Cheyne's Roadster Photo Diary, RIP Little Beast...:(

CheyneX5 · Postby **CheyneX5** » Mon Mar 02, 2009 11:44 pm

doogle wrote:Hey Cheyne man your car has gone leaps and bounds since i saw it last! haven't logged on the forum for a fair while... i gotta get myself along to those thursday meets too.
did you install that CAI yourself? notice a massive change?
good stuff, keep it up

Hey man, it has been a while, where have you been hiding? Car has had many changes i must admit, mostly for good rather than bad

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How is yours doing, had anything done to it lately?

The CAI... well when i installed it, i was a bit weird about driving the car afterwards, was not sure what to expect. So i left it for the night strangly enough, also did not help that my mate busted the AFM whilst installing. Got a new one.

I got in the car and cruised down the street, did not notice a thing

this lunatic was tailgating me at some point just after i had started driving, i put the foot down to get away... VRRROOOOOOOOMMMM, scared the hell out of me and i nearly powerslided into a wheelie bin :oops:

but that sound is just... just... yes

Jeo wrote:Looking good Cheyne!

Keep us posted

Thanks Joe, few updates to come in the next few days, i have been rather busy. *runs off to photobucket*

doogle · Postby **doogle** » Tue Mar 03, 2009 1:03 pm

yeah its been a while. been doing a bit of travelling, so now i'm broke and waiting for rudd's government grant to spend on my car

mostly cosmetic changes lately, nothing big. might run into you on a thursday soon, hopefully.
i'll keep watching this thread! good stuff (and ideas for me too

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CheyneX5 · Postby **CheyneX5** » Tue Mar 03, 2009 3:10 pm

UPDATE PAGE ONE!

Thanks doogle, you should come along this week, will be good to see what your new mods are :mrgreen:

corners · Postby **corners** » Tue Mar 03, 2009 3:30 pm

Sweet updates photos and story!!!

bensale · Postby **bensale** » Tue Mar 03, 2009 4:42 pm

Nice write up cheyne, and some great pictures!

CheyneX5 · Postby **CheyneX5** » Tue Mar 03, 2009 5:44 pm

Thanks Ben and Jaron, I also updated the post again with new speakers and windblocker.

doogle · Postby **doogle** » Tue Mar 03, 2009 10:38 pm

nicccce new photos dude!
can't make it this thurs, but i'll let you know about next week. dying to ask you about some mods!

zawrilla · Postby **zawrilla** » Tue Mar 03, 2009 11:20 pm

Great little story you have going.

I just read the thread and I love the style of the write up. Good to see this little car come back again and again from trouble. It's looking in great condition now.

Fuzzlet · Postby **Fuzzlet** » Tue Mar 03, 2009 11:46 pm

Wow I love the shots of it after a clay bar and wax...btw where did you get ur front indicator/parker lights from?

CheyneX5 · Postby **CheyneX5** » Wed Mar 04, 2009 12:11 am

zawrilla wrote:Great little story you have going.

I just read the thread and I love the style of the write up. Good to see this little car come back again and again from trouble. It's looking in great condition now.

Thanks man, it has had a fair journey. Smooth sailing from here on in

I read it all after i had written it and was rather shocked :shock:

very long, but i am happy with it.

Fuzzlet wrote:Wow I love the shots of it after a clay bar and wax...btw where did you get ur front indicator/parker lights from?

The clay and wax just did an incredible job, feels like touching fresh glass

Re the indicators, i bought them from hot rod. He advertised these on the forum mid last year. Here is an ebay link to a pair.
http://cgi.ebay.com/90-97-Mazda-MX5-Black-Smoke-Front-Indicators-Eunos_W0QQitemZ140304336441QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM?hash=item140304336441&_trksid=p3286.m63.l1177

CheyneX5 · Postby **CheyneX5** » Mon May 11, 2009 11:37 pm

Update back on page one everybody :mrgreen:

Jeo · Postby **Jeo** » Tue May 12, 2009 12:11 am

Now I hadn't noticed this before but I saw this picutre and instantly thought *Oh, please get some MDF spacers or sound sound deadening between the speaker and the door, it will sound so much better*

Scroll a little further and you've already solved the problem before I even mentioned it. Now thats commitment.

CheyneX5 wrote:This was actually inspired by Jeo

Aww shucks :oops:

CheyneX5 · Postby **CheyneX5** » Tue May 12, 2009 1:58 pm

Jeo wrote:Now I hadn't noticed this before but I saw this picutre and instantly thought *Oh, please get some MDF spacers or sound sound deadening between the speaker and the door, it will sound so much better*

Scroll a little further and you've already solved the problem before I even mentioned it. Now thats commitment.

CheyneX5 wrote:This was actually inspired by Jeo

Aww shucks

Being a musician, i like to think of myself as a bit of an audiophile. Dynamat have a fair reputation so i thought i might as well try them. I will eventually finish off the doors when i find the time.