From the ashes... What did you do to your roadster today?

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Post by evel » Sun Jan 18, 2015 8:25 pm

They look good. What did you use to paint them? must of taken you a few hours
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Post by CordedBowl » Sun Jan 18, 2015 8:30 pm

Acrylic model paint, it will flake off eventually

Yeah, took a few, few, few hour sessions

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Post by Snapfrozen » Sun Jan 18, 2015 9:55 pm

Late update - finally coming down from huffing 4 cans of aerosol lol.

My DIY home booth.

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How I dealt with the loom

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Priming the bad spots

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Sweet as respirator I picked up - Would've died without it for sure, the filters were completely grey when I'd finished.

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And the finished product

This is wet - Looks darker than it is

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This would be the best representation of colour

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Post by 4A-GE » Sun Jan 18, 2015 11:19 pm

10/10 diy booth
10/10 tyre paint

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Fishnets for the blonde person...

Post by NicF » Mon Jan 19, 2015 9:27 am

Started putting in the Recaro fishnets I gave the other half for Christmas. Super super low and way more comfortable.
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Post by Junkwhale » Mon Jan 19, 2015 5:32 pm

^^ Looks like a good fit. What are you doing for seatbelt stalks/mounts?

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Post by Junkwhale » Mon Jan 19, 2015 7:06 pm

Thinking of making some surrounds for my headlights to tone down the bug-eyed-ness of the 1st gen NB headlights.

(I know there's eyelids available from a couple of vendors - gv, carbonmiata etc. - but they don't help that much imo).

Rough mockup of what I'm thinking using tape:
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Post by CordedBowl » Tue Jan 20, 2015 7:48 pm

Makes it look similar to Trueno/Levin AE111 headlights!



My partner bought me a Nardi steering wheel for my birthday, super happy, got a shift knob and handbrake coming to match :D


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Post by 4A-GE » Tue Jan 20, 2015 11:03 pm

That deep dish thing is really cool. I want one.

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Post by 4A-GE » Sat Jan 24, 2015 11:06 pm

Ok, replaced my sump plug washer and did an oil change after like 2000kms. Sump no longer leaks, but something up the front is leaking and causing my air con belt to slip and make that fuckin' awful "I hate my car noise".

I don't hate my car.

Fuck off leaks, you're crap.

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Post by warrior » Sat Jan 24, 2015 11:11 pm

Leaks up there are not good. Crank seal? Cam seals?
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Post by Junkwhale » Sun Jan 25, 2015 6:26 pm

Headlight fixin' option 2 - bad ms paint mockup

GV eyelids + model some little end pieces to match them (design clay -> fiberglass mould or something):


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Post by 4A-GE » Sun Jan 25, 2015 7:34 pm

warrior wrote:Leaks up there are not good. Crank seal? Cam seals?
Probably the crank seal knowing my luck.

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Post by NicF » Mon Jan 26, 2015 8:41 am

Finally got around to cleaning my electric window switches. Now both windows work, hurrah!

What a cheap crappy switch though. Going retro toggle switches some time in the future.
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Post by siren676 » Mon Jan 26, 2015 10:08 am

Went to a mates place out west Auckland, alternator decided to not want to charge when I was about to head home :( next to nowhere is open to buy a new one
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Post by Simonmx5 » Mon Jan 26, 2015 7:36 pm

CordedBowl wrote:


My partner bought me a Nardi steering wheel for my birthday, super happy, got a shift knob and handbrake coming to match :D

That looks really nice! What mirrors are those?

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Post by Snapfrozen » Mon Jan 26, 2015 10:31 pm

Not a big update but enough to warrant a picture. All hard lines are back in their place and the bonnet stay is also in. Chur James for sorting it out. Now I can work without losing my fucking head holding the bonnet up

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Post by siren676 » Mon Jan 26, 2015 11:17 pm

siren676 wrote:Went to a mates place out west Auckland, alternator decided to not want to charge when I was about to head home :( next to nowhere is open to buy a new one
Follow up to this. Went to zebra parts today and got an alt off a 1989 familia and a headlight off an old mini. Fitted them up at another mates place and thankfully my charge light hasnt come back.

This weekend I left the hardtop at home for the first time in over a year, forgot how fun it is to drive without a roof, also rediscovered the 100kph shimmy :roll:
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Post by Joel » Tue Jan 27, 2015 8:35 am

Simonmx5 wrote:
CordedBowl wrote:


My partner bought me a Nardi steering wheel for my birthday, super happy, got a shift knob and handbrake coming to match :D

That looks really nice! What mirrors are those?
CordedBowl can correct me if I'm wrong but they look like Runabout M2 Mirrors

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Post by 4A-GE » Tue Jan 27, 2015 10:24 am

siren676 wrote:also rediscovered the 100kph shimmy :roll:
Get a wheel alignment and balance and drop your tyre pressure.
With factory tyre pressure, the shake is null.

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Post by CordedBowl » Tue Jan 27, 2015 10:35 am

Joel wrote:
Simonmx5 wrote:
CordedBowl wrote:


My partner bought me a Nardi steering wheel for my birthday, super happy, got a shift knob and handbrake coming to match :D

That looks really nice! What mirrors are those?
CordedBowl can correct me if I'm wrong but they look like Runabout M2 Mirrors
Yeah they're copies of the M2 mirrors, got them from mx5mart, was really pissed off for the condition they were in for how much they cost.

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Post by Joel » Tue Jan 27, 2015 11:11 am

CordedBowl wrote:
Joel wrote:
Simonmx5 wrote: That looks really nice! What mirrors are those?
CordedBowl can correct me if I'm wrong but they look like Runabout M2 Mirrors
Yeah they're copies of the M2 mirrors, got them from mx5mart, was really pissed off for the condition they were in for how much they cost.
Curious as to how you know they are replica items?

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Post by siren676 » Tue Jan 27, 2015 12:49 pm

4A-GE wrote:
siren676 wrote:also rediscovered the 100kph shimmy :roll:
Get a wheel alignment and balance and drop your tyre pressure.
With factory tyre pressure, the shake is null.
Already done most of that as ive just put on new wheels/tyres

:lol: Just chucked the hardtop back on and its back to normal
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Post by CordedBowl » Tue Jan 27, 2015 12:55 pm

M2s have branding on them and mostly come with blue glass, its pretty clear to tell these are cheap ones when you hold them, mine had a missing seal so someone used shithouse black sealant to hold the glass in.

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Post by 4A-GE » Tue Jan 27, 2015 3:59 pm

CordedBowl wrote: Yeah they're copies of the M2 mirrors, got them from mx5mart, was really pissed off for the condition they were in for how much they cost.
Surprise, everyone.

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