What have you done today/recently to your 5?

track_addict · Postby **track_addict** » Sat Aug 04, 2012 9:37 pm

Removed bride and fitted stock seat since im having some body work done and the guy doing the work is old and cant handle a fixed back

. Vacuumed underneath the seat and interior, cleaned the rest of the car, fitted hard top side latch striker plate and NO MORE RATTLING! Then took it for a spin through the hills and enjoyed the car as it should be.

zephyrus17 · Postby **zephyrus17** » Sun Aug 05, 2012 12:17 am

I totally cleaned the interior and vacuumed the floor. Car looks so much nicer and fresher. But now I've found a rattle at the left rear. Seems to be from that thin brake cover thingy, but I can't tell for sure. It's very noticable under accel at low rpm

mazdaz · Postby **mazdaz** » Sun Aug 05, 2012 3:01 am

fitted clear side indicators, fitted 2.25 zorst........

Kev05 · Postby **Kev05** » Sun Aug 05, 2012 7:26 am

Added a hardtop.

Jace · Postby **Jace** » Sun Aug 05, 2012 7:17 pm

these sort of threads are always better with pictures, especially before vs. after.

Kikuchi · Postby **Kikuchi** » Mon Aug 06, 2012 1:20 am

Took her for 3 cruises in 3 days. 1 full tank down in 2 days worth of cruising. Approx. 5.5 notches on the fuel gauge lol

Shambler · Postby **Shambler** » Mon Aug 06, 2012 3:54 pm

Prepared the Silver one for sale

Postby **Boyracer** » Tue Aug 07, 2012 9:23 am

Plane to Brisbane, got in MX5 and drove back to Sydney.

mrschlim · Postby **mrschlim** » Tue Aug 07, 2012 10:31 am

Put these puppies in a few weeks ago...

16bit · Postby **16bit** » Tue Aug 07, 2012 10:32 am

sh*t loads of maintenance.

new tyres (reoo2 - i like them so far)
new belts and needed a new pod filter (rubber had vulcanised on the old one)
clutch disks (replaced all bears and seals at the same time)
new wheel studs
new rear wheel bearings

and need to rebuild the diff (new bearings etc).

one day i will get to do a mod!

Magpie · Postby **Magpie** » Tue Aug 07, 2012 10:46 am

From Friday to Monday afternoon 1,300 km in my MX5!

Kikuchi · Postby **Kikuchi** » Tue Aug 07, 2012 2:17 pm

Averaging 450km/day? Respect for you Magpie :beer:

Magpie · Postby **Magpie** » Tue Aug 07, 2012 6:21 pm

Kikuchi wrote:Averaging 450km/day? Respect for you Magpie

I'm actually looking forward to being back at work. Friday was gold coast to Iswich return, Saturday was Gold Coast to Warwick (Morgan Park) return, Sunday was Gold Coast to Sunshine Coast club run return, Monday running around on the Gold Coast looking for a low profile jack (I was procrastinating and not in the mood to study), couldn’t find one

I went to change wheels and ended up using ramps to lift the rear up a bit to get the jack under. However I noticed that the wheel nuts (aluminium one) have been twisted due to excessive force from a rattle gun so I now need to replace these and put a note in that next time only go up to the correct torque.

Kev05 · Postby **Kev05** » Tue Aug 07, 2012 6:55 pm

Washed and Polished the car.

bear2230 · Postby **bear2230** » Tue Aug 07, 2012 10:41 pm

Today Daniel finally pulled the motor out of Scooby. Exactly 2 months after I destroyed it.
7 weeks for Arias to finish a run of pistons for our cars. Apparently there is quite a demand for V8 pistons in the states.(who would have guessed)

Richard.