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siren676 · Post by **siren676** » Thu May 02, 2013 3:26 pm

Managed to find the last set of falken 195/45-15's in NZ so bought them the minute my pay came through. Also my boot lip spoiler arrived from ebay.

loveitlow · Post by **loveitlow** » Thu May 02, 2013 3:31 pm

CordedBowl wrote:Today I painted and installed my rollbar

That roll bar is like mine but i have a cross serction instead of just a dash section.

I got heaps of shit for my rollbar from people saying it was a waste of time as it has no bars going into the back pacel tray.

CordedBowl · Post by **CordedBowl** » Thu May 02, 2013 5:32 pm

I got the rollbar, a fibreglass seat + seat mount and seatbelt harness for $260, and it'll get me on the track, that's all I need at the moment (I'm not speed racer just yet) so I'm happy!

Furai · Post by **Furai** » Fri May 03, 2013 9:34 pm

Bought a new pair of T1Rs today for steering duty while drifting, 195-50-15. Just need to sell the pair of 195-45-15 Nankangs(6mm of tread if you want to buy the m

).

sprsta · Post by **sprsta** » Fri May 03, 2013 10:01 pm

they are for the back dorkface

Furai · Post by **Furai** » Fri May 03, 2013 10:03 pm

sprsta wrote:they are for the back dorkface

I have 185-55 for the back!

siren676 · Post by **siren676** » Fri May 03, 2013 10:22 pm

He needs a turbo before getting good rubber for the back

Today i found out that dad had some adjustable c spanners and wound down the coilovers.

Unfortunately as i was jacking up the car i noticed a big stream of coolant fall off the under tray, upon further inspection it looks like its coming from the water pump

Oh well will have to grab a new one when im at work next, will probably do all the other coolant hoses for piece of mind

sprsta · Post by **sprsta** » Fri May 03, 2013 10:22 pm

Furai wrote:
sprsta wrote:they are for the back dorkface
I have 185-55 for the back!

then you have 195/45 for when they run out

sprsta · Post by **sprsta** » Fri May 03, 2013 10:25 pm

siren676 wrote:
Unfortunately as i was jacking up the car i noticed a big stream of coolant fall off the under tray, upon further inspection it looks like its coming from the water pump
Oh well will have to grab a new one when im at work next, will probably do all the other coolant hoses for piece of mind

when was the last time it had a cam belt?
may aswell do it all at the same time if it hasnt been done lately

siren676 · Post by **siren676** » Fri May 03, 2013 10:27 pm

Cambelt was done about 10,000k's before i bought the car so it should still be good

sprsta · Post by **sprsta** » Fri May 03, 2013 10:33 pm

bugger they didnt do it along with the cam belt

siren676 · Post by **siren676** » Fri May 03, 2013 10:37 pm

Yeah, I know whenever I do cambelts i always do the pump as well.

How annoying is it to do them on mx5's?

sprsta · Post by **sprsta** » Fri May 03, 2013 10:45 pm

its easy, still gotta take cam belt etc off etc, if your changing the radiator hoses take the radiator out while your doing it to give you more room,
just mark your teeth on your cam belt and you will be done in a couple of hours

siren676 · Post by **siren676** » Fri May 03, 2013 10:56 pm

Oh right, will make a fun day probably next week as i think im down to 8hrs/week at work again

SLYDIT · Post by **SLYDIT** » Sat May 04, 2013 8:38 am

I'd also have a good look at the little brass tee that comes off the thermostat housing they tend to fail also. Pretty easy to drill and tap a 1/8" fitting in there to replace it.

Furai · Post by **Furai** » Mon May 06, 2013 4:03 pm

Went drifting yesterday didnt get much video,

Heres one of Chris
http://youtu.be/yByWe9qGVz4

One of me
http://youtu.be/a2b8JAOAY8E

Was good fun, very wet and trickey though

BRM · Post by **BRM** » Mon May 06, 2013 7:40 pm

Bugger, I missed a skid day!

Was there many people there Furai?

Furai · Post by **Furai** » Mon May 06, 2013 9:33 pm

There were a few but that whittled down with the rain.

Shane. · Post by **Shane.** » Tue May 07, 2013 4:54 pm

I've been reading this forum for a while and haven't posted anything yet, so here goes.

My name is Shane and here is my 1990 Roadster, I just fitted the wheels today.

siren676 · Post by **siren676** » Tue May 07, 2013 4:59 pm

Welcome man, car looks extremely tidy, cant say i've seen too many mx5's with mesh wheels in NZ before.

warrior · Post by **warrior** » Tue May 07, 2013 5:03 pm

Hi Shane welcome, ask heaps of questions mate. Plenty of good people of this forum.

MrGrey · Post by **MrGrey** » Tue May 07, 2013 5:32 pm

1990's were the best year, all other are just 'late bloomers'

hello and welcome

Furai · Post by **Furai** » Tue May 07, 2013 6:06 pm

Looks good Shane! What kind of size and brand are they?

REDBEN · Post by **REDBEN** » Wed May 08, 2013 1:02 pm

Mr Bwarp made an appearance in the latest NZPC, small pic but still cool!

Shane. · Post by **Shane.** » Wed May 08, 2013 8:42 pm

Thanks guys!

Furai I'm unsure on the brand (Some BBS replicas I assume). They are 15x7 +25.

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