Whats arrived for your Roadster today

ch4ng · Post by **ch4ng** » Mon Dec 23, 2013 1:01 pm

fooesboy wrote:It is a FM brace, fitted it last night with the help of Fooesgirl

Does this cure the 115kph shake?!!! (Please say it does)

SLYDIT · Post by **SLYDIT** » Mon Dec 23, 2013 2:19 pm

ch4ng wrote:
fooesboy wrote:It is a FM brace, fitted it last night with the help of Fooesgirl
Does this cure the 115kph shake?!!! (Please say it does)

what 115kph shake?

Angreal · Post by **Angreal** » Mon Dec 23, 2013 4:20 pm

My car doesn't have the shake anymore but it could be due to many things from various braces or the wheel alignment which did a lot for handling and stability of the car (original alignment I think was done by someone who probably had a few pints before they touched the car)

Post by **jif** » Mon Dec 23, 2013 5:33 pm

IIRC the best fix on miata.net for the "60 mph shimmy" is to balance the wheels with the rounding off - ie to the nearest gram rather than the usual nearest 5g.

On 23 December 2013 16:20, Angreal <mx5talk@mx5forum.co.nz (mx5talk@mx5forum.co.nz)> wrote:

My car doesn't have the shake anymore but it could be due to many things from various braces or the wheel alignment which did a lot for handling and stability of the car (original alignment I think was done by someone who probably had a few pints before they touched the car)

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siren676 · Post by **siren676** » Mon Dec 23, 2013 5:48 pm

I found my hardtop helped the most in removing the shimmy

SLYDIT · Post by **SLYDIT** » Mon Dec 23, 2013 5:59 pm

the biggest fix for the shimmy is to fit a rear subframe brace to the lower a arm bolts. the raer subframe is like a huge tuning fork that resonates. thats why mazda fitted the factory subframe braces on the 1800's

fooesboy · Post by **fooesboy** » Mon Dec 23, 2013 7:45 pm

I have not had the chance to drive the car with the FM brace yet. Decided to do a couple of other little jobs....

Have booked it in for a full panel and paint on the 6th of Jan.

CordedBowl · Post by **CordedBowl** » Fri Dec 27, 2013 9:05 am

Where'd you get that pedal set fooes

? Looks nice!

Was meant to post these a while ago but I've been on holiday mode, the racecar has had a much needed new manifold made (we cracked the old one just about every race meeting!) and a few other goodies.

dylann · Post by **dylann** » Fri Dec 27, 2013 7:51 pm

Setup looks a+, good job mang ^^

Those wheels must be one of the very few sets of 6ULs in NZ surely?

Joel · Post by **Joel** » Fri Dec 27, 2013 9:28 pm

LOVE THE 6ULs!

harlansmart · Post by **harlansmart** » Sat Dec 28, 2013 5:56 pm

100% we just threw a set at the uuber car as well, nice & light.

How about a Type R manifold w/its beautiful 9" runners?

Joel wrote:LOVE THE 6ULs!

4A-GE · Post by **4A-GE** » Sat Dec 28, 2013 8:05 pm

Not so much what arrived for the roadster, rather that the whole roadster arrived.

MrGrey · Post by **MrGrey** » Sat Dec 28, 2013 8:17 pm

grats on the acquisition! got any pics?

4A-GE · Post by **4A-GE** » Sat Dec 28, 2013 8:37 pm

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REDBEN · Post by **REDBEN** » Sun Dec 29, 2013 2:50 pm

Christmas has turned up for my MX5, Brand New Holset turbo thanks to Steve at Motor Sport Engineering! Just in time to fit it all in and make all the exhaust pipes for it.

Bring on the Boost!

CordedBowl · Post by **CordedBowl** » Mon Dec 30, 2013 11:25 am

Hell yeah Ben!!

Junkwhale · Post by **Junkwhale** » Mon Dec 30, 2013 12:23 pm

First of my bodykit bits arrived this morning: New OEM rear bezels and OEM ducktail spoiler both from ebay:

Should make the tail lights look like this (that spoiler's a diff/wider one though):

skirts and front lip are on their way too now, so once it's all on it should end up a bit like:

SLYDIT · Post by **SLYDIT** » Mon Dec 30, 2013 12:56 pm

yup those 15x8 6UL's are daaaaaaaaam nice!

MrGrey · Post by **MrGrey** » Mon Dec 30, 2013 6:38 pm

had this arrive today..... I will have some fun tomorrow fitting it and wiring up the plug.

Junkwhale · Post by **Junkwhale** » Sat Jan 11, 2014 10:51 am

Anyone had experience dealing with Ross from mx5mart.co.nz?

I ordered and paid for these sideskirts on the 19th of December. I got an email a week later saying he'd get them off and send them that week (now two weeks since that email), but nothing since.

I appreciate it's over the Christmas period, but I'm starting to be a bit unimpressed as the site is still being updated, new stuff on trademe listed etc. but no action on parts he has my money for despite reminders...

fooesboy · Post by **fooesboy** » Sat Jan 11, 2014 11:28 am

[quote="Junkwhale"]Anyone had experience dealing with Ross from mx5mart.co.nz?
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Post by **simple** » Sat Jan 11, 2014 11:35 am

On Sat, Jan 11, 2014 at 10:51:36AM +1300, Junkwhale wrote:

Anyone had experience dealing with Ross from mx5mart.co.nz?

I ordered and paid for these sideskirts (http://mx5mart.co.nz/db.cgi?db=mart&uid ... records2=1) on the 19th of December. I got an email a week later saying he'd get them off and send them that week (two weeks since that email), but nothing since

Phone him and it'll be sorted in no time. Some people are useless online, despite giving the appearance of being able to cope.

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Junkwhale · Post by **Junkwhale** » Sat Jan 11, 2014 12:36 pm

simple wrote:On Sat, Jan 11, 2014 at 10:51:36AM +1300, Junkwhale wrote:
Anyone had experience dealing with Ross from mx5mart.co.nz?

I ordered and paid for these sideskirts (http://mx5mart.co.nz/db.cgi?db=mart&uid ... records2=1) on the 19th of December. I got an email a week later saying he'd get them off and send them that week (two weeks since that email), but nothing since
Phone him and it'll be sorted in no time. Some people are useless online, despite giving the appearance of being able to cope.

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yeah have tried a couple of times, no answer so far. Seems like he generally provides good service from what i've seen on here so will be patient and keep trying

warrior · Post by **warrior** » Sun Jan 12, 2014 5:53 pm

Ross is like a box of chocolates

4A-GE · Post by **4A-GE** » Sun Jan 12, 2014 7:04 pm

You never know when Chuck Norris is going to jump out and eat you?