General MX5 Chat

Skilfil · Post by **Skilfil** » Sat May 18, 2013 1:15 pm

Nevermind. Found it! Could be good for those on here who are interested in having central locking for their MX5. Clickable links to where I found them.

Driver's Side

Passenger's Side

MrGrey · Post by **MrGrey** » Sat May 18, 2013 6:28 pm

I am using the jaycar set in my car and considering its heading into winter you really want them working to avoid the whole drama of fumbling with keys when its pissing down.

I didn't use the supplied remote tho'..... instead mine is connected up to my AVS alarm.

either way, if your car doesn't have central locking then I highly recommend you to consider it.

Mr Revhead · Post by **Mr Revhead** » Sat May 18, 2013 6:43 pm

Sorted a hardtop for the missus car the other night

So spent some time today perfecting the adjustment. Of course then I had to test drive it. Twice.
Then decided that seeing as she is in the UK for a month I might test drive it for a month.....

Looking in the back with the soft top folded away got me to wondering how on earth do people fit a cage and keep the soft top? Seems it folds down everywhere you'd want to put back stays!

MrGrey · Post by **MrGrey** » Sat May 18, 2013 7:05 pm

wow, that's a tidy 5 ... the paint looks immaculate.

Mr Revhead · Post by **Mr Revhead** » Sat May 18, 2013 7:44 pm

Um, it's night time under lights

But that is it's good side. The L/F has been dinged at some point and they used bog to fix it which has since cracked

It's hard to notice but once you see it..... And it has the typical slightly different shade of red nose cone.
But yeah it is pretty tidy for a red one! Is kept in a garage and gets polished.

CordedBowl · Post by **CordedBowl** » Sun May 19, 2013 1:06 am

Skilfil wrote:
CordedBowl wrote:

[silver MX5]

I saw this today! Westgate carpark, I was the blue MX5 that took off before you could get closer and see how crap mine looks next to yours. Looks awesome, the headlight covers make it stand out

Hahah! I said to my partner as soon as I saw your car "I think that guy's on our forums, that looks familiar!"

It looked tidy, I liked it

Kieran · Post by **Kieran** » Mon May 20, 2013 1:38 pm

Got to work on my headlights last weekend
Looks much better in black

And before any of you say anything this has NO effect on light output

Furai · Post by **Furai** » Mon May 20, 2013 4:34 pm

They make it look a bit more angry!

Kieran · Post by **Kieran** » Mon May 20, 2013 4:36 pm

I've still got to fit my Garage Vary Eye Lids and Lip which should finish of the front for now...

I'm getting as bad as Angreal as far as buying parts and letting them sit in my garage goes

siren676 · Post by **siren676** » Mon May 20, 2013 7:30 pm

Got a call from mazda to say my coolant hoses were in today.
Got them home and started fitting them, the ones around the throttle body were complete pricks to get on properly, almost needed to hire someone with small hands to fit them.
Replaced the stupid factory clamps with some screw type ones.
Also replaced the radiator hoses while i was at it.

Fingers crossed it doesnt leak tomorrow when i fill it back up

brownie · Post by **brownie** » Mon May 20, 2013 8:16 pm

Skilfil wrote:I guess some people like to turn up the crazy.. Stolen from another forum.

Yep,
The was built by one of my custy's ,Sold him the mx5 rear end for it,
Toyota 1UZ powered,Built about 4/5 years ago,He sold it to another guy who uses if for tourist rides around CH CH

Furai · Post by **Furai** » Tue May 21, 2013 12:31 am

Went drifting/Gymkhana Sunday! Was a bit damp

Furai · Post by **Furai** » Tue May 21, 2013 5:41 pm

Cant decide, twins or single?

GRUVBB · Post by **GRUVBB** » Tue May 21, 2013 5:58 pm

I was beside a black car on southern motorway north bound other day. It exited at Ellerslie. It had a twin pipe setup which may have been a bit smaller in diameter to your sample pic. I thought it looked funky as. I'd go twin myself

MrGrey · Post by **MrGrey** » Tue May 21, 2013 6:22 pm

easy question! twins all the baby!

siren676 · Post by **siren676** » Tue May 21, 2013 7:16 pm

Filled the coolant up today and took it for a drive, parked it up when i got home then checked on it a few hours later to see the garage floor soaked.

Looks like SLYDIT was right on the money, the brass tee off the thermostat housing was leaking a bit and sheered off when i touched it

SLYDIT wrote: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.

MrGrey · Post by **MrGrey** » Tue May 21, 2013 7:32 pm

oh man, I feel gutted for you

at least you know what the problem is and how to fix it tho'....

I hope you get back on the road soon!

siren676 · Post by **siren676** » Tue May 21, 2013 9:12 pm

It was on the road for a 10min trip down to the dairy and back then i found the big leak.

Just need to work out whether i need to completely remove the housing to replace it or if i can do it in place

ross · Post by **ross** » Wed May 22, 2013 12:22 am

I have these.You dont want to remove the housing as its a major.
Easy drill and tap and off you go.
Remove the main rad fan if you need a bit more room.

http://www.mx5mart.co.nz/db.cgi?db=mart ... records2=1

siren676 · Post by **siren676** » Wed May 22, 2013 1:43 am

Cheers for that ross, i'm running on empty $$ wise this fortnight, so might be able to get one next week.

Is that price right? $60 seems to be pretty high for a small pipe fitting

REDBEN · Post by **REDBEN** » Wed May 22, 2013 7:35 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gTv9WA_nmc Just listen to his voice when hes talking about the parts he brought bloody funny

ross · Post by **ross** » Wed May 22, 2013 2:40 pm

Engineers and brass fittings,pressure testing each one and a run of 30 of these are not cheap,although compared to the work to remove the front of the engine or to buy a new lower thermostat housing its not to bad.

WideOpenThrottle · Post by **WideOpenThrottle** » Wed May 22, 2013 4:00 pm

siren676 -wrote "Replaced the stupid factory clamps with some screw type ones."

Dont knock them as i have found they seal better especially after a long period due to them being constantly sprung around the hose.

The trick is to always align the clip with the pattern on the hose as it was removed...or better still use a new hose with it and of the correct size.

Screw type ones have to periodically be checked for tightness while the factory clips are [spray & walk-away}!

siren676 · Post by **siren676** » Wed May 22, 2013 4:58 pm

I had to replace the factory clamps as I butchered all but 3 of them trying to get them off, whoever put them on had placed the "fingers" towards the most inaccessible places:lol:

BRM · Post by **BRM** » Wed May 22, 2013 7:15 pm

Had a good time at HD skid pad Sunday =)

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