Category: DIY

ABS Radiator Shroud / Undertray

Sharka is complete and back home! I wasted no time tearing body panels off again and doing a new project.

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One Car Garage, part 2

Before.

Bucky gets some attention and modification.

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15 Minute Mod: Non-slip Pedals

Grip tape stuck in place!!!

Metal pedals get slippery when wet. Who knew? A quicky mod with some skateboard grip tape solves that problem.

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Bucky gets a new nose badge

bye bye.

An afternoon worth of work got me some fresh vinyl on Bucky’s nose and no more factory Winged-M badge. But that leaves a whole front panel without a decoration. What to do…

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Miata Oil Gauge – Real vs Fake

Real on the left, fake on the right.

Here’s a quick post showing the differences between the two NA Miata oil gauges. As you may know, the 89-94 cars got working oil gauges that actually report oil pressure. The 95-97s got dummy gauges that only show “some” pressure when the sensor reads anything above 7 psi. This is not new information, but I […]

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Momo Prototipo Restoration

This wheel has seen a few things. As has the robot.

You didn’t expect me to live with the cracked, glossy coating on my old Prototipo steering wheel did you?

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The Updated Door Panel Project

Leather door panels - installed.

My old quilted vinyl door panels were starting to look rather cheap to me. Meanwhile, I had about 1/3 of a hide of leather sitting in my parts shed. A plan formed…

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How to Paint Gauge Needles

Ultimate car detailing!

I receive this same question quite often, “How do I get red needles for my gauges?” And about a paragraph of text explains the process quite well. It’s really not very hard. But after typing out the same thing for the 50th time, I decided I could do better. So here ya go! How to paint gauge needles.

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The Sharka Interior, 2012 (dash install pt2)

The result of a whole lot of planning.

Continuing from my last post, here’s the full, finished interior. It’s all photos. Tons of photos. Maybe too many photos… but I couldn’t help it.

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NA6 Vintage Dash Install part 1

That's gonna need to come out...

After nearly a year of back-burner-sitting, my 1600 vintage dash is finally going in Sharka. FINALLY! Check out the install. Finished pix are in the next post.

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