Sam's Proper MX-3 - LT Turbo project *Parting out*
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Present to myself for the car this year is these
alu chrome gauge rings. Going to wait to fit these till I have my
speedhut dials that the wife bought me for Christmas and I want
to finish it all off with a nice miata momo or nardi torino steering wheel :D
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Ended up buying an RX7 FD3S black leather Momo steering wheel
as I wanted a nice chunky 3 spoke and the miata ones are a bit spindly
looking..supposedly its a 350mm diameter wheel so a bit smaller than stock
MX-3 ones. I do hope it fits!
Also third time lucky at the breakers I managed to remove the ECU thus giving me access to the plugs and lots of flying lead to be able to start making the loom for the AEM piggback, so spent all afternoon with the multimeter & wiring diagrams drawing up the plans for it on the dining room table of course…
There seem's to be a few differences here and there between US & UK models, but not a massive deal hopefully and its becoming quite apperent now how similar or not it is to the MX-5. The donor wiring harness also has
an annoying TIMEC immob. box that'll have to removed or work around.
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That wheel looks great. I'm thinking about getting reverse glow gauges too, but from Moman, be interested to see how yours turn out though.
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Best looking one I could find for £50! saw loads nicer ones but they were mega bucks, probably as they had JDM in the title,lol
The dials I have coming are not revers glow just plain EL-glow so the complete face is green during day and night so should match the clock and most of the other dash illuminations then.
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Like Christmas all over again today :D
Steering wheel came with a free quick release boss!
green spudhut dials arrived too! Quality looks really good on them.
On hold now though till the bathrooms fitted which starts next weekend.
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sweet deal on the wheel! I have those alu rings, they're a nice touch. Makes normal dashes look like they were missing them all along.
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Got lucky fo sure doubt the Fella knew what it was.
I know I have been admiring yours, its funny that the miata got them but we didnt… think they would look real subtle painted black.
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Wow, looking forward to seeing those dials in the dash!
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Me too might have to incorporate a few extra days off work whilst doing DIY wink wink.
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Because practical race car :D
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haha god bless the cavernous boot
it's VIP spec now :lol:
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lol :D
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@b83bee2f25=Marco:
haha god bless the cavernous boot
it's VIP spec now :lol:
Haha hellz yea fill it with bubbly and invite some babes in for a hot tub party in the back of the MX :D
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lol jspec ARISTO tub as well, only lexus luxury will do…
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@2d260c05a4=Marco:
lol jspec ARISTO tub as well, only lexus luxury will do…
gudz never noticed that well spotted! quoted you on another forum :D
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looks good :) did you get the upgraded inverter to swap colours ? and very impressed that you didnt snap any needles !!.
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No just standard innverter. I did snap the rev counter needle had to go to the breakers to get another but it still doesnt work properly as the pin came out along with the needle!!
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you cant pull out the needles on the mx !!. ive got a spare i think.
well when i changed mine, everyone on mx3.com shouted at me, " NO DONT PULL THE NEEDLES OFF !! "
:)
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Learnt me a lesson there then! did you slide you dials over the existing ones then? think Im going to have to try again on yet another set…
On a positive the RX7 wheel fits nicely and we got the horn working.
