Mazda 626 Progress, Pics

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Topic: Mazda 626 Progress, Pics

Posted By: TCalYen
Subject: Mazda 626 Progress, Pics
Date Posted: January 15, 2006 at 12:42 PM

What's up all...

After finishing the Durango center console, this project took a back seat for awhile. Well the wife is getting on me to fix her car. So here she goes.

Basically all I'm doing is creating molds of the door panel insert areas that will be smoothed and painted and affixed to that panel area some way.

I started be taping off the panel area and ran into the question of whether to just resin fleece or spray glue matt down and resin that.

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After laying the fleece down I became worried that it wouldn't pop out after curing without being damaged due to it's lack of strength so I took the fleece off and used the matt.

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I resined one panel up and that's where I stand now. Tonight, hopefully it will be done curing and I'll be able to see if the panel is finishable or not.

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TCalYen

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Posted By: ragoal12
Date Posted: January 15, 2006 at 2:11 PM

man i love how u document your progress of these projects!!! my questions is how are you going to attach the panel that u made to the door panel???

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S.O.B custsoms.. South Omaha, Nebraska

Posted By: TCalYen
Date Posted: January 15, 2006 at 5:14 PM

Well I just got back after about 4 hours.

It worked perfectly. Now on to the other 3. Hopefully I can lay it down a bit smoother to ease the sanding process.

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TCalYen

Posted By: HottAccord
Date Posted: January 15, 2006 at 6:26 PM

Hey the progress looks good so far, I think you made a good decision on using fiberglass instead of the fleece.

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Im a fiberglass whore!!

Posted By: One_Dieu
Date Posted: January 15, 2006 at 8:43 PM

Try using the cloth next time to get a better surface.

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Respect the Blood Line

Posted By: TCalYen
Date Posted: January 15, 2006 at 9:34 PM

I have cloth... I'll try it but was worried about air bubbles because I don't have a rubber roller right now.

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TCalYen

Posted By: 88_red_dakota
Date Posted: January 25, 2006 at 5:34 PM

can i see some finished pics of the 1st door? i just bought a 88 truck that badly needs mods on the door panels and im looking for ideas

Posted By: TCalYen
Date Posted: March 09, 2006 at 11:24 PM

Well I've been offline for quite awhile trying to get this 626 done on top of work, kids, and the Puerto Rican wife.

Check out the other thread I started on the body/fiberglass work I'm also doing to the 626.

The pictures are starting from the last one I posted until now.

Here's where I'm at... basically I'm almost done cutting/grinding down the panels for a rough fitment. After this is done I'll apply bondo and start sanding to a smooth finish.

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Here is what the panels used to look like.

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TCalYen

Posted By: pmendoza408
Date Posted: March 09, 2006 at 11:42 PM

that looks clean. You didn't want to paint it like the dash?

Posted By: TCalYen
Date Posted: March 09, 2006 at 11:50 PM

What's up all...

Just updated the 626 door panel progress thread so I'd though I'd post up another project I took on at the same time on the 626.

The 626 was in a fenderbender a couple of months ago. I got the insurance check and went ahead and bought a fiberglass body kit for the vehicle.

(No offence to Ricers), but I didn't like the large air vents on either side of the front and rear bumpers.

Looking back, I should have never done what I did due to the amount of time it took.

Basically, I cut large holes on each side of each bumper to cut the air vents out. Then the work began... trying to fab up the bumpers to look like there never was anything there.

I used about 4 layers of chop mat, then duraglass, regular bondo, tons and tons and tons of sanding and then filler primer.

I shaved off a few more things, de-dented the vehicle, wet sanded it down and it's now pretty much ready for paint.

Below are the progress pics...

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TCalYen

Posted By: TCalYen
Date Posted: March 10, 2006 at 12:00 AM

The pictures at the bottom are what the panels used to look like. I covered them in green tweed a long time ago.

They'll be painted like the dash when I'm done.

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TCalYen

Posted By: Velocity Motors
Date Posted: March 10, 2006 at 9:32 AM

Good job Dude. Well done in my books.

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Jeff
Velocity Custom Home Theater
Mobile Audio/Video Specialist
Morden, Manitoba CANADA

Posted By: 97blackrodeo
Date Posted: March 10, 2006 at 1:19 PM

Good call shaving the vents in the bumper. Makes everything look so much cleaner. Amazing job on the project.

Posted By: TCalYen
Date Posted: March 12, 2006 at 2:44 AM

Thanks fellas.

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TCalYen

Posted By: younguru
Date Posted: March 23, 2006 at 7:06 PM

looks good have u thought bout molding ur body kit to ur fenders

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ALEX

Posted By: TCalYen
Date Posted: March 23, 2006 at 7:26 PM

Yea man... I have thought about it... but I've also thought about the work involved and also that the owner might not want the car for that much longer.

It'd look trick though.

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TCalYen