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'Grats on the purchase man.
Make her pretty again :) |
zooey deschanel trillian or the one from the british mini series?
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I am not so much into Blondes - so Zooey Deschanel...
(She also is much more my picture of Trillian I got, when I read the book...) :-) Sven |
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As you should do with every women - buy her some goodies from time to time... So Trillian got some goodies:
Big ass watercooler https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1365428700 Some nice side sills - need a little work, but in good shape overall https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1365428700 Some new OEM floor mats https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1365428700 Tinted clear front turn signals https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1365428700 Right and left rear panel repair parts, valve cover seal, new alternator belt https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1365428700 I.L. Motorsport GV style PU front lip https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1365428700 Also got a new(used) lower floor carpet and a OEM 10th Anniversary strut brace (no pics yet) I hope she's happy now... |
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And to make her even more happy
1st repair project - broken left rear view mirror When I got the car the left rearview mirror was missing - fortunately it was in the trunk - looking like this: https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1365430244 https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1365430244 At the German mx-5.de there is a nice "How to" about the repair of such broken mirrors... (I don't think you'll need the link, because it's in German anyway ;-) ) So I started with the disassembly of the mirror https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1365430244 Carefully cut along the line between the front and rear cover, but be carful not to cut your fingers of...! https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1365430244 https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1365430244 The front cover is held by glue every 1cm or so, so carfully peel the two parts apart - don't hurry or you will crack the front cover Also be careful that your wife isn't at home, when you use your good cutlery to pry the parts apart... :rofl: https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1365430244 https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1365430244 Finally off: https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1365430244 Look at the pile of rust inside the mirror: https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1365430244 https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1365430244 Take the lump of rust apart and save the spring and quadratic metal washer Clean everything. https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1365430244 Now go and break the two completely rusted screws that hold the mirror mount to the car (and do some good cursing doing so... :vash2: ) Then take this apart too. https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1365430244 The white/rusty thing is supposed to be half a plastic ball and was in my case totally broken by the rusty screw inside. I just glued it all back together: https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1365430244 Re-painted the mount and cleaned it inside (this is where the white plastic half-ball goes) https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1365430244 https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1365430244 Finished the mirror today: The re-finished parts http://www.ingenieure-reichel.de/upl...ontego_057.jpg Inside http://www.ingenieure-reichel.de/upl...ontego_058.jpg From below: http://www.ingenieure-reichel.de/upl...ontego_059.jpg All done - back in old glory http://www.ingenieure-reichel.de/upl...ontego_060.jpg http://www.ingenieure-reichel.de/upl...ontego_061.jpg So first little project done... Greets |
Hi Sven,
looks like it needs some serious attention. :D I'm looking forward to your build. Will she get boosted? ;) |
Nope, will get an ITB 2001 VVT engine... But don't spread the news... ;-)
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Am I the only one who thinks that this car ought to have been called Heart of Gold, or perhaps Bistromath, given its origin?
(Though I do approve of Zooey as Trillian.) |
I thought about Heart of Gold but a that time I didn't know that it will get the VVT engine... :-0
Edit: Updated post Nr. 6 with pics of the finished mirror More interesting news to come - engine should be here soon.. |
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Da fuq... - Christmas again?
Look at what arrived in my humble place today... https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1365698700 https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1365698700 https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1365698700 https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1365698700 https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1365698700 https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1365698700 2001 VVT engine, 84.000km, all harnesses, oem ecu, instrument cluster, door locks, keys, immobilizer unit and a lot more... 2001 front axle assembly with brakes - going to be rebuild with poly bushings and getting cleaned/painted. |
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And to make her even more happy
Project Nr. 2 - Cleaning part. 1 I had to have a look under the dirt... before https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1366264711 after https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1366264711 from the back https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1366264711 ^ my little helper https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1366264711 That was just a first cleaning, need to polish her up quite a bit and do a lot of repairwork. Under all that dirt there was a hidden haildamage of the hood... :-( But not too bad - so I guess it will be repairable via smartrepair... Project Nr. 2 done. Greets |
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Update 20.04.2013
Got a good bit ahead (but still only cleaning and such... not very exciting but necessary) Took out the old torn softtop https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1366614310 Luckily not rust to find there, only lots of dirt https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1366614310 Took out the remaining carpet on the passenger side which felt dry to the touch... D'ooh! https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1366614310 About half a liter of water in the passenger footwell... So the first thoughts are - even more welding to be done... :-( https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1366614310 What a nice combination - water and ECU https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1366614310 But now have a look - the exact spot a couple of minutes later... https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1366614310 https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1366614310 All the nice red rust was just on the ECU holder and on the sound deadening below that. The rest of the rust you can see is also only a question of a little elbow grease and a brush... Update 21.04.13 More cleaning done Passenger footwell cleaned, wire brushed and treated with Fertan (rust stopper) https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1366614310 Cleaned rear deck (just like new) Did I mention that I saved a completely unharmed rain rail when I took out the softtop...? https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1366614310 Cleaned trunk - also just like new from the factory (apart from the gas tank panel, which will take 2 minutes with a wire brush) https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1366614310 And here again the passender footwell - completely rust cleaned https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1366614310 All in all I am quite happy with the achievements... Now the "bad" things are waiting to be done - rust repair at the rocker panel on both sides and the underside of the car. :vash: |
Cool project. How thrilling to have that motor and subframe arrive like that!!!
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In preparation of the rust removal at the rocker panels I removed the front and rear bumper... What a pita..
Heres the carnage: https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1367232363 Who told the Mazda engineers to mount the bumpers with a quadrillion screws, about half of them on totally rust exposed points... (NOw I have to drill out all of them stuck screws out of the car...:facepalm: |
Do they use salt on the roads where you live?
F*ck rust, I hate it so hard. I will never buy a rusty car again. Damn you entropy... |
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Time to update this...
I abandoned the thread a while ago, because posting this in German in my blog Trisha's Blog (MX-5 Resurrection) | How to resurrect a rotten MX-5 and in English here was a little too much (given the little time, that I have) So here an update in pictures about how it is atm... (I know there is no 1000 props to be had, but at least you don't have to read 125 pages to get to the end... ;) ) The build involved a lot of de-rusting https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1400165781 https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1400165781 a lot of DIYing https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1400165781 https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1400165781 https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1400165781 a lot of new goodies https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1400165781 https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1400165781 https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1400165781 a nice engine swap https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1400165781 https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1400165781 a nice torsen swap https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1400165781 some painting https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1400165781 a hell of a lot of cleaning https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1400165781 https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1400165781 https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1400165781 some undercoating (together with some Jassperformance rails) https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1400165781 And now some before and after pics: before https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1400165781 after https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1400165781 before https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1400165781 after https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1400165781 https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1400165781 https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1400165781 https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1400165781 And now it's time to shut up - final before and after... before https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1400165781 after https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1400165781 If anyone wants to read and see some more - go to the blog (carefull it is GERMAN ! - Trisha's Blog (MX-5 Resurrection) | How to resurrect a rotten MX-5 https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1400165781 About 400 pictures for the ones that do not know a little Deutsch... ;) BTW, after driving my turbo lately there are some little devils on my back telling me "Go turbo, go turbo, go turbo..." damn little buggers... :vash: |
Very impressive turn around! It must be quite satisfying driving it around after all of that hard work.
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Nice work man! Warms my miata soul to see cars saved from certain doom. Also, thanks for posting that mirror repair. I bought a nice mirror body with broken glass to replace my cracked and faded mirror which has good glass. Will be referencing this when I go to swap the reflecty bits. I <3 Trisha
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I like it great job man! Also what size are those wheels? Definitely needs more turbo though
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