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Old 03-29-2017, 01:32 AM
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I have some. I used it on my bumper cut. The slot is less than 1/8th inch.
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You drilled out 80 rivets in order to change the color from silver to black? Did Jeff come to visit or something?

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oh. Well at least I tried to be creative. heh.
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Only took a half hour or so. And I'm drilling them out again tomorrow to paint something else black.
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Did you include the 1.0uF capacitor on the switched 12V terminal and 0.001uF capacitor between the ECU's 5V and GND terminals and to Signal GND, as shown below (fromMegaManual)?

Mine are configured in Wasted Spark mode; I've got a 0.470uF capacitor on the 12V switched terminal since it was the largest I could find but no 0.001uF capacitors.
It works fine but I'm considering shortening the harness and making the harness is easier if the capacitors aren't REALLY needed.

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Installed my hood vent and started drilling out the old rivets. And replacing them with black rivets. May not be everyones cup of tea, but I think the black looks a lot better.

Black rivets looks much better, standard rivets make the car look "unfinished".

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I think the final step will be getting some nail polish or something and painting the aluminum black. I wish I had done it before I riveted everything. I might still do it on the other side.
Going for the "Goth Look"?
(or should that be the "EMO Look" given that the car's red)
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No capacitors.
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Old 03-29-2017, 08:10 AM
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Originally Posted by MiataMan00
100% like the black better
​​​​​​​Once you go black you don't go back.
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I'd just mask and spray away instead of nail polish.. as long as you aren't Hellen Keller with a spray can it shouldn't be hard to take long to do.
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Originally Posted by aidandj
No capacitors.
OEM NA6 harness already has a capacitor on the coil supply near the ignitor.
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Those are long gone.

I considered red. Went with black.
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this wouldn't be a Miata build thread without the use of nail polish
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My wife found an OPI shade that very very closely matches my car. Its kinda disturbing
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Originally Posted by 18psi
this wouldn't be a Miata build thread without the use of nail polish
Aidan can always "Go Goth" and use the remaining black nail polish on his nails, then he wouldn't have to bother about cleaning black grease/oil around his nails after working on the car - WIN!
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Originally Posted by Lokiel
Aidan can always "Go Goth" and use the remaining black nail polish on his nails, then he wouldn't have to bother about cleaning black grease/oil around his nails after working on the car - WIN!
And buy one of these:



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That was an annoying amount of drilling.

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much better
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Originally Posted by MiataMan00
much better
It does look better, but not JeffBuc better. Rivets do need to be red.
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Originally Posted by aidandj
That was an annoying amount of drilling.
The non-symmetry of how the rivet hole pattern is different than the plate cut pattern irrationally irritates me. Black does indeed look way better. You should still drill out all the rivets again and fix this
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Can't see it with the hood down. No care
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