What did you do to your Mirage today?

[dragon2knight]

I just has my windows tinted and had this rather impressive stereo installed. It's a Boss Elite series and it's pretty darn good with Android Auto/Apple Carplay and a crisp, clear screen that's bright enough to fight off glare. I also added some wind deflectors but I admit I could have done a better job of installing them.

[MetroMPG]

I kicked the Mirage to the curb for one more week.

I had been planning to put the crapcan Miata away for the winter and resume driving the Even Fancier Metro this weekend, but we're supposed to get something like a heatwave later this week.

End-of-season top-down weather is the best convertible weather.

[MetroMPG]

dragon2knight : the Bronx, eh?


Do you have one of those NYC bumper protectors on there too?

[dragon2knight]

dragon2knight : the Bronx, eh?


Do you have one of those NYC bumper protectors on there too?

Hahaha, of course
(Actually it's on it's way from amazon as I type this)

[MetroMPG]

Looking forward to the pic!

[dragon2knight]

Looking forward to the pic!

They're funky, but they (usually) work

[dragon2knight]

Latest (and possibly last ones for awhile) mods include some nice 14x6 Primax 772 rims with 175 65R 14 Westlake RP18 tires They work great!

[Eggman]

Latest (and possibly last ones for awhile) mods include some nice 14x6 Primax rims with 175 65R 14 Westlake RP18 tires They work great!

Looks real sharp.

[JRB201]

Yesterday I put myself a new intake together because I wanted to sound it a bit more "sporty"

I first removed the old airbox:

Then I made a bracket to hold the new intake, and test fitted it

Then I cleaned the engine bay, and paint sprayed the fuel rail with some heat resistant silver paint.

And finally I cleaned some of the hosing, paint sprayed the aluminium tube(also heat resistant) and the clamps that hold the tube in place.

In the end it was definitely worth it, it cost me like 30€ for all the supplies and and hour or 2 to do(most of it cleaning) and it doesn's sound any different when driving normally(which is good since my mom drives it occasionaly). As soon as you get around ~3500rpm it really starts to make noise.
Mileage wise it is actually better at low speeds (4.6L per 100km @80kmh), at high speeds not so much(7.2L per 100km @130kmh).
If you want to hear:
driving by
going up the highway

[Eggman]

Yesterday I put myself a new intake together because I wanted to sound it a bit more "sporty"

Doing so removes the air intake resonator aka Helmholtz resonator. Previous discussions have shown this resonator not only attenuates noise but helps the intake "breathe easier".

For more details see the following thread (lots of good info):
Don't buy/build an intake, just remove the resonator/snorkel tube