Whiteline Strut Brace – Install & Review
You can never have too much chassis stiffness. Weight aside, the more the better. Chassis bracing maintains alignment angles and spring rates by greatly reducing body or chassis flex. In fact, it helps every component in the suspension system do its job properly and you can feel the difference through improved turn-in, sharper steering response […]
Headlight Modification – Part 1 – How to Bake Open Headlights
In this video I show you how to bake open headlights to paint and modify the internals, install angel eyes, demon eyes, etc. The video is done on a set of Mazda MX5 NB Series 2 Headlights, but the principles and most of the technoque are the same for most headlights. Pleae ensure your oven […]
Project MX5 – How to Fix Heater Return O-Ring Coolant Leak & Replacing Coolant
The Mazda MX5 has a very common coolant leak which occurs when the o-ring that seals the linkage between the back of the water pump and the heater return hard-line breaks down with age or is pinched. In this video I show you how to replace this o-ring, as well as how to remove the […]
Project MX5 – Diagnosing Leaks & Finishing Wiper Restoration
In this video I finish off my wiper arm restoration, and begin to diagnose multiple fluid leaks on the car, including oil and coolant leaks. From here we will monitor the oil leaks for a while to determine jsut how bad they are, then make a decision on whether we spend money on repairing this […]
How to replace your STINKY Cabin Filter
In this quick video I show you how to replace the cabin filter in a 2009 Onwards MY10+ Subaru Forester. The process is the same for most Subaru’s including Liberty, Legacy, Impreza, WRX, XV and of course STi, and indeed most cars on the market. We also take a look at just how filthy the […]
PROJECT MX5 – Restoring Headlights, Wiper Arms and tidying up
Today I focussed on some cosmetic stuff. I restore the headlights with some plastic polish, removed and repainted the wiper arms, removed some scratches from the body and began cleaning up the engine bay. In the next video we’ll refit the wiper arms, and start looking at some of the mechanical tasks which will be […]