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Bwarp · Post by **Bwarp** » Thu May 09, 2013 10:16 am

REDBEN wrote:Mr Bwarp made an appearance in the latest NZPC, small pic but still cool!

Haha thanks bro. I've made it in life! Now I can quit the game. Lolol

REDBEN · Post by **REDBEN** » Thu May 09, 2013 12:12 pm

Yep now an official NZPC Balla!

Furai · Post by **Furai** » Thu May 09, 2013 12:53 pm

Was that from the Welly meet?

Im keen to see, someone take a pic!

CordedBowl · Post by **CordedBowl** » Sun May 12, 2013 7:01 pm

Today we roughly put wee1 back together!

And got the wheels all painted up!

Many thanks to MadKiwi for all the help!

MrGrey · Post by **MrGrey** » Sun May 12, 2013 7:38 pm

lookin' sexy!
nice work guys

REDBEN · Post by **REDBEN** » Sun May 12, 2013 7:46 pm

Wheels look bloody awesome! Haha MadKiwi's car is looking alot better than it did last weekend!

CordedBowl · Post by **CordedBowl** » Mon May 13, 2013 6:06 pm

MrGrey · Post by **MrGrey** » Mon May 13, 2013 6:17 pm

automotive porn.

let me show you my O face...

Shane. · Post by **Shane.** » Mon May 13, 2013 6:38 pm

Looks real good! Just needs a mirror.

REDBEN · Post by **REDBEN** » Mon May 13, 2013 9:20 pm

Wow now that looks wicked! love the CF headlight covers

Snapfrozen · Post by **Snapfrozen** » Wed May 15, 2013 3:02 pm

Anyone got a right front guard for sale? Does'nt matter what colour, just no dents/bog. Had some asshole hit and run my car today...

Skilfil · Post by **Skilfil** » Thu May 16, 2013 11:45 pm

I guess some people like to turn up the crazy.. Stolen from another forum.

siren676 · Post by **siren676** » Fri May 17, 2013 1:06 am

That thing is awesome! Judging by the licence plate styling I think its from NZ.

Today i removed all the small coolant hoses from the engine bay. Took me about an hour to get all them out because of the stupidly designed hose clamps and the lack of access to them.

Went down to the local Repco to get some replacements but they only stock radiator hoses so i got some anyway as well as some better designed hose clamps.
Then went to Mazda and put an order in for some replacement smaller hoses which should be here tomorrow

Fingers crossed this sorts my coolant leak

MrGrey · Post by **MrGrey** » Fri May 17, 2013 11:16 am

I got creative over the past few days and covered my slamplate and made a backing plate for my air filters heat shield. How it was, was functional but not very pretty. I'm reasonably happy with the result.

authentic · Post by **authentic** » Fri May 17, 2013 12:35 pm

Replaced the tan door handles with black ones to complete the black/tan contrast of my interior. I'm satisfied now.

MrGrey · Post by **MrGrey** » Fri May 17, 2013 12:43 pm

I will be honest, I am personally not a fan of tan interiors but I am truly digging what you have done, its a really nice contrast.

nice job!

punkoutnz · Post by **punkoutnz** » Fri May 17, 2013 12:57 pm

In my old one I put black carpets and dash in there, with tan crash pads right around, with the tan seats. I thought it looked pretty good. Would have been even better with the black inserts in the seats though. All tan is just a bit too much aye!

GRUVBB · Post by **GRUVBB** » Fri May 17, 2013 1:19 pm

I'm with MrGrey comment. The black looks good with the tan. Not a fan of tan on its own also.

authentic · Post by **authentic** » Fri May 17, 2013 1:29 pm

Cheers guys. Yeah tan on tan on tan was a bit boring, and it seemed quite dated. And the fact that it matched our old 1982 Datsun Ute's interior didn't help the illusion.

If the 'crash pads' are the strips at the top of the doors then I'm still considering swapping those out too, but for now I'm happy with where its at.

MrGrey · Post by **MrGrey** » Fri May 17, 2013 4:07 pm

I was concerned about the lack of pretend air coming into my wheel arches, so I put on some pretend vents that have fixed my pretend overheating problem. (they were a gift and I figured I would try em' to see if I liked the look)

Don't worry, I know what you are thinking, so allow me to save you the effort of tracking down an appropriate image and posting it.

mazline · Post by **mazline** » Fri May 17, 2013 4:37 pm

I've seen worst things stuck on these cars.......just

SkilletKid · Post by **SkilletKid** » Fri May 17, 2013 4:49 pm

Hahahaha oh my....

I'm guessing you took it off?

MrGrey · Post by **MrGrey** » Fri May 17, 2013 9:48 pm

for the moment they are still there, I'll give them a week and see if I like the look/get used to the look or if I rip them off in a fit of rage. I will give it one thing and that is for all its fakery, it does help a little towards making the car a little less jellybean'ish.

but yeah, fake vents make my car all WDM style (WDM is like JDM but stands for 'wallmart domestic market') ...... its very popular in the trailer trash tuning scene apparently

GRUVBB · Post by **GRUVBB** » Fri May 17, 2013 9:54 pm

I'm still with MrGrey once again..... We all perceive things differently. I think these look ok. Better than a lot of stuff shown on forumn that gets hidden under bonnets etc where no one sees it. Would be a boring world if we all liked the same stuff

Skilfil · Post by **Skilfil** » Sat May 18, 2013 1:07 pm

CordedBowl wrote:

[silver MX5]

I saw this today! Westgate carpark, I was the blue MX5 that took off before you could get closer and see how crap mine looks next to yours. Looks awesome, the headlight covers make it stand out

On another note, drivers door won't unlock with my remote. Took the door panel off, it unlocks with the key.

Seems the actuator has given up the ghost. Any idea on where to get one anyone?

Just a generic one like this:

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