Project "driveway built" Mazda gets a heart transplant

Ran fuel line today and ran the wiring harness to the rear of the truck hooking up the sending unit and such. Just need to install the starter motor after i paint it and should be able to get her running this weekend..

im speechless brutha

Thanks man, been alot of work and so much more work left lol

that is fricken awsome!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That's a clean truck! Like the others have said, can't wait for more pics!

Did the Ford ranger headlight conversion today, with alittle help from the tech forum on this site. I found the topic was missing a few steps tho or is it just me? Anyways here's how i did mine today



Got the grill out of the shed and placed it onto a sturdy stand



Traced the headlight onto a piece of cardboard then transfered it onto the grill. Using masking tape to prevent some scratching



My tools of choice



Take your time cutting and cleaning up the edges.



Test fit a few times making sure theres nothing on the back side of the grill thats getting in the way, had to clean up the back of the grill, a few tabs and bulk plastic



Now time to get rid of the stock adjusters, went to the local parts store and bought replacement bolts for the lower bolts which will snap rite into place where the adjuster was mounted, cost 4 bucks so well worth the hassle



This is what it looks like after, all three bolts are the same..



hold it up the the rad and place the bottom two into the holes that are factory and mark where the top bolt hits the support, now drill... here pictured in the top left is the hole i drilled..



Now for install i picked up 12 of each, nut, lock washer and washers, I used a set on both sides of the rad support this is so you can lock it into place and able to adjust the headlights later



Just adjusted the headlights by eye for now untill i get the grill on and then I can fine tune it to where the are flush



After alittle adjusting they fit pretty good



Now onto something else, maybe finish wiring the truck lol

All in all took about 3 hours to do this mod, if you take your time anyone with a jig saw or zip cut could easily do this in there own driveway or garage.

Very clean! Looking forward to seeing it fully assembled

Found an aftermarket mini starter today and bolted her on the motor today, makes for some more room for the exhaust and looks a hell of alot cleaner. Tomorrow picking up rad fluid and trans fluid and a optima yellow top and hopefully be turning over the motor for the first time.

Keep up the GREAT work bro. This truck is gorgeous!