Josheyboy's MX-5 mk 2.5!

hi peeps! some of you know i had a toyota starlet glanza v with wide wheels and kitted up and i came to last months meet in dudly..
she had to be sold down to not being able to insure her i tryed every way possible but no luck!

so heres my new pride!

51 plate
55k miles
all standerd! ( not for long )


plans are :
jap style exhaust system
coilovers then dropped !
gloss black hard top
16" alloys with dish ( on order)

let me know what you think and what you think i should do with her!



enjoy!

josheyboy

nice starting block. What wheels have you got ordered?

Drag dr16 16x7 gun metal with a polished lip, spacers will probs be needed!

Cheers

hmm not too sure on them wheels :/

clean base to start with though

It will look better with them on the car and when its slammed so keep yours eyes on this

plans =
wheels =

these 4x114?

Have faith guys!

They are 4x100

There is so much better out there in terms of rims as i should know (been through about 5-6 sets on my ek which is also 4x100). Take a look on wheel whores, pistonheads, ebay and you will find a much better set, trust me

I had rota grid vs 15x8 et 0 on my glanza lol trust me for the price i think ther good and will suit the car each to there own lol but still see what you think when ther on the car

yeah i'll see it once they are on mate

good plans, i love mx5's, and not many mk2's that have been modified to their potential

as for the wheels......The originals are genuine Japanese Gab Sports

https://2img.net/h/oi32.tinypic.com/oadf87.jpg

Rota have flooded the market with replica's under the name GT3, to the extent to people that are new to the game just refer to them as GT3's, which is pretty sad in itself IMO.

now DRAG have done the DR16.......so in effect, they are replica's, of a replica wheel

i think ned put it best when he said....."Rockin' Rota's is like Rockin' Hi-Tec Trainers"

im not sure what to say about replica's of replica's

At the end of the day im doing it for how it looks and not for the brand, ist just a badge, its the same as choosing between hovis and asdas own, ther both made of the same stuff lol

hovis have a more wholesome soft full bread, asdas own is flat and lifeless, hahaha, jks

do what you want with it, its your car, i do think you should atleast have gone for the 8j's

do what ever you feel dude, you like them then ROCK them, maybe you might an then change your mind.

gutted for you about the glanza

See I like whitty's on the XXR 002's

but as ezz said you have gone for some nice width there, keep us posted on how they look.

new leads!
8.5mm

new wheels!

orderd some flush vlaves so they sit nicely in the polished lip
cant wait to get the tyres on them!

are they rota's??

new coilovers come!


new wheels fitted


will be putting the coilovers on in the week and will get some pics as soon as they are on!

I just can't bring myself to say i like the wheels, Sorry

obviously your not going to like them, look under your name it says dislikes rotas!
if you have nothing nice to say dont say anything at all...
i like them, not all of us have loads of money to buy "real" alloys
its what i can afford and if you dont like them just keep that oppinion to yourself

thanks

dear o dear, dude this is an open forum and ned is a main mod, he can say whatever the fugg he likes LOL, TOA doesnt like rota's, so posting them isnt gonna really help your build thread.

the thing is, you could of actusally bought 'real deal' wheels for the price you have paid for these.

yeh your rite it is an open forum, people are entitled to ther oppinions but still you may not like rotas but a load of the members on here have rotas,
and i wouldent want to spend my money on a beat up set of "real" wheels that will need tonnes of work wich are proberly rare as rocking horse shit to buy

im not a argumentative person but it just annoys me when people put a downer on my things iv worked my ass of to pay for

nah thats fair dude, and fairplay to you for working your ass off an if you like them then thats all that matters but dont be shady with people when you post pics of wheels that our forum is known for not liking, because it never goes down well lol

okay mate i understand! tbh if i could afford the good stuff i would buy them!
rims iv had in the past:
wedssport rs-5s
rota grid V's 15x8 et0 ( yess i know ther rotas but i loved them)
Eb eurobeins,
so some jdm goodness there lol