My Miata has been Oppo-fied

"Wrong Wheel Drive (41%)" (rduncan5678) 09/14/2016 at 18:20 • Filed to: None

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While I was washing my car today, I decided it was time to apply my recently acquired Oppo sticker! Next weekend is scheduled for finally cutting and welding my rear quarter panel. That's going to be a fun adventure and I'm sure to learn something in the process.

Roadster Man > Wrong Wheel Drive (41%) 09/14/2016 at 18:30

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I’m jealous you get to cut and weld on your own! I’ve always wanted to learn. I paid a shop to cut and weld the rear quarters when I put my flares on. It was far cheaper than buying a decent welder.

Needmoargarage > Wrong Wheel Drive (41%) 09/14/2016 at 18:45

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I made this a while back. Not sure if that’s what you’re attempting but it might help!

Orange Exige > Wrong Wheel Drive (41%) 09/14/2016 at 21:08

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I’ve definitely seen em around Oppo but where did you get yours exactly and how much?

I want one.

Wrong Wheel Drive (41%) > Orange Exige 09/15/2016 at 07:11

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Contact karl.ev (@gmail) and he can hook you up with whatever vinyl you are looking for at a good price. That is oppo user fourvalleys.

Wrong Wheel Drive (41%) > Roadster Man 09/15/2016 at 07:12

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Well I am not doing it on my own. Or doing it at all really. I am going to attempt to “help” but my friend is basically going to do all of the hard parts. I will mostly just be there to observe. I hope to learn something from the process.

Wrong Wheel Drive (41%) > Needmoargarage 09/15/2016 at 07:14

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Yup, I will be removing as much of my rocker as possible while I am at it as well. Both of my rockers have some rot but thankfully they arent as bad as that!

Roadster Man > Wrong Wheel Drive (41%) 09/15/2016 at 08:28

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The key is learning something. I had nobody to teach/show me.

So you’re putting on flares or are you doing repairs?

Wrong Wheel Drive (41%) > Roadster Man 09/15/2016 at 09:00

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Repairs. My passenger side rear quarter panel is all sorts of destroyed from being run into a wall last year. I have repaired everything else on the car but the rear quarter is still currently dented beyond repair. Plus the rockers are pretty rusty so I will use this as an opportunity to repair at least that one.

Roadster Man > Wrong Wheel Drive (41%) 09/15/2016 at 10:37

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Ouch. Good luck! I’ve got some seriously rusty rocker panels on both sides, I have yet to decide what I’m going to do about it.

Wrong Wheel Drive (41%) > Roadster Man 09/15/2016 at 13:36

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Its worth just attacking them with a grinder and grinding the rust off. Then just throw some primer on it and call it a day. Sure you will then have a bit of a hole there but that is better than rust! My rockers arent really rusty anymore but they are a patch job of bondo and spray paint. The rust hasnt come back so it’s mildly successful. I just have to learn body work and then I could make it halfway decent.

Roadster Man > Wrong Wheel Drive (41%) 09/15/2016 at 15:40

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I was thinking about that. On the forums I managed to snag these little winglet-shaped aero pieces that just about cover up the hole that will be there after I take an angle grinder to the thing. If I ended up buying a whole replacement rocker panel, I’d only need less than 1/3 of it so I didn’t really want to go that route. I’ll probably just chop it out, POR-15 the area, and hope I can cover it up nice.

Wrong Wheel Drive (41%) > Roadster Man 09/15/2016 at 15:45

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Assuming you get all of the rust out, that should work out nicely. Hate the people on the forums that just equate ANY amount of rust to a worthless car that should be given up on. I feel like most of those guys have never lived in the Northeast/Midwest. Its impossible to have a car with absolutely no rust around here unless you just dont drive it. But it is certainly possible to take care of the issues in a manageable way.