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Hey guys,

This morning I received my Classic fuel lid that I ordered a couple weeks ago. I was going to order one from Zoom Engineering in Japan, but I found a cheaper alternative in USA.

It came with no instructions, so I thought I would do a step by step installation guide for others to follow.

Heres the kit in the Box.



Removed from the box (base plate, lid, hinge, lid spring)



Installation

First you need to remove the fuel cap.

The two screws that hold the standard fuel lid on need to be removed, and also the 4 black screws around the base of the fuel pipe.




Once that is done, remove the big nut and washer around the mechanism that springs the lid open.



With that all done it will look like this.



Next mount the new fuel lid hinge into place using the original screws.



Next install the polished baseplate.. The hinge slips through the square hole in the baseplate, and the lifter mechanism you can move around until it goes through the round hole on the base.



With the base plate sitting flush replace the 4 black screws around the fuel pipe, and also the nut/washer on the lifter mechanism.



Now we need to attach the new lid, to the hinge with the supplied bolt/washers. The bolt goes through the spring washer, washer,hinge, lid spring, and finally into the lid.





Lastly make sure everything in tightened up, replace the fuel cap, close the lid and thats it.

Retro goodness.. 8)






It goes nice with the old school Simmons.
Hope you all like.

awesome stuff

looks tops as always ryan!

there's a few obx ones on ebay US.. though, i hear obx quality doesn't last too long..

Looking good.

When's the group buy?

Do we get to see it in the flesh on Thursday night Ryan?

You sure will....

ampz wrote:Looking good.

When's the group buy?

Looking good!

Looks nice. It still locks down via the remote release pin?

Yep, it works exactly the same as the standard lid..

Would you mind sharing where you purchased it from, and what brand it is?

Cheers mate.

Looks much nicer than the Mazda chrome flap!

I wouldn't mind one either as my Mazda OEM one has some funny marks under the chrome that can't be removed without sanding it all back and re-chroming it.

I'm in on a group buy if anyone wants to arrange it.

Thanks heaps for this, I wasn't sure if I put mine in right or not! Cheers man

Wow that's and epic thread revival.

My car looks very different now, No worries on the guide though im glad it helped.

Whilst we are in revival mode, what brand is this BTW, i dont think it was ever mentioned in the thread.

I have one of these on my NA6 (was fitted when I bought the car), but for some reason the standard fuel cap locking cable doesn't work with it (the bit that sticks out to hold the standard fuel lid in place does not meet the new lid). Not sure if whoever fitted mine screwed it up, or it was not designed properly (it looks exactly the same as the one in these pics). Shame - it looks great!