Nice day, did some car work.

"Wrong Wheel Drive (41%)" (rduncan5678)
02/06/2016 at 19:20 • Filed to: None

Today was a “fix all the small things I’ve been putting off” kind of day. Spent about 5 hours outside handling these minor repairs on my Miata. What I accomplished today:

Soldered my passenger speaker wire connection (was previously duct taped).

Disabled my wonky power locks that were unlocking/locking on their own (pulled the fuse, don’t use them anyways).

Soldered my rear defroster wires (connector is busted).

Fixed some panel gaps between my front bumper and the fenders.

Greased up a rear caliper piston that was sticking and dragging the pads intermittently on the rotor.

Vaccumed out my very dirty interior and engine bay (mainly salt and sand everywhere).

Fairly successful day of car work and I am quite happy to have those minor annoyances handled. Bigger problems to tackle include my rear quarter panel that still needs cutting and welding, passenger door is still silver, coolant is leaking from somewhere (slowly), and my shocks are in need of replacement. Going to be ordering from flying Miata to get some coilovers to solve the suspension problem!

I’ve got hyper yellow fog lights now, which while a little rice, I still think they look good. And they are no brighter than stock bulbs so they won’t be blinding anyone.

You can’t tell what is in my crockpot but it is Ribs drowned in Sweet Baby Ray’s, onions, green peppers, and sweet potatoes. Gonna be a good dinner to top off the day!

DISCUSSION (7)

EL_ULY > Wrong Wheel Drive (41%)
02/06/2016 at 19:22

Now that is one ultra awesome day! Kudos buddy!

Jarrett - [BRZ Boi] > Wrong Wheel Drive (41%)
02/06/2016 at 19:58

I’m jelly.

MarquetteLa > Wrong Wheel Drive (41%)
02/06/2016 at 22:08

When I needed to replace my struts I replaced them with Ohlins . I like them. A lot.

Wrong Wheel Drive (41%) > MarquetteLa
02/06/2016 at 22:43

Those do seem like quite a good choice. My budget is a little tighter than that, priorities and such! I'm still curious if I should stray away from coilovers though and do shocks/Springs and piece it together. I don't really want to make my car a whole lot lower anyways.

I-like-biscuits > Wrong Wheel Drive (41%)
02/07/2016 at 00:42

I have FM Vmaxx Xtreme Sport coilovers with 391/ 258 springs, no complaints on road or HDPE days. If you don’t need adjustable height their Koni package is really good value.

Wrong Wheel Drive (41%) > I-like-biscuits
02/07/2016 at 10:48

well the Koni package is a couple hundred more is the only issue. I dont really need the adjustable height but I like how I will not need to mess with a spring compressor and that the Vmaxx is cheaper. Have you used the adjustable height and damping often on the Xtremes?

I-like-biscuits > Wrong Wheel Drive (41%)
02/22/2016 at 23:05

Nope, I set it and forgot it. I’ll get it corner weighted this spring and go from there.