fwdtamiya Tries to Ruin Another NA

[WASABI]

And maybe I had too much fun in the rain, then damaged the elan bumper. Pics never.

"With a great bumper, comes great responsibility".

[—atank—]

I feel your pain..........>

[lowandrusty]

I feel your pain..........>

Sorry to thread jack, but wait! You own a BlueRay front clip!?!?! When did Jim make these for a Miata. At first glance I though that was BlueRay III.

[— fwdtamiya —]

Yup, fiberglass, should be easy for the body shop, whenever I get the whole car painted (distant future), and the wing and the tail lights and so on.
Wow Anthony! It's nothing like that thankfully, maybe a 2" x 6" area where it looks like I rubbed the bumper against some asphalt. Paint is gone in that area, but 90% of the fiberglass is there, no cracks. I feel much better now ^^; And I'm getting the windshield replaced next week, after the incident with the moth.

[—Martin—]

Gawd, I hope my car never looks like that Manta Ray!

[— fwdtamiya —]

Got the windsheild replaced today. But there's a blue gradient at the top, I'm too tall for gradients...is there a way to remove it? Slapped a sticker over my damaged front bumper (this made me feel better) and I went for a drive.

[— Phatmiata —]

Its a dumb built in tint, you cannot remove it as its inside the glass. I ran into the same thing when I got mine replaced, OEM had nothing, the aftermarket ones have that dumb tint at the top.

[— fwdtamiya —]

I was afraid of that.

[— fwdtamiya —]

If you guessed window regulator, you're right! Here's the old one, if you compare it to the new one, you can see a few parts aren't where they're supposed to be or may be missing, it hasn't worked since I bought the car, I've been using a piece of cardboard to prop the window up. I got a bit aggressive one day, while trying to fix the old one, that's why it's in such a terrible state.



EBay Replacement!


The swap was more simple that I thought it would be and the mystery of things going on behind that plastic sheet, it was a good experience. It works super fast now, probably as good as new (I don't know what that looks like )

[— fwdtamiya —]

Guess that part!

[— Phatmiata —]

I have no idea

[— Phatmiata —]

I hope you upgraded your window guides while you are in there?

http://mazdaroadster.net/showthread.php?8100

[— fwdtamiya —]

I didn't. I didn't even think about it until I was pulling the window out. Maybe that will be an Xmas gift for me, my driver side window has slowed down considerably. Actually that would be a good kinod Xmas party gift for me to get someone, thanks Phat.

[— fwdtamiya —]

So, I've been busy lately. With the car and with life, here are the car things:

Installed an undertray (car never had one), aligned the PPF to try and eliminate drivetrain rattles (it eliminated probably 20% of the noise).

Installed RoadsterTech window guides in a rain storm. Hat tip to Randy.
http://mazdaroadster.net/showthread....-Window-Guides

Cleaned my window switches too.


Installed my old shorty mudflaps, decided I didn't like them, took them off.


Got bday presents


Engine bay before:


Moss failed to mention anything in their instructions about this wire for the crash sensor. I decided to remove it since I'm not running any airbags anyway.


I'm kind of a stickler for efficiency, so when I saw that the Moss radiator panel was going to leave larger gaps underneath, I came up with my own solution. Start with a little duct tape on one side.


And then use all the duct tape.


Finished! (in sunlight the following day)


Broke my AFM. Replaced the AFM. Then I spent a few hours trying to make my car look like something out of Dubai.


I think my radiator and engine are much happier now with the undertray, radiator panel and gold tape. Yay

[Flyin 92]

I only needed to read the last page to know you achieved your goal of ruining another NA.

Well done, mate!!!