Dirty Little Secret - Living the Roadster Life

-alex · Postby **-alex** » Sat Jan 14, 2012 3:25 am

Your adventures are beautifully photographed as always, it is nice to be at PITS before the rush! The road is bare and the pies taste better.!

re99ie · Postby **re99ie** » Mon Jan 16, 2012 8:27 pm

Thanks Alex, but I couldn't stomach a pie so early in the morning. Good thing they also offer bacon and egg sandwich.

re99ie · Postby **re99ie** » Mon Feb 20, 2012 8:04 pm

the moment the sun came out, she wanted to go out and play!

re99ie · Postby **re99ie** » Tue Mar 13, 2012 8:23 pm

My car mentioned in Hoon Tv...Babs doing drifto..and the last photo is a recent pic.

re99ie · Postby **re99ie** » Sun Mar 25, 2012 6:30 pm

URAD is rad

Finally got my ass off the iPad and see if I can install the Beatrush Underbody Tray - aka URAD (Underbody Radiator Air Deflector)

I bought the underbody tray from one of the members in Mx5cartalk. He bought it new but found that his turbo FMIC and hoses in his MX5 hits the tray. So he decided to sell it off and lucky me I managed to snapped it up fairly quickly as I've been wanting one for ages.

Anyways, I've been procrastinating as I have a feeling that the GV lip I have will be an issue....well I guess wrong.

My first task is to raise the car up in all fours. Thanks to Costco's lowered jack, an old wood ramp and the four stands I got her up in all fours.

This is the current underbody tray with a corner dangling like an opened pinata.

View through the gap on the GV lip.

Once I got the old underbody tray, I found that I only need to insert the URAD between the white bumper tongues and the plastic bumper tray.

Side by side with the old underbody tray and the Beatrush URAD.

The URAD is much longer and more pleasing to the eye...hopefully, it is not just an eye candy and actually help with lowering the engine temp (which I don't I have high temp to start with) and possibly act as a diffuser as well...maybe

One of the things I like about the URAD is that there are holes for me to access the Radiator fluid release screw, and the Oil sump screw. No more removing the tray every time I do a service. I have a feeling the old one also allows me to do that but I never bothered and remove it as the first step when working under the car.

I originally just want to do a trial fit and put everything back but once I managed to get the URAD into those tongue..I may as well finish it off.

All holes lined up pretty well, this URAD in well built. Only issue I found is that the OEM bolts were to short, so I was off to the local Bunnings to get some longer stainless bolts and washers.

Once I've tightened the four front bolts and two bolts in the middle, URAD is now secured.

View from the front

View from the wheel arch

View from the side.

Also took this pic from the back prior to installing the URAD...Beatrush Diff Brace is not lonely anymore.

zossy1 · Postby **zossy1** » Sun Mar 25, 2012 6:58 pm

Nice! Glad it fit

re99ie · Postby **re99ie** » Sun Mar 25, 2012 7:30 pm

zossy1 wrote:Nice! Glad it fit

It's a perfect fit...very good quality. Thanks Chris.

re99ie · Postby **re99ie** » Sun Aug 26, 2012 11:42 am

Trolling through friends' pics of my car

Taken by Matt Mead at a wet Club track day

Taken by Matt Mead at a Club meet

Night photography by Kelvin Ng

re99ie · Postby **re99ie** » Tue Jun 04, 2013 9:46 pm

Enjoying a winter sunset

Postby **Okibi** » Wed Jun 05, 2013 12:01 am

Great sunset

re99ie · Postby **re99ie** » Sun Aug 11, 2013 10:40 pm

Winter is almost over....waking up from hibernation...

koop21 · Postby **koop21** » Sun Aug 11, 2013 11:02 pm

Do you have any plans for the car?

re99ie · Postby **re99ie** » Sun Aug 11, 2013 11:49 pm

None really...sort off.....oh ok you twisted my arm

Got a part waiting to be installed once the temp at night get higher a bit.....and Babalouie Garage open its doors to welcome spring. (Insert dramatic, picturesque, and spring type ambience here)