Project 10AE Miata

[Goodspeed]

ITS ALIIIIVEEEEE



I drove it around a bit on the stock wheels, but with the temps properly spring-like I mounted the 6ULs back on. That seems to be my sign of spring, like baseball opening-day - when these emerge from the basement and find their way back on the car.

Keen readers will remember my desire to rid the car of amber-lense disease (I don't know why, I just kind of hate them, on every car) that I partially undertook by replacing the stock '99 "fried egg" taillights with updated '01+ units, as seen above.

Well, I finally ticked off the second half of that project, and the part that I had really been wanting to do for ages. The lights at the front of the car were always a bit too wine & cheese looking for my taste (plus, AMBER), so I broke down and got to work. I took apart the headlight housings, removed the chrome partition and hit them with Duplicolor Metalcast gunmetal gray. The turn signals within the housings consisted of a clear bulb surrounded by this massive amber cup, so I ditched those and simply replaced the bulbs with amber equivalents.

Once I got them back in the car, I realized the amber turn lenses also had to go, so I got some smoked ones off of eBay. I then hit the lenses with a Mother's Powerball kit.

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After:





A little less



and a little more



I'm pleased. Come say hi at the show!