LukesCorsaSXi
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Registered: 2nd Jan 11
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Rear bench looks so much better mate. Like the harnesses. 
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taylorboosh
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Registered: 3rd Apr 07
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Black looks loads better
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Nic Barnes
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Registered: 5th Apr 04
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Design of that down pipe splitting into 2 is completely pointless surely?
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Nic Barnes
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Registered: 5th Apr 04
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Never mind, worked it out. I'm way out of touch with cars tbh.
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thegsi
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Registered: 3rd Feb 07
Location: Kidderminster Drives: Evo (you can't afford one)
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Cheers lads.
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thegsi
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Registered: 3rd Feb 07
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Been a while since I've updated! The exhaust system is now all completed. Ended up converting to full S14 system to fit everything in.
Pic of my homemade gearbox mount:
I then riveted the overfenders on and dropped the car in for paint:
Nice!!
Car was MOT'd
Also, paid Nath a visit and picked up some R33 Brembos, discs and DS2500 pads:
Decided to give them a quick clean up, just awaiting new fluid and should be fitting this weekend
Gave all three of my cars a quick blast with some Meguiars Hyper Wash
and now, this is how she looks currently
Thanks for reading
[Edited on 18-02-2015 by thegsi]
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Generation
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Registered: 7th Jul 09
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Stunning
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Nic Barnes
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Registered: 5th Apr 04
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im too old for baseball cap cars these days.
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Sean-B
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Registered: 1st May 07
Location: Wolverhampton Drives: 200SX S14a
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When did the voting take place?
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Ben G
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Registered: 12th Jan 07
Location: Essex
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I vote this 1st best. Very nice Jay.
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whitter45
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Registered: 15th Nov 02
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quote:
Originally posted by Nic Barnes
im too old for baseball cap cars these days.
even if thats true, it doesn't stop you appreciating nice cars
Very nice Jay, looks superb
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Baskey
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Registered: 31st May 06
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quote:
Originally posted by Nic Barnes
im too old for baseball cap cars these days.
I used to have nice cars, now I'm 30 and drive an old impreza 
Jay - I don't agree with your title , I also think it's the nicest
[Edited on 19-02-2015 by Baskey]
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--ToM--
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Registered: 23rd Nov 07
Location: Wirral
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I also thing it's looking really nice now too, really dislike the windscreen sticker though proper 17yr old McDonald's car park stuff that
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Nic Barnes
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quote:
Originally posted by whitter45
quote:
Originally posted by Nic Barnes
im too old for baseball cap cars these days.
even if thats true, it doesn't stop you appreciating nice cars
Very nice Jay, looks superb
yeah didnt mean it wasnt, just that i couldnt have a car like that these days.
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thegsi
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Registered: 3rd Feb 07
Location: Kidderminster Drives: Evo (you can't afford one)
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Thanks for the comments lads! 
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Gary
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Registered: 22nd Nov 06
Location: West Yorkshire
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Does look smart and japs not my thing.
Agreed on that window sticker. Just looks a bit childish.
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Neo
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Registered: 20th Feb 07
Location: Essex
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Saw this on Facebook "Passion not Addiction" page with a BGW ?
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taylorboosh
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Registered: 3rd Apr 07
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Id say it was second now - naths is best
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NathanR
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Registered: 6th Dec 10
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Top work bro. Hope the brakes make a difference  .
IMHO, jays is top as first best, closely followed by myself, then Sean at the bottom, his is crap.
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thegsi
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quote:
Originally posted by Neo
Saw this on Facebook "Passion not Addiction" page with a BGW ?
Oh yeh just found that. That pic has gone viral for some reason. It's not even my wing, it's Sean's! We were only trial fitting it to mine because his was in paint 
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Sean-B
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Registered: 1st May 07
Location: Wolverhampton Drives: 200SX S14a
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This is coming in so well. Can't believe the transformation
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Sean-B
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Registered: 1st May 07
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This sticker needs reviewing.
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thegsi
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Right, bout time I updated this! Been lots going on recently so here goes!
Firstly, the car had been running very poorly pretty much the whole time I owned it. It wouldn't boost properly and was always spluttering under load. Obviously, this could be down to a multitude of things but I decided to make some changes to the boost control. I know people rate them but I never quite got on with the AVCR. For me and my spec, it was just not suitable so I ditched it in favour of a Gizzmo. I tidied the centre console up and fitted the display. Cool little units these!
Next thing was to help the Gizzmo from doing too much work so I decided to go for an adjustable actuator from HKS:
The car was on a VTA from the previous owner which again, I hated. The car would stall when dumping and it made the warm idle very lumpy so I ditched that for a recirculating one. I got myself some bits of pipe work etc. and fitted it up. While checking the boost pipes over, I replaced some tired couplers too
After that, it was like night and day. The car now runs 100% better and is looking stronger than ever. I'm still tweaking the Gizzmo but she's holding 1.15bar nicely now. That'll do for now.
The inner tubs on the car have rotted through after the hammering from the wheels so I found a pair of pre fabricated tubs. Quite pricey but they're gonna save so much time and effort when I crack on in the winter:
Also done some bits inside. Got myself a D1 Spec snap off boss from EPR at Japfest. Looks awesome in black chrome
Another issue I had with the car was the seats. The Ksport buckets were ideal for a track/drift focussed car but for me, they were just too extreme and not suitable. So I spotted the last Zilla recliner pop up. It was in black with red stitching (matches the wheel!) I snapped that up and got another bucket from CGB Motorsport. I then found a pair of Bride SL rails to mount them too. After much grunting and head scratching there were in! I also binned the Luke harnesses in favour of these TRS Magnum ones. Posh!
Then, onto some exterior treats. I managed to bag myself a Zenki rear with spats too from Toni. This is a genuine ABS Nissan JDM rear bumper...shame to paint it!
Whilst that was in paint, it was time for Japfest prep. My good mate Rusty came over and treated the fibreglass panels as they'd become very dull. We flatted them with 2000grit and then he worked his magic with the DA:
So then the bumper came back, the car was treated to a good polish and wax at it was off to Japfest! Pic whore time:
I really feel like I've turned a corner with this car. I never gave it chance because I was always bitter from selling my old car. But now I've really started to warm to it and look forward to keeping it for a good while! Thanks for reading guys. I'll end with this pic I took tonight because I love it
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nibnob21
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Registered: 16th May 10
Location: South Derbyshire
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Nice car, but that windscreen sticker is so fucking shit it's unreal. Surely it's illegal, like having a chip in your windscreen within certain boundaries is an MOT fail.
MX5 Project Thread
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Nic Barnes
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Loving the hose pipe in the bay. So tricked out its unreal.
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