Ruby

[jojoeffe]

Hey all - time to start my thread for Ruby. She's the 1993 MX-5 that I acquired from Matt Taylor on the auspicious date of Friday 13th.

Pretty much stock so far. We shall see how long that lasts. So far I love everything about her.

[Kev05]

Pictures?

[Zcootz]

Snap, we called our Classic Ted Nb8a Ruby! The kids came up with the name

ImageUploadedByTapatalk1342692102.620787.jpg

[PaulF]

1993 - NA6 or NA8?

[Kev05]

Nice, haven't come across many red NB on the road, mostly green, blue, gold or silver.

[Zcootz]

Thanks, welcome to MX5-dom. You'lle have a ball.

[Charlie Brown]

Nice, haven't come across many red NB on the road, mostly green, blue, gold or silver.

It's a NA.

The '93's till September were 1.6, October on, 1.8.
The 93 1.6 NA's had the same beaver panel (between tail lights) as the 1.8's.
I had a 93 Limited Edition. Original cost was close to $50K with the hard top, BBS wheels, air cond., leather, six stack CD. etc. Luckily I bought it second hand. Great way to enter the MX5 fraternity.

[PaulF]

Nice, haven't come across many red NB on the road, mostly green, blue, gold or silver.

It's a NA.

I think Kev05 was talking about Zcootz's car.

[Pamex]

Congrats.

Yes, with the acquisition of Ruby... we now have 3 MX5s in the driveway plus all the other cars. For those that don't know, Jojoeffe lives with myself and HKS_Kansei.

It's like collecting all the McDonald's Happy Meal Toys.

Props to Matt Taylor for a well sorted MX5. I drove Ruby to work today and she felt wonderful and very together. Kind of weird having so much vision with standard sized mirrors and no roll bar with padding. :p

[jojoeffe]

Thanks all I've been slacking off and only just back into the forum.

Of course with the gorgeous weather we've had the last few weeks, the slacking off has involved a fair bit of driving around with the top pushed back and Ruby providing free hair-styling. So *that's* why people say it's a hairdresser's car ;)

So far I have loved every moment except when someone backed into it about three days in and left the panel behind the driver's door pushed in. I wasn't there, so hello panel beating as my first "mod".

Pix to follow. Need to read how to post them.

Zcoots - Ruby suits them it's like a slipper that takes you places magically.

[jojoeffe]

Pix or it didn't happen, right?

"Mods"
new knob
http://instagr.am/p/O01HdHFz9v/?fb_source=og_snowlift_photo_user_message

Gaiter
http://instagram.com/p/O0z6uiFz9f/?fb_source=og_snowlift_photo_user_message

Loaner drift toy
http://instagr.am/p/O0y3IBFz9T/?fb_source=og_snowlift_photo_user_message

Maintenance
Used the walkthrough here:
http://www.mx5oc.co.uk/forum/forums/t/45297.aspx

to replace the driver's side one of these:
http://www.mx5parts.co.uk/door-glass-we ... p-414.html

MOAR later.

[jojoeffe]

Pics of the weathershield repair

Old vs new - I needed a couple of the clips from the old strip. It was fairly stiff with age, but I convinced it to yield with the tyre iron.
http://instagr.am/p/PJaswplz_K/

The top of the door with the seal removed from the outside. It was a bit grubby in there.
http://instagr.am/p/PJaiixFz_E/

I may have been using the soft-top as my work surface. You can see the difference between the old and new quite clearly here.
http://instagr.am/p/PJaZ5WFz_C/

It wasn't that difficult to do. I did snap one of the yellow clips, but since each new part has one that is no drama. I will have more clips left than I started with. I'll do the passenger window another time - it's not as bad, it was getting dark and I was thinking it might rain.

The broken bit of the yellow clip fell inside the door. I took off the skin, taking the opportunity to clean it properly and noticed there's a few dodgy screws. I bet the damn thing will rattle in there as I couldn't get at the inside of the door due to the lovely plastic that's stuck on with that nasty black gunky stuff.

[Mr nanotech]

Doing it wrong... Don't put links in your build lol. Use image tags and actually have the pics displayed in your thread!