The Driftless Miata Build

[efedude77]

Well where do I even start? I've owned a bunch of cars and I'm 17. (No my parents didn't pay for them)

I'm a very big toyota fan and hope to be back in one in the future. Meanwhile im having fun with a miata.

My two favorite cars I owned

is3 003 by DFW Photography, on Flickr


gsv8 009 by DFW Photography, on Flickr

[efedude77]

Well, onto the miata stuff. 1995 1.8 miata with 125k on her. Shes got an LSD The previous owner died sadly and I bought it off his family.

I got her in the middle of january and stored it from the cold and salty Wisconsin winter.

When I took her out in April it was a sad old man car.

image by DFW Photography, on Flickr


There were a few things wrong with the car and I'll skip that stuff. The interior had fake stick on wood everywhere and wood wheel and handbrake have which have since been replaced with black

image(1) by DFW Photography, on Flickr


gave her a good clean.....

image(13) by DFW Photography, on Flickr

removed ugly factory wing and plugged up holes for now

photo(3) by DFW Photography, on Flickr


image(14) by DFW Photography, on Flickr

[efedude77]

Then I got rid of the 80 pound chrome wheels and got some 15x7 drag dr-46 wheels with +15 offset

IMG_6558 by DFW Photography, on Flickr

IMG_6559 by DFW Photography, on Flickr


IMG_6194 by DFW Photography, on Flickr

[efedude77]

Then I saw a hard top for sale locally for extremely cheap and bought it just to sell for profit and get coilovers. the car looked really good with it but I bought it as a convertible summer car so I let it go for a good price.

11393210_10204445060222036_3540877775456998154_n by DFW Photography, on Flickr

[efedude77]

Now that we are all caught up to current day, we can start the REAL build :P

I daily drove the car to school and such and didnt have much time or money for mods but now that its summer we're ready to build.

Sadly, I had to sell my fancy drag wheels to be able to afford some stuff, I'll get better wheels soon but for now im rocking $100 wheels.


I decided the tan top had to go so I got some SEM top notch vinyl paint and got to work

IMG_6597 by DFW Photography, on Flickr



IMG_6598 by DFW Photography, on Flickr


IMG_6599 by DFW Photography, on Flickr

[efedude77]

Coilovers should be here on Tuesday. I went with the flyin miata vmaxx classic coilovers which are a nice street/autocross coilover from a great company, the most expensive and high quality item on the car

img_5927 by DFW Photography, on Flickr

This is where the build gets serious.I have big plans for the car but I'm just not sure on which one is best but shes going to be unique for sure.

IMG_6600 by DFW Photography, on Flickr

MORE UPDATES NEXT WEEK WHEN SHE'S PROPERLY LOWERED