not so slammed mx5

[Dave]

16x8's et10. With 10mm spacers all round.

[Kruizer]

Thanks dude Just trying to figure out what size to put on my own one

[Dave]

Yeah tbh unless your planning on going for major lows, the 16's with a skinny tyre is hard to pull off. I'm hoping to move to 15's and a chunkier tyre so I can raise it a bit and not look stupid.

[Dave]

right so time for an update!

Got back from the garage, with full underseal, new horn, new outer skin for the sill and new yokohama front tyres fitted.

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Then got her vrt'd finally!

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Time to get it ready for nct..

New BC Coilovers

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14 inch wheels with fresh tyres and no stretch (which no longer fit now due to the big brake kit, up for sale now;-))

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Got fresh engine oil change, diff oil, gearbox oil, new timing belt, and coolant change. I've no pictures of this unfortunately wanted it done as quick as possible ha ha.

Then started driving it and the rear brakes were smoking after a 20 minute drive, but what do you expect when it's been off the road 4 and a bit years!ha
Put it through the nct like this, and to my surprise all it failed on was sidelights, handbrake, exhaust leak and noise.

So part of my plans for turboing the car I had bought a big brake kit off a mk2.5 s-vt. Got these on along with brand new brake lines all round for the mk2.5 brakes and brand new discs and pads all round.

Got these on and went for a drive and the front right was completely seized, nct retest in 4 days so thought fuck it and bought a refurbished calliper.

This is now the size of the brakes....so worth the extra money. Stops so easy now!

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This is the before, just for comparison!

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Then got a silencer welded in, nice and small, still noisey enough thankully!ha
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https://youtu.be/ceGPERKMIqw

[Dave]

Had to get new clocks as the speedo stopped working.
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Put the car through the nct at this stage. Thankfully passed and been really enjoying driving it now!

I bought a coolant overflow tank, to keep an eye on the coolant level, previous owner had it rerouted into a coke bottle hidden behind the bumper!ha

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Then after seeing all the pictures of the mx5's rolled, and the a pillar's totally collapsing, going around book face recently. I bought a brand new cusco 7 point dash dodger roll cage from rhdjapan. Took a month to come.

I test fitted it and put it together sitting in the car. With the bride seats, they are too wide for it at the back and cant go back far at all. It made the cabin shocking cramped and because I had to sit so far forward it made the top bar really close to my head. So I've put off fitting it until I get some bucket seats, harnesses and floor mount them. Hopefully that should give me a bit of extra space.

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When I removed the cage this is how far forward the seats had to be with the cage in just to give you an idea...

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This is how far back I like them...

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This is How close it was to my head

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Took a spin down to portnoo beach, finally getting to enjoy driving it now!

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Immediate plans are :
-I have replacement seals etc for the hardtop coming, get them fitted then get it resprayed along with the bumper , rear bumper and rear number plate panel
-Upgrade to an alloy rad
-Rota Kyusha 15x9's
-slap of the lowering stick
-It's currently getting a new alarm/immobiliser and central locking with a motion and microwave sensor
-Then try make a day in mondello in the next few months
-Start collecting turbo parts!

[Billy_P]

Nice!!
I'm actually looking for a cage,
Much was yours delivered??

[Dave]

Cost me €1,050 including customs and delivery etc! Was probably extremely stupid paying that to be fair!ha

[Mx5markey]

your old roll bar for sale by anychance?

[Dave]

your old roll bar for sale by anychance?

Na I've that back on now for the time being!

I have 14' wheels and a rear bumper for sale though?

[Mx5markey]

No thanks haha Nice build, man.