Poyta's GT

[JimmyT]

Looks great mate. Silly question but whats the W button?

Its a winter driving settings. Not really needed in australia.

[benough]

I used it once climbing a gravel car park in first gear.

[Mattlock]

pretty sure there would be an ADR on it... pretty sure policing it is non existant with all the BMW and Excels still driving with them on!

The reason it is there is so in heavy fog the cars behind you know which side to pass on especially if you have stopped in traffic... other wise you could be rear ended. In heavy fog that light can save you ass butm how many Aussies would know this about a rear fog light.

I'm not sure if there is an ADR on a rear fog light as my 2010 Mazda CX-7 doesn't have one. I bought it new and it therefore came supplied like that from the factory...

[poyta]

Its been too long since I've done anything to the car hence why there's been no updates, so I thought its about time I start tinkering with the car again.

Just recently bought these from ECS Tuning -



Here is a link to the site and the items

Home Page ES#251205 City Light High Intensity LED Kit - ZZAMK5CLK-3
Home Page ES#11130 Platinum White H7 Halogen Bulb - Pair - ZZH7BSPLWA

Essentially these will transform your factory yellow coloured low beam lights and the side lights ( also known as city lights ) to a nice crisp white light. The side lights are cool because they have their own in-line resistors so it won't trip any dashboard errors. Here's some before and afters -

[poyta]

My gear shift boot was starting to wear out - don't know if its meant to be leather but it certainly doesn't look like it. Its also very thin.



So I decided to buy a new one. Managed to get a real leather one with some cream stitching off Ebay - look for a seller called TOP GAITERS BOOTS. He sells heaps of them and all in different colours and styles. This one only cost me about $25 delivered.



Only issue I had fitting it was that the original boot is stapled to the plastic frame as seen here -



Now I don't have an industrial stapler so all I did was super glue the leather to the surround, trimmed it and snapped it back into its outer frame. Warning, the new one is much thicker than the original so you will need to trim it well and make sure its lies as flat on the surround as possible otherwise it won't fit back into the outer frame.



Photo of the finished product. Now all I need eventually is a new gear knob as its starting to wear out too - can't seem to find them anywhere so If anyone knows where I can get one let me know.

[poyta]

One more purchase - A set of H&R Ultralow Coilovers



My ride is starting to seriously get hard now- suspect the standard shocks have given up on account of using the H&R lowered springs so its time I replace all of them with a quality set of coil overs. Have been advised by a number of owners that these ride really well and considering how low they go they give a super soft plush ride. Stay tuned.......

[popcorn]

You've got great mods. Love this thread, your car looks incredible!

[Fatherless One]

If you don't mind me asking how much were the coilovers?

I may be interested in your old H&R springs, let me know.

[poyta]

If you don't mind me asking how much were the coilovers?

I may be interested in your old H&R springs, let me know.

About $1700 from ECS tuning. That's after paying import taxes. Yeah you're welcome to my old H&R's when I remove them.

[Fatherless One]

About $1700 from ECS tuning. That's after paying import taxes. Yeah you're welcome to my old H&R's when I remove them.

Cheers let me know,

How much of that was shipping and taxes?