Indeed, tbh i still hop on a long board for a bit of cruising but the bones dont heal like they used to so my halfpipe days are well and truly over lol!!

Drove down to callington to see a mate today to fit a bucket seat although didn't really go to plan. Was pretty sure the seat would go on the rails easily but then it wouldn't and due to a lack of decent drill bits we had to concede. Also turns out my Mal fuse incident has killed the battery, will jump ok but doesnt seem to be holding any charge I'm still smiling over my purple wheels so i'm not that worried!

<3

 

Im only 15 minutes from Callington, with infinite drill bits

And plenty of steel to make brackets for runners.

Also I ride, more of downhiller but jump on my BMX from time to time.

 

ah sweet next time i'll give u a shout

 

Black and purple colour combo is very cool dude! I need to get rid of the front tow brackets myself!

 

Cheers griffo, i love them but think they could be a bit marmite maybe, although makes me like them even more lol!

So been a busy few days it seems, blew a fuse, killed a battery, fitted some wheels, failed at seat fitting, and found some lows. Today i had to replace the battery and really had to think about rolling the arches. Took the day off to get things sorted so popped n got a battery, fitted it there and fingers crossed is good as new... Guess i'll now find out if its a battery drain now, gulp! After the drive back home i really felt like i needed to do something to the arches as they were catching quite a lot. I rang a local garage and they couldn't fit me in till sat, so as i'm using the car as a daily ( ST is in the garage for brakes) a little late night trip to the Fastcar garage happened end i ended up giving this a go myself.

Popped it up on the ramps, and set about it. Had to persuade the edges with a hammer first but both sides seem to have escaped with minor paint loss. Gotta say i feel kinda good as it seems to have stopped 90% of the scrape and is now driveable in anger again. Was at that point where i'd lost a bit of faith so pleased i've sorted some bits. Gonna get a little bit of hammerite tomorrow and have another eve sesh with the roller to see if i can completely kill it but yeah so far so good

some more pics..

New sticker, gotta be worth at least 0.52 hp?

Any tips on the arch rolling would be greatly appreciated..

 

Good job, certainly a fan of the purple on black.

Is it you arch roller?

 

Cheers alex, one of them ones that i've seen purple wheels on other cars and it hasnt worked but think it does luckily in my case!

Not my arch roller no, kinda lucky to have access to a couple workshops without needing to have my own gear i guess... Just wish my knowhow was a bit better

 

Im only 15 minutes from Callington, with infinite drill bits

And plenty of steel to make brackets for runners.

Also I ride, more of downhiller but jump on my BMX from time to time.

Wish we had known that at the weekend

which direction from callington are you 15 mintues? we will have to meet up some time

Cars looking good J!

 

Im in Tavistock myself, well just outside in a little village on the way to Gunnislake.

In this;

 

Oi alex, just so you know i would very much like those tsi's if u ever decide to get rid!!!

 

Oi alex, just so you know i would very much like those tsi's if u ever decide to get rid!!!

Thanks, I only got hold of them a little while back, so im keeping hold of them for now :yes: .

 

looks good man!

gotta love purples rims!

I get so much stick, its amazing haha

 

All good alex, just letting you know i'm watching them LOL!

@sam - Cheers dude, think we've pretty much got the same purple going on? At the end of the day doesnt matter what the next man thinks as long as you like it yourself!!

 

Im in Tavistock myself, well just outside in a little village on the way to Gunnislake.

In this;

Nice, So your calstock/bere alston way? im suprised i havent seen you about, you must be a stones throw from me! got loadsa mates from gunni area.

 

Im in Tavistock myself, well just outside in a little village on the way to Gunnislake.

In this;

Nice, So your calstock/bere alston way? im suprised i havent seen you about, you must be a stones throw from me! got loadsa mates from gunni area.

I'm in Lamerton myself, so still in Devon.

Its not my daily driver, only comes out on the weekend and the odd evening.

 

That road looks wicked in your sig dude!

 

That road looks wicked in your sig dude!

Thanks, its a crappy pic as its a screen shot from a video.

 

Big fan of those wheels mate, she's looking pretty fresh now!

 

A little tip for the arch rolling-heat up area with a heat gun first,it will be less likely to crack the paint,might make the metal a bit more pliable too!never done it but been told that from a couple of sources

 

Cheers Smobey amazing how a set of wheels can completely change a car!

And thanks deeman, all sorted now...

 

Indeed, tbh i still hop on a long board for a bit of cruising but the bones dont heal like they used to so my halfpipe days are well and truly over lol!!

Drove down to callington to see a mate today to fit a bucket seat although didn't really go to plan. Was pretty sure the seat would go on the rails easily but then it wouldn't and due to a lack of decent drill bits we had to concede. Also turns out my Mal fuse incident has killed the battery, will jump ok but doesnt seem to be holding any charge I'm still smiling over my purple wheels so i'm not that worried!

<3

in love with these wheels! the color is so nice as well

 

Cheers sjperks cant beat a bit of banded steelie action imo...

 

So after almost a year i'm back!!

Life can be a right fecker at times, and usually it likes to throw as much at you as you can handle. I wont go into too much detail as i'm not really one for X factor style sob stories, but heres a little summary to bring me back to speed with the mx...

I think i'd just bought and fitted some steelies last time i was here, then i had some surgery and my mum had some pretty serious issues which in all honesty kinda stopped my interest in anything other than living and making sure she was ok. The situation carried on into the beginning of this year with things slowly getting better. I then was lucky enough to go on a US tour for my music and spent a month or so traveling round various states meeting some amazing people and playing on some stupidly good sound systems. I came back and things had improved with my mum conciderably, so i returned home to see the sun shining on a very sad little mx5..

I wont lie, i had neglected the little blighter for a while, i had been out in it a couple times if it wasnt too horrible but it had been pretty dormant. Over winter i'd left it out during the horrid weather without proofing the roof which had turned the passenger footwell into a small pond. I'd also forgot to take the battery out which meant it had turned the colour of death, and although i had checked on the car a couple times i just couldnt muster the motivation to sort anything. This brings me up to last weekend..

Luckily for me i'm currently pretending to be a musician so am spending much more time at home, and find during down time i can fiddle with the car. So i began to sort some bits out for the mot like the horn, and relocating the smashed fog light ( call it a battle scar ) into the rear cluster. I did this simply by replacing one of the reverse bulbs with a multi LED buld from halfords and re-routing the wiring from the exisiting switch. I had also put my battery on charge a few days earlier and noticed that it had turned back to green so i plugged it all back in, turned the key and sure enough she started first time and sounded lovely. I couldn't believe it was being so good to me so i booked the mot for the next day, popped some injector cleaner in and waited patiently to take it out for a blast before mot to blow out some cobwebs...

All went to plan, the beast sailed through it's mot so i then set about sorting some other little niggles i'd noticed on the brief morning blast. I booked it in for some alignment which turned out to be a blessing, although now thats sorted the steering wheel points to the right and it pulls to the left so i'm gonna take it back on monday and ask wtf they've done lol?!?!

Toe was just a little bit out then??

As i say, theres now the wheel pointing in odd direction issue so i can't really comment if anythings better! I'll take it back on monday to Pro tyre and see if they can explain. In the meantime today i thought i'd re proof the roof, de water mark the body work and generally stitch up and duct tape so battle wounds I also took out the front lights in waiting for some tsi's. So here it is now...

Plans are really to enjoy it now for a bit while adding bits and bobs in the name of safety. Probably brake pads or possibly brake ugrade of some sort, and I've got a single loop bar from Vindi on order aswell just so the mrs feels better about me dissapearing late at night Theres also a buddy club bucket seat sat in a workshop waiting to be bolted directly to the floor, but we all know Rome wasn't built in a day...

It's good to have the bug back!

 

Been doing a little more tweaking while accumulating funds for drift days. Had planned to do a few serious things to it recently but thanks to having the mystic meg of accountants those plans will have to be put on hold for bit...

So some cheap and easy mods here we go...

Firstly, resprayed my wiper arms with some paint i had lying around.. Now look like new

Secondly, was getting fed up with the arm rests on the doors digging into my manly thighs. I looked around the house for anything i could possibly use for door pulls and stumbled across an old takata box from my honda days, and voila! I went and looked at some materials for the doors but after pricing it up i figured washers painted black were good enough to cover the holes.

Lastly i fitted my tow strap and gave it a wash to rid it of tree sap...

Going to be looking at getting a diff to weld up over the next couple weeks. Does anyone know if running a 1.6 diff has any advantages in a 1.8 car at all??

Hopefully have some more exciting things occuring soon!

x

 

Those door straps look a neat touch, good job.