Scott's '06 NC

thegubble · Postby **thegubble** » Wed Oct 02, 2013 1:09 pm

Well, the obsession starts here.

Finally turned a dream into reality and purchased a lovely Red 2006 NC (Semi-auto).

I've got big plans for the little MX5, and i'm going to (hopefully) log each step on here with a few pictures.

Short term plans:

Long term:

The idea behind my MX5 is to have a fun car, something that makes me smile every time I drive it (as it has done so far) and loves being thrown round corners!

speed freak · Postby **speed freak** » Wed Oct 02, 2013 5:58 pm

Welcome to the forum (and the obsession)

cwto24 · Postby **cwto24** » Thu Oct 03, 2013 6:52 pm

Welcome to the addiction.

I had my NC for 5 months and I've bought something substantial each month ><

I'd be very interested to see yor your iPod mini mount goes. Bose system is a major jack up the arse. I had major issues with my aftermarket HU.

Any pictures of her?

fastfreddygassit · Postby **fastfreddygassit** » Tue Oct 08, 2013 11:08 pm

are the coil-overs fitted yet?

shuey · Postby **shuey** » Tue Oct 08, 2013 11:16 pm

.. howdy scott. i'm still chuckling when I thought you already knew my real name when we were introducing ourselves at last Thursday's meet..haha! :mrgreen:

welcome again. coming for this week's meet-up?

thegubble · Postby **thegubble** » Thu Jan 09, 2014 4:52 pm

Well, I guess it's time to post a few updates;

October/November 2013

Received my new coil overs! Woo!

Time to rip the standard suspension out and upgrade!

Sitting a lot lower now:

And while I was there, I decided to give plasti-dipping a go

thegubble · Postby **thegubble** » Thu Jan 09, 2014 5:01 pm

November 2013

Received my new brakes in the mail

Slotted & drilled for front & back, some red-stuff brake pads, and stainless steel brake hoses!

Unfortunately I won't have a chance to fit them till December '13.

After the fun I had with plasti-dipping the logo's, I decided to be a little more adventurous, doing some bonnet and wheel work:
Before:

During:

After:

And the bonnet:

Final result:

I'm loving the car, except the boot is a little small

fastfreddygassit · Postby **fastfreddygassit** » Thu Jan 09, 2014 5:04 pm

Looks sensational Scott!
Really digging the red/black combo. :BROADY:

thegubble · Postby **thegubble** » Thu Jan 09, 2014 5:07 pm

December 2013

Off with the old, and on with the new, it's brake time!

I will definitely be doing a flying conversion when scientists invent hover cars

Cleaned, fitted and ready to go! (Plus red calipers for the extra 25kw's

)

thegubble · Postby **thegubble** » Thu Jan 09, 2014 5:20 pm

January 2014 (Progress so far)

I've officially started on the head-unit now, instead of an iPad mini, I'll be using a Nexus 7 simply because I can customize it to fit the car, and I can run Torque for onboard-indash OBD.

So far I've removed the head unit:

And put together a small theme for the nexus 7:

Next is just finishing up the DC-DC convertor, usb hub & Audio DAC plate, then mounting it in the car

Regie · Postby **Regie** » Fri Jan 10, 2014 9:27 am

keen for a detailed writeup about this headunit install, looks awesome!

Guy_Coles · Postby **Guy_Coles** » Fri Jan 10, 2014 1:45 pm

Yes, I will be watching this closely from the Nexus perspective, bought mine this morning and hoping to do much the same as yourself

Moggy · Postby **Moggy** » Thu Jan 16, 2014 7:21 pm

Looking fantastic Scott, red and black really works, can't wait to see the tablet install as well. I recently replaced the whole bose system in my NC (see garage thread in sig), and was thinking of adding a small tablet or a large phone mounted above the hardtop switches as well, so I'm looking forward to reading how it works out for you.