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Re: Bought a Miata Because Exocar

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[quote=""Jeff V.""]Is there much of a market for bare Miata shells?[/quote]

Non-rusted straight clean southern chassy with a clean title.

Yes.
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Re: Bought a Miata Because Exocar

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It's chassIS!! :MikeB:
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I never want to hear another green joke EVER!

Matter of fact I don't want that color even called green.
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You want a green joke??? Seriously???

Go out in to your garage. :p
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Re: Bought a Miata Because Exocar

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Oh and that color is called shocker yellow. Regardless of what charger/Jeepers/Steve hash tags it to be.
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Yep, same color as aatifs calipers and horns.
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[quote=""Monochrome""]You want a green joke??? Seriously???

Go out in to your garage. :p [/quote]

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[quote=""Monochrome""]You want a green joke??? Seriously???

Go out in to your garage. :p [/quote]

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Been seriously thinking of upgrading to the full roll cage (race chassy). It's $800 more and adds about 250 lbs.

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Couple reasons why. Main one being safety. Another being that it will be easier to mount a windshield to the car so I can be road legal.

Projects for the windshield for the sport chassy are looking to cost $1200-$1500! It's cheaper to get the roll cage and make my own windshield. Pa law doesn't care if you use safety glass or clear acrylic. Just need a place to put the inspection sticker.
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Differences.

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It looks really bad ass in person too.

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The race chassis also comes with welded in steel floors instead of riveted aluminum. Again, more weight but much more rigidity. Also means less work for me to do. :)
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Do you plan to wear a helmet every time you drive this thing? Bouncing your head off that halo bar in even a minor off road excursion would really suck.
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Any accident would suck but yes. I picked up a Helmet from Mitoska during NG. Practicality of this thing is that like a motor cycle with 4 wheels.
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You know what's really going to suck? Bumping my head on it just trying to get in/out of it. :lol:
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That should have been a given the moment you committed to buying one.
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I just like the sport better.


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[quote=""Jeff V.""]That should have been a given the moment you committed to buying one.[/quote]

It's a red helmet though. Won't match my chassy. ;)
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[quote=""DCIV""]I just like the sport better.


Coop[/quote]

At first I did too but the race frame really grew on me.
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I'd go for the race.

This thing it going to be a track only car pretty much. The full cage would just make me feel more grounded in the car and it looks awesome too.

It would also force you to wear your helmet basically every time you drive the thing, which is not a bad idea anyways.

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There's more head room under the cage than you guys think. In the event of an accident, if my head reaches that high, it's because a more serious failure happened with the seat/ harness!

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Oh and another V8 Exocet was born over the weekend.
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