timacks

Year 1.
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Installed tein s-tech lowering springs on the OEM sport bilstein shocks.
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Shortly after that I picked up some ghetto rota slipstream's 16x7 terrible offset,
They only stayed on for a few months.
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Then some crack head from across the bridge on the ghetto side of town decided to take my ashtray with a wopping $4-8 dollars.
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So I went out and found a yellow hard top for $400.
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Obviously It wouldn't stay yellow, So I rattled it flat black at first.
Then got it color matched.
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It was my daily driver at the time so I ended up putting in an Alpine navigation system.
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Short while later I ended up finding a Jackson racing M45 supercharger.
Also ended up putting in a MISHIMOTO Radiator.
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The suspension wasn't cutting it so I ordered and installed Apex'i ExV Coilovers. Sadly my camera broke around that time so I didnt get a chance to get a shot of them new.
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Bought knock-off mexican 16x8 -0 offset w/ potenza re-11 tires.
Had to roll the fenders. Overall I ended up hating the rims, but LOVING the tires. So much so that I bought them again.
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Then the safety needed to be increased due to the sticky tires increasing my speeds on corners.
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Got a little older, moved in with wife. -Needed something more practical.
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Ended up going a little bit crazy over the 2010-2011 Winter.

Car originally came with a 6 Speed transmission so decided to keep that.
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4 Wheel Big Brake Kit - Wilwood Calipers - Floating Rotors - SS lines.
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Somethings to hug me tight.
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Somethings to hold my car tight.
Flyin'Miata Butterfly Brace & Frame Rails
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BRP M62 Supercharger & Track Dog Racing Intercooler ,
Track Dog Racing Heat Shield
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Unorthodox Racing Cam Gears
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Walbro 255 fuel pump.
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Megasquirt EMS w/ AEM Wideband- car being flat-bedded to tuning.
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Lower Mileage 95' 1.8l Engine w/lower compression
150mm Crankshaft Pulley
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Track dog racing Oil cooler
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Foglight delete - Airscoop for oil cooler.
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Seats installed
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Decided it was time for nice wheels.
Had them refinished & Widened.
15x8 +13
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Can't have $300 tires on $2500 rims.
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After almost 7 years the paint was pretty beat up as you may have noticed in some of the earlier pictures as we got deeper into the build.
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The first sedan wasnt cutting it, The mx-5 was off the road for over 1 year.
Decided it was time to spice things up.
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On the highway its a dream.
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Frame rails installed
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Mexican wheels + low = damaged ****
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Friend does quality work- Damage being reversed.
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This is how the car sits currently.
By next week it will be out the paint booth & I'll be looking for some track rims.
Updates later.

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Updates:

Went to the west indies, St Lucia. Where they dont believe in flush, only POKE
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Saw an r33
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Every single road outside of major cities are like this, but usually paved a lot better.. The entire time I was there I was on the move, or in a tour buss, or cab, or unable to stop so I didnt get a chance to take my own photos of these beautiful roads.. I thought I'd be able to go home and google them, but as i found out there is only 1 or so photos of the winding roads in st lucia.
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Saw a bunch of CRAZY sti's but sadly they were moving too fast for photos.

Did a bunch of drinking , water sking , zip-lining, etc.
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Came home, got the car.
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Got GarageVary Eyelids & color matched them
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Put 25mm Spacers on the OEM wheels.
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Updated shot of the CURRENT suspension/brakes.
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Found some light weight wheels........Perfecttttttt sizes 15x8 +30 - ATS DTC
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they also had some nice tires on them I want to put them on right now but the treadwear is 100.
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Added a Roadster sport exhaust
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Learning how to use my camera
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mp62 supercharger has clearance for the OEM strut bar. - still learning how to use camera.
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Grabbed some BBS -CK for the black lexus is300

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Picked up another summer car.



Girlfriend had a mishap in the daily driver, RIP beautiful black shepperd


I ended up with this for winter



Now that winter time is here and I have a vehicle with 20'' rims. I'm no longer able to have fun in the snow without warping wheel bearings. So for winter instead of beating on an is300 I'll be doing this instead:





Miata is currently waiting to be detailed & tuned w/ a big spark kit .
Lexus is currently having all fluids changed, rewired, switched to haltech, and much much more.

Brian@Vossen

Love the pics!! Nice story....St. Lucia has great rum

timacks

Some of the best, It sure did a great job of knocking me out while I was there!

spwolf

looks like you are having fun, congrats!

timacks

^^ my wallet is having fun,

I will be having fun next summer once its all said and done.

I really wanted a stock first gen is300 to slide this winter.. Nothing is better than a rwd sedan or coupe for winter with some good winter tires on it.. Disappointed that I have AWD actually

RXGS

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So right now you have a miata, is300 and fx? Nice collection of cars. I love the fx, it sounds incredible haha

Hoovey689

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Wow great project!

blacksc400

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Love the read! Show us more pictures when you are done.

tmf2004

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Nice pics... How do u like the FX

bad co

Nice Miata, get rid of the pink ***** shifter please!

TTechLexus

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Fun read....

YviE

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Nice cars. No pictures of the Miata with the BBS wheels?