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New wheels & tires and a slammed suspension. Side mirrors and rear spoiler are from an RX7, I made new reflective mirror faces and treated them to the same fade as the sides of the body. The exhaust tip and fuel filler were machined from aluminum. Instead of a traditional front spoiler I made a splitter from sheet styrene. The screen under the custom hood cutouts is some stainless I had lying around painted gunmetal. Paint is Tamiya, Dupont and HOK.

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Turned out great! The front splitter and the rear spoiler along with the hood treatment go a long way to making this so unique. At first glance it hardly looks like a Miata. The paint really highlights that too.

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how did you slam it...just glue the wheels in there or did you actually lower the suspension realitically? i am wondering because i basically got nowhere attempting to make the suspension low and realistic on the tamiya mx5 i did. yours looks killer.

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how did you slam it...just glue the wheels in there or did you actually lower the suspension realitically? i am wondering because i basically got nowhere attempting to make the suspension low and realistic on the tamiya mx5 i did. yours looks killer.

I reworked the suspension, but as far as realistically? Not exactly. I used the front A arms on the rear and left out the tie rod/rack. I also cut out the fenderwells. Since it was intended to be a curside I was able to fake a few things, but if you don't study the chassis/suspension too closely, it works... The wheels do roll.

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came out great. its totally different than any other miata out there. it look beefy with the cage, spitter and wheels. B)

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I will say that I hated the lavender rockers upon first seeing them. Now? Well.... let's just say I've warmed up a bit to that. Easily the meanest Miata I've ever seen as far as the hardware and stance go. B)

Now, get a Revell Miata and a 1:24 small block Ford V8 and do a Monster Miata!

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