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Old Jan 21, 2009 | 12:14 AM
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well deff inspired came out beautiful man
thanks man.

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Old Jan 23, 2009 | 12:42 AM
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Neat.
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Old Feb 15, 2009 | 10:32 AM
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cool build
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Old Feb 22, 2009 | 07:41 PM
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Not bad cant wait to see it again May 2nd!
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Old Feb 22, 2009 | 10:22 PM
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u better bring it to rotor fest!
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Old Feb 25, 2009 | 11:01 PM
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Thanks for the compliments aerosmith and touturborx7.

Occ may 2nd....yup will definately be there, lonecorp. That was good times last year.

Yeah franco, i will be there. That is one of my regrets from last year. Shoulda went.

Still busy with school, so no updates yet on my se-t.

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Old Mar 23, 2009 | 01:42 PM
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very nice project.. im in the same phase as u.... just bought the rears too... just need the hood then on the paint... oh yeah, need to cut my rear quarte panel too huh?...
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Old Mar 23, 2009 | 02:03 PM
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Yup. Cut them alot, recrease them to form new seam, reweld them then por15 the jesusballs out of them.

Not as bad as it sounds. I had to walk up to the car and put a foot or so long cut with the sawzall to commit myself. The rest kinda falls in place.

You will be fine.

thanks for the compliment.

start a thread and post pictures in it. Or pm me them.

john ny
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Old Mar 25, 2009 | 05:29 AM
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looks good!
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Old Apr 7, 2009 | 07:46 PM
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I think the FD lights should have gone up to the FTP hole, well otherwise you have put some very impressive work into it..
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Old Apr 7, 2009 | 10:44 PM
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Thanks.

I am starting to see what you guys mean about the fd "light height".

They just looked cross eyed when i was in my mocking phase. Also, the lights looked like they would shine at a 70 degree angle, ultimately blinding helicoptors.

my unemploydedness prompted me to cut the widebody, weld bolts to the wing and drill holes in the decklid area. Wing is on.

I will post pictures tomorrow.

Ghettobooth materials almost fully aquired.

Gonna paint this bitch soon.

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Old Apr 8, 2009 | 10:30 PM
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U P D A T E S........ sort of. wing is fit, still need suspension though (last picture proves it).

Tell me what you think. Dont pull any punches....but just explain why.



I sanded the paint off of the edge where the wing and widebody meet, so the transition looks a little more harsh than it actually is. It should look a lot better when its all the same color.....hopefully.







Any body have any tokico hp?



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Old Apr 8, 2009 | 11:29 PM
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mother of Jesus u need some suspension bad! i will refuse to park next to you on the occ meet if its still 4x4 like that.
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Old Apr 8, 2009 | 11:52 PM
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hey man its coming along pretty good. Once its lowered, the difference will be night and day.
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Old Apr 8, 2009 | 11:58 PM
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Whats with that license plate?
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Old Apr 9, 2009 | 12:10 AM
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Originally Posted by francogt1
mother of Jesus u need some suspension bad! i will refuse to park next to you on the occ meet if its still 4x4 like that.
Hahaha you wont have a choice or i will put her in 4wd and run your car over. WOOOO Doggies!!!!


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hey man its coming along pretty good. Once its lowered, the difference will be night and day..
I hope so. Thanks

Does anyone know where i can find a reasonably priced pair of work emitz for the rear? (when i start working at the new job i have know idea what it is yet)

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whats with the license plate?
Plate is for the miata at shows. Beats photoshopping plate out after taking pictures. I just kinda balance it on there.

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Old Apr 9, 2009 | 01:02 AM
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geez man its gonna look gangster lowrider with the emitz!
(for those who dont know, these are emitz http://www.wheelsdatabase.com/upload...s/emitz_84.jpg

should be cool tho, they seem like super rare wheels though.. seems like they would be great to depict what a japanese lowrider might look like. hahah
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Old Apr 9, 2009 | 04:36 PM
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When I was younger I had an integra, the first thing to get it lower was to get 50-series tires on 14" rims, then I got ebay coils and lowered the car another 3-4 inches, **** was baller low, rims were crappy tho lol.
BUT!!
Pulling out of a parking lot my transmission touched asphalt and the speedo sensor was found hanging against the header lol.
The moral??

You have a nice *** car man, your build has honestly helped me learn more about my car. You don't have to go hella low, just ride homie.
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Old Apr 9, 2009 | 07:26 PM
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mxmastr: thanks, man.... i appreciate the compliment. Not going super low though, i want to still be able to drive it (tokico hp's with rb springs (or something else that drops the car about an inch or so.


Now i definately NEED suspension. We just put this tokico hp setup in a buddy o mine's ae86 today.

Thing sits propers now.








LOL "80's..........80's garage"

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Old Apr 9, 2009 | 11:20 PM
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Old Apr 10, 2009 | 01:36 PM
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Got my front fender 20mm and rear 30mm from race on usa too, came there and picked it up myself... Uhhh i wanna get the d1 hood so bad... imma post pics! if u dont mind... lol!
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Old Apr 10, 2009 | 01:52 PM
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Originally Posted by dawicka2
Tell me what you think. Dont pull any punches....but just explain why.

John ny



If this were my car I would try to do something aobut these gaps. Maybe mold them, if not deffinately sand down the glass so that they sit more flush...


Looking good though...
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Old Apr 10, 2009 | 03:02 PM
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^^^^^^Huge fan of the elise. Good advice, i agree fully regarding the lines that the huge red arrows point too . My issue is that i set the car up for daily driving. I think the only thing worse than the existing lines is a price chopper cart or ******* leaning against my car stress cracking it while i am inside, after putting tons of time into molding the wing. Then if i mold the wing the widebody kit will have to be molded and the body kit. The car will then become undrivable and i will have 2 undrivable vehicles. The miata is my trophy winning show car. This is a driver. I cant lose sight of that.

I do see what you are saying though and agree with the necessity to clean it up. I plan on taking your advice when i am prepping for paint to get an even contour. Once i have 3m holding everything tight on the body, and have 1 color back there (dealing with 4 whites) , i think things should be a lot neater.

I will call my buddy about the glass roof later.







Originally Posted by atticus_jay
Got my front fender 20mm and rear 30mm from race on usa too, came there and picked it up myself... Uhhh i wanna get the d1 hood so bad... imma post pics! if u dont mind... lol!
Your best bet is start a build thread. So people can post and help you out. This thing has been pretty helpful for me.



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Old Apr 10, 2009 | 03:43 PM
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wow coming along ! Just needs to be lowered and it will be really nice!
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Old Apr 16, 2009 | 02:41 PM
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^^^^^Thanks a lot DKWASHEREXD. Suspension will definately come after paint.

I have had quite a few pms about the miata, and decided to post some pics with the rx7 i took today.

These are the last pictures of the "cracker ***" rx7.

I will post shots of prep and color next (unless i wreck it then those will be next).

My jobless *** has no excuse to not paint this bitch.

Enjoy......











The rx7 is a small car compared to my friends supras, mustangs and classics......but its funny how big the miata makes it look


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