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    4,000 rpm - entering the fun zone Paul B's Avatar
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    Mailman made a delivery today. And what an epic delivery it was!

    Thanks to 73Bacon for working with me on price and damn echeck. And for the entertaining shipping update.

    He talked the box up like it was a huge deal. It was alright. Kinda disappointed about the box. The foam was cool.



    Not disappointed about the pieces inside. Never thought Id be replacing OEM door handles with pieces this nice.



    Ugh cant wait to get my car!

    Thanks again Mike!




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    Glad my advice was of use. It came out looking great. Looking forward to seeing it installed.

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    I may have a spare lid in not so good condition for you to hack up, but kinda far.

    Let me check something on Monday, and I'll get back to you.


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    Quote Originally Posted by JamieH View Post
    Glad my advice was of use. It came out looking great. Looking forward to seeing it installed.
    Thank you!! Car should be out soon.


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    Quote Originally Posted by RustRat View Post
    I may have a spare lid in not so good condition for you to hack up, but kinda far.

    Let me check something on Monday, and I'll get back to you.


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    Ok let me know! If its too far, im sure I can find another one somewhere lol


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    Wow, that shorty console is crazy. Nice work!

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    Quote Originally Posted by fwdtamiya View Post
    Wow, that shorty console is crazy. Nice work!
    Hey thanks! Had to make it as nice as possible because of the amazing switches that will go in it.


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    Are you going to make it down to Fla. and show that off in Revs booth?

    Hope to meet you fellow nut!
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    Quote Originally Posted by NCGreasemonkey View Post
    Are you going to make it down to Fla. and show that off in Revs booth?

    Hope to meet you fellow nut!
    OMG I wish. Seriously Id be so honored.

    I definitely wont be making the trip there. Vacation is scheduled for the end of April. and that's a long drive from buffalo.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Paul B View Post
    OMG I wish. Seriously Id be so honored.

    I definitely wont be making the trip there. Vacation is scheduled for the end of April. and that's a long drive from buffalo.
    Call in with a case of the Whooping-Gonna-Syphilla-Aides. You tell me what time you can be in Winston area,early Thurs. morning and we will ride down. I am shooting for a 1AM leave time.

    We want shorties displayed with Rev love.

    Peace fellow nut!
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    Quote Originally Posted by NCGreasemonkey View Post
    Call in with a case of the Whooping-Gonna-Syphilla-Aides. You tell me what time you can be in Winston area,early Thurs. morning and we will ride down. I am shooting for a 1AM leave time.

    We want shorties displayed with Rev love.

    Peace fellow nut!
    Hahah dude i wish. Its just not in the cards this year. Ill try for next year.

    Keep watching this "build"....got some sweet things coming up.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Paul B View Post
    Mailman made a delivery today. And what an epic delivery it was!

    Thanks to 73Bacon for working with me on price and damn echeck. And for the entertaining shipping update.

    He talked the box up like it was a huge deal. It was alright. Kinda disappointed about the box. The foam was cool.



    Not disappointed about the pieces inside. Never thought Id be replacing OEM door handles with pieces this nice.



    Ugh cant wait to get my car!

    Thanks again Mike!

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    Looks great Paul! Just curiously the door locks, are they replacement units or do they just go over the stock locks?

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    Quote Originally Posted by BRGNA8 View Post
    Looks great Paul! Just curiously the door locks, are they replacement units or do they just go over the stock locks?
    Thanks! I havent quite figured out how to install the locks or the handles yet (gonna email carbonmiata for some instructions) but the locks look to be full replacement pieces. By looking at them there is no way (imo) that these could just cover the stock piece.




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    Whelp, harnessed my inner Jesse and got some overnight parts from Japan.

    Another part Ive wanted for a loooong time. Since I first saw them I needed them.

    Rev9 M2-1002 style pedals







    They're beautiful. I might feel bad putting my feet on them.
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    Paul B's 90 NA "Build"

    Got the car out today!! Beautiful weather and a box full of parts. Great day to tinker with miata stuff.

    First up, the rev9 m2-1002 pedals. Excuse dirty floor/gross mats.
    Before:

    After:

    Then the MiataRoadster short shifter.
    The kit:

    Probably original everything.



    This is what the turret looked like...minus the delrin cup. I hadnt done maintenance on it since I had planned to do the shift kit. Doubt any maintenance was done the 24 years before I got the car. No wonder there was so much noice, whine and vibration. Added a bunch of fluid to it. Will check it again in a couple days.


    Installed.

    With carpet and shift knob.

    Holy shit. This thing is amazing. Looks incredible. Shifts even better. Stevie wonder could install it. Miataboner!!

    Next was window switches and my custom console.




    Love how this turned out. Wiring loom flattens and hides nicely under the GarageStar console delete carpet. Plenty of length. (Thanks for measuring / perfectly estimating Adam) Switches work great. Now to find a way to hold the console tight to trans tunnel. Maybe tomorrow. Right now it wants to lift up from wires and carpet; see my hand holding it down in the photo. Fits perfect then.

    The window switches are in a great spot. Not at all uncomfortable to reach.

    Tombstone came off and revlimiter HVAC plate went on with the trim ring.Amazing. Didnt think it would look as good as it does. (Am still biased to my old RS products AC plate that i regret getting rid of). Adam's pieces all work so well together. And work great with the GarageStar knobs and sliders. The look is complete. I love it.




    With the new switches and their location, it was time to do away with the Omgpham tombstone blockoff cap with window switches. I really enjoyed this piece. I think its the perfect tombstone cap offered. Such a neat idea and well executed. Well out came the pham switch plate and in went a piece of styrene plastic. I traced the omgpham piece and cut it out haggardly , drilled the holes, and painted it black. This is temporary as I have a switch-less omgpham plate on order.


    See installed photo above.

    Then came time to do Carbon Miata door handle set. Wanted to do passenger side first as an experiment to see how it all works. Sure glad I did. No instructions included. Email reply from CM said that once you see it it will make sense, you'll know what to do. No help or guidane. Ugh. Ok.

    Well things immediately didnt go well. The screws included that were meant for the lock buttons were too large. Thank god my father saves every nut and bolt ever. Really, forever. Luckily I found tiny screws in proper thread pitch to hold the lock buttons on. And they were torx. Tiny torx. Again, luckily my father had this tiny ass torx bit to fit. And spare screws in case. Problem averted.

    Mind you, I hadn't even started to install anything. Was just trying to inventory pieces and figure out how to install and where pieces went.

    The door panel came off. OEM Door handle came off after photos were taken. A clip holding the handle rod to the handle broke. Fuuuuuu

    Then to figure out how to swap the handle....well the OEM pivot points were rivets that would just spin upon drilling. Had to carefully vice grip them while drilling them in the drill press. Pain in the ass to remove but the new hardware went in smoothly. A few puzzle pieces later with trial and error and it was going back together.

    The broken clip was an issue I temporarily solved with a zip tie holding the handle rod up by connecting it to the lock button rod. Picked up new generic clips from autozone on the way home to ghetto rig it but Ill need OEM mazda clips for reassurance.

    Got it all figured out and tightened it all down. Test try. Somethings rubbing. Fuck. The bottom of the handle that holds the rod was rubbing the door skin. Ugh. A few washers later and issue solved. One behind each screw that holds it all in the door frame. A little bit of clear plastic trimming helped too.

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    After:


    Looks great. Feels great. Install was a bitch on passenger side.

    My DIY door panels decided to come unglued so no more door panel on that side for a while lol they need to be redone anyway when I install the LE Speaker panels.

    Didn't get to the driver's side handles as I ran out of time. Now that I know what Im doing and have proper screws, tools and know-how it should go pretty quick. Will also buy proper door lock rod clips from Mazda.

    Missed this car.


    Stoked on this interior stack.





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