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#2052
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I started looking around for valve stems for the enkei's.
Are valve stem sizes universal?
Silver anodized aluminum valve
I want to pick these up, pretty cheep and they're a plain silver.
Are valve stem sizes universal?
Silver anodized aluminum valve
I want to pick these up, pretty cheep and they're a plain silver.
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I started looking around for valve stems for the enkei's.
Are valve stem sizes universal?
Silver anodized aluminum valve
I want to pick these up, pretty cheep and they're a plain silver.
Are valve stem sizes universal?
Silver anodized aluminum valve
I want to pick these up, pretty cheep and they're a plain silver.
afik, at the dealership we only used to stock two different ones, long and short. so you should make sure you get the right length
#2060
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I'm communicating with a seller to get some BBS Vert rims for my TII front subframe swap, and rear TII brake swap in the next month. Hopefully Sam at Re-Speed still has a set laying around for me and can ship them out..
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Just rebuilt and installed both front calipers.
Also found out my fan clutch was totally dry inside; filled it with some light silicon lube to rinse it out... Will be hitting up a hobby shop for some proper silicon oil sometime this week.
I miss summer.
Also found out my fan clutch was totally dry inside; filled it with some light silicon lube to rinse it out... Will be hitting up a hobby shop for some proper silicon oil sometime this week.
I miss summer.
#2063
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[QUOTE=Redliner223;11352068I also need to find a way to buy the new retro enkei center caps, they look sooo cool.[/QUOTE]
sad news.... for me at least, the new retro center caps have a different diameter hole than the wheels I currently have. So I can buy them but it's a waste of money. So, I'm going to restore the original center caps.
Now, I have a super crazy idea. When I bought the wheels they had a blank chrome center cap that originally according to the previous owner of the wheels had a cheap decal that had the Mazda logo on it. The stickers peeled off years ago and he had couldn't recall if it was The Mazda logo or "Mazda" written out.
Since this is a restomod I would like this part to be a throwback to the original style.
I found this guy making center cap decals on the Miata forum. This is his catalog.
http://www.r2-limited.com/blog/wp-co...ge_catalog.pdf
What do you guys think of Type 2 in black???
I would really like your opinion on this one guys.
sad news.... for me at least, the new retro center caps have a different diameter hole than the wheels I currently have. So I can buy them but it's a waste of money. So, I'm going to restore the original center caps.
Now, I have a super crazy idea. When I bought the wheels they had a blank chrome center cap that originally according to the previous owner of the wheels had a cheap decal that had the Mazda logo on it. The stickers peeled off years ago and he had couldn't recall if it was The Mazda logo or "Mazda" written out.
Since this is a restomod I would like this part to be a throwback to the original style.
I found this guy making center cap decals on the Miata forum. This is his catalog.
http://www.r2-limited.com/blog/wp-co...ge_catalog.pdf
What do you guys think of Type 2 in black???
I would really like your opinion on this one guys.
#2065
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sad news.... for me at least, the new retro center caps have a different diameter hole than the wheels I currently have. So I can buy them but it's a waste of money. So, I'm going to restore the original center caps.
Now, I have a super crazy idea. When I bought the wheels they had a blank chrome center cap that originally according to the previous owner of the wheels had a cheap decal that had the Mazda logo on it. The stickers peeled off years ago and he had couldn't recall if it was The Mazda logo or "Mazda" written out.
Since this is a restomod I would like this part to be a throwback to the original style.
I found this guy making center cap decals on the Miata forum. This is his catalog.
http://www.r2-limited.com/blog/wp-co...ge_catalog.pdf
What do you guys think of Type 2 in black???
I would really like your opinion on this one guys.
Now, I have a super crazy idea. When I bought the wheels they had a blank chrome center cap that originally according to the previous owner of the wheels had a cheap decal that had the Mazda logo on it. The stickers peeled off years ago and he had couldn't recall if it was The Mazda logo or "Mazda" written out.
Since this is a restomod I would like this part to be a throwback to the original style.
I found this guy making center cap decals on the Miata forum. This is his catalog.
http://www.r2-limited.com/blog/wp-co...ge_catalog.pdf
What do you guys think of Type 2 in black???
I would really like your opinion on this one guys.
heck why not a rotor in the center cap
#2066
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Drove the Beastie out to Buena Park to meet up with our own "7Aull", Stu Aull, who has been in town visiting from the great up beyond. Had a great time getting to know a truly fine gent.
On the way to the place, I heard this really horrid rattling start up from the rear of the car whenever I hit a rough patch of road. I thought at first that I'd maybe left the hatch unlatched, so I stopped to check it, but it was fine. Drove on, with the noise just eating at my mind. Just as 'my cars don't leak!', my car simply doesn't rattle. It's not allowed.
First assumption was that maybe the spare or the jack was loose, but a quick check of these items also turned up nothing.
Met with Stu, had a great time talking for a couple hours about all manner of things.
Same deal on the drive home. This noise was loud in the cabin, clearly coming from the rear, and sounded to be from above the midline of the car. All manner of possible scenarios ran through my head as I zoomzoomed the 30ish miles home.
I hit on the idea that the gas cap maybe had come undone & was banging around inside the well as I drove.
I was close to right; turned out to be the gas cap cover door. The little rubber snubbers had finally given up the ghost after all these years, and the door was bouncing against the key latch whenever the rear end got a shock from bad pavement.
Mystery solved; now I just have to find a suitable replacement.
On the way to the place, I heard this really horrid rattling start up from the rear of the car whenever I hit a rough patch of road. I thought at first that I'd maybe left the hatch unlatched, so I stopped to check it, but it was fine. Drove on, with the noise just eating at my mind. Just as 'my cars don't leak!', my car simply doesn't rattle. It's not allowed.
First assumption was that maybe the spare or the jack was loose, but a quick check of these items also turned up nothing.
Met with Stu, had a great time talking for a couple hours about all manner of things.
Same deal on the drive home. This noise was loud in the cabin, clearly coming from the rear, and sounded to be from above the midline of the car. All manner of possible scenarios ran through my head as I zoomzoomed the 30ish miles home.
I hit on the idea that the gas cap maybe had come undone & was banging around inside the well as I drove.
I was close to right; turned out to be the gas cap cover door. The little rubber snubbers had finally given up the ghost after all these years, and the door was bouncing against the key latch whenever the rear end got a shock from bad pavement.
Mystery solved; now I just have to find a suitable replacement.
#2067
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^Thank goodness it wasn't something more serious!
I will be trying to go out and take much of the blue part out car apart to make way for the 87 TII that will be replacing it on Sunday if all goes according to plan. It's just so dastardly cold out here..it's -6*F right now
I will be trying to go out and take much of the blue part out car apart to make way for the 87 TII that will be replacing it on Sunday if all goes according to plan. It's just so dastardly cold out here..it's -6*F right now
#2068
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Isn't that a bit cliche though?
I mean everyone with a rotary car has a rotor symbol somewhere on the car.
That and if it's a custom decal I have to pay a custom price according to the guy. Whatever that means.
I'm going to pull the trigger of Type 2.
I'll have the Modern Mazda instead of the vintage Mazda written on it.
I mean everyone with a rotary car has a rotor symbol somewhere on the car.
That and if it's a custom decal I have to pay a custom price according to the guy. Whatever that means.
I'm going to pull the trigger of Type 2.
I'll have the Modern Mazda instead of the vintage Mazda written on it.
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#2069
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Yeah, I hate scary noises while driving at night.
Apparently, the parts I need are 2 each, 8871-70-491 "Stopper, Filler Lid."
There's actually a chance these might still be available; according to a Russian website I saw (you gotta love the internet, man!) they were also used on the '93 MX-3's. If so, they probably pop up on a ton of other models thru the years.
We shall see!
Apparently, the parts I need are 2 each, 8871-70-491 "Stopper, Filler Lid."
There's actually a chance these might still be available; according to a Russian website I saw (you gotta love the internet, man!) they were also used on the '93 MX-3's. If so, they probably pop up on a ton of other models thru the years.
We shall see!
#2071
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No joy at Rock Auto or Black Dragon - - this kind of little ticky-tack trim stuff usually is either dealer-only or you sometimes can find a 'generic' mechanical part that does the same job.
#2072
I figure any on a parts car would likely be as old & dried out as mine, and the way they mount (cone-shaped tail pressed through a tiny hole in the body work) makes it look unlikely they'd come out intact, but good parts are good parts - - doesn't matter where they come from
For a one off (ok 2 off) I would just make a lump of black silicone about the size of the original and carve it to shape with an exacto knife. If you want it to actually look original you could make a mold and just fill it with black silicone rubber and let it cure. For mounting to the car you could embed a bolt in the blob of rubber and use a nut on the car or some variation of this or just glue it with a dab of silicone on the other side of the hole. The silicone rubber will probably still be there when the rest of the car is a pile of red dust with just the paint outline of what was a car rippling in the breeze.
But it is certainly easier to just buy them if you can.
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Yeah, I hate scary noises while driving at night.
Apparently, the parts I need are 2 each, 8871-70-491 "Stopper, Filler Lid."
There's actually a chance these might still be available; according to a Russian website I saw (you gotta love the internet, man!) they were also used on the '93 MX-3's. If so, they probably pop up on a ton of other models thru the years.
We shall see!
Apparently, the parts I need are 2 each, 8871-70-491 "Stopper, Filler Lid."
There's actually a chance these might still be available; according to a Russian website I saw (you gotta love the internet, man!) they were also used on the '93 MX-3's. If so, they probably pop up on a ton of other models thru the years.
We shall see!
its just a matter of looking it up for different cars until you find a number that works
lol, i just looked it up, 0187-70-491, tons of stock, $2.25 retail each, there are 4 under the cowl too