Oil filter, air filter, and oil change done in March, then off to nct and failed on air filter housing bracket.

20180325_195935 by davemx-5, on Flickr

I bought a cobalt back box and dropped it to the mechanic, with all new exhaust gaskets from manifold back and to get the air filter housing bracket fixed.

Here's a shitty picture of the cobalt exhaust. Delighted with the exhaust, well worth the money and would highly recommend.

20180327_212652 by davemx-5, on Flickr

This is now back out of hibernation and took the hardtop off.

The softtop had shrunk, I had to leave the car in the sun for a full day to stretch it back to normal.

20180506_164754 by davemx-5, on Flickr

I noticed the car was getting warm and if I put the air onto hot, the problem stopped. Checked the thermostat, and didnt open at all so was swiftly replaced.

2018-05-26_10-17-17 by davemx-5, on Flickr

Took it for a 200km spin around Donegal today around the coast, top down the whole way and managed to get burnt with factor 50 on. It's such a fun car and so involving to drive and not much danger of loosing your license as your never going as fast as you feel.

20180526_135101 by davemx-5, on Flickr

I've finally got Mazdaspeed sideskirts to match the front bumper so plan is to get a rusty sil, the sideskirts and front bumper painted up and fitted asap.

I'v also been filling the sidelight holes up on a spare mx5 bumper to match up with the mazdaspeed front bumper.