Showing posts with label Stratmosphere. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Stratmosphere. Show all posts

Tuesday, May 5, 2009

Much progress!


As you can see it's been a busy week (well, mostly the weekend).

Roll bar, installed.
Suspension, installed.
Wheels, painted.
Tires, mounted/balanced.

Even vacuumed the floorboards.

So what's next? First up is finishing the suspension. I need to adjust the back end up about another .5 to .75 inches. After that it's off to the alignment shop (all four wheels and the steering wheel currently disagree as to which direction the car should be moving).



After that it's on to stereo (ordered a Kenwood KDC-MP642U) that needs to be installed.

Then it's back to ordering/finding parts. I need new windows for the doors (mine are scratched, badly), some more speakers and various other parts. Oh, and paint.

Yup, it's a project. And projects like this never end. It's part of the charm.

Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Parts on the way

Today was expensive but most of the major financial damage should be done now.

Ordered the VMAXX system for the NB (second gen) Miata today from Stratmosphere. Ended up calling them twice today (once for info, once for ordering) both times the guys answering the phone were polite and very helpful.

Next up was the NB shock mounts for the front (I'm hoping I'll be okay in the back). Got them from Med Center Mazda for a pretty good deal. Never used them before so we'll see how it goes.

Last expense today was tires. Ryan was supposed to order them today.

Only big things left on the list is the rollbar and a head unit. Probably way a couple of weeks on the radio but the rollbar I'll be ordering this weekend.