Hi everybody,
Thought I'd post up a few pics and a bit of a speel on what I've done to my car, its a 1993 S Special
I bought it about 2 year ago as I've wanted one for a very long time.......it was time to take the plunge!!
This is her in the condition I bought her, the body was not great, paint was flat in spots with a few patches of laquer peel and a few parking dents/scapes, the front passenger side wing had obviously gotten a whack at some stage too and was badly repaired, overspray everywhere, doubt the guy doing it masked of anything when he re-sprayed the wing! Important thing was it was rust free!! Result!
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First mod was an rspeed front lower lip spoiler, think it give the car a nice low mean look at the front
(I think they should have all had this from the factory)
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Then I fitted a set of Koni lowering springs mated to the factory Bilstein shocks, the ride is quite hard with this set-up and I shall be looking into an alternative set-up in the future. Painted the calipers red at the same time.
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Next up was the exhaust, original tail pipe sheared off on the drive home after I bought it! Went for a Mongoose ss exhaust with a s/s decat pipe, sounds quite nice, not too loud with this setup.
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Then I fitted some drilled and grooved disc as the old ones were shot!
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Fitted a slam panel cover I got from one of the lads on the MX5 Ireland club, it came in stainless but I painted it satin black to match in with the rocker cover which I then proceeded to rattle can satin black with red lettering.
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Internally I fitted the lockwood white dial kit, car came with a nice carbon Mazdaspeed gearknob, one of the few mods it had when I bought it. I also fitted some nice IL Motorsport aluminium pedals.
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Spared up and then got the car re-sprayed, guys did a nice job on her, at this time I fitted the classic car retro wing mirrors, Rennenmetal towing eye, lotus style badge and a set of 15" Cades Eros rims
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Hope you enjoyed readin.....many more jobs to do in the future.......
Thought I'd post up a few pics and a bit of a speel on what I've done to my car, its a 1993 S Special
I bought it about 2 year ago as I've wanted one for a very long time.......it was time to take the plunge!!
This is her in the condition I bought her, the body was not great, paint was flat in spots with a few patches of laquer peel and a few parking dents/scapes, the front passenger side wing had obviously gotten a whack at some stage too and was badly repaired, overspray everywhere, doubt the guy doing it masked of anything when he re-sprayed the wing! Important thing was it was rust free!! Result!
First mod was an rspeed front lower lip spoiler, think it give the car a nice low mean look at the front
(I think they should have all had this from the factory)
Then I fitted a set of Koni lowering springs mated to the factory Bilstein shocks, the ride is quite hard with this set-up and I shall be looking into an alternative set-up in the future. Painted the calipers red at the same time.
Next up was the exhaust, original tail pipe sheared off on the drive home after I bought it! Went for a Mongoose ss exhaust with a s/s decat pipe, sounds quite nice, not too loud with this setup.
Then I fitted some drilled and grooved disc as the old ones were shot!
Fitted a slam panel cover I got from one of the lads on the MX5 Ireland club, it came in stainless but I painted it satin black to match in with the rocker cover which I then proceeded to rattle can satin black with red lettering.
Internally I fitted the lockwood white dial kit, car came with a nice carbon Mazdaspeed gearknob, one of the few mods it had when I bought it. I also fitted some nice IL Motorsport aluminium pedals.
Spared up and then got the car re-sprayed, guys did a nice job on her, at this time I fitted the classic car retro wing mirrors, Rennenmetal towing eye, lotus style badge and a set of 15" Cades Eros rims
Hope you enjoyed readin.....many more jobs to do in the future.......
