Plan less, drive more... Jace's NA6

Jace · Postby **Jace** » Thu Dec 22, 2011 7:02 pm

Thanks, it's far from clean IRL though.

I have an ebay guard roller. Removed front fender liners, emptied about 4kg's of dirt from the fenders, scrubbed back the inside of the lip I was going to roll, got it toasty with the heat gun and went at it.

Fronts cracked and flaked a bit (it's got the crappy early undercoat failure symptoms), but got the rears rolled flat with hardly a single crack.

Still need to even out ride heights left-to-right (I don't mind how the rake looks for now), gotta reinstall the splash guard and then have a play with damping settings.

As it is, it's as comfy as stock which is exactly what I want!

Nemo · Postby **Nemo** » Fri Dec 23, 2011 3:04 am

Wow those wheels are awesome. What are the specs?

Jace · Postby **Jace** » Fri Dec 23, 2011 10:57 am

14x6.5 +9.5 A-type Watanabes and matching wheel nuts.

Water Boy · Postby **Water Boy** » Sat Jan 07, 2012 3:29 pm

Look fresh man. You will have to take me for a fang some time...

Jace · Postby **Jace** » Sat Jan 21, 2012 8:36 pm

Small update, got my Runabout mirrors (refreshing to receive something of outstanding quality for once) and installed em.

Swapped out the warped front rotors and wonky old pads for some RDA slotted rotors and some EBC greenstuff pads, waiting on braided brake lines and new rear discs too.

Installed my Nardi steering wheel too, had to modify the cheapo boss kit I bought off ebay, but not before the seller gave me a full refund which was cool!

I've been tempted to ordering some new rego plates but can't decide on what to get. Whether to get the original rego changed to B&W with one slimline/one normal size, or to get NA-641, NA-642, NA-666 etc.
The latter is more expensive buy about $200 which is slowing me down. Help me decide!

Oh and also I think I've probably avoided a speeding fine or two because of the rear numberplate

Jace · Postby **Jace** » Fri Feb 03, 2012 8:45 pm

Few new additions to the car.

DBA slotted rotors and EBC greenstuff pads for the front, a BD rollbar, cocomats and new numberplates.

I'm mostly happy with how it looks now. I need to touch up some paint and get a new r/h indicator (i'll probably end up with those tinted ebay jobs)
Need to play with the ride heights a bit more (wouldn't mind a different pair of coilovers for the rear to get it lower) and get a wheel alignment next week.

DSC_4550 by jaaaace, on Flickr

DSC_4551 by jaaaace, on Flickr

DSC_4553 by jaaaace, on Flickr

DSC_4556 by jaaaace, on Flickr

DSC_4568 by jaaaace, on Flickr

So yeah.

Was really good to meet a few people at Garage Cafe last night, putting faces to names is always really cool.
- Jace

Nemo · Postby **Nemo** » Fri Feb 03, 2012 8:52 pm

New plates really cleaned up the look of the car, looks great.

Jace · Postby **Jace** » Sat Feb 04, 2012 7:28 pm

thanks dude. took me a while to justify giving vicroads more money but i think it was worth it!

went to a small meet today under the bolte

DSC_4602 by lifelongtragedy, on Flickr

DSC_4592 by lifelongtragedy, on Flickr

PaulF · Postby **PaulF** » Sun Feb 05, 2012 3:16 am

I'm liking the colour of that FD.

Jace · Postby **Jace** » Wed Feb 08, 2012 7:50 pm

Bought this sh*t today $$$$$$$$$$$$$

I'll probably get buzeh wit it over the weekend if i can be stuffed!

charlie_91 · Postby **charlie_91** » Fri Feb 10, 2012 6:56 pm

This is probably my favourite aussie mx5. so awesome. Really wish i could go back to something like this as a daily.

Nice work dude

Jace · Postby **Jace** » Fri Feb 10, 2012 10:16 pm

thanks dude.

i actually did some stuff today and figured i'd need photographic proof, plus the pics help little projects snowball into others (hopefully i'll start working on cleaning up the bay after this)

busted vs. new, there was zero oil in the old one...

done! need to get a few more o-rings and replace the dryer too, then time for a re-gas.

then this may or may not have happened...

Jace · Postby **Jace** » Fri Apr 13, 2012 1:02 pm

also known as "drive less, buy more"

i have new wheels on the way that should be here in 4 or 5 weeks, they'll be getting a full resto before i roll on them.

my interior is currently like this +/- the seat when i feel like it

DSC_0226 by Jace B., on Flickr

and the exterior is currently like this (with a sticker holding my paint together)

the echo tunnel by Jace B., on Flickr

in the last week i've replaced the clutch master and clutch slave cylinders, and also installed an intake (and tidied up the bay a bit too)

my clutch is now dead or very close to it, probably thanks to me driving around at WOT a lot more because of the intake. (i'm surprised it lasted this long tbh, i think it's the factory clutch)
i'll do some painting before the weather turns to sh*t and fix up the worst patches of paint, but i'll replace the clutch first - probably next weekend if i can make it last til then.

yeah, happy motoring.