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So what are your plans for it? Full restoration? Tofu Delivery clone? Drift Missile? So stoked to see a 86 thread 
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I had baby supra wheels on my Soarer back in the day, one of my favorite stock wheels ever. I think with those wheels and and removing the crappy rear fenders your 86 car has potential.
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Oct 31, 2017 00:52
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Yeah I'm seeing that with my xB. 2nd gen went to 5 bolt and all the cool wheel options are for the 4 bolt 1st gen, why they changed it I have no clue. The wheels and tires I would like would cost me almost 2 grand so gently caress that guess I'm staying stock 
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Nov 2, 2017 17:45
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Yeah I never got the hate for Rota, unless you're tracking in which case you want higher quality anyways. For the street they are fine and the selection is phenomenal.
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Nov 2, 2017 19:13
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BlackMK4 posted:They work fine on the track, also. People just like to get uppity for no fuckin reason. I thought people tend to lean towards forged wheels for track use? I dunno, I don't track a car  I just remember some spec Miata guys or something rambling on about how Rota wheels suck for track use.
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Nov 2, 2017 22:34
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But if you can't afford forged wheels you shouldn't be at the track bro 
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Nov 3, 2017 00:07
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Yeah this car is PO.text for sure. At least it's easy to work on, I would love one of these cars for a project.
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Nov 6, 2017 20:32
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Wow I would have never caught that and i probably would have went insane trying to figure out what was wrong. Nothing worse than electrical issues. So when are you gonna drill all the rivets out of the wide body kit
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Nov 17, 2017 16:53
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Doooooo eeeeeeet
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Nov 18, 2017 01:14
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Might want to check if anyone makes replacement panels, there was a guy that made aluminum panels for Miatas, I imagine these days it wouldn't be too hard to fab up a door panel with a water jet or something.
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Nov 19, 2017 17:12
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Darchangel posted:No, you can't. It was literally never smooth to start with. It's spray paint. I would sand through it attempting to get it smooth, and it's probably not hard enough to polish. If I could figure out how to get it off without destroying the factory paint, I would. And that's when you start wishing you had a time machine to go back to the PO before he put on those dumbass fender flares and lifted a spray can to it, NOOOOOOO im gonna own this car eventually you moron That sucks though, if he would have just left it alone the car would be ten times better.
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Dec 6, 2017 16:57
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Heh, I just installed my subwoofer into my xB that I've been putting off for months because running the wires is a pain in the rear end. Finally in, one more project off the list of many Looks like you're coming along pretty good, can't wait to see a front bumper on it, it looks horrible without one.
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Mar 29, 2018 01:22
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Yu-Gi-Ho! posted:Get a car with a trunk-mounted battery. Like a Miata.. or HHR. Yeah Miatas are awesome for that. My xB has a stock pioneer unit with pre outs for a sub so that was nice, then i just tapped in to the acc wire for the remote lead. Biggest pain was the power lead of course getting it through the firewall to the amp under the passenger seat, then speaker wire to the hatch where the sub is. Now I just have to sound proof because everything rattles now
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Mar 30, 2018 00:49
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I wonder why almost everyone went from 6x9 speakers in the rear deck to 6.5" that always annoyed me, plenty of room back there to have designed the deck for 6x9s.
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Apr 5, 2018 17:25
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Better bass tho
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Apr 5, 2018 20:12
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My last car with a good pair of 6x9s in the deck and 6.5s in the doors didn't need a sub, that's how good the 6x9s were at putting out bass. Saves space in the trunk too which is a pretty big deal. Id rather not have to use a sub if I don't have to, the 10" I have in my xB is just on the cusp of being too much for the space it takes up. They make stealth subs for xBs but they are ridiculously priced.
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Apr 5, 2018 23:10
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If you add a resonator it will get rid of that bees in a can sound, that would be way too loud for me imo. On my last Miata I got rid of the cat and it was a mistake because it sounded perfect before that, then went to a can of angry bees sound under high revs. Was gonna put a new cat back on but I ended up selling it.
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Apr 9, 2018 18:07
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Darchangel posted:9 quarts total. Not unrealistic, since a complete change with draining the torque converter and cooler is 14 quarts, but man - $7/quart. $65+ in just fluid, to replace a $2 part (and $30 for the filter.) That's not bad, imagine if you would have taken it to AAMCO, you would have been rear end raped with no lube.
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Dryer vent issues are a pain in the rear end, I knocked a hole in the wall behind mine so it shoots straight out, hardly ever needs to be cleaned and is more efficient that way. I wonder how much energy a long and windy vent tube takes up, especially once it starts building up lint in it.
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