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| nikki |
| Posted on: Wednesday, June 12th, 2013, 4:49:21pm |
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I got them brand new from Ebay, but they are for a Mk1 MX5 i believe  |
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| nikki |
| Posted on: Wednesday, June 12th, 2013, 5:02:05pm |
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Thought id post a pic of her at The Nationals the other week. To be fair she still needs a lot of work but she actually looked good on this day
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| nikki |
| Posted on: Wednesday, June 12th, 2013, 5:12:34pm |
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Been very busy lately what with car shows, parties, work and helping my little bro decorate his new house, so not much has been happening other than completely knackering myself out ;(
I did manage to get to the garage on Saturday as my arches needed a bit of help, well im so glad my mechanic has got patience with her as he ended up cutting out the rear arches and 'tubbing' them for me, sorry no after shots as it was late as per usual ;(
In the next few weeks the engine will be coming out so I can get the engine bay fixed and painted, and have a general tidy up with the engine etc, I WILL make sure I take pictures for this one |
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| lord |
| Posted on: Wednesday, June 12th, 2013, 9:14:56pm |
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Your mechanic is good!! Love the new pics. Is that George's cap??
I would love to see the rear end stripped. Especially under rear arches. |
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| nikki |
| Posted on: Thursday, June 13th, 2013, 6:57:02am |
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Yes that's George's Cappo and what a beauty she is too
Ill have it on the ramp in a couple weeks so ill get some photos of the stuff ive missed |
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| doodlepugg |
| Posted on: Thursday, June 13th, 2013, 7:48:30am |
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Could be his arches then, because they were exactly the same IIRC. Handy to know, should I need some.
(By MX-5 Dan's arches, I mean the fella that makes them, not ones that have been taken off his car  ) |
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| nikki |
| Posted on: Friday, July 5th, 2013, 10:52:17am |
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Little update on the engine bay refurb we did last weekend, what a long weekend it was too
Stripping commences
Engine out
This is what we had to fix, more filler in places than B&Q
Grinded down and ready for repair
Bits ready for sanding and painting
The new Black Diamond clutch I bought, as you can see is too big, so we had to put the old one back in for now 
All masked up and ready for some POR 15
Paint on
All back in with some new hoses etc
Shot for Steve (its still Black)
Shots for Lord of the underside of the rear arches
Please bear with me with some of these pictures most were taken in the dark.
It was extremely hard work, got to the garage at 6.30pm on Friday and got home at 1.30am on Saturday, then back again at 10.30am on Saturday and home at 6.30am on Sunday.
Nothing planned for this weekend other than a good clean as I am preparing for a trip to Wales next week |
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| doodlepugg |
| Posted on: Saturday, July 6th, 2013, 9:08:46am |
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| fuzz573 |
| Posted on: Sunday, July 7th, 2013, 6:38:25pm |
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| Great work nikki, the sfs hoses look amazing fitted too |
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| lord |
| Posted on: Saturday, July 20th, 2013, 9:43:11am |
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| I was re looking at this and your welder looks pretty good to me. |
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| nikki |
| Posted on: Monday, July 22nd, 2013, 7:10:30pm |
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I was re looking at this and your welder looks pretty good to me.
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He is that's why I use him The Cappuccino owes her life to him, lol |
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| nikki |
| Posted on: Tuesday, July 23rd, 2013, 2:06:39pm |
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A few shots from the weekend away at Anglesey
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| lord |
| Posted on: Tuesday, July 23rd, 2013, 6:51:07pm |
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Fairplay Nik,
Thats what i like about you.... you don't piss about. straight in. If I had you as my missus we'd both have a cappo lol and mine would have been on the road a lot quicker ha ha ha |
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| nikki |
| Posted on: Wednesday, August 7th, 2013, 9:23:36pm |
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Fairplay Nik,
Thats what i like about you.... you don't piss about. straight in. If I had you as my missus we'd both have a cappo lol and mine would have been on the road a lot quicker ha ha ha
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| doodlepugg |
| Posted on: Friday, August 16th, 2013, 5:41:45am |
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Tough choice between a Cappo and an s13... I'd need both  |
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| nikki |
| Posted on: Friday, August 16th, 2013, 7:34:02am |
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| Luckily I have a choice of the Cappo, the S13 and a CRX (the S13 and CRX are the other halfs), but im a named driver |
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| ck-spec |
| Posted on: Friday, August 16th, 2013, 12:29:59pm |
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I owned a s13 a few years ago and the cappu is so much mkre fun to drive!
My best friend have a s13 as hillclimbracecar with arond 550hp in 2012 he had 405hp and my 80hp capph was only 0.1-0.3 sec slower on the hilclimbs,..
I also hab a evo for a few days stock '9 and it drives great but its also tooooo heavy,.. I wouldnt cange my cappu for one of them,.. (only for a honda s800 )
U are a lucky one because all of them are great cars, .. |
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| doodlepugg |
| Posted on: Friday, August 16th, 2013, 1:52:09pm |
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Nearly got an s13 for £500 from an old lady :O 2 owners from new, both old women, 70k on the clock, full year mot, taxed etc etc. But then her greedy bastard son got involved and started dreaming. Wanted £4k, so I told him to have fun selling it.
Instead I have an e30 drift car now, my Cappo race car project and my hilux Smurf for mud, camping and work |
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| nikki |
| Posted on: Monday, August 19th, 2013, 9:35:49am |
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So its started. Dropped the car off on Saturday for a variety of things but mainly respray, clutch and windscreen fitting
The biggest box ever 
For something so small
Windscreen Trim
Brand new rubbers for the doors, rear of the roof and front of the roof
Test fitting of the bonnet vent
Oh and most importantly Plastidip
Luckily ive got 2 days off work this week so Ill be back down the garage tomorrow and ill post up some more progress pictures |
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| Andy |
| Posted on: Monday, August 19th, 2013, 9:45:33am |
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| That's one hell of an expensive collection of seals there! |
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| nikki |
| Posted on: Monday, August 19th, 2013, 10:20:41am |
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That's one hell of an expensive collection of seals there!
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Yup, ive been collecting them for about a year now, as and when they come up for sale im grabbing them, lol |
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| doodlepugg |
| Posted on: Monday, August 19th, 2013, 6:39:28pm |
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| first dibs on buying your car if you ever do sell it! |
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| nikki |
| Posted on: Monday, August 19th, 2013, 6:43:34pm |
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first dibs on buying your car if you ever do sell it!
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Ha ha, I can see a queue forming soon |
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| nikki |
| Posted on: Monday, August 19th, 2013, 7:07:33pm |
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Update from the garage today:-
Window screen fitter came and removed the screen to find the screen hadn't been fitted well and it has leaked on both sides at the top.
The underneath wasn't too bad apparently just a small amount of surface rust, needs a bit of a clean up and lick of paint on the a-pillars. Thankfully no more cutting out and welding.
Fitter is returning tomorrow to fit the new screen so ill post some pictures up then |
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| doodlepugg |
| Posted on: Tuesday, August 20th, 2013, 10:29:17am |
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| I need to pull my screen out soon, there's a gap at the top right - it doesn't leak but I can imagine water sits in there! |
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| nikki |
| Posted on: Wednesday, August 21st, 2013, 10:34:29am |
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This is what I arrived to yesterday
Had to clean up and repaint around the screen and a-pillars.
Window screen fitter came back to install the new screen, we found a couple of slight chips out of it, just above where the rubber fits around the screen, thankfully not visible and its all fitted lovely
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| nikki |
| Posted on: Wednesday, August 21st, 2013, 10:41:12am |
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Had the day off work yesterday so spent the day prepping the car, sorting the dents and scratches etc
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| doodlepugg |
| Posted on: Wednesday, August 21st, 2013, 1:52:46pm |
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| Gonna be epic what colour are you going? |
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| nikki |
| Posted on: Thursday, August 22nd, 2013, 4:41:05pm |
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Was going to be a Matt White but I have now bought some Glossifier which I am putting some pearl metal flake into.
Had a go the other night but the air compressor we were using wasn't right so ive now been and bought a proper spray gun kit.
Fingers crossed it will be done and back together by Saturday so ill post some pictures up then |
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| doodlepugg |
| Posted on: Thursday, August 22nd, 2013, 8:07:51pm |
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| Getting on with it then! Should look awesome! I'm refraining from doing anything cosmetic unless it has a purpose (aka aero work) as I don't want the car to be tidy, just competative |
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| lozzy |
| Posted on: Friday, August 23rd, 2013, 12:25:50pm |
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| ive got mine on the way to hot pearl pink it should be pretty lairy |
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| nikki |
| Posted on: Thursday, August 29th, 2013, 8:00:10am |
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Just a bit of an update on the progress last week
Front Screen Rubber installed
Rear Roof Rubber installed
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| nikki |
| Posted on: Thursday, August 29th, 2013, 8:37:49am |
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The Plastidipping didn't quite go to plan. The air gun and compressor we initially started to use had a problem and wasn't keeping full constant compression, therefore the Plastidip was spraying pretty much invisible.
I then went out and bought one of these Earlex 3900 Guns 
We spent 2-3 days prepping the car and fixing a few dents here and there, which was very hard work ;(
This is the finished product
There are imperfections and reactions in the paint on the bonnet and in a few other places, the primer on the over fenders seems to have also reacted with the Plastidip so they need to come off and be done again.
It is quite a rough finish too not smooth like most paint.
We used 3no 5 litre tins of White Plastidip pre-thinned and a 2.5 litre tin of Glossifier.
I also put some White Pearl Metal Flake in the Glossifier but its very hard to try and get a picture of the Metal Flake, its quite subtle.
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| nikki |
| Posted on: Thursday, August 29th, 2013, 8:40:00am |
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Found a new Passenger wiper arm on ebay, both mine are falling apart. Tried to source a Driver one but Suzuki want nearly £50.
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| nikki |
| Posted on: Thursday, August 29th, 2013, 8:45:46am |
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| More pictures will follow once I get my bloody Photobucket account to stop mucking about |
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| lord |
| Posted on: Thursday, August 29th, 2013, 8:57:17am |
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Hmmm.....looking a bit sexy. Stop teasing!!!
Just had my wiper arms powder coated. 50quid is steep for them.
This is gonna look really good. |
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| Andy |
| Posted on: Thursday, August 29th, 2013, 10:27:13am |
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| Nikki I have a driver's side arm. I can bring it to KKITP if you are interested? |
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| nikki |
| Posted on: Thursday, August 29th, 2013, 10:41:32am |
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| Oh yes please that would be lovely, thanks Andy |
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| lozzy |
| Posted on: Friday, August 30th, 2013, 9:33:11am |
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how long did the process take and where did you get your dip from ?
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| nikki |
| Posted on: Friday, August 30th, 2013, 1:03:26pm |
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The actual spraying process probably took a good 1/2 of the day because you have to allow time for drying inbetween coats. The prepping was the nightmare and took ages.
I got my Plastidip off some guy on ebay a while back now. Plastidip UK seems to be where everyone's getting it.
Apparently you have to be careful because there are a few fake Plasitdips going about that are not as good quality. |
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