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11-14-2007, 07:03 AM

fourwhls

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Miata Humpin'

Here's a couple pictures of my torsen swap in process last night. Notice that my car is the dominant one!

11-14-2007, 07:09 AM

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Sweet garage, is that at your place?

11-14-2007, 07:13 AM

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I want your garage. How does the vinyl tile floor compare to epoxy-coated?

11-14-2007, 07:45 AM

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Yes it's my garage.

Vinyl > Epoxy

I have epoxy on the floor in my front garage attached to my house. I put in down 3 years ago and the areas where my wife and I park are coming up. If I were to do it again, it would be tile up front also. Plus tile was slightly cheaper.

11-14-2007, 08:24 AM

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Nice *** garage! You and your wife both have Miatas? Lucky..

Where's the yellow car's rad?

11-14-2007, 08:32 AM

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Only one Miata in my household. The yellow car is my track/autocross toy. It doesn't see much street use. We have other vehicles for daily driving. The black car is one that my buddy and I bought last weekend.

The radiator is sitting on the workbench. I just picked up one of the godspeed radiators and haven't installed it yet.

11-14-2007, 08:35 AM

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He doesn't need a rad he's got WI! right Magna?

11-14-2007, 08:37 AM

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11-14-2007, 08:45 AM

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why can we see the sway bar in the yellow car?

11-14-2007, 09:11 AM

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EWWW its NA! quick fix that!

11-14-2007, 09:17 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by hustler

why can we see the sway bar in the yellow car?

As stated above...Radiator is on the workbench.

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Originally Posted by Newbsauce

EWWW its NA! quick fix that!

Just because there isn't a FMIC, don't assume NA!

11-14-2007, 09:39 AM

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where are you at? (so i can come use your garage)

11-14-2007, 09:48 AM

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Damn your garage is pimp. I want to smell your hair.

I wish before I moved all my crap into my garage I would have tiled the floor.

11-14-2007, 09:57 AM

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Where are you generally located? I'm curious as to the weather you see... ie: north and cold or south and warmer (in winter).

I want to use vinyl for my garage floor... but am worried about it pulling/shrinking in the cold months.

11-14-2007, 10:02 AM

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sweet bejesus, if i did something like that id need to take out a second mortgage, lol
NEWBSAUCE-dont you know, he is running a DEI set up

11-14-2007, 10:28 AM

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Definitely a nice floor in your garage. Thanks for the tip on the tile vs epoxy. I want to refinish my garage and that looks like the ticket.

11-14-2007, 10:30 AM

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I am in SE VA, Chesapeake.

We got lucky with the garage. We bought the house with it already there. The previous owner had the garage built to store his RV. I put the floor and the lift in, but the structure was already there with a 100amp service wired in.

The funny thing is that when we bought the house, the appraisal only went up $3k for the garage. The concrete slab was more than that! I am guessing it cost him close to $50k to have it built.