"Bryce Womeldurf" (bryce-womeldurf)
06/02/2014 at 12:19 • Filed to: Miata, Miata Monday, Mazda
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"Bryce Womeldurf" (bryce-womeldurf)
06/02/2014 at 12:19 • Filed to: Miata, Miata Monday, Mazda | 4
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It's apparently Miata Monday at work today where an NC parked next to my NA.
This was a productive weekend in that I washed (first time in 4 months) and clay-barred the car (first time since I bought it last year). I wanted to cleaner wax, polish, and seal it but I ran out of daylight. Only got to clean wax the hood and headlight doors. It looks a lot better now though and the steelies are almost white again. I also got the driver's side mirror glued back together after rebuilding the joint in it (passenger side snapped off then the driver's side snapped when I was trying to disassemble and rebuild it). The half round part that goes inside of the joint for the passenger side is with my brother in law for now. It cracked on removal, but I've epoxied it back together and for the sake of longevity he's going to try to 3D print me a new one in a couple of months. I'm at least street legal now and not using rubber bands to hold in the mirror like I did last weekend to attend a car meet. Next up I'm hoping to get the AC looked at because it's just too hot even with the top down right now, for non-functional AC.
jkm7680
> Bryce Womeldurf
06/02/2014 at 12:28 |
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Nice, I'm liking the steelies.
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Bryce Womeldurf
> jkm7680
06/02/2014 at 12:33 |
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Thanks! It was sort of just a happy accident that it ended up with them. The car was supposed to have regular daisy Miata wheels on it but the dealership that sold it was using an old photo in the ad of a previous Miata they'd had ("they all look the same" I'm guessing was the logic). They're original to the car but were rusty, so I painted them white. I wasn't sure I could pull off driving a red car with white steelies but it really pops visually and I've gotten more compliments about them than I likely ever would have from the more common daisys, even if they are on the heavier side.
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> Bryce Womeldurf
06/02/2014 at 12:41 |
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Clean NA. I drove mine into work today, although mine is an ugly duckling right now. May be ugly, but it was still a fun commute!
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Bryce Womeldurf
> Nothing
06/02/2014 at 14:03 |
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Thanks, to be fair, mine looks good from about 10 feet away. It's a little more rough up close. One of the previous owners got a really cheap paint job done on it so I'd really like to repaint the rear finishing panel, rear bumper, and the side view mirrors (the whole thing would be repainted further down the line). But for now I'm going to see what I can hide with a few coats of wax. It's good to finally be driving it more. Head gasket blew right after I bought it so most of the first year was fixing and replacing things.
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jkm7680
> Bryce Womeldurf
06/02/2014 at 16:05 |
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Yeah, they make it look much more unique than the Daisys. I've always preferred those steelies over them.