Felix's NA6 Updated 15/01/09

[PUR157]

The dreaded crap MX5 number plate bracket...

Nice work there...! and Nice pics too...

[crzymx]

Nice handy work, buit definately need to move the number plate bracket. I can give you some advice if you need!

[feel_ixx]

Nice handy work, buit definately need to move the number plate bracket. I can give you some advice if you need!

Hahaha I was just getting used to the number plate, I kind of like it sitting at the bottom lip... anyone got pics of this?

[crzymx]

Theres a pic of a red NA with it in your thread

Its pretty easy to do, cost $0

[feel_ixx]

Oh i was thinking even lower than that. Like this (found pic)

[crzymx]

dont know bout that, all i know is that you can easily bend down the existing brackets, you might need to go slimline though.

[feel_ixx]

Whats slimeline?

[-alex]

:O
we may be matching if all goes well..!
Im going to look at a white na tomorrow

[feel_ixx]

Oh congrats!

Let me know how it goes tomorrow!

[feel_ixx]

DIY front lip
What you need:
Saw / Wire cutters
Drill (not for drilling into body work)
Linear PVC thing --- similarly you can go garden edging is what people normally do. (still unsure of how they mount it sounds hard)
Spray paint + primer
Optional: Flexible rubber strip i.e. Garage door seal



How to:
1. Cut the PVC strip into the right length for the curve of the under part of the car's nose about 1650mm ( cut a little more just in case you can fine tune it later)
2. Since the PVC strip had a right angled tab running down it, this meant that I could simply bolt it on. Problem was, this didn't allow the PVC strip to bend properly, to fix this, I cut small V's onto the tab about 6cms apart all the way along
(Garden edging is completely flat so although it is easy to fit the curvature of the car, mounting it will be harder)
3. There are bolts that are already under the front bar which are connected to the black plastic housing under the car (see pics) so mark out where the bolts match up to the PVC strip tab and drill 6mm holes for each point. Do a install before you paint to see if everything is curving correctly.







4. Prime and paint

4.5 Purely optional, but as you can see the end of the lip doesnt sit flush with the cars original nose, here you may want to buy a strip of garage door seal rubber and place it on front of your PVC lip.



5. Install and done






Note: I ended up not doing the garage door seal thing, seemed too much effort and also the finish wasn't as nice as without it, instead I curved the end bits it looks fine just like that

[bensale]

Thats nice mate, you've got a real touch for the DIY stuff! Lokk forward to seeing to finished pictures of the lip!

[crzymx]

Whats slimeline?

I dont know if they do em in syd, but in melb we have slimline plates which are about half the width of yours.

[sliq]

I dont know if they do em in syd, but in melb we have slimline plates which are about half the width of yours.

half the width? that must be a very short and stubby plate.... have u got a sample photo? maybe u were referring to the height?

[feel_ixx]

I'd be assuming so, coz if it wasnt, I'd be calling a midget slimline haha

[feel_ixx]

LIP finished!!