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Postby Szemen » Fri Apr 24, 2009 11:05 pm

wun911 wrote:BTW there are 2.5 kg battery covered in CF nice hand bag accessory I want to do GB on them if anyone is interested...

Dont worry about the radio you remove the radio every time you go to track anyway...

nonon...I think its ONLY YOU that removes the radio for track :P But I'm REALLY interested in that CF battery ;)

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Postby Pamex » Sat Apr 25, 2009 12:10 am

Not too worried about the radio. I don't listen to the radio in the car and it doesn't have a pin. All good on that front. That's about the only creature comfort the car now has.

And no, Wun, we are not removing my stereo equipment on Sunday. :mrgreen:
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Postby wun911 » Sat Apr 25, 2009 11:48 am

http://www.theracingroom.com.au/pages/a ... 1335581514

If i get 5 pplz together i get free shipping or 10% off the price hehehe
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Postby Szemen » Sat Apr 25, 2009 12:02 pm

Thought about getting Craft Sqaure mirrors as well wun? :P Less than HALF A KG each mirror ;)

edit: O! those braille batteries! Dam they ar expensive though :(

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Postby Alex » Sat Apr 25, 2009 9:16 pm

AZNTieN wrote:
hks_kansei wrote:
wun911 wrote:Thats not a bad idea I know NB8B can dead lock a boot when you lock the boot with your key.

NB8A can as well.

did you have to do any mods to the lock?
i remember reading somewhere that you had to mod the lock

No mods required, in the US they need some though, but it's quite easy, something about filing/removing a tab on the lock mechanism. To dead lock it you just turn the key in the opposite direction to unlocking until you hear it click.

silvermiata wrote:only problem killing the power all together is your radio stations will never be stored after killing the battery which is pretty annoying..

Normally if your doing it for security you have the main power cut off by the switch then you have a secondary line still connected with a low amperage fuse which allows things like the radio to keep it's stations, this way you don't lose them but if anyone starts it up without connecting the main then the fuse will blow as soon as they try and get ignition killing all electronics
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Postby TieNN89 » Sun Apr 26, 2009 5:35 pm

Alex wrote:No mods required, in the US they need some though, but it's quite easy, something about filing/removing a tab on the lock mechanism. To dead lock it you just turn the key in the opposite direction to unlocking until you hear it click.


mine doesn't seem to do it

i just went and tried turning it the opposite direction to unlocking and its just hard won't turn the opposite direction

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Postby Alex » Sun Apr 26, 2009 5:41 pm

that's weird, my NB8A does it fine (otherwise I would never leave anything in there)
from miata.net "2000 already includes this feature."

here are some instructions on what to do
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Postby TieNN89 » Sun Apr 26, 2009 6:06 pm

how easy is it to turn the opposite direction (counter clockwise)?

what year is it your one?

maybe the 1998 ones don't have that function :S

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Postby wun911 » Mon Apr 27, 2009 11:57 am

its a quater trun the other way... and no there is no resistance... (NB8B)
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Postby hks_kansei » Wed Apr 29, 2009 2:35 pm

Tien, check the manual, it was in the manual of my car, I cant remember what page though.
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Postby TieNN89 » Thu Apr 30, 2009 8:55 pm

hks_kansei wrote:Tien, check the manual, it was in the manual of my car, I cant remember what page though.


can you find out what page its on :D


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Postby wun911 » Sat May 02, 2009 6:15 pm

I never found it in my manual.

On miata net there is a write up somwhere to make it dead lock.
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