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

chris · Post by **chris** » Fri May 04, 2012 6:23 pm

Eeek! That sucks :/ well.... yes and no.. time for new stuff ;D

Furai · Post by **Furai** » Fri May 04, 2012 8:48 pm

Just got a pair of new headlights, need to fit those.

chris · Post by **chris** » Sun May 06, 2012 9:58 am

Awesome

Got quotes to get my car painted one color (At long last) Picked up a leather hand brake cover and Questioning purchasing a lip for the car

LXFX · Post by **LXFX** » Sun May 06, 2012 10:13 am

Just added a smartTop module

No more stopping to move the hard top!

chris · Post by **chris** » Sun May 06, 2012 11:33 am

^^ I want more info!!!!

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Finally wrapped my centerconsole lid

sprsta · Post by **sprsta** » Sun May 06, 2012 8:53 pm

chris wrote:^^ I want more info!!!!

think thats for an NC powered top

chris · Post by **chris** » Sun May 06, 2012 8:58 pm

Haha oh yeah,..... Duh! haha been a long day!

LXFX · Post by **LXFX** » Mon May 07, 2012 10:41 am

Oopps sorry, yeh its for the PRHT.....

Growler · Post by **Growler** » Mon May 07, 2012 11:11 am

Went up to Maungaturoto to help pick olives for the old man...and managed to better my time coming back! (1hr 35) in a big arse Commodore Wagon!.
State highway 16 up to Wellsford is such a sweet road!

ham · Post by **ham** » Mon May 07, 2012 12:38 pm

Had an awsome club run in the Tararua area. Great MX5 roads.

punkoutnz · Post by **punkoutnz** » Mon May 07, 2012 12:40 pm

Fitted my knockoff garage vary lip.

Mint!

Mr. Shine · Post by **Mr. Shine** » Mon May 07, 2012 1:06 pm

Did yours need a bit of warmth on the sides? Have yet to fit mine but hopefully one evening this week, or on Saturday

Born_disturbed · Post by **Born_disturbed** » Mon May 07, 2012 1:45 pm

How much was it landed?

punkoutnz · Post by **punkoutnz** » Mon May 07, 2012 2:07 pm

$275.

Nah no heat on mine. I just drilled out the end holes a bit bigger so I could use the 10mm bolts in the factory location (you'll know when you see them) then just line up the lip around the bumper edge from there. Took me longer to remove the old lip than it did to fit this one!

Mr. Shine · Post by **Mr. Shine** » Mon May 07, 2012 2:31 pm

Yeah, mine seems to droop a bit to the sides but I think it's plenty flexible to be coaxed into place with the screw holes. I was thinking of picking up some 3M double sided tape for the front edge, but I don't know that I'll bother.

Born_disturbed · Post by **Born_disturbed** » Mon May 07, 2012 3:35 pm

punkoutnz wrote:$275.

Nah no heat on mine. I just drilled out the end holes a bit bigger so I could use the 10mm bolts in the factory location (you'll know when you see them) then just line up the lip around the bumper edge from there. Took me longer to remove the old lip than it did to fit this one!

Old Lip? keen? Lol

chris · Post by **chris** » Mon May 07, 2012 3:42 pm

^ hehe already have dibs ;D

Bwarp · Post by **Bwarp** » Mon May 07, 2012 4:09 pm

Fixed all my damned rust. Finally.

But now my gearbox is making dumb noises. Not ideal, but to be expected after 235,000kms.....

chris · Post by **chris** » Mon May 07, 2012 4:11 pm

Hmm I need to get my rust fixed.. How much did it cost?

Born_disturbed · Post by **Born_disturbed** » Mon May 07, 2012 4:15 pm

Bwarp wrote:Fixed all my damned rust. Finally.

But now my gearbox is making dumb noises. Not ideal, but to be expected after 235,000kms.....

Every MX5 ive been in has had a box that makes dumb noises, except for the box i swapped into mine when i got my BP swap

Bwarp · Post by **Bwarp** » Mon May 07, 2012 4:18 pm

Cost me a mince and cheese pie and a custard square. Eg, I bought my dad lunch to give me a hand and let me use his tools. All up took a hole day, and took a couple of hours just to get the drivers side guard off. Snapped 3 bolts (they were rusted in) ruined all of the clips for the guard lining, and bought the wrong colour paint (so hard to find british racing green...!).

So yeah - luckily none of it needed new steel welded in, we just wire wheeled it and rust killed it, and primerd it then painted over it in "deep brunswick green". No matter how much it looks like BRG in the pot, its not BRG... god damn it.

We also painted my gas flap in glow in the dark paint.... for lulz....

Bwarp · Post by **Bwarp** » Mon May 07, 2012 4:20 pm

And re: gearbox noise - its always made noise, but it hasn't always made "this" noise. And its all of a sudden become rather difficut to get into 2nd gear, and it makes shit noises at low RPM in 3rd and 4th....

chris · Post by **chris** » Mon May 07, 2012 4:27 pm

I really should get onto repairing my rust.. Will post a pic later tonight. It's not tooo bad.. but its still rust

sprsta · Post by **sprsta** » Mon May 07, 2012 5:12 pm

If your talking about rust in the rear of the sills infront of the rear wheels
then the rust you see is only half the problem, that rust starts from inside the panel so you only see the part that has actually gotten the whole way through the panel from the other side

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chris · Post by **chris** » Mon May 07, 2012 5:19 pm

I'll email you a pic of the rust

its in the engine bay underneath the oil catch can. Its nothing major, although it is something I'd like to clean up

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