Really Ratty Rusty Ruby 510/miata

[wayno]

This stuff takes fab skills, tools, and a vision.

Sometimes one needs to take a break from a build just to get motivated again.

[Indy510]

Thanks. I always like to have a few projects going at once, so I can take a break from one. Selling the 2dr 710 made this project more of a focus and allowed me to buy the tools I need to hopefully finish it. But I still have a few other "non-car" projects going.

This is the suspension at ride height:



and this is fully down:

[Indy510]

I plan on "body dropping" the back of the car another 1.25", when I fix the roofline, so it sits level with the Miata rocker panel seams:

[Indy510]

I raised the BRE flares about 3" higher than normal, and they look really good with the suspension raised:

[Indy510]

The wheel above is 17x7 +50 … the wheel below is 16x8 +2 after the spacers:

[DRIVEN]

Ridiculous. All of it.

[Laecaon]

You have definitely done something I have always wanted to see. Raise the wheel well in the rear (well you did both). I have always thought the body of the 510 had too much rake. It looks so much better laid out flat like the Hakos.

Keep up the good work!

[Indy510]

I'm stoked with how it's sitting, but it's still raked higher in the back. Another inch lower in the back, and the bottom of the doors will be level with the ground. I just need to raise the rear parcel tray area of the 510 body.

Then I can start making giant bubble flares:

[Indy510]

[Indy510]

[Laecaon]

Have you thought about adding to the bottom of the car? Rocker panel area? Looks like the rear of the quarter panel (behind wheel) comes lower down than the front side. Maybe part of the rocker panel.

[HRH]

Sweet! I'm jelly of your skills! It's starting to look pretty good. And you know the best part? People will be like, you took something aerodynamic and ruined it!! Because Datsun.

[Indy510]

Sorry for another 6 months of no updates, but I've been busy with non-Datsun stuff. The first thing that was bugging me was the C-pillars, so I got a template off my friend's 510 and saw how much narrower mine were at the top. So, I cut mine apart (again):

[Indy510]

Then it was the back window frame … After 4 different attempts to modify it, I realized I couldn't fix it. And Futo-Fab was having a sale:

[Indy510]

Have you thought about adding to the bottom of the car? Rocker panel area?

I wasn't planning on adding 510 rocker panels, but I think I need them just to add structure to the 510 body. But first, I need to remove all the Miata metal in the way:

[Indy510]

I wasn't planning on removing so much metal, so I started adding some structure back in:

[Indy510]

[Indy510]

The other side went faster:

[Indy510]

[Indy510]

Now I can put a jack anywhere on the rocker panel, without bending the seam: