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Hi all,
I bought my Mazda Sentia, or as America may know it 929 about mid last year.
It's my daily driver so modifications have been slow but I have a lot of plans.
This is how I bought her.
Debadged in this pic.
Not a super common car, so it means there isn't a lot of aftermarket for it. But this makes the whole modification process all the more interesting.
I added wheels, 9.5" all around.
After realising my suspension was on its way out I had to come up with a plan to replace it.
Since it was hard enough to get standard replacement shocks, I started researching coil over adjustable suspension, of which there aren't a whole lot of options.
After trolling the internet for what must have been half a year some used JIC's popped up in Australia. I bought them and when I got them found that all the inserts where terrible. The guy I got them from was real nice and gave me a full refund. I used that money to then get them rebuilt. Being JIC's and for a Sentia this wasn't easy.
But finally got a good solution from Russell at GeorgeStock and we replaced them with Koni racing inserts custom made to fit.
Rebuilt:
Finally got them in and this is how she sits for now.
Plans are to get some spacers to push the wheels out a little...
Further down the track (hopefully this year)
I plan on swapping out the engine and gear box.
Thinking a 1UZFE conversion would be great.
Oh, it's RWD so that should the new engine more fun.
Thoughts , Ideas welcome. I know it's not ground scraping yet. lol
I bought my Mazda Sentia, or as America may know it 929 about mid last year.
It's my daily driver so modifications have been slow but I have a lot of plans.
This is how I bought her.
Debadged in this pic.
Not a super common car, so it means there isn't a lot of aftermarket for it. But this makes the whole modification process all the more interesting.
I added wheels, 9.5" all around.
After realising my suspension was on its way out I had to come up with a plan to replace it.
Since it was hard enough to get standard replacement shocks, I started researching coil over adjustable suspension, of which there aren't a whole lot of options.
After trolling the internet for what must have been half a year some used JIC's popped up in Australia. I bought them and when I got them found that all the inserts where terrible. The guy I got them from was real nice and gave me a full refund. I used that money to then get them rebuilt. Being JIC's and for a Sentia this wasn't easy.
But finally got a good solution from Russell at GeorgeStock and we replaced them with Koni racing inserts custom made to fit.
Rebuilt:
Finally got them in and this is how she sits for now.
Plans are to get some spacers to push the wheels out a little...
Further down the track (hopefully this year)
I plan on swapping out the engine and gear box.
Thinking a 1UZFE conversion would be great.
Oh, it's RWD so that should the new engine more fun.
Thoughts , Ideas welcome. I know it's not ground scraping yet. lol
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