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    Rikaro's Woadster build

    Okay so I'm convinced to start a build thread of my car, and if you guys have been looking at some "post your white/NA" threads, you'll so my car posted on there. The car initially had bigger plans but because of different priorities, things have changed a little.

    My previous car before the red miata was a 92 Honda civic dx. It's the car that taught me many things, including wrenching and basic car knowledge.




    The car that I have now is a 95 miata with around 180kms on the clock. (110-120k for miles?) I'm the second owner, and the car has never been into any major accidents. We checked with a paint thickness meter and all panels are oem specs except for the driver's front fender. We worked out a reasonable price from the original owner. I have to thank Beck from clubroadster.net for coming along and making sure it's a sound purchase. Check out his build thread here: (http://clubroadster.net/vb_forum/showthread.php?t=46859)

    This would be the third miata in the family. First was a red 90 rust bucket that my brother owned. The second was a red 90 as well but that was later sold in pursue for the cleanest miata for myself.

    A picture of the car when the original owner sent me before I went to see it:


    Over the year, there are little things done here and there, but nothing major. The biggest mod was probably the flyinmiata frame rails and tein flex 7/6 coilovers. This car will be prepped for track but so far the setup is not proper. Then again I'm trying to enjoy driving and keeping it simple than building it to break records (my driving would probably not cut it either).

    Here is how the car looks like right now:


    I like how the car sits right now. The rear will probably drop a little bit more with the roll bar installed. I spent countless hours researching on Xida CS coilovers and was pretty firm on buying them until a set of used good condition Tein Flex popped up in the used section on buy and sell. I know they're a huge difference but these will do for now.

    Over the next few weeks I'll try to post more things on the build thread, as I'm usually busy with shooting weddings and cars. I'll try my best to keep this up to date!
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    tried plasti dip to see what the big deal is all about. painted my cluster cover so it won't be as reflective, and wow, these stuff scratches really easily. It's pretty much spray on rubber. Dust sticks on and really hard to come off. Oh well
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    This is very minor but i may as well post it up. My cluster was pretty scratched so I decided to polish it lol

    Before:


    After. The cuts are pretty deep so I did the best I could.
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    The cluster came out pretty good! It's crazy how something like that can get so dinged up.
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    Nice work! One of our more colorful mods (Yellow Yata) did up a nice DIY thread about polishing the instrument gauge plastic:

    http://mazdaroadster.net/showthread....lens-polishing

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    thanks Wasabi! wow I wasn't that hardcore haha. Just hand polish and it wasn't fun at all!
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    So the next thing I got are these gauge rings from Rspeed. Joe at Rspeed was great help replies quickly. He called me and I was very pleased with his service. Recommended for sure!

    2 versions, the chrome and the diamond tooled ones

    diamond tooled



    chrome



    these are the ones I end up going with. The diamond tooled ones look better in my car imo and so they're here to stay. I'm jealous of 1.6L owners with the better looking dash but i have to say these are pretty clean and definitely makes the car more classy.


    and an artsy shot of the steering wheel
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    update: went to pickup these yesterday. Bought them from cww180 on mazdaroadster.net

    I'm still deciding if I should keep these because they don't go well with my car.




    Second was this. I'm actually quite shocked of what I got from the mail.



    And this is what he posted on the for sale thread:


    I was not very pleased when I first looked at it. They're very beat up and not the exact ones he posted. I'm just waiting for cww180's reply now as he said he'll follow up for me.
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    so problem resolved with cww180. We settled it down and I end up keeping the set. He was very kind so I won't make a big deal out of it. May be I'll restore those badges. We'll see.
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    OH LAWD.


    Your interior is sweet.

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    Quote Originally Posted by adamvanxxx View Post
    OH LAWD.


    Your interior is sweet.
    thanks! It's pretty stock though
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    I definitely like the diamond tooled ones better. They just look like better quality than the chrome.
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    Just cleaned up the car today, and then it started raining

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    Long story short. I've decided to keep the badges, but because they're so beat up, I am going to refinish it to make it look more unique.

    so i got to work

    The oem paint is no good so I probably have to strip everything down and repaint it. I have something in mind already


    stripped till it's clean. Never seen a clear v-special badge haha


    another shot


    and I painted it white!


    The front. I think the oven cleaner was too strong for the plastic, so it made a few hairline cracks on it. Oh well


    it's going to look better hopefully lol
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    dude...more pics! love this car

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