So I guess I can make a build thread for my other Miata as well... I got it on Semptember 6th 2008 from nearby car dealer. It was advertised as in top condition, strong engine etc... well the reality was quite different, but I found that out later. And what got me into Miatas? Coincidence... I had some money saved for a car and was searching through ads when I saw this one and fell in love with it.
This is what it looked like when I first got it... it had Alessio F1 17x7,5 +40 with bold Goodyear eagle F1, shitty steeering wheel, shitty chrome accents in&out and Honda CBR silencer...
winter came early that year and so I changed the 17" to steelies, yeah with wheel covers lol... but they actually weighed less than the Alessios
Next step were OEM 16" wheels, blacked out headlights...
and OEM trunk lip
Then I got a totaled 2003 Shinsen FL for spare parts sometimes in June 2009... I used many things from it on my car, since I had torn top, cracked center console and dash and filthy carpets. I've also used the OEM tower brace
two months later, I got my first NA and the NB got on backburner...
the engine was burning oil and coolant so I started a tear down in April 2010
I've also blocked the EGR during the procesc (somebody aparently messed with it earlier)
once i got the interior out, I've found out the drivers floor was cut out and rewelded... this and other things led me to conclusion this cor got in a serious accident at some time... there's a notch in the firewall, rewelded floor, crushed chasis around headlights, the top doesn't fit straight and I can't use HT, because it can't be latched on the window frame...
I've threw out the defunct A/C and some other junk from engine bay and cut/painted the valve cover
I also got a Nardi wheel at the time and was experimenting with seats... Until now, I had two Nardi wheels, one Momo, one Sparco and now I have a noname d-cut wheel. Seat-vise I've gone through Cobra clubman, Recaro profi SPG and Bride leather recliner... and ended with stock seats wit cut foam...
The 16" were sold by the time I finished the engine and I got 15" Work RS-ß and V-MAXXXXXXCXCYCYSCYXCYDWEFC coilovers
Then the cur run fine untill the winter of 2010 when I found a coolant leak on the back of the head... so I did a coolant reroute
_MG_2473 by GeorgeCZ, on Flickr
and bought ULTRA 8mm HT leads
_MG_2893 by GeorgeCZ, on Flickr
friend of mine bought the works sometimes in spring 2011 and I've rocked steelies most of the time that year. Then I got 15" Eta Beta Lucy wheels... I had them two weeks when one tire blew up and they went up for sale...
_MG_4281 by GeorgeCZ, on Flickr