My Mazda MX5 S-Special Type II

[House86]

Kozy said:

Fair enough. Considered the P5 stuff? I think that would be my pick personally.

No havnt seen there suspension only the frame rails they do, have to have a look what they do

[Kozy]

They'd get my money I think. They're proper dedicated MX5 nuts, so you know they've done a decent job on setting the stuff up specifically for the car. I know Gaz do alot of the race cars, so they must have some decent knowledge also, but P5 appear to be the better choice for road use.

[MC Bodge]

Great car. How are the Uniroyals? I think they are excellent tyres for UK roads.

Is there a lot of negative camber on the wheels? If so, is it detrimental? Hve you had the geometry checked/adjusted?

[House86]

MC Bodge said:

Great car. How are the Uniroyals? I think they are excellent tyres for UK roads.

Is there a lot of negative camber on the wheels? If so, is it detrimental? Hve you had the geometry checked/adjusted?

Thanks, Uniroyals are great performed great on my trip to Wales recently, would definately recommend them

Havnt put any Neg camber on the wheels but probably has changed due to it being lowered.

Geometry was last done when the suspension was fitted but want to get a Fast road setup done at some point this year

[House86]

Have brought a new Cobalt exhaust for the 5 to hopefully make it sound a bit quieter and sportier, hoping to get it fitted over the bank holiday weekend

[MC Bodge]

House86 said:

Have brought a new Cobalt exhaust for the 5 to hopefully make it sound a bit quieter and sportier, hoping to get it fitted over the bank holiday weekend

That looks like a nice exhaust, but I think I'd have been inclined to just add a silencer to the existing exhaust and spend the pennies on the chassis & geometry.

[House86]

MC Bodge said:

That looks like a nice exhaust, but I think I'd have been inclined to just add a silencer to the existing exhaust and spend the pennies on the chassis & geometry.

Exhaust needed changing really as backbox was going a bit rusty and had a small leak from it and the new one was is on offer from Moss at the moment

[MC Bodge]

House86 said:

Exhaust needed changing really as backbox was going a bit rusty and had a small leak from it and the new one was is on offer from Moss at the moment

Fair-do's.

Keep up the good work!

[House86]

Fitted my new Cobalt exhaust on Friday but havnt been able to drive it till today due to the tax starting on the 1st, some pics of it fitted -





and a quick vid

http://youtu.be/jg1N6Cx78uE

Sounds a lot quiter than the old system which is good but stills gives a sporty sound when the pedals pressed, finally have an exhaust im happy with

[House86]

Sun was out for a change so went for a drive, drove down to Beachy Head, a pic

[House86]

Couple of bits turned up today from Jass Performance, got a 2" gearstick extender and a Cup holder with window switch cover to replace the ashtray.

Probably get round to fitting them the weekend

[House86]

Fitted the cupholder and extender today, gearshift feels alot better with the 2" extender fitted and in a better postion

[House86]

Had a great day at the Pistonheads meet today at Mercedes Benz World, got a couple pics of my car






Rest of pics can be found here http://www.flickr.com/photos/tim0854/sets/72157633...

[House86]

Brought myself some Leather Door handles to replace the ugly big Plastic ones, been waiting for the fabric to arrive so I could retrim the doorcards to hide the old holes, finally arrived yesterday so managed to get them refitted today.

Old handle Vs new Leather ones


And how they look fitted, very pleased with how they've turned out

[House86]

Forgot I took a vid of how the new Cobalt exhaust sounds when I went for a drive the other day, here it is

http://youtu.be/s6fQhv16H8A

[House86]

Decided to remove the raised lettering on the rear lights to make them look a bit better.

Before -



and after, still need to go over them with some renovator to remove some marks but looking smoother now

[House86]

Thought I'd stick up a pic from the mx5Nutz Cowfold meet yesterday, good turnout and great weather

[House86]

Received an exciting parcel yesterday, some new MeisterR coilovers I brought in a group buy on Nutz



Hoping to get them fitted the weekend all going well, should improve the ride a lot over the TA Technix I've got

[House86]

Double post

[House86]

Managed to get the rears fitted today, hoping to get the fronts fitted sometime this week if I get time

Old Ta Technixs Vs shiny new MeisterR's, forgot to actually take any pics of them fitted lol