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

Snapfrozen · Post by **Snapfrozen** » Wed Jul 18, 2012 2:51 pm

Thanks for that. Whats with MX-5's being stupidly expensive for 20 year old cars?

Kieran · Post by **Kieran** » Wed Jul 18, 2012 3:06 pm

You just have to look for a good deal or make an offer Ive been watching some on trademe for about 6 months so if you make a reasonable offer they will probably take it
be quick price will go up closer to summer

Do you have a budget price I can point you at some nice ones ive been looking at

Also dont be afraid of high kms if the body is good and has been garaged then take it the 1.6 motors are cheap!

chris · Post by **chris** » Wed Jul 18, 2012 3:09 pm

yeah man, just offer them!

Plus they have gone up in value recently... becoming a more popular car

Kieran · Post by **Kieran** » Wed Jul 18, 2012 3:12 pm

Also I wouldnt pay more than 5k for an stock NA

Kieran · Post by **Kieran** » Wed Jul 18, 2012 3:13 pm

http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/used-ca ... 137236.htm

3k Buy now!!

Born_disturbed · Post by **Born_disturbed** » Wed Jul 18, 2012 3:18 pm

ha parks around my work, seen it a fair bit.

Eastern Euro guy drives it or his Asian? Missus

dylann · Post by **dylann** » Wed Jul 18, 2012 3:25 pm

3k seems cheap for a BRG model, i guess it has what most people would consider high k's.
Gotta keep an eye out like others have said, i picked up mine for 2.5 with a hardtop, and all the boy racer goodies like a fart cannon, and chromies

only downside is the tail lights and indicators dont work ..

chris · Post by **chris** » Wed Jul 18, 2012 3:38 pm

^ Dylannn Post pics yo!

Bwarp · Post by **Bwarp** » Wed Jul 18, 2012 3:48 pm

Price of them could potentially increase even soon with the MX5 racing series with Motorsport Manawatu gaining popularity.

Also all the stainswork/hellaflesh bs. Cheap rwd cars that I can chuck sportmaxes on scrape chassis rails everywhere. Its a bit like R32 skylines. DRIFT TAX.

I just hope flatpeak society doesnt take hold of the roadster and ruin it like they did to silvias and skylines....

Kieran · Post by **Kieran** » Wed Jul 18, 2012 3:54 pm

Amen I could never bring myself to buy a skyline or silvia now due to that exact reason

halberd · Post by **halberd** » Wed Jul 18, 2012 4:20 pm

Bwarp wrote:I just hope flatpeak society doesnt take hold of the roadster and ruin it like they did to silvias and skylines....

I've seen a few douchebags cruising around in them in the city when I'm at Uni. They are catching on. All the KP Starlets and old Corollas etc, all the RWD cars are gone. MX5s are the only RWD left.

Also yea with that new MX5 class I bet they are gonna go up in price. I actually have a spare MX5 which I'll sell when they gain popularity as a race car. (Its not good enough to get road legal so Ill hold onto it till then)

dylann · Post by **dylann** » Wed Jul 18, 2012 4:28 pm

chris wrote:^ Dylannn Post pics yo!

will do! picking it up from my dads soon, hes trying his hand at the tail lights haha :p

flatpeakers have already started with the 5 imo, first example is the "miatasaurus", although it does see some tracktime it spends most of its time scraping and getting over speedbumps.

Snapfrozen · Post by **Snapfrozen** » Wed Jul 18, 2012 4:29 pm

After something that has a straight body, prefer stock with good condition paint. Prefer black/white but will take red if the price is right. Want a maintained stock engine, don't care about km's. I really just want a straight car to start working from. Prefer stock exhaust/wheels as have like 43843843 wheels in the garage and can fab an exhaust myself

chris · Post by **chris** » Wed Jul 18, 2012 4:36 pm

Apologies - Mine struggles to get over anything.. But that is just because I have built to offend :3

Born_disturbed · Post by **Born_disturbed** » Wed Jul 18, 2012 5:57 pm

Mine scrapes oftenish... but its my track hack/weekend road trip car, its not built to be cool

siren676 · Post by **siren676** » Wed Jul 18, 2012 6:47 pm

Angreal wrote:
siren676 wrote:Went to start it to go to work this morning only to find the battery flat because i'd left the passenger footwell light on. Will give it a jump when I get home tonight.
In better news my new wheel nuts arrived so I can finally fit my 15‘s
I can let you borrow my battery reviver thing and it might bring your battery back to life if you find it's dead. Just leave it for a few days plugged into the wall and it might bring it back to life.

Cheers for the offer dude, i jump started it tonight and it seems to be fine, will test it tomorrow to see if its still good after 12 or so hours.

r3spct · Post by **r3spct** » Wed Jul 18, 2012 7:13 pm

Snapfrozen wrote:Hopefully selling it to buy an MX-5 Common faults to look for? Anyone wanna sell me an NA6/NA8?

Yup, my Na is for sale.

punkoutnz · Post by **punkoutnz** » Thu Jul 19, 2012 11:32 am

Made my new door cards...

Love em or hate em, I think they look wicked!

Bwarp · Post by **Bwarp** » Thu Jul 19, 2012 12:14 pm

Half black interior should have been done from factory in those cars. Door cards are maximum hotness too. Game on.

I started shaving the little raised numbers off all my reflectors and tail lights. Looks heaps tidier. More than I thought it would.

dylann · Post by **dylann** » Thu Jul 19, 2012 1:01 pm

haha not sure about those door cards james .. i think the colour is throwing me off, if they were a matching green to your car that would be sweet!

Anyways, i fixed the tail lights/indicators/horn on my mx5 last night, all went well, the fusebox terminals were corroded as hell. hoo rah.

chris · Post by **chris** » Thu Jul 19, 2012 1:20 pm

I think James' doors look

fabulouss

dylann · Post by **dylann** » Thu Jul 19, 2012 1:58 pm

also is that a massif sticker i see there on that dashboard .. :p

Growler · Post by **Growler** » Thu Jul 19, 2012 2:01 pm

The very early ones can have a problem with the keyway on the crank nose/front pulley flogging out. (End of 1991 and later you will be fine).
Rust under the door sill plates (If it has any).
Rear callipers seizing.

Thats about it really besides checking the condition of the oil and water and usual checks etc when buying a second hand car.

punkoutnz · Post by **punkoutnz** » Thu Jul 19, 2012 2:10 pm

dylann wrote:also is that a massif sticker i see there on that dashboard .. :p

It most certainly is not! There are no massif or edaboc stickers anywhere on this car. I've probably got just about everything else though, haha.

And the door cards aren't about matching the outside of the car, actually they're not about matching anything, I just put them on there cos for some reason, they amuse the crap out of me.

Angreal · Post by **Angreal** » Thu Jul 19, 2012 4:21 pm

punkoutnz wrote:And the door cards aren't about matching the outside of the car, actually they're not about matching anything, I just put them on there cos for some reason, they amuse the crap out of me.

I quite like the Amuse S2000 from Gran Turismo... No idea how this thought/comment came about but that's what I thought when I read your comment. I think work is making me lose it

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