93' Miata stolen and flipped build thread
03-31-2014, 11:05 AM
#1861
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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.
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.
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03-31-2014, 11:08 AM
#1862
The passenger side TSI does nothing but pressurize the engine compartment behind the radiator -- which is bad. Pure rice. But it is symmetrical.
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03-31-2014, 11:48 AM
#1867
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.
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03-31-2014, 12:18 PM
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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.
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.
Last edited by Jeffbucc; 03-31-2014 at 12:43 PM.
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03-31-2014, 02:12 PM
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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.
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03-31-2014, 03:41 PM
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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
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03-31-2014, 03:46 PM
#1878
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 **** 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.
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 **** 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.
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