Scissor Scraper

[high.classhole]

Carbon everything!

If any of you know me personally you'll know I've been working on a little side project for a while late at night or when things are quiet at work.. That little side project, after 6 months of designing, testing, fitting, rubbing, and shaping, has finally come to life in the form of it's first prototype!



This is my full carbon/kevlar fixed back race seat.
I originally had a fake bride in the car but didn't like it nor the feeling it left in the back of my mind knowing it could full well break at any point being made of cheap materials..
My seat is a full infused and lightweight proper next level racing seat, the shell itself weighs in at sub 3kg and is stiffer BY MILESS than the Bride (over 7kg). I have a video somewhere of me jumping on it and it not even flinching. The next steps are to have it upholstered, cleared, and finally, engineered to full FIA/CAMS and ADR (Australian Design Rules) specifications to ensure it is 100% road and track legal.

These seats, once engineered will be available to the public in a range of options from fibreglass, through to a full carbon and fireproof seat like mine.
I'm yet to come up for a name for it so any suggestions would be amazing :P

[high.classhole]

CF door skins with the top edge look great!
Black outer and red red inner leather pull handle with red double stitching would be perfect! Might be getting a bit fiddly though...

Yeah not 100% sure on how I want the pull handles, but was thinking something along the lines of red and maybe some white embroidery? Not sure, will have to have a play around and see what I like the look of! Was thinking of using the same colour/material as the 6pt harness when that goes in, just so it all matches ahaha

[PassionGarage]

love the carbon door cards man !!

[jazig.k]

CF door skins with the top edge look great!
Black outer and red red inner leather pull handle with red double stitching would be perfect! Might be getting a bit fiddly though...

[high.classhole]

Because Racecar.

Thanks to my work, I was able to design and have full carbon fibre door cards CNC routed to fit my doors perfectly. I decided to can the speakers in them in fear that they could rattle the cards against the steel skin of the door.
I also got rid of the OEM pull thing/arm rest and left a small hole to mount a nice pull strap (I'm thinking red?) which left the total door card weight just under 600g as opposed to the original which was over 1kg per side.





The door cards are now available to buy in a range of options like with or without speaker holes, pullstrap or OEM arm rest, different materials etc. etc. Just hit up CarbonTEK if you have any questions or want to order a pair!

[heef]

Groundbreaking stuff

[high.classhole]

RS Rebuild pt.6

Well, it's been a while, been absolutely flat out with work and haven't had a heap of time to work on the thing but I guess it's time to show you how the wheels fit up!



They are currently on a 5mm spacer, and I reckon another 5mm and they will be perfect with the amount of camber I'd like to run! We'll have to see when the rear arms are in and new fronts are bolted up and tyres are on.

[high.classhole]

Update!

Put my shifter assembly together today, really digging it!
Not sure if I want to cover it up with a shift boot now or do a full centre console delete, more decisions



It's just a Likewise Nad, Cube short shifter, and a new OEM rubber boot thing.

Other than that I've been slowly starting the mould for my all carbon fibre hard top.
The standard fibreglass ones are real freaking heavy so time to make a lighter one because #racecar

[high.classhole]

RS Rebuild pt.5

Okay so it's been pretty quiet lately, been waiting for parts, but I couldn't resist putting the wheels together for a few photos and to see them with the coils and camber arms!
Totally blown away, I love it!





I'm thinking about painting that little hex tool to match the wheels; white with either red or gold for the "BBS Design" logo on the handle. What's everyone's thoughts? I'm not sure

As for other plans?

I saw this video go around Facebook and absolutely lost my god damn mind. Not only over the colour of the caps, which I can't seem to find anywhere? (Help!! I want a set).
But over the fact that floating BBS caps existed! I spent a bit of time trying to find who sold them and found not even the slightest detail. So I thought screw it, I'll make them myself!

I had my spare hex's and caps as I replaced mine, one of the caps were cracked and the hex was a little worse for wear anyway so I thought why not?
I took the caps out and had a look at ways I could do it, made a few measurement and sent out a heap of emails.
My idea, was to try and split the resin logo from the black plastic clips in the cap..

And mounting something like a needle bearing between the two with a weight on the back. Basically I wanted to do it this way to make sure nothing was permanent, I could pull out the cap if it didn't work and my hex would still be fine to use as usual.
I've ordered all the stuff to make one and will post photos as I go.
A question though; I am trying to get the black plastic thread off the back of the hex to send it off to either get gold plated or chromed (haven't decided yet), does anyone know how to do this without damaging it the plastic clips? Heard a few people using screw drivers and forcing it but apparently it ruins the plastic and they aren't reusable..

[high.classhole]

id say those balljoints are easier, these bushings just have been on market far longer and thats only reason i bought them haha.

Yeah I think I might try the ball joints, look interesting, and they aren't overly expensive, might as well get them and give a few people my opinions on them!

[ExpelI]

id say those balljoints are easier, these bushings just have been on market far longer and thats only reason i bought them haha.

[high.classhole]

whiteline offsetbushings! i'm 1-1.5" offground and have 7 degrees upfront, -5 to -9 adjustability.

Holy crap, that's amazing! Gonna have to look into those!
I was considering the Garage Star Extended Lower Ball Joints but I'll have to look into the whiteline bushings too now. Your fitment is beautiful!

[ExpelI]

whiteline offsetbushings! i'm 1-1.5" offground and have 7 degrees upfront, -5 to -9 adjustability.

[high.classhole]

is that a bottle of NOS ?

Yes, yes it is aha. I got very bored of the power very quickly, a NOS kit was a lot cheaper than turboing the car

Nice to see another miata on here. those rear adjustable upper arms smash the rear frame if you're too low.
i'd look at the flyin' miata the paco motorsports arms are amazing.

Ahh really? Will look into that when I get to it!
How are you getting so much camber on the front of yours?! Your car looks amazing, and I thought my dish was deep ahaha!

[ExpelI]

Nice to see another miata on here. those rear adjustable upper arms smash the rear frame if you're too low.
i'd look at the flyin' miata the paco motorsports arms are amazing.