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BlackBandit 01-04-2016 09:25 PM

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Sealed, polished, and waxed. Finally finished with the paint.

Iphone 6s+

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turbofan 01-04-2016 10:19 PM

Much jelly, cats awarded, would drive, do drool.

BlackBandit 01-04-2016 10:41 PM

Thanks turbofan, did you see the other cars he's cooking up in there?

turbofan 01-05-2016 01:38 PM

Well, i see a poopra?

Still drooling over the RX7.

BlackBandit 01-05-2016 11:14 PM

Lol thanks

Efini~FC3S 01-07-2016 12:23 AM

You know what...?


Fu*k this thread!


F$ck it real hard.

BlackBandit 01-07-2016 12:10 PM

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funny, i was told today by a buddy he wanted to punch me in the dick repeatedly and punch babies.

First Wash after being sealed from the paint job and waxed. I'll be bringing the Rocketeer to the Roar Before this weekend at Daytona, the Classic Mazda meet in Orlando on the 16th with the 10ae weather permitted, and the actual Rolex 24



https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1452186641DSC06883 by Gerald Mugar, on Flickr

https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1452186641DSC06887 by Gerald Mugar, on Flickr

18psi 01-07-2016 12:42 PM

Car looks fantastic.
Curious: since you had a re-paint, why not have the license plate dookie removed at the same time?

Girz0r 01-07-2016 12:51 PM

Not sure if you would be affected, but I hear putting wax on fresh paint can cause bubbles from the fumes releasing from the paint

Car is looking gorgeous though :drool:

BlackBandit 01-07-2016 12:52 PM

Well, I wanted OEM and not a Chinese made Bumper which I have been told to stay away from because of the details already made into the car. (not perfect fitment)

Thought about shaving the license plate holder but as I have seen others do the same, the nose looks smooshed in and droopy. The bumper also has a bigger "modern mazda smile" too. Last but not least, after a year, two, three, the filler starts to separate from the bumper underneath the paint and thats inevitable because of it flexing in highway speeds and daily driving. I had the discussion with Clay Deen from Decaudellas and he advised against it. I didn't want to bring the car back to him yearly if I didn't have too to fix the lines around the plate frame. It would bother me so much how detail oriented I am on the car itself.

BlackBandit 01-07-2016 12:54 PM

@Girz0r- the car was painted 2 months ago. The paint has cured already and it was just recently sealed and waxed last week.




Thanks for the compliments



His Website click

De'Caudella's


look him up on instagram if you use the app.

18psi 01-07-2016 01:09 PM


Originally Posted by BlackBandit (Post 1297470)
Well, I wanted OEM and not a Chinese made Bumper which I have been told to stay away from because of the details already made into the car. (not perfect fitment)

Thought about shaving the license plate holder but as I have seen others do the same, the nose looks smooshed in and droopy. The bumper also has a bigger "modern mazda smile" too. Last but not least, after a year, two, three, the filler starts to separate from the bumper underneath the paint and thats inevitable because of it flexing in highway speeds and daily driving. I had the discussion with Clay Deen from Decaudellas and he advised against it. I didn't want to bring the car back to him yearly if I didn't have too to fix the lines around the plate frame. It would bother me so much how detail oriented I am on the car itself.

Makes sense. I'd probably want to avoid filler on a rare OEM bumper too now that I think about it.

BlackBandit 01-11-2016 11:43 AM

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https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1452530603DSC07499 by Gerald Mugar, on Flickr


https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1452530603DSC07465 by Gerald Mugar, on Flickr


https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1452530603DSC07430 by Gerald Mugar, on Flickr

BlackBandit 01-11-2016 08:40 PM

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Thanks Johnny.

Today I replaced the Spark plugs, Wires, and oxygen sensor with all new oem.

I did get all 9's for the spark plugs and ripped out the magnecore wires and installed ngk tight fitted spark plug wires.

I also installed a new OEM O2 sensor because It hadn't been replaced since 93.


Pics of the spark plugs. Now I think these were new as of 01/13/15 from my records of receipts. which is no more then 13k miles in my documents.

I've driven that many miles last year and driven 19k miles since 09/01/14. I have done multiple autocross events since the last plugs were replaced. I also had ngk 7's and ngk 9's


I used Pettit Racings Premix which I've already switched over to Idemitsu's Premix.

Trailing 2



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Lead 2


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Lead 1


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trailing 1

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BlackBandit 01-19-2016 04:39 PM

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Ordered Door hinges to see if it fixes closing the door easier.

https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1453239547Untitled by Gerald Mugar, on Flickr



And Replacing the Fluids for the 3rd time but this time with gear oil I want from reviews.


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BlackBandit 01-22-2016 08:58 PM

Just purchased an Apexi PFC ecu and OLED commander!

Castillo817 01-22-2016 10:47 PM

Gorgeous FD, keep up the good work man :)

EErockMiata 01-23-2016 12:11 PM

love the shot at daytona with the protos in the background. great car/build.

BlackBandit 01-23-2016 07:29 PM

Thanks @castillo and @Eerock

I'm signed up to get the car tuned by Steve Kan.

BlackBandit 02-05-2016 01:49 PM

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Now, just waiting on the Commander



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