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Old 10-12-2019, 11:46 PM
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After 5+ years of trying, we are finally in the club.

Next on the list is a more suitable, 2d wing.



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Looks great. How does it compare?
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Old 10-13-2019, 03:45 PM
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Thanks.

Not sure yet, we rushed to get it ready for this 30th anniversary MX5 Club show.

Hoping to have it on track in 2-3 weeks.
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What's your hinge setup for the trunk/boot? I also have a lightyear fastback that I need to replace the external hinges it came with..
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Its 99% a race car so we opted out of hinges. So it slips in against the body and then drops down at the back on to the fasteners.

Aluminium guides against the body and push button releases at the back edge. We tried push buttons at the front edge (the black circles) but angle, length etc. didn't work out.
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It looks so good!
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Maybe I missed out , where did the molded front bumper come from?
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We modified a variation of one of these.

Printed the brake duct inlets and fibreglassed the rest.




Sorry, this is the only front facing picture I can find for reference.


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Very cool
Looks slippery
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"Fast back" with removable roof is the only hard top I'd ever consider. A 150zx if you will...
Looks great.
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Pos-cat added - Fastback+wing look like factory options.
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Shipping to California?
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Art, what the **** are you doing?
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Art, what the **** are you doing?
Saw his neg cats so decided to look at his post history.

From May of 2017 to January of 2018 all he posted was "." hundreds of times. LOL
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No, he posted and then back and edited most of his post to ".". Which is weird...
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