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Re: C-S Silver NB8A

Postby Warmy_Corner-S » Tue Dec 10, 2013 9:30 pm

Not sure plasti-dip the side mirror in matt black or warp it with 3D carbon fibre sheet.....hmmmm
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Re: C-S Silver NB8A

Postby Warmy_Corner-S » Wed Dec 11, 2013 1:56 am

People who are interested to install a GT wing, make sure you leave adequate room for the antenna!

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Re: C-S Silver NB8A

Postby OurCognitiveSurplus » Wed Dec 11, 2013 9:22 am

Dip them. Easy shape to spray, hard shape to wrap.

I dipped my wing mirrors. The only thing I'd suggest is, if using a bright colour like orange, make sure to undercoat with a coat or two of white dip first.
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Re: C-S Silver NB8A

Postby hks_kansei » Wed Dec 11, 2013 9:37 am

I wouldn't do either
A painted stock mirror to me just says "I can't be bothered matching the paint so I chose black"

I really think a pair of aftermarket carbon mirrors would work well with the spoiler.
Motorcycle mirrors are available relatively cheaply, but you'll need to make up your own base for them to fit.
Craftsquare do a nice looking mirror, but they're really expensive.
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Re: C-S Silver NB8A

Postby A.Chen89 » Wed Dec 11, 2013 10:54 am

PureMX5 (rxmx) does sell a similar set of mirrors if that helps

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Re: C-S Silver NB8A

Postby Ceptor » Wed Dec 11, 2013 12:52 pm

Colour combo looks good, does look similar to a GT3 RS haha. Any reason why you chose to buy King Springs over coil overs if you want to join in track days?

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Re: C-S Silver NB8A

Postby Warmy_Corner-S » Thu Dec 12, 2013 12:14 am

OurCognitiveSurplus wrote:Dip them. Easy shape to spray, hard shape to wrap.

I dipped my wing mirrors. The only thing I'd suggest is, if using a bright colour like orange, make sure to undercoat with a coat or two of white dip first.


Thank you for your advice. it's not easy to wrap. I won't paint it in orange, my car will look like a rental car..:)
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Re: C-S Silver NB8A

Postby Warmy_Corner-S » Thu Dec 12, 2013 12:19 am

hks_kansei wrote:I wouldn't do either
A painted stock mirror to me just says "I can't be bothered matching the paint so I chose black"

I really think a pair of aftermarket carbon mirrors would work well with the spoiler.
Motorcycle mirrors are available relatively cheaply, but you'll need to make up your own base for them to fit.
Craftsquare do a nice looking mirror, but they're really expensive.


I agree with you, carbon mirror or motorcycle mirror quite nice. The only downside is it's not auto adjustable. This is not very convenience although I am not a driver who will adjust side mirror when doing parking.
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Re: C-S Silver NB8A

Postby Warmy_Corner-S » Thu Dec 12, 2013 12:30 am

Ceptor wrote:Colour combo looks good, does look similar to a GT3 RS haha. Any reason why you chose to buy King Springs over coil overs if you want to join in track days?


Very good question! I did consider coilovers, there is only 1 reason i picked king spring at the end.
1) I won't take the car for track day until sometime next year ( i do concern about the look because i am a designer, i don't want to drive a tank! haha). also i don't think will do more than 2-3 times track day a year. So just lowered the car first and after 2 or 3 track days then will see how it goes....i've never done track day before and really have no idea do I need a coilovers... My experience is only 'go-karting'..i like it a lot:)
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Re: C-S Silver NB8A

Postby Warmy_Corner-S » Thu Dec 12, 2013 12:37 am

I always go to kartatak, arncliffe or eastern creek. Who want to join?


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Re: C-S Silver NB8A

Postby Ceptor » Thu Dec 12, 2013 9:25 am

Warmy_Corner-S wrote:
Ceptor wrote:Colour combo looks good, does look similar to a GT3 RS haha. Any reason why you chose to buy King Springs over coil overs if you want to join in track days?


Very good question! I did consider coilovers, there is only 1 reason i picked king spring at the end.
1) I won't take the car for track day until sometime next year ( i do concern about the look because i am a designer, i don't want to drive a tank! haha). also i don't think will do more than 2-3 times track day a year. So just lowered the car first and after 2 or 3 track days then will see how it goes....i've never done track day before and really have no idea do I need a coilovers... My experience is only 'go-karting'..i like it a lot:)



Ahh fair enough, they make the car feel like its on rails. I race in the SEK karting series and the way I have set my MX5 up feels very similar to driving my kart

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Re: C-S Silver NB8A

Postby Warmy_Corner-S » Fri Dec 13, 2013 12:41 am

Ceptor wrote:
Warmy_Corner-S wrote:
Ceptor wrote:Colour combo looks good, does look similar to a GT3 RS haha. Any reason why you chose to buy King Springs over coil overs if you want to join in track days?


Very good question! I did consider coilovers, there is only 1 reason i picked king spring at the end.
1) I won't take the car for track day until sometime next year ( i do concern about the look because i am a designer, i don't want to drive a tank! haha). also i don't think will do more than 2-3 times track day a year. So just lowered the car first and after 2 or 3 track days then will see how it goes....i've never done track day before and really have no idea do I need a coilovers... My experience is only 'go-karting'..i like it a lot:)



Ahh fair enough, they make the car feel like its on rails. I race in the SEK karting series and the way I have set my MX5 up feels very similar to driving my kart


this is so cool! I am thinking to join the 125cc series but I need to find a place to store the kart!
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