Emily's 04 VR SE

the_darkside · Postby **the_darkside** » Tue Jan 03, 2012 6:48 am

Post a vid? I want to hear these in action.

PaulF · Postby **PaulF** » Tue Jan 03, 2012 12:44 pm

Nice fingernails.

emily_mx5 · Postby **emily_mx5** » Tue Jan 03, 2012 4:43 pm

the_darkside wrote:Post a vid? I want to hear these in action.

Crappy iphone vid doesn't really capture the ridiculous loudness, but here you go anyway!

PaulF wrote:Nice fingernails.

haha thanks :mrgreen:

the_darkside · Postby **the_darkside** » Tue Jan 03, 2012 6:27 pm

Awesome!

Adam_NAclubman · Postby **Adam_NAclubman** » Wed Jan 04, 2012 8:45 pm

Can you accept your second choice but ask to still be considered for any vet places that open up from people not accepting their offers or deferring in NSW? One of my friends got into medicine that way in SA.

It looks like you're pretty hands on with your car, thats really cool to see, I'm not sure that my younger brother or any of his friends have ever even picked up a screwdriver let alone attempted the stuff you've done already

emily_mx5 · Postby **emily_mx5** » Wed Jan 04, 2012 11:00 pm

Adam_NAclubman wrote:Can you accept your second choice but ask to still be considered for any vet places that open up from people not accepting their offers or deferring in?

Yeah I think thats how it works, but I like the look of this vet bioscience course which is more about genetics/research/conservation, so either way i'm happy

emily_mx5 · Postby **emily_mx5** » Wed Jan 04, 2012 11:14 pm

Complete Audio Install
So I am a bit of an audio nerd, a pretentious hobby past down from my grandfather :roll:

Obviously I don't know everything, so I spent a few months researching and designing an extensive sound system for little Ziggy.
Obviously a 20 yr old roadster is not the most ideal place to start, no roof and rattles etc. etc. but I WAS NOT going to let this stop me :wink:

I based my ideas on the MSSS found in late NA6 specials, so if mazda thought it possible, then i'm not completely crazy :lol:

This is what I ended up with:

This has been an ongoing install since I got the car, with me doing everything, and it is finally finished! I'm quite proud and excited so I apologise for the pending large updates and many many pictures :twisted:

mitch_f1 · Postby **mitch_f1** » Wed Jan 04, 2012 11:23 pm

Which uni are you applying to?

But pictures are pretty!! Good work on the horn; I probably would have twisted wires together and then electrical taped them... :oops:

emily_mx5 · Postby **emily_mx5** » Thu Jan 05, 2012 12:21 am

mitch_f1 wrote:Which uni are you applying to?

Adelaide and Sydney, offers come out tomorrow!

mitch_f1 wrote:Good work on the horn; I probably would have twisted wires together and then electrical taped them...

Haha thanks, I totally don't have OCD or anything :oops:

mitch_f1 wrote:But pictures are pretty!!

Yeah i'm gonna post them anyway haha

emily_mx5 · Postby **emily_mx5** » Thu Jan 05, 2012 12:25 am

Head Unit
Clarion CZ101A

When I bought the car it came with a japanese head unit, so I assumed it was the stock one, but it actually wasn't and didn't work anyway, so first thing was to remove it and replace with an Aus spec one.
action shot

Ever since my dad found out what JDM means he tries to use it all the time in sentences, so when I pulled the jap hu out, he looked at the radio frequency band, which is too low to work properly in Aus, and said with a straight face "Ahhh soo JDM it doesn't even function in Australia" :lol:

My goal was to get a hu that was as subtle and discreet as possible, surprisingly hard as they all seem to be blingy chrome crap. But eventually I found this range of Clarion that has a gloss black detachable face, mine has 45w rms x4, rca sub out, aux in and a sh*tload of settings.
I would have preferred a usb in aswell, but this was free so I can't complain :mrgreen:

After like 2 hours of measuring and drilling and swearing I managed to use the original mounting cage to mount the new hu.
At the moment there is a dodgy single din cubby box and blanking plate because NA6's have a retarded size radio hole :roll:

BUT I have just received the proper sized cubby from mx5 parts UK so I will install that this week.

Door Speakers
JL 6" C2600X

Best $350 I have ever spent in my life. These 2way speakers are absolutely amazing, if all you want to do is upgrade your door speakers, get these. They are incredibly clear and have a substantial amount of bass.
However the OEM speakers were 6.5", I didn't get that size for 4 reasons,
1) they were $100 more
2) they had a detachable tweeter which I was not going to cut into my door cards to mount
3) if I mounted the tweeter in the centre of the woofer it stuck out to much to fit under the stock door grilles
4) they were out of stock
So I just got the 6" size and made an adapter ring out of wood. Easy

I also sound deadened the doors. Yes it makes a big difference.
Door trim was off in literally 2 mins! So many holes for 'air leakage'

Useless helper fell asleep on the job :roll:

Apart from scraping off the black gunk, dynamating the doors was heaps easy, the only issue was my central locking actuator, which I covered with a piece of acetate so the sticky Dynamat wouldn't interfere with its movement.

all done after about half an hour, no holes! door trim fitted back on fine

Speaker in

Lots more to come

PaulF · Postby **PaulF** » Thu Jan 05, 2012 12:50 am

So jelly that you already have your NA.

850 posts on this forum and I'm still saving up my cash. But I'll get there, and then I'll rip out my stereo because who needs a sound system when you're in a sports car??

Also, this: