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My new uber camp automobile. MX-5 Project.
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Homo spec mazda
You have a cupholder? Jealous,, mine was awesome, till i welded the diff, gonna get saving for a torsen I think
Homo spec mazda
A copy n paste from the mx5 forum.
Update tiiiiiime, Well ive been without a phone up until recently thus meaning no camera, but, its back, so returns my camera phone updates
There's a lot of pictures here, and im not even 100% sure which order they're meant to be in, but Il try my best.
So after the last update I had the Diff welded (blasphemy!) and with zero practice turned up at buxton raceway, on the way down I started getting nervous, then I got there and saw the track, which is actually a banger racing track, so has high steel walls all the way around, To quote one of the organisers, "Hit a wall at 15mph you'll break whatever hits it hit the wall at 30mph youl do some serious damage, hit it at 60mph which is typical entry speed and you'll write the car off" So with these words i threw him the keys and let him have a go, and he linked the whole track.... with smoke n all. So now the pressure was on me and well, it went badly, nearly hit the wall backwards, and span lots, but then i totalled my clutch, so had to retire for the day. Never mind huh.... buxton pics = poooooooor quality pics, this is what happens when your friends have blackberrys.
On our way down.
"my attempts"
Getting ready to line up.
At this point i was running all my strut braces, but after that day I had to remove the full under body one as it was simply catching way too much, so if anyone wants to buy it PM me.
Then I got hold of a cheap bucket seat... no pics
for £40 off a friend, its a proper old skool sparco but I like the design so it can stay for a few months.
I replaced the tyres I wrecked on the BBS and invested in some TSW venoms as drifty wheels. As modeled here by my friend Robyn, you can sort of see the seat too.
A few random snaps with friends cars.
It pretty much stayed like this but with the BBS on for a month until I started getting an itch that I needed to scratch, which was an Exhaust, I picked a kakimoto up from "mx5nutz" on here with the backbox wadding removed, I love the sound but I hate the tip, luckily there is a tip inside a tip so i need to cut the outer sleeve off, but thats for another day. Another itch was a hardtop, id always wanted one and at buxton me and "titch" had discussed his, which wasnt perfect but made for a good project, so i nabbed that off him for £200, baring in mind it needs a fair bit of work I was happy. The following pictures were as the car sat for a fair while, nothing special, not overly low, quite clean and just a bit meh these were taken at a "northwest automotive" mini meet, mainly a facebook group of friends but its sort of become a fair bit bigger then initially expected. Anyone in the Northwest feel free to join us on the facebook group.
With a mates 306
A very small selection of the cars.
the haribo kid in the passenger seat.
Pretty sure alan from the hangover is stood behind the car.
Messy interior shot.
japcannnnnnn
A bit of 2am Fun.
Then I got annoyed and figured i had enough money saved to get some wheels, Choices were 3sdms, sportmaxx if i could find some, Grid v's in black or the rota BM8 in a manly size. Then I got a text off a mate asking If I knew anyone who wanted his sportmaxx, 5 wheels 5 tyres £400 without even thinking i snapped them up, only issue is he ran 55 profile tyres..... fail. This means even with my extreme scaffolding pole skills and arch buggering skills, I still scrub.... only a little, especially when going lock to lock or over extreme bumps. that shall be adressed when the 55s are bald though.
Early on with no roll.
Then after a day of beating back lips, and rolling arches, and screwing up paint I gave up and raised the car a touch, until i get the 50's. But also my KG works spoiler turned up, yayyyyyy.
final pics.
Ive also completely removed my soft top now, and I am loving the space that's created.
Update tiiiiiime, Well ive been without a phone up until recently thus meaning no camera, but, its back, so returns my camera phone updates
There's a lot of pictures here, and im not even 100% sure which order they're meant to be in, but Il try my best.
So after the last update I had the Diff welded (blasphemy!) and with zero practice turned up at buxton raceway, on the way down I started getting nervous, then I got there and saw the track, which is actually a banger racing track, so has high steel walls all the way around, To quote one of the organisers, "Hit a wall at 15mph you'll break whatever hits it hit the wall at 30mph youl do some serious damage, hit it at 60mph which is typical entry speed and you'll write the car off" So with these words i threw him the keys and let him have a go, and he linked the whole track.... with smoke n all. So now the pressure was on me and well, it went badly, nearly hit the wall backwards, and span lots, but then i totalled my clutch, so had to retire for the day. Never mind huh.... buxton pics = poooooooor quality pics, this is what happens when your friends have blackberrys.
On our way down.
"my attempts"
Getting ready to line up.
At this point i was running all my strut braces, but after that day I had to remove the full under body one as it was simply catching way too much, so if anyone wants to buy it PM me.
Then I got hold of a cheap bucket seat... no pics
I replaced the tyres I wrecked on the BBS and invested in some TSW venoms as drifty wheels. As modeled here by my friend Robyn, you can sort of see the seat too.
A few random snaps with friends cars.
It pretty much stayed like this but with the BBS on for a month until I started getting an itch that I needed to scratch, which was an Exhaust, I picked a kakimoto up from "mx5nutz" on here with the backbox wadding removed, I love the sound but I hate the tip, luckily there is a tip inside a tip so i need to cut the outer sleeve off, but thats for another day. Another itch was a hardtop, id always wanted one and at buxton me and "titch" had discussed his, which wasnt perfect but made for a good project, so i nabbed that off him for £200, baring in mind it needs a fair bit of work I was happy. The following pictures were as the car sat for a fair while, nothing special, not overly low, quite clean and just a bit meh these were taken at a "northwest automotive" mini meet, mainly a facebook group of friends but its sort of become a fair bit bigger then initially expected. Anyone in the Northwest feel free to join us on the facebook group.
With a mates 306
A very small selection of the cars.
the haribo kid in the passenger seat.
Pretty sure alan from the hangover is stood behind the car.
Messy interior shot.
japcannnnnnn
A bit of 2am Fun.
Then I got annoyed and figured i had enough money saved to get some wheels, Choices were 3sdms, sportmaxx if i could find some, Grid v's in black or the rota BM8 in a manly size. Then I got a text off a mate asking If I knew anyone who wanted his sportmaxx, 5 wheels 5 tyres £400 without even thinking i snapped them up, only issue is he ran 55 profile tyres..... fail. This means even with my extreme scaffolding pole skills and arch buggering skills, I still scrub.... only a little, especially when going lock to lock or over extreme bumps. that shall be adressed when the 55s are bald though.
Early on with no roll.
Then after a day of beating back lips, and rolling arches, and screwing up paint I gave up and raised the car a touch, until i get the 50's. But also my KG works spoiler turned up, yayyyyyy.
final pics.
Ive also completely removed my soft top now, and I am loving the space that's created.
S1 Rallye Shed
Saw this at the trafford centre last weekend ,Looks mint mate. just how an mx5 should look,
Clio 182 Turbo
looks sweet mate!! loving the deep dish's
Whisker biscuit
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Christopher
ClioSport Club Member
Z4M
Looks great now!
That steering wheel is p**n.
That steering wheel is p**n.
LOL at the balloon tyres. Those need sorting.
Christopher
ClioSport Club Member
Z4M
Well, yeah. lol
What are they? 55's?
What are they? 55's?
Aye I think he put that they're 55s in the post somewhere.
Homo spec mazda
As mentioned theyre 55's, i kinda like um on the back, give an awesome wide arse look, so just gonna get 45's on the front, its one thing catch arch, and its another catching front bumper.
And no its not fun to drift, well not in the dry anyway, its an underpowered sloth.
And no its not fun to drift, well not in the dry anyway, its an underpowered sloth.
Nafoff
ClioSport Club Member
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F**king love this project! So, so cool.
Homo spec mazda
I have a rear plate panel but I wont go into how ive been fucked over by the company that sold it me, so il just paint it up myself and sort it out, need lights for the panel though.
Wilky ye that was me on my way to ears motorsport.... who are s**t. Lucky theyre cheap tbf.
Thanks for all the comments guys will update soon when I lower it more, had my tyres fitted today so im finally ready to send it cuntish low.
On the hexaust front sometimes i think it works, other times i hate it, shall see soon really
Wilky ye that was me on my way to ears motorsport.... who are s**t. Lucky theyre cheap tbf.
Thanks for all the comments guys will update soon when I lower it more, had my tyres fitted today so im finally ready to send it cuntish low.
On the hexaust front sometimes i think it works, other times i hate it, shall see soon really
Homo spec mazda
Nein sold um to my mate with a white one, but I live in chorlton!! why do i never see any 1*2's about?
Homo spec mazda
So I finally got bothered enough to lower the car some more, But in order to do so i had to remove a strut brace that hung down and was already a pretty common victim of bumps in the road. However the front lip of it had been hit so much it was bent under so you couldnt get a socket on it, So out the angle grinder came.
then the height I set it to.
Also while the grinder was out i removed the hexaust trim.
Then a final shot with my mates fc vert.
then the height I set it to.
Also while the grinder was out i removed the hexaust trim.
Then a final shot with my mates fc vert.
Christopher
ClioSport Club Member
Z4M
F*cking epic.
Well played!
I've seen that FC about. Looks good on the R33 wheels.
Well played!
I've seen that FC about. Looks good on the R33 wheels.
Homo spec mazda
Its not undriveable thats for sure, main thing that catches is the lip, but screw it, if it breaks it breaks, caught the subframe once but that was a daddy of all potholes.
Errrrr.
Coilovers: £700
Front lip: £150
Spoiler: £110
Wheels: £400
Exhaust: £60
Strut braces (none of which are on the car anymore): £400
Nardi: £200
Snap off bits n bobs: £200
Hardtop: £250
Seat: £40
Total: 2510
Thats before I even think of all the countless tyres Ive had and the clutch and the other maintenance gunk thats happened so far. All in, its not too bad, i know ive spent significantly more, but working out where its gone is hard.
Errrrr.
Coilovers: £700
Front lip: £150
Spoiler: £110
Wheels: £400
Exhaust: £60
Strut braces (none of which are on the car anymore): £400
Nardi: £200
Snap off bits n bobs: £200
Hardtop: £250
Seat: £40
Total: 2510
Thats before I even think of all the countless tyres Ive had and the clutch and the other maintenance gunk thats happened so far. All in, its not too bad, i know ive spent significantly more, but working out where its gone is hard.
Homo spec mazda
He Lives in Irlam, bought it off a mate of ours who lives in Macc, its nice and it is proper gangster, as quick as it is though, it seems to be producing massively low levels of boost, and its horrific on fuel.
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