This is pretty cool 😎

I bought a really rare Mazdaspeed front strut tower bar to match the rear one I have... however it appears the guy who sold it to me was mistaken and it is actually for a Capella wagon or older Mazda 626.

Here is how it looked on the GTUs:

 

I am starting to notice knock offs everywhere now. Most, like this seller, are using real RE Amemiya spoiler and mirror pictures to sell their reproductions. Charging hundreds to almost a thousand more than it new from RHDJapan. I found a Original production on a car in Russia 🇷🇺




He also had a great set of RE Amemiya rims i was thinking about getting... However I just put the ERS rims on the rhd drift car and ordered the new vsxx rims. It will be hard not to buy one of these sets as a nice oem plus feel if or when it goes back to a rotary! These RE rims and these Mazdaspeed are really tempting me!

 

I was sooooo close! This is my all time favorite boost gauge and I thought I had finally got it! Here is a quick story of the 80mm RE Amemiya boost gauge I almost got and what gauge I went with instead!














So that would have been really cool... I unfortunately lost faith in that shop as the lacking communication, poor management skills and incredibly high mark up had me put in an order through RHDJapan.com and getting the carbon fiber visors through them and I purchased a 80mm Knightsports boost gauge to go with the knight sports front strut tower bar.

 

Bought a brand new RE Amemiya shift **** in blue to match the interior. With the RE Amemiya short throw shifter its going to feel really nice shifting now! The weight and quality of this shifter set up is amazing!

 

I finally saw what the cusco bars look like in a s5 blue interior and I absolutely must have some! I found that the company I just bought the gauge from are the only people to claim having a set in stock... so I picked it up. They told me a couple weeks and its in the mail, I am hopeful that REJAPANRKNIGHT will follow through with this transaction and get it in the mail soon!

 

I know I already installed the interior but when I decided to take the entire car down to bare metal I wanted to redo the interior carpet as well. So I removed the entire interior again and tossed the old carpet. While it looked OK and had no smell after washing it with industrial buildings huge washing machines, it had some stains I couldn't remove and the padding behind it was garbage. I had some custom carpet made from the same materials and an identical color. It is perfect.

 

Got a great deal on these GTUs center caps and the mint condition ecu for the restoration when it goes back to a rotary. The rims it had are in mint condition but the previous owner sold or lost the center caps. Watching them start to go for hundreds of dollars I thought I would snag a great deal when I see it!

 

I have been enjoying buying random fc3s memorabilia, here are a couple of the dozens of old school posters, brochures, catalogs and magazines I have been snagging up.

 

I got a digital logicon from a GT-Limited rhd model, mint condition but lacking the pig tails. I just happen to have the connection points and have all the sensors to install it! I have the complete rhd savanna workshop manual which is different than the usdm spec one, but this write up i found is pure gold and should make the installation much easier.

 

I have officially replaced ever part of my suspension with aftermarket upgrades. With the power by max parts finally all finished up in the subframe I found only one oem bushing that no company makes... the rear lower control arm bushing.

For those who went so far as to replace everything with solid mounts and bushings, here is a guy who has you covered with your last solid bushing needs!

I bought a couple sets after working with him on making me a set for this build. His craftsmanship looks amazing and the customer service was great, he explained how he did it and walked through stubborn installation problems. Totally worth following and hitting up for some great solid bushings!