Emily's 04 VR SE

red devil · Postby **red devil** » Sat Nov 19, 2011 3:07 pm

arrrrrr more wire = more weight :evil:

Jokes aside if i ever need any electrical work done i know who to speak too :wink:

the_darkside · Postby **the_darkside** » Mon Dec 12, 2011 8:33 am

Loving the work, I've been outdone by a girl, I feel emasculated

Oh, put the P plate in your windscreen, would look heaps better. But great work, subscribed.

emily_mx5 · Postby **emily_mx5** » Mon Dec 12, 2011 8:30 pm

red devil wrote:arrrrrr more wire = more weight

lol man you don't even wanna know how much my subwoofers weigh haha

the_darkside wrote:I've been outdone by a girl, I feel emasculated

Thanks? I'll take that unintentional sexism as a compliment :lol:

put the P plate in your windscreen, would look heaps better.

Yeah it would deffs look heaps better, but thats not legal in NSW :roll:

Apu · Postby **Apu** » Mon Dec 12, 2011 8:48 pm

Re the 'P' plates...or don't put them on like Dann. You've got longer eyelashes to flutter at the police officer :lol:

(not that I'd encourage you to break the law...)

the_darkside · Postby **the_darkside** » Mon Dec 12, 2011 10:22 pm

It was intended more based on stereotypes but I see where you're coming from, sorry if I offended you.

emily_mx5 · Postby **emily_mx5** » Fri Dec 16, 2011 11:07 pm

Rain Rain Replacement
So when I bought the car, it had a brand new soft top on.
I thought "Well thats good, no leaks, right!"
Wrong. Oh so very very wrong. You see, the f**king moron who put the soft top on somehow managed to completely leave out the rain rail, y'know the thing that makes the car waterproof...

So whenever it rained/washed the car, 99% of the water that ran down the soft top went straight into the cabin and boot of the car.
Causing a lot of dirt to deposit on the parcel shelf,

surface rust

and oh yeah, it freakin flooded :evil:

I just didn't notice till now because (luckily) the carpet/sound proofing absorbed a lot of the water.
Didn't help that the drainage holes were severely blocked aswell :roll:

Luckily I managed to grab a second hand OEM rain rail for a good price

TBH I was looking forward to NOT drilling the rivets out of the softtop, butttt the rain rail was attached to the base of its old soft top

So I did end up drilling them out

Unfortunately it wasn't really designed for this, so many little crack appeared :evil:

After putting it on, testing, and taking it off again about 10 times, I finallyyyy patched up all the rivet holes and cracks. I used silicon to seal and marine tape to patch over the top.

Doesn't look to professional lol but NO LEAKS!

I am quite pleased with the results and now I can drive/park in the rain and wash the car aswell! :mrgreen:

Hjt · Postby **Hjt** » Fri Dec 16, 2011 11:47 pm

Very proud that you persisted, it paid off.

Apu · Postby **Apu** » Sat Dec 17, 2011 2:11 am

Gosh golly gee, Miss Em!

Admirable work. Put a few guys to shame here. You quietly got on with it...a few guys I know would have just had a good old whinge and chucked their toys out of the cot...

Aussie Stig · Postby **Aussie Stig** » Sat Dec 17, 2011 2:24 pm

Apu wrote:Gosh golly gee, Miss Em!

Admirable work. Put a few guys to shame here. You quietly got on with it...a few guys I know would have just had a good old whinge and chucked their toys out of the cot...

Nothing wrong with a whinge, but just a great job!

Your daddy an engineer or mechanic by any chance?

emily_mx5 · Postby **emily_mx5** » Sat Dec 17, 2011 6:35 pm

the_darkside wrote:It was intended more based on stereotypes but I see where you're coming from, sorry if I offended you.

haha nah no offence taken at all! I was joking back :wink:

Apu wrote:Put a few guys to shame here. You quietly got on with it...a few guys I know would have just had a good old whinge and chucked their toys out of the cot...

Nahh, there was a fair bit of whinging, sorry Hayden! :lol:

Aussie Stig wrote:Your daddy an engineer or mechanic by any chance?

ROFL

Why does everyone keep asking me that?! No, no one in my circle of family/friends is an engineer/mechanic/electrician.

Apu · Postby **Apu** » Sat Dec 17, 2011 8:38 pm

Mmm..Apu is Bryan, Hjt is Hayden

How did you do in your exams anyway?

emily_mx5 · Postby **emily_mx5** » Sat Dec 17, 2011 8:47 pm

Hahahaa yes Bryan i know who you are.
But I think I missed out on vet science by 0.75mark :evil:

maybe I can still squeeze in though, "flutter my eyelashes" and all

Hjt · Postby **Hjt** » Sat Dec 17, 2011 9:08 pm

B of arts possible?

D/w Bryan, Emily was referring to the texts I got!

Apu · Postby **Apu** » Sat Dec 17, 2011 9:36 pm

.75! That's bad luck, but don't give up. Give it another go!

emily_mx5 · Postby **emily_mx5** » Mon Jan 02, 2012 11:26 pm

Stebel Dual Air Horn Installation
I found these in my grandfather's garage, brand new in packaging! They are twin tone Stebel GR-90 air horns, probably 20 or 30 years old hahaaaa = perfectly vintage/retro for Ziggy

Just a bit of fun :lol:

After about an hour of research, this is what I came up with (obviously a visual learner :roll:

)

relay 30 to power
relay 85 to oem horn
relay 86 to ground (also ground compressor)
relay 87 to compressor

Step 1: Remove OEM horn and unplug wire. This red/green wire plugs directly on to relay pin 85

Step 2: Construct a bracket for the compressor and relay.
I used a T-bracket from Bunnings. Connect using push blade connectors.
Step 3: Construct a bracket for the 2 horns. I used a strip of metal also from Bunnings, easy to bend but strong enough to stay in shape.

Step 4: Run 12V power lead.
I used a spare blue plug (for foglights?). A push-blade-connector-terminal-clip-thing plugs right on!

I also opted for a 20amp inline fuse, just incase something goes wrong ect.

Note the neat cable ties

Step 4: Connect everything up.
I found it was easiest to get it all in place by going from underneath through the 'mouth'.
I mounted the compressor/relay bracket in the original horn place.
I mounted the horns off a spare hole opposite stock horn.

plenty of room for 2 horns.

Done! incase you were wondering, they are f*cking LOUD. Like so loud it hurts your ears. But so melodic! being 2 toned and all haha.
Quite perfect for our little MX5's :mrgreen:

The only downside to this is that now the horn only works with the ignition on. Still worth it though I reckon.