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

tomtikki · Post by **tomtikki** » Mon Mar 04, 2013 10:41 am

Angreal wrote:My car looked like that once when I swapped over to an NB dash. Used the time to tidy up the wiring but in the time since, I have made a mess again

Didn't your last MX die from an electrical fire?....

Kieran · Post by **Kieran** » Mon Mar 04, 2013 11:48 am

Yeah I'm going to need flares... Cole...

They are currently 15x7 +35 F 15x7 -35 R(For shits and giggles)
And are going to be 15x9 -4 Got some new lips on order

punkoutnz · Post by **punkoutnz** » Mon Mar 04, 2013 3:43 pm

Hope you've got some spare wheel bearings

Angreal · Post by **Angreal** » Mon Mar 04, 2013 3:55 pm

punkoutnz wrote:Hope you've got some spare wheel bearings

They aren't cheap either

Kieran · Post by **Kieran** » Mon Mar 04, 2013 4:38 pm

Im getting some new hubs and bearings with ARP extended studs
also there will be another 2.5" of lip on the inside thats just the wheels with flipped centres so final fitment will sit about there

Snapfrozen · Post by **Snapfrozen** » Mon Mar 04, 2013 5:46 pm

She's certainly not going to love you for that unsprung weight that's for sure lol. Looks good though

dylann · Post by **dylann** » Mon Mar 04, 2013 6:25 pm

So your mate gave you a shitty jamex bucket seat and you want it in your car asap? heres how i did it

1. Shitty Seat

2. Mounts.

3. Flat steel bars with holes, bolted to seat.

4. Rails bolted to flat steel.

5. Bolted into car.

6. Heaps of room on either side!

7.????

8. Profit!

Angreal · Post by **Angreal** » Mon Mar 04, 2013 11:56 pm

tomtikki wrote:
Angreal wrote:My car looked like that once when I swapped over to an NB dash. Used the time to tidy up the wiring but in the time since, I have made a mess again
Didn't your last MX die from an electrical fire?....

Shhhhhhh that was installing an amp with no fuses and lines direct to the battery... Asking to catch fire

And Kieran, your car is taking the opposite path to my car. I'm trying to make the car have less unsprung weight

MrGrey · Post by **MrGrey** » Tue Mar 05, 2013 7:40 am

I jump started another car yesterday. Its always nice to help someone in need and it helped justify the purchase of new jumper leads from the week before.

mjrstar · Post by **mjrstar** » Tue Mar 05, 2013 8:54 am

working on rear subframe:

Evo LSD & axles, widened subframe, 4x114 stud pattern, 285mmx20 discs

tomtikki · Post by **tomtikki** » Tue Mar 05, 2013 9:05 am

dylann wrote:So your mate gave you a shitty jamex bucket seat and you want it in your car asap? heres how i did it

Nice! What's the height like compared to the factory seat? I've heard other buckets can end up sitting you higher.

Kieran · Post by **Kieran** » Tue Mar 05, 2013 10:05 am

Angreal wrote:
tomtikki wrote:
Angreal wrote:My car looked like that once when I swapped over to an NB dash. Used the time to tidy up the wiring but in the time since, I have made a mess again
Didn't your last MX die from an electrical fire?....
Shhhhhhh that was installing an amp with no fuses and lines direct to the battery... Asking to catch fire

And Kieran, your car is taking the opposite path to my car. I'm trying to make the car have less unsprung weight

15x9 -4 isn't that bad I'm going to run as little camber as possible with a 225/45R15 and those wheels aren't very heavy with a turbo it will be fine

Angreal · Post by **Angreal** » Tue Mar 05, 2013 10:31 am

I suppose they aren't that big. They just look huuuuuuge :p

Kieran · Post by **Kieran** » Tue Mar 05, 2013 11:13 am

That pic shows a 15x7 +35 with a flipped centre disk which makes it 15x7 -35

I will flip it back replace the front lips with 4 inch lips making them roughly 15x9 -10 which pokes the same as the 15x7 -35

I "only" have to find about 80mm of space under the guards to fit them

dylann · Post by **dylann** » Tue Mar 05, 2013 1:39 pm

tomtikki wrote:Nice! What's the height like compared to the factory seat? I've heard other buckets can end up sitting you higher.

Cheers! This particular seat gets you lower by a few cm's, it could be lower if you bolted it directly to the floor without the rails, but i wanted some sliding action.

tomtikki · Post by **tomtikki** » Tue Mar 05, 2013 3:46 pm

dylann wrote:Cheers! This particular seat gets you lower by a few cm's, it could be lower if you bolted it directly to the floor without the rails, but i wanted some sliding action.

Well yeah, sliding action is always wanted in an mx5!

Post by **zorruno** » Tue Mar 05, 2013 11:19 pm

76 Pages is ridiculous for a thread... please keep relevant topics together and as much as possible - start one thread per topic.

I've locked this one.

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