# Install from today...\*lots o' pics\* **URL:** \ **Category:** Builds\ **Created:** [July 5, 2005, 7:12pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/install-from-today-lots-o-pics/595 "2005-07-05T19:12:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![LordAriakan](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/lordariakan/32/7208_2.png) [@LordAriakan](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LordAriakan)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2005, 7:12pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/install-from-today-lots-o-pics/595/1 "2005-07-05T19:12:51Z")
Well, my buddy and I finally got around to installing all of the parts for the Miata that have been sitting in my basement since March…Just thought I’d share the process with everyone… Parts Installed: muffler, front & rear sway bars and end links, and front and rear lower control arm braces ![http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y111/LordAriakan/Install/Install001.jpg](http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y111/LordAriakan/Install/Install001.jpg) The car up in the air, before we started ![http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y111/LordAriakan/Install/Install003.jpg](http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y111/LordAriakan/Install/Install003.jpg) My friend Adam, just as he took out the factory muffler ![http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y111/LordAriakan/Install/Install004.jpg](http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y111/LordAriakan/Install/Install004.jpg) Under the car, with the muffler out (see the puny rear sway) ![http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y111/LordAriakan/Install/Install005.jpg](http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y111/LordAriakan/Install/Install005.jpg) Adam cutting out a stubborn end link ![http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y111/LordAriakan/Install/Install008.jpg](http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y111/LordAriakan/Install/Install008.jpg) Old vs. New rear sway bar comparison ![http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y111/LordAriakan/Install/Install009.jpg](http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y111/LordAriakan/Install/Install009.jpg) Old vs. New rear sway bar end link comparison ![http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y111/LordAriakan/Install/Install010.jpg](http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y111/LordAriakan/Install/Install010.jpg) Old vs. New front sway bar comparison ![http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y111/LordAriakan/Install/Install012.jpg](http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y111/LordAriakan/Install/Install012.jpg) Front lower control arm brace installed ![http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y111/LordAriakan/Install/Install013.jpg](http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y111/LordAriakan/Install/Install013.jpg) A shot of the new front sway bar installed (very tough to get a good pic) ![http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y111/LordAriakan/Install/Install015.jpg](http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y111/LordAriakan/Install/Install015.jpg) Rear sway bar and lower control arm brace installed and ready for the muffler ![http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y111/LordAriakan/Install/Install017.jpg](http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y111/LordAriakan/Install/Install017.jpg) A shot of the rear sway bar end links ![http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y111/LordAriakan/Install/Install018.jpg](http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y111/LordAriakan/Install/Install018.jpg) Muffler installed, car buttoned up and ready to come down Muffler sounds good, very subtle, it just adds a bit of a deep tone to the sound. From just the short bit of driving I’ve done, there seems to be much less body roll going around corners, but I’ll have to reserve judgement on the sway bars and LCA braces until after the next Auto-X ---
**Author:** ![kingsario](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/kingsario/32/7572_2.png) [@kingsario](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/kingsario)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2005, 7:14pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/install-from-today-lots-o-pics/595/2 "2005-07-05T19:14:12Z")
nice write up :tup: ---
**Author:** ![MaximaSE98](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/maximase98/32/7600_2.png) [@MaximaSE98](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MaximaSE98)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2005, 7:17pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/install-from-today-lots-o-pics/595/3 "2005-07-05T19:17:21Z")
car handles noticably better…no body roll at all…good job bro…i still wished i could have helped ---
**Author:** ![ly555is](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3bc359/32.png) [@ly555is](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ly555is)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2005, 9:23pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/install-from-today-lots-o-pics/595/4 "2005-07-05T21:23:22Z")
> [@kingsario](#): > > nice write up :tup: def - i hate it when people mod stuff then post it so choppy that you have no clue what they did or how it looked ---
**Author:** ![MidgeX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a698b9/32.png) [@MidgeX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MidgeX)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2005, 9:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/install-from-today-lots-o-pics/595/5 "2005-07-05T21:26:28Z")
thumbs are up ---
**Author:** ![Adictd2b00st](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/adictd2b00st/32/7625_2.png) [@Adictd2b00st](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Adictd2b00st)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2005, 9:59pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/install-from-today-lots-o-pics/595/6 "2005-07-05T21:59:09Z")
nice work :tup: ---
**Author:** ![sureshot](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/sureshot/32/7578_2.png) [@sureshot](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/sureshot)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2005, 4:33am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/install-from-today-lots-o-pics/595/7 "2005-07-06T04:33:37Z")
good job :tup: ---
**Author:** ![zwarbyt](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/zwarbyt/32/7623_2.png) [@zwarbyt](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/zwarbyt)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2005, 5:33am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/install-from-today-lots-o-pics/595/8 "2005-07-06T05:33:57Z")
i ❤ miatas ---
**Author:** ![newman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/newman/32/7569_2.png) [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2005, 5:55am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/install-from-today-lots-o-pics/595/9 "2005-07-06T05:55:55Z")
its sweet that you installed your stuff, i mean i guess you “do the install yourself”, but i think installing bolt-ons isn’t really DIY… maybe if you MADE your exhaust… ---
**Author:** ![Locutus](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/locutus/32/7574_2.png) [@Locutus](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Locutus)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2005, 5:56am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/install-from-today-lots-o-pics/595/10 "2005-07-06T05:56:31Z")
> [@MaximaSE98](#): > > car handles noticably better…no body roll at all… thats cus you dont know how to drive a rwd ka 😉 nice mods :tup: ---
**Author:** ![MaximaSE98](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/maximase98/32/7600_2.png) [@MaximaSE98](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MaximaSE98)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2005, 8:10am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/install-from-today-lots-o-pics/595/11 "2005-07-06T08:10:11Z")
drive on better than u and my brotha…i had one before u had a car… ---
**Author:** ![LordAriakan](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/lordariakan/32/7208_2.png) [@LordAriakan](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LordAriakan)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2005, 8:26am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/install-from-today-lots-o-pics/595/12 "2005-07-06T08:26:37Z")
Thanks guys…and I changed the title newman…you’re right it’s not really DIY…🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Twizted](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/twizted/32/7206_2.png) [@Twizted](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Twizted)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2005, 9:10am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/install-from-today-lots-o-pics/595/13 "2005-07-06T09:10:39Z")
:tup: ---
**Author:** ![Daddie](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/daddie/32/7621_2.png) [@Daddie](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Daddie)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2005, 1:06pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/install-from-today-lots-o-pics/595/14 "2005-07-06T13:06:32Z")
Awesome dood… ---
**Author:** ![Rx3](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/rx3/32/7194_2.png) [@Rx3](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Rx3)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2005, 1:14pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/install-from-today-lots-o-pics/595/15 "2005-07-06T13:14:32Z")
> [@LordAriakan](#): > > ![http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y111/LordAriakan/Install/Install005.jpg](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/3X/8/c/8ced1a1346213eec798f6951a2e37c2c6726776c.jpeg) > Adam cutting out a stubborn end link I feel your pain, I hate those bell capped endlinks. I had to chop mine off too a few weeks ago. My car has the same type of endlinks. ---
**Author:** ![SkunkApe](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/skunkape/32/7575_2.png) [@SkunkApe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SkunkApe)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2005, 1:51pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/install-from-today-lots-o-pics/595/16 "2005-07-06T13:51:29Z")
niceeeee :tup: looks good ---
**Author:** ![RuBiCaNT](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/rubicant/32/7622_2.png) [@RuBiCaNT](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RuBiCaNT)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2005, 2:05pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/install-from-today-lots-o-pics/595/17 "2005-07-06T14:05:45Z")
> [@newman](#): > > its sweet that you installed your stuff, i mean i guess you “do the install yourself”, but i think installing bolt-ons isn’t really DIY… maybe if you MADE your exhaust… Way to give a compliment… Like saying, “Way to fuck the prom queen but we would have been more impressed if you knitted a throw rug while giving her the hot beef injection…” Christian Newman - Motivational Speaker at your service! Hahahha 😉 Still Love ya, n00bman… ---
**Author:** ![Deuce](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/deuce/32/7614_2.png) [@Deuce](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Deuce)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2005, 8:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/install-from-today-lots-o-pics/595/18 "2005-07-06T20:26:38Z")
keep up the good work! ---
**Author:** ![91MR2](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/91mr2/32/7217_2.png) [@91MR2](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/91MR2)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2005, 11:47pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/install-from-today-lots-o-pics/595/19 "2005-07-06T23:47:35Z")
Very nice… ---
**Author:** ![Terry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/terry/32/7207_2.png) [@Terry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Terry)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2005, 6:53am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/install-from-today-lots-o-pics/595/20 "2005-07-07T06:53:36Z")
That control arm brace just hooks from frame rail to frame rail and mounts where the control arms do, right? It’s not actually attached to the control arms? Terry [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/install-from-today-lots-o-pics/595.md?page=2)