JDMSTIVA V2 Build Thread

[w4rkry]

Looking good Will!

Thanks Rick!

[Rick the Quick]

The color looks great. FYI bright reds and yellows are very expensive. Your painter choose the Chrysler red for his benefit. It cost him less than a bright red. The gold wheels compliment the color.

[KampaiiiiPH]

Ohhh here look at my... Just kidding! Awesome build so far, waiting for more updates!

[SLAMMMED 121]

Good job man can't wait to see the finished product

[Seraj89]

Seeing this come together is pretty darn satisfying. Can't wait to see the complete thing!

[w4rkry]

Seeing this come together is pretty darn satisfying. Can't wait to see the complete thing!

I can't wait either haha! I will update the build thread again here this week, a lot of great stuff has been going on.

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[Thebrandonbeezy]

almost been 2 months... progress?? LOL

[w4rkry]

almost been 2 months... progress?? LOL

I'm currently dailying it!

So much has been done but I have a huge writers block when I go to add here haha.

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[Thebrandonbeezy]

writers block can be overcome via pic!!!

[w4rkry]

writers block can be overcome via pic!!!

Ok Ok, I will try to add some tonight.

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[Thebrandonbeezy]

ok lol

[w4rkry]

Next up in the build process was some clean up and rebuilding for an Extra Rare[emoji769] accessory:

Mazda 323 GTR Power Folding Mirrors



Only 2,200 GTRs were ever made, and most/all came equipped with a special edition of "Swoopy" power mirror that had not only power adjustments, but power folded out of the way at the push of a button!

I had seen one Pride sedan in the Philippines that had successfully fitted a set.
While browsing a few groups on Facebook, I came upon a set for sale with all the unique relays and hardware for a decent price. I decided I wanted to try to be the first (or one of the few) in the US to complete the swap.


While I took them apart for clean-up and paint, A PH friend (KampaiiiiPH here on the forums) informed me that the base of Festiva Swoopy power mirrors (the 1990 LX Only edition power mirrors) was a direct bolt on for the GTR/Protege swoopies. Awesome! With this in mind, I sent out a parts feeler to a few Festy Parts holders, and as luck would have it, Ian (fastivaca) had a set of bases he could sell!

Here is the Protege/323(red) Base shape comapred to the Festiva(black). The 323 Base would actually fit just fine, but the corner isn't quite as rounded off, and I am a bit of a perfectionist when it comes to details.



Here is the entire mirror taken to bits:



Testing the Festiva base:



Sanded in prep for a test painting:



And Test Painted:



So now, The GTR mirrors are now a 100% physically bolt on piece for the Festiva.

However, the wiring was going to be much more complicated. That will be an entirely separate post tho!

[Festiver]

Very nice! Thatll be a sick sight

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[jjk1224]

That’s freaking sweet! My luck with side view mirrors is terrible though. People always seem to want to take their anger out on my poor little car. Of course, maybe having the ability to fold my mirrors would have prevented incident!

[firebush357]

That’s freaking sweet! My luck with side view mirrors is terrible though. People always seem to want to take their anger out on my poor little car. Of course, maybe having the ability to fold my mirrors would have prevented incident!

I hit a horse that was standing in the road on early morning and drug his body against the driver side of my car and it folded my mirror all the way to the driver window. I never knew they folded quite like that.