PUR157s Clubbie

PUR157 · Postby **PUR157** » Sun Feb 10, 2008 3:18 pm

Here's my pride and joy I brought it back home early 2007, this pic was taken right after my newest addition... a set of rims

What's I done so far?
- Razo gear knob
- Kenwood MP3/CD H/U
- Black leather gearboot (changed from the stock tan)
- AU Racing TE37 tribute rims gold painted face
- deleted mud flaps
- custom made offset number plate... carved up from an old high school metalwork toolbox :mrgreen:

- Momo Prototipo
- OEM Front Lip
- A'pexi Power Intake
- Zorst + Extractors (N*Power + 2.25" Custom Exhaust)
- BD Rollbar
- deleted reflectors

What's I got planned?
- Bullet Racing mirrors
:mrgreen:

Aside from that its a bog stock Clubman with optional tan trim Sept. '93 model w/ hardtop

From the \"photoshoot\" I did when I had just bought the car

And this one was taken on my first road trip with a bunch of friends (with the MX) it was about 10minutes up the road from the Seacliff Bridge down @ the 'Gong

Beautiful innit?
the view's nice too... :mrgreen:

Adam_NAclubman · Postby **Adam_NAclubman** » Sun Feb 10, 2008 3:42 pm

PUR157 wrote:Just asking for some opinions... should I colour code when I add the lip??

Yes. Black, so its colour coded to the sills ;)

Alfadog · Postby **Alfadog** » Sun Feb 10, 2008 9:46 pm

Let's see more pics man!!

Very unique with the seats and those wheels.. so tan leather seats was an option on MX-5s? With the rest of the interior remaining black??

Front lip leave it black.

zawrilla · Postby **zawrilla** » Sun Feb 10, 2008 10:13 pm

Hey, the car's looking good Terence.

You have to put some more photos up. And as Alfadog said, keep the lip black and definitely go for the spoiler, I love them

fastfreddygassit · Postby **fastfreddygassit** » Sun Feb 10, 2008 11:19 pm

Alfadog wrote:Let's see more pics man!!

Very unique with the seats and those wheels.. so tan leather seats was an option on MX-5s? With the rest of the interior remaining black??

Front lip leave it black.

quoted for truth.

A touch lower with the ride height would be the crowning glory.

PUR157 · Postby **PUR157** » Thu Feb 14, 2008 2:04 am

Thanks for the comments!

I'll probably take all of your adviceseses on leaving the lip black

to Alfadog: At least... I think it's an option... because it's the same colour tan as the trim in the Neo Green models... never really found out for sure though
the steering wheel is wrapped in the same coloured tan leather too
but yes... the rest of the interior is bleck!

as for lowering... can I do that with just a set of springs? (with the clubman billies) say eibach or something?
or would that screw with the damping... say a full set of coilovers more appropriate?

I just like my stock ride height too much..... :oops:

And too poor for coilovers... hehe

PUR157 · Postby **PUR157** » Sun Feb 17, 2008 12:03 pm

My Clubbie now has a new chin!
Now it is chiselled... like an Edonis... :mrgreen:

I really like the way it turned out
Doesn't look like a Monkey did it either... :lol:

That ride height at the back is abit embarassing...

Alfadog · Postby **Alfadog** » Sun Feb 17, 2008 12:11 pm

Looks great!!

PUR157 · Postby **PUR157** » Wed Feb 27, 2008 11:44 pm

Thanks Alfadog

After a huge fight with the Nardi boss... and two trips to Supercheap
Here is the newest addition
and with that the interior is complete (at least in the foreseeable future...)

Excuse the use of flash... couldn't get enough light from the garage lights.. .

Next up
Mirrors and the engine mods... :mrgreen:

PS End User... that's a Prototipo :lol:

Sorry it took me that long to get back to you on that one... hehe

PUR157 · Postby **PUR157** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 8:28 pm

I was getting lonely down here so I thought I'd bump my post back up with the rest of the Clubmans

I'm going spending spree this month or so and this is the first fruits of the Labour

100% JDM Goodness... I can even show you the delivery slip... :mrgreen:

Gives it a nice little growl down low but opens up nicely at top, and revs abit more freely too
The Seat of the Pants are happy for the timebeing... :lol:

I went for the A'Pexi as I didn't want to have to cut the hole in the firewall
I'm not going for race car gains so I'm not too fussed
All possible thanks to PerfectRun!

Next up Extractors
PS I apologise for the mankiness of the engine bay... :oops:

zawrilla · Postby **zawrilla** » Fri Apr 25, 2008 1:45 pm

ahah..looking good man.
It's about time that you started fitting some of the things you've acquired. Any longer without putting them on your car and I might just have to take them and put them on mine

.

PUR157 · Postby **PUR157** » Fri Apr 25, 2008 4:24 pm

Quiet you...

:lol:

PUR157 · Postby **PUR157** » Thu Jun 05, 2008 1:23 am

After abit of a hiatus... uni work... capped inter-ma-webz et. al.
I am back! and have a few more new purchases to show off...

Lastly but not leastly, definitely not leastly, I had my new exhaust tract installed just last week! I gave in... I did my best trying to DIY it but I simply could not do it... :frown:

But at the end of the day... I... Am... Loving it... :mrgreen:

Pictured is after the first drive home, all heat treated already...
I just had too much fun putting the foot down!
It now consists of a 2.25\" mild steel exhaust cat to tip custom setup ex ZenArcher, and a set of N*Power Extractors

Overall it feels like it's added a small spread of power all over the rev range but the focus (from the seat of the pants) seems to be clearly in the high revs... :mrgreen:

Most importantly, the sound... oh the sound.
Mild steel exhaust + Stainless extractors + old knackered engine... there's a cacaphony of rattly burbly raspy noises, burbly at low revs... doesn't sound very enticing at part throttle there... but at more serious throttle openings, the grin has not been bigger... I'm such a simple person

So this rounds out all my major upgrades I had planned for the car, at this point in time at least. A few more minor cosmetic touches and I will be happy... once this current engine goes... then... *starts twiddling the fingers

One question though, the N*Power extractors currently aren't clearing part of the chassis and they vibrate against each other at certain revs/loads... does anyone have any ideas on a material I could stick in between there? I was thinking something like an oven mitt... but in the back of my mind I'm thinking that's a dumb idea...
Advice on this would be appreciated!

Anyone who was considering an exhaust system... DO IT

PS a sound byte should be on it's way, just gotta wait for a day I don't return home late at night... want to stay on the neighbours good sides :lol:

PPS And who said MX5s weren't load carriers?!