Bizi gets Mrs Bizi a Clubman!

[Bizi]

I think NAs just look good old school!

Maybe I should just rattle-can-orange some daisy 14" wheels and be done then!

They look cool on a black NA, anyway. Trouble is, 14s are non existent in NSW yet they give them away in VIC!

[Bizi]

Some more good old Aussie engineering:

[Hjt]

Patience young grasshopper

You will find the wheels your after, just take your time, don't rush it. Nice vent rings, perhaps you should choose a colour theme to run with? White with blue looks good, but you have a lot of options with white, unlike my red!

P.S I will have a tidy tail once my new wheels and tyres are fitted!

[Bizi]

Quick links. Comments welcome!

I have an idea to wrap a few bits of the interior in durasuede, ultrasuede, alcantara, whatever.


Firstly, you may not need to wrap if you prefer someting cheap, cheerful and dished like this. Hayden, Bryan, Vic, anyone else who wants a dished wheel...
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/330mm-Deep-D ... 0659485652

Or the real deal: http://www.amazon.com/Momo-R1909_35S-Su ... B00067XZAY

Otherwise find a good trimmer or DIY like this helpful person's guide:
DIY alcantara wrap for $80:
http://www.e46fanatics.com/forum/showth ... p?t=570659

I don't know if I should source it locally or O/S:
Ultrasuede on ebay: http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/ULTRASUEDE-F ... 0711316129

I've contacted a bloke called Dave on the Silvia forums since his mate does this kind of wheel retrim, too.

Here's a dash pad with an alcantara or synthetic suede wrap. Someone else posted this recently.

http://forum.miata.net/vb/showthread.php?t=315258

Thoughts?

[Hjt]

As Victor (Badbong) found out the other day, wrapping the dash and wheels takes a lot of time and you really need to factor the cost against the final product. I mean it won't make the car worth anything more, but as long as youcan justify the cost then i'd say go for it.

Personally, I like the stock dash, and plan to make mild interior improvements nothing to that degree though.

My new wheels, when i bother to get it, will be a secret until it is installed.

[Bizi]

Good points. Mod where it really matters and that's the suspension and wheels on our cars. Sorry I can't be there for the unveiling and the installing of someone's coilovers.

Once installed, YES PLEASE add some pics in the appropriate threads, since I won't be here but will be very interested, since you've chosen the best wheel IMHO, for NA MX5s on street/track duty.

I had better make Zs.

[Bizi]

Thanks, Robert, for the invite on a drive this morning.

We met at the park on the road to Galston Gorge and drove Old Northern to Wisemans Ferry, then around the back of Mangrove Mountain, up to Kulnurra and the Great Northern road to Wollombi.

We pretty much had the drive up there to ourselves and most of the way back, until Kulnura and the slow driver who wanted to hold everyone to a slow speed.

Such a pleasure. Thanks and I hope to return the favour from September.

I've passed on your card to my coffee roa(d)ster friend and he's keen to do a barista course, so he can show off his roasts!

How good was the weather this weekend, for drives?

[Bizi]

Seeya, guys. SQ212 now taxiing. Must switch off.
Facebook & pics here: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=691828640

Have a good July-Aug. I am 'ozi' on mx5ireland so will be there for my trip.
55hrs... yikes, 7 flights!

Have fun.

Ben

[Bizi]

Hi all, it was inspirational to attend the MX5 Mania / Juice polishes day yesterday and to learn a few things and see so many great NA MX5s!

Some more inspirational material: Roadster M2 1028 pics!













Pics are thanks to the contributors on the thread here:
http://www.clubroadster.net/vb_forum/sh ... .php?t=352

[Bizi]

An alternative to the door-pull in the M2 1028 pics is what this person did (along with race seats, carpet console) to their 944 racer, which looks good as a whole unit:

[Bizi]

Here are the Porsche door pull parts. GT2 RS bits seem to be a bargain. Interesting anyway.


www.fvd.de
http://www.fvd.de/us/en/Porsche-0/-/-/- ... Panel.html

[Bizi]

A couple more inspirational bits. As discussed last night @ MB St Ives!

http://rev9autosport.com/nakamae-center-console-1.html


Marini mirror

[Bizi]

What happened to that Marini mirror pic?

Vitaloni as fitted to the M2 is still top of my wishlist as it would seem to be a more functional yet good looking option, plus more aerodynamic and probably quieter in terms of buffeting.



Does anyone have them? Aftermarket (but still real Vitaloni) ones:


Nice.

[Bizi]

An interesting NA8 owner/racer blog from Japan. Interesting, sometimes totally original, bits on the car.

Vanity factory and it's not in the bathroom biz...
http://translate.google.com/translate?h ... =translate

On the track:
http://idisk.mac.com/sosui//Public/movi ... 00kbps.mov

Mmmm!


Weighing knobs!


Clever. DIY kneepad


Quality, clean interior



He fitted these but they are a VERY tight fit. You'll need to go to the blog for more detail. Interesting and different.

[Bizi]

Hi again, I've not done much at all to the car recently, but have bought some gear and just need to get it on the car.

Thanks to the GB for frame rails and recent buys thanks to Rhys and to Yeav I have some bits to go on, I just need to set up a dodgy day for the small stuff and probably book into Mania for the bigger stuff.

At least this simple screwing/unscrewing job was within my capabilities.
I was unhappy about being able to screw this back in, until I found a few longer screws. Now it's fine.





Did anyone get to PITS this morning? The fuel lid took close to an hour, not the 15mins I expected, since I did it in the wrong order and the original screws wouldn't screw in. By which time it was well after 9AM.