeal]

looks like a protege with an escort lx bumper, and an escort headlight, cornerlight, and fender, on the passenger side. also an escort hood. get in a little fender bender? lol

[therieldeal]

theres something wrong with my computer, cause your post wasnt there when i opened this thread 2 mins ago. wtf.

[Jho]

The scort is looking good man. It's good to see that thing is still going strong.







On a side note, a few posts above, you can see me bragging about my 1000th post. So in about 5 months, I've gotten over 3000 posts. :ARCADE:

[mazdamp5]

Just a thought, why has no one tried the newer second gen miata seats, I just got rid of my 03 miata, and it had some very nice seats, I'm going to try to get my hands on a pair to put in my hoopty( a 91 DX Prptege).

[Jho]

Just a thought, why has no one tried the newer second gen miata seats, I just got rid of my 03 miata, and it had some very nice seats, I'm going to try to get my hands on a pair to put in my hoopty( a 91 DX Prptege).

I've never seen them. Do you have pics?