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beatles4's Chrystal White Miata build
Well this is my official build thread for my car. Right now due to known miata primer problems i have paint falling off when i wash the car. However soon it will be repainted and look very nice.
http://gallery.me.com/xbeatles4x/100...13237162020001
Alright my dad got the car about at least six years ago and since day one i have been working on it. When we first got it it had mass amount of sand like the previous owner was smuggling south beach. So I had to replace the trunk carpet. I have been doing little things here and there until I turned 16. Then i started to buy the some bigger important things. Recently I took it to motion motorsport down behind lexus of west kendall. They are great people to work with. I had them check out my ac and get my soft top checked out due to leaks.
before the car was officially mine my dad and I installed the turn signal intake lights and we installed the radio in there a crude way. The car did not come with a radio to begin with and we had absolutely no idea on what we were doing. It was a mess. I did not do it right until a few months ago. For my 16th birth day I bought myself some upgrades for the car.
1. I purchased some floor mats. The ones that were in the car were weather tech that looked ugly.
2. I replaced the pedals with some better ones since the rubber ones were completely worn and almost off completely. Here is what I put in. Attachment 979
3. I replaced the visors with visor blanking plates.
4. I bought a very nice leather wrap for the steering wheel.
I had the clutch replaced about 3 years ago. I did some nice things to the interior to spruce it up.
The first real upgrade I did to my car was to buy a hardtop from someone local. I got one hell of a deal and liked it. Only problem is i want to drive with the roof down from time to time so i got him to throw in the cart for the hardtop.
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After that came the nicer 95 M bbs rims from etikoner.
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well i have some photos of what i did recently
http://i.imgur.com/T8rqF.jpg
this is what my car looked like with the wiring before i started. Nothing wrong just wanted to make the wiring correct. It was wired straight to the fuse box under the steering wheel and did not give me confidence.
http://i.imgur.com/vQO6F.jpg
this is the factory pigtail that was in the car. Apparently the car came wired from the factory for a radio, even though mine did not have one.
http://i.imgur.com/aCO8A.jpg
wires going to the speakers.
http://i.imgur.com/vtU6m.jpg
found out that i had to poke these out to get the speaker wire to go through.
http://i.imgur.com/PJeds.jpg
this is how the wire went to the door initially not really a pretty site.
http://i.imgur.com/uDeen.jpg
this is my attempt at soldering the aftermarket stereo harness to a harness i bought online for the factory pig tail.
http://i.imgur.com/wp1nF.jpg
there it is finally found the factory speaker wiring. It only took me a few years to find it. Boy would it have made life easier if i would have found it years back when i first installed the radio.
http://i.imgur.com/KV3rI.jpg
car being taken apart. Not a pretty sight.
http://i.imgur.com/aFTAY.jpg
made a quick break for some green tea. Can not get enough Arizona green tea.
http://i.imgur.com/84D0S.jpg
put the car back together.
http://i.imgur.com/xIt62.jpg
here is my awesome power antenna that i got from a forum member. Thanks by the way works great.
http://i.imgur.com/Y7pQ1.jpg
here is more photos of the car taken apart
http://i.imgur.com/CujnJ.jpg
last here is my nice leather steering wheel skin that i got. It is perforated and is really nice. I highly recommend it.