We todd did Miata

[mekken]

Have you looked into Garage Star products?

http://garagestar.com/

Yup... Great company, I ordered the airbag defeat thing and had the wrong address on my paypal so when I didnt get it after a few weeks I called. I think it was Ken I spoke to. Even though it was my stupidity he sent me another one free of charge. Their skid plate and engine lift plate things are on my list of "things to buy"

[mad-ass]

Ken is the owner of the Garage Star. He is fairly local and I see him once a month or so.

[lolwtfomgbbq]

where abouts in jersey are you man? the first few pics looked like beach haven west to me, I'm in manahawkin. stoked to see where this thing ends up

[mike-81-240d]

Im in the ginger... Well not right now but you know what I mean

Best response I've ever seen on this forum...

[mekken]

where abouts in jersey are you man? the first few pics looked like beach haven west to me, I'm in manahawkin. stoked to see where this thing ends up

First pics were in Bayville. The rest so far have been in Waretown just a couple minutes north of you.

Best response I've ever seen on this forum...

Im here to please

[mekken]

Paint time!!!!!!!

My original plan was a full respray in either Porsche Mexico Blue...



Or this wierd jeep green color...





But................ looking over the parts car I noticed all the panels were in amazing shape. So the decision was made to save a few bucks and have my chassis painted to match the panels off the parts Miata. So there you go... Black... its going to be black!!! I was leaning on the Mexico Blue color but the price difference to have half a car painted vs a full car swayed my decision. Boring I know but Still to this day Im happy with my decision.

Once the weather warmed up I tore my shit box apart.







I had a glass guy come out and remove the front and rear glass. My windshield was scratched and rock chipped so it was replace after paint and body work.

[mekken]

A few parts were gonna need a respray like the front bumper, side skirts, fuel door, and of course the hardtop, front lip and eyelids. I test fit these and Im glad I did since they were a bitch to line up properly and drill holes and all that.





Teaser shot. Also had the body shop shave the emblem holes on the front bumper. I didnt Take any pics but after this everything was dropped off and the waiting game begun...

[werewolf4805]

looks awesome. I would love to get a Miata one day to slam.

[Omnious]

looks awesome. I would love to get a Miata one day to slam.

These days its so easy to buy an NA off Craigslist for 1000 bucks, throw cheap coil sleeves and wheels on and call it slammed for a total of like 2 grand.


I'd still kill for a flying j ls9 miata

[mad-ass]

So...what I think you should have done was just fully restore the black NB instead of transferring stuff over. LOL!!!

[mekken]

These days its so easy to buy an NA off Craigslist for 1000 bucks, throw cheap coil sleeves and wheels on and call it slammed for a total of like 2 grand.


I'd still kill for a flying j ls9 miata

True.. The hardest part about slamming especially the NA is hearing shit from the Miata community I would love to start an LS swap next winter. If I can find the funds

So...what I think you should have done was just fully restore the black NB instead of transferring stuff over. LOL!!!

Trust me I thought about it and it would have been so much easier but two things stopped me. One it was flooded about 2 feet full of salt water and two is it has a flood salvage title. I didnt want to worry about rust in the future so It was ruled out pretty quickly. I didnt want to do anything sketchy like a VIN swap either.

[mad-ass]

well, given the time, I'm sure you can recover from that easily(just super time consumping)
take everything off, wash it, dry it, wash it again to make sure all the salt is off. and when you think it's good go in with a scrub brush and Dawn dish soap and do it again, lots of pressure washings.

and put back together.

oooh comon, you know it would have been super fun!

[Suburuuh]

You should have kept the Jeep and made this one the missile project.
But hey, you decided otherwise (or was it your ginger?).

Read through it all, and love your automotive story so far, and the car too.
Let's read another chapter soon!

[mekken]

well, given the time, I'm sure you can recover from that easily(just super time consumping)
take everything off, wash it, dry it, wash it again to make sure all the salt is off. and when you think it's good go in with a scrub brush and Dawn dish soap and do it again, lots of pressure washings.

and put back together.

oooh comon, you know it would have been super fun!

Minus the chassis thats exactly what I had to do with the interior parts. Definitely not fun but worth it

You should have kept the Jeep and made this one the missile project.
But hey, you decided otherwise (or was it your ginger?).

Read through it all, and love your automotive story so far, and the car too.
Let's read another chapter soon!

Thanks!! That was the original plan but the Miata became my main project. I lost interest in the Jeep and it was sitting around not being driven. My ginger was on your side about keeping the jeep though. We had alot of memories in it and it was sad to see it go. Now that the weather is warming up I miss it alot.

[mekken]

About a week after dropping the car off at the body shop I stopped to check on the progress. I knew my rear quarters were fucked but not this bad.....





I didnt know it but this rear corner was hit and fixed (poorly) at some point so they had to refix that to.



And no more huge dent