Kirin the '93LE Roadster

[NCGreasemonkey]

That valve cover will not fit a V-8 Roadster! Will your new neighbor approve?

[turboedpickup]

I look at this thread and am like...DAMN I wouldn't even pick up an LE now...because it would end up dreaming of looking like yours...and when it does - it would simply be a copy.

Bravo man...bravo.

I'll stay over here and continue working on my NB1 Always looking out for an infamous and clean Montego Blue NA.

[— Phatmiata —]

Time for a LONG overdue update...............


Because Miatapalooza took up ALL my free time recently, and so Ive been neglecting this thread.

Here is some upgrades I got done just before Miatapalooza.

Transporting the Harddog Rollbar in the Mazdaspeed3 to get installed in Kirin the Miata

Untitled by Randy George, on Flickr

Sat the bar in for a test fit and realized I have to do some more cutting on the back shelf

93 LE miata by Randy George, on Flickr

pulled out the instructions to see where I need to trim

93 LE miata by Randy George, on Flickr

it is only minor cutting to fit the rollbar in the back shelf area

93 LE miata by Randy George, on Flickr

Removing the seat belt tower sections

93 LE miata by Randy George, on Flickr

Lining up the lower section of the seat belt tower and the rollbar, perfect fit, going smooth almost too easy, props to Jeff the Ninja for helping me out, all my tools are in storage so I drove to his shop to use his air tools.

93 LE miata by Randy George, on Flickr

......... here it is sitting the Miata, I left the padding on the bar so that if we ran into problems and need to remove it, I dont scratch it.

93 LE miata by Randy George, on Flickr

First bump in the road was the seat belt tower bolts would not line up, aaaahhhhhhggg

93 LE miata by Randy George, on Flickr

Had to grind out the hole a bit more to one side to get it to line up, which sucked because we had been working on the car for several hours and then we hit this snag

93 LE miata by Randy George, on Flickr

Getting it in was not fun because I have ABS lines that are in the way, but its in now

so its unplugged and moved until I can reinstall it

93 LE miata by Randy George, on Flickr

under the car now and putting the nuts on the underside of the Miata

93 LE miata by Randy George, on Flickr

here is the other side of the Miata, you can see I had to use a 3/4" hole saw to cut open a new hole just forward of the bar plates to put the ABS Brake line through

93 LE miata by Randy George, on Flickr

93 LE miata by Randy George, on Flickrc

put the car back in the garage, was going to install the RS*R Exhaust but just too darn tired, so saved that for another day, this was taken before I retapped the seatbelt tower bolt holes, hence why they are not bolted up.

93 LE miata by Randy George, on Flickr

[— Phatmiata —]

Also Got the infamous RS*R Ex Mag GT-II catback Exhaust installed

Untitled by Randy George, on Flickr

My buddy "Mazda Mike" flew in for Miatapalooza all the way from Alaska, now thats some Mazda devotion hahahah. Mike was nice enough to help me install the RS*R Exhaust and help me relax a bit, I was pretty stressed out prior to Miatapalooza. Mike a super cool dude, some of you guys probably got a challenge coin from him at Miatapalooza or at the TBM Pre-Palooza meet at Ricks on the River.

93 LE miata by Randy George, on Flickr

[— Phatmiata —]

and I removed the Nakamae Seats and got some New-To-Me seats (ooooh the horror!!) hhahhaa

93 LE miata by Randy George, on Flickr

Here a shot of the Nakamae vs the Lotus seats recovered in Nakamae sexiness from Chase's Miata, matches my centerless console perfectly

93 LE miata by Randy George, on Flickr

Here now with BOTH Lotus seats installed

93 LE miata by Randy George, on Flickr

one more angle

93 LE miata by Randy George, on Flickr

[— Phatmiata —]

Miatapalooza...... If you build it, they will come........

Also got to meet my longtime internet buddies Adam from Revlimiter.net and Mazda Mike (from Alaska Miata Club) during Miatapalooza

93 LE miata by Randy George, on Flickr

[— Phatmiata —]

Roadster Life


93 LE miata by Randy George, on Flickr

[— Phatmiata —]

Took a ride in the Yata with my son

93 LE miata by Randy George, on Flickr

My son says; "Dad the Mazdaspeed3 is fast but your miata is way cooler, can you pick me up from school in this please"

93 LE miata by Randy George, on Flickr

With some cool new upgrades Kirin the Miata was ready for Booth duty at Miatapalooza

93 LE miata by Randy George, on Flickr

[— Phatmiata —]

Miatapalooza was INSANE .................

Lost track of the Miata count after we reached 650+

Miatapalooza by Randy George, on Flickr


Check out the video Exomotive shot (drone footage) of the Miatapalooza event from http://www.Exomotive.com

[— Phatmiata —]

Tristan (from Spain), AgentOrange (from South Florida), and photobomber Adam Revlimiter (based in New Mexico) at Miatapalooza.

PS I never got a photo with The Driver (from Colorado), or Eric or Danny (from Georgia)
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93 LE miata by Randy George, on Flickr

[— Phatmiata —]

also got to see my old Miata at Miatapalooza with the very cool new owner "Ray" who is taking great care of the car. This photo is from the Friday night Pre-Palooza meeting at Ricks on the River

Untitled by Randy George, on Flickr

[—tsingson—]

It looks like you stole my seats.

[—Martin—]

Are those Pandora's seats?

And I want those Nakamae SOOOO much!! But my butt probably wouldn't fit anyway.

[oldgrayleather]

Now THAT's how you make a come back for a build thread!!!

I can't imagine what Palooza took out of you, I hope you've managed to recuperate. Thanks yet again for putting on such an amazing event!

Funny to think I'd already seen all the updates in person but appreciate hearing more of the detail.

[Paul B]

Those lotus seats though!


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