Mx-5 gone, pug 107 and 300C now here.

[gm]

As he says, it's a solid bit of kit - I've had it fitted to my last two track cars and am confident that it is up to the job. Does take a bit of work to fit but is worth the effort. Aside from the protective element, it adds extra stiffness to the chassis - you should certainly be able to feel the difference when pressing on

handy place to mount a GoPro too 

[Matty]

Handy place to mount a pipetube as well. Get the doors sign written and you can sack the van off and save a bit of money ?

[spartacus]

I saw this car in Chesterfield a couple of weeks ago, I could remember yours being one of the oldest still on the road, so this must be up there too, it was bright red and looked really clean...

[paulplom]

I'm 10th on the list and it's still the oldest silver one. Born on the 13-07-89.

That one you've posted is quite a late one. Not sure how it's got an earlier reg plate.

 

[paulplom]

9 hours ago, Matty said:

Handy place to mount a pipetube as well. Get the doors sign written and you can sack the van off and save a bit of money ?

I struggle with all my gear in a transit custom never mind an mx5 boot.

Unless I get a trailer and a towbar. Now there's an idea.....

[paulplom]

I was given these from gm a while back.

Too much trim tape?

Bling!!

[Christine]

Will you get enough tools in to fit me a new boiler ?     (  When i get my Borris green grant that must be spent with a professional ..) lol  Day trip to Sussex !  And the controls are fucked too...

[paulplom]

I can give you a price and advice if nowt else.

 

[paulplom]

Seats begone!

[paulplom]

Pedal rubbers required and ordered.

[paulplom]

Back carpet, seatbelts, various trim and big metal plate, gone!

 

[paulplom]

No idea what this wire and relay is.

Mayve @motorpunk could shed some light.

[paulplom]

Quite a pile of bits so far.

 

[paulplom]

Panel in boot removed.

What's the next step @gm?

[paulplom]

I forgot, this hit a mile stone on the way back from collecting the roll bar. One for the high mileage thread.

 

[gm]

1 hour ago, paulplom said:

Panel in boot removed.

What's the next step @gm?

 

 

looks like it’s time to start cutting ! there’s two little shelves that run along the side of the seatbelt towers that need to come off and you’ll need to take a chunk off the parcel shelf - should be fairly obvious if you hold the roll bar in place 

[paulplom]

Cheers. I'm otherwise engaged now.

I'll see if I can progress tomorrow.

 

[gm]

don’t be drilling holes after a couple of those bad boys  

 

[paulplom]

I agree, after a couple I'll still be shaking. Half a dozen however, I'll be steady as a rock.

 

[High Jetter]

Is it pissing down yet?

[motorpunk]

No idea what those wires are. Heated rear screen maybe? Looks like a bodge, but not one I remember!

[New POD]

6 minutes ago, motorpunk said:

No idea what those wires are. Heated rear screen maybe? Looks like a bodge, but not one I remember!

My Wife's Monza was originally supplied with a hardtop, and the wiring plug sits in the passenger side of the parcel shelf.  We replaced the knackered roof, with one with a glass heated screen, and It was a case of plug and play.  The switch was already on the dash.  The guy that sold it, had a guide for those without switch.  The wiring is all there waiting to be used. 

[gm]

5 hours ago, paulplom said:

No idea what this wire and relay is.

Mayve @motorpunk could shed some light.

That big croc clip is presumably to connect to the battery, so the presence of a relay suggests it could be for a heated rear screen, there is a black wire running along the top of your parcel shelf that isn't standard and would go to the right area for the heated screen terminals. Seems a messy way to hook up to the battery though. Is there anything attached to the leads that come off the glass rear screen ? Your car is early enough not to have the loom as standard, even early hardtops had a plain glass window.

[motorpunk]

It’s a later hood with heated glass.

[paulplom]

The yellow wire had a spade connector on the end near the battery. It wasn't connected to anything so I binned it.

The relay and associated wiring is for the heated screen. I traced it once I was in the boot.

[paulplom]

A bit more progress. I had to chop those two metal pieces to get it to go in. It's a very tight fit and a bit awkward because of the wires and stuff.

 

[paulplom]

After a bit of a struggle it was finally in. I marked all the holes up and took it out again.

I bought some proper quality bosch hss drill bits in a fancy tin. Like you'd get in a fab shop. That was about a month ago and can I fuck find them.

It looks like I'll need an angle drill to get some of the holes too as the roof/metal panel is in the way.

I've packed in now as it's stupidly hot and the sweat keeps running in my eyes and affecting my vision/making me very angry.

[Tenmil Socket]

On 8/3/2020 at 9:33 PM, New POD said:

My Wife's Monza was originally supplied with a hardtop, and the wiring plug sits in the passenger side of the parcel shelf.  We replaced the knackered roof, with one with a glass heated screen, and It was a case of plug and play.  The switch was already on the dash.  The guy that sold it, had a guide for those without switch.  The wiring is all there waiting to be used. 

My hard top has heated glass and there's also a switch on the dash. It's not connected as I bought the hard top separately. Does this mean I should have the connection somewhere under the carpet?

[paulplom]

Mine looks like it's been wired by someone. Deffo not factory. It's seperate to the main loom.

[New POD]

3 hours ago, Tenmil Socket said:

My hard top has heated glass and there's also a switch on the dash. It's not connected as I bought the hard top separately. Does this mean I should have the connection somewhere under the carpet?

I'm guessing:

yes.