(First posted on MX5 nutz forum in January 2016) Jem and I planned a holiday around Cornwall for the beginning of October but had to postpone it until December. I took the opportunity to replace all the tyres with something a bit better than the ones it had, especially considering the few days in Cornwall, […]
(First posted on MX5 nutz forum in January 2016) The Evo was suffering a bit of excess engine movement so I started looking into the options on how to deal with it. I was trying to avoid replacing all the engine mounts and thought I’d try a torque damper. Then I learned that almost all […]
(First posted on MX5 nutz forum in January 2016) One of the headlights was cracked and I had these Wipac crystal clear jobs waiting to go on my Mini but that’s not going to be needing them anytime soon so I thought I’d just stick them on the Mazda to try and improve night driving […]
(First posted on MX5 nutz forum in January 2016) Time for some paint correction. The paint has quite a few little untidy areas which let the car down a bit on close inspection so I have done little bits here and there to try and improve it. The paint is a bit out of the […]
(First posted on MX5 nutz forum in January 2016) Winter time = need rear demist. So I made up a circuit with an old relay I had from some old project donor car and an LED rocker switch I had spare. quick circuit test switch fitted wiring and testing All done. Now I can see […]
(First posted on MX5 nutz forum in January 2016) Got some other bits done to help tidy up the look of the car. Passenger side window frame was looking a bit tatty and so were the wipers so I prepped and painted them black. Forgot to take some pics of them after though. Also […]
(First posted on MX5 nutz forum in December 2015) The wheels really needed a refurb. A previous owner had just gone over them with a spray can of black which I guess was a quick and cheap way to make them look a bit better. They clearly hadn’t been prep’d as the paint was starting […]
(First posted on MX5 nutz forum in October 2015) Next thing on the list was 4 wheel alignment. I like doing things myself if I can so I do it the old school way with string, well fishing line actually. Having slightly stretched tyres and a bit of poke on the wheels makes this much […]
(First posted on MX5 nutz forum in Oct 2015) Nothing majorly exciting but still worth keeping a record. It was due an MOT so I gave it a pre MOT check. I haven’t had a car fail an MOT in a very long time and I didn’t intend to let the mx5 spoil that! Found […]
(First posted on MX5 nutz forum in July 2015) Got myself all the oils for the gearbox, turret and diff. The cost of all the oils for the MX5 is a third of the cost of doing all the Evo oils! This Mazda gets more and more appealing. Turret first. Got a new boot […]