'95 JapRod-miata

[ruittie]

wheels looks awesome cant wait to see them on!

[willshaffer]

Ok so WHEELS ARE ON! I got them sealed and then took them to the tire shop on friday.
Lemme start by saying, if anyone is in the central florida area and looking for a tire guy, head to Action Air Tire in Kissimee. Holy shit great service. It's a tire shop that welcomes stance kids, which is unheard of (at least I haven't experienced it).
Anyway, So I ordered a set of 195/45 Toyo Proxes t1r's, going on an 8.5 and a 9. I know it's not a ton of stretch, but after many sleepless nights and obsessing over what sizes to do, I thought that 195 45 all around would look the most even, and I'm a big fan of the proxes.

When I got there, the tireman said that he had 165 45 in stock and that i should do that on teh 8.5's. They were shittier tires, but more stretch. I told him i didn't know about it and he offered to let me look at 195/45 and 165/45 next to each other on my wheels. Obviously I said hell yeah:

165/45:







As I thought, it was a ton of stretch and sorta rubber-band looking. Only Confirmed next to the Proxes on the 8.5:



So stuck with 195/45 all around. Alignment time, SPECS PLS:



Tentative height for the roll home:



Actually had to borrow a bat and roll my rear fenders at the tire shop to get it home.

Then got home and got to lowering the bitch:







Painted the toyo white with literally crayola paint that i had laying around. How do the pros actually do this? spray paint? Idk i love the look though



And there you have it. This is how she sits now, and probably wont have any big updates for a while seeing as how i've spend an ass ton of money on the car in the last few months and I wanna get my hands on a new camera soon. I'll keep it updated with the little stuff i do though. Next steps are Hardtop, Extended top hats, only for rear. This is totally maxed out unless i cut sprangs on my coilovers, which i dont wanna do. and also would like to do some sort of exhaust system. Anyone have any they recomend?

[SnazzyQ]

and also would like to do some sort of exhaust system. Anyone have any they recomend?

4 inch straight pipe and blast pipes out the back. and a big country labs wing

[willshaffer]

4 inch straight pipe and blast pipes out the back. and a big country labs wing

ordered

[mikey G]

Nice man, painted tires were never my thing but the wheels look great on the car, as expected.

P.S. Get a hardtop

[willshaffer]

Nice man, painted tires were never my thing but the wheels look great on the car, as expected.

P.S. Get a hardtop

Yeah give me a thousand dollars + paint money. They're sooooo expencive

[mikey G]

I know, theres a guy here selling a haggard FRP hardtop for like 400 bucks. It fell off his car and is scraped to shit lol. Ill see if I can find the craigslist link

[double_oh_9]

eh, come summer time you can find hardtops a little cheaper (though probably not in Florida so you may have to drive) I picked mine up in decent shape for $500. Paints shit on it though

[244Brick]

I love it! Maybe a spacer up front, but i LIKE!

[willshaffer]

eh, come summer time you can find hardtops a little cheaper (though probably not in Florida so you may have to drive) I picked mine up in decent shape for $500. Paints shit on it though

I planned on having to repaint it anyway. My color is super rare and idk if you could order a factory hardtop in that color anyway.

[willshaffer]

I love it! Maybe a spacer up front, but i LIKE!

I have a 20 mil that i was going to try and "make fit" but it's just wayyyyy to much. 10 would be money. so....
>who wants to trade spacers? haha

[willshaffer]

WASH

[willshaffer]

For iPhone shots, i'm pretty damn happy.

[willshaffer]

Taking a quick poll for the next mod:
>Hard-dog roll bar/harness bar thing
>intake/header/exhaust
>Hardtop
This is sorta in the order that I want to do things, also in order from least expensive to more.
If I did the hard-dog, id go ahead and look into seats/harnesses next. Your thoughts?

[preyruder]

very cool of your tire guy to let you see both sizes on your wheels then and there!

Cant wait to see some more of this build