My Mazda MX5 S-Special Type II

[Patch888]

MC Bodge said:

Looks fantastic, great view, I hope to do something like this in my 5 one day, if I had one.

not sure why that happened. Must of used all three wishes.

[Kozy]

WRT to the heater hoses, were they leaking on the engine side at all?

Just had to do mine and replaced the CAS seal too, which was leaking oil onto the heater pipe causing it to soften and eventually split.

[House86]

Patch888 said:

Looks fantastic, great view, I hope to do something like this in my 5 one day.

Cheers

Will do a write up of my trip when I get a chance

[House86]

Kozy said:

WRT to the heater hoses, were they leaking on the engine side at all?

Just had to do mine and replaced the CAS seal too, which was leaking oil onto the heater pipe causing it to soften and eventually split.

Don't seem to have an oil leak but will have a check.

Thanks

[House86]

Done a quick write up of my Europe trip here http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...


and a couple pics from the Ring

[House86]

Had a great drive upto Mercedes Benz Sunday Service, great roof down weather today

Couple Pics of mine from today -







Managed to buy a pair of Sparco Sprint V's quite cheap, hopefully arriving Monday so I can get them fitted next week.

[militantmandy]

Great looking car and fine choice of mods! I'm thinking of decatting mine (1996 1.8iS). Friendly MOT station required do you think?

[House86]

militantmandy said:

Great looking car and fine choice of mods! I'm thinking decatting mine (1996 1.8iS). Friendly MOT station required do you think?

Thanks, I havnt had any problems with Mots so long as it passes the emissions should be ok, my silenced decat gives a nice sound

[Henry Fiddleton]

Get some JB Fabrication rails for your seats to save a headache!

Looking good

[House86]

Henry Fiddleton said:

Get some JB Fabrication rails for your seats to save a headache!

Looking good

Cheers,

am going to try them with the standard runners to see how they are, person I brought them off has included an adaptor for the holes on the passenger side and just need to drill two holes on the drivers side so should be ok fitting them, if I need them lower i'll order some of the JB side brackets.

[C.A.R.]

Have you considered some spacers for the wheels? They look very tucked-in on the pics from your trip to the 'Ring.

[House86]

C.A.R. said:

Have you considered some spacers for the wheels? They look very tucked-in on the pics from your trip to the 'Ring.

Yeah wheels could do with spacers to fill the arches out but not a high priority at the moment as have other bits I want to buy first other than spacers

[Henry Fiddleton]

Good luck with the seats.

I have been lining up my Sparco Sprint to my Mx5, bolt to the floor jobby.

The generic Sparco/Recaro etc adaptors are straight, and the MX5 has two lump of reinforced metal for the rear bolts.

Mx5nutz has lots of options.

Enjoy.

[House86]

Henry Fiddleton said:

Good luck with the seats.

I have been lining up my Sparco Sprint to my Mx5, bolt to the floor jobby.

The generic Sparco/Recaro etc adaptors are straight, and the MX5 has two lump of reinforced metal for the rear bolts.

Mx5nutz has lots of options.

Enjoy.

Cheers

Should be ok as using the original runners from the old seats so will bolt to the standard fixing points.

Seats arrived today but too dark to take any pics, probably won't get round to trying to fit them till Friday.

[House86]

Finished fitting the Sparco Sprint V in the drivers side today, pleased with how it looks although not sure weather to fit the passenger one too as dont think some of my friends will be able to fit in LOL





Then went for a drive to see what difference it has made, couple of pics






Feels alot better round the corners now I have more support and am not moving around so much

[Gilhooligan]

Looking good. Although my symmetry OCD would make me put the other bucket seat in. And that steering wheel needs binned for a nice momo one

[House86]

Gilhooligan said:

Looking good. Although my symmetry OCD would make me put the other bucket seat in. And that steering wheel needs binned for a nice momo one

Cheers

I'm the same with the seats would prefer to fit both as will look better, just have to find some thinner friends lol

Would love a Momo Prototipo, will get one eventually

[House86]

Decided to fit my other seat today as think they look better having a matching pair, gave the car a quick hoover and took some pics

[PaulinhoT]

This looks really good, I've had a few MX5's and they make great cars.

[House86]

PaulinhoT said:

This looks really good, I've had a few MX5's and they make great cars.

Yeah there really good cars, thanks