hey guys just wanna say the quality and format is really good, you guys are natural as fuck on camera and thats super important for a good flowing video. love the content and it will def help me out in the future. thx!!
Really enjoying the vids. One of those channels that pop up regularly but didn't realise was new, very good! Hope to see a boosted miata build with your level of detail :)
We will be doing a 1.8 swap in my car shortly and boosting after that! Idk if that boost series will be very "how to" though, we might make the Turbo How To series on Matt's car. We'll see. Thanks for watching, and if we are "popping up" regularly hopefully that means youtube is suggesting our videos more, thats awesome!
Thank you man! I would like one eventually too maybe, not something I'm going to do right away though, I'll be cutting a bit more out in a few months tho when we paint the car =P Might have to try a DIY diffuser eventually.
Very nice video guys and I like your approach! Taking the whole bumper off seems to be the easy way, good to know! Question tho, there seems to be a small tube running along the inner plastic part. Any idea what that is?
Thank you!! Its the wires for the signal lights in the bumper, you do need to unplug that on the right side when dropping the bumper, I forgot to mention it but it should be pretty obvious to anyone that starts the project! It also was not in the way at all during any of the cutting etc.
Taking the entire bumper skin and support off is definitely the way to go if you're not going to cut the bumper on the car. No sense in messing with tails lights that don't leak and a finish panel that's in one piece.
I love the videos guys. my heater core hose blew yesterday on my 1992 miata. the small one that goes from the firewall to the back of the engine. can you guys make a video of how to replace that
Jeremy Simonsen Uh oh! Bummer! I could, but if I did it wouldn't be up for a few days. It is a pretty simple job to tackle, just two hose clamps and the hose! My advice would be to remove/pull back the clamps, and then use a razor box cutter etc to cut the hoses and make them easy to pull off the pipes.
Also your lucky its easier on a 1.6, take off your coil pack on the back of the valve cover and it will give you access to the back side where that hose goes so you can remove and replace it easier!
GearHeads Garage thanks man! I will try that tip. I just picked up my replacement hose from oreilly. I appreciate the help and will get it done and let you know how it went. thanks again.
Jeremy Simonsen Yes let me know man! Like I said pull off the ignition coils and bracket, its 2 bolts up top and one in the middle down in the back, then you'll have access to the hose, might be a pain to get at the clamp, just have patience and pull the clamps back, then like I said cut the hose and itll come off easy, then put it all back together!
GearHeads Garage seriously thanks, I did not think k about removing the ignition coil to have better access and to cut the old tube to make it easier so thank you for saving me from getting frustrated and saving me more time
Ok guys, I used your video today to cut my bumper. Great job by you, and everything turned out as advertised. I gotta tell you though, the bottom end of the bumper mounting brackets look like a couple of blunt fangs just hanging there. Would there be any structural consequences I were to cut those things to let's say, just under the bottom set of mounting holes?
They don't do anything besides stick down and attach to the bumper, nothing importantly structural that I can think of that would make much difference. I know a lot of people cut them off and I may do so myself in the future as well. Thank you and I'm glad you found the video helpful!
EDIT: My bad you meant the frame pieces idk why I assumed the bumper lol. But a cutting blade should work, that metal is kind of thick there though so you might go through a couple. Go to the hardware store and just grab a couple Metal cutting wheels.
I would really like to see that bumper with more light. Even better with dailight. Either it's my display or your garage light, but it isn't really good to see for me.
M4NOOB My apologies. Like I mentioned in the end of the video, I think I also am going to do a more aggressive cut in the future, I was expecting it to show more than it really did, even when standing outside behind the car looking at it! If you go to our Instagram page there is a picture there displaying it a little better.
Awesome, a brigther picture was all I wanted! Tbh I would only go wider. To me the height looks good. But everyone likes something different. I'm curious how it would look. Also now you have a reason to keep your exhaust clean :D
Yeah, we're going to file it down and put a rubber trim around it We're just holding off because his bumper needs to be repainted anyways, and figured we'd take care of it all at once
Someone put a fog light in my rear bumper and made a bad job of it. I am going to cut that out. I will definitely keep the curve of the exhaust "port" and mimic it on the other side. If you're going to smooth yours out a bit I would make a paper template to draw the curve onto the bumper and then use something like a coping saw and sand paper to make the curve as accurate as possible. That's how I plan on cutting mine.
Good suggestions, we mostly made mine a straight cut up to the points we measured out and marked on the tape, it looks even and is smooth since we sanded it with the grinder, I'm likely going to cut a bit more out of the sides and add some curve to it, as well as make the cut further up on the bumper as well to make it a bit more aggressive. The templates are a great idea, I'll keep that in mind!
GearHeads Garage yeah. If you get round to doing that before me, I'd like to see how that works out. I would just use a pair of scissors or something and keep cutting curves until the template looks right, then use tape to hold it in position while I draw around and take measurements of the position for the other side. That'd be my approach.
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hey guys just wanna say the quality and format is really good, you guys are natural as fuck on camera and thats super important for a good flowing video. love the content and it will def help me out in the future. thx!!
Thank you very much for the kind words and feedback we really appreciate it =) We are doing our best to improve!
That actually looks pretty good - nicely done! I'm thinking about making a diffuser myself, so probably will need to do some cutting.
Boosted Miata I'd love to make a diffuser eventually! Would be great! and thanks!
Another great video. Gotta love the free mods :) This project is coming together quite nicely.
Because Miata Thanks man :) I like em too, more on that subject comin soon ;)
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Really enjoying the vids. One of those channels that pop up regularly but didn't realise was new, very good! Hope to see a boosted miata build with your level of detail :)
We will be doing a 1.8 swap in my car shortly and boosting after that! Idk if that boost series will be very "how to" though, we might make the Turbo How To series on Matt's car. We'll see. Thanks for watching, and if we are "popping up" regularly hopefully that means youtube is suggesting our videos more, thats awesome!
they left the 14mm bolts off for the weight reduction modifications
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should put a light on it at the end so we can see it; all you can see is black & shadows
Lol @ 2:53 Great camera angles too, solid video guys!
Haha thank you man, trying to get good shots but that falling bolt was a lucky one!
Came out good looks way better cut .shit bro 660 sub's then almost 4 thousand now hell yeah congratulations bro keep wrenching
+Miata Gang Garage Thanks man I like the look too! and yes! Thank you bro we appreciate the love!
Looks great, fellas! The cuts you made look like they would accommodate a diffuser too. That would be a project I would love to see! ;)
Thank you man! I would like one eventually too maybe, not something I'm going to do right away though, I'll be cutting a bit more out in a few months tho when we paint the car =P Might have to try a DIY diffuser eventually.
I've been tossing up to do this on my mx5 but I don't trust myself to do a straight cut lol
Jordan Kuzich Just mark it all out ahead of time and dont rush :)
Very nice video guys and I like your approach! Taking the whole bumper off seems to be the easy way, good to know! Question tho, there seems to be a small tube running along the inner plastic part. Any idea what that is?
Thank you!! Its the wires for the signal lights in the bumper, you do need to unplug that on the right side when dropping the bumper, I forgot to mention it but it should be pretty obvious to anyone that starts the project! It also was not in the way at all during any of the cutting etc.
681 subs as of this comment! You're spreading faster than a fire up Wildcat Canyon Rd (ok, bad joke...)
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Taking the entire bumper skin and support off is definitely the way to go if you're not going to cut the bumper on the car.
No sense in messing with tails lights that don't leak and a finish panel that's in one piece.
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I love the videos guys. my heater core hose blew yesterday on my 1992 miata. the small one that goes from the firewall to the back of the engine. can you guys make a video of how to replace that
Jeremy Simonsen Uh oh! Bummer! I could, but if I did it wouldn't be up for a few days. It is a pretty simple job to tackle, just two hose clamps and the hose! My advice would be to remove/pull back the clamps, and then use a razor box cutter etc to cut the hoses and make them easy to pull off the pipes.
Also your lucky its easier on a 1.6, take off your coil pack on the back of the valve cover and it will give you access to the back side where that hose goes so you can remove and replace it easier!
GearHeads Garage thanks man! I will try that tip. I just picked up my replacement hose from oreilly. I appreciate the help and will get it done and let you know how it went. thanks again.
Jeremy Simonsen Yes let me know man! Like I said pull off the ignition coils and bracket, its 2 bolts up top and one in the middle down in the back, then you'll have access to the hose, might be a pain to get at the clamp, just have patience and pull the clamps back, then like I said cut the hose and itll come off easy, then put it all back together!
GearHeads Garage seriously thanks, I did not think k about removing the ignition coil to have better access and to cut the old tube to make it easier so thank you for saving me from getting frustrated and saving me more time
Ok guys, I used your video today to cut my bumper. Great job by you, and everything turned out as advertised. I gotta tell you though, the bottom end of the bumper mounting brackets look like a couple of blunt fangs just hanging there. Would there be any structural consequences I were to cut those things to let's say, just under the bottom set of mounting holes?
They don't do anything besides stick down and attach to the bumper, nothing importantly structural that I can think of that would make much difference. I know a lot of people cut them off and I may do so myself in the future as well. Thank you and I'm glad you found the video helpful!
What grinder wheel attachment would one use for that. The grinder I used is not mine, and I don't want to screw it up...
EDIT: My bad you meant the frame pieces idk why I assumed the bumper lol. But a cutting blade should work, that metal is kind of thick there though so you might go through a couple. Go to the hardware store and just grab a couple Metal cutting wheels.
I would really like to see that bumper with more light. Even better with dailight. Either it's my display or your garage light, but it isn't really good to see for me.
M4NOOB My apologies. Like I mentioned in the end of the video, I think I also am going to do a more aggressive cut in the future, I was expecting it to show more than it really did, even when standing outside behind the car looking at it! If you go to our Instagram page there is a picture there displaying it a little better.
Awesome, a brigther picture was all I wanted! Tbh I would only go wider. To me the height looks good. But everyone likes something different. I'm curious how it would look. Also now you have a reason to keep your exhaust clean :D
I think I'm going to go about an inch higher, you can't even tell from behind the car unless your kneeling or standing 20ft back!
So much better than when Kyle & I did it LOL
Cloverof4 Haha you guys used the box cutter method right? But it worked! truth is you hardly see it from walking around the car anyways
Lol! Yeah. Box cutter in low lighting at midnight haha. It honestly came out pretty well, we just have some finishing touches to take care of :P
Cloverof4 gonna sand and smooth it out like we did? and hey if it turned out well then it worked! thats all that matters
Yeah, we're going to file it down and put a rubber trim around it We're just holding off because his bumper needs to be repainted anyways, and figured we'd take care of it all at once
Cloverof4 Yea I'm actually gonna cut mine bigger but I'm waiting since we'll paint it soon :P
missing alternating nuts!? weight reduction mod
Someone put a fog light in my rear bumper and made a bad job of it. I am going to cut that out. I will definitely keep the curve of the exhaust "port" and mimic it on the other side. If you're going to smooth yours out a bit I would make a paper template to draw the curve onto the bumper and then use something like a coping saw and sand paper to make the curve as accurate as possible. That's how I plan on cutting mine.
Good suggestions, we mostly made mine a straight cut up to the points we measured out and marked on the tape, it looks even and is smooth since we sanded it with the grinder, I'm likely going to cut a bit more out of the sides and add some curve to it, as well as make the cut further up on the bumper as well to make it a bit more aggressive. The templates are a great idea, I'll keep that in mind!
GearHeads Garage yeah. If you get round to doing that before me, I'd like to see how that works out. I would just use a pair of scissors or something and keep cutting curves until the template looks right, then use tape to hold it in position while I draw around and take measurements of the position for the other side. That'd be my approach.
jamieee321 Flyin Miata has a template for that: www.flyinmiata.com/support/instructions/intake_exhaust/FM_dual_template_M1.pdf
Awesome! I would have mentioned it in the video if I knew! I didn't look for one, I usually just dive in head first and figure it out as I go =P
MiataMods nice. thanks.
I know these videos are old but next time filming a black car use more direct lighting to see what you did. It was hard to see.
I understand! Sorry about that!
@@GearHeadsGarageChannel I have a black miata and a fledgling TH-cam channel so I completely understand.
Before and after photos?
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For a weight reduction it would only be a few grams
Gokarts, Minibikes, and more! Yea but hey its better than nothin, not the reason Im doing it but it probably pulled half a pound or ao out