Phen's 2004 Mazdaspeed MX-5 GT Thread

[THE Phen]

Drove it to Toronto last weekend. I'm still shocked how civilized this car has become since the turbo swap.

 

[bazooka joe]

that's awesome phen! you're in love again?

 

[THE Phen]

Absolutely man. Right now, everything can only get better. Naturally, I have some small annoyances that I'm chasing. I won't call them problems because they aren't. Like a squeak on the passenger side that doesn't happen when someone is in that seat. Things like that.

 

[ajkulish]

i hate those little things. glad to hear its running good again.

 

[THE Phen]

Used it to haul Miss Ohio Latina in the Puerto Rican parade in Cleveland.

 

[Evan9999]

Used it to haul Miss Ohio Latina in the Puerto Rican parade in Cleveland.

Interesting...I just noticed the guy in the background (top right).....talk about embarrassing HAHAHAHA

Unless he's putting his wallet/cell phone in his pocket?

 

[THE Phen]

Haha, nice. Yeah, Pablo asked me to help him out and do this for him since he had an autocross. It was such torture, lemme tell you...

 

[Lewis7789]

I want to google it and see how she managed to sit up there with your roll bar but that would look really creepy while at work. I'm still disappointed you didn't play with the Potato Ricans and bounce off your rev limiter. Or at least show how how to drift. Lulz.

 

[THE Phen]

Dude, if I would have been farther back in teh parade and seen their antics, I surely would have played along. But... I was like the 5th or 6th car out. I had enough time to drop her off, park my car, and walk down to the sidewalk where everyone was watching before half of the floats had gone past. It was HUGE.

She pretty much sat on the edge of the trunk with her legs thru the center of the roll bar. It was... interesting. LOL.

 

[Lewis7789]

LOL, you didn't snap any creeper pics of said trunk pose? muahaha...

 

[THE Phen]

Haha, nooo. I didn't.

 

[THE Phen]

Well, the car seemed to have developed rattles behind the drivers seat. And by that, I mean anything that can make a ton of noise over bumps now does. Not sure why its doing that all of a sudden, but I know what I'm looking at first (the shoddy roll bar install)

 

[bazooka joe]

turn up the tunes!

 

[WillD]

Well, the car seemed to have developed rattles behind the drivers seat. And by that, I mean anything that can make a ton of noise over bumps now does. Not sure why its doing that all of a sudden, but I know what I'm looking at first (the shoddy roll bar install)

I don't even think that counts as a roll bar after seeing how it's installed. It's basically a piece of tubular steel sitting on the car...

I absolutely hate rattles though.

 

[aMaff]

PO installed the rollbar? How do you mess up a rollbar install? Yeah, I'd make sure that's right before anything. Having an improperly installed bar in a wreck is going to be worse than having nothing. Eesh.

 

[princess peach]

the bar is on the car, but it might as well be held with zip ties lol...

 

[THE Phen]

PO installed the rollbar? How do you mess up a rollbar install? Yeah, I'd make sure that's right before anything. Having an improperly installed bar in a wreck is going to be worse than having nothing. Eesh.

Yeah. Dipshit didn't bolt down the mounting pads...

 

[aMaff]

Yeah. Dipshit didn't bolt down the mounting pads...

wtf?? How is it staying in place then!? Does it even have backing plates?

 

[PrinceValorum]

Yeah. Dipshit didn't bolt down the mounting pads...

How long have you had the car now...?

 

[THE Phen]

It has the backing plates. It's held in by the bolts that go thru the factory seatbelt mounting locations. Harness bar mounts there too.