The Miata

[Rich]

Are you actually sewing the leather or just lacing through the provided accent stitching?

Just sewing the accent stitching together

You can get a few kinds of stitch going, skip alternating stitches for more of a diamond effect of take out the accent stitching and use the holes for a baseball stitch

[Rich]

[FlatBlackCaddy]

Took you 3 weeks huh.

[Rich]

Waited on thread, then re did the two lower stitches. It was hard to get 4 hour blocks of uninterrupted time

[Rich]

[Rupert]

Wait, you did the stitching yourself? Dang, that's pretty good!

[Rich]

Well, just tying the stitching on the seams together. It's super simple, but takes a lot of adjusting and fiddling.

[Rupert]

I don't have the patience to be that consistent.

[Eye of the Tiger]

I don't have the patience to be that consistent.

How can you be a geologist for the government and not have patience?

[Rupert]

I'm not trying to observe plate motions...

[Eye of the Tiger]

I'm not trying to observe plate motions...

Maybe you should be.

[Rich]

[Eye of the Tiger]

Cool green thing. I hope Miata is very strong now.

[AutobahnSHO]

is that for racing? rust? or just because?

[Cookie Monster]

Fender bracing. I can't wait for Garagestar to release ones for the NC.

[AutobahnSHO]

Fender bracing. I can't wait for Garagestar to release ones for the NC.

bracing is needed why?

[Eye of the Tiger]

Fender bracing. I can't wait for Garagestar to release ones for the NC.

I can make some for you. Take your fender off and travel a template out. I'll have it done in a week.

[Rupert]

bracing is needed why?

NA/NB are pretty floppy by today's standards.

[AutobahnSHO]

NA/NB are pretty floppy by today's standards.

so this helps lessen bodyroll?

[Rupert]

I assume it stiffens the chassis, which allows the suspension and steering to do their jobs better, resulting in more precise handling and better road and steering feel. Or at least that's how these things are typically sold. You can only reduce body roll by installing bigger anti-sway bars or stiffer suspension.

[Soup DeVille]

Fender bracing. I can't wait for Garagestar to release ones for the NC.

Take your shit off, and make a template out of posterboard. Take your posterboard mock-ups down to a decent welding shop and have them build it.

[Cookie Monster]

Take your shit off, and make a template out of posterboard. Take your posterboard mock-ups down to a decent welding shop and have them build it.

But that is a lot of time for a questionable product though.

[FlatBlackCaddy]

Questionable?

Even a passenger in a k-hole can feel cowl shake in a miata over a bumpy road.

[Cookie Monster]

Questionable?

Even a passenger in a k-hole can feel cowl shake in a miata over a bumpy road.

No, making my own template and getting it welded up. I'd probably fuck up making the template.

[giant_mtb]

Okay, so let's rephrase Soup's original suggestion...

Take your shit off and drive down to a decent welding shop and have them build it.

[Cookie Monster]

Or I'll just wait for GS to do all the designing and shit and just buy them when they release it.

[Rupert]

Yeah, I wouldn't trust a welding shop to design a brace for my car...

[Eye of the Tiger]

I can make some for you. Take your fender off and travel a template out. I'll have it done in a week.

Fuck you guys, I said I would do it.

[Char]

Don't waste money on chassis bracing, it serves no objectively measurable benefit.

[Rich]

Don't waste money on chassis bracing, it serves no objectively measurable benefit.

Have you ever ridden in an NB on a nasty road?