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

WideOpenThrottle · Post by **WideOpenThrottle** » Fri May 11, 2012 9:24 pm

sprsta wrote-without any flow past the thermostat, it wont open till the coolant that is right next to it gets hot enough even though the coolant at no1 cylender is boiling

I have studied the "M-tuned coolant re-route" kit & the thermostat is miles away from the back of the head [exagerated]so this design must be wanting too as no flowing water is anywhere near it [just stagnant water until the temp creeps along the hose to it.

The Begi one definitely seems the safer option!

chris · Post by **chris** » Sat May 12, 2012 4:27 pm

Today, I finally fixed up my saggin wheel arch guard things...the plastic parts

Mr. Shine · Post by **Mr. Shine** » Sat May 12, 2012 4:43 pm

New WoF today, and fitted my front lip

Angreal · Post by **Angreal** » Sun May 13, 2012 1:13 am

Today I put a whole lot of items on the credit card. Visa will cover it for the next while

Bought myself:
- FM 4 pot group buy Willwoods
- 949 Racing RB exhaust
- other misc stuff that I figured would be covered by the shipping...

Next item on the car will likely be the Fast Forward Supercharger next year when my parents sail to the states. Hoping I can get the FFS delivered to them to save on shipping and GST if they bring it back on the boat...

WideOpenThrottle · Post by **WideOpenThrottle** » Sun May 13, 2012 2:39 pm

I put in my ali radiator & both fans,bottom hose,dual feed fuel lines,bonnet,front lower suspension brace[modified one i got off MX5Mart to fit it to an ideal position using current suspension bolts],turbo bracket,gearbox oil & a sensor repair[wire came off],plus other itty-bitty things!

Mr. Shine · Post by **Mr. Shine** » Sun May 13, 2012 7:28 pm

Not sure if this is something I did to my car, but given the abuse it received on the skid pan, perhaps it counts

Born_disturbed · Post by **Born_disturbed** » Sun May 13, 2012 7:33 pm

Fitted some sweet Koito semi sealed H4's after blowing one of my sealed beamed lights. Also organised a bunch more parts for my car

punkoutnz · Post by **punkoutnz** » Mon May 14, 2012 11:42 am

Fitted my new black floor carpet and glove box. Black carpet looks SOOOO much better than the tan! I wish I knew someone in the industry who'd sew up some black leather for my seats, it's insanely expensive to get it done otherwise!

WideOpenThrottle · Post by **WideOpenThrottle** » Mon May 14, 2012 11:57 am

punkoutnz wrote:Fitted my new black floor carpet and glove box. Black carpet looks SOOOO much better than the tan! I wish I knew someone in the industry who'd sew up some black leather for my seats, it's insanely expensive to get it done otherwise!

Try Paul Bryant on 09 4129838 he [may] be able to help.

Mr. Shine · Post by **Mr. Shine** » Mon May 14, 2012 12:04 pm

punkoutnz wrote:Fitted my new black floor carpet and glove box. Black carpet looks SOOOO much better than the tan! I wish I knew someone in the industry who'd sew up some black leather for my seats, it's insanely expensive to get it done otherwise!

Could be interested in this also, let me know how you get on if you find anyone!

Born_disturbed · Post by **Born_disturbed** » Mon May 14, 2012 12:09 pm

Grant at Grants Auto Upholstery
09-418 1550
92 Ellice Rd Glenfield Auckland

Tell him David from Robs Body Shop next door sent you and see what he can do. But leather is not cheap.. Regardless of who you go to

punkoutnz · Post by **punkoutnz** » Mon May 14, 2012 12:41 pm

Yeah it would have cost me leather + beers. Can't beat that price! Haha.

Realistically it'd still be around a grand starting price I think, I can't justify that kind of money for factory seats.

Bwarp · Post by **Bwarp** » Mon May 14, 2012 3:59 pm

For $1000 you may as well buy a set of custom racetechs, and get them to make them in black leather. Depending on the seat you chose, it mightnt set you back a lot more. I'm planning on going for racetechs in mine, but wanna get them done in brown leather/vinyl for pure porn styz.

SLYDIT · Post by **SLYDIT** » Mon May 14, 2012 6:55 pm

punkoutnz wrote:Fitted my new black floor carpet and glove box. Black carpet looks SOOOO much better than the tan! I wish I knew someone in the industry who'd sew up some black leather for my seats, it's insanely expensive to get it done otherwise!

you can get black leather covers for the mx5 seats in the states. i think they are called
"catskins" or something similar...also pretty sure moss motors do them too

Furai · Post by **Furai** » Mon May 14, 2012 6:58 pm

I hit a couple cones on the weekend at some speed, Gonna need a polish....

SLYDIT · Post by **SLYDIT** » Mon May 14, 2012 7:18 pm

the annoying thing about clipping cones is that it seems to "pop" the gaurd out ruining it..
previuos owner of mine did a minor on the front left and it never looked right again

Mr. Shine · Post by **Mr. Shine** » Mon May 14, 2012 7:34 pm

I haven't had a proper look at my panels from Sunday (though they're bloody filthy!), but I'm pretty sure I didn't hit any cones hard enough to cause any damage

dynofiend · Post by **dynofiend** » Mon May 14, 2012 7:56 pm

Here's what I got up to a few weekends back and didn't post about. Freshly painted new rims, matt black mirrors. Id already painted the windscreen surround a couple of years back.

Nek step, lowering springs

Bwarp · Post by **Bwarp** » Tue May 15, 2012 8:47 am

Wait, did you get those wheels off Sunny?
You must be the only other wellingtonian on here...!

dynofiend · Post by **dynofiend** » Tue May 15, 2012 7:13 pm

Yea man, Sunny helped me clean em up too. Im hardly ever on this forum but have had the car 4 years now.

WideOpenThrottle · Post by **WideOpenThrottle** » Sun May 20, 2012 10:27 am

I made & fitted a wind deflector in front of the radiator

Ben.Nakagawa · Post by **Ben.Nakagawa** » Sun May 20, 2012 3:23 pm

WideOpenThrottle wrote:I made & fitted a wind deflector in front of the radiator

Nice! What kind of material did you use?

SLYDIT · Post by **SLYDIT** » Sun May 20, 2012 4:09 pm

the best stuff to use is "alumabond"
thats what i used for all my stuff.
its a plastic sandwiched between two layers of aluminium . total thickness about 3.5mm

thebears · Post by **thebears** » Sun May 20, 2012 4:21 pm

Fitted a new electric aerial mast replacement and the hardtop ready for winter. The hard top is going to the sprayers Monday so it wont be on long.

Donovan · Post by **Donovan** » Sun May 20, 2012 5:02 pm

Wasn't my car (put one of my race seats in, does that count), but thrashed my brother's MX5 around Hampton Downs, sliding all around on stock road tyres (car is pretty much stock all round), especially in the wet, pined for my car (well when the track was dry). Bit slower this time round than the last time that I used his car, fastest 1:32 in the wet, 1:27 in the dry.

Thought about pulling the dash off the NB, but that's about as far as I got.

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