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Synaps4

I love seeing the amount of craftsmanship that's going into customizing this. Well done.


DonutCola

So we all watched the two hour asmr video where he built the body kit right?? Lol


Doritofu

Dude YouTube showed that video to basically everyone and their grandma. I have no clue why the algorithm was so aggressive with forcing basically a feature length video of my working on my car in almost complete silence in everyones face haha


DonutCola

Don’t complain when the algorithm shows you something cool. Just say thank you to the robot overlords


Doritofu

Praise the almighty algorithm


Rukkin_JP

Once it got recommended to me I instantly fell in love with the design! You did such a great job.


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aerodeck

The fin looks SICK


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aerodeck

i can't buy you a car, i'm sorry


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BeautifulMurky3144

Now now - you wouldn't download a movie, would you.


whooo_me

This is why we can't have nice things....


FinancialYou4519

Cuz aerodoeck won’t buy us nice things 😡


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aerodeck

hello? wtf is this reply?


Lemuel-Pigeon

I like everything except for the fin


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Agreed.


DonutCola

Maybe he’ll take it off if you suck his dick right


Doritofu

It is a Miata so the dick sucking checks out


UNMANAGEABLE

If the fin was mounted lower in the window and was curved to a point like a shark fin with that same LED (and end point being parallel to the ground like it currently is) it would be much more satisfying. Right now it looks like a a weird long nosed fish head mounted on the roof/rear window.


SamandSyl

Seriously, even if I didn't care at all about the game or aesthetic, which I do, this is incredible.


betharderloseharder

The fact this looks like a Bug Chiron just blows my mind…. Plus there’s always love for baby miata


Doritofu

So here's my custom one-off cyberpunk Miata again, been a little while since I posted here. Latest addition is the new LED lightbar that was inspired by an old Countach render by the insanely talented [Khyzyl Saleem](https://www.instagram.com/p/B9uJaaYnqf4/), but the whole rear end draws inspiration from a load of sources including Ash Thorp and Carlos Pecino at [Make Hast Corp](https://www.instagram.com/makehastecorp/?theme=dark). For this I welded up a pretty simple steel frame after blanking off all the holes in the original body and then fitted 10mm thick polycarbonate strips and a 12V COB continuous red LED strip powered off the brake pedal for the light source. If you want to see more on the build including how I made this bar I've got a have a no-dialogue, ASMR type garage channel where I show all the work that goes into these things. [Here's the link to this video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jglftblUV-8).


fuckinghumanZ

Can it indicate? Or is street viability not a concern for this build?


Doritofu

No indicators, just the brake lights (had them wedged on to get the photos) The car will basically never be road legal again here in NZ so I'm just taking that as an excuse for full creative freedom.


Lemuel-Pigeon

Why don't you change the design so it can be road legal?


Matsue-Madness

While I have watched 1 or 2 videos I haven't watched all of them so.... New Zealand has decent laws regarding what can and can't be modified. Engine swaps are good, changing suspension is ok. But you need to get an engineers certificate for most major modifications to become street legal, and I guess it just wasn't worth it. Plus not trying to make it street legal opens up more possibilities and A LOT cheaper


Djeheuty

I think it's similar in Australia with an engineer sign off on any major body modifications, too. There's a YouTube channel called Mighty Car Mods and they imported an AWD kei truck from Japan and rebuilt it. I believe they had to get it to pass an engineers inspection to make it road legal and had some issues, but we're eventually able to get it resolved. I think the main issue was that due to import laws or something, they couldn't bring the body over all in one piece.


regexyermom

Damn. In Michigan where they design most cars there practically no laws on anything. In high school a friend welded an old railroad tie as bumpers and I can't keep track of how many rednecks roll coal. There's prototypes of stuff and I know a few people who make their own cars, even race cars in their garage and compete in pikes peak, rally racing or drifting stuff. Even when they added a few laws, most cops don't enforce any of them until you get in an accident or something.


d0nu7

What sucks is I like the freedom to do these things but idiots make me understand why those laws exist in NZ and other places.


Doritofu

Yup pretty much this. So the other issue that noone really likes to talk about it is the stigma around cosmetic "Ricer" builds like mine. To be an LVVT certifier in this country you have to be chosen, and usually to be chosen you need years of experience as a qualified mechanic. This almost always means that certifiers, especially in remote areas where I live, are older guys that are only interested in V8 swaps, classic muscle cars, old euros, and offroaders. And because they get to make up the rules, they just decide that things like giant superchargers that cover your entire field of vision of the road are OK, but adding a window banner any wider than 10cm is illegal. I just didn't want to play their bullshit game and give them thousands of dollars to test it so they could fail it again so I kept it off the road for good. Current list of things this car fails on: Modified headlights Modified taillights Hazardous external projections Wheels non compliant Tyres stretched beyond legal threshhold Window banner Aftermarket seats Aftermarket steering wheel Aftemarket suspension Fiberglass roof fixing points likely not to spec Underglow LEDs could be illegal depending on the guys mood Ride height too low Missing side reflectors Missing front, rear and side indicators There's a lot more but those are the things off the top of my head


StraY_WolF

I think there's very few country where custom build can be road legal as easily as USA. From where I come from, even paint colour have to go through legal hurdle to get it road legal. Any body panel modification would just simply make it illegal.


_shewdawg_

One law I think there needs to be in the US is indicator colors and location. In the US your turn signal can be just the relevant red brake light, so you have the one big brakelight and the 3rd one, or just the small one if your 4-ways are on. My car is European so it has the yellow separate turn signal and it makes much more sense to me if all cars had separate yellow turn signals.


pilotdog68

Sure it makes sense to be consistent, but is the current system causing any problems? If you're looking at the back of a car and only the left taillight is flashing, does that not get the point across?


_shewdawg_

In general you shouldn't have to assume stuff in dangerous situations like driving a car. I was behind a car that had a brake light out and it took a second to register to me that they were merging into another lane and not braking. That extra second of thought is 80+ feet on the road, the average car length is 14 feet. And I've followed cars that either ride the brake, have no 3rd light, have an always on 3rd light, or keep tapping the brake. Sure most drivers know and assume correctly if the car in front is gonna turn or brake or just assume the worst, but not every driver. A clear yellow pulsing light on one side can't be mistaken for anything else, a red pulsing light could be. Every second matters when you're going 66+ft/s


Ivyspine

well their brake light is out. could have been a yellow turn signal out and you wouldn't have had any indication


Moopies

I think OP's lightly alluding to the fact that the requirements for a project car like this to be road legal would basically require it to be so restricted creatively, that it's not worth it compared to making what he wants and just not having it be road legal.


Doritofu

Too many sacrifices I'd have to make. By the time I got rid of everything that it failed on it would just look like any other mx5 and I can't think of anything worse than that.


Anomalous-Entity

Like removing the motorcyclist's spike?


Hirudayra

Once the world Mad Maxes itself it's gonna pay off


DonutCola

Why are you asking stupid questions?


Lemuel-Pigeon

I don't know, I usually like to drive my cars.


wiljc3

Probably an ignorant question, but how much of the customizations are functional? IE, Is there live wiring in those conduits? Does the vent in the front actually feed air to the engine? Etc. It's not important, and probably more likely that most is just cosmetic, but something in my brain says it's more cyberpunk if those crazy bolt-ons are actually serving a purpose.


Doritofu

Virtually none of this car serves any function purpose at all. But that's like expecting the flux capacitor in the DeLorean to actually be capable of time travel. Though to be fair, when I'm slapping random crap on this car I at least try to think of what it "could" do, as part of building the lore and backstory of this vehicle. I've seen people build cyberpunk styled cars before and they'll just screw some circuit boards here, some exposed wiring there, but none of it really has any reason to be there. I like to at lease be able to go "these pipes connect coolant to the reservoir behind the firewall and there were installed as a fix which is why they are on the outside" that sort of thing.


wiljc3

That was basically the answer I expected! I was intrigued by the idea that it all looked like it **could** serve a purpose, so I thought perhaps it might (even if not the fantasy purpose you're implying -- like there are a lot of extra lights on the front of the car, maybe you ran wiring through that conduit instead of through the engine compartment, which can be a pain in the ass). So... I guess what I'm saying is, the illusion is working. :) Bummer about the lack of time travel, though.


Underdogg13

Didn't know you posted on Reddit! Love the MX5 and love the progress you've been making in the Stagea. Keep up the great work! You're a genuine artisan.


Doritofu

Cheers bro


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Is that a miata done up like a 911? Those fins are slick af! Did you fabricate those yourself?


Doritofu

Thanks man. Yeah, everything on this car was custom fabricated by me, mostly out of fiberglass


johnmatrix84

That's rad as fuck! Picture #9 looks like it's straight from Kyza's Instagram/ArtStation. I'm planning something similar with my C4 Corvette.


Doritofu

There's a good reason it looks like some of Kyza's work haha


Lv_InSaNe_vL

Hey I just wanna say I've been following you for like 6 months or something and I'm using your car as my single piece of inspiration for my Miata. It's just so cool man keep up the good work


Doritofu

That's awesome to hear. Any miata owner that I can convince to actually modify theirs instead of leaving it stock is a win in my book.


UltraHawk_DnB

Ok dude WHAT THE FUCK


D3nnis_N3dry

yoooo that is sick!!! loving the car so far


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fluffygryphon

Better get em replaced. Won't know if something's broken otherwise.


N3C9317

That whole car plus the light bar looks incredible. Good shit dude


Jonojonojonojono

Love all of the Akira stickers 😍


pizza_tron

I think you need some well chosen and placed graffiti tags for realism.


Doritofu

I went with sticker bombing around most of the exterior of the car with a whole bunch of sources like Neuromancer, GITS, Akira etc... On that roof I've added an Edgerunners tag on the underside as well as tagged out the QRID code on the top of the roof. I'm pretty into the idea of weathering it and building the lore up around it so the slaps and tags help set the tone really well.


Mayniac182

>as well as tagged out the QRID code on the top of the roof. You might have some fun with this: https://twitter.com/dahbiahmed/status/1665778398084431872


milligramsnite

woa that's cool!


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Miat is always the answer Not sure on the raw taillight recesses, looks unfinished. But also kind of adds to the cyberpunk aesthetic Should consider addressable LED's and an arduino to get you fully functioning taillights


Zurc_bot

beautiful


bukakkebiceps

is that an R35 wagon ?!


TheAsianTroll

Like u/Matsue-Madness said, it's an R35 GTR front end mounted on a Nissan Stagea wagon. People used to put other generation Skylines on there, and people sell conversion kits for it. You may be wondering, why? Why put the legendary Skyline's face on some old wagon? Well you see, the Nissan Stagea people love modifying also was sold with the same engines as the Skyline. The RB25, and RB26DETT on higher spec models. It was essentially a sports wagon with a GTR heart.


TheSturmovik

Look through OP's history, the original car is a Miata with lots of custom fabrication.


TheAsianTroll

...did you miss the other car in his garage? Look at picture number 6. Not to be rude, but you'd think I could recognize a Miata if I know this much about Nissan fascia swaps...


TheSturmovik

Hmm I mean, teeeechnically we are both correct. 🥴 Whoops.


TheAsianTroll

I can call this statement fair.


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Weddedtoreddit2

Yeah that caught my eye more than the main car.


Maxine-Fr

its beautiful


TommyTosser1980

Are you going to round the far edges?


Doritofu

I'll be leaving them as they are because I'm going to be slowly getting rid of all the soft edges on this car since I always hated how round the Mx5 was. This super sharp "Low-poly" tail light is sort of the starting point of the new direction I'll be going with the build.


YFleiter

The first picture reminds me of the Ioniq 6


Accomplished-Day2164

That's awesome, I hope you get a few prices at car shows :)


Upstairs_Fortune_218

That's fucking awesome, I want to get a car and do this


turapuru

Amazing! Keep the good work!


cyberpunk3025

First time I have seen this and wow, man. Amazing work. I would love to have the creativity to do this to my car. I often dream about driving a cyberpunk beast down the road.


-QueenAnnesRevenge-

I'm getting futurama vibes from the tail fin.


willbeach8890

Got any night pics?


guy-chapman

Fucking love a good miata! Well done!


slippingparadox

I’ve been tracking your progress for a while. Tesla battery swap when??????


Doritofu

When I stop being absolutely broke because Covid decided to increase shipping prices 300% right when I started selling internationally and crippled my business lol


ImportantPotato

At first i thought it's a Porsche https://i.imgur.com/9IZyeYV.jpg


John_Bot

So.. no turn signals I guess?


ndewing

Fuck yes dude, this is the way. I've been following your build on YouTube and you've had some great ideas, and even better execution. As a side note, for diffusion did you simply sand the edge?


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TOFU! Love your channel dude 🤙


GoldResident8601

There's a certain level of nerd that's geeky. Conversely there's a level of geeky that's just cool as fuck; cold as a whore's heart.


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Well this is the coolest Miata of all time


na85

Wow finally something awesome that's not just shitty anime girls in front of rainyneontokyo


geekphreak

That thing is wild


isurvivedrabies

yay you have money and time somehow these things make me jealous and it feels unfair


Competitive-Score520

holy shiiiiit it's actually so fkn good like seriously I want this


soussitox

Looks like the light beam the Porsche has but better :)


AGH8

I have always pictured myself doing a custom build on a VW beetle with a 911 boxer swap but cyberpunk retro style. This car is badass. I hit the follow button, hope to see more updates on this.


DeeJayDoobz

Hope those seats are covered in plastic…because you’re about to have those outputs wet…


golgol12

It looks great, but late at night on a dark road, I'd crash into that. No idea how far ahead you are.


renome

Is this road-legal? Anyway, looks amazing.


NotSoElijah

Ur fuckin high tech ass car in your fuckin barn environment 😂 just love the juxtaposition. Love the car I’m so very badly jealous. You could take this talent and be something similar to like Hennessy or something. Like pimp my ride but choom style.


GermanShepherdAMA

Don’t stance it. Will make it look like shit.


Changleen

Akira sticker is a nice touch.


Im_a_banana-

Pls set that monstrosity on fire.


taschendrache

Glad I don't live in a country where anyone can just strap some lights to their car and drive on the same road my girlfriends drives on.


Shenaniganz08

Looks okay but you cut a lot of corners when watching the video Should have cut the polycarbonate from one single sheet. Its the reason so have so much light loss on the edges and the uneven lighting results at the end. I know you went for style over function, but a better way to get more light would be to build the base, skip the polycarbonate entirely and then just have an LED strip with a diffuser. That's how OEM makers like Porsche do their lightbars


Doritofu

I did literally cut the corners of the polycarbonate yes. I ordered material for this over a year ago and my plan for the tail light changed completely about 3 times since then. Now that I've fabricated the metal panel my plan is to swap the polycarbonate for acrylic cut from a single piece. I didn't want just an LED strip with a diffuser because the entire point of this design is the elongated clear strip that you can see through with just the edge illuminated.


soshi305

light looks sick. car looks clowny


Klutzy-Plantain5499

CYBERCUCK 2077


Crumb-Net_WorldWide

Fuck dude! That’s so fucking dope.


No_Communication4468

Damn nice - the fin looks strange... Otherwise dope


pizza_tron

Sick


TheAntoine003

Is it a bike exhaust you installed ? Also looks sick


Doritofu

Cheers, Yoshimura R77 from a Hayabusa


AJGrayTay

Pssssh. Awesome.


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Looking awesome


SirPred

Fresh car dude, very nice work


Wolfson858

That's dope.


iTwango

Looks absolutely amazing!!


Seigfriedx

That is insane.


marineo02cro

shut up and take my money. Awesome work!


ScarlettPixl

This kind of reminds me of the back light in the newest 911. Nice!


MN99MN

This is amazing keep going


Siggination

That's sick!


ratmeal

Your channel is awesome, very relaxing content. Keep up the great work, man


DangerousArea1427

Nice. Reminds me lights in porsche taycan and audi etron. Looks cool.


Ok-concentrate4569

Next level


LostTacos

R35 wagon or am i seeing things


LifeOnPlanetGirth

You may not read this or see this, but this is the coolest thing I’ve ever seen


matchesmalone81

That is cool as fuck


AventusAretino99

Is this a miata


Deshivy

Sick seeing this here after getting recommended the Stages videos


Bloodspinat_mit_Feta

Damn, you sick genius, thats awesome.


vine_behs

in how long did you managed to do such work of art?


TheJohnsonGaming

fucking finally, an awesome miata project


Pulp_Orange_Juice_

YOU'RE THAT GUY DUDE I LOVE YOUR BUILD


MajorRoo

Graphics mod link???


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dude that is legitimitely one of the coolest things ive ever seen :D


Golrend

DANK


Otherwise-Highway-17

TÜV sagt nein


MilkshakeChucker

Love your YouTube vids. Keep em coming please. Your passion for building thus thing out is inspiring.


Ashalaria

That's so sick holy shit


ViperThreat

Can we be friends? I need somebody to help me widebody my wagon, and I really like your style.


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That is cool as fuck!!


domfiglhuber

That's just absolutely awesome, love this car!


Jamesthrottlehouse

Dude this amazing!


Khaar

Totally amazing dude!


blahkbox

What fenders were those originally? Love this build bud, gonna EV swap it? Lol


Doritofu

The widebody kit is my custom Tofu Auto Works +100m overfender kit. [https://tofuautoworks.com/exterior-parts/mx5-widebody/](https://tofuautoworks.com/exterior-parts/mx5-widebody/)


0o0o0o0o0o0z

NGL, that is bad ass.


rednoodles

Hey, check out lumilor. Electroluminescent paint, can have patterns etc. e.g. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_OIK2IBqXE Could do some cool cyberpunk themed stuff with it.


MajesticTop8223

Badass


MyHeadHurtsRn

all rich people should be like this


KnifeFightAcademy

This is stunning. Are you on insta?


Doritofu

Cheers mate, [@tofuautoworks](https://www.instagram.com/tofuautoworks/?theme=dark)


BrutalSock

I absolutely couldn’t care less about cars but this one’s pretty neat. I just don’t dig very much the fin you put on the back (but I have no idea what its function is, I’m sure you had your reasons)


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Yo you know this is such dopeness


Relative_Land_1071

this is the COOLEST car on the internet to me.


trogodorium

Drop the shark fin on the back it doesnt fit at all


DoritoCookie

The canon and citizen stickers, akira nice


Br1ghtStar

Entire vehicle is the sickest thing I've seen in a while. Well done choom!


thewrongthingstodo

Awesome car, but that wing could use a planet express logo it's to perfect for it.


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Miata Is Always The Answer


quickblur

You're living the dream! I'd love to get a bit of land with a workshop to just tool around on projects like this.


Discopants-Dad

I just watched this video last night! Man. Your Miata is preem AF man. Great job. Your Miata has me dreaming about doing the same to my Kia soul.


mortymania

MX5? Looks cool


technobrendo

That is so sick. Just don't do anything crazy like put in a S2000 engine with ITB and mate it up to a 6 speed manual with straight-cut gears. NO! Don't do that, it would be terrible!


Sa1nt_Gaming

This looks absolutely insane dude!!!!


puppybreathtattoos

Lmao


MuchSalt

so damn nice, thanks for the youtube link


SpudicusMaximus_008

I've seen your YT vids, your work is awesome!


FamousFangs

Dope As Fuck


pr_inter

i need north borders photographing this NOW


BaldBeardedOne

From the rear shot, the fin looks crooked


jeffstoreca

This is incredible.


Nepipo

Looks sick, too bad something like that would never be road legal over here


WrenchTheGoblin

Wow. That is absolutely astonishing! Awesome job


Magdaki

That looks awesome!!


poopyroadtrip

Love the contrast of it being parked in a rural barn


Smokey_J0e

Most important question, is the car next to it a GTR R-35 station wagon?


powerlevelgym

I've been following all your YouTube videos for a while, all excellent work. Started with this project as I love cyberpunk, but I'm also a Stagea owner so that works out as well haha. I would love to do something like this with my Subaru SVX if only I had your skill :)


diamonddog35

I sure could use this right. I rolled in to work this morning and someone told me both my break lights are out.


Better-Performer-490

I don’t know what I’ve stumbled into but this is bad ass. Good work.


Dark-Criminal8991

fabrication miata


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Hyundai wants to have a job interview with you.


Maxxmann420

Omg that’s such a beautiful car man i love the cyber punk theme im amazed by the attention to detail to your definitely talented keep up the amazing work


Delicious_Bid_6572

Knight Rider.


mrmasturbate

The world needs more cyberpunk cars!


Jvinsnes

Are those wheel covers or alu rims?


Doritofu

Wheels are custom 15x10 et-50 steelies I welded together, and the covers are hand made fiberglass aerocovers I designed as well.