Post pics of your MX5!

Born_disturbed · Post by **Born_disturbed** » Mon Jul 25, 2011 11:16 pm

Euen wrote:
Born_disturbed wrote:Very nice man! i really want one of those rocker covers!
Do it yourself. You can get the red crackle paint from Repco. I think that there is a thread somewhere on here about the prep required.

Ha i just painted mine last week, what i was meaning is those covers say something along the lines of "16 valve turbo" on them, only BP rocker covers to have turbo as part of it

Born_disturbed · Post by **Born_disturbed** » Mon Jul 25, 2011 11:19 pm

Here you go

Angreal · Post by **Angreal** » Tue Jul 26, 2011 8:49 am

I've been meaning to paint mine for a while now but does anyone know where I can get the red VHT paint from? Supercheap didn't have them out at Massey.

Some of those engine bays look really tidy.

Born_disturbed · Post by **Born_disturbed** » Tue Jul 26, 2011 11:05 am

Repco and supercheap often dont have it, try Car colors

malcster · Post by **malcster** » Tue Jul 26, 2011 5:00 pm

I did a Honda rocker cover a while back and was recommended to just use a good quality automotive paint as way more choice of colours and was perfect.

Born_disturbed · Post by **Born_disturbed** » Tue Jul 26, 2011 8:10 pm

malcster wrote:I did a Honda rocker cover a while back and was recommended to just use a good quality automotive paint as way more choice of colours and was perfect.

I did mine at the panel shop in blue with white lettering, both painted with DG

Toolbox · Post by **Toolbox** » Sat Jul 30, 2011 7:22 pm

Red is all the go.
off to get some paint

Angreal · Post by **Angreal** » Fri Aug 12, 2011 12:38 am

Well I finally got my rocker cover painted and back onto the car. All that's left is to paint the letters black on the cover and to paint the rest of the intake pipe, the strut bar and the intake manifold/butterfly valve thing matte black when I get more paint and free time...

m4vr1k · Post by **m4vr1k** » Fri Aug 19, 2011 6:34 pm

New pics!

Will post a less blurry pic of my bling rocker cover tomorrow.

Angreal · Post by **Angreal** » Fri Aug 19, 2011 10:59 pm

I've decided that I like your wheels and the tinted rear lights (might attempt the lights after my long list of other things to do has reduced).

m4vr1k · Post by **m4vr1k** » Sat Aug 20, 2011 9:51 am

I use a product called Nite Shades by VHT. Still got most of a can left. It's yours if you want it. Just tell me your address and I will courier it to you.

Angreal · Post by **Angreal** » Sat Sep 10, 2011 2:51 pm

Well I've slowly getting there. I've completed the foamectomy and next weekend I plan to repaint my calipers with VHT paint, replace the front pads which are super worn and get the rotors skimmed since they're very warped.

Attached is a photo of the engine bay as it is now. All that's left in there is to paint the intake manifold by hand since I couldn't work out how to get it off to spray it, tint the washer bottle and think about tinting the coolant bottle, and install the new oil cap which is in transit. I do think all my hard work paid off in tidying up the engine bay. I do think my piece of carbon fibre looks pretty good although it looks more like a Honda engine now...

After this I plan to put in the Mk2 interior in, get new covers for the seats and replace the exhaust system to put the spare wheel underneath the car to free up some much needed boot space.

If anyone knows where I can get a new oil dip stick or how I could tidy it up, please let me know

g64 · Post by **g64** » Tue Sep 27, 2011 9:35 pm

Hey guys, Im new to the forum. Thought Id put up some pics of my little Roadster. She's completely standard, and I plan to keep her that way, but I love what you guys have done with yours :p

Gravelben · Post by **Gravelben** » Tue Sep 27, 2011 10:29 pm

Nice to see a tidy standard one too

Free hint thougbh, pop the rubber/plastic bit off the centre of the steering wheel and its a nice momo one underneath.

g64 · Post by **g64** » Wed Sep 28, 2011 10:55 am

Gravelben wrote:Nice to see a tidy standard one too

Free hint thougbh, pop the rubber/plastic bit off the centre of the steering wheel and its a nice momo one underneath.

WOW, just did this, and that plastic/rubber bit is staying off. Looks awesome! Thanks so much

punkoutnz · Post by **punkoutnz** » Wed Oct 05, 2011 2:44 pm

Here's my latest successes... So now I can go out and get some photos of the actual car!

Gravelben · Post by **Gravelben** » Wed Oct 05, 2011 5:57 pm

Needs some heat shielding to go with it!

punkoutnz · Post by **punkoutnz** » Wed Oct 05, 2011 7:20 pm

Gravelben wrote:Needs some heat shielding to go with it!

Does it ever! I don't like the intake very much, but it's all we can work with for now until I either a) find a way to get a filter to squeeze on the front of the turbo, or b) manage to make a solid intake to roughly where the pipe sits now.

Kieran · Post by **Kieran** » Thu Oct 06, 2011 9:49 am

I reckon you should do something like this
an isolated cold box with a headlight duct
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punkoutnz · Post by **punkoutnz** » Thu Oct 06, 2011 10:45 am

Yeah I'll be doing something like that eventually. First step was getting the car on the road though.

Gravelben · Post by **Gravelben** » Thu Oct 06, 2011 6:56 pm

You can just see mine at the edge of this photo - cold air feed is ducted from a hole in the scuttle panel at rear of engine bay and the heatshielding is bodged up from supermarket oven trays (idea stolen from the drift crowd), seems to work well enough so I never got round to making something more permanent. Turbobeanie wouldn't hurt either.

WideOpenThrottle · Post by **WideOpenThrottle** » Thu Oct 06, 2011 7:03 pm

punkoutnz wrote:Yeah I'll be doing something like that eventually. First step was getting the car on the road though.

Or you could put your filter here as in the photo-it seems to work well for my set-up & you get cold air all day!

Gravelben · Post by **Gravelben** » Thu Oct 06, 2011 8:00 pm

Just don't drive through any big puddles with that one!

SLYDIT · Post by **SLYDIT** » Thu Oct 06, 2011 10:32 pm

have a look in my signature for my cold air box on my turbo....
heres a sneak peak...

brownie · Post by **brownie** » Thu Oct 06, 2011 11:54 pm

Punkout,
I might have something right up your alley at work,I have a custom vented bonnet .
If keen drop me a line at work
parts@mazline.co.nz
and i will send you some photo's of it,might be suitable /might not but you can have a look.

Just got some new 16's for my own car in the second photo, 15"s are for sale in the classified if any one keen,alot quiter than the 16's

Post pics of your MX5!

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