The Zero7Four Mx5 Mk2 Build

[rhysmate]

That's my thinking. I don't need insane boost from it. Doubt I'll go higher than .7

No need for it. They take well to it standard.

Also, lies that you wont go ovr .7.. i fooled myself thinking that too :P

[Randy]

Haven't updated this in a while:

So a few weeks back I managed to have enough cash to get the panels all sprayed up that were scratched. Must say the fella did a cracking job on it, and the turn around for this was only 48 hours!

Obviously though there was a lot of dust in the bay, so it needed a clean..

Before:



After:






It's a lot better, but not perfect, basically because I know there's a lot of stuff to happen under there.

Anyway, some pics of the fresh panels after a wash and naviwax and new wheel nuts I bought off a friend, as the ones I had were haggard:












That's it for now. The retest is this weekend, and I'm going to tax it now So hopefully by Sunday I'll have my first fully legal car since the RX7 last February.. Yay.

After that I need to get an issue with the coolant sorted. Water pump was replaced recently, but it looks like a seal has gone already... So it's back to the mechanic until it's 110% fixed. Otherwise I'll be lighting a match to it.
After this, the lip is going back on and lowered a bit. Don't like the bumper at all anymore without the lip attached.

Thanks for reading.

[Randy]

Quick update:

Managed to pass the NCT and tax it, so I have a fully legal car for the first time in over a year.
I decided to order a tow strap for the front, as I love how they look on these cars. So ordered that, and after getting the engine going 110% I decided it needed some detailing.
I left the car up with a good friend to have a good going over with it, and here are the results:

Yesterday when I went to pick it up:









He did a fantastic job on it, and I would recommend him to anyone living in Donegal. Great attention to detail, and he also decided to clean the inside too.

When I got it back I decided the first thing to do was to remove that fugly number plate and re-fit the front lip, and also attach the strap.
Here's a few from it today after another wash and naviwax:













I love how much the lip transforms the whole front end of the car. It's been off it for too long to be honest.

As for now, I've ordered a new oil cap as the one on the car is horsed, and some pressed plates to fit. And it also needs to be lowered. It got dubbed a monster truck over the weekend, and it's easy to see why.
Hoping to get all this done in the next week and then get it ready for a wee trip to Mondello at the end of it month.

[Dave]

You can take off the towing eye and mount the tow strap directly to the chassis in place of the eye and it won't stick out as far then. Lip completely transforms it! Nice work looks cool as fuck! Are those grid v's 15 x 9?

[Randy]

You can take off the towing eye and mount the tow strap directly to the chassis in place of the eye and it won't stick out as far then. Lip completely transforms it! Nice work looks cool as fuck! Are those grid v's 15 x 9?

Cheers man. Yeah 15 x 9's. Awesome wheels.
That's what I wanted to do with the strap, but it looks like a mission to remove the tow arms, and I didn't have much time. Might have another look at it when I have a spare weekend.

[rob_180sx]

Cool looking car!!
Did the nct men say anything about the wheels poking out?

[scallan]

Cool looking car!!
Did the nct men say anything about the wheels poking out?

Good question i wasnt sure if they would on mine so stuck standard wheels back on for the test

[Randy]

Cool looking car!!
Did the nct men say anything about the wheels poking out?

Had different wheels on for it man. Didn't want to chance it. Knew they weren't going to pass it.

[Randy]

Finally got the car lowered down and sitting the way I want it. It's not as low as it could go, but I love this ride height, and it has to be driven daily, so I don't want it to be hitting everything on the road.. Still low enough for me to reach out and touch the ground though, which is nice. Also added some pressed jap plates.

Few before and after shots today:

Before:




After:





I'm tall anyway, but this is just mental:





Plates fitted, tow moved to the left, and another wash/wax:

[driftfan]

Never liked mk2's that much until now! Fair play, looks class now!