Corey's NB Journal

mx5002 · Postby **mx5002** » Mon Feb 15, 2016 9:15 pm

Ahh sweet yeah my is 5mm lower than the reinforcement

Keeps the bumper supports that way.

Corey · Postby **Corey** » Wed Apr 27, 2016 12:59 pm

Not too much has happened with them car in a while, I haven't been driving it because the wheels/tyre/suspension set up is all wrong and it isn't as enjoyable to drive how it is right now. I Installed some delrin door bushings which made a few creaks go away in the hardtop and a slightly better ride, maybe.

I have been contemplating flaring my car with some nice wide wheels, I love the look just a bit of a chicken.

Heres a render I did with a wing (can you spot the well known car I used in my renderings?)

Heres no wing

Ive got a lot of aero parts I have to finish also and a tonne of painting to do haha. Let me know if you guys think I should put some flares on.

Postby **beavis** » Wed Apr 27, 2016 8:39 pm

Impressive photoshopping.

smy0003 · Postby **smy0003** » Wed Apr 27, 2016 10:14 pm

I can't tell which bits are real, are the bonnet vents real?
Please say yes.

With the wing and flares you'll be able to drive it for about 40mins before being defected. It does look fantastic, though.

luzinit · Postby **luzinit** » Wed Apr 27, 2016 11:44 pm

Looks amazing. Personally I'm sick of driving super low cars but if you can put up with it along with any extra unwanted attention then go for it!

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Corey · Postby **Corey** » Thu Apr 28, 2016 1:46 am

smy0003 wrote:I can't tell which bits are real, are the bonnet vents real?
Please say yes.

With the wing and flares you'll be able to drive it for about 40mins before being defected. It does look fantastic, though.

Nope, I will be doing them though so stay tuned for that

Well I hope not, because I plan on doing all of this haha. Probably no wing for a street car, though and it will be at a respectable height.

luzinit wrote:Looks amazing. Personally I'm sick of driving super low cars but if you can put up with it along with any extra unwanted attention then go for it!

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I hate driving low cars, it pains me to hear any scraping. The car wont be low though, I plan to run a 225/50r15 or 245/45r15 when they come to Australia but possibly a 225/45r15 for the mean time. I have been talking with carbon miata and they said I can position the flares lower on the body to minimise wheel gap and keep a respectable height.

Corey · Postby **Corey** » Thu May 12, 2016 12:36 pm

Pretty keen on installing flares, but I'm not going to commit until I can afford to do paint, wheels & tyres all at once; so I just did another render in photoshop of what it would look like from the rear. Can anyone spot where I got the flares/wheel set up from? :wink:

aladdin96 · Postby **aladdin96** » Thu May 12, 2016 2:19 pm

MX5B055??

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Corey · Postby **Corey** » Wed Oct 05, 2016 2:26 pm

So WTAC prep has started! Pretty stressed about my flares arriving in time because I need to paint them and fit them. In the mean time I picked up a set of Lotus Elise seats (thanks Matt) which I'm in love with, It pretty well finishes off the interior for me.

I also did a more extreme bumper cut I'll show later, while I was down there I cleaned up my wheel wells, amazing what a bit of cleaning and paint can do.

I'm still working on the car every chance I get fixing up stuff I'm not happy with. I will update more soon.

ManiacLachy · Postby **ManiacLachy** » Wed Oct 05, 2016 2:58 pm

Man I love those seats! I need to get mine installed. What brackets did they come with? Slide rail mounted?

Corey · Postby **Corey** » Wed Oct 05, 2016 3:12 pm

ManiacLachy wrote:Man I love those seats! I need to get mine installed. What brackets did they come with? Slide rail mounted?

They're custom rails made by MX5 mania I believe. Driver side slides but passenger is fixed; they're mounted about as low as possible. You will love them.

The Green Goblin · Postby **The Green Goblin** » Wed Oct 05, 2016 9:20 pm

Looks good dude.

Are you finding the front bar holding up okay with the canards installed.. I.e at speed does the air pushing against them tend to seperate the bars joint/mount areas? Also can you notice any difference with respect to front grip?

mx5002 · Postby **mx5002** » Thu Oct 06, 2016 8:25 pm

I don't know what I like more! Those wheel wells or the seats! Well done. Look forward to seeing it at wtac! I need those gauge bezels.

Apu · Postby **Apu** » Sat Oct 08, 2016 6:59 am

Ah! You have my old seats now! They are great...I just wish I was a little bigger to fit into them a bit better.

Corey · Postby **Corey** » Sun Oct 16, 2016 8:50 pm

The Green Goblin wrote:Looks good dude.

Are you finding the front bar holding up okay with the canards installed.. I.e at speed does the air pushing against them tend to seperate the bars joint/mount areas? Also can you notice any difference with respect to front grip?

Thanks, I dont drive the car hard enough to notice since its currently only used on the street.

mx5002 wrote:I don't know what I like more! Those wheel wells or the seats! Well done. Look forward to seeing it at wtac! I need those gauge bezels.

I know, amazing what a bit of paint can do!

Apu wrote:Ah! You have my old seats now! They are great...I just wish I was a little bigger to fit into them a bit better.

They are so nice! I love them.

As per usual, WTAC was awesome, I go up every year for the 2 days, and put my car in the Show n' Shine. While the car wasn't really show ready, I still got to park it next to Stanleys beautiful blue NA. I will post some more photos from the event as they pop up.