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seany87

622 posts

169 months

Tuesday 21st January 2014
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RICHARD 666 said:
Hi thanks its basically black and mixed with silver tinter's and you make the colour how you like by mixing it up, and the roof done in black to give a bit of contrast
Thought that was my old Euphonic for a second! My reg was MM04 DNN

getawayturtle

3,560 posts

173 months

Tuesday 4th February 2014
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My first MX5, owned it for around 5 weeks now. 1995 Eunos 1.8 on 76k, solid underneath. Love it so far. Wasn't too sure how it would be coming from a more powerful Bmw 328i, but I'm glad I did it.





Rickyy

6,618 posts

218 months

Tuesday 4th February 2014
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Mine was taken today for bodywork! Full respray in metallic red, new rear arches, side reflectors smoothed off and front number plate removed, probably going to get a square one and put it off centre down low.

Can't wait!

SeeFive

8,280 posts

232 months

Monday 17th February 2014
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Picked this up for my step-daughter last week. Being mid-20s, the 1.8 Anniversary was a combination of a good spec level and reasonable for her to insure, and she liked the pearl white.

With only 11,000 miles on a 10 plate, it is essentially as new except for a few stone chips on the front end when you look closely (like when I was cleaning it). I am happy with it and she is ecstatic!


Darkdice

3,496 posts

189 months

Monday 17th February 2014
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SeeFive said:
Picked this up for my step-daughter last week. Being mid-20s, the 1.8 Anniversary was a combination of a good spec level and reasonable for her to insure, and she liked the pearl white.

With only 11,000 miles on a 10 plate, it is essentially as new except for a few stone chips on the front end when you look closely (like when I was cleaning it). I am happy with it and she is ecstatic!]
I bet she is!!

After a good polishing mine from yesterday.



Wheels next but can't decide on which at the mo

SeeFive

8,280 posts

232 months

Tuesday 18th February 2014
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Darkdice said:
I bet she is!!

After a good polishing mine from yesterday.



Wheels next but can't decide on which at the mo
That is looking very nice, it was a great day for cleaning.

I spent yesterday hand prepping her old StreetKa - my old polisher blew out early on. It didn't need a lot of work to be fair, but I managed to burn 4 hours on the bodywork and cleaning / re-proofing the soft top / polishing out minor scratches from the flexible rear window. Just got the leather interior to go (again not much to do but I am anal about getting things as right as possible, so it will take ages), a final mechanical check and we'll get it advertised and sold.



Then I washed the MX5. I don't know what dealers to to prep their cars, but there was absolutely no protection on the paint at all. Sure, it was clean enough, but totally bare - the water just clung to it on a rinse.

I quickly threw some crappy Halfrauds style wax polish at it to get something quick on it before it rained again and have a DAS-6 Pro / Megs / Chemical Guys kit arriving tomorrow to do a better job when we get a break in the rain. I will start on my Rav4 daily hack (got some cracking scratches to get out from Christmas Eve by driving though a fallen tree - no option, long story!), then have a crack at the Vette, then move on to my wife's Cooper S, and finally the MX5 which has some very (very) light swirls in it. It has the softest paint of the 4, and although DAs are safe, I want to understand the machine and polishes thoroughly before I try to take just an even couple of microns off that pearl white!

Roll on summer!

Bugger - I just spotted in that pic that I missed the mirrors on the StreetKa. smile

Darkdice

3,496 posts

189 months

Tuesday 18th February 2014
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Know that feeling. Mrs wants hers done now!

I used menzerna polishes with poorboys black hole glaze and exp sealant.

boggle

29 posts

121 months

Wednesday 26th February 2014
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My 1.6 Roadster. smile

boxerdog1

61 posts

121 months

Thursday 27th February 2014
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My 1991 Limited Edition number 'topless' for first time in 2014 !!


boxerdog1

61 posts

121 months

Thursday 27th February 2014
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Meant to say number 131/250 !!

Nearly

10 posts

128 months

Thursday 27th February 2014
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Picked this NA up 3/4 weeks ago

I was unsure at first but for the money its awesome even if the Mazdaspeed suspension is a bit harsh.

patmahe

5,744 posts

203 months

Thursday 6th March 2014
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Not the finest photo you'll ever see but the only one I have for the minute, I've recently agreed to buy this Eunos, sills are solid and mechanical bits seem good, bodywork and interior have seen better days, but it was cheap and its all fairly minor stuff which I can do whenever I find the time.

First 'classic' and first project car for me and the first fun car since I sold my Elise about 5 years ago. Really looking forward to getting stuck in. Collecting it on tomorrow smile will be nice to finally scratch that itch.

Darkdice

3,496 posts

189 months

Thursday 6th March 2014
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Just in time for spring! Looks a nice example.

After putting in quite some effort to get my looking right (see above) I popped out in it for the 1st time in a while, had to pick up from my chemists. Was in there no more than 2 mins and came back to this.



Tamping! They are really deep too!




Pank1980

7 posts

120 months

Tuesday 11th March 2014
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Hi all, this is my s-limited Had her around 8 months now

Dan

WolvesWill

150 posts

148 months

Thursday 20th March 2014
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My mk3 2.0 Sport...approx 180bhp.

Racing beat 4-1 manifold
Milltek exhaust with 200 cell sports cat welded in to front pipe
AEM intake
Ecutek remap from Autotronix
Meister R coilovers and corner weighting from Roddisons motorsport
Cobalt anti roll bars
Cosworth streetmaster brake pads, HEL braided lines, Stoptech discs
Beatrush master cylinder brace (not convinced this actually does much mind frown)
Rota Force wheels and AD08R tyres
Assorted other trinkets

threespires

4,289 posts

210 months

Thursday 20th March 2014
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WolvesWill said:


My mk3 2.0 Sport...approx 180bhp.

Racing beat 4-1 manifold
Milltek exhaust with 200 cell sports cat welded in to front pipe
AEM intake
Ecutek remap from Autotronix
Meister R coilovers and corner weighting from Roddisons motorsport
Cobalt anti roll bars
Cosworth streetmaster brake pads, HEL braided lines, Stoptech discs
Beatrush master cylinder brace (not convinced this actually does much mind frown)
Rota Force wheels and AD08R tyres
Assorted other trinkets
Very nice, I like that

watchnut

1,161 posts

128 months

Friday 21st March 2014
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My "5".....only been out once so far this year (it don't like getting wet!) hope it will be dry Sunday !

It has still only done 24k, I'm trying to keep it as un "modded" as poss, with only the addition of a grill on the front to protect the radiator.....but a decent speaker system would be nice as at speed the standard stereo is poor when the rag is down.

JETC

1 posts

119 months

Saturday 12th April 2014
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My little SE

Schmeeky

4,190 posts

216 months

Saturday 12th April 2014
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Looks great on those wheels!

Schmeeky

4,190 posts

216 months

Saturday 12th April 2014
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BTW, I totally forgot to say welcome to PistonHeads Jeff! wavey

Today's been a cracking day Oop North, so I've been for a good drive out. I then gave her a proper wash and a polish, and went out for a drive again, just to check that all the polishing hadn't broken anything! biggrin