Dannys Build Thread - Hartlepool Build
 

Just got my MX5 home yesterday so stage 1 complete!

Hoping to get my Tribute MX250 kit in the next week or so....

http://i1273.photobucket.com/albums/...ps6bf06fa3.jpg

http://i1273.photobucket.com/albums/...ps1cf18719.jpg

I wonder how along the previous owner spent polishing it! Did you tell him what you were going to do? I didn't have the heart to tell the bloke I bought mine off.

I gave it a quick wash before I took the pics so I can use them for when I break it and sell the parts!

The Mk2 alloys are already on Ebay!

Hi Danny :welcome:

Good to talk to you yesterday, just email your details to info@tributeautomotive.com to place your kit order and we will get you a collection date sorted out asap.

is it black or green? my kit arrives next Saturday so we should be building in the same time line mate

Just sent the email then Chris.

Its Green Hammy.

Ive been looking at these kits for a little while but never seen a GTO replica or even a real 1 for that matter and randomly bumped into a bloke with a Porsche GTO kit yesterday! Took some pics....

http://i1273.photobucket.com/albums/...ps663257a2.jpg

http://i1273.photobucket.com/albums/...ps8f95e8ab.jpg

Price? mx250 x 6 x 8 ?? or more

I am happy with my kit :peace: thats the right fitment for my budget:peace:

Front arches too bulbous for me.

+1 Nick

Just had a few hours on the interior before I get my kit.

Took the seats out and cut the head rests off and dropped them in to get re-upholstered. I found an image on google and digitized it for the embroidery company for the Ferr@ri horse to be stitched into the top.

http://i1273.photobucket.com/albums/...ps07b6abea.jpg

Im going to Germany on tues for a couple of weeks work so they should be done by the time I'm home!

Stripped out the center console to smooth it in to get it a little away from the MX5 look...

http://i1273.photobucket.com/albums/...psb0a3d57f.jpg

Also sent my chrome door sills away to get sand blasted and get the Ferr@ri logo etched in instead of 'Roadster'!

Interested what you are up to with the interior as I have only added chrome and wood effect plastic to mine, and I was keeping the seats the same.

Does that steering wheel have an airbag? If so, is it a standard Mazda item?

No airbag im afraid, it came with the car so not sure of its origin.
Il just have to do sum carefull driving with no aribags just like I have to in my run about car..... http://i1273.photobucket.com/albums/...ps5194b8f1.jpg
No seatbelts in that either and with a full fibreglass body I dont stand much of a chance in a crash!

Test piece for the embroidery on the seats worked out pretty well, its going to be smaller and in dark brown stitching to match the tan seats... http://i1273.photobucket.com/albums/...ps63f552b3.jpg
If an one wants the digitised image I can send you it via email to get round this copyright law. (This is not a ferrari horse but a donkey) ;)

Who built this MX250...

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2212276091...84.m1423.l2649

£6,900.00

Not sure about the carbon fiber tho.

It was built by William"Billy" McGlochlin at great speed, it was posted on here but the pictures have now gone, it keeps popping up on ebay. Check early Tribute threads for Billys posts.

Thanks Tony, I had a look but a build thread isn't much use now the photos have gone!

So I've bought my alloys! There will be a few boxes waiting at home for me when I get back from Germany!

http://i1273.photobucket.com/albums/...ps2bdc6d24.jpg

They are 14" & Width 6.5J

Can any 1 recommend tyre sizes for the unmodified arches on the MX250 kit?

thanks

I'm looking at making some new dials with the Ferrari logo on (I can design them however any 1 wants on a program for printing).

Once they are designed I can have them digitally printed and cut onto vinyl by my pal who has a sign writing business.

Transfer these onto some thin clear plastic and job done! (these can have a layer of 'light blocker' put in between the vinyl and the plastic as well so everything lights up as it should, including the logo!)

I'm going for the horse on the rev counter and '250 GTO' text on the speedo.

Let me know if any one wants any doing as I could do the Tribute logo etc and the cost would be next to nothing!

I contacted Lockwood dials about making some custom MX5 dials and had a reply with the price (in case making my own is too difficult!)...

For a 1 off custom set the price is £220 +VAT however if 5 or more are ordered then the price is reduced dramatically to £62 +VAT.

I'l have a goo at making them myself when I get home from Germany but if that fails will any one be interested in ordering a set with the Ferrari logos?

Cheers

Looks like I wont have much time to complete my car in time for the meet on 29th so looking for a little help so I can have all the parts waiting for me that I will need to complete.

Does any 1 have a supplier for;

headlamps
side lights
Front indicators (the 1s that locate just above the side lights on the genuine)
rear lights ie the closest to the original GTO as poss
Fuel cap

and most importantly a genuine front grill?

any help appreciated

I have found these..... http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Ferrari-Ma...item4d0d156310

Seem to be on the expensive side though!

I have been looking at side repeaters too. I want something small and reasonably stylish rather than a big square or circle.

There are a few BMW ones that look okay. 3 series coupe. E46 model I think and have seen these for half the price of yours. Probably do them with orange glass too.

http://compare.ebay.co.uk/like/32107...f13=80&ff14=66

SVC do a variety of different repeaters

http://www.s-v-c.co.uk/category/side-repeaters/

i got some really nice oned from europa but they arent in the Ferrari style....

http://i1090.photobucket.com/albums/...psec3f3e74.jpg

Something I noticed the other day, the side repeaters on the new Megan, if you fit them upside down, might work. I was thinking of putting them up on the front end of the front wing.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/CRYSTAL-SI...-/111059399089

Cheers guys, I like the X3 1's, Just need to find a set in amber!

What about the headlights?

Just had an email back from euro spared informing me that they no longer stock the genuine front grill! Any 1 got any ideas? My kit will have the original front end with the smaller grill and fog lights.

And still stuck on the headlights.....

Maybe an alternative
http://i1217.photobucket.com/albums/...inkerhella.jpg


http://www.google.de/imgres?safe=off...9,r:2,s:0,i:90

I do like them but they seem a bit steep, as I think you only get 1 for the 22euros ?

Mine is a MK 2 Mondeo ST mesh coupled with a Mondeo MK 2 chrome surround and a horse badge from Ebay, or you could try chicken wire, chris posted this on my build, its a genuine GTO.

http://i1148.photobucket.com/albums/...ps45e911d3.jpg

My front end wont have the shape or the space for the mondeo grill as my kit is going to have the original front with the smaller genuine grill space and the space either side for the square headlights.

Not the chicken wire then, don't blame you.

http://i1273.photobucket.com/albums/...ps1084e600.jpg

this is the problem I'l have with the mondeo grill...

no problem,
cut out a piece and welded the new grill. Then you can paint the new Grill after filling and sanding.

http://www.kitcarmag.com/featuredveh...t/viewall.html
Some genuine ones had no grill, (Gulf racing) as other kits (above) or you could make a slatted grill and polish it as Billy did with his its a shame there are no pictures on his build.

think this is going to be my only option, I'm home soon so I can start to have a play about with it. I may have to trim the sides down as well to get rid of the 'over oval' part if you know what I mean!

on the plus side, I've just had a phone call to say my seats are ready to be collected! :thumb: I'll get a pic uploaded when I collect them.

Danny can you give me a bell mate?

Just been and picked my seats up, very impressed with the quality....

http://i1273.photobucket.com/albums/...ps28b965e6.jpg

http://i1273.photobucket.com/albums/...pse2dabba1.jpg

Danny they look amazing! Who did the trimming work done? I need some retrimming on my lotus