What'd you do to your car this week/weekend?

Angreal · Post by **Angreal** » Fri Feb 01, 2013 12:38 pm

For the normal coating I think it's $225, for the Extreme coating (supposedly you can touch it while the engine is going and I would believe it based on the normal coat) I think it's $550...

It made everything metallic in the engine bay touchable after a very hard drive once they were installed so the Extreme coat should make everything even cooler

Euen · Post by **Euen** » Fri Feb 01, 2013 1:14 pm

authentic wrote:I'm keen on the polished look.

You won't get a polished look with HPC.

Angreal · Post by **Angreal** » Fri Feb 01, 2013 1:25 pm

Euen wrote:
authentic wrote:I'm keen on the polished look.
You won't get a polished look with HPC.

With the extreme coating (definitely over kill) you can get black, and cast iron grey.

With the normal coating you can get polished finish though or the galvanised look as well as the 2 above. I believe you wont' get the heat stress colouring on the extractors either.

Euen · Post by **Euen** » Fri Feb 01, 2013 1:57 pm

You learn something new every day. I wasn't aware there was a "polished" option available

2low2c · Post by **2low2c** » Fri Feb 01, 2013 10:12 pm

you should not coat or wrap stainless steel headers because the added temp to the inside of the pipe will cause them to fatigue and crack faster and if they have been hpc coated you can not weld them so you have to buy new ones ,polishing will only last till first start up unless you are going to polish them after every drive. to remove the blueing of stainless steel go to a welding supplier ie boc and get so welding pickle it is what we use to remove the blueing after welding

Mr. Shine · Post by **Mr. Shine** » Sat Feb 02, 2013 7:07 pm

Took mine to the car wash and gave it its first wash in a couple of months at least

Then for a WoF which I was happy to pass at Vehicle Testing, and now... listing it on Trade Me

Bwarp · Post by **Bwarp** » Sun Feb 03, 2013 10:23 am

Took my car for a non-wof non-reg'd run to get its final wheel alignment before cert (got it PERFECT), then took it to a dyno day at STM SpeedTech Motorsports.

Someone at dyno day took some pics of it.

dylann · Post by **dylann** » Sun Feb 03, 2013 1:59 pm

damn your car looks awesome mang. actually starting to like BRG
should pull those headlight covers up a lil though

CordedBowl · Post by **CordedBowl** » Sun Feb 03, 2013 8:37 pm

Today I took Pepper out for a bloody good fanging with some pals from a club, and happened to win a trophy as one of the favourite cars of the day, and received an A'pexi turbo timer [for my engine project] as a prize!

Was a stellar day, and a big thanks to my uncle Mark for letting me borrow his wedsports wheels [DAYUMNN those tires are good!]

Snapfrozen · Post by **Snapfrozen** » Sun Feb 03, 2013 9:24 pm

Where were you? Looking good!

Angreal · Post by **Angreal** » Sun Feb 03, 2013 10:01 pm

Pulled out the charcoal canister while trying to put other things back into the engine bay. Have a deadline of getting the car running again tomorrow night so I can get Cole to put the Frog Arms and sway bars in since I failed at doing it myself

http://www.mx5nutz.com/forum/index.php? ... =15120&hl= <-- best guide on how to remove the canister I've found to date.

MrGrey · Post by **MrGrey** » Mon Feb 04, 2013 3:10 pm

out with the old, in with the new.....

now to sit down and design a heat shield while I wait for my vented headlamp cover to arrive from carbonmiata

chris · Post by **chris** » Mon Feb 04, 2013 3:12 pm

Didn't do a lot, gave it a clean, picked a possum up, had my exhaust fall off and developed a new rattle..

This is how it sat Pre Cannonball

MrGrey · Post by **MrGrey** » Mon Feb 04, 2013 3:15 pm

your ride looks stunning Chris, but when I see those rims, all I can think of is this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqz9eJiBa_Q

chris · Post by **chris** » Mon Feb 04, 2013 3:22 pm

Thanks!

Getta perm..

Hahahaha Yeah, the wheels are a total pisstake. They look good so I can dig it. But I got the mx5, and I knew it is known as a gay car. So I figured, instead of trying to turn a girl into a dyke, I will turn a girl into barbie.

One day it will be beautiful in everyones eyes

Work CR01's 280whp, front splitter. One day.

Furai · Post by **Furai** » Mon Feb 04, 2013 7:08 pm

One day in a parallel universe where I am slammed.

siren676 · Post by **siren676** » Mon Feb 04, 2013 7:14 pm

The front of your car is starting to look that way...

Donovan · Post by **Donovan** » Mon Feb 04, 2013 8:56 pm

chris wrote:Thanks!

Getta perm..

Hahahaha Yeah, the wheels are a total pisstake. They look good so I can dig it. But I got the mx5, and I knew it is known as a gay car. So I figured, instead of trying to turn a girl into a dyke, I will turn a girl into barbie.

One day it will be beautiful in everyones eyes Work CR01's 280whp, front splitter. One day.

Doesn't matter what you do to them, someone is still going to think it is a gay car, on the Cannonball I passed a shitty old rusty Mitsi van with the V8 at half song, and had some guy hang out the window and yell at me to get a real car. If that wasn't the pot calling the kettle black.

chris · Post by **chris** » Mon Feb 04, 2013 9:58 pm

Donovan wrote:
chris wrote:Thanks!

Getta perm..

Hahahaha Yeah, the wheels are a total pisstake. They look good so I can dig it. But I got the mx5, and I knew it is known as a gay car. So I figured, instead of trying to turn a girl into a dyke, I will turn a girl into barbie.

One day it will be beautiful in everyones eyes Work CR01's 280whp, front splitter. One day.
Doesn't matter what you do to them, someone is still going to think it is a gay car, on the Cannonball I passed a shitty old rusty Mitsi van with the V8 at half song, and had some guy hang out the window and yell at me to get a real car. If that wasn't the pot calling the kettle black.

And you were struggling not to smoke it up infront of him?

All in all a good day :3

MrGrey · Post by **MrGrey** » Mon Feb 04, 2013 10:10 pm

Donovan wrote: Doesn't matter what you do to them, someone is still going to think it is a gay car, on the Cannonball I passed a shitty old rusty Mitsi van with the V8 at half song, and had some guy hang out the window and yell at me to get a real car. If that wasn't the pot calling the kettle black.

When ever anyone has given me shit about "driving a ***'s car" I just give them a deadpan stare and coldly say "you have no idea how many hairdressers I had to kill to get this car"

I just think of it like yin and yang ... We get to drive fun cars but have to suffer the occasional insult... that's a price I can live with

Mad Kiwi · Post by **Mad Kiwi** » Tue Feb 05, 2013 12:09 am

Kasey and I just finished putting in 24mm front and 16 mm rear sway bars in Wee1 (thanks Kasey

).

WOW, what a difference. the turn in is much quicker and the car feels considerably more precise in cornering.

Turn 5 at Hamptons should be a lot easier to get in to and carry speed through now!!

I dont think I appreciated how much of difference they would make.

Incidentally Autolign are the agents for Whiteline In NZ now. Stocks had nothing listed for MX5 sway bars and couldn't help....

24mm Front bar (2 way adjustable) with end links $295.00

16 mm Rear bar (3 way adjustable) no end links $316.00

Donovan · Post by **Donovan** » Tue Feb 05, 2013 8:30 am

Mad Kiwi wrote:16 mm Rear bar (3 way adjustable) no end links $316.00

Is this what you paid for them, I had someone trying to sell me a set, said they paid $495 for them, and would sell them to me for a mates rate of $350.

siren676 · Post by **siren676** » Tue Feb 05, 2013 6:54 pm

Got the cat converter replaced with a resonator. Turns out it was fairly blocked, seems to rev a bit easier now.
Also the temp sensor had actually broken off after the first drift day i went to.

mjrstar · Post by **mjrstar** » Tue Feb 05, 2013 9:16 pm

Trial fitted 350z box and evo diff / axles

siren676 · Post by **siren676** » Wed Feb 06, 2013 6:18 pm

Went drifting at Meremere with furai and another guy in a NA8C.
Was a heap of fun although my right ankle hurts like hell from trying to push the accelerator through the floor

.
Should get some pics and vids up later today/tomorrow

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