Ed's MX5

ED_MX5 · Postby **ED_MX5** » Tue Jul 15, 2014 10:53 pm

Went for first proper drive tonight. Drove to Palm beach. It was a little wet and the tyres need replacing,
but even through that.. WOW.

monty007 · Postby **monty007** » Wed Jul 16, 2014 8:30 pm

ED_MX5 · Postby **ED_MX5** » Sat Jul 19, 2014 6:40 pm

So, after owning the car for 1 day.. I went out and spent lots of money on it

Mostly service gear, but all the best money can buy.
Here's what I bought.

Hope the photo works
Also have some diff oil already in garage that suits the other car.

ED_MX5 · Postby **ED_MX5** » Sat Jul 19, 2014 6:44 pm

Some photos I took of the car now I have the time.

ED_MX5 · Postby **ED_MX5** » Sat Jul 19, 2014 6:48 pm

First two aesthetic mods, Hid headlights, and I found a nice old chrome gearknob I had in my toolbox that fitted straight on, feels great.
You can see the difference in colour between the stock yellow globes(horrible)
and the nice white hid globes(nice).

emily_mx5 · Postby **emily_mx5** » Sat Jul 19, 2014 7:00 pm

What temperature are the HIDs? 6000K?
Looks 1 billion times better haha.

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ED_MX5 · Postby **ED_MX5** » Sat Jul 19, 2014 7:07 pm

Cheers, they are 6000k.
Kit is from Autotecnica. You deal with them at your place I'm pretty sure.
Part no: HIDS13
I used to run 8000k in the celica I had, they were a little too blue at times though.
I like these better, they look cleaner I think.
I'll take some night time photos tonight, so you can see the park lights as well.

ED_MX5 · Postby **ED_MX5** » Sat Jul 19, 2014 7:10 pm

P.S,
there is a little bracket either side near guards that the ballast nicely slots into by pure chance.
If anyone wants to do same thing let me know and I'll take a photo showing where t fit it all to keep wiring tidy. If you didn't know already and looked in the engine bay you couldn't tell.

emily_mx5 · Postby **emily_mx5** » Sat Jul 19, 2014 8:21 pm

^interested in the spot, as I want the ballasts to be hidden.

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ED_MX5 · Postby **ED_MX5** » Sat Jul 19, 2014 11:38 pm

Here is night time shot as best as my phone would take it. Nice cruise up to palm beach.

Even though the last shot looks really glarey, that's just my phone.
Driving the vision is excellent.

ED_MX5 · Postby **ED_MX5** » Sun Jul 27, 2014 12:06 am

So I have finally taken photos of where I mounted Hid ballast. Nice little hiding hole.

ED_MX5 · Postby **ED_MX5** » Sun Jul 27, 2014 12:10 am

Also changed out the fresh Nulon g/b fluid that locked me out of 2nd when cold.
Now I have REDLINE shockproof superlight in there. Much better. G/box still a bit notchy, not sure if they are all like that as I know some cars are always notchy. But at least I can change gears when the box is cold instead of double clutching all the time.

Also have a nice new head unit in now. Really happy with it.

ED_MX5 · Postby **ED_MX5** » Sat Aug 23, 2014 9:18 pm

Some new toys.
I don't have the gauge fascia yet, that's yet to arrive.
Here are my new gauges.
Oil pressure, Oil temp and Water temp.

ED_MX5 · Postby **ED_MX5** » Sat Aug 23, 2014 9:24 pm

Also changed dash colour from red to blue. Much happier, just need to do hvac now.

RED

NICE BLUE

Red photo taken earlier in afternoon.
Blue photo taken much later when I remembered I forgot to take an after photo.

ED_MX5 · Postby **ED_MX5** » Mon Sep 01, 2014 5:35 pm

One of the bargaining tools when I bought my 5 was the failing exhaust.
I plan on getting a really good one at some point, but the rattling was really bothering me. So I pulled this out. Plus some piping that is off my brothers AU falcon when the muffler died on it, I cut off the piping as it was still good and made my spare muffler work. Sounds alright, still very quiet. A least it doesn't rattle.