What did you do to your MX5 today ?

[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.

[leamyj]

Sorry Steve, but that internal shot of the drivers side is bordering on being pornographic....



What products are you using ??

John

[Steve]

LOL yeah it is a bit

Not sure if there is a brand... I'll have a closer look later today.
I picked them up from http://www.bcpaint.ie/
They were able to give me an all in one primer and undersealer + mix black tint into it while I was there.

[graham]

Got my car back on the road this week, hasn't been driven much for at least 2 years, got nct last week, just had to replace a spring, the body need a good wash and wax and I have some paint issues. So hopefully it'll make it to the next NCT

I dont intend on spending much money on it so if something serious happens I'll be scrapping it. I've had it since 2000 I think...

g

[Steve]

now you've said that it'll prob last another 13yrs

What products are you using ??

Here they are :



Today, took off the exhaust heat shield and gave it and the boot floor a dose of rust converter.

[gunners5]

Great work Steve. Keep us updated with your progress.

Check rear quarter panels behind splash guards, usual rust spot as well.