Sharka is complete and back home! I wasted no time tearing body panels off again and doing a new project.
June 8th, 2015 — Bucky (01 MX-5), DIY, Repaint
March 27th, 2015 — DIY, Interior
Metal pedals get slippery when wet. Who knew? A quicky mod with some skateboard grip tape solves that problem.
July 6th, 2014 — Bucky (01 MX-5), DIY
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…
March 15th, 2014 — DIY, Gauges
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 […]
October 28th, 2013 — DIY, Interior, Wheels
You didn’t expect me to live with the cracked, glossy coating on my old Prototipo steering wheel did you?
August 26th, 2013 — DIY, Interior, The Store
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…
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.
September 1st, 2012 — DIY, Gauges, Interior
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.