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Postby Adam_NAclubman » Tue Oct 28, 2008 11:13 pm

yakob wrote:
Adam_NAclubman wrote:When a design works amazingly well do you keep the details to yourself?


no, unless its worth a potential 12mil through patenting and marketing..

i love to give my share of advice when it comes to diy.



What about intercooler piping designs? I need to get mine sorted

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Postby SuperMazdaKart » Tue Oct 28, 2008 11:26 pm

i nominate Adam for the first season of Aussie made Scrapheap Challenge! :lol:
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Postby yakob » Wed Oct 29, 2008 12:05 am

what about intercooler piping designs? I need to get mine sorted

What do you want to know?

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Postby yakob » Wed Oct 29, 2008 7:51 pm

UPDATE. I have finished the mount, it turned out really nice, looks sooo much better than the previous!!
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Postby Adam_NAclubman » Wed Oct 29, 2008 8:06 pm

Looks buck-toothed like Bugs Bunny, see if you can get it back in the hole a bit

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Postby bensale » Wed Oct 29, 2008 8:09 pm

Hey mate, you do know that you can get a replacement slimline plate from vic roads for about $30. I think that'd look much better! Other wise good work, i'd do similar if it wasn't for the damage behind my plate due to the brilliant OEM design :roll:

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Postby yakob » Wed Oct 29, 2008 8:11 pm

Haha, beleive it or not i had slimlines from day of purchase. However with recent change in rego i recieved thos fat ugly ones. Thanks mum!

I thought the slimline ones were close to 100 or something, if they are 30 i dont know what im doing with these haha, i dont mind the fat one on the back, but on the front i want slim.

And to be honest i like it where it is, maybe it could go in a little bit but the more u go in the less it becomes visable.

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Postby bensale » Wed Oct 29, 2008 8:13 pm

I recently purchased a slimline for the front of my car, I left the rear one standard. It was only $30- something for the one.
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Postby yakob » Wed Oct 29, 2008 8:20 pm

bensale wrote:I recently purchased a slimline for the front of my car, I left the rear one standard. It was only $30- something for the one.


Oh nice, so you agree that the rear looks nice with the standard dimensions?

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Postby bensale » Wed Oct 29, 2008 8:47 pm

The way the rear of the na6 rear panel is designed the slim line would look silly as you'll be able to see pic below. I haven't really thought about it in relation to a nb, I think the rear one looks fine in the photos, though a slimline would probebly look a little better. However, the front would make the most difference.

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Postby yakob » Wed Oct 29, 2008 8:53 pm

Oh yeah definately agree, and ofcourse you have the rims i want :D

With a bit of luck i found a bloke selling them, might have them within a month or so, how exciting!

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Postby bensale » Wed Oct 29, 2008 9:06 pm

Awesome :D They are in my opinion the best looking mx5 oem wheel, although thats a somewhat biased opinion :wink: You'll probebly be one of the few people that I know of to run them on a nb8a.
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Postby yakob » Wed Oct 29, 2008 9:11 pm

Oh why not, even if i had 3 thousand to spend i would still buy those rims, they are probably the most asthetically pleasing rims i have ever seen and i dont know why.

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Postby PUR157 » Thu Oct 30, 2008 12:38 am

yakob wrote: they are probably the most asthetically pleasing rims i have ever seen and i dont know why.


Because you like 'em! no need to explain it...
I mean some people like NCs! Go figure... *hightails it
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Slimlines definitely if you can do them!
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Postby yakob » Thu Oct 30, 2008 12:42 am

Haha, so im not the only one that pretends that the nc isnt part of the mx5 series :lol:

I will def get onto that slimline idea, thankyou for your input.


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