Cleaned the Roadster and took some new pictures!

[FrancisMX5]

Pretty much finished now in terms of mods, as the car is looking and going just how I want it

Thought I'd celebrate by cleaning it up and taking a bunch of pictures...





















Cheers for looking!

[FrancisMX5]

Thanks a lot

[FrancisMX5]

It's functional mate it's a custom jobbie too. Don't like the look/shape of most of the off-the-shelf rollbars really.

I'm glad you guys like the styling etc.

Supercharging is going to happen somewhere down the line eventually, but for now I'm just enjoying where it's at currently I guess a reliable 200bhp would be a nice benchmark to aim for in the future though.

I must get a video at somepoint because the Mazdaspeed exhaust with the 4-2-1 and decat sounds pretty crazy.

[FrancisMX5]

Otter Smacker said:

As I can tell just by looking at the photo's it has had this done to it...

Mazda Speed Stainless Exhaust
4-2-1 Manifold
Decat
Lowered 35mm Eibachi Lowering Springs
15" Alloys with new toyo's
front OMP Strut Brace
Blitz Induction kit
FSE adjustable fuel regulator
new brake pads all round
Numberplate up-front has been replaced as a stick-on and reduced in size

I can also tell by the pics that this is a 1.6 MX5 with a possible tear in the rear screen, M.O.T due in march, 4 months tax left and obviously easy to the untrained eye, that the front badge is missing!

Christ... I must be some sort of genius

Hahaha

That's a little out of date now though!

[FrancisMX5]

Some new additions to the interior, exterior and engine bay. Looks better now!

[FrancisMX5]

That's ok, I'm sure the intakes won't be to everyones taste! They are purposeful though, the engine bay temps are higher with the lights down and this helps get a load more cold air circulating around the engine bay.

[FrancisMX5]

Conor D said:

Good, God! That is nice!

How low is it sitting, and how to you find it at that height?

Thanks very much

It's about 35-40mm lower than standard. It's not rediculous, I'm not going for the low look, the ride was just really a side effect of the suspension set-up and geo etc. but I think it looks a good height.

It's fine though really, I scrape the chassis brace on the rediculous large speed bumps, but nothing major. Exhaust, splitter, sideskirts etc. have plenty of clearance for every day driving about, just gotta go slowly and be careful.

The handling seems fantastic though, the wishbones sit about level.

It's nice to see people enjoy the car who don't normally like the look of them!

[FrancisMX5]

JFReturns said:

The engine bay must be hot, it is glowing red!

... Aren't you tempted to at least paint the bits you can reach? Otherwise, looks well though if it is the same car I've seen on Nutz or the OC, I prefered the steelies they were so cool!

Nah that's someone else, and his car is sprayed a matt RAF PRU Blue!

The inside of the boot's been done, door shuts have been done, inside the filler cap, absolutely everything besides the engine bay. I'm not really bothered though because you only see the red inside the engine bay and it kinda makes it stand out more anyway. Most of the prep work was done before it went into the bodyshop and removing everything in the engine bay for it to look even remotely good would have bumped the cost up a silly amount or taken far too long!

If anything, I'll do the inside of the engine bay black but it'll probably just stay red