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Jeffbucc 03-31-2014 11:05 AM

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Bitches all be trying to make me spend money! I agree though, it does look rather ricey.

I didn't get any photos of the aerocatch install, I was trying to get it done fast before I had to go back to work today. Pictures make the angle look weird but it looks great in person.

Didn't have time to bolt it down to the backing plate so it still is a little unfinished.

https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1396278302

https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1396278302

hornetball 03-31-2014 11:08 AM


Originally Posted by Fireindc (Post 1116641)
i personally cannot stand the TSI look. It just screams rice to me and they really don't work all that well either.

To be fair, the driver's side TSI will be effective at night with the barn doors open -- especially with the cold air isolation box Jeff built.

The passenger side TSI does nothing but pressurize the engine compartment behind the radiator -- which is bad. Pure rice. But it is symmetrical. :D

Fireindc 03-31-2014 11:12 AM

Aerocatch look great!. Those turn signals we were talking about are on egay all day long for cheap, i don't remember how much though..

FAB 03-31-2014 11:24 AM


Originally Posted by curly (Post 1116570)

Also, who the hell installed the seats in that car?! The all new Sparco Sprint Pre-Gangster lean edition.

concealer404 03-31-2014 11:27 AM

Curly posted the smoked ones.

curly 03-31-2014 11:29 AM

Not my car, much too pretty. Driver's side appears fine. The passenger is definitely going to appreciate left hand corners more than right.

ScottyP3821 03-31-2014 11:48 AM

I agree I'd sell the TSIs and get normal turn signals. Just my 2cents but I also think the smoked turn signals are ricey. I think what would look best is if you bought a set of clear ones and baked them to seperate the lenses from their housings and then painted the chrome inside the housings flat black and reassemble.

EO2K 03-31-2014 11:52 AM

There appear to be 2 holes in your bumper

Jeffbucc 03-31-2014 12:18 PM


Originally Posted by EO2K (Post 1116675)
There appear to be 2 holes in your bumper

I forgot to fill them prior to sending it off for paint. I'm going to leave it for now. I'd love to get that eunos blue/white emblem but KG Works is ludicrously expensive.

I'll see what my options are price wise on the lights. Not really a "must fix now" item on my list of things to do.

Right now the list is very short. I'm getting extremely giddy at the prospect of being able to drive my car(if everything goes as planned) this weekend. My parents want me to drive the Miata up to their house in Southern Idaho for Easter so that is the new deadline for the car to be finished/titled/insured

-Rewire injector harness for sequential
-Add some flyback diodes to a couple wires
-Connect all inputs to the DB12 connector
-Wire in the TPS IAT connectors for 99 TB
-Make a new skid plate & radiator cowling
-Paint the hardtop
-get an alignment
-tune for new settings.
-Plug TB coolant and intercooler TB IAT bung
-bondo front lip and repaint it. Question is should I match the body color or keep it black.


What are everyones thoughts on a license plate names. I usually hate vanity plates but I thought it'd be fun to do it to this car. Utah Vanity is 5 long, if I can manage to register it as a classic and the normal vanity letters for Utah are 7.

I'm not coming up with anything clever so I'll probably do a normal plate and call it a day.

Stock 03-31-2014 12:29 PM

OCD

Stock 03-31-2014 12:29 PM

DOUGH

bikersam717 03-31-2014 12:52 PM

For 5 letters: SMURF
If you get 7 letters: RSTBCKT

bikersam717 03-31-2014 12:52 PM


Originally Posted by Stock (Post 1116693)
DOUGH

YEAST

rleete 03-31-2014 01:00 PM

MIA-TIA (from the movie Cars)

hornetball 03-31-2014 01:50 PM

I'd definitely leave the lip black. That will chip/scrape for sure. And remember, I'm the one that likes to paint mud flaps.

Yezzir 03-31-2014 02:12 PM


Originally Posted by ScottyP3821 (Post 1116673)
I agree I'd sell the TSIs and get normal turn signals. Just my 2cents but I also think the smoked turn signals are ricey. I think what would look best is if you bought a set of clear ones and baked them to seperate the lenses from their housings and then painted the chrome inside the housings flat black and reassemble.

Scotty, do you have a photo of how this looks finished?

Jeffbucc 03-31-2014 03:41 PM

Are the turn signals on the stupidly nice looking blue Miata clear or tinted? They look perfect, the tinted ones I've seen are way too dark. Just asking for a fix-it ticket in Utah

concealer404 03-31-2014 03:46 PM

They're tinted i'm almost 99% sure. Look at his sidemarkers, also tinted. Would point to the Depo tinted "full set" that can be had for under $100.


Here's the tinted signals on another blue miata. (Mine.) True darkness on them is somewhere in between the stupidly nice car and my pile of fun. The stupidly nice car was darker in person than it looks in that rather heavily processed picture.

The corners are not ricey looking in person and aren't so dark that you'll get hassled by the po-po-police. On the contrary, the crystal clear signals look ricey as shit in real life. (Second example, the other miata) They look good from afar, but up close, it's painfully obvious that they're cheesy aftermarket lights.

https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1395171130


https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1395168947

Jeffbucc 03-31-2014 03:51 PM

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OK that isn't as bad I thought. I found a ebay listing for front/rear side markers and turn signals for $120. Cheaper than I thought it would be.

https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1396295623

Jeffbucc 03-31-2014 03:57 PM

Also, yay or nay on painting the Aerocatch LSB? I have a bottle of LSB and clear coat and have been tempted to blend them in more by painting them


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