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I was too excited about receiving my RE雨宮 IPF LED Carbon Taillights that i couldn't wait to install them, so i spent a few hours this weekend doing just that. As expected, the quality and finish of the taillights is great. Everything lines up and fits perfectly. 雨宮 also provides mostly everything needed to finish the install. Unfortunately, it didn't come with any bolts to secure the housing to the car, so i had to go to Home Depot to buy some bolts and washers. Also, there were no installation instructions, but luckily, it was pretty straightforward and i was able to complete it without any problems. I chose not to hook up the backup lights because i wasn't sure where the backup light harness was and i didn't want to spend time removing the rear bumper to find it. Maybe i'll do it in the future. Here are some pictures of the taillights installed:





I really love the look of these taillights. I also really liked the original design by Mazda, but i did think it was getting a little outdated and needed to be spiced up a bit. I think 雨宮-san was successful in modernizing the rear end of the FD.

I finally received my RE雨宮 IPF LED Carbon Taillights today!
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It took a long time to receive them, but i'm so happy they're finally here and the quality is top-notch, as expected from RE雨宮. I can't wait to get these new lights installed!

For the past week, since July 4th, i've been on vacation. Luckily, i've had the opportunity to take my car out for a couple of nice long drives, roughly 200 miles. On my first drive, as i was following the GPS home, i suddenly found myself on a section of road that was unpaved. For unknown reasons, i stubbornly continued forward rather than making a u-turn and finding an alternate route. I eventually hit a section in the road where the potholes were just too large for me to get past without damaging my car.



So at last, i finally decided that i could no longer move forward and had to backup and make a u-turn. Unfortunately, as i was backing up, i heard a loud crunching sound. I immediately jumped out of the car and ran to the back thinking that my RE雨宮 diffuser was destroyed. To my great surprise, the diffuser was completely intact with no damage. Instead of fully inspecting the car, i decided to get back onto paved road before reinspecting the car again. After i got back onto paved road, i walked around the car and eventually found out my carbon side step on the passenger side was mangled pretty badly. Although i was upset, i knew that it was a piece that would eventually get replaced when i got my RE雨宮 AD GT widebody kit, so i didn't dwell on it too much. Luckily, the carbon pieces were free and i found that with a little tape, the damage is not that noticeable from a distance.



At least i was able to snap a nice picture from the place where my car got damaged.

I finally got around to installing my new RE雨宮 カーボンリアデーフューザー. Luckily the installation was very straight forward and because it is original RE雨宮, the fitment was perfect. However, there was one caveat, but not because of any fault of RE雨宮, but rather because the diffuser was designed for JDM cars, not USDM. The one bracket supplied by RE雨宮 that holds the back of the diffuser to the bolt behind the license plate does not work for USDM cars because there is no hole behind the license plate.



I originally drilled a hole in the rear bumper and riveted the diffuser to the bumper, but i didn't like how high the diffuser sat.



So instead, i decided to make a bracket from the license plate bolt holes down to the diffuser. Here is a picture of the aluminum bars i used to make the bracket in the vice grip:

Here is the bracket mounted to the car:


And here's the diffuser fully mounted with my new bracket:

When i purchased my car nearly 5 months ago, the seller gave me a set of カーボンサイドステップ that he never installed. He was planning to remove the RE雨宮 サイドステップ that was on the car and put on the カーボンサイドステップ one, but he never got around to it. After buying the car, i also debated whether to do the same, but i was reluctant to remove the original RE雨宮 サイドステップ because original RE雨宮 parts are so rare in America. Then last week i came up with the idea to add the カーボンサイドステップ underneath the RE雨宮 サイドステップ.

This is a picture of test fit:


After the test fit, i was pretty impressed by how well it matched up, so today i decided to install it permanently with some 3M double-sided tape and some rivets:


And here's what it looks like now that it's complete:






And here's a look at it from the top. You can see how the lines flow pretty well together:


Now i just need to install my RE雨宮 カーボンリアディフューザー!!!