The Wrecked MS6 Build begins

[halfshaft5]

OK, fairly new here but this is how I became a MS6 owner:

I am having another child (#3) and the wife was driving a 03' TDI Jetta which will not support 3 car seats in the rear very well so we decided to sell (omg) the $$$ saver. I am going to miss that 50mpg!!! Anyway I like to build cars and wreckes every once in a while to make a buck or too and to have some very nice vehicles. I searched through some salvage yards and looked at rebuilds and came across this one. Now I am a Mazda man all the way owning 4 different 3 gen. RX7's in my life and just sold my 3rd race RX7 here just recently. Now I saw "Mazdaspeed6" and immediatly thought it was a regular Mazda6 with a CAI or something like that, nothing special. I skipped it and my wife made me go back. Well she said I like it so I read a little bit. Well first thing I saw was AWD, well thats a good safety feature, then I saw Turbo,(first) well then I thought hey thats cool and might have a little pickup, then I saw manual 6 speed,(shocked) , then i thought what the crap is this and why have I not heard about or seen this thing so the immediatly packed up the wife and kids and headed to the nearest Mazda dealership. Well to my surprise they said we don't have any, the closest one it 115 miles away. So I thought to myself again, is it worth it and then I thought my rx7's are a blast so lets give Mazda the benefit of the dought and there we went. Got there and found one, and drove it...........Came home called yard and sent check that next morning........OH My GOD....How cool is it to have a nice 4 door sedan thats not huge but not small, turboed, AWD, and 6 speed. GOD Loves ME!!!!!
Well I have it now and here it is. Ijust thought I would share my experiences with everyone and plan to post the build and problems etc... throughout. I have striped everything out that is busted which includes all the front back to the rebar and parts are on order. If anyone knows of good parts to put on that are aftermarket then let me know before I buy straight form MAzda since no generic parts are available for this car. I need these parts:
Hood
Grill
Bumper cover
Rebar
Bumper cover support
both headlights and bulbs
fog light grills
driver air bag
Driver seat belt retractor
passenger air bag
driver seat air bag
air bag brain
clockspring
radiator
condensor
lower radiator hose
fan shroud
Windshield
and last but not least Radiator core support...

The build is budgeted so I will not splurge but I will go ahead and add a CAI and HKS BOV. ANything else I need to do before I complete a parts list. Lights are the kicker being about $750 each but everything else is reasonable I guess...

Anyway till next time and if anyone has seen any of my RX7's then they know I can build a nice car. Is there any CD and Slotted rotors out there for these cars yet? Thanks again and as always God Bless. Michael

 

[Captain KRM P5]

i have a direct line with mazda and will happily supply you with all you need to refab this vehicle. please call or PM me when you can and i will help you out on anything you need.

OK, fairly new here but this is how I became a MS6 owner:

I am having another child (#3) and the wife was driving a 03' TDI Jetta which will not support 3 car seats in the rear very well so we decided to sell (omg) the $$$ saver. I am going to miss that 50mpg!!! Anyway I like to build cars and wreckes every once in a while to make a buck or too and to have some very nice vehicles. I searched through some salvage yards and looked at rebuilds and came across this one. Now I am a Mazda man all the way owning 4 different 3 gen. RX7's in my life and just sold my 3rd race RX7 here just recently. Now I saw "Mazdaspeed6" and immediatly thought it was a regular Mazda6 with a CAI or something like that, nothing special. I skipped it and my wife made me go back. Well she said I like it so I read a little bit. Well first thing I saw was AWD, well thats a good safety feature, then I saw Turbo,(first) well then I thought hey thats cool and might have a little pickup, then I saw manual 6 speed,(shocked) , then i thought what the crap is this and why have I not heard about or seen this thing so the immediatly packed up the wife and kids and headed to the nearest Mazda dealership. Well to my surprise they said we don't have any, the closest one it 115 miles away. So I thought to myself again, is it worth it and then I thought my rx7's are a blast so lets give Mazda the benefit of the dought and there we went. Got there and found one, and drove it...........Came home called yard and sent check that next morning........OH My GOD....How cool is it to have a nice 4 door sedan thats not huge but not small, turboed, AWD, and 6 speed. GOD Loves ME!!!!!
Well I have it now and here it is. Ijust thought I would share my experiences with everyone and plan to post the build and problems etc... throughout. I have striped everything out that is busted which includes all the front back to the rebar and parts are on order. If anyone knows of good parts to put on that are aftermarket then let me know before I buy straight form MAzda since no generic parts are available for this car. I need these parts:
Hood
Grill
Bumper cover
Rebar
Bumper cover support
both headlights and bulbs
fog light grills
driver air bag
Driver seat belt retractor
passenger air bag
driver seat air bag
air bag brain
clockspring
radiator
condensor
lower radiator hose
fan shroud
Windshield
and last but not least Radiator core support...

The build is budgeted so I will not splurge but I will go ahead and add a CAI and HKS BOV. ANything else I need to do before I complete a parts list. Lights are the kicker being about $750 each but everything else is reasonable I guess...

Anyway till next time and if anyone has seen any of my RX7's then they know I can build a nice car. Is there any CD and Slotted rotors out there for these cars yet? Thanks again and as always God Bless. Michael

 

[tsunami]

ken is the man when it comes to getting mazda parts on the cheap... i am sure he can help you out... good luck with the build up man wish i had the time to do something of the same...

 

[halfshaft5]

THanks I have PM him already. God bless

 

[vcinsanity1523]

damn i can't believe somebody did this 2 their mazdaspeed 6 makes me cry inside.... newayz nice find man im sure u will have an awesome machine by the time u are done with it!! keep us informed

 

[halfshaft5]

I am glad because I got a deal on it. Thanks though

 

[dominoy2k1]

thats a nice project you have going on. pics of the project truck next to the ms6.

 

[ebmp5]

wow man that is cool u got's to have some skill's to take this on man, good luck and nice find. post pic's when project is done broh! also good luck

 

[halfshaft5]

No, it wont be bad, probably start to finish about 1 week normal time but since I will do it at home after work about 3-4 weeks max and most of that is waiting on parts. Thanks for the compliment though. God bless

 

[Captain KRM P5]

check your PMs for a price list in a minute or two

 

[Newf]

why was she at the salvage yard. Frame twisted or something? I've seen worse then that not wrote off.

 

[Rainman]

Good luck and keep us posted!

R

 

[trees]

Nice find! What kind of deal did you get on this, if you dont mind me asking. (peep)

 

[halfshaft5]

The car shipped to me and a couple of air bags for $11,000. Pretty good deal if you ask me. I just wish I could get the salvage title thing off there. Accident history is fine but the salvage title thing will just kill it when I go to sell but hey, you get what you pay for right. Might as well save the $$$ now than instead of later. God bless.

 

[Killer 8]

you can take som of the parts off of other wrecked 6's that would help keep cost down if you fin one the just rear-ended

 

[Captain KRM P5]

you can take som of the parts off of other wrecked 6's that would help keep cost down if you fin one the just rear-ended

the front end parts of a regular 6 will not fit right, i checked already

 

[halfshaft5]

Well thats the thing. I think a few things will fit but most people trying to sell me stuff are trying to get a big order, but according to a few websites I have found that the radiator, condenser, core support, rebar are the same or at least similar on a regular 2.3 car, the 3.0 v-6 stuff is different but I am thinking of trying to get that stuff and trying it to just see, there are not any regular 6's wrecked anywhere around here, at least in a 100 mile radius. Thanks for the suggestions and keep them coming. God bless.
Michael

 

[VA03Speed]

Thats good that you found one but pm bagman1 he may be able to get you some stock parts for the ms6 and prolly for pretty cheap.

 

[Captain KRM P5]

Well thats the thing. I think a few things will fit but most people trying to sell me stuff are trying to get a big order, but according to a few websites I have found that the radiator, condenser, core support, rebar are the same or at least similar on a regular 2.3 car, the 3.0 v-6 stuff is different but I am thinking of trying to get that stuff and trying it to just see, there are not any regular 6's wrecked anywhere around here, at least in a 100 mile radius. Thanks for the suggestions and keep them coming. God bless.
Michael

i have a copy of mazda's parts book / collision guide on my desk and it says they are not the same part numbers. i think the headlights from a regular six will fit which would save you quite a bit of money.

 

[halfshaft5]

i have a copy of mazda's parts book / collision guide on my desk and it says they are not the same part numbers. i think the headlights from a regular six will fit which would save you quite a bit of money.

Could you email or fax that to me? My number is 423-775-1465. You are about on on prices on the parts you PMed me but Bagman1 is offering about the same prices and will cover shipping. I know that I would have to get the other parts from you, also MazdaPartsOnline is about the cheapest on lights and the thing is on regular headlights, if I buy them and they don't work, I am stuck with them, dealer will not take them back if you know what I mean. Anyway I am going to "Test Drive" a MS6 overnight tonight and try to locate the part numbers of what exactly I need and a buddy has a sport 6 2005 model that we will compare to, hopefully it will work out so I can really see whats what on these cars. Thanks again for all the help on this guys and keep it coming. I am ready to buy everything so I can get this car on the road, I am dying to drive it. Which CAI should I buy, Mazdaspeed or the AEM version? Thanks and God bless.

Michael