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    Default Bought my own set of scales!!

    Now that my Miata is drivable again, I wanted to find out how much it weighs and have it corner balanced. I guess it's because I work on cars, but I have really bad trust issues and hate having ANYONE do anything to my car, so I decided to just buy a set of my own.

    I got lucky enough to find a good deal, so I was actually able to afford em, but last week I picked up a almost new set of Longacre scales with all the accessories. I would have liked to find a wireless set, but ill take what I can get.



    im getting really ancy to set em up but it's too hot . Hopefully this weekend ill wake up early and enjoy the cold front we are suposed to get
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    Niiiiiice! Want to rent them for an hour at your place?

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    Wow very cool!

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    I will probably be offering corner balancing service once I get the hang of doing it
    SEE MY IN-CAR TRACK VIDEOS
    VHM Racing-------OJCrew -"John Mugen"
    00 Silverstone S2000 (Track Toy)
    96 Miata (Project Track Beast)

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    Sweet, would be nice to see someone other than a shop offering it, post up. You are welcome to experiment on mine haha. Tein flex's here for reference.

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    Nice score........you have a customer base here.

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    Since I had a nice 5 day weekend, I got around to leveling the scale stands and corner balancing the car. It came out heavier than I hoped, but I realized while I removed alot, I also added a few things. The car weighed 2100lbs when I first started and I was hoping to get close to the 2k lbs mark when I was done. But it looks like it still weighs about the same. I had forgotten that I had added a front diff mount, a rear trans mount, full FM betterfly brace/frame rails, and a cool suit system since I had weighed it.

    This is with both seats w/harnesses (only had the drives before), an extra 4 gallons of gas, and the Cool Suite (filled with about 3 gallons of water)





    and with driver

    SEE MY IN-CAR TRACK VIDEOS
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    00 Silverstone S2000 (Track Toy)
    96 Miata (Project Track Beast)

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    Quote Originally Posted by 00MugenS2 View Post
    I will probably be offering corner balancing service once I get the hang of doing it
    I am sure you will have this thing paid for in no time. Please keep us posted once you're in business.
    Gabriel

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    Quote Originally Posted by gabkwong View Post
    I am sure you will have this thing paid for in no time. Please keep us posted once you're in business.
    +1
    ...and across the line.

    1996 Mazda Miata - R-Package (Eve-L)
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    I corner balanced an s2000 on Sunday

    BEFORE




    AFTER





    If anyone is interested in having it done to thier car, feel free to PM me and we can work out a time
    SEE MY IN-CAR TRACK VIDEOS
    VHM Racing-------OJCrew -"John Mugen"
    00 Silverstone S2000 (Track Toy)
    96 Miata (Project Track Beast)

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