What did you do to your NC today?

[psulja]

The NA and NB's have this thread, not sure why someone hasn't started one for NC's yet! I always loved these kinds of threads because it can give you ideas of what to do to your car after you see it done on someone else's car, or if you're a mod pioneer you can share your mods you did to show others. There's always something to do to your car, post up what you did to your NC today!

[Johnnie]

RPF1s Friday. Fat Cat bump stops Saturday.
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7208/6906288422_78fbfeb4b2_c.jpg

[psulja]

Your picture is broken (?)

[JonB]

Nice! What size rim and tire are you running?

[EMMI]

FUUUUUUU those RPF-1s look f'cking nice!

[DavinRS]

Ooo. That looks hawt in black. Might have to get a second pair for my NA to run that way.

[phinz]

I've installed a Smart Top, polished Voodoo knob, Weathertech mats, Mazda6 wiper switch and 18" Mazdaspeed by Rays wheels since I bought my car about 3 weeks ago.

[Grumpy]

Drove it..... to the grocery store. :( On the up side, I fit everything in, including the wife!

[Mexican_Guy]

clean off a couple shit from the roof fuck xD

pretty much' noting.. i ben working and cleaning all day :/

[phinz]

PlastiDipped the emblems over the weekend.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7264/7077297197_68c2111a4f_c.jpg

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7258/7077297547_296a68df6f_c.jpg

[Mexican_Guy]

somebody stole the license plate holder of my car.. wen? i got no F idea lol, dude w.t.f., is a na or nb, yea, happens all the time but in a nc? hahahahahahha

so, i think they do me a favor, since i wanna relocate the license plate, but since i got 3 horrible holes, i just cover up wit some black plugs i found at home depo lol, looks ok, only if you really pay attention

http://img715.imageshack.us/img715/7363/0426121320.jpg

ahhh watahell looks o.g. baby :slayer:

[Grumpy]

I'd rather run without. You didn't have a plate on the plate holder?

[Mexican_Guy]

yea, but they stole the whole thing, the base and some cheap auto zone black trim, i just found one screw, the license plate was at the bottom of the car, oh well, now i'm thinking,.. were to put it.. mmmmmm

[Mexican_Guy]

i just broad the garage star license plate bracket type 1... im gonna adapted to the nc fuck it :D

[Grumpy]

What I think I did: Wash, vacuum, Aerospace 303, glass cleaner.
According to my wife, I made love to the car.

[Johnnie]

Nice! What size rim and tire are you running?

17x9, 245/40

[JonB]

Today I flogged the crap out of my NC at Adams Motorsports Park over a 4 hour period. Private track days FTW.

[Mexican_Guy]

clean and clay and wax the car, and cover up because i will be working extra late time this week :S

oh well hey! nc forum its getting alive! keep it up!

[The Canuck]

Installed my new Cravenspeed Stubby Antenna. It looks great and reception seems to be as good as OEM.:8):

[blackchicken]

yea, but they stole the whole thing, the base and some cheap auto zone black trim, i just found one screw, the license plate was at the bottom of the car, oh well, now i'm thinking,.. were to put it.. mmmmmm

You need to move to a better neighbourhood amigo. ;)

Stuff I did to the BlackChicken lately? Let's see... rear diff fluid swap to full synthetic, full blackout on chrome exterior trim, had Canuck help me swap Piano Black trim to dash, and (just 5 minutes ago) powerslid my old NB around a corner on the way to McDonald's. :mrgreen:

[Mexican_Guy]

You need to move to a better neighbourhood amigo. ;)

Stuff I did to the BlackChicken lately? Let's see... rear diff fluid swap to full synthetic, full blackout on chrome exterior trim, had Canuck help me swap Piano Black trim to dash, and (just 5 minutes ago) powerslid my old NB around a corner on the way to McDonald's. :mrgreen:

well its a big apartment and cheap, 2 bedrooms big ass kitchen bath and nice living room whit garage full of shit and tools for 800 a month.. :D next to la brea and venice its a good area

[Grumpy]

Holy crappy. That is a good price for a place with a garage.
On topic: I ignored my car today. She'll probably punish me for it.

[Mexican_Guy]

back in the old days i just to put inside my na. and one truck outside, were is the nc, and because is full of shit, the nc is with a cover outside of the garage, and the day i got jack i dint put the cover xD!!

back to topic! now i ben thinking how in the hell i'm going to instal the garagestar license holder... :s

[blackchicken]

SilentBerserk - Looking forward to seeing the garagestar plate holder. Haven't seen an NC with it yet.

[Mexican_Guy]

me too!! i ben busy big time because i got two death lines, one, this Saturday, the second for next wednesday, and they call me yesterday for a small repair, so, maybe for friday next week it will be done :S

[Grumpy]

atually yesterday... test fit and picked up a spacesaver wheel for the car. It came from an S2k.

[blackchicken]

DIY oil change few days ago. Jack or put front on ramps, remove the metal stiffening bracket (5 bolts) ... some people call this the "access plate"... and it is straightforward from there.

[Grumpy]

Does removing that plate really make a difference? I just go in from behind the drivers side wheel. I get a bit of slop but its kind of inevitable with being on ramps or jackstands, and with the filter being right over that metal piece. I have eliminates the mess from draining with a fumoto valve. So am not that far from a completely mess free oil change.

[davidlee89]

Picked up my Hawk HP+ pads for front and rear.. Getting ready for SOW in July

[blackchicken]

Grumpy - try pulling the plate next time as I think you will like the greater access. It's 5 bolts so takes an extra minute plus you can clean the plate back to "new" when it's off the car. :)

[Grumpy]

blackchicken, thx, may try it.
Today, picked up oem brake pads for install tomorrow. First replacement pads in 53k miles. I'm not driving hard enough I guess!

[JonB]

I had about 30% pad life left when I replaced my pads before MRLS. That was with about 65k, lol.

[Mexican_Guy]

i need to instal the freaking license plate, i got pull over 2 times this week so far, i think the excuse of "i just got'it on the may but the dint ship me the screws" its no going to work for a long time xD

[Grumpy]

Front brake pads replaced. Didn't quite hit the squealers, but another canyon run or 2 and I would've. Rears are still good. I"ll probably have to replace them when it's time to do the fronts again, LOL

[Johnnie]

Swapped on my autocross tires. Forgot to check the brakes. D'oh!

[Grumpy]

That's ok, hopefully they lasted you the day! how'd it go?
Forgot to mention, My
front tires are just about at wear bars. I can't afford new tires now, just paid for brakes! crap. no canyon runs for me for a while! That might explain the slight understeer I had on our last run though!

[Johnnie]

Li'l Stinker kicked butt!

My co-driver was the fastest on street tires and 3rd fastest overall. I finished just outside the top ten at 12th overall, 5th in class.

[Mexican_Guy]

yesterday a friend call me to go to wingstop.. she ask me about why my car was so dirt.. then i realize i ben so busy that my lil car is abandon in the garage.. crap, today's plan wash wax and cove... *f'k*f'k*f'k*f'k*f'k im going to two jobs today NO WAIT! 3 jobs today.. fuuuuuuuuuuuu

[Grumpy]

Replaced rubber bushings on the rear bar with poly ones. I spent more time playing with the jack than I did with the actual removal and install. ( one of the hazards of having no garage, and no storage place for the assembled jack. LOL)

[Johnnie]

Grumpy, what sway bar setup do you have?

[Grumpy]

Yellow dot RX-8 front and rear, with the poly bushings in the back. I've got a bit of understeer, but am unsure how much is due to my front tires being at the wear bars. Once I get money and get new tires, I'll find out. If the understeer continues, I'll either press the rear bar and drill new holes (basically make the bar an adjustable one) or I may at some point get a red dot front rx8 bar that isn't as stiff, so it should introduce a bit of oversteer. I'd rather get the rear to step out a bit than the plowing I currently have.

[Johnnie]

I was able to unlock more grip out front (thus balancing out the understeer) by dialing in more negative camber. More grip= faster.

[Grumpy]

gotcha. I'm only running -1.2 in front and -1.5 in the back. It's a daily driver, no track or autocross, and I didn't want to worry about uneven wear. It's working so far in that regard, nice and even across the tread.

[Johnnie]

I run about .4 more neg camber in the front than rear. Works with the big bar.

[JonB]

Today, the guys at Project-G did this to my car :D
http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/470463_10151208647188677_1835566200_o.jpg

[Mexican_Guy]

O___O me likes!!!!!

but i don't have a hardtop :(

noob question, the hardtop of the nc1 fits the nc2?

[jerjozwik]

i looked out my window to see it if was there... le sigh.

[JonB]

Yeah, they're the same. But NA & NB tops won't fit an NC and vice versa.

[Grumpy]

Recieved custom centercap stickers from R2-limited. Now I need a rubber mallet to put these centercaps in.http://i793.photobucket.com/albums/yy213/askut/carstuff/IMAG0471.jpg

[Mexican_Guy]

http://mazdaroadster.net/showthread.php?3141-NC-i-relocate-the-lisence-plate&p=49064#post49064


this!!!! lol

[blackchicken]

Lol saw your post on m.net MexicanGuy. Final result of plate looks good to me!

(I do hope Garage* makes an NC version of the plate bracket some day though.)

[Grumpy]

NC area needs more love. Today I did 2 things. Cleaned my drains as shown here (http://mazdaroadster.net/showthread.php?3835-Drain-cleaning-on-an-NC-with-the-Drain-TSB-done) and finally got rid of the haze (mostly) on the headlights. the headlight polisher kit worked much better than expected. I am not a huge believer in many of the diy things like that, but in this case, the kit I got at Harbor Freight worked well.
Before:
http://i793.photobucket.com/albums/yy213/askut/carstuff/drains/IMAG0614.jpg

After:
http://i793.photobucket.com/albums/yy213/askut/carstuff/drains/IMAG0615.jpg

[jerjozwik]

did you remove the bumper at all to do this?

[Grumpy]

no but i should've. scuffed the paint a little. not badly, but it now needs to be fixed.

[Grumpy]

added a RAM mount for my phone. With my pt job requiring travel to stores in the new unfamilliar area, I am using the navigation a ton. Had 3 cheap mounts that all broke, so finally decided to get quality. With the ram mount being aluminum and rubber, it is highly unlikely that it will break. If I decide to change where I want to mount it, I can get a new mount point, and still be able to use most of the rest of what I have now.

[Mexican_Guy]

i wash and clay the living !@##$% out of the car, it was so dirty, take me 5 hours just to clay and wax, no windows, no interior.. just outside.. 5 @#$%$ hours!!! men i need a beer...

[JonB]

Today, I flogged her around very carefully at Big Willow.
http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/55942_10151453433238677_2035550580_o.jpg

[Grumpy]

Flog and carefully do not belong in the same sentence my friend. But wish I was still out there at times like these.

[Johnnie]

Li'l Stinker got a CG Lock. http://mazdaroadster.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=5368&d=1349726381

[JonB]

A Christmas present from my bosses here at Project-G. 1 of only 3 sets of Barchetta made NA taillights for the NC.

http://i1256.photobucket.com/albums/ii491/Jonathan_Bartolome/IMAG0694-1.jpg
http://i1256.photobucket.com/albums/ii491/Jonathan_Bartolome/IMG_20121228_183758.jpg
http://i1256.photobucket.com/albums/ii491/Jonathan_Bartolome/IMAG0700.jpg

[kung fu jesus]

Hawt!

[jerjozwik]

yah yah yah, we get it. sexy pants lights.
either make them start mass producing or get back to building my bikini top!

[JonB]

Why? You're not gonna be the first one to have that either! LOL

[jerjozwik]

did this a few weeks ago, but...
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8220/8360857993_9d3082cca8_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/godblessbotox/8360857993/)
IMG_1085_RAW (http://www.flickr.com/photos/godblessbotox/8360857993/) by jeremy! (http://www.flickr.com/people/godblessbotox/), on Flickr

[Mexican_Guy]

Clean the interior.. was dirty son :S

[jerjozwik]

...mine is still full of sand.

[Grumpy]

Removed plastic checking for cause of water behind/under drivers seat. Also pariallt installed cb radio

[Johnnie]

Removed plastic checking for cause of water behind/under drivers seat. Also pariallt installed cb radio
Get a trombone brush and clean out the top drains.

[Grumpy]

That wouldve worked except I had the tsb done so there is a blue filter that was put in. I have at this point checked and cleared the drains (there was nothing in there that was blocking it.)

[Johnnie]

I suspect my rain rail may be beginning to leak a little. I noticed moisture (not flooding) around the shock towers after I washed it one time

[Grumpy]

I think in that case the culprit may be a reported hole covered by tape. It's located under the chrome plates where the hardtop gets attached. I'm going to be checking the cowl under the windshield wipers reportedly there's a hole there too.

[Johnnie]

This happened: http://mazdaroadster.net/showthread.php?1971-The-Little-Car-AKA-Li-l-Stinker-or-the-Garage-West-MX-5-(NC-content)&p=77238&viewfull=1#post77238

[jerjozwik]

nice. id like to do this... but i want weight removed from the other side of the engine bay...

[Grumpy]

So yesterday was. Have fun with the car day. I checked and the 2 holes were uncovered, the one in the front was the most likely culprit. I taped those up and then moved onto the chrome windshield surround I mentioned in my build thread.
I did the windshield while the paint was drying on my slightly car related project. 4 coats of black, followed by a sticker and 4 coats of clear on an otterbox.
http://i793.photobucket.com/albums/yy213/askut/psst/20130502_162131-1.jpg