What did you do to your MX5 today ?

[Steve]

Replaced the intake manifold with one I cleaned out + painted last Oct.





Added some intercooler pipes and intake I'd also painted.





This was it before, so am happy enough.



Also, big thanks to RLtd and Merlot Man for their horse work installing the roll bar I had sitting in the shed since last Dec too!

[interceptor]

Replaced manky diff fluid with silky Mobil 1 stuff.

Replaced rear Bilsteins with s/h pair from Robert Autocheck (top man) to cure seasickness.

Replaced the awful double DIN stereo (c/w Mini-Disc player!) with a new Sony xplod unit and storage cubby from mx5parts

Changed the plugs, engine oil and filters and managed to spill oil all over the floor. D'oh. Dear Santa can I have one of those fancy plastic drain pans...

Next week I'm ordering a style bar and proper blinging it.

'c

[sidewaysreilly]

what intake is that Steve?

[Steve]

Made by greddy I believe, supplied with FM kits about ten years ago. Referred to as dustpan intakes want one? Can try and source one for you.

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[sidewaysreilly]

nah, wouldnt fit with the charge-cooler and piping but interesting cold air feed all the same.

[peteh]

My gf got me a rear lip off kir on here, fitted it yesterday, delighted with it

[rhysmate]

she's a keeper

[peteh]

she's a keeper

she sure is

[Merlot man]

Got the merlot nct'ed today for another year, feels likie I passed the test!
Brian

[carlosfandango]

Finished polishing my hardtop following painting. Waiting for the car to return from the pains hop when someone did it properly. Looking forward to a rebuild later in the week.

CFD

[fez]

Finished polishing my hardtop

Too much information!

[carlosfandango]

I suppose that warranted a reply! Ha!

Car arrived back from the paint shop today (thanks Peter & Christie!) so just looked at it for an hour in amazement.
Didn't really do much, drank tea & just looked at it. Loads to do but for the moment just happy. Looking forward to putting it all back together along with the new bits I got from Robert.
A thread beckons!

CFD

[Steve]

absolutely!

[fez]

I suppose that warranted a reply! Ha!

Car arrived back from the paint shop today (thanks Peter & Christie!) so just looked at it for an hour in amazement.
Didn't really do much, drank tea & just looked at it. Loads to do but for the moment just happy. Looking forward to putting it all back together along with the new bits I got from Robert.
A thread beckons!

CFD

Full respray? pics! how much does something like that cost?

[Steve]

set about converting any surface rust, cavity waxing and undersealing the car today.

took out the front inner liners, mud flaps and the two lower wing bolts to clear them out... found this :



Had some bubbling on the driver's wing



This is how it looked behind it, mostly surface but might just replace it



Under sealed Driver's and Passengers side





Moved to the back and did a bit of rust conversion in the driver's side sill (kinda over did it... but it'll dry), you can see the end of the tube sprayer in there



Had a look in the passenger side... knew it wouldn't be good in there...



ugh... rapped on it in a few places and easily poked through with a finger... so started digging with a screwdriver



So... new passenger side sill needed



Will do a bit more tomorrow on rear wheel arch/boot floor/rear subframe sealing.