miata build

[JEY$JDM]

xxr 501's?

[ava_Z32]

you got it! I'm going to be painting them though. They're not staying gold.

[iamdallas]

MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM.... That Kia box looks nice. Wanna let me borrow it?

Have you seen the new XXR 527s? They would look amazing on an NB1. But, I guess it's too late, lol.



If I could go back, I would have bought these instead.

[ava_Z32]

nah I'm gonna hold on to the box haha

and those wheels look good, but I'm more partial to the 6 spoke.

[Genji-Sama]

^^^Oh my those wheels make me want a miata, hell i might order some of those for my new project

[ava_Z32]

what the 527's or the 501's?

mine are gonna be a sexy color

[Genji-Sama]

^^^The 527s, 501s are allright, but they're all too common for me

[ava_Z32]

yeah, like I said I did what I could with what I had.

[Genji-Sama]

yeah, like I said I did what I could with what I had.

No shame in that, I mean there is a reason that they're so common. It's becuz they look good

[ava_Z32]

preciate it man. Hopefully the color I'm painting them will be a little less common.


And honestly, I think this age of mass com via forums has scewed people's preception of how common something is or isn't. I honestly haven't seen another set of these on a miata, or any other car for that matter, in person. Well I probably did at the Mitty...but I'm not gonna count that haha. Sure a shit ton of people on forums have them and theres tons of pictures, but how often do you really see any given set of wheels in real life?

I think I've seen the Chapparall's on miata's more in person than anything else.

[Genji-Sama]

preciate it man. Hopefully the color I'm painting them will be a little less common.


And honestly, I think this age of mass com via forums has scewed people's preception of how common something is or isn't. I honestly haven't seen another set of these on a miata, or any other car for that matter, in person. Well I probably did at the Mitty...but I'm not gonna count that haha. Sure a shit ton of people on forums have them and theres tons of pictures, but how often do you really see any given set of wheels in real life?

I think I've seen the Chapparall's on miata's more in person than anything else.

You bring up a really good point. I've actually only ever seen these wheels on two cars before, i guess if you look hard enough you can see anything a bunch of times. I've seen a million LFAs in that case, lol. do you, f*** the rest

[ava_Z32]

Haha exactly! I mean if I saw these wheels 5 times a day rollin around locally, I probably wouldn't have gotten them but I haven't seen another set around Athens at all.

But just like you said, I'm building this car for me, and I'm gonna do what I want to do(slash can afford to do lol). I'm out to enjoy myself not to please everyone else.

[ava_Z32]

test fitting:


wheel was turned slightly to the left in this**********





gotta paint and get tires.

need a new job. NAO

sorry for the crappy cell pics. forgot my canon at my house when I went to test fit at my friend's place.

[Genji-Sama]

I say rock them gold with the polished lip for a while, they look fantastic like that i mean you can paint them anytime. y rush

[ava_Z32]

cause I don't want to pay to have my tires dismounted to paint and then pay to have them remounted again, and I definitely don't want to wait till I need new tires.

The Polished lip is staying. It'll probably get another coat of clear as I've heard they tend to fade. Gold/Bronze on green cars is WAY to common, plus I'm just not a fan of gold.


and also, I'm in athens.....I can just see it now, me coming out to my car on blocks with some thug runnin off screamin "I GOTZ ME SOME GOLD RIYUMZ YO" lol although they're only 16's...I don't know if they're big enough to warrant that hahaha

[iamdallas]

Update now!

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[ava_Z32]

wheels were painted, but they peeled up a bit when i removed the tape, so last night I sanded and remasked them. My friend that's painting them is going to the beach for a couple weeks so unless we get them done tomorrow (which I doubt) it'll be a little while.


Got a new exhaust. 2 1/2 to 2 1/4 into a flowmaster super 44, and it exits in the center of my bumper. straight all the way through, no cat or resonator.
also picked up a powercard that I need to wire in.


nothing else major to update, got a few small things done. Window tint, 8 ball shift knob yada yada.

[ava_Z32]

Finishing up painting the wheels tomorrow (well today since it's 2:10 am) after we drop the motor back into my friends nb1 (boost, water/meth, machining, pistons/rods, etc). I'm really excited about that.

Got a pair of kenwood 5 way 6x9's that I fitted into my doors. It sounds so much better now. Just need to get an amp to really bring them up to their full potential.


Hopefully will post pics of the wheels later once I get them painted and the exhaust once I add one more hanger to it so the tips sits perfectly centered in the rear bumper.

Should have monies for tires pretty soon so it shouldn't be too terribly long till the wheels are on.

Think I'll need to roll my fenders first though.

[ava_Z32]

enough talk.









Sorry for the shitty blackberry pics. I took the SD card out of my Canon and put it in my GoPro, and now the GoPro quit working and when I try and put the SD card back into the Canon, it says it's write protected and won't let me take pictures or format the card. any tips on how to fix that so I can put up some good pictures?


Rolled my fenders last night, have tires on the way. Wheels should be on my car hopefully by friday maybe before.

[ava_Z32]

well no love for the wheels off the car, guess I won't post pics now that they're wearing nitto's and on the car.

[ava_Z32]

[iamdallas]

O.o


I'll have pics please. And I like the center exit.

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[ava_Z32]

ask and ye shall recieve lol









Need to get some pics in the sunlight. Can't really see the color and the flake all that well, but I'm really enjoying them.

I love that center exit. I just need to get my lazy ass back over to my friend's house and weld on one more hanger cause it's sitting a little crooked right now.

[CptWitwiki]

Looks nice man, good progress

[ava_Z32]

thanks a lot man

[mushroom_toy]

.....gold barrels...and purple on green.....

[ava_Z32]

you can never really see the barrels. I think it just showed up cause the flash was on.


and yes purple on green. fuckin' love it.

[Rhys.]

dude that shit looks good and the purple on green and the center exhaust pretty cool too

[ava_Z32]

thanks a lot man. I appreciate it. I love that exhaust, and don't see too many other miata's running the center exit.

I need to get my lazy ass to walmart and pick up some neverdull and polish up the tip a bit.

[mushroom_toy]

I would color match centers, paint the barrels black and lower it some more, but thats just me.

[ava_Z32]

color match the centers? you mean the center caps? painting the barrels black is actually a good idea. I might have to do that.
Can't lower it any more though. speed bumps in my complex the size of mount everest. not even joking. If I have a passenger in the car I scrape at the current ride height. believe me I wish I could go a little lower, but until I'm living somewhere else, the ride height has gotta stay. unless I can convince the people in my complex to redo the speed bumps to a more sane height. I went through the grass to the side of one of the bigger ones and it's the last one before my place, and got bitched at by the management for killing the grass.

[Genji-Sama]

Purple wheels don't contrast the body color enough for me, and i really like green cars......as for the center exit exhaust and feaux CF eyelids, seems "civic-ish", but that may just be me. I know the mazda scene has always been a lil unconventional as far as aesthetic mods

[mushroom_toy]

color match the centers? you mean the center caps? painting the barrels black is actually a good idea. I might have to do that.
Can't lower it any more though. speed bumps in my complex the size of mount everest. not even joking. If I have a passenger in the car I scrape at the current ride height. believe me I wish I could go a little lower, but until I'm living somewhere else, the ride height has gotta stay. unless I can convince the people in my complex to redo the speed bumps to a more sane height. I went through the grass to the side of one of the bigger ones and it's the last one before my place, and got bitched at by the management for killing the grass.

Nope not center caps, the centers that are purp. now. Speedbumps.....pssshh.

[Black4DrEK]

Paint them barrels. Also you are missing some, Push in "bolts"

I like these wheels.. GO lower!!

[ava_Z32]

Paint them barrels. Also you are missing some, Push in "bolts"

I like these wheels.. GO lower!!

Gonna paint the barrels. Probably when I get new tires. And I'm gonna drill out those "bolt holes" and tap them and put actual screws in there when I get new tires as well.
And I literally can't go lower. I wish I could.

Nope not center caps, the centers that are purp. now. Speedbumps.....pssshh.

I really need to get some day shots of the color. These night shots don't do it justice.

I kid you not, everyone that comes to my house tells me how awful they are. I'll have to post up some pics. there's no way I can go any lower.

Purple wheels don't contrast the body color enough for me, and i really like green cars......as for the center exit exhaust and feaux CF eyelids, seems "civic-ish", but that may just be me. I know the mazda scene has always been a lil unconventional as far as aesthetic mods

again, need to get some day shots. I'll do it once I get it washed up.

the eyelids are there mainly to make the car not look so damn happy. I need to just make some real CF ones. the center exit....never seen that on a civic. it's not just a tip that's been re routed, it's a full custom header back exhaust me and my buddy made. Haven't seen TOO many people runnin that on the interwebz and none in person.

[Genji-Sama]

the eyelids are there mainly to make the car not look so damn happy. the center exit....never seen that on a civic. it's not just a tip that's been re routed, it's a full custom header back exhaust me and my buddy made. Haven't seen TOO many people runnin that on the interwebz and none in person.

LOL, yeah, you do have a point there...Pretty bad a**, just not my style, but it's what you like

[Sinfix_15]

gold/bronze on green looks great, cant believe you painted those rims. Nice choice of wheel though, car looks good.

All the talk about people calling Miatas gay.... I hate Miatas, but for a different reason. In pictures they look great! look like roadster rx7s..... then i see one in person and im reminded that im too big to drive one and it pisses me off.

[ava_Z32]

LOL, yeah, you do have a point there...Pretty bad a**, just not my style, but it's what you like

yea I understand. I respect your opinion. To each his own right? Thanks for not being a dick about it like so many people can be in the internet. haha.

gold/bronze on green looks great, cant believe you painted those rims. Nice choice of wheel though, car looks good.

All the talk about people calling Miatas gay.... I hate Miatas, but for a different reason. In pictures they look great! look like roadster rx7s..... then i see one in person and im reminded that im too big to drive one and it pisses me off.

Yeah I agree gold/bronze does look great on green cars, I'm just not a fan of gold anything. And IMO gold on green is just way over done. I didn't go with the purple just for the sake of being different but it was a bit of a plus not to have the same color scheme every other green miata has.

but thanks man. It's still a work in progress.

how tall are you? I'm about 5'11'" maybe 6' and 150lbs and I fit fine. My buddy josh is a good bit bigger than me and he sat in it at the wild bills meet and he fit. might've been a little tight but he fit. I'm sure with an appropriate bucket seat you could fit fine. just gotta get a little creative haha.

But I honestly find it funny when people call me gay for driving a miata. I just laugh it off. I don't drive this car to impress anyone, I drive it because it's a blast to drive, it's pretty damn good on gas, and it's reliable. I don't spend all my money maintaining it like I did with my z32.

[Sinfix_15]

yea I understand. I respect your opinion. To each his own right? Thanks for not being a dick about it like so many people can be in the internet. haha.




Yeah I agree gold/bronze does look great on green cars, I'm just not a fan of gold anything. And IMO gold on green is just way over done. I didn't go with the purple just for the sake of being different but it was a bit of a plus not to have the same color scheme every other green miata has.

but thanks man. It's still a work in progress.

how tall are you? I'm about 5'11'" maybe 6' and 150lbs and I fit fine. My buddy josh is a good bit bigger than me and he sat in it at the wild bills meet and he fit. might've been a little tight but he fit. I'm sure with an appropriate bucket seat you could fit fine. just gotta get a little creative haha.

But I honestly find it funny when people call me gay for driving a miata. I just laugh it off. I don't drive this car to impress anyone, I drive it because it's a blast to drive, it's pretty damn good on gas, and it's reliable. I don't spend all my money maintaining it like I did with my z32.

I'm 6'2 250, i look like this in a miata


I do agree that green and bronze is WAYYYYYYYYYY played out..... but only because it works so damn good.

[ava_Z32]

haha fair enough. there are guys that size with miatas. Definitely not the most comfortable thing to DD though if you're built like that.


that picture. FAP. If/when I ever get another set of wheels, I'll probably do them a dark dark bronze. Depends on the style of the wheel though I guess.