My little daily mx5. Very slammed, banded steels, knuckles ect ect

**kevinLee** · 04-08-2012 10:05

Bought it cheap with a smashed sump and knackered engine. All i have done to it is fitted bucket seat and steering wheel, my banded steels, new engine, hydro wand (needs plumbing in), laguna splitter and i wound on maximum camber and lowered the front down a touch more.

Got given this wing but havent had the courage too fit it. it looks gay as fuck but i quite like it

I recently made some knuckles for it but they need fitting, maybe fitted this afternoon

wand fitment

No idea how long ill keep it or how much ill do too it. my fourdoor is getting close too being ready and iam buying another rwd nissan soon and i still have my micra

**kevinLee** · 04-08-2012 10:09

when i fitted the new engine i raised it up by 10mm

now it heavily protected by the steering rack

buddy club civic coilies and some scrubbing

**kevinLee** · 04-08-2012 10:11

its got a
cone filter
4branch manifold
cusco 1.5way
buddy club front coilies
ebay rear coilies
decat pipe
bucket seat
hydro
knuckles
suede wheel

**blazingburger** · 04-08-2012 11:27

nice motor bro! where in the country are you?

**Sotiris Miata** · 04-08-2012 11:38

niice miata buddy!I love the steelies!

**charlieog1243** · 04-08-2012 17:23

good work dude i like the spoiler as well but i wouldnt be brave enough to rock it on the car lol

**Goddaz** · 04-08-2012 17:46

low spoiler looks boss.

**Laurence B** · 04-08-2012 19:04

Gotta love a low mx5

**Roadster1980** · 04-08-2012 19:12

Cant beat a mx5 on banded steels may go that route when I decide to change my wheels again lovely looking car btw

**ollieryan2005** · 04-08-2012 20:07

looks mint mate but please dont fit the spoiler lol

**Snorky Brother G** · 04-08-2012 20:11

be brave fit the spoiler

**mc_bob** · 04-08-2012 20:34

If you fit the wing, It has to be higher than the car, and over the back of the car, otherwise itll be a 100% fail. Fit it.

**spin-king** · 04-08-2012 20:39

Originally Posted by mc_bob

If you fit the wing, It has to be higher than the car, and over the back of the car, otherwise itll be a 100% fail. Fit it.

Like mine WIN lol

Loving this to be honest and i am not a mx fan

oh and looks like you tried to avoid the dog and hit the tree in your early pics lol (wife noticed and said to say lol)

**jimo746** · 04-08-2012 22:16

where'd you get the steelies from?

**kevinLee** · 05-08-2012 10:21

Originally Posted by blazingburger

nice motor bro! where in the country are you?

Thanks man, iam in exeter devon

Originally Posted by Sotiris Miata

niice miata buddy!I love the steelies!

Thanks dude

Originally Posted by charlieog1243

good work dude i like the spoiler as well but i wouldnt be brave enough to rock it on the car lol

Thanks man, i might get a spare boot lid and affix it to that

Originally Posted by Goddaz

low spoiler looks boss.

Originally Posted by Laurence B

Gotta love a low mx5

Yup this is the 3rd

Originally Posted by Roadster1980

Cant beat a mx5 on banded steels may go that route when I decide to change my wheels again lovely looking car btw

Thanks mate

Originally Posted by ollieryan2005

looks mint mate but please dont fit the spoiler lol

thanks mate

Originally Posted by Snorky Brother G

be brave fit the spoiler

May be soon

Originally Posted by mc_bob

If you fit the wing, It has to be higher than the car, and over the back of the car, otherwise itll be a 100% fail. Fit it.

I want it low though, i dont like high wings

Originally Posted by spin-king

Like mine WIN lol

Loving this to be honest and i am not a mx fan

oh and looks like you tried to avoid the dog and hit the tree in your early pics lol (wife noticed and said to say lol)

haha yeah it does look like the dogs been run down and the car is parked into a tree haha

thanks mate, iam quite pleased with it

Originally Posted by jimo746

where'd you get the steelies from?

They are vauxhall steels that have been widened by a lad on retro rides, he did them about 3 years ago, no idea if he is still about

**kevinLee** · 05-08-2012 10:27

both completed knuckles checked out in the jig

before knuckles

after knuckles

started too make some clearance but really need to remove the arms and do it properly

7mm rack spacers

2-3mm travel left to go

caliper hits shock body, thisll be a tougher problem to over come

and of course i have tested it

I want to get a few more days playing though before i start talking about my opinion of them

**kevinLee** · 05-08-2012 15:19

Cant decide whether to add a turbo to this car, i already have loads of parts. I have the astra ic, megasquirt ms2 v3 and wideband lambda as can be seen in the pics.

I also have 2 x subaru wrx td04l turbos. So i could use one of them. I would need help fitting and setting up the megasquirt and i would also need to make an exhaust manifold and down pipe.

I wasnt really that into skidding this cars, but since fitting the knuckles yesterday i have for some reason fallen in love with it

**kevinLee** · 19-10-2012 07:45

smeatharpe mx5 drift 3 on Vimeo

Mx5s are really retarded fun to skid

**kevinLee** · 19-10-2012 07:49

**kevinLee** · 15-12-2012 16:33

This car is no longer being used but i hope to have another one very soon.

as soon as i get one ill be making some more aggressive knuckles, i really really like the knuckles i have already made for this grey roadster and i cant help but think about trying to some more aggressive ones out.

I hated drifting the mx5 before the knuckles but as soon as i fitted them the car felt like it drifted much much better and iam guessing thats down to the trailing wheel scrubbing less and not slowing down the car

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