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Interesting....not a single red roadster in that pic.

Red roadsters were so 90's. Silver is the new red...

spl310 wrote:Red roadsters were so 90's. Silver is the new red...

LOL

spl310 wrote:Red roadsters were so 90's. Silver is the new red...

That should please Matt "make mine Silver" Jacquet.

Michael,

Your build is beautiful. The "shaved" engine bay is really trick.

May I ask, where did you get those great headlights from?

Thanks,

Jesse.

May I ask, where did you get those great headlights from?

The headlights are from a Mercedes G500 and are made by ZKW in Austria. My research found articles describing that ZKW redesigned the 7" round headlight for the first time in 30-years! Output is said to be 30% more than a standard H4 headlight, and frankly I believe it!

They have a built-in parking light (which fully illuminates the headlight), a glass lens, and the output is very impressive. I am extremely pleased with them.

Michael
spriso motorsports

Dare one ask what the damages are on those puppies as I doubt there are many G500's in junkyards.

ppeters914 wrote:Dare one ask what the damages are on those puppies as I doubt there are many G500's in junkyards.

Well, depends on how you define "expensive". $360.00 a pair, not cheap, not insane. Less than most AKC puppies, and you get a pair.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayI ... 0172199718

Darn you, Dave. That's another item on the Wish List. I was hoping they were insanely expensive....sigh...

ppeters914 wrote:Darn you, Dave. That's another item on the Wish List. I was hoping they were insanely expensive....sigh...

Find a dark parking lot at a snooty resturant. Bring a cordless screwdriver. If you want to be nice, duct tape a pair of 6014 sealed beams inthe holes so Benz-Boy can get home.

I was looking at the Jeep Liberty lamps...have potential.

Its been awhile since I have worked on my own car-- it seems that everyone's project is the next thing in line-- well, this winter in-between projects, we have been busy, and here is a sneak peek at some of the updates:

RX-7 rear axle-- after building a bunch of these, it was finally time to get mine done and in the car. This has been narrowed an extra 3/8" more than we usually narrow them so we can fit some larger rear wheels under the stock sheet metal. It also has a Miata Torsen limited slip center section in it along with a 3.9:1 gear set. Since I had to have an e-brake, rebuilt stock calipers and new rotors went onto the car. Here is a quick shot before it went under the car:



The rear springs have been lowered, and a new set of Dean's super-low springs are going int the front to get the stance right...

The car is getting new shoes too, a set of Watanabe RS-8s, 16x7 in the front, and 16x7.5 in the rear. We have used these same wheels on Eric Straw and James Standridge's awesome SR20DET cars, and I just had to have a set too...



I am looking forward to getting the car together for the long drive to Solvang-- it will be good to stretch it's legs after sitting all winter!

More soon,

Michael

OMG the lip on those watts is gorgeous!
i think the spoke finish will go well with your paint too

tell us more about the e-brake...to me it looks like the piece from the stock axle?

Alvin wrote: tell us more about the e-brake...to me it looks like the piece from the stock axle?

Looks like Micheal beat me again.

I got some 200SX calipers and it looks like if they are "clocked" properly I can cut off the stop for the brake cable and hook up the factory e-brake rods to actuate the e-brake.

Wowsers. Beautiful back axel. I'm excited to see this one in person at Solvang.

More beauty from Michael!