'95 JapRod-miata

[willshaffer]

careful with tire brand, personal experience.. Hancooks are run way ride so look around what brands run slim/true/wide before purchase

I love the way toyo's stretch. probably do 195 45 toyo up front on the 9's and move the current Nexens to the rear. The Control arms should help a lot. Should be able to get close to -8 degrees of camber. Stay tuned for sunday on that!

[mikey G]

So happy you got a hard top. Wheels look great blah blah blah blah debage your car and get a new exhaust.

[willshaffer]

Has anyone else had the problem of not being able to turn collars on their coilovers before? I literally bent the spanners. and i'm definitely doing it right.

[willshaffer]

So happy you got a hard top. Wheels look great blah blah blah blah debage your car and get a new exhaust.

List of things to shave:
Badges
Mirrors
Antenna
Side-markers

Just takes money. Also got a bunch of supplies to start painting things myself.... probably not going to tackle my hardtop though. Not going to risk that while i'm learning.

[mikey G]

Awesome. As for the collars it happened to me a while ago but it was just shit built up in the threads. I liberally sprayed wd-40 inside and worked the collars back and forth until they were free. Maybe that'll work for ya.

[philohlean]

Sorry to hear about the wheels, that's a damn shame. CCW's look fantastic though!

[willshaffer]

Awesome. As for the collars it happened to me a while ago but it was just shit built up in the threads. I liberally sprayed wd-40 inside and worked the collars back and forth until they were free. Maybe that'll work for ya.

I had it swimming in PB blaster. Im more shocked that I was able to bend the spanners.


UPDATE:

Got to test fitting and nothing worked. so I bought some shortened upper control arms for the rear on the cheap from a local dude (lucky find) and got to wrenchin' the next day. Just got a DSLR and my girlfriend loves taking pictures so this thread is about to get pic heavy. Sorry.... Maybe...



Shortened VS stock. Just cut and re-welded. looks to be about a quarter inch or so shorter, but That translates to a lot of camber



The, "throw me that wrench over there face"



After not that long, I was ready to set things down. Install really wasn't difficult at all. but then again, nothing on a miata is that difficult. The results are pretty much the best I could hope for:





So tomorrow I'm stopping by BC North America, then going to the tire shop to get 195's on the front and a much needed alignment

[willshaffer]

Sorry missed the side-by-side of the new vs old arms.

[mikey G]

Nice mod on the control arms. I think I like the new wheels a lot. Can't wait for a proper shoot. Are you keeping the hardtop black when you repaint?

[GTOguy]

Looks beautiful on the CCW's I'm excited to get mine

[willshaffer]

Nice mod on the control arms. I think I like the new wheels a lot. Can't wait for a proper shoot. Are you keeping the hardtop black when you repaint?

No I'll be color matching it shortly. Actually **** that black. Have a few photos I'll post later tonight. One in the meantime:

[244Brick]

thats one dope Miata

[nicolas_w]

Loved this thing on the BBS wheels,but on CCW this looks sick!
So shitty that they stole your wheels,i also shared the picture around social media.Must be a real nightmare...

[SoLOwX3]

So sick man, great job bouncing back after having your wheels stolen. Cant wait to see a full body pic with all 4s. Love your car man!!

[willshaffer]

Officialy demon camber. -10.9 and -10.4 degrees of camber after alignment. My front left coilover is royally fucked so None of these pictures have the front even half way as low as I want it. Been in and out of BC the last few days and I think I have all the parts I need finally.