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That tight fitted EG - From the UK
Welcome to my build thread, i have had a few car builds on here in the past that people may remember, which included a mars red mk1*golf driver on borbet T's*and mx5 dakar on borbet A's, which i thought sat pretty good (even though the fitment got better), how wrong i was..
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Well its been*a long time since the mx5 or any modified car in fact and i thought its about time i get myself back into the car scene. But being so indecisive didnt help this matter one bit and after finally deciding on the car it took me 5 months to actually find a example which wasnt one of the most common colours, wasnt over 100k miles and wasnt crazily priced.
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The day came when i found one forsale, it had been up for less then 5 minutes, i sent the guy a email with my offer (what he was asking) and left it at that. No reply for 24hrs so i was pretty sure it had gone, which i was gutted about. But while walking around Japfest i had a call, it was the guy saying his email has been going crazy, even with higher offers he said*mine was the first email, so i have first refusal! i sent*a 50% deposit over there and then to secure the car even though i had only seen 2 pictures of the car (one of the wing mirror damage and the front badge).
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Me and a friend set off a few weeks*later on a 6 hour 360mile around trip to maidstone to collect it, which was a huge gamble being as i hadnt seen much of it at all..
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on arrival, i was well chuffed, it was 20 years old so had a few age related dinks and rust patches but the colour and back ground of the car is what made it worth while.
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51,000 miles
FSH
2 Owners
Thunder Grey
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The deal was soon done and we set off for our 180 mile drive home..
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It drove faultlessly all the way home, I drove it round for a few days after that which i loved but thought as soon as i take it off the road, sooner things can start happening.
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We stripped the suspension, forks and spindles off to change/modifiy
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Front forks sandblasted, cut, shortend and shaped to look oem, these will be welded by a professional cast welder and powdercoated (by rob @ project wheels)
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The same amount/shaping will be done with the spindles so the geo stays the same.
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While its stripped down i wanted to try my gottis on to see how they look/fitted, but being 15x8 et25 there very weak fitment, so spaced them 32mm for better, more accurate*measurements for some new custom lips.
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(front will be tighter*with cut forks, spindles and strut towers)
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@ et -7
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Also my amber corners arrived (thanks to spirit9 for hooking me up with these), must for any car..
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Thats where im at so far,*a sizey order of items*will be placed as soon as there in stock.
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Well its been*a long time since the mx5 or any modified car in fact and i thought its about time i get myself back into the car scene. But being so indecisive didnt help this matter one bit and after finally deciding on the car it took me 5 months to actually find a example which wasnt one of the most common colours, wasnt over 100k miles and wasnt crazily priced.
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The day came when i found one forsale, it had been up for less then 5 minutes, i sent the guy a email with my offer (what he was asking) and left it at that. No reply for 24hrs so i was pretty sure it had gone, which i was gutted about. But while walking around Japfest i had a call, it was the guy saying his email has been going crazy, even with higher offers he said*mine was the first email, so i have first refusal! i sent*a 50% deposit over there and then to secure the car even though i had only seen 2 pictures of the car (one of the wing mirror damage and the front badge).
*
Me and a friend set off a few weeks*later on a 6 hour 360mile around trip to maidstone to collect it, which was a huge gamble being as i hadnt seen much of it at all..
*
on arrival, i was well chuffed, it was 20 years old so had a few age related dinks and rust patches but the colour and back ground of the car is what made it worth while.
*
51,000 miles
FSH
2 Owners
Thunder Grey
*
The deal was soon done and we set off for our 180 mile drive home..
*
*
It drove faultlessly all the way home, I drove it round for a few days after that which i loved but thought as soon as i take it off the road, sooner things can start happening.
*
We stripped the suspension, forks and spindles off to change/modifiy
*
Front forks sandblasted, cut, shortend and shaped to look oem, these will be welded by a professional cast welder and powdercoated (by rob @ project wheels)
*
*
*
The same amount/shaping will be done with the spindles so the geo stays the same.
*
While its stripped down i wanted to try my gottis on to see how they look/fitted, but being 15x8 et25 there very weak fitment, so spaced them 32mm for better, more accurate*measurements for some new custom lips.
*
(front will be tighter*with cut forks, spindles and strut towers)
*
*
*
@ et -7
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*
Also my amber corners arrived (thanks to spirit9 for hooking me up with these), must for any car..
*
*
Thats where im at so far,*a sizey order of items*will be placed as soon as there in stock.
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