If ya had to do it all over again...
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If ya had to do it all over again...
One of my best friends just bought my dad's pampered sub-100k '99. It's a base model with no AC, and manual windows. IIRC, the car got a full refresh 12k miles ago including billsteins, brakes and an aluminum rad. This will be a commuter car. She's recently dealt with a spate of unreliable cars, so power mods are off the table for the foreseeable future. This was my list of recommended upgrades in the recommended order:
1) Two dedicated sets of 15x8 wheels with epic summer and winter rubber
2) Xida GS coilovers
3) roll bar
4) a LSD
5) surfboard seats
What would you do if this was your new whip?
1) Two dedicated sets of 15x8 wheels with epic summer and winter rubber
2) Xida GS coilovers
3) roll bar
4) a LSD
5) surfboard seats
What would you do if this was your new whip?
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Commuter?
-Hard top if possible.
-Decent summer tire, s-drive or something with good millage
-Second set of wheels and winter tires.
-Good headlight bulbs
-Good wheel bearings, my daily eats wheel bearings(but i want to try the MR2 upgrade)
-Working AC. No AC is a deal killer. But i work in the worst possible **** hole pits in pretty much any temperature imaginable. Last thing i want is a 30 minute commute in some heat.
-Hard top if possible.
-Decent summer tire, s-drive or something with good millage
-Second set of wheels and winter tires.
-Good headlight bulbs
-Good wheel bearings, my daily eats wheel bearings(but i want to try the MR2 upgrade)
-Working AC. No AC is a deal killer. But i work in the worst possible **** hole pits in pretty much any temperature imaginable. Last thing i want is a 30 minute commute in some heat.
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Good feedback here. The headlight upgrade was way off my radar. Is this what you're referencing?
DDM Tuning: HID and LED Lighting
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Kinda, but with projectors so they actually work. :P
I get mine from The Retrofit Source. Their H1 Mini Bi-xenon kit works really well in NB1s. Cheap during their multiple sales during the year, and you end up with much better output than NB2 lights.
FWIW: I'm doing essentially exactly what you're asking in my other build thread "In Which I Build a Daily Driver," i think i named it. There's some extra helpings of swag in there, but i'm building exactly what i want in the ultimate DD NB pulling on years of what i liked and didn't like about the many Miatas i've owned.
I get mine from The Retrofit Source. Their H1 Mini Bi-xenon kit works really well in NB1s. Cheap during their multiple sales during the year, and you end up with much better output than NB2 lights.
FWIW: I'm doing essentially exactly what you're asking in my other build thread "In Which I Build a Daily Driver," i think i named it. There's some extra helpings of swag in there, but i'm building exactly what i want in the ultimate DD NB pulling on years of what i liked and didn't like about the many Miatas i've owned.
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I've used DDMs kits before (man they've changed a lot over the years). But i would absolutely not put them in reflector housings. Either retrofit projectors in, or use NB2 projectors.
Edit* yeah, what Ben said.
Edit* yeah, what Ben said.
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1. Elise seats
2. Soft-sprung XIDAs
3. HIDs
4. Good pads and rotors
5. 8s and mild 205s (Conti ECS or similar)
IOW, build Acamas (my NB) without the 450whp drivetrain and requisite 245mm-wide tires.
2. Soft-sprung XIDAs
3. HIDs
4. Good pads and rotors
5. 8s and mild 205s (Conti ECS or similar)
IOW, build Acamas (my NB) without the 450whp drivetrain and requisite 245mm-wide tires.
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1) Two dedicated sets of 15x8 wheels with epic summer and winter rubber - 15x7 or 16x7.5 with good summer tires
2)Xida GS coilovers - sure, but expensive and not needed on commuter. New Bilsteins and 350/275 would be just fine.
3) roll bar - sure, why not.
4)a LSD - what for? Open dif is just fine for a commuter.
5)surfboard seats - NB1 seats are not any worse than NB2. I've had NA8, NB1 and 2 NB2 Miatas. 1999 had best leather seats, followed by cloth NB2.
2)
3) roll bar - sure, why not.
4)
5)
- good summer tires on stock wheels
- new shocks with stock springs
- full maintenance
- new horn
- Polish headlights and put bright bulbs
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This may sound bananas, but I've been tempted to do a hybrid manual/electric window setup. I actually prefer manual for the driver's side, but it's a lousy reach to roll up the passenger's side manually while driving.
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