The 'Dodgy Mod' List..

prince of liteness · Postby **prince of liteness** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 6:40 pm

That mod is kinda gay does not collect cold air, has increased drag at high speed and is added weight.

RG.net · Postby **RG.net** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 6:58 pm

prince of liteness wrote:That mod is kinda gay does not collect cold air, has increased drag at high speed and is added weight.

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coming from the guy that still has his interior trim in his 5

fastfreddygassit · Postby **fastfreddygassit** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 7:00 pm

and he hasn't even debadged his car yet....

feel_ixx · Postby **feel_ixx** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 8:09 pm

DIY front grille today!

Check the garage for pics!

marcusus · Postby **marcusus** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 9:18 pm

Painting interior trim bezels to whatever colour you desire with spray paint is a good one, similar to the factory look.

Filling the "heat rubber" strip that sits atop the firewall with something from clark rubber (or equivalent) to stop hot air from getting through to the cabin air intake.

Throttle cable (as already mentioned).

Bending the number plate bracket round the other way so the plate sits in the mouth rather than in front of the bumper.

tuned_to_fly · Postby **tuned_to_fly** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 11:19 pm

marcusus wrote:Painting interior trim bezels to whatever colour you desire with spray paint is a good one, similar to the factory look.

Filling the "heat rubber" strip that sits atop the firewall with something from clark rubber (or equivalent) to stop hot air from getting through to the cabin air intake.

Throttle cable (as already mentioned).

Bending the number plate bracket round the other way so the plate sits in the mouth rather than in front of the bumper.

I shall be a total noob and ask if there is a 'how to' or anything on tensioning the throttle cable on a NB. It's something I've never needed to do thus far :oops:

crzymx · Postby **crzymx** » Fri Nov 14, 2008 12:02 am

Yeah throttle cable seems a bit difficult.

Oh by the way, maybe not a good idea telling everyone how to spell mascara

I really dont see how two paper thin, 3 gram eyelids could make a difference. Honestly they just make your cross eyed 8a look a lot more agressive!

CJ5 · Postby **CJ5** » Fri Nov 14, 2008 1:11 am

tuned_to_fly wrote:I shall be a total noob and ask if there is a 'how to' or anything on tensioning the throttle cable on a NB. It's something I've never needed to do thus far

Here you go: http://www.miata.net/garage/throttle.html

Seems simple enough, i havent tried it yet

Blue94t · Postby **Blue94t** » Fri Nov 14, 2008 9:19 am

prince of liteness wrote:That mod is kinda gay

I agree, but so is FFG but we put up with him and his Ol Smokey

Yakob,
nothing difficult about the throttle cable, should only take 5 minutes if your car is in good condition.

fastfreddygassit · Postby **fastfreddygassit** » Fri Nov 14, 2008 2:54 pm

I know where you live. I kill you dead. (or smoke you out...your choice)
:mrgreen:

trader · Postby **trader** » Fri Nov 14, 2008 5:23 pm

The NA really does lend itself to cheap mods. Woollies is good - their fridge thermometer is a perfect fit for instrument rings at $5 each. The tea strainer ring fits the heater fan dial to brighten up the dash - $5. Target have a set of herb conatiners in stainless which fitted my Volks as centre caps. To make clear indicators I replaced the orange lense with round blinker trailer lenses cut down and glued in. Unfortuneatly these were of cheap plastic and went opaque after a while. Scavenged grill from revolve - old heater vent polished up. Made up clear side indicators from old flourescent light tube covers mounted on plywood with aluminium paper between. This is non reflective so conforms with regs. SS thermos flask from GoLo makes a good CAI tube which fits on a cone filter and the other end reduces to go thru the firewall...and the list goes on.