YES, car went straight through the MOT, i did find a tiny more rot at the front chassis rails that i sorted just before the MOT, the mot guy found it hilarious that it was still warm when he had it on the ramp! i managed to not burn any interior bits which i think is a first for me!
other than drooling over the wheels
i've been rolling the rear arches out, scraping off underseal in preparation for waxoyling the chassis inside and out at the weekend.
i do however need some wheel advice as i'm not 100% these wheels will work
the wheels set me back £220, new in the box! they are 16" 8" wide offset is ET20, multifit 4x100 and 4x114 (i think).
I know the rears will probably need spacers to get the stance right, i'm worried that the offset may cause problems at the front, will they stick out further than the kit? if they need to be spaced to clear the suspension how much?
going to test fit a wheel (without tyre) this morning to try and establish if they'll be ok
has any one used this wheel size? if so what tyres to put on them?
ive seen mx5's with 16's running low profile tyres, i want a bigger tyre wall and will happilly suffer the speedo inaccuracy that may bring but i don't want to ruin the cars handling, which the 16's may have already compromised.
so many questions!
front wheels look like they have clearance for the spring, they do stick out a good 2" from the mx-5 wing, i guess i won't know for sure until i have the kit.
i've listed both original sets of wheels on ebay, they could be potential sold by the weekend. so i need to get these wheels sorted sooner - just to allow me to move the car about!
thanks
very helpful thread
Thanks for the update Chris
, the timing should work out nicely, i've still got some prep work to the donor to get on with til the kits ready.
you may have trouble getting hold of me on my mobile. My mobiles getting repaired at the moment (hence the lack of pictures in my posts) i'll pm you my landline no.
Ok, been busy over the last few days,
Arches have been rolled
Boot, wheels, roof, tonneau and a few other bits have been sold
Stripped interior, seats, carpet and soundproofing
thoroughly cleaned carpet.
Purchased another pair of seats, (hoping to make a presentable set cobbled together from these and the original seats)
Hopfully i'll have the kit shortly so the real work can commence!
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Been fairly busy for the last week or so,
I removed the leather from one of the surplus seats (passenger side) and replaced the leather on the best of the two drivers seats,
A little bit fiddly undoing all the metal upholstery fastners, well worth the effort, much easier and cheaper than trying to locate a V-spec tan seat with an undamaged drivers bolster!
On a slightly more important note, i also picked my Kit up at the weekend from Chris at tribute,
Had a few Hiccups with the transporter i hired, a 3.5l Vauxhaul luton Van Wouldn't hit 60mph and on the 3 1/2 hour journey home, it decided to snap the fan belt whilst at the dartford crossing!!!
Somehow i managed to get it home without a fan belt (and thus no power steering!) which was a lot of fun especially with the amount of mini roundabouts i had to navigate. and the van stalling everytime the revs dropped.
The wings and bumpers are all now removed and weve had a trial dry fit of the roll cage and kit, all seems in good order!
Been a whils since i updated my progress,
had a few days hard labour on the car,
i went for 215/55/R16 tyres (out of all the sizes available for 16x8 wheels these were the most available and reasonably priced)
as they say a picture paints a thousand words
As for the rear lights,
I didn't want replica 250 GTO lights / LR rear lights as i feel they make the kit look a bit more like a kit car.
I was going to go for some LED style hamburger lights, even after reading a lot of unfavourable comments, then i thought i'd settled on Mk 1 granada rear lights, then to my horror i noticed one of the forum members had already beat me to it!
then i found these bad boys!!!
bonus points if anyone can guess their origin!
the front lights are LR defender aftermarket DRL headlamps, I'm fitting stainless lampguards over them for the vintage race look
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the DRL's in the lower half look great against the headlamp cutouts, Not everyones cup of tea i know
Hopefully next week i will get some workshop space back and i can finish off the prep work,
If anyone knows of a good supplier of hubcentric spacers please let me know, looking at the rear arches i think i'll need at least 40mm each side to get the stance right, i've seen bolt on spacers in 50mm for over £150, i think thats a bit steep,
