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Timmo · Post by **Timmo** » Fri Jan 31, 2014 10:37 am

Anyone used Tetsuya garage lately? Anyone else have better/cheaper agents to buy things from the Japanese Yahoo auctions?
(Not MX5 related, im restoring a very rare scooter and some parts just came up)

Furai · Post by **Furai** » Sat Feb 01, 2014 9:42 pm

They all seem to be similar prices but best to use is Stacked inc/Moonlight racing

Joel · Post by **Joel** » Sat Feb 01, 2014 9:51 pm

Not gunna lie, when I compare prices using Rod from Tetsuya to Alex from Moonlight rod is definitely cheaper, surprisingly cheap to ship over stuff like headers and exhaust systems via airmail.
Plus you don't have to wait for a container to fill up with Rod as I believe he sends everything on the first available container here.

Furai · Post by **Furai** » Sun Feb 02, 2014 12:54 pm

Really?

I compared Rod, Jesse, and Stacked/Hayatonka/Moonlight and for a small parts(Diecast car) they were all within a dollar or 2. Jesse doesnt do containers and Rod never offered me the option of container when I compared wheel pricing.

Joel · Post by **Joel** » Sun Feb 02, 2014 6:38 pm

Well I haven't compared the two for many items apart from a pair of Hayashis, 530 shipped from Alex and 480 from Rod if i remember correctly. Of course it could have been that the streets were local to Rod and not Alex or other reasons, then again you could be getting the better end of mates rates from Alex.

Furai · Post by **Furai** » Sun Feb 02, 2014 11:03 pm

Might give him another go!

MrGrey · Post by **MrGrey** » Wed Feb 05, 2014 10:34 pm

this looks like it would be fun....
http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/used-ca ... 544870.htm

Angreal · Post by **Angreal** » Thu Feb 06, 2014 7:49 am

MrGrey wrote:this looks like it would be fun....
http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/used-ca ... 544870.htm

Doesn't have a cert... Plus I don't trust other people when they do modifications. I guess I just assume they take shortcuts

4A-GE · Post by **4A-GE** » Thu Feb 06, 2014 9:56 am

That, and the price has gone up since the last listing.

mattapo · Post by **mattapo** » Thu Feb 06, 2014 10:32 am

not really that much power either, better off with a turbo,

Junkwhale · Post by **Junkwhale** » Sat Feb 08, 2014 2:19 pm

pondering these tecnocast 16x7's for my black NB: http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing ... =694256239

bit hard to tell how bad the curb rash is though & how easy it would be to fix them up

SLYDIT · Post by **SLYDIT** » Sat Feb 08, 2014 2:22 pm

wheel restorers will charge about 100-120 for curb rash repairs (plus paint probably)

Junkwhale · Post by **Junkwhale** » Sat Feb 08, 2014 2:25 pm

I'm cheap so I'd prob try fix up & paint them myself as long as it was only cosmetic stuff/wouldn't affect mounting

MrGrey · Post by **MrGrey** » Sat Feb 08, 2014 4:15 pm

my advice would be to carefully file the worst of the curbrash down, then sand that outer ring that the rash appears on and repaint that ring black or gold.

what colour is your 5? I personally think gold rims only really suit the mariner blue mx5's, giving it that 'STI' look

ps no I do not mean sexually transmitted infection, you pervs

Junkwhale · Post by **Junkwhale** » Sat Feb 08, 2014 6:02 pm

MrGrey wrote:my advice would be to carefully file the worst of the curbrash down, then sand that outer ring that the rash appears on and repaint that ring black or gold.

sounds like a plan to me. worth trying to fill the bigger holes with something or not a good idea on wheels?

MrGrey wrote:what colour is your 5? I personally think gold rims only really suit the mariner blue mx5's, giving it that 'STI' look

ps no I do not mean sexually transmitted infection, you pervs

It's black - i quite like the black nb's i've seen with gold rims so far, although might actually paint them bronze. I have some paint already for the colour on the rims in this pic which i reckon would go well with a black nb: http://i.imgur.com/udazx.jpg

MrGrey · Post by **MrGrey** » Sat Feb 08, 2014 6:12 pm

you could use a filler but to be honest I think it would just make something to chip/come out when fitting rubbers.

CordedBowl · Post by **CordedBowl** » Sat Feb 08, 2014 6:17 pm

The offset is mega high so they'd be quite sunken into the body, and tires for 16s can get expensive quickly!

MrGrey · Post by **MrGrey** » Sat Feb 08, 2014 6:22 pm

that's a good point... upon looking closer at them you would need spacers otherwise will rub when turning full lock (which is a fail for WOF's) and spacers require a cert

Junkwhale · Post by **Junkwhale** » Sat Feb 08, 2014 6:26 pm

CordedBowl wrote:The offset is mega high so they'd be quite sunken into the body, and tires for 16s can get expensive quickly!

I think they're 40 offset (pretty sure the title is an error, says 40 further down and google shows 4x100pcd only in 40 elsewhere) - so would be be 1.3cm wider either side of the wheel than the OEM 15's i've got atm.

you're right about the tires being more expensive though and much harder to find what you want in.

Junkwhale · Post by **Junkwhale** » Sat Feb 08, 2014 6:29 pm

MrGrey wrote:that's a good point... upon looking closer at them you would need spacers otherwise will rub when turning full lock (which is a fail for WOF's) and spacers require a cert

Really? ...that sucks.

Edit:

googling says 7" with ~40 offset is pretty common on NA/NBs. Not sure if it's aesthetically the best option (could be too sunken) but will def fit.

CordedBowl · Post by **CordedBowl** » Sat Feb 08, 2014 7:01 pm

It wouldn't rub, but I had 16x7s with 42 offset, I'll post a photo of the sunkening

Junkwhale · Post by **Junkwhale** » Sat Feb 08, 2014 7:06 pm

CordedBowl wrote:It wouldn't rub, but I had 16x7s with 42 offset, I'll post a photo of the sunkening

that would be awesome thx

MrGrey · Post by **MrGrey** » Sat Feb 08, 2014 7:26 pm

I would be genuinely happy to be proven wrong as I am speculating based on looking at the pics

it is a legal requirement for WOF's to have no rubbing under full lock but that really comes down to how pedantic your WOF tester is.

Junkwhale · Post by **Junkwhale** » Sat Feb 08, 2014 8:30 pm

these are 16x7 et40:

think you're right a lower offset would be better...

MrGrey · Post by **MrGrey** » Sat Feb 08, 2014 8:51 pm

if you do end up looking elsewhere, have you considered 15" rims? because 16" inch tyres are oddly expensive compared to 14's, 15's & 17's

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