Minhtam's NB8B Build - Meet Bev :)
Posted: Thu Jul 11, 2013 9:10 pm
Hellooo my names Minhtam and I have recently picked up an bright red NB8B aka my second mrs, Bev 
I was on the market for a new car, I read up a lot on MX-5's and how much fun they were to drive, and was in my budget too, with a large amount of aftermarket support it was clear I wanted to own one myself.
I decided on an NB8B because of a few reasons, I wanted a car a bit newer than the traditional NAs, as much as I like the look of nicely modified NAs
. So, I was able to narrow it down to an NB8A or an NB8B, or NB8C. NB8A looked good and were relatively cheaper then the Series 2 models, although the front bumper just wasn't to my liking, so I focused on purchasing an NB8B. All the little extra's made me opt for a series 2+ model, increase chassis stiffness, different steering wheel, fog lights, different stockers and a different engine.
But more on that another time, I was on carsales/gumtree/eBay a lot on the hunt for an NB8B, it had to be stock, under 150,000 km's, well maintained, and in overall good condition inside and out. Over a fair while I went to look at a few MX5s around the Sydney area, the second I got into an MX5 for the first time and was taken for a test drive it was awesome! Smooth power output, suspension wasnt too soft even from stock, inside was nice and 'cosy', and most importantly, it handled like it was on rails ! Loved it, and definitely knew it was what I wanted.
Enough of the chit chats, a few inspections blah blah blah. I picked up a surprisingly clean red 2000 NB8B.
Here's what she looked like in carsales :
I've owned her for a couple months now and so far I am loving it, I picker her up 100% stock so was stoked, I've made little touches, a few mods here and there since she has been in my ownership to make it a little more personalised to me. I'm looking forward to learning more about these cars and getting more into the MX5 community
Thanks for reading,
Minhtam.
I was on the market for a new car, I read up a lot on MX-5's and how much fun they were to drive, and was in my budget too, with a large amount of aftermarket support it was clear I wanted to own one myself.
I decided on an NB8B because of a few reasons, I wanted a car a bit newer than the traditional NAs, as much as I like the look of nicely modified NAs
. So, I was able to narrow it down to an NB8A or an NB8B, or NB8C. NB8A looked good and were relatively cheaper then the Series 2 models, although the front bumper just wasn't to my liking, so I focused on purchasing an NB8B. All the little extra's made me opt for a series 2+ model, increase chassis stiffness, different steering wheel, fog lights, different stockers and a different engine.But more on that another time, I was on carsales/gumtree/eBay a lot on the hunt for an NB8B, it had to be stock, under 150,000 km's, well maintained, and in overall good condition inside and out. Over a fair while I went to look at a few MX5s around the Sydney area, the second I got into an MX5 for the first time and was taken for a test drive it was awesome! Smooth power output, suspension wasnt too soft even from stock, inside was nice and 'cosy', and most importantly, it handled like it was on rails ! Loved it, and definitely knew it was what I wanted.
Enough of the chit chats, a few inspections blah blah blah. I picked up a surprisingly clean red 2000 NB8B
.Here's what she looked like in carsales :
I've owned her for a couple months now and so far I am loving it, I picker her up 100% stock so was stoked, I've made little touches, a few mods here and there since she has been in my ownership to make it a little more personalised to me. I'm looking forward to learning more about these cars and getting more into the MX5 community
Thanks for reading,
Minhtam.
. In terms of engine mods, been looking at an intake, not too sure about the rest. Putting on a turbo kit would give these cars so much more of a kick! 
