My Mazda MX5 S-Special Type II

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Finally got round to fitting my Laguna splitter and also a new badge for the front, think it looks alot better now its got a lip on it






Not bad for a £1.20 Splitter lol

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Lee540 said:

Is picture deceiving? Looks like positive camber on both front wheels..

Think it's just the picture as havnt adjusted the camber.

Theres probably abit of negative camber now as its lowered quiet abit.

Could be wrong as not an expert on Camber lol

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carmadgaz said:

That car seems to be a million different shades of blue, every light change seems to alter it, never seen another one in that colour it's

Cheers

Think its one of the better colours available, but then I am biased

It's called Montego Blue, sometimes it looks almost green and then other times Blue depending on the light.

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Brought these seats today, vinyl but they look like leather, think they will look a lot better than the current clothes ones in there now.

Pick them up Wednesday so hopefully get them fitted this week too

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Seats now fitted, fitted one the weekend but couldnt remove one of the bolt on the other so had to get a impact gun on it today. There a lot more comfortable than the old seats and look better too

Before -



Old vs New -



And all fitted -



Just need to order a new matching gaiter now and also thinking of getting a matching cowl cover.

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Some pics of my car from a MX5 Breakfast meet this morning

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Went for a drive round Pulborough area today, some pics








Also received my new Gaitor and handbrake cover today so will stick some pics up once i've fitted them

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Fitted my new Gaitor and handbrake cover I got from Top Gaitors, big improvement over the old one and stitching now matches the seats

Old -



New -

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Havnt really done much to the car recently but did fit a chrome heater panel today, goes nicely with the chrome heater vents




Also ordered a new Silenced decat while MX5Parts had them on offer, hopefully it will make my exhaust less raspy but we'll see how much difference it makes over my current unsilenced one

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Gilhooligan said:

You have inspired me to get a laguna splitter. But how did you get it so cheap?!

Cheers

Bloke had spelt Laguna wrong so I was the only bid Does need cutting down quiet abit to fit tho but looks a lot better than not having a splitter.

Tim

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Fitted my Silenced decat today




Exhaust sounds a lot better now, a lot less raspy and a sportier sound

Made a sound comparison vid of the different cats fitted, although the Silenced one doesnt sound as good in the video for some reason, but does sound better in the car

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2ULjCsgHxs

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Brought a GoPro HD Hero 2 to use in the car, made a quick vid today testing it

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pY69USV0bmg

Quiet happy with the performance but the sounds pretty crap so have ordered an Audio Technica external mic for it that should hopefully solve the wind noise.

Should get the new mic next week so will make another vid to see how it compares

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Raised the rear suspension a bit as was getting bored with it scraping over large speedbumps, then took it for a drive as the weather was too good not to, couple of pics

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akaRob said:

Looks lovely.

Is that the mx5parts front grill?

Thanks

Yes it's the mx5parts black grille. If your looking for one probably worth signing up for their newsletter as they have them on offer every now and then if you havnt already

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danjama said:

Lovely car, and good reading about the progress with it.

Think i fancy one of these after my MR2

Thanks

would definately recommend getting one as dont think there is a car you can have as much fun in for very little money, prices are so cheap for them at the moment.

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Flat_Steve said:

By the way OP, the right-hand corner of your new splitter looks a bit out in those pics?

Thanks, it is one of the nicest colours available

Splitters not perfect but had to cut it down quiet alot as was made for a renault laguna. corner of the bumper curves in so tried to follow that line, slightly better picture of it here, not bad considering I only brought it for £1.20

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Had a great day at the Goodwood SS service this morning, roof down with the sun out and some awesome cars.

Couple of pics I got of mine





More of my pictures can be found here http://www.flickr.com/photos/tim0854/sets/72157632...


Once got home gave the car a wash and fitted a new heatshield for the Induction kit, probably wont make much difference but thought id see, might get some ducting to increase the airflow next.

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Good start to the New Year, sun was out for once so went for a drive

Quick vid of it through Cuilfail Tunnel

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exphMQQfFk4

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Havnt done much to the car recently but ordered some new Uniroyal Rainsport 2's from Camskill to replace the crap Pirelli P6000's I had on the car.

Hopefully make a big difference to how it handles in the wet, going to Wales end of Feb so sure i'll be able to test them out there

Look good for only £33