What'd you do to your car this week/weekend?

Mr. Shine · Post by **Mr. Shine** » Wed May 30, 2012 2:44 pm

You'll probably want to make sure that the hub-fender measurements are all equal before you get it back on the road! I find 11.5" to be quite driveable without too much scraping...

chris · Post by **chris** » Wed May 30, 2012 2:48 pm

Once I get home tonight Ill measure it all up

The first shock removal was a PITA and took about 2 hours that was the front right one.. After that they took about 30 mins each

Born_disturbed · Post by **Born_disturbed** » Wed May 30, 2012 2:48 pm

Your welcome

chris · Post by **chris** » Wed May 30, 2012 2:49 pm

Haha yes, you pointed out the one damn bolt I forgot :facepalm:

Mr. Shine · Post by **Mr. Shine** » Wed May 30, 2012 4:39 pm

Did you drop the upper wishbone longbolt method? Easy as pie

chris · Post by **chris** » Wed May 30, 2012 4:51 pm

yes! haha The first one took ages, but after that I was like "oh, this is easy"

Mr. Shine · Post by **Mr. Shine** » Wed May 30, 2012 6:45 pm

Yeah I got tripped up briefly with unbolting the swaybar mounting bolts, but it's amazing how easy it all is after all

chris · Post by **chris** » Wed May 30, 2012 8:54 pm

Yeah after I finally got the first corner done i was like "shit, this will take agess" Then onto the next corner, 30 mins later

brownie · Post by **brownie** » Wed May 30, 2012 10:59 pm

Kieran wrote:Does the license plate frame fit?

nope ,set up for us spec plates,shame really .

brownie · Post by **brownie** » Wed May 30, 2012 11:02 pm

Bwarp wrote:Keen for whole car shot with the SSR's on it. They look tasty.

What specs are they?

SSR type C 16x7 +30 offset

Born_disturbed · Post by **Born_disturbed** » Thu May 31, 2012 6:41 am

Mr. Shine wrote:You'll probably want to make sure that the hub-fender measurements are all equal before you get it back on the road! I find 11.5" to be quite driveable without too much scraping...

I have 280mm which = 11.02" I scrape if I go too fast over some speed bumps and can get a little guard rub on bumpy roads or heavily cambered corners at high speed

Kieran · Post by **Kieran** » Thu May 31, 2012 10:02 am

brownie wrote:
Kieran wrote:Does the license plate frame fit?
nope ,set up for us spec plates,shame really .

Already made that mistake once aswell.

Mr. Shine · Post by **Mr. Shine** » Thu May 31, 2012 11:09 am

Born_disturbed wrote:I have 280mm which = 11.02" I scrape if I go too fast over some speed bumps and can get a little guard rub on bumpy roads or heavily cambered corners at high speed

Yeah, I'm 11.5" rear and about 11" front, though my cert measurements are something random like 285mm front and 300mm rear, despite ride height not having been changed by me at all...

I find I scrape over the seemingly newer, sharp and squared-off speed bumps, as well as the really short ones you find in some car parks and in rubber form at some shopping mall car parks. I like the rubber ones, sliding rails over them

Regular speed bumps are fine, though unfortunately-angled driveway entrances etc. cause scraping too.

Angreal · Post by **Angreal** » Thu May 31, 2012 11:17 am

Mr. Shine wrote:
Born_disturbed wrote:I have 280mm which = 11.02" I scrape if I go too fast over some speed bumps and can get a little guard rub on bumpy roads or heavily cambered corners at high speed
Yeah, I'm 11.5" rear and about 11" front, though my cert measurements are something random like 285mm front and 300mm rear, despite ride height not having been changed by me at all...

I find I scrape over the seemingly newer, sharp and squared-off speed bumps, as well as the really short ones you find in some car parks and in rubber form at some shopping mall car parks. I like the rubber ones, sliding rails over them

Regular speed bumps are fine, though unfortunately-angled driveway entrances etc. cause scraping too.

And that sums up why I didn't like my car with its previous lower suspension

At least now it's low but not low enough to hit everything, just the odd thing (but I still go super slow over everything expecting to scrape).

Furai · Post by **Furai** » Thu May 31, 2012 3:23 pm

Got my Handbrake a Gearbox Gaiter from Coxie. Excellent service I must say, only 3 days from asking for a set to having it in the mail. Excellent quality and great price only took 20mins to fit.

Heres pics, I just need a Handbrake handle and Shift knob now to match.

Angreal · Post by **Angreal** » Thu May 31, 2012 6:57 pm

Those cover look very similar to the ones I have in my car except my gearbox one has a single stitch down the middle rather than at the corners.

chris · Post by **chris** » Thu May 31, 2012 9:21 pm

I have just the handbrake one

Looks great!!

BTW Angreal - I don't think Tina will recognize the car right away if she saw it now.

Angreal · Post by **Angreal** » Thu May 31, 2012 11:24 pm

Haha yeah I've been keeping her up to date of the changes

ill have to see the car again later this year. My car won't look the same either once my next container arrives from the states.

The only items left on my to do list are getting expensive

Bwarp · Post by **Bwarp** » Fri Jun 01, 2012 11:44 am

Fuark. Just got a price back for Koni yellows... 354+GST per corner.....without a spring...... farken hell. Lil bit steep I think.

Kieran · Post by **Kieran** » Fri Jun 01, 2012 12:35 pm

Thats 1600.70 incl GST...

PASS!!

plus springs and you've got the price of certed coilovers!!!

WideOpenThrottle · Post by **WideOpenThrottle** » Fri Jun 01, 2012 3:04 pm

Bwarp wrote:Fuark. Just got a price back for Koni yellows... 354+GST per corner.....without a spring...... farken hell. Lil bit steep I think.

Try .....http://www.good-win-racing.com/mazda/miata/index.html

I landed mine for half the prive to what i could buy here in NZ!

Angreal · Post by **Angreal** » Fri Jun 01, 2012 3:31 pm

I reeaaaaaally want to get some of their ohlins based purely on my friends R1. Can't justify them though

Furai · Post by **Furai** » Fri Jun 01, 2012 4:34 pm

Brand new B6 Bilsteins are about $950ish a set through Autolign...

Born_disturbed · Post by **Born_disturbed** » Sat Jun 02, 2012 4:08 pm

Heres mine with the new adjusties, still need to adjust them a bit though

SLYDIT · Post by **SLYDIT** » Sat Jun 02, 2012 9:39 pm

i unbolted my front guards and cleaned the crap out of the lower edge.
The steel is in good nick so thats good news.

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