DJ's Eunos Project

[djinuk]

well as you know i sold the peugeot which was an amazing daily and have no replaced it with a very impractical 2 seater convertible.. Purely because i felt id gone as far as i could with the peugeot and wanted to experiance somthing new.. After the mrs bought a mx5 i became very hooked, purely due to there cheap costs, amazing handling and fun factor, and i honestly cant think of other rwd car that fits in the same bracket.. soo... my search went for a mx5.

I came back with a Eunos ,S ltd (1-1000).
I was looking for a good canvas with solid enough bodywork but at a price which would leave plenty of cash for paint etc... what i got was an mx5 with the interior i wanted (brothel spec), and very rare ltd edition, very solid bodywork, and amazingly what is actually very good paint aswell... best of still.. i was left with plenty of change from the peugeot after buying it. Car has afresh 12 month mot and 3 months tax..

to say im happy is an understatment, there plenty of bits to keep me busy(, snapped aerial, dirty, snapped wingmirror , bashed centre console.. but nothing that cant be fixed pretty easilly.

Anyway pics begin.

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[matty j]

nice whats the plans :)

[Trevhib]

Which Pug did you get rid of DJ? The 205 or the 306?

[djinuk]

the 306 matey :), 205's my first car so ill be keeping that a long while.. should be going in the bodyshop straight away my renault 5 so that little monster should be out.

As for the mx5 its really just going to be a bit of fun as my first rwd, probably just freshen it up lower it on some nice wheels and ducktail spoiler :D

[Trevhib]

Your first RWD? You'll love it! :D Other than my GTT's (and maybe my CRX), my two favourite cars over the years have been my 200sx and my current 323ise (which is MUCH safer, lol). RWD is ace. :agree:

I didn't realise you were getting rid of the 306. Did I miss a thread/post on here? I really quite liked it and was keeping an eye out in case you decided to sell. How much did you get for it in the end? :)

[djinuk]

hehe , yea already loving it man, the mrs has a very nice mx5 however i could never hoon it around like i wanted as my life wouldnt be worth living if i destroyed her ats cups.

Nah i did post it up , i got £1100 for it, was an honest car, cracking for a daily, however i just got to the point where i wanted to try somthing new whilst im young so rwd and convertible seemed the best step :D

[djinuk]

hmm issues already showing, had to go make up an eghaust .. welder and pipe didnt quite fit.

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also managed to get superglue down my door so flatted with 2000grit and buffed .. woolaaa

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also got a bent bonnet bracket i think
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his and hers.. mine obviously on the left
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[Shane P]

Brothel spec interior FTW :D

Nice car :agree:. My friend has one similar and she loves it, they do seem to handle quite well. The sealed beam headlamps are a bit :crap: though

[Trevhib]

hehe , yea already loving it man, the mrs has a very nice mx5 however i could never hoon it around like i wanted as my life wouldnt be worth living if i destroyed her ats cups.

Nah i did post it up , i got £1100 for it, was an honest car, cracking for a daily, however i just got to the point where i wanted to try somthing new whilst im young so rwd and convertible seemed the best step :D

:agree:

Keep the updates regular like :)

[dickiegtt]

I'm lookin forward to see what you do with your mx5 matey! :coffee: I think the missus will wana be driving yours in time to come!

[GTphil]

A nice eaton supercharger with a front mount cooler and adaptronic management and it makes an already fun motor into a very fun motor;)

I almost sold my raider for an mx5 with the plan to turbo it:)

[djinuk]

another set of bbs rm's now in my posession, plan is to try these on the car once the coilovers arrive, see how much room etc i have to play with and then go wider, i think these are 7.5 and 8's, they are in need of a refurb but the price was fair so :)

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[djinuk]

thought id have a crack polishing metal

The pittings very bad on my rms , so i started with 80 grit.. although ill be honest im thinking maybe an 80 flap disk on a drill will be the answer.
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[djinuk]

dropped to a good quality 120 grit which has been working far better, however i still have pitting and have been going for ages whilst watching top gear.
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[Trevhib]

These are going to be a labour of love if you manage to finish them!

[djinuk]

few updates new gaitors
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new mirror
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speakers were dead
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replaced
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carpet drivers side cleaned
compare
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new delivery, and please look twice there not racelands! lol
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new side repeaters
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detango
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and i contiued with the wheel.. all the way to 400, i wanted to go higher but had no wet and try above that other than 1500..

I then hit using 3 compounds and 3 heads, and then some hd polish.. the results.. im very very happy with.. there are very light scratches in areas, but the truth is these can only be spotted when angled in certain lights and within about a foot of distance.

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[R5TURBORON]

Looks good mate not my cup of tea. Main reason is there isnt much room in a mx5 for my ass :laugh:

[Trevhib]

In the words of Craig Revel Horwood; fab-u-lous. Lol.

Keep the pics/progress coming. :agree:

[djinuk]

fitted the coilovers.. must say you can feel the quality of these meister units just in the way they still soak up bumps , whilst being nice and hard when required.

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[5alldaway]

i feel the energy :agree:

[djinuk]

hehe , thanks alex

update..

got a new electric aerial, although im not 100% sure if im keen, also got my ducktail spoiler, it came on a boot lid already smoothed.. its not to bad but the paint finish isnt great and it has quite a few ripples , so when i paint the car at a later date i plan to fill and black it off to improve this..

still a damn cool mod though imo
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[5alldaway]

good progress! was the ducktale stolen from sarahs?

btw the teg is on the road now, my name is down for shakespeare :)

[djinuk]

haha awesome alex, duno what im running yet, prob the mx.. how embarrasing.. nah dude, i went and got my own.. i may have some lotus seats coming aswell for it :D

[5alldaway]

haha awesome alex, duno what im running yet, prob the mx.. how embarrasing.. nah dude, i went and got my own.. i may have some lotus seats coming aswell for it :D

lotus seats how nice :)

[djinuk]

lol elise mk1 seats.. just a bit more sporty really, plus its a straight swap on mine which is a bonus.

[GTphil]

This thread is tempting me, still fancy turbo'ing one! :wasntme:


It's looking well from the pics, so much car for not a lot of dosh, you can see why they are popular.

[Ricardo]

Looks :cool: can't wait to see those buffed BBS wheels on it :agree:

[djinuk]

managed to get hold of a pair of lotus elise mk1 buckets.. virtually no padding, but they give a great seating position , and hug you far far more than it looks like in the pic, only issue is that i managed to weld the passenger mount up on the piss twice.. after the second time i decided theres a reason im not a fabricator by trade and id let somebody better do it!.

I would have prefered them in black but i managed a straight swap for mine, which meant no cash required, which given current circumstances is a big bonus, may change them in the future though, or even redye them.

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[Trevhib]

:popcorn:

[Rare.]

you gonna update this thread anymore or what dude? ahem, wheels, ahem.

[djinuk]

of yea , cough ermm you mean these.

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[Robclio98]

Wheels have come up awesome mate :D

[djinuk]

Ill be honest , its another set, the red ones are rs's, although the rms are coming up relaly well also and will also be as awesomely good looking :cool::cool:

[Rare.]

ahem, yes, ahem.

[Trevhib]

V nice dj.

[djinuk]

Purchased a hardtop , really like the shape of it and think it finishes the lines (or lack of) the car great.

The hardtop does have some damage, but it wont be to difficult to repair and ill do that when i repaint the car.
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Tried it with teh tinted window but to black for me.
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so armed with this it came off
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[Rare.]

seriously need your BBS' on it man, looks so shoddy with those crap wheels :/ sort it ouuuutt

[djinuk]

piss off man, lol, there will soon be salt on the roads, although if some cool winter wheels come up they will go on :D

[Rare.]

take your pick pal, BBS RA's, 5 Cup Steels (provide your tires), 2 E30 BBS's, maybe R19 Phase 1's, Maybe Pair Rota Zero Plus Alloys, OZ twin 6 spoke thingy's.. whatever tickles your hairy pussy :agree:

[djinuk]

its rare i give cars a real good clean so i took pics.

All set for winter, fresh antifreeze, winter wheels etc etc.
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[Andyturbo!]

Those wheels look the nuts! Mate arnt they for the 5 tho?

[djinuk]

they are indeed for the r5 :), thought they would be aight for winter wheels before i refurb them though.

[5alldaway]

looking good fuzzball! thanx for popping in also, was good to see you :cool:

[djinuk]

after fitting the prima alloys, i found when 'slidin' one side began to catch and pull.. therefor i though now would be a suitable time to give it a slight arch roll..
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I also sprayed any cut edges with a good helping of stone chip, aswell as tin snipped the tabs off to remove any severe lips for crap to build up on.



Thing i will say is ive rolled quite a few arches and had no issues, but these things are horrible.. i think its because the outer arch is actually rounded rather than a flat so a dolly dosent really help other than flatten the arch.. Either way the paint was also pretty terrible and flaked at the first ounce of pressure..

I plan to paint the car , so im just going to fit the wheels, after rolling, then prep and repaint the whole car.

Speakin of wheels, i thought it appropiate
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[rs250nut]

Those wheels are the bollocks mate:agree: I have a set of splits to go on the bm but not as nice as those, where did you get them from?

[djinuk]

I got these ones from a guy In the Netherlands bid, if you interested in solid edition 38 is your best bet, so many pass through there, thanks for the kind words bud.

[Trevhib]

Any updates here? :)

[djinuk]

Not yet buddy, ive got some 175/50/15 tyres to pop on, but other than that ive just been drivign it really. Over xmas i will probably trial fit the wheels, and then come summer (after the r5 is done), ill give the car a blow over just to tidy up the few scuffs etc.

[Trevhib]

:agree:

[djinuk]

did one of the monthly maintence chores on the mazda today, the unblocking of the drain holes , to do so i had to remove the hardtop..

Somehow i then decided to tackle the tatty hardtop , although i planned to learn it till summer for some reason i felt the need to start it.. For those that dont know around the edge it had been badly chipped away and looked a mess, i used a dremel to carefully key up the areas , and began to build them back up, still quite a bit more work, but this is what i got done in just under2 hours today. The whole hardtop has terrible paint so ill wet flat it back to 800 , and give it all a fresh coat of paint.

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Knocked back most the fibreglass and finished a few bits i missed, and managed to get some filler one, weather permitting i should have this somewhere ready tomorrow. I may then ask skid nicely for use of his garage to chuck some paint on it.

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[djinuk]

although this lips are no longer for this car due to my purchase of the rs's , heres the rm dishes ive refurbed, If i can get away with it ill be fitting theses to the bbs rm's that are going onto the renault 5
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[rs250nut]

Look real nice mate, top job:agree: not trying to thread jack but I've just re done a set of bbs rc038 like yours.

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[djinuk]

look cool as **** man, theres somthing very satifying about taking fuked lips and making them better than new, or at least there is for me.

[Tony Walker]

stunning, we've got a bench polishing machine with two wheels like a grinder, im tempted to buy a set and refurb some, ive tried polishing things in the past but it took soooooooo long to get imperfections out, most would polish amazing but any scratch or corroded spot just took literally hours and still wouldnt go? how do you get larger imperfections out?

[djinuk]

I quite litrally do it all by hand pretty much..

My process is as follows.


Very carefull use of a grinder with flap wheel < 240 grit, im very carefull to keep it moving otherwise the alloy can melt causing more issues, I use this until all the pitting has gone, by the end my arms aching and im wishing i never started.

Then the next stage 80 or 120 grit sanding, this is mainly get to get the damage done by the flap disc out, as the lip will no longer be round but instead a serious of gouges etc (hopefully not to many, this stage takes a long longe time , and you need to go until theres no deep marks seft by the flap wheel.

From then on the work gets easier and faster, but i just repeat using wet and dry.

240 > 320 > 400 > 600 >800, it gets easier the further you go, also i setup a matt and bucket and water and do it in front of the tv, its a labour of love and each night my hands and arms are black.

http://www.thepolishingshop.co.uk/acatalog/Standard_Polishing_Kits.html#a30

Then i use the top polishing kit in the above link ( the £10 one) on a drill, a bench mounted one would be far easier but unfortunatly i have no where to mount it, i then give them a run over with hd metal polish but i may invest in some 'mothers polish' which is meant to be great and generally what all the guys in the states use.

Basically its a long process, but somthing that can be done in front of the tv, i just give it about 45 mins a night, and that way its not to much of a chore.

check back to post number 13 onwards and you will see the stages a bit beter , other than the flap disc as i didn work that out until the second rim.

[scratcher]

I like this a lot man. It's coming on well.

Those RS's :pimp: I've wanted a genuine set for a good 5 years now. One day :agree:

[djinuk]

I like this a lot man. It's coming on well.

Those RS's :pimp: I've wanted a genuine set for a good 5 years now. One day :agree:

hehe and me man, pretty rare to get in the 4x100, there redrilled, these came up on mx5 nutz, and within less than 10 mins it was post number 16, needless to say i asked for the guys paypal details rather than beat about the bush :cool:

[scratcher]

yeah, you can't mess about :laugh:

A friend has a set on his mk1 Caddy in 4x100. I offered to swap my Bora for them but he still won't let them go.

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What are the future plans for this then? I love the lazy lights look :cool:
MX5's have started getting more and more popular on edition38.

[djinuk]

hehe yea everybody seems to have a firm grip on them , or they just want stupid stupid money.

Yea will lazy eye it, only a 50p mod , been to lazy to get around to it, indeed they do seem to be popping up everywhere now.

ill play with the height, camber and stance, smoke the front side lights, and then ill just repaint the whole thing black so its super fresh, that can wait till summer though, plan to blast it out in a week or so, cant let the good weather go to waste :(.

[Trevhib]

Nice work.

DJ, what would you use to take over-spray off paintwork, trim/plastics and glass?

We took my Mrs' Focus to a place for some body repairs a few months ago. The repairs they did were cheap but the result was pretty good for the price tbh. However, after I got home I realised they'd been sloppy with the paint and there's over-spray on the back end of the car.

I don't want to risk using anything too abrasive to get it off. Any thoughts?

[djinuk]

try a clay bar and some detailer matey, so long as its not bonded to the paint to well that should shift it off the plastics and paintwork.

http://www.rollupandshine.com/roll-up--shine-heavy-grade-soft-clay-bar-192-p.asp

that product looks ideal, quick detailers about £6 from halfords, meguairs stuff, good stuff to have around aswell, ideal for inbetween washers.

[scratcher]

Off topic, but I think that Meguiar's clay is pretty useless.
Bily Hamber clay is my personal favourite. It's a lot cheaper per gram, and is designed to only need water for lube. You can mix a bit of shampoo in to make it more slippery if you want to.

It's the only clay I'll ever use now :agree:

http://www.bilthamber.com/pro-introduction.php?cname=Clays,%20Wax%20::%20Polish&name=auto-clay%20regular

[Trevhib]

Smart, thanks bud. :agree:

[djinuk]

me and skid mounted the tyres redneck style

after a few goes we soon got the hang of it, however skids eyebrows took a blow ! Boys will be boys and do these silly things

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxyXhwKPq_0&list=UUBCu0Ov11p-aKrHS0JLHn8g&index=1&feature=plcp
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[Tony Walker]

:agree: brave people

[djinuk]

brave or stupid, its a fine line, think we tiptoed it!

[Tony Walker]

:D ill give ya brave.... i reckon ur stupid when you get burnt and it doesnt work.

[djinuk]

not the best day today, the mrs helped me out in painting the hardtop.

Masked up,

Applied high build primer, then a couple of areas blisteered up, i sanded these back and it all the way back through the original silver the hardtop once was. I filled these with top stop, reapplied high build , and flatted this all back to 800
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I then applied basecoat black in a 2:1 ratio as per morleys, however no matter what i did this was going on with a terrible orange peel, air pressure was fine etc, to top it off, when i applied the basecoat , once again 2 areas of the roof had a blister, once again this is all the way back to the very original silver coat.

All i can think is that the original paint was cellulose and the thinners are reactivating it, although this is just a guess.

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Plan is to flat all the orange peel back, dig out the blisters and filler the whole, and then go again with a 1:1 ratio on the basecoat. (although i did confirm with my friend who said morelys basecoats are 2:1 so im really not sure.

[Trevhib]

Enough orange peel there to make a whole lot of marmalade :cry:

[djinuk]

tell me about it, although the photo does make it look a bit worse than it really is.


Ive confirmed im using the correct mixing ratio for the paint with morelys.

Plan is to use barcoat on the whole roof to avoid any more blisters/reactions, high build the whole roof, flat the whole roof, and then try repainting with a diffrent air regulator.. if its still terrible im going to mix the basecoat to a 1:1 ratio and see how it goes..

HASSSLEEEEEeee

[Tony Walker]

the only thing i knew about painting was from this experience, too much pressure caused my orange peel.

[djinuk]

worked out the reaction is cellulose, and the orange peel is wrong mixing of basecoat, should of been 1:1 :(.. ah well.

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y98/djinuk/misc/IMG_2671.jpg

[Tony Walker]

Atleast you sussed it :D

[rs250nut]

If you paint something like that again with shady areas such as burn throughs to other colours, primer edges etc make sure you dust these areas really carefully first and then blowing air inbetween dust coats to dry the solven quicker, it less likly to cause you trouble as there is less solvent on the panel which is what causes problems.

[djinuk]

cheers man, i do always attack the dodgy areas first, however with the paint being mixed 2:1 is just wasnt right, and really i should of just stopped there and questioned it before hammering more on, ah well, we learn from mistakes dont we :coffee:.. (never take paint advice/mixing ratios from the suppliers as i dont think they know there arse from elbow)

[Tony Walker]

lol i suppose its like asking a parts supplier how to fix a car?

[Tony Walker]

Apart from perhaps Sparkie(sorry) :)

[rs250nut]

Too true mate, sometimes you end up just going with what feels right, get the base and thinners in a paint cup and just play with it with a paint stick, in the end you can feel what is right, with solid stuff like clears etc it's best to check it with a din cup to have the viscosity bang on, this way you are taking the ambient temp in to consideration.

[djinuk]

indeed man.. and even my little bit of experiance was screaming.. thats to thick.!!!! .

i may look at getting hold of a din cup mate, ive seen them , just never purchased one.. easy enough to use?

[djinuk]

finallly got some front front lights..

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excuse the 5 pictures just for lights, im doing a group buy on them at the moment, and felt it best to photo every angle
:D
bit of an update

firstly, my car spank a leak, which involed in lots of steam and borrowing skids car to get to work ( thanks dude). Looking today ive found the issue, this little bung on the back of the engine.
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y98/djinuk/misc/IMG_2741.jpg

Also fitted my smoked fronts
and also fitted my bbs wheels to attend streetrace newbies meet, there back off now and tucked away until the good weather comes (we pray).
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y98/djinuk/misc/IMG_2734.jpg
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http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y98/djinuk/misc/IMG_2681-1.jpg
also the new ride height with the bbs wheels resulted in dave richards having to tow my car back off a hump of grass
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y98/djinuk/misc/IMG_2731-1.jpg

[Tony Walker]

looks brilliant, that rear camber must make it even more twitchy????

[Trevhib]

Bit too low for my tastes. Looks ace all the same :agree:

[djinuk]

ermm , i wouldnt say any more twitchy.. but certainly the level of grip moved, only summer wheels though.

[djinuk]

forked out for the rear lip that i love on my gfs mx5.. omg it was expensive.. worst still its only a snotty bit of fibreglass.. however ive recieved it.. if im honest im not really that pleased..

Its been painting like like a matt black paint.. they havnt even got the edges these are still white.. i mean on a splitter thats £120, you would expect to have at least the crappy edges painting.. with that point in mind im not entirely happy with it being matt black as it will just stain and look crap very quick... :( really not sure what to do, not happy with the quality in all honesty, but maybe im just picky.. problem is there isnt much choice as i cant find anybody else selling these.

guess ill just have to live with it :(

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[djinuk]

see martin your converted

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y98/djinuk/misc/IMG_2879.jpg

attacked the job of fitting the rear lip today, what a slag.. well its fully bolted up now.. not being a man to bodge and tigerseal lips on i opted for about 8 nuts and bolts, and a bead of black sealer..

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y98/djinuk/misc/IMG_2901.jpg
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well got my xxr 527 wheels , had these on back order a while in order to get this colour.

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y98/djinuk/misc/IMG_2928.jpghttp://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y98/djinuk/misc/IMG_2929.jpghttp://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y98/djinuk/misc/IMG_2930.jpghttp://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y98/djinuk/misc/IMG_2931.jpghttp://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y98/djinuk/misc/IMG_2932.jpghttp://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y98/djinuk/misc/IMG_2933.jpghttp://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y98/djinuk/misc/IMG_2934.jpghttp://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y98/djinuk/misc/IMG_2935.jpg

[Trevhib]

They are going to look gorgeous.

[djinuk]

They are going to look gorgeous.


cheers man, i hope so. I can get really good prices on these xxr' wheels, them ones in the set me back £380 delivered to my door, which for some pretty unique and cool wheels is a steal i genearlly think.

[Brigsy]

Looks superb on the bbs mate! The xxr rims look nice too :)

[djinuk]

just an update , gv lip fitted, 527's fitted, also got rsandy to come up as i was getting pissed off with the hardtop , wanted to check i wasnt doing anything silly as ive never had so much issue painting, , surely enough he also found it was lifting.

We put it down to a porous gelcoat over the fibreglass which didnt like heat very much and as such avoided heat as much as possible.

still need to give it a flat and polish as quite a lot of dust dropped in it but still.

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y98/djinuk/misc/IMG_3032.jpg
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[philr5t]

That is looking fit Damian always have had a soft spot for the mx5's :agree:

[Andyturbo!]

Looks awesome! Mate loving! Those wheels

[rs250nut]

Badass on the black wheels dude, re the din cup just dip it in to the paint you are mixing and then record the time it takes for all of the liquid to run through it, more thinners less time= flatter finish and possibly more hangers. Most paints have the info on the side of the can at how many seconds it should be mixed up at, I used to paint clear at around 13-14 seconds like pi$$:eek:

[Tony Walker]

Wheels are fantastic :agree:

[djinuk]

couple more pics from just attending a few random things, thought id hoar them out.
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y98/djinuk/misc/426831_380861668598832_191058780912456_1321344_196 6862330_n.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y98/djinuk/another/DSC07374.jpg

[Adam L]

The XXR wheels look really good for the price, never seen them on a 5 but they look awesome. Black on black always looks good, I recently had all my dished Enkei RPF1's done in Satin black again and it makes the car look hard.

[djinuk]

couple of pics i found from fast show,

http://i786.photobucket.com/albums/yy149/streetrace2/fastshow%202012%20part1/DSCN0377.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v155/hoodedreeper/Fast%20Show%202012/IMG_0049.jpg

[Tony Walker]

Looks fantastic :agree:

[dickiegtt]

Nice work deej:agree: you've certainly breathed a new lease of life into that mx5, it looks of the richter when i saw you in it the other day especially in this wether! Hope you get the roof sorted, what a bitch!

[djinuk]

been a while since i updated , so i just thought id have a pic hoar sesh to keep updated.

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y98/djinuk/another/IMG_3387.jpg
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mrs robbed the car
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[Coops]

schweet, looks shiny on the BBS and blummin evil on the XXR's :devil:

[djinuk]

wheels are getting an small update for next year

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y98/djinuk/another/IMG_3739_zps5d69a246.jpg