MX5 Miata Atlanta Owners Club - Photo Gallery http://www.mx5atlanta.com/forums/ en Thu, 23 May 2013 08:29:26 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.mx5atlanta.com/forums/images/misc/rss.png MX5 Miata Atlanta Owners Club - Photo Gallery http://www.mx5atlanta.com/forums/ CHADBEE PHOTOGRAPHY: My 350Z goes from stock to this... http://www.mx5atlanta.com/forums/showthread.php?20654-CHADBEE-PHOTOGRAPHY-My-350Z-goes-from-stock-to-this&goto=newpost Thu, 23 May 2013 03:48:13 GMT Last summer I searched for months to find a 350Z that met my standards and eventually found one at a large dealership in South Georgia. It was a 2004... Last summer I searched for months to find a 350Z that met my standards and eventually found one at a large dealership in South Georgia. It was a 2004 Touring Edition equipped with the six speed manual transmission with 32k miles on the odometer. The car had one previous owner who had bought the car new from the same dealership that she traded it into for a new Challenger SRT8(this was a multiple manufacture dealership) and it had a perfect Carfax report showing regular oil changes at the dealer. The car was exactly what I was looking for and the perfect track day project for me to get started with HPDE events.

For the past 10 months I have left the car in stock form except for Carbotech brake pads and constant fluid changes using Motul products. Last summer I was able to drive the car 10 days on track and decided instead of tossing aftermarket performance parts at the car to produce faster lap times I wanted to learn the car and become a better driver. I made a promise to myself I was not going to modify the car until I was able to do a 1:39 lap time at Atlanta Motorsports Park, which is a tall order for a noob driver as myself. With some help from my friend Ed, basically calling me a ***** and telling me I needed to man up(is this how all driving instructors operate?!?) I was able to click off a few 1:39.XX lap times during my last event of 2012. This was done with a stock 350Z on all season tires, I was pretty proud of myself.

Now that I had achieved my goal I finally felt as the car being stock was holding me back and it was time to install and aftermarket part or two.

In the past two weeks I have installed the following:

Suspension
-Tein Street Flex Coilovers
-Stillen Sway Bars
-Stillen Rear Camber Kit
-SPC Rear Toe Bolts

Wheels/Tires
-Konig Milligram 18×9.5 +25 x 4
-15mm Z1 Motorsports Spacers/Extended Studs(Rear)
-275/35/18 Michelin Pilot Super Sport x 4

Brakes
-Napa Blank Rotors
-Carbotech XP10 Front/XP8 Rear Brake Pads
-Stoptech Stainless Steel Lines
-Torque RT700 Fluid

Drivetrain
-K&N Drop In Air Filter
-Wrinkle Black Intake Plenum
-Z1 Motorsports Plenum Spacer
-Momentum Performance Cat Delete Y-Pipe
-OEM R35 GT-R Exhaust
-Competition Clutch Stage 2 Clutch and Ultra Lightweight Flywheel
-Motul Fluids

Interior
-Kirk Racing 4 point Roll Bar
-Sparco Pro2000 Seat
-Schroth 6 point Harnesses
-Forged Performance Shift Knob Powdercoated Matte Black

Exterior
-Matte Black Center Bumper Section and Roof
-Rolled Rear Fenders
-Chadbee Photography “CB” Decal (Best mod EVER!)

This winter I’d like to get my hands on a set of OEM Brembo brakes and install and aftermarket steering wheel.

I know the car isn’t a huge build but I really am enjoying the car a lot more now and am looking forward to getting it out on track soon. Because I am so happy with the way the car turned out I had to charge up my camera battery and take the car out for some proper photos. Enjoy!













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]]> Photo Gallery silver92b http://www.mx5atlanta.com/forums/showthread.php?20641-Northbound-on-I-75-in-Ohio <![CDATA[Any " Hot chick and Miata" threads here or other Miata sites?]]> http://www.mx5atlanta.com/forums/showthread.php?20552-Any-quot-Hot-chick-and-Miata-quot-threads-here-or-other-Miata-sites&goto=newpost Wed, 15 May 2013 14:34:46 GMT I ran across this last night on Facebook. Attachment 10434 (http://www.mx5atlanta.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=10434) I ran across this last night on Facebook.
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]]> Photo Gallery Woodk61000 http://www.mx5atlanta.com/forums/showthread.php?20552-Any-quot-Hot-chick-and-Miata-quot-threads-here-or-other-Miata-sites <![CDATA[Photos from Jzilla's Cinco de Mayo track day at AMP]]> http://www.mx5atlanta.com/forums/showthread.php?20468-Photos-from-Jzilla-s-Cinco-de-Mayo-track-day-at-AMP&goto=newpost Tue, 07 May 2013 03:10:07 GMT These are some of the photos I got at the AMP track on Sunday. This is my first try at photographing moving cars in a race track, so please forgive... These are some of the photos I got at the AMP track on Sunday. This is my first try at photographing moving cars in a race track, so please forgive that they might not have come out as good as they could have. :D











































]]> Photo Gallery silver92b http://www.mx5atlanta.com/forums/showthread.php?20468-Photos-from-Jzilla-s-Cinco-de-Mayo-track-day-at-AMP Chadbee Photography: Clean and Classy Lexus IS250 sitting PERFECT http://www.mx5atlanta.com/forums/showthread.php?20467-Chadbee-Photography-Clean-and-Classy-Lexus-IS250-sitting-PERFECT&goto=newpost Tue, 07 May 2013 02:55:27 GMT I was contacted last week by the guys over at Velgen Wheels with a request to shoot a local IS250 that is rocking their VMB5 wheels in the beautiful... I was contacted last week by the guys over at Velgen Wheels with a request to shoot a local IS250 that is rocking their VMB5 wheels in the beautiful matte gunmetal finish. Of course the date we scheduled the shoot for it just happened to start raining within a few minutes of me meeting up with Tung, the owner of the IS, so we retired our shoot to a local parking deck. Enjoy the photos!







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Want the money shots? Check my latest blog post to see the engine bay/rear hatch set up:

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