DIY : Tail Lamp Restoration Project. Part 2.

Yep, second day of the DIY project. Woke up late at 1pm and while taking bath, I took the oppurtunity to sand the surface so that old paint, dirt and all kind of other shit will be washed away. Dried it up and it is ready to be painted.

Thank God today's weather is sunny. Im using a flat black can spray and for a gloss finish I used the clear coat so that it will be scratch resistant.

While waiting for it to dried up, I went to have my lunch and polishing the lens, and also AutoSol-ing the emblem one more time.

Taraa. Bee's has a black eye now. Dunno who had punched her in the eye. LOL.

Since everything had dried up, I went back to my room and its fitting time. Put the lens all back to the cover.

To seal the lens from outside moist, I used the silicone. Its kinda hard to make it perfect but dont worry if you had screwed it up. Once the silicone had dried, it becomes a rubber seal. You can just simply pull it.

Some final touch up. Paint marker to do a 'fake' chrome lining as most of the chrome lining had already fade and no hope to be restored. This is the hardest part. It is time consuming.

After three hours, this is the results. Of course I do made some mistakes, but its normal for a human to do it. For a safety measure, spray a few clear coat layer so that the fake chrome will not fade.

Assembled everything back together and it is now ready to be fitted onto Bee! Anyway, which one should I use? Hmmm.

Have fun trying!

DIY : Tail Lamp Restoration Project. Part 1.

Okay, to be honest, Im really excited with the new stuffs that I had bought. So, Im not gonna waste my night time. First lets see the new tail lamp. Covered in dust and only one single crack. Im satisfied with the purchase. And it is sold quite cheap in my opinion.


My next step was to remove the cover from the lens. It was really hard as some of the screw had already in super rusty condition and some of em had no Philips head anymore. What I did was cursed it, then try unscrew it. Failed, I cursed it again and pull it as strong as I can BUT be careful with the old plastic cover so that it didnt break. Some of em just broke into pieces some of em still attached to the cover.

Now, remove the lens. BUT please be extra careful especially if the lens is crack like this one. I had broke it anyway. Now it is in 2 pieces. Hehehe. I'll super glue it tomorrow. =P

Clean it up with a strong current of water and some soap.

Then, dried it up and it is now ready to be sprayed with a flat black tomorrow.


Next! My current tail lamp. What I really like about this tail lamp is the hexagon reflection in the lens. It really does fit my car theme anyway. But, it is too common nowadays. XD

And this one was easy to be removed. Most of the screw had been replaced anyway.

Clean it up with the same method shown above and dried it up. And it is ready to be spray tomorrow too!

Meanwhile, this is the badge that I had bought. Covered in dust, and no hope to be restored anyway. BUT...

With the help from AutoSol, it is shining now! Wow, never knew that AutoSol can be use on a plastic chrome surface. This is the hardest job today. I was polishing it six times I guess. Tomorrow I'll AutoSol it a few more times.

And finally, the meters. The measurement is in Miles though. I need to check my Math book first to convert it to Km/H. LOL~

Same steps and method too. Except I didnt wash the meters as it will damage it. Clean it up and dried it. And now it is ready to be assemble in Bee!

That's all folks! Happy trying and its time for me to go to bed. Really tired now.

Shop Visit : Oldschool's Heaven Round 2!

Guess what? I went to scrapyards again! Since the business is running good, Im spending some of it for Bee's parts. And again, the mission was to find a pair of fenders, but other items were found. LOL~ The first scarpyard is located at Chan Sow Lin area but there's no Mazda parts there. Sigh.

So, where else to head? We went to the previous scrapyard and were hoping BIG that there's a pair of the fenders. Hahaha. Arrived, Jaguh saw a bulk of meters which we didnt see it before, and the search begun. What we found was :


3 sets of Mazda 808 speedometer. There's more but these three is enough. We asked the boss for a price and he gave us a good price. I put it aside and search a few more stuffs.

And the next stuffs were the tail lamp. Yes, I dont need it and I'd said it but I found out that some of the RX3 were using this tail lamp. So why not? And the second tail lamp is tagged as Mazda 808 parts. And I were shocked coz I never saw this tail lamp version. We checked it out and it belongs to Toyota. I guess someone had custom fit it to 808. It is nice but I dont want to take any risk during fitting it. Anyone knew the tail lamp is from what model?


And an emblem. This is from the square lamp grille version. The boss didnt want to sell it separately but after a few bodek-ing, he sold it to me BUT the dirtier one. Nehh, its OK. It is VERY VERY cheap for this rare stuffs.

Arrived at my home, Jaguh helped me to disassemble Bee's current tail lamp. And trying to fit in the shrout. We'll do it another time I guess as we arrived at my home quite late.

Uhh, I guess my room will be a store soon. 2 in 1 room.

So, my new stuffs are the tail lamp. Will refurbish both tail lamps tomorrow I guess.

A new functioning meters. I guess my RX-Z speedometer will be a history soon.

And the 'M' emblem.

That's for today. Will update the DIY restoration soon. Stay tuned.

Video : Rotor Modification.

Just check out the last part of it. Kinda interesting isnt it? Jaguh need to master rotor engine soon! Im interested with rotary engine now.

Random : Rough Idea For Future Bee.

Was browsing the Internet and found out a few good looking Mazda 808. And I think there's a few stuffs that Im interested to copy. Hey, Im not a copycat! Just wanna have something different on Bee.

The first one is the black bumper on the yellow 808. Looks like my Bee too! XD And the plate number on the left is a good idea too. But a steel plate will good even better I guess.

Square tail light and the bent muffler. Really love it. You can usually found it on a Mazda RX3.

Anymore ideas? Jaguh please comment~ Interested with the tail light? Hehehe.

Story : Drift Practise.

Yesterday, I received an SMS from somebody. He told me that he had followed my blog quite a time and is interested to join our activities such as drift events and club activity. Since my battery went flat, I didnt reply it. And today, Jaguh called me and told me that Din was gonna go to have some drifting practise at open car park. So, I called the dude and told him to follow me to the area. His name is Afiq and he's using a Toyota KE70 with a gorgeous set of 15' SSR Mark I. Forgot to snap some pics. Maybe next time.

So usual routine, we arrived, and took out all the tools and tyres and a few minutes later, its time to have some fun.

Jaguh and Din were in the pic.

And everytime I went to see Din, there's always new stuffs on his car. Really jealous at him. Argh! A set of Longchamp really looks good on his car.

And the other one is the Sparco Junior and a set of Sabelt. Both were sold at a very very very cheap price. Lucky him.

Back to the story, Din was improved but still need a lot more practise on the steering work. Yes, more practise Din! More! And more tyres will be sacrifised too. Haha.

And another shot on him. We were using a small scale layout of Bukit Jalil.

Jaguh were as usual. No spun and a good steering work. Feewit~ Cant wait for his workshop to be open one day. I want to be the share partner.

And finally, its my turn. I took our new friend for a spin. His first time though. The bucket and the Sabelt really hug me during cornering.

Screet! Thanks to Jaguh @ my backup photographer for the pics.

And the results? Maximum usage of the tyres. Till the steel thread. Thank you Mr. Tyre. Haha.

And if you happened to know the location, just keep it for yourself. There's no need to revealed it coz we dont encourage people to do public drifting. LOL~