lol
my back is fine with pushing a wheelbarrow.
all the hard work was done by my friend.
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- Sun Jan 24, 2021 9:21 pm
- Forum: Personal Car Projects and Mods
- Topic: It seemed like a good idea at the time...
- Replies: 1450
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- Sun Jan 24, 2021 8:37 pm
- Forum: Personal Car Projects and Mods
- Topic: It seemed like a good idea at the time...
- Replies: 1450
- Views: 47257
Re: It seemed like a good idea at the time...
nah i reckon it would fit, its his ego im not sure about....
- Sun Jan 24, 2021 8:34 pm
- Forum: Personal Car Projects and Mods
- Topic: It seemed like a good idea at the time...
- Replies: 1450
- Views: 47257
Re: It seemed like a good idea at the time...
ive never learned to take a photo that actually gives a decent perspective, but the side wall is cut down to about half height.
- Sun Jan 24, 2021 8:29 pm
- Forum: Personal Car Projects and Mods
- Topic: It seemed like a good idea at the time...
- Replies: 1450
- Views: 47257
Re: It seemed like a good idea at the time...
this weekends activities. yesterday: https://i.imgur.com/xpJOfSoh.jpg https://i.imgur.com/5N14CDDh.jpg https://i.imgur.com/s7zTml7h.jpg its done now, more or less. its still a little flat and could use more polishing. im gonna buy some super fine compound and go at it a bit more in the week, most li...
- Sun Jan 24, 2021 5:49 pm
- Forum: The Other Car..
- Topic: New owner of a MX-5 Mk2
- Replies: 147
- Views: 4278
Re: New owner of a MX-5 Mk2
although paypal will pay return postage there is a limit and im fairly sure its lower than £50...
- Sun Jan 24, 2021 5:32 pm
- Forum: The Other Car..
- Topic: New owner of a MX-5 Mk2
- Replies: 147
- Views: 4278
Re: New owner of a MX-5 Mk2
thats no ones idea of a finished part. id be embarrassed to put my name to that....
- Thu Jan 21, 2021 10:19 pm
- Forum: RX-8 Discussion
- Topic: Powder Coating Wheel Nuts
- Replies: 9
- Views: 191
Re: Powder Coating Wheel Nuts
powdercoating wont last long when the socket bites to do them up.
id have them electroplated instead.
id have them electroplated instead.
- Thu Jan 21, 2021 4:54 pm
- Forum: Personal Car Projects and Mods
- Topic: It seemed like a good idea at the time...
- Replies: 1450
- Views: 47257
Re: It seemed like a good idea at the time...
This arrived today... https://i.imgur.com/3tLj24lh.jpg?1 Well it arrived on Monday but the local delivery office is only open for 2 hours in the morning except Thursdays. I don't get how changing opening hours of somewhere that is staffed all day is affected by covid. Any who, the are the only ones ...
- Thu Jan 21, 2021 3:59 pm
- Forum: RX-8 Discussion
- Topic: What have you done to your RX-8 today????
- Replies: 24671
- Views: 938415
Re: What have you done to your RX-8 today????
that would do it, too 

- Thu Jan 21, 2021 3:11 pm
- Forum: RX-8 Discussion
- Topic: What have you done to your RX-8 today????
- Replies: 24671
- Views: 938415
Re: What have you done to your RX-8 today????
I took the PZ out for a 20 mile jaunt. Done 80 miles on a quarter of a tank so far......oooooo I might join the club! Plugged it in to the battery charger when I got home and also removed the cover from the 192. All this talk of destroyed paint work has spooked me so I am going to risk exposure to ...
- Thu Jan 21, 2021 9:40 am
- Forum: Personal Car Projects and Mods
- Topic: It seemed like a good idea at the time...
- Replies: 1450
- Views: 47257
Re: It seemed like a good idea at the time...
Rest. Pretty much all they can do. I've had it for a while apparently, several years most likely, so not much risk of it getting worse unless I'm stupid.
- Wed Jan 20, 2021 10:24 pm
- Forum: Personal Car Projects and Mods
- Topic: It seemed like a good idea at the time...
- Replies: 1450
- Views: 47257
Re: It seemed like a good idea at the time...
i was wondering why I was having so much trouble getting on with the digging, you saw the pitiful pile that i managed, and that took me all day... :shock: I'm not kidding. I thought I was just unfit, turns out not so much..... I had a appointment with a doctor (been booked for ages, covid and all th...
- Sun Jan 17, 2021 8:39 pm
- Forum: Personal Car Projects and Mods
- Topic: It seemed like a good idea at the time...
- Replies: 1450
- Views: 47257
Re: It seemed like a good idea at the time...
yup.
but at less than 2 months old, i don't think its going to be ready for a while
edit: punctuation error resolved.
but at less than 2 months old, i don't think its going to be ready for a while

edit: punctuation error resolved.

- Sun Jan 17, 2021 7:55 pm
- Forum: Personal Car Projects and Mods
- Topic: It seemed like a good idea at the time...
- Replies: 1450
- Views: 47257
Re: It seemed like a good idea at the time...
spent 8 hours solid, 2 people, wet-sanding the panels with 1k grit paper to take all the imperfections (and runs) out of the paint. https://i.imgur.com/0HuulRQl.jpg https://i.imgur.com/18WOD97l.jpg https://i.imgur.com/zWzKnnul.jpg?1 https://i.imgur.com/u3uVPWul.jpg?1 then washing the car... then a c...
- Sun Jan 17, 2021 7:43 pm
- Forum: Personal Car Projects and Mods
- Topic: Brix's R3. 'Blue Magic'
- Replies: 228
- Views: 14046
Re: Brix's R3. 'Blue Magic'
yup, i think we both had the same experienceChrisHolmes wrote: ↑Sun Jan 17, 2021 6:42 pmThe corner was probably ground off when someone forgot to secure it and at speed it flips down and gets ground off!

- Sun Jan 17, 2021 7:32 pm
- Forum: Personal Car Projects and Mods
- Topic: It seemed like a good idea at the time...
- Replies: 1450
- Views: 47257
Re: It seemed like a good idea at the time...
im an avid watcher of ThisOldTony.
which has simply taught me, that is WAAAAY out of my league, and budget for the tooling... for the moment
which has simply taught me, that is WAAAAY out of my league, and budget for the tooling... for the moment

- Sat Jan 16, 2021 9:58 pm
- Forum: RX-8 Discussion
- Topic: Flat spot on Kuro 2
- Replies: 41
- Views: 893
Re: Flat spot on Kuro 2
no measurable ones as far as i can tell...goodeggbob wrote: ↑Sat Jan 16, 2021 9:49 pmAre there any performance,economy or longevity gains to be had by deleting air pump?
however, one of the side effects is you can have the cold start map leaned out a lot, which makes it almost impossible to flood...
- Sat Jan 16, 2021 6:25 pm
- Forum: Personal Car Projects and Mods
- Topic: It seemed like a good idea at the time...
- Replies: 1450
- Views: 47257
Re: It seemed like a good idea at the time...
Yes that's the idea, in practice for what I want it's about right on the slowest speed. Also down the left there are a load of gears, these can be changed to give a different feed rate for auto feed or screw cutting. The latter is no good as they're all imperial, and it can't be changed anyway, as I...
- Sat Jan 16, 2021 1:37 pm
- Forum: Personal Car Projects and Mods
- Topic: It seemed like a good idea at the time...
- Replies: 1450
- Views: 47257
Re: It seemed like a good idea at the time...
I would really like to have worked alongside fred dibnah. Old stuff is cool.
- Sat Jan 16, 2021 12:57 pm
- Forum: Personal Car Projects and Mods
- Topic: It seemed like a good idea at the time...
- Replies: 1450
- Views: 47257
Re: It seemed like a good idea at the time...
that looks gloriously Victorian, just need to recruit some children to operate it... Well it is a bit Victorian... because that when it was made :) It was never meant to have a motor on it, it was supposed to be run from a overhead belt, hence the lever that disconnects the belts between the motor ...
- Sat Jan 16, 2021 10:11 am
- Forum: Personal Car Projects and Mods
- Topic: It seemed like a good idea at the time...
- Replies: 1450
- Views: 47257
Re: It seemed like a good idea at the time...
Little spiny thing spins with its new motor on for first time..
- Thu Jan 14, 2021 4:02 pm
- Forum: RX-8 Discussion
- Topic: Tools, tools, tools (was Thumb Ratchets)
- Replies: 318
- Views: 16408
Re: Tools, tools, tools (was Thumb Ratchets)
ok i now know why and i feel like a idiot....
its adblock plus... blocking a ad!
its adblock plus... blocking a ad!
- Thu Jan 14, 2021 4:01 pm
- Forum: RX-8 Discussion
- Topic: Tools, tools, tools (was Thumb Ratchets)
- Replies: 318
- Views: 16408
- Thu Jan 14, 2021 3:58 pm
- Forum: RX-8 Discussion
- Topic: Tools, tools, tools (was Thumb Ratchets)
- Replies: 318
- Views: 16408
Re: Tools, tools, tools (was Thumb Ratchets)
yes it is possible, (but not exactly easy) but no, im not.
ive reset the browser (like clearing cookies but more so) and tried incognito but its the same.
ive reset the browser (like clearing cookies but more so) and tried incognito but its the same.
- Thu Jan 14, 2021 3:50 pm
- Forum: RX-8 Discussion
- Topic: Tools, tools, tools (was Thumb Ratchets)
- Replies: 318
- Views: 16408
Re: Tools, tools, tools (was Thumb Ratchets)
yeah it seems to be browser related, i use chrome...