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Apr 20, 2010 21:36:34 GMT
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I'm not curse word, i just fell off my shoes
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Apr 19, 2010 23:20:51 GMT
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bit more of an update, the springs I fitted were just way too firm for me, they were ok when on a perfectly flat road, but the slightest bump and your thrown from ya seat, there was no give at all, and it hurt ![:(](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/sad.png) . I got a set of coilovers from ebay , same as I had on my caddy, so I was confident theyd go low and still feel ok. ![](http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g18/CarlB_2006/spazda/001-3.jpg) fitted the rears ![](http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g18/CarlB_2006/spazda/001-3.jpg) almost low enough! rubbed a bit so I had to do a bit of pruning. not too bad now. got the springs on, all happy, then tried to get the car out, bellys out on the floor. ![](http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g18/CarlB_2006/spazda/003-5.jpg) need to alter me house abit so I can get in and out ok, making do with some bits of wood at the mo. seems to do the trick ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png) ![](http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g18/CarlB_2006/spazda/021-5.jpg) hiding in the man cave ![](http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g18/CarlB_2006/spazda/003-4.jpg) last week I got a front spoiler/splitter, just thought the front looked a bit nekid ![](http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g18/CarlB_2006/spazda/003-6.jpg) ![](http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g18/CarlB_2006/spazda/015-4.jpg) ![](http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g18/CarlB_2006/spazda/017-2.jpg) ![](http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g18/CarlB_2006/spazda/028-3.jpg) love this pic, its not really that small, just further away than the spaztrak ![](http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g18/CarlB_2006/spazda/030-2.jpg) ![](http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g18/CarlB_2006/spazda/033-2.jpg) a few more, was trying different settings on me camera for night n stuff ![](http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g18/CarlB_2006/spazda/037-4.jpg) ![](http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g18/CarlB_2006/spazda/038-1.jpg) ![](http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g18/CarlB_2006/spazda/051.jpg) ![](http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g18/CarlB_2006/spazda/052.jpg) ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png)
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Last Edit: Apr 19, 2010 23:31:46 GMT by carlb1970
I'm not curse word, i just fell off my shoes
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Apr 19, 2010 21:36:23 GMT
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can i join the queue for the steels, 7th dibs? theyd look so rude on me spazda
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Apr 19, 2010 21:18:14 GMT
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I'm really getting the horn for capris lately, love it in satin black, cant decide which wheels i like more, the wellers are ace, but so are the borbets! i luvs it
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Apr 16, 2010 19:57:12 GMT
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oops didnt realise anyone had replied , thanks for the comments:) it handles very well, very firm but tbh I like it that way I feel more connected to whats going on. wee update: On gumtree a guy was looking for standard seats and he was offering a direct swap for some bucket seats . he popped over and I swapped them over. very happy with them, ive actually got another 6 inches leg room now. excuse the crappy pic ( I really need a decent camera ) ![](http://i39.tinypic.com/k2z8sp.jpg) bloody hell! those seats look ace, and free swap too- ya lucky git ![8-)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/cool.png) car looks ace mate
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I'm not curse word, i just fell off my shoes
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Apr 16, 2010 10:11:50 GMT
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Yaknow, in many ways this is a wheel-dominated forum! Think about it, fellas. Often, the only change to a car ruled to be bitchin is a wheel swap. It's gone down that way hundreds of times here. Maybe a thousand+ times. Wheels really do "make or break" a car. Flat out. Very true, I've always thought that. They say shoes maketh the man, the same could be said of wheels. Wheels maketh the car! Got a crappy old suit? New shoes! Got a rusty ratty old car? New wheels! always felt like that too, but i always saw it as if theres a semi decent looking girl, but shes wearing sandals, she still looks ok, but if the same girl has a pair of stillettoes, or thigh length latex boots, shes suddenly way more attractive and i want to hit her with a hammer and then ride her round ,my living room like a spacehopper
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Apr 14, 2010 22:05:20 GMT
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ahaaa thats the ones, they do look a bit nastier than i remember ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png) not ta worry, might hold out and save a few quid for a decentish one. thankks anyhoo peeps
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Apr 14, 2010 11:12:18 GMT
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id have thought theyd be ok if ya polished em up and then a few coats of clear laquer? werent rostyles black with polished spokes, or was it silver paint? i reckon ya should give it a go, nothing to lose , always paint em again if it goes tits up ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png)
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Apr 14, 2010 11:08:43 GMT
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ahhhhhhhhh were they that bad! no worris, am watching a few decentish ones on ebay at the mo, sure somethingll turn up cheers matey
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Apr 14, 2010 10:04:16 GMT
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hello peeps, I'm going mad trying to find the thread with the retro look car stereos that were for playing mp3s through a memory card or usb(i think) they were from the states but were silly cheap, about £30 iirc. there was a thread on them here about a year back, anyone remmber, any updates from the guys who got one? i fancy one for my ANUS Eunos. have tried the search with no luck ![:(](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/sad.png) any one help? ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png)
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Apr 11, 2010 22:38:54 GMT
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farir play matey, that looks ace, surely ya placed it on the car and got at least one pic?... they're gonna look chuffin ace, me likey a lotty ;D ;D
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Apr 10, 2010 19:37:19 GMT
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looking good matey ![8-)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/cool.png) let us know when ya ready and we can sort another bodged spray booth out, we must be due another marathon paint frenzie weekend ;D
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ace choice matey, glad ya got something sorted ;D how about painting em like the ones on the gen 2 celica in this pic, black, with just the outer part of the inner and the rim polished, look like proper matchbox car wheels! ![8-)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/cool.png) ![](http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g18/CarlB_2006/Picture002.jpg)
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Last Edit: Apr 7, 2010 10:41:21 GMT by carlb1970
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mdh, risin sun would be cool- I have been thinking of getting some red circles for the doors, not having rising sun, but just so it looks like the J flag, but kinda like a zero fighter from ww2 ![](http://www.nationalgeographic.com/pearlharbor/ngbeyond/images/story2.jpg) and maybe a few other related markins.. dunno tho I originally got a big union 76 logo to slap on the wing, but got the cross as a pressie and figured it was perfick for the job ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png) if I can get a decent wing cheap enough tho ill replace it, especially now I know the cheapo paint matches up so well. last wing I was bidding on ended up over £70 so will bide me time for a cheap one to come up. So some red circles on the doors and bonnet, a red stripe accross the back wings and boot and some J lettering and the very tip of the rear wings? It'd be awesome. Are you sure an MX5 could have so much WIN? :-) thats the ticket! not 100% sure yet tho, see what the voices in me head make me do ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png) haad a bit more of a play the last couple of days, tinted the headlights yella ![](http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g18/CarlB_2006/454.jpg) no real reason, just wanted to... i liked it, but then thought it reminded me of someones smile and all i could think was this ![::)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/eyesroll.png) also changed the filter for some no make ebay job and decided to try clean up the bay a little ![](http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g18/CarlB_2006/004.jpg) got me some mudflaps too ![](http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g18/CarlB_2006/458.jpg) before ![](http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g18/CarlB_2006/461.jpg) flappytastic
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Mar 28, 2010 14:21:02 GMT
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nato green, big white star on the roof ![8-)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/cool.png)
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Hi Again! thats all lol Chrisimp (Mx5Nutz) ;D hi matey
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Mar 22, 2010 23:25:38 GMT
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sven.... would be ace if ya can wack a few pics up, the suspension is a bit too harsh, anythings gotta be worth a try, cheers matey mdh, risin sun would be cool- i have been thinking of getting some red circles for the doors, not having rising sun, but just so it looks like the J flag, but kinda like a zero fighter from ww2 ![](http://www.nationalgeographic.com/pearlharbor/ngbeyond/images/story2.jpg) and maybe a few other related markins.. dunno tho i originally got a big union 76 logo to slap on the wing, but got the cross as a pressie and figured it was perfick for the job ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png) if i can get a decent wing cheap enough tho ill replace it, especially now i know the cheapo paint matches up so well. last wing i was bidding on ended up over £70 so will bide me time for a cheap one to come up. cheers gav, but ya know how it is, prob be a different colour by time i see ya next ;D....... any joy with the new wheels yet? sleeved bolts or drill em out, am i allowed to post a pic or is it secret ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png)
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Mar 22, 2010 23:12:11 GMT
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omg.....thats orgasmic ![:o](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/shocked.png) well done matey, love it. ;D ;D ;D
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Mar 22, 2010 13:26:32 GMT
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I can hear those alloys crying out ''paint my rims white,paint my rims white'' ;D ;D i did briefly consider doing the wheels white, but then all i could think of was this ![](http://rhonabennett.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/bee-gees-2.jpg) ;D
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Mar 21, 2010 22:23:47 GMT
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well.. the mx5 bashing has continued. other birthday pressies included pink fluffy dice, a pink handbag shaped tax holder and a hairdryer! tw@s. also had me a rr visitor last weekend, gav in the datty ;D ![](http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g18/CarlB_2006/gavs%20datty/048.jpg) ![](http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g18/CarlB_2006/gavs%20datty/035.jpg) datsun sandwich ![](http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g18/CarlB_2006/gavs%20datty/038.jpg) anyhoo, done a few more bits , fitted the coilover springs ![](http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g18/CarlB_2006/spazda/011-4.jpg) ![](http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g18/CarlB_2006/spazda/012-4.jpg) ![](http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g18/CarlB_2006/spazda/009-5.jpg) ride is much firmer, doesnt roll at all now, kinda rock hard though, I think its prob a bit toooo firm , must be gettin old the cars dropped, but not by much , its come down by about an inch and half- want to go much lower than this though. in other news! got my some more wheels, thanks to, lewiswilkinson- bought these. same size, 15x7 but have a nice bit of lip on em. ![](http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g18/CarlB_2006/spazda/024-2.jpg) plan was to paint them red, but last minute change of plan and they are now mattblack ![](http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g18/CarlB_2006/spazda/032-3.jpg) the wheels are some sorta fake splits, at somepoint theyve had the plastic bolts drilled out. look a bit odd though so I replaced them with some small galvanised bolts . ![](http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g18/CarlB_2006/spazda/004-5.jpg) ![](http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g18/CarlB_2006/spazda/005-4.jpg) ![](http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g18/CarlB_2006/spazda/023-2.jpg) ![](http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g18/CarlB_2006/spazda/024-1.jpg) ![](http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g18/CarlB_2006/spazda/027-2.jpg) ![](http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g18/CarlB_2006/spazda/029-1.jpg) ![](http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g18/CarlB_2006/spazda/034-2.jpg) anyhooo, whats the verdict on the wheels, I like em, but then after a bit it bugged me, reminded me of something, then all I could think off was these ![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/0b/Pearlykingandqueen.jpg) southern nonces! so is it a yaaay or a gaaaay? ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png)
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Last Edit: Mar 21, 2010 22:26:55 GMT by carlb1970
I'm not curse word, i just fell off my shoes
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