Thanks Demolover! Really appreciate the feedback!

Yesterday afternoon (Sunday 11th March) i drove down to Lakeside to meet up with my mate Aaron. From there we embarked on a road trip to central London to visit the Banksy Graffiti Tunnel aswell as some other sites.

++ VERY PIC HEAVY!! ++

I pieced together a very rough video from the evening

Is the brown a vinyl wrap or quick dust over spray?

its rolled on :)

Today me and a friend started to fit my new TR LANE Roll Cage that arrived a week or so ago.

Abit of cutting to make room:

Also took the Soft Top out while we were at it:

With the Hard Top fitted...

Wuuutttttt! This is sick!

Not using superlites??

Waiting for some spare cash to get them painted (again)

Well i enjoyed readin your project and looks very nice :)

That graffiti tunnel looks bit scary though ha

Update!

Next on the list was to sort out the interior. At previous drift days i noticed i get slung about the car alot,so it was time to get a bucket seat and harness.

Looking about and was weighing up pair of cheaper seats against a single decent seat. As it'll be mainly me in the car while drifting i opted for a single seat,a Sparco Sprint V from JJC Race & Rally (extremely fast delivery and very good prices,highly recommend!)

I also bought a Sparco 4 Point Harness

Today i planned on fitting the seat,some time later and its in!

In between fitting the seat i painted the Hard Top aswell. A friend of mine had some Black Military paint which he kindly gave me:

Me and my mate have took measurements for the harness bar and that'll be welded onto the Cage next week and the harness should be fitted aswell,photos to follow :)

Update!

Superlites got masked up and scotched ready for paint,i quite like the matte blue!

Then Paint! (funnily enough i used Black Stone Chip)

Although they're dry,gonna let them 'bake'. These wont be going on till Sunday

Next up was to cover and strip the car ready for the harness bar

Harness Bar cut and lined up ready for welding

Side brackets welded in place

Metal tab welded ready for the harness

PAINT! Originally i started to brush it on,but found it ALOT easier with a spray gun

Seat back in and Harness fitted

Fire Extinguisher fitted

While the paint was in the gun we gave the Hard Top a coat to get rid of those roller marks

So much win there mate!

Superlites are now fitted to the car

Had a nice lil delivery today,couldnt wait to get home and 'test' fit it (its only laid on top for the photos)

That is gorgeous! <3

Oh dayyummm. Jap-tastic, it just keeps getting better!

MASSIVE UPDATE!

Sunday just gone (29th April) i went down to Norfolk Arena for a Drift Practice. The track was extremely wet and muddy,but it was the best and most fun i've ever had. The car performed great as always,as the addition of the bucket seat and harness certainly improved things.

Big thanks to Mark and for the photos!

End of the day she looked like this (the colour around the side repeater is the actual paint,the rest is mud haha)

Heres a video of the MX5 i put together

Slim Quick Release Boss Fitted

I also started to work on the boot lid. I got another boot lid to chop about to save ruining my current one

Top Skin

Frame fitted to the car:

Carbon Skin bonded on

Boot Lid removed from the car and looks like this

A bead of Tiger Seal under the metal beams for more strength

Expanding Foam purchased!

Quite a way to go....

All done and all the excess trimmed off

Fitted the boot lid today so thought i'd whore out with some photos

Also made some Carbon Fibre door cards from 2 sheets of carbon. Made templates and cut them out with an angle grinder and dremel. Also bought some Leather Door pulls from a guy on MX5 Nutz,which finish the door off a treat!

Also fitted some new gaitors

Had a nice lil delivery from the USA today! (took 8 days from purchasing to delivery)

Garage Vary Style Lip!

Test fitted

Fitted the GV Lip today after work

I also removed the stickers on the drivers side and fitted a new one

With the Hard Top Spoiler on,it should just about clear it and still be visible :)

this has really moved on since i last dropped in.

Love the direction you have taken it in.

Tiny Update:

Hard Top Spoiler should hopefully be fitted tomorrow or Monday depending on weather

New item arrived today,feeding my addiction....

Looks awesome mate! Defo going in the right step now man!.. Regarding your video editing, try using Sony vegas pro 10 (Found free on youtube), Its so much easier and cleaner to edit on than adobe!. Allows for different outputs and full HD :). I record with a Cannon 550D In 720p HD and edit with Sony vegas. Here's 1 of my video's (BMX's) just to show quality (Watch in HD):

Watch here!!

Sorry for the little hijack, Loving the Mx5. Wide arches are in need tho! :p

Liam

Edited 12 May, 201214 yr by LiamMk6Polo