http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,2469017a11,00.html

Gee, their PR section is out on the road building their image.

I had this happen. The repairer was a good one, and repainted part of the car to get a better match. Paint matching is part of their job, there is no excuse for it to be wrong. If necessary take it to another repairer and get a written opinion, take that to your repairer, and if they won't fix it ta...

This was a while back, and a mention in Top Down Mag drew zero interest. What I had arranged was a relationship with Goodwin Racing of San Diego (http://www.good-w in-racing.com/goodwinracing_001.htm) to offer everything they have to people in NZ (including the agencies such as Racing Beat) and to b...

Interesting story... On my way to Auckland for the track day about 18 months ago I was behind a double milk tanker north of Huntly. I followed it at 90kph for ages until we hit a nice long clear stretch of straight road. I pulled out overtook, and just as I was nearing the end of the pass my Valenti...

Well we have had a stick on plate for about 6 years here in Wellington, have driven the car all over the North Island, and daily around Wellington. My wife was pulled over once and the only concern expressed was regarding the whereabouts of the original front plate, which since has travelled in the ...

I just use Shell Helix Plus, semi synthetic. Its not too expensive. When fresh there is no lifter noise, when old there will be a little just on startup. I used to use Mobil 1, but it was more expensive, and no better at this. Some have suggested that soaking the new oil filter with fresh oil for 24...

And if it is permitted I to advise members I am the distributor in this part of the world for Team Voodoo products.

www.teamvoodoo.com

Gary


On Thu, 13 Feb 2003 17:19:45 +1300, carl.halvorsen wrote:

Try Ross Campbell at

mx5mart@paradise.net.nz

regards
Carl

You say Clifton Terrace, you mean the council car park? On Tue, 4 Feb 2003 21:45:09 +1300, Mike Pearson - WYSIWYG Ltd wrote: Hi, a friend just had his '90 BRG Roadster broken into, in Clifton Terrace, Wellington. They smashed the quarterpane on the passenger side. For some reason, his alarm didn't w...

I had my car repainted at Honda's bodyshop in Wellington (Hania Street) The guy then (last year) was Kevin. Very good and cared about the work he did. On Mon, 9 Dec 2002 12:25:07 +1300, Scott wrote: I was thinking a nice slightly darker than standard metallic red would be nice. Any recommended place...

BTW, my susp guru says it's often better to reduce offset when using
wider wheels to reduce tramlining. he recommended 38 mm. Which is like
taking the stock wheels and adding a 7mm spacer. (Did I say spacer?)

Wrong way around Lou... you'd need to remove material, not add it On
Thu, 5 Dec 2002 08:03:09 +1300, lou Girardin wrote: They're legal, but
the offset is too little. Dare I say it, you may need to use spacers to

A cam will only give this sort of improvement if you have an aftermarket ecu. Ask Fletch, he's done it. I don't think it was worth 20% though, at least not the cam alone. On Wed, 4 Dec 2002 16:34:16 +1300, Sean Craig wrote: yep it's all fun and games that i will miss till my return and yes mx5s are ...

Mazda have progressively added braces to the car year by year, and they provided for complete alignment flexibility with the user adjustments designed in. They don't take the suspension outside of its design parameters... On Wed, 4 Dec 2002 16:01:26 +1300, Graeme Naisbitt wrote: Yeah but what about ...

No No, don't misunderstand. Suspension design is a science, and the geometry is very specific. Sticking on spacers completely negates it. Adding more power through a supercharger, turbo etc, or aftermarket shocks (designed for the car) or springs etc will vary the performance while remaining in gene...

On Wed, 4 Dec 2002 15:27:57 +1300, Sean Craig wrote: "massed produced
gutless wonder like the MX5 " and... "I know of several motoring journos
who have MX5s as their daily drivers and love them to bits. " Sort of
contradictory.

I hope this discussion isn't going to get out of hand. I think you're possibly both right. Maybe the spacers did allow a car to go faster in the hands of an experienced driver. Its sort of missing the point though isn't it? Mazda put a lot of effort into the suspension design, and adding 25mm spacer...

Mark, There's more than 4 of them. At the rear there were about a dozen, there are about the same at the front. Gary On Fri, 15 Nov 2002 19:02:29 +1300, nmr@iprolink.co.nz wrote: > Has anyone replaced the suspension bushes in there car?. I am informed by David Oxton that mine are wasted away to nowt...

Hi Matthew, I used the factory ones. Cost for the rear set was about $450. As the suspension was in bits it wasn't too much of a job, except that I had the old bushes pressed out, the suspension parts stripped and powder coated, and then the new bushes pressed in. That all cost about $100. There is ...

Hi Matthew, I have had the rear bushes done when my car was rebuilt, and I have the front planned. Can't comment on before and after as the car was off the road for 9 months and a lot of other things changed at the same time. I know that Bob Hall's advice on suspension on an MX5 is to replace all bu...

I bet it would be a b***ch to shift with one of those. On Wed, 13 Nov 2002 17:52:37 +1300, Graeme Naisbitt wrote: Saw a nice MX5 with a hardtop today, passed by my window at work, it head a aluminium Gate for the gear stick, looked really tasty =P Anyone know where I can get one from? Graeme D4NGER ...

Phil, If you did manage to get a bulk order together, and I've tried this without any response from NZ Club members, the cheapest and best way to freight is Ocean Freight where you pay by the cubic metre. If you had an order value of NZ$1-2k it would probably work out OK. Transit time is about 4 wee...

Daniel, It more likely needs a wheel balance. Gary On Mon, 11 Nov 2002 12:24:54 +1300, Daniel Shek wrote: a bit off topic. but i remeber read a mx5 book saying the dunlop tyres are good for mx5 as it will "cure" the 100km vibration. My 5 shakes quite badly when travelling over 100k/hr. is it the tyr...

Try this...
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayI ... m=18717751 87

Grant, Its unlikely that they were intended to produce bass, a drive unit small enough to fit into a headrest (or in this case small enough to be part of a pair in the headrest) is never going to be a bass transducer. The plastic cups they are in are probably correct for the intended purpose - an ad...

Lou,

Where does one obtain Dynamat in NZ?

Gary