It's Alive

After a few more layers of short strands fiberglass filler... Still need more layers and add some finishing putty and shape it out more.



It's actually coming back from the dead. (The little rascal sure like to be in the pictures) haha It's my co-workers Mini Dovermen, her name is "Love".



So excited for paint and been looking around for some canards.

Beat !

I haven't been posting for awhile. Been really tired/ stressed/ busy from work.

Other then working with clients, prepping and masking up cars for paint, and detailing cars, I been working on my bumpers on the side:

My OEM JDM Kouki Bumper. Took a hell of "TLC" to fix.

Got it for cheap, but beat.



Plastic welded that "Bitch!"





Then Plastic Filler and DAed the shit out of it till smooth. Also filled-in where the emblem would go. Kouki emblemless is a Yes!



Then Primer. BANG!




Then worked on the Version Select bumper today here and there.

So what do you do to a bumper you get for $10 when your a broke ass drifter? ...

Strip it down and grinded away the blue duck tape residue away



Fiberglass it! Sucks ass and itchy as fuck.





Apply fiberglass filler and DA it some more. (still need to do more rounds of filler and shape it)



At the end of the day. I should be done by Friday.



So Durable now...Sweet!



Can't wait to primer and paint!

That's a Wrap. Got to wake up at 6:45AM for work! ah...

Funny

This miata belongs to a friend of mine. I won't say who, but I thought this was pretty funny.

It's sitting there to keep the headlight up...lol

stupid car

sitting at home.

also, yay or nay?

most say nay. trd wing would be better of course, but this ones free. gotta spend money on what counts..

also that is my dad, the MAN himself in the picture.

New Toy

Out with the old, in with the new!

1)

2)

3)

Extrrreeeaammlyy happy!

One Thing Leading to Another

Nobody really started an introduction yet, so I'll go ahead and start off.

The Basics:

- Full time student (and almost graduating).

- Miata.

- Drifting/racing/autocrossing.... it's all fun to me. Except I'm pretty sure I enjoy drifting the most.

- Truth: I suck with cars. I even have trouble working on my own car, and everything that's been done since I starting driving wouldn't have been possible without all the help of friends, or paid for.

Hate me if you want.

My Story:

This car was handed down to me from my dad (thanks Dad!). It was bought brand new in 96, and it's been with the family till this day.

Then, it was officially mine after I got my license sometime in 05.

(If you don't know what it means to be truly attached to a car, I think this picture sums it up, plain and simple.)

(I used to have a tan soft-top until some thief tore it apart and broke into the car. Apologies for the lack of visibility. I guess I didn't take that many photos of the car back in the day.)

I knew absolutely nothing about cars (still don't). I just wanted to be cool like most high schoolers who were proud of being able to drive on their own (and maybe show off a little). Then, one thing leading to another, suddenly I was having conversations like "mountain driving" (or "touge"), and all this other jargon about "taking corners," "heel-toe," "late-braking," so on and so forth.

Did a lot of that shit without a clue in my mind of what I was getting myself into.

I'm EXTREMELY lucky that most of my crashes were never to the point of totaling the car. Except, one crash did significantly mess up my alignment and its adjustability. Till now, I still haven't been able to fix it.

Anyway, I'll go ahead and fast forward by letting the pictures tell most of the story.

Old Look:

Old Auto-x days:

Early Days of Drifting:

(Yeah not really here lol!)

A Newer Look:

More current drifting, with a few minor changes:

Wheels get stolen......

Yeah I'm keep this part of the story private.

The Current Look (which you've might seen in a previous post):

That pretty much wraps up my years/experiences thus far. I know I didn't go into any detail of what's been done to the car, but I'm pretty sure most people can tell from the pictures that there hasn't been much.

Oh yeah! Along the way I met John and Adrian. We party from time to time, one thing led to another (HAHA NO HOMO), and randomly decided to start a blog together on the new years eve of 2010, all while drinking some of that Jamesonnn.

Thanks for reading!

Damn Coupes

So coming home from work I met this guy name Jake going the opposite direction. We said wasup and pulled over at my house. The neat thing I found out, he graduated from the same High School as me, Class of 2004. He also knew the same people I did. I really have to say his car is pretty damn gangster.





After seeing Jake's car I already want to get started on my Gf's coupe.

I'm convinced. I want to go aero all around...might change, but what ever.

As she sits:





Peace