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[D]'s NC MX5 rebuild
Posted: Sun Jun 23, 2013 10:10 pm
by [D]
Hi All,
Please see my journey on rebuilding my Limited Edition NC MX5.
i have a small group called The Official Team Midnight, we're a small close knit group which is all about helping one another out.
Please click on the link below for a good read.
http://www.theofficialteammidnight.com/projectfive/Thanks for your time!
Den.
Re: [D]'s NC MX5 rebuild
Posted: Sun Jun 23, 2013 10:57 pm
by cwto24
Dean,
Reading the full story, this is ABSOLUTELY nuts. The amount of work and time you have put into this beauty!
Did you manage to get the side mirrors & skirts?
By the way Dean, if your looking for side repeaters, Tien can probably hit you up with a set. I just bought a set from him, getting shipped across.
Re: [D]'s NC MX5 rebuild
Posted: Sun Jun 23, 2013 11:11 pm
by [D]
cwto24 wrote:Dean,
Reading the full story, this is ABSOLUTELY nuts. The amount of work and time you have put into this beauty!
Did you manage to get the side mirrors & skirts?
By the way Dean, if your looking for side repeaters, Tien can probably hit you up with a set. I just bought a set from him, getting shipped across.
Thanks mate. Sorry my names Dennis ha ha!
yes it has been an journey, considering the circumstances but i hope to be on the road soon. its definitely a car i will be keeping for a very long time.
the mirror and side skirt i may be obtaining from a member here...
i have a side repeater already, the cord/wire has dropped back into the fender -_-
Thanks for taking the time to read my journal, appreciate it!
Re: [D]'s NC MX5 rebuild
Posted: Sun Jun 23, 2013 11:16 pm
by cwto24
[D] wrote:cwto24 wrote:Dean,
Reading the full story, this is ABSOLUTELY nuts. The amount of work and time you have put into this beauty!
Did you manage to get the side mirrors & skirts?
By the way Dean, if your looking for side repeaters, Tien can probably hit you up with a set. I just bought a set from him, getting shipped across.
Thanks mate. Sorry my names Dennis ha ha!
yes it has been an journey, considering the circumstances but i hope to be on the road soon. its definitely a car i will be keeping for a very long time.
the mirror and side skirt i may be obtaining from a member here...
i have a side repeater already, the cord/wire has dropped back into the fender -_-
Thanks for taking the time to read my journal, appreciate it!
Had a blonde moment there. I've been talking to you on the barge facebook page and i forgot, My bad.
LOL! the cord dropped in! Good luck getting that out...
Almost done then eh? Not bad not bad.... Guy told me you have to get this car down to Vic to register?
Re: [D]'s NC MX5 rebuild
Posted: Sun Jun 23, 2013 11:21 pm
by [D]
Yeah thats the other half of the headache.
I still have a windscreen and four new tyres to change.
Tyres on it at the moment are 24th week of 2005. Ew
Re: [D]'s NC MX5 rebuild
Posted: Mon Jun 24, 2013 12:25 am
by PaulF
Much respect for taking the effort to save this car which would otherwise probably have just been parted out and scrapped. I hope the re-registration process goes smoothly for you.
Re: [D]'s NC MX5 rebuild
Posted: Mon Jun 24, 2013 7:36 am
by [D]
PaulF wrote:Much respect for taking the effort to save this car which would otherwise probably have just been parted out and scrapped. I hope the re-registration process goes smoothly for you.
Thanks for the support Paul.
Hoping to get years.. hopefully a decade out of her. Im heading into marraige territory. Shes my will be last toy for a while
Re: [D]'s NC MX5 rebuild
Posted: Mon Jun 24, 2013 10:29 pm
by kris
Awesome Den,
Really enjoyed the read, can I clarify, to fix that major damage you paid roughly 1500 in parts and 2500 in labour?
Looking forward to seeing much more !
Re: [D]'s NC MX5 rebuild
Posted: Mon Jun 24, 2013 10:52 pm
by [D]
kris wrote:Awesome Den,
Really enjoyed the read, can I clarify, to fix that major damage you paid roughly 1500 in parts and 2500 in labour?
Looking forward to seeing much more !
Thanks Kris!
Haha probably should increase parts to just over 2000. Throw in a side skirt, LH mirror, new front windscreen. I needed new hinges also. There pretty much parts are bare essentials.
I have a set a tyres to cough up too. Sigh lols
Interesting random fact... did you know the bottom hinge is way heaps more expensive than the top one? Dont know why =\
But besides that... it will be an interesting journey..its getting to the point where i just wanna drive it!
D
... im tired of doing laps on my 2500 square metre block.. furthest ive gone is in 2nd gear
Re: [D]'s NC MX5 rebuild
Posted: Wed Jun 26, 2013 2:41 pm
by cwto24
[D] wrote:kris wrote:Awesome Den,
Really enjoyed the read, can I clarify, to fix that major damage you paid roughly 1500 in parts and 2500 in labour?
Looking forward to seeing much more !
Thanks Kris!
Haha probably should increase parts to just over 2000. Throw in a side skirt, LH mirror, new front windscreen. I needed new hinges also. There pretty much parts are bare essentials.
I have a set a tyres to cough up too. Sigh lols
Interesting random fact... did you know the bottom hinge is way heaps more expensive than the top one? Dont know why =\
But besides that... it will be an interesting journey..its getting to the point where i just wanna drive it!
D
... im tired of doing laps on my 2500 square metre block.. furthest ive gone is in 2nd gear
haha... sounds funny as it is... drive up... and stop, turn around.. drive and stop hahaha
Re: [D]'s NC MX5 rebuild
Posted: Wed Jun 26, 2013 3:04 pm
by [D]
cwto24 wrote:
haha... sounds funny as it is... drive up... and stop, turn around.. drive and stop hahaha
Hahaha.. the property is big enough to do a U turns. 2nd gear, 3500rpm. Brake to get all the rust off the disc rotors
Backyard is where the drifting on the grass happens
Waiting for a quote for a new windscreen.