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Daily drive to daily drift - Jamesmx5 - 11-05-2021
My car is a 2003 Mazda MX-5 MK2.5 1.8 VVT and I have to say ive fallen in love with it. I bought the car to have fun with in the summer and have the roof down in the amazing English weather
. I've always been in to modifying cars and decided I wasn't going to keep her standard. so this is where the journey begins.....
Daily drive to daily drift - Jamesmx5 - 11-05-2021
This is how she looked the day I bought her fresh and standard with 86.000 miles on the clock.
https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-frc1/299218_10200356080096878_817618706_n.jpg
Daily drive to daily drift - Jamesmx5 - 11-05-2021
I quickly modified my MX5 and she was coming a long fast. my first modification was a KODE red JDM tow hook. this gave the rear a little bit of a jap feel. then I upgraded the suspension with some cheap TA Tecknix coilovers.
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10200756253700968&set=a.3903211871028.2150651.1601169248&type=3&theater
Daily drive to daily drift - Jamesmx5 - 11-05-2021
![[Image: 1008926_10200762294931995_917078294_o.jpg]](http://s1272.photobucket.com/user/James_Bonga_Williams/media/Facebook/My%20new%20car/1008926_10200762294931995_917078294_o.jpg.html)
Daily drive to daily drift - Jamesmx5 - 11-05-2021
![[Image: 1049181_10200762291571911_99911218_o.jpg]](http://s1272.photobucket.com/user/James_Bonga_Williams/media/Facebook/My%20new%20car/1049181_10200762291571911_99911218_o.jpg.html)
Daily drive to daily drift - Jamesmx5 - 11-05-2021
The car wasn't easy to change suspension as all the droplinks were seized and I had two replace the front two. even then with spring compressors they didn't want to budge. finally I just removed all four wishbones and did it the long hard way. this is the front end done after six hours of madness.
![[Image: 1053162_10200762290051873_1736226902_o.jpg]](http://s1272.photobucket.com/user/James_Bonga_Williams/media/Facebook/My%20new%20car/1053162_10200762290051873_1736226902_o.jpg.html)
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Daily drive to daily drift - Jamesmx5 - 11-05-2021
finally I sorted her out the rear and they were all fitted.
![[Image: 1025362_10200762298652088_2085795344_o.jpg]](http://s1272.photobucket.com/user/James_Bonga_Williams/media/Facebook/My%20new%20car/1025362_10200762298652088_2085795344_o.jpg.html)
Daily drive to daily drift - Jamesmx5 - 11-05-2021
After a hard days work she was lowered and was ready for my next purchase some wheels. I bought some bullet steels that are an American banded steel which I had sent to me by Stanced uk lmt. The size was 15" 4x100 7j front 8j rear et20
![[Image: 1013076_10200762581739165_1615167009_n.jpg]](http://s1272.photobucket.com/user/James_Bonga_Williams/media/Facebook/My%20new%20car/1013076_10200762581739165_1615167009_n.jpg.html)
Daily drive to daily drift - Jamesmx5 - 11-05-2021
I was going for the jap style/euro style when I bought these. I liked that they looked like banded steels but with a euro style mirrored lip. I fitted some extremely stretched tyres to them to make the wheels stand out and sit flush in my arches.
![[Image: 1012349_10200762580699139_1775731751_n.jpg]](http://s1272.photobucket.com/user/James_Bonga_Williams/media/Facebook/My%20new%20car/1012349_10200762580699139_1775731751_n.jpg.html)
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Daily drive to daily drift - Jamesmx5 - 11-05-2021
The tyres were 165/50/15 on an 8j rear the stretch was incredible and gave the 7j front a nice look too. I had a photographer take some nice photos of the five when I had her set up lowered wheels and all.
![[Image: 999901_10200762581659163_1377340400_n.jpg]](http://s1272.photobucket.com/user/James_Bonga_Williams/media/Facebook/My%20new%20car/999901_10200762581659163_1377340400_n.jpg.html)
![[Image: 1002081_10200762580859143_1215540246_n.jpg]](http://s1272.photobucket.com/user/James_Bonga_Williams/media/Facebook/My%20new%20car/1002081_10200762580859143_1215540246_n.jpg.html)