Stripping interior and painting it

glen73 · Postby **glen73** » Sun Nov 11, 2007 2:09 pm

Hi there, im tossing up the idea of taking my mx5 off the road and turning into a club/sprint car only, I have seen an interior stripped and painted white on these forums but i cant find the thread/picture again. anyone done this to there race/sprint mx5?

cheers
glen

Juffa · Postby **Juffa** » Sun Nov 11, 2007 7:46 pm

Hi Glen,

Could this be the thread you are thinking of?

http://www.aus-cartalk.com/viewtopic.php?t=28003

J

glen73 · Postby **glen73** » Sun Nov 11, 2007 8:04 pm

thanks juffa, not the one i was looking for but it's good inspiration

cheers
glen

glen73 · Postby **glen73** » Thu Nov 22, 2007 10:20 pm

Hi mate, i went ahead and did it anyhow. I dont regret it either but i had to make the sacrifice of cutting the carpet that runs over the tunnel under the stereo as it is all one peice. if the carpet ever went back in it would not be as good as it was. The door trims stayed the same and thats about it. Also i drove it with out the bootrubber as teh old one is a bit holey but it was just to damn loud under full noise plus the fact i could see the ground when i looked down was funny, So the old one went back in until i get a new one. Other than that i love it and dont regret doing it. I'm ready to hit the track now once i become a member which will be just before christmas.

Fatty · Postby **Fatty** » Fri Nov 23, 2007 5:55 pm

Daz 27 wrote:cool, so where are the photo's?

what he said!

Andrew · Postby **Andrew** » Fri Nov 23, 2007 9:38 pm

Fatty wrote:
Daz 27 wrote:cool, so where are the photo's?

what he said!

What they both said

glen73 · Postby **glen73** » Sat Nov 24, 2007 12:44 am

i will get some up tomorrow

glen73 · Postby **glen73** » Sat Nov 24, 2007 7:10 pm

hi, i havent given it a vacum yet so there is some dirt on the floor. i still have to put some Alloy checker down aswell for the feet and in general a good tidy up. But here are some pics to give you a general idea, first 2 coats went on by brush with the last being sprayed. It's far from a perfect finish quite the opposite really.
Also the Handbrake isnt back in yet.
I hope these pics arent to big but i couldnt see where to put attachments so appoligies to those still on dial up.

bigdog · Postby **bigdog** » Sat Nov 24, 2007 8:34 pm

Looks great Glen! Just a question about the seats - how do you go with the boys in blue not having headrests? Are those braces behind the seats? I have the same seats in my historic racer - I was not impressed with the way they were built when I removed the upholstery, tubes were unpainted and rusty and the seatback was just a thin sheet of MDF board. Mine are now a fully welded bucket

glen73 · Postby **glen73** » Sun Nov 25, 2007 9:12 am

Bigdog, The police have never pulled me over so i couldnt say whether they would take a liking to the seats or not. The car got RWC with these seats in.
Do yours have the Cobra Emblem stitched into the seat. There seems to be quite alot of different brands moving around currently and no doubt there will be some cheapies. I couldnt confirm if mine are cheap or not.

The mid section brace behind the seats came with the car when i bought it. It is all one section and is alloy. It bolts down to the tunnel and the floor.

Daz, I still need to re-spray my front front bumper and tidy up in general around the whole car but im just holding off as im still thinking of a colour change, i was thinking either black or white with a high gloss clear coat over the top.

bigdog · Postby **bigdog** » Sun Nov 25, 2007 11:08 pm

No cobra logos on my seats so they may be cheap knock offs.

bruce · Postby **bruce** » Mon Nov 26, 2007 3:44 pm

Changing seats with headrests to no-headrests would normally cause legality problems. BUT, as you got a RWC you are golden (I guess as long as the SEATS meet ADRs the RWC place is happy).

green_comet · Postby **green_comet** » Mon Nov 26, 2007 4:50 pm

mmm...nice neck breakers :shock:

Just prey that you never cop a big hit from behind, or you will end up like a pez dispenser..

glen73 · Postby **glen73** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 6:21 am

bruce wrote:Changing seats with headrests to no-headrests would normally cause legality problems. BUT, as you got a RWC you are golden (I guess as long as the SEATS meet ADRs the RWC place is happy).

That would appear to be the case but i do wonder how people get RWC some times, perhaps the guy i bought it off was some how able to dodge the bullet being a eunos.
also as far as taking a hit from behind i would be more worried about being T-boned in a mx5 or a head-on than a tap from the rear. as a matter of fact it would be messy from any direction but i think being T-boned would be much more likley as i rarely drive into the city.

Benny · Postby **Benny** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 1:57 pm

bruce wrote:Changing seats with headrests to no-headrests would normally cause legality problems. BUT, as you got a RWC you are golden (I guess as long as the SEATS meet ADRs the RWC place is happy).

Either that or the inspector figured his head would just collide with the roll bar in a rear ender. :shock:

Even though the interior is so stripped out, it's good to see you can still play some music.