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mx5 build thread



Adz

  Work van
last picture of the mazda with shabby paint :D 2 weeks till she is back along with some more changes ;)


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Adz

  Work van
Ive been rather busy while the mx has been away.

set to working on changing the wheel colour, so far ive only done one but i very happy with the out come

the work shop little small but will do :D
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half way threw painting the one wheels

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almost done just flatted back the lacquer now need meguiars ultimate compound to get rid of the orange peel

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new tuner nuts thanks to drift works :cool:

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then set to work on my front indicators, had to spilt them and take the amber covers out giving a clean look :D

cooking the light in the oven on my lunch break while my mum was at work haha! 20mins at 80'c did the trick

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then i got 1200 wet and dry and sanded over the front to take off the plastic writing on the front

with the writing

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with out the writing

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to do list:

fit new door cards
fit new front lip
paint the rest of the wheels
paint cage
put car back together
super slam
 
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Adz

  Work van
picked up some meguiars ultimate compound to finish off the indicators, they came out pretty well :D

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one that hasnt been polished over with the ultimate compound

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the finish product :D

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very happy with the out come of a few minutes work
 

Adz

  Work van
They've come out great.
When you get the car back, switch the indicators with the sidelights - USDM style y0

maybe if ive got time haha!



popped to the body shop today just to check how they are getting on :D


:eek: i now have super smooth arches all round :D had a few little issues with the rubbish boot lid i had so took a trip to the scrap yard and picked up a really good one.

more pictures will follow thanks to the body shop this is just a little iphone picture


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  Disastra Coupe
Black again? I thought you were going for a completely different colour... Nice though, can't beat a a fresh coat of good paint!
 

Adz

  Work van
Black again? I thought you were going for a completely different colour... Nice though, can't beat a a fresh coat of good paint!


yup black again, thought it would be best to keep the colour oem as it makes life in the furture a whole load easier ;)
 
  Listerine & Poledo
in some photos it looked a bit like you'd gone for some dark green flake in that black.

probably just display settings for me though.

would be a bit classic if you had though :)
 
As said on FB - looks amazing! Very fresh. Definitely not disappointed after seeing those pictures, despite it being the same colour.

I've considered a colour change... but not sure if I can be bothered with the hassle tbh!
 
Yeah, that'd be the easy option. But part of me still loves a white MX5, and the other part has taken a liking to Montego blue, which can look Very nice. Will give it a think before I tear it all apart.
 

Euan94

ClioSport Club Member
  Volvo C30
I thought it must have been, just unsure as it wasn't long since the respray, looked really good, especially the new colour for the wheels. makes me want an mx5 so much!
 

Daniel

ClioSport Moderator
  Whichever has fuel
Forgive me for being 'un-scene' but how does it drive like that?

I'd imagine it drives like a dogs dick with the camber that mental and no suspension travel.

I'm not knocking it, because it looks fcuking amazing. I'm just curious.
 

Adz

  Work van
Forgive me for being 'un-scene' but how does it drive like that?

I'd imagine it drives like a dogs dick with the camber that mental and no suspension travel.

I'm not knocking it, because it looks fcuking amazing. I'm just curious.

looks can sure be deceiving as this doesnt drive like a dogs dick at all, i would agree with you if i was still running my ta technix but as im running hsd coilovers with monotube dampers, fully adjustable ride height by adjusting the mounting bracket on the damper this means a very wide range of height adjustment is possible without affecting the spring pre-load or the damper stroke length. So whether you want sporty or totally slammed, you still get the full performance of the damper and to top it off 16 Stage damping adjustment :D

so long as you spend money on your suspension going low wont affect it just got to take more care around town ;)
 

Daniel

ClioSport Moderator
  Whichever has fuel
But how can the suspension travel at the back? Surely it will shred your tyres?
 

Daniel

ClioSport Moderator
  Whichever has fuel
Cool, thanks for that.

I'm watching Mrs Biggs at the minute but i'll watch it in a bit.
 
  Arctic 182, GTD
Just read through the whole thread and wow what a great car, looks amazing! Got me looking at mx-5's now :-/ and those HSDs look wicked, never seen a suspension set up like that.
 
As I've said before, So fresh. So very fresh. Only thing is... where do you go from here? Is there anything you'd like to do to it? Or just going to call it finished and enjoy it?
 

welshname

ClioSport Club Member
Saxo tried baiting me at some lights today. Not a chavy guy, car looked standardish, lowered, very clean.

I didn't rise as I had someone in the car, then he went and god the induction noise was great.
 
  RENAULT CLIO SILVER
well it has been a bit mad over the last week getting the car ready for our Rollhard Rendezous bbq meet then players 6.0 but all went well :D

check out Ben Gaut | Photography on facebook link below for all the Rollhard Rendezous bbq pictures ....it was quite something :eek:

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few pictures from both events, even made it on to speedhunters :eek:



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Hi Adz, its ben i bought your clio off you remember? just thought id have a quick look whats going on and i must say when i saw the mx5 back in february there has been a few changes! the car looks great. You going to sell me this one aswell? lemme know you still have my number? obviously when u plan on getting rid
 


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