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Since I love overly-dramatic titles and making build threads, I figured I'd FINALLY start one for my Miata, now that I feel I've got enough going to make it somewhat interesting. 
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Well, it all started on May 20th, which was the day I picked the car up. Since my other 2 cars are not suitable for some college daily driving, I knew I had to have a Miata. It was a totally stock '96 with the leather package, two-owner, all records, and right at 100,000 miles with all services done, including a new clutch. :mrgreen: Not perfect, but pretty damned clean! So here's the first pic I took of it. This is like an hour after getting it at my friend's house, cell phone camera ablaze:
A day or two later, I got down on the detailing action. There were some dull spots, but I knew I could bring 90% of it back to life. And I was successful! The finish panel and mirrors were the only thing that didn't totally shine up (as usual).
Over the next couple of months, I pretty much just drove it and enjoyed it, in between moving things to my new place by my college. I purchased a couple of little things to make it a bit more fun, but I was just loving having an easily drivable car. One day I was taking pictures of my Civic, and then I decided to throw the Miata in a couple for fun. Here's one of those...
With winter coming up, I decided to pick up a hardtop. I **** the tan soft top, anyways. So within a week, I found EXACTLY what I was after: one of the earliest tops, with no headliner and no defrost. PERFECT! Only thing was...it was in terrible shape. Cracks, chips, missing pieces, mind-fucked tint...the whole 9 yards. So I bought new EVERYTHING (seals, hardware, gaskets, glass, etc.) for it, along with some Rennenmetal brackets, and then my body guy worked his magic on it. It came out better than I could've imagined! I also had him shave and paint my faded-ass finish panel, so the ol' Miata was lookin' fly after that. After like a month of having that stuff done, I FINALLY got these pictures of the car today:
Also, over the last few weeks, I've been collecting parts to install as winter comes and goes.
Here's the stash I've got set aside, at the moment:
Pictured:
-14x7" +19 RPF1s (perfect, until I do a crazy setup)
-185/55-14 SS595s
-949 valve stems
-4.44 ring and pinion (equivalent to a 4.6 with the tires)
-Maruha 4.6 FD speedometer gear
-Stance GR+
-5" 10 kg/mm Swift springs
-MegaSquirt PNP
-Energy diff bushings
-MiataRoadster lower diff mounts
-MiataRoadster rack plugs
-OEM P/S delete bracket
-iConcept tie rods w/ spacers
-Super Now! tie rod ends
-Zeromotive e-brake handle
-RevLimiter HVAC panel
I'm still waiting on a few parts (like my backordered R-package lip
), but as I begin to install this stuff, I will certainly keep this updated.
As for what's installed right now:
-Racing Beat intake
-M-Tuned metallic core cat
-Racing Beat 5/8" rear sway bar
-949 endlinks
-Moddiction Anvil II
Now that I got all of that out of the way, keep on the look out for interesting updates! I try to keep things fairly lively. :fab:
:Well, it all started on May 20th, which was the day I picked the car up. Since my other 2 cars are not suitable for some college daily driving, I knew I had to have a Miata. It was a totally stock '96 with the leather package, two-owner, all records, and right at 100,000 miles with all services done, including a new clutch. :mrgreen: Not perfect, but pretty damned clean! So here's the first pic I took of it. This is like an hour after getting it at my friend's house, cell phone camera ablaze:
A day or two later, I got down on the detailing action. There were some dull spots, but I knew I could bring 90% of it back to life. And I was successful! The finish panel and mirrors were the only thing that didn't totally shine up (as usual).
Over the next couple of months, I pretty much just drove it and enjoyed it, in between moving things to my new place by my college. I purchased a couple of little things to make it a bit more fun, but I was just loving having an easily drivable car. One day I was taking pictures of my Civic, and then I decided to throw the Miata in a couple for fun. Here's one of those...
With winter coming up, I decided to pick up a hardtop. I **** the tan soft top, anyways. So within a week, I found EXACTLY what I was after: one of the earliest tops, with no headliner and no defrost. PERFECT! Only thing was...it was in terrible shape. Cracks, chips, missing pieces, mind-fucked tint...the whole 9 yards. So I bought new EVERYTHING (seals, hardware, gaskets, glass, etc.) for it, along with some Rennenmetal brackets, and then my body guy worked his magic on it. It came out better than I could've imagined! I also had him shave and paint my faded-ass finish panel, so the ol' Miata was lookin' fly after that. After like a month of having that stuff done, I FINALLY got these pictures of the car today:
Also, over the last few weeks, I've been collecting parts to install as winter comes and goes.
Here's the stash I've got set aside, at the moment:Pictured:
-14x7" +19 RPF1s (perfect, until I do a crazy setup)
-185/55-14 SS595s
-949 valve stems
-4.44 ring and pinion (equivalent to a 4.6 with the tires)
-Maruha 4.6 FD speedometer gear
-Stance GR+
-5" 10 kg/mm Swift springs
-MegaSquirt PNP
-Energy diff bushings
-MiataRoadster lower diff mounts
-MiataRoadster rack plugs
-OEM P/S delete bracket
-iConcept tie rods w/ spacers
-Super Now! tie rod ends
-Zeromotive e-brake handle
-RevLimiter HVAC panel
I'm still waiting on a few parts (like my backordered R-package lip
), but as I begin to install this stuff, I will certainly keep this updated. As for what's installed right now:
-Racing Beat intake
-M-Tuned metallic core cat
-Racing Beat 5/8" rear sway bar
-949 endlinks
-Moddiction Anvil II
Now that I got all of that out of the way, keep on the look out for interesting updates! I try to keep things fairly lively. :fab:
Merry Christmas to me...
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