From the ashes... What did you do to your roadster today?
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Finished putting in poly bushings into all the arms/uprights. Grease nipples on the control arms too (but not on the top rear arms because of the bracket there that it will interfere with at factory droop).
Next step is to start putting the arms back and finally put in my Bilsteins.
Pic of rear upright as well as bottom arms in place with nice new alignment bolts (my 23 year old factory alignment bolts were mullered - no wonder every alignment place I went to couldn't get the rears right).
Next step is to start putting the arms back and finally put in my Bilsteins.
Pic of rear upright as well as bottom arms in place with nice new alignment bolts (my 23 year old factory alignment bolts were mullered - no wonder every alignment place I went to couldn't get the rears right).
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I had a go at stealth indicator lights!
I had a go at stealth indicator lights! What do ya think? Better than paying $300 for bought ones aye haha.
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Not today but last weekend i picked up my manifold, downpipe and some injectors from 2low2c. Your work is amazing man.
A few more parts to sort out but im confident in installing it all and doing the off boost side of the tune myself.
A few more parts to sort out but im confident in installing it all and doing the off boost side of the tune myself.
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Re: I had a go at stealth indicator lights!
I did very similar in last weekend but this is commercial LED version, so hat off to you.Jesse Pinkman wrote:I had a go at stealth indicator lights! What do ya think? Better than paying $300 for bought ones aye haha.
MX-5 with TSI by Ben Nakagawa, on Flickr
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From the ashes... What did you do to your roadster today?
Very cool Ben, like them!
So where did you get them and how much
Cheers
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Subject: [MX5] Re: From the ashes... What did you do to your roadster today?
Jesse Pinkman wrote:
hat off to you.
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So where did you get them and how much
Cheers
Biff
-----Original Message-----
From: Ben.Nakagawa
Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2014 8:29 AM
To: mx5talk@mx5forum.co.nz
Subject: [MX5] Re: From the ashes... What did you do to your roadster today?
Jesse Pinkman wrote:
I did very similar in last weekend but this is commercial LED version, soI had a go at stealth indicator lights! What do ya think? Better than
paying $300 for bought ones aye haha.
hat off to you.
[Image: https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3855/152 ... 5825a0.jpg ]
(https://flic.kr/p/paR6us)MX-5 with TSI by Ben Nakagawa
(https://www.flickr.com/people/78165705@N00/), on Flickr
[Image: https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5561/152 ... 8e4855.jpg ]
(https://flic.kr/p/pcBmwn)MX-5 with TSI by Ben Nakagawa
(https://www.flickr.com/people/78165705@N00/), on Flickr
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Indicators
Oh nice Ben they look sweet, I might have a go at sorting out some proper LED's for it cause they look a hell of a lot better than the normal bulbs haha.
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Thanks,
It's from Jass Performance.
http://shop.jassperformance.com/index.p ... duct_id=55
They also have mirror polished stainless version of this
http://shop.jassperformance.com/index.p ... duct_id=69
But, like Jesse said, it set you back a little for $$, postage was not too bad.
It's from Jass Performance.
http://shop.jassperformance.com/index.p ... duct_id=55
They also have mirror polished stainless version of this
http://shop.jassperformance.com/index.p ... duct_id=69
But, like Jesse said, it set you back a little for $$, postage was not too bad.
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Well technically I only drover her today and others did it but got some spiffy new wheels and tires. I can just feel the added grip from the larger contact patch on the ground but the missus is not pleased at the money spent due to her wanting me to get a larger car.... (She wanted 5 seats and I told her I was going to buy another 1 and a half mx5s not amused ).
But back to the reason of this post
Before
After
As explained in the this thread they are 15x8/20p on 205/50/15s. I am happy they go great with the matte black hardtop.
But back to the reason of this post
Before
After
As explained in the this thread they are 15x8/20p on 205/50/15s. I am happy they go great with the matte black hardtop.
To be accurate, the shape of the contact patch has changed...not the actual size.SKREEE wrote:Well technically I only drover her today and others did it but got some spiffy new wheels and tires. I can just feel the added grip from the larger contact patch on the ground but the missus is not pleased at the money spent due to her wanting me to get a larger car.... (She wanted 5 seats and I told her I was going to buy another 1 and a half mx5s not amused ).
But back to the reason of this post
Before
After
As explained in the this thread they are 15x8/20p on 205/50/15s. I am happy they go great with the matte black hardtop.
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The way the tyre sits on the rim would make me think that the tyres are wider than 205 or the wheel is narrower than 8 inches. 205 on an 8 should be fitting with maybe the smallest amount of stretch.SKREEE wrote: they are 15x8/20p on 205/50/15s. I am happy they go great with the matte black hardtop.
Throw some lower springs in there though it will look better in my opinion.
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New Fuel cap from Zoom came in the mail from Japan the other day. I am going for an old British roadster kind of look so vintage parts like these are a very obvious choice.
No modifying the body it's a straight bolt in all aluminium piece; solid build quality and even came with a tube of really good alloy polish solution.
To add to the British Roadster look I swapped my entire black interior (which was very clean and well kept) for tan (which was dirty and has a few damaged bits), cleaned everything thoroughly and here you have it!
I believe Laguna and Tan was only available in the American market (I have no documents showing the European or Japanese markets having them) and only 463 were produced from 1994-1995.
The swap isn't finished yet though, I still need the seats and to pick up the remaining trim pieces I left at the old owner's house.
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Just took these with my phone, it is mostly an optical illusion caused by the black wheel due to the machined face being recessed from the lip these should clear it up a bit.
Oh and the fronts rub like hell on the inner guards(I think) on full lock and over half decent bumps(I mean lovely flat Christchurch roads). However an upside is now my speedo is accurate to my GPS on speeds.
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