>For Miatas made from 1989 or new, with few exceptions.>Everybody has their own taste, but some tastes are wrong. If you aren't sure if your car is a Miata or not, it's not.>Your Honda Miata belongs here.>Jap, Jap, Jap, or whatever.>Post your Miata, your work on it, your hackery, and get advice.>Any and all discussion about Miatas welcome, but may not necessarily generate responses; don't get butthurt.>Pop ups > flush.>Metal > rust.>Classic Miat > modern Miat.>JBweld and RTV can fix anything>If you see rust there is more.>Rust and bodywork are the most difficult thing to repair.>Electrical work is difficult until you read the forum posts and buy a multi-meter.>Low oil pressure? Check your dipstick.>Do NOT buy a Miata and plan to pay someone to work on it. You need to be able to do 90% or more of the work or you will be mocked.>You will spend twice your budget on the Flyin' Miata or BOFI websites.>You can’t tuna fish, but you can tuna piano>Nothing is as hard as it seems
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>>28964885Behind the seats. No idea if ND's have them from factory, but they make a huge difference.
>>28965132kek at greentextalso my 2002 passed its MOT today, i had replaced the aftermarket cat with a genuine one.
Why does my NB keep killing clutch safety switches? New one lasted a week before I have to spam it to get it to start again just like the last one. It still has the little rubber pad that pushes the switch and I have the pedal free play adjusted as per the FSM.
Entering to win this thing.
>>28965326entering what? your bfs butthole?
>>28965135Huh? That stops buffetting from the front? Is it just a mesh or is it solid?
>>28965402Yes and yes. It streamlines air going over the car with the top down to minimize buffeting.Nta, I’ve only had NA/NB, it’ll make a difference but these cars are really loud and wind is part of having a convertible. I don’t know if that will make quite the difference you’re looking for, maybe.
>>28965132Just checking this thread out of my usual compulsive curiosity and read>Nothing is as hard as it seemsThanks OP, I really needed that
>>28965503
>it's right behind me, isn't it
Any predictions on the next gen miata?I highly doubt EVs but possible hybrid only? Or maybe the car is light enough that it can get away with gas only engines.
>>28965754>i love it when they run~
>>28965132Thanks for making a new thread anon>>28965402My NA8 came with a style bar that I haven't removed yet because it has 3 tinted panel inserts. It blocks a lot of wind and noise. With the windows up I get a warm little pocket.
>>28965402Noticeably more quiet. There's a reason you see them on so many convertibles.
>>28965326I like the coloured lug nuts.Would have been perfect without ARIZONA splashed across it. Now it's just a billboard.
I'm too lazy to respond to the exact post from last thread, but I'm curious if the anon complaining about wind buffeting has an RF. I take my (soft top) Miata to the highway all the time and the noise isn't that bad if I have the windows up.
>>28965132>You can’t tuna fish, but you can tuna pianoI just came back from watching the movie Tuner and they made similar jokes. I happened to park near an NA Miata and I also found a Honda Acty in the lot.
>>28965503>>Nothing is as hard as it seemstrue, some things are even harder
>>28965759>hybrid onlyhell nomy prediction is that there will be a dedicated automatic tranny hybrid trim for normalfags and the other trims will be powered normally with manual trans
>>28965313What is a clutch safety switch? Mine's all hydraulic on my NA.
>>28965868Huh, I did notice that morning dew on the trunk gets sucked into the cabin on the highway. I have the RF which sort of complicates things, but I'll look into it.
>>2896598366-4D0 in this diagram. It's an electrical interlock that does not allow power to the starter if you're not pressing the clutch pedal while cranking. It's more of a North American market thing, JDM/AUDM/EUDM cars may not have one.
>>28965132old cars are very unsafe
>>28965990Okay, I'm in Australia, so I didn't get that "feature". I'd hate it and would bypass it if it was on my car. Much like warning buzzers on some cars.>>28965313Is it an adjustment issue?
>>28965964>>28965987>I have the RFha, I knew it
>>28965990They make a jumper to where you never need to push the clutch to start
can someone recommend a sun shade for the nd3 Miata?I think the nd3 has a larger block behind the rear view mirror so I'm not sure if shades made for nd1/nd2 will fit
>>28966018As much as I would prefer that, I like the potential anti-theft it provides if the would-be thief doesn't know to push the clutch to start it, especially given NB1 does not have an immobilizer. >>28965999I don't think so, there's not really any adjustment in how it mounts.
>>28965997Miatas are not safe. That’s part of the deal.That said I got hit in my old 95 while stopped by an Explorer going ~40mph and barely felt sore, car got destroyed though. Have an NB now, it’s great. Danger excites me.
>>28966071I think you will be ok, anyone who can drive a stick knows to push the clutch down before starting.Would like to try some other ways for non-immobilization miatas to be safe though
>>28965997Fun car go vroom.
>>28965990>>28965999Regional differences are interesting. Euro cars have those side markers, Canadian had DRLs I've heard. I just assumed all the cars required the clutch press on start.>>28966773There's a few different ways to it, plenty of YouTube tutorials. Putting a switch on the line to the relay of the starter or fuel pump is one.
>>28967035>Putting a switch on the line to the relay of the starter or fuel pump is one.https://files.catbox.moe/3dgofo.jpgI put the isolator on my E46 on the main feed into the fuel pump; so long as the switch is rated at the same amp as the fuse, it's all good to go. I also prefer a pump isolator to a starter isolator due to the fact that, with a pump isolator, the car *will* start very briefly before shutting back off, which may alert you to the thieves presence and increase the chances of you discovering that your car is in the middle of being stolen. It might also make the thieves think that something is wrong with the car, making them give up and move on after trying to crank it over a few times, whereas a no crank situation might lead them to think an isolator is present, and also give them time to look for said isolator if they feel it's worth it.I also have one of those twist battery isolators the goes on the negative terminal on a couple of my cars, and if the car I'm in has a distributor, I'll also take the rotor arm out if I feel it necessary.
Fuck the earplugs make things 100x worse, the studs on the end catch the wind with the windows down and jackhammer buffetting directly into your ear canal. I also think my straight pipe exhaust is resonating in the cabin with the windows up so I can't even quiet things down like that.Early spring was great because I had my toque pulled down over my ears which acted like muffs.
>>28967131That's a clean install anon.>pump isolatorAgree that this is the better one to choose. >distributorSuppose I could pull the main relay out for a similar effect.
>>28967196>straight pipedThere's your problem, put your cat back on. Miata exhausts sound like dogshit without them to take the edge off.
>>28967209I mean straight piped axle back, it's got a helmholtz chamber on it but it really doesn't do shit above 1k rpm.
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>>28965313>he can't even start his car in gear. Bypass that shit you tard. No switch no problem.
>>28967864The clutch safety switch has no idea what the shifter is doing. In the event of clutch hydraulic failure you can still start it in gear to get it moving off the starter because the pressing the clutch pedal won't actually actuate the clutch, but still make the switch happy. Also, I don't want to bypass it as I said earlier, I want it operating as designed. t. did just that a couple times
>>28967196>straight pipe exhaustkek and this nigga is complaining about buffeting
I just washed my carthere are some chips in the paint that look like little streaks of bird shitI need to do paint correction again but I feel like I got lucky with how it went last time
>>28966064bump
>>28965754I thought the NA and ND were closer in size from how close the weights are
I think it's cool that you can get them in green now
>>28968340you can?!
>>28968309>>28968340>zinc greenfound pics. this fucking sucks. where is the BRG paint that everybody and their mother is asking for?
>>28968396I couldn't find it on Mazda's Japanese website, however there was this swatch online.
>>28968396I like the colour. Also like that the top isn't black. The gray soft top was used on a special edition model (known as "SILVER TOP" in Japan). Would be much cooler in summer. Link: https://newsroom.mazda.com/en/publicity/release/2026/202605/260531a.htmlUnveiling: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amP0wQcmTcU&t=98s
>>28968309they are, ND is about 5cm wider, 5cm shorter and same heightbut it somehow looks more... bulky?
>>28968309https://www.carsized.com/en/cars/compare/mazda-mx-5-1989-roadster-vs-mazda-mx-5-2015-roadster/front/I was driving next to a lowered NA in my ND and it felt like I was towering over him, I could see into his passenger cabin and it looked like a much smaller car.
>>28968396>Mazda: oh you guys want actual colors?>*monkey's paw curls*
>>28968986I actually can't believe they managed to fuck up a green so badly. it almost feels intentional. is there some designer at corporate that masturbates on 50's enamel cookwear?
So I was taking my brand new ND3 for a drive and it scared the ever living fuck out of me with how unstable it was in turns, even low speed stoplight turns. Body roll wasn't anything serious so there should be no reason it was so willing to toss the rear out. I figured it had to be tire pressures, and sure enough I was showing 60psi in all four tires. I assume the dealer jacked it up to make the car tail happy for test drives, otherwise I have no idea. By chance yesterday morning, the dealer also sent a spam email about selling me tires for my new car (???) so I'm thinking they tried to set me up to blow one or more up.Fuck dealers.
>>28968975Yeah the ND feels a bit different, doesn't it? I always smile and wave to fellow miatafags but you definitely have the feeling that you're in a Different Car when your ND crosses paths with a cute little headlight-popping NA. It actually is noticeably higher up, bigger, etc. Wouldn't be surprised if the eventual NE pushes the envelope farther into conventionally sporty territory with a big wide body and stuff. Cars can't fucking stop enlargening.
>>28969068>I always smile and wave to fellow miatafagsI throw out the shocker like it's still the '00s street scene.
>>28968396It's like looking at a very desaturated picture of my own Miata
>>28969017They're clearly going after old boomer customers hence their cars getting softer, more luxurious, slow to brake etc. They don't want the young and fun crowd anymore since young people are broke.>>28969063Hmm, so I can make my autotragic more fun just by pumping up the tires...
Insurance renewal came up and managed to get new cover for £410 (was £570 last year).One perk of growing old I suppose ~~ (>﹏<) ~~>>28968396why do they only sell this thing in shitty uggo colours? Aquatic Blue on mine is quite nice.
>>28969068>big wide body and stuffRecent interview mazda committed to making it lighter than the ND. Targeting 2,200lb
Fuck I hate boomers, not a single one ever waves back. I just wish they would all die already.
>>28969201No idea how old you are, but consider joining up to the MX5 Owner's Club and getting their Specialist Insurance with Peter James. Cheapest I got on a comparison site was around £300, Peter James quoted me £160. You also get a discount when buying things at Halfords and a couple other places, so it really doesn't take long for the membership to save you a fair chunk of money.
>pull fuel pump>screw holding the bracket piece at the bottom stripsfuck this stupid fucking 30+ year old car.I was using a JIS head and everything jesus fucking christ.
>>28969305Yeah, boomers and women never wave back.
>>28969375Did you pb blast it first?
>>28969063>60 PSIwere they trying to kill you lmaoshould've reamed them, that's crazy>>28969235making it lighter is the only way to adhere to increasingly insane emissions standards without performance losses
>>28969063There are boomers who religiously believe the max PSI printed on the tire is what it should always be inflated to.Have had many heated conversations on this when I worked in a tire shop. Usually sent them away because I will not be liable
Parked next to a giant pickup truck today. These kind of masculinity supplements are not common here, so it was shocking to see its size from up close and compare it to my Fiata. The wheel being taller than my hood was the most impressive thing.
>>28969201>Aquatic BlueIt's my favorite ever blue on an Mx-5.>>28969017Watched the reveal here >>28968944 and the designer said that they want "industrial colours", like polymetal grey.
>>28969539:/ didn’t think I needed to. Looked mint clean. I’ll try and dremel a slot in it and see if it comes out…after that it’s drill it out territory and cry.
I've a few project cars and can wrench, but I've never looked at miatas. If I wanted one, what years should I look at? Are there still clean examples that are affordable, or are they all destroyed from being drifted into a median?
>>28969773Any year is fine. Except for automatic transmission cars. If you're looking for an auto you want NC or newer. The early auto sucks.
>>28969778Roger that. thanks
How much of a sin is it to just swap out the timing belt rather than doing the whole timing/pump service? I've a new NB with 170,000km and a ever so slightly weeping rocker cover gasket, I wouldn't mind just swapping out the belt while I'm in there so I know it's not going to snap on me. I did the accessory belts the other weekend and one was very brittle so I don't trust timing belt.
>>28970250It's not a sin, but you save yourself a not insignificant amount of time by doing everything all at once. You do you, broski.
Looking at a 2003 1.8>52,000 km in 2014>54,000 km in 2016>54,000 km in 2018>57,000 km in 2020>57,000 km in 2022>60,239 km in 2024>60,xxx km today Exceptional cosmetic condition, but how fucked will it be from being barely driven?
>>28970294I'd be perfectly happy with it.
>>28970250I've done a few NA/NB timing belts and never seen one with good idler/tensioner pulley bearings. They're not expensive, have one bolt each, and you have to touch the tensioner pulley bolt anyway even if you don't replace it, plus the time you'll waste with the car down if you get it apart and find they are in fact not good and have to order some. The water pump is a little more involved but it also has the possibility of having a bad bearing and/or a leak you can't see with it together. Same goes for the front crank seal and both cam seals. It's your car but I wouldn't skip any of these listed items unless I had personally done them myself on the vehicle in the last few years and they still check out.
>>28970294ask the owner for service historyit'll need refreshed brakes at least
>>28970250I'd say it's a sin, not on miat but an earlier car I owned I did exactly that and the water pump went out two months later at 150k+ miles (probably due to the new belt anyways considering the timing)
>>28970265>>28970586>>28971118Thanks, I'll try and get it all done in one.Follow up unrelated question: Who's swapped out the stock non-bose speakers? I consider the stock ones particularly bad and would like to replace them, is a component set the way to go? I just have the floor speakers and the door tweeters, nothing behind the seats. I'm a solderlet so would rather just run them from the headunit.
>>28971499Replacing speakers doesn’t require electrical work. There are positive and negative quick disconnects you just pull off. The hard part is taking off the door panels without snapping any of the clip things, but that’s less of an issue with miats than most cars.Also, soldering car wires the traditional way, while I do it, is supposedly bad anyway as the solder material can crack and degrade with vibration and humidity/temp changes.
>>28971499>>28971545>The hard part is taking off the door panels without snapping any of the clip thingsThis. A previous owner of my car had the interior reupholstered, but whoever did it had broken most of the screw hole pegs as the top pad just kind of fell off the door card. I repaired it by slotting some some 8mm ID aquarium tubing over the top of what was left, then I filled them with JBWeld Plastic Epoxy. Still holding up 4 years later, so pretty good bodge if I do say so myself.
>>28969681I had the opposite experience in burgerland yesterday. you could probably park this little fucker sidewaysidk about the reputation of Rams over there but over here they're the DUI chariot
>>28971644Idk if you ever saw a vintage Fiat 500 or Mini, but those are tiny even compared to a Smart Fortwo: the people inside sit lower than in a Miata.>the reputation of RamsThey're almost unique here in pastaland. Fuckhuge pickups are very rare in general and as such they have no reputation over the obvious "imagine how small their dick must be". Personally I see those trucks as a power fantasy, and I associate them to nutjobs because, on top of the implications of needing a power fantasy on wheels, they're so out of place and impractical that one needs to be not entirely sane nor well adjusted to make such a deliberate choice.
>vehicle enthusiast is enthusiastic about a different vehicle than me>they must be unhinged
>>28971687>Idk if you ever saw a vintage Fiat 500 or Mini, but those are tiny even compared to a Smart Fortwo: the people inside sit lower than in a Miata.nta, but you'll be surprised at how tall a classic 500 or Mini actually is compared to an MX-5; they're still obviously very small cars, but they're more narrow than they are short, especially so for the 500. Minis are pretty comfy to sit in, but 500s genuinely feel claustrophobic thanks to that excessively narrow body.
>>28969773Plenty of clean ones out there. They've sold over a million now. If you're interested in NA or NB, check thoroughly for rust in the rocker panels. Otherwise you can buy most parts used on marketplace from part outs.
>>28972178
Fuck me, header wrap is itchy.
>>28972242
>>28967875operating as designed means no clutch interlock switch. they only have that shit for the burger models
>change out clutch master, slave and remove pigtail, replacing with braided line>now there's a weird rattling noise when I use the clutch even slightly, although not in neutral so it's hard to troubleshoot.wtf
>>28972672Mine is a burger model.
>>28972765Get under the car with some grease and slap it on the clutch slave actuator/pivot. Get it all goopy and smothered. That's what fixed mine.
Need to get a new exhaust for my NA6, as my original has rusted a hole in it over the back axle. Can't get an original from Mazda, so I have to go aftermarket. This X-Force one is half the price of other brands, but it claims "enhanced sound" on one dealers site. I'd prefer a stock sound. Any ideas? (Australia)https://xforce.com.au/products/mazda-mx5-na-cat-back-exhaust?_pos=1&_fid=71911661e&_ss=c
>>28965132I was doing a clutch job and accidentally pinched my O2 sensor wire.I cut it off and ran a new one.Should I loosen all the trans bolts and remove the crushed wire? could it be causing any misalignment issues?
>>28974550Yes, better than having to do it again later because the clutch components and all nearby bearings were worn at an angle and now everything up to the input shaft bearing needs to be replaced.
Did a little diff rebuildin this week
Anime lesbians love the MX-5.
>>28974167Just bought it. I guess I'll see what it's like.
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>>28974927I always liked black windshield frames with a black top.
>>28975233>I always liked black windshield frames with a black top.And the black mirrors.
to the anon that asked a a thread or two ago about the verus rear diffuser weight - didn't get a chance to actually weigh it, but by my hand estimate it can't weigh any more than 6-7 lbs. the mid body panels, rear suspension panels, and diffuser combined couldn't have weighed more than 12-15 lbs when I held them all together.that said, after installing them there is now a strange engine/exhaust resonance bordering on rattle that I have to figure out because it's not pleasant.>do the aero panels work?idk, it's hard to tell because I swapped my OEM BBS wheels w/CC2's for 17x8 hypergrams with ECS 02's at the same time which make way more of a difference. might be my imagination but it definitely feels like it pulls harder downshifting into 4th at 60-70 mph. butt dyno perceives less overall turbulence around the car.if I figure out the resonance shit I'll report again after more seat time
>>289748951.6 or 1.8?
Header wrapped and paintedITB filters finally cut down to size so they don't hit the shock tower anymore. Finished the fittings on that big ass fuel filter and the send and return lines are doneJust need to figure out how hard it will be to poke a few wires through the main harness grommet on the transmission tunnel/firewall.
>>289754181.8
>>28974927does this anime have lots of miata or was this a one off shot?
>>28975839So far only this episode has a miata, the other time (prior episodes) they took a drive it was another car model can't recall what it was.Anyways, if there is another scenario where the two main couple needs to go to a remote hotspring location maybe they'll take the miata again but then again it was a friend's car and they were just borrowing it.
>>28975691I love the sound of ITB's.
>>28974962looks like mine
Someone gave me the ol screwdriver. I also parked next to a pontiac solstice and was surprised that it had a smaller wheelbase than my ND.
>>28978094It's a fresh self tapper, right at the edge of the wheel which is the only accessible part from the wheel well. Makes me think it was done on purpose and not just bad luck. Canadians are some really shitty people.
>>28978101Lmao you drove over a screw, you're not being gangstalked.
Ok nc+ cucks with tcs enabled every time you turn the car on. What happens if you just rev it up at a standstill and dump the clutch??? like how does it stop you from doing a skid? You have to literally disable the shit anytime you have to do a skid? My problem is I don't plan my skids, the shit it just happens. so like you have to plan skids? Am I understanding this right?
>>28978398you sound like a gangstalker.same thing happened to me not long ago, i went on a bike ride, everything was fine until i went and refilled gas, went inside the store and came back, rode like 100 meters and noticed my tire was deflating, had a screw right in the middle of the rear tire.then the next day i went to the tire shop to change the tube, i noticed a very weird behavior from the clerk, like he was trying to take as much time as possible, then he said they didn't have my size and told me they would order it. waited a few days they call me "so sorry sir we ordered the wrong size, we'll order the right one and call you back, waited one more week, not a single call, nothing, went there, picked up my wheel and left. i ended up ordering and changing the tube myself. at least now i know how to change a tube, ty gangstalkers
Does anyones car judder when releasing with just the clutch and barely any gas? Can't tell if I have hotspots on the clutch causing it (from learning) or if I'm potentially just lugging the engine with not enough revs
>>28978828My NB is like this, I also wonder. I've gotten better at it so it's mostly minimised but it happens easily. Someone earlier said they could easily start their car moving just with the clutch, mine doesn't like it at all however.
>>28978490yeah, you turns TCS/DSC/LGBTQ+ off every time you turn the car on. if that's too much of an existential burden for you get an older miat. they're both valid options, though I'm pretty sure you can enable persistent disable between startups with a modified ECU on everything up to ND3. ND3 still lives in cuckville for now, and may forever.
>>28979134I can get rid of the judder by going just a bit lower in the bite point and it will take off no judder then but if I go even slightly higher, it does judder.
>>28978828>>28979134Depends on how you do it.Bring clutch to just a hair before the bite, then go really slowly into the bite area and as you start moving you can start releasing more quickly. If you do anything too fast or slowly it’ll judder.Yes, the juddering is the engine lugging unless your clutch is borked somehow.I do it occasionally. It’s best to just give a little throttle though. It’s much easier to do in my jeep with torque down low and a much longer clutch pedal press.
>>28965132how "plug and play" are replacement ECUs for NAs?someone near me is selling a 94 for $4k, says the computer needs to be reflashedto start, but what I saw online says the old ECUs can't be reflashed and need to be replaced
>>28965132DEAD THRAD I BLAME THE UGLY OP NOBODY WANTS TO CLICK ON HURT MIATAS PEOPOLE WANT TO CLICK ON GOOD HAPPY MIATS JUST SAYING
>>28979338Good to know it's probably just engine lugging, I have bad anxiety lol. I usually press the pedal back in a smidge and then continue my slow lift of the clutch pedal while adding gas
>>28979691I agree. Sucky OP image.
I know you can't take miata through a regular automated car wash, but is it safe to do an underbody wash only setting? Or will it fuck the wheels or something? thank
>>28979691it's healthy to every now and then remind 'miata with a stylebar' owners that if they roll over they die
>>28980200Hahaha yeah because of all those roll-over accidents we lowest-car-on-the-road enjoyers get into.
All four coil springs on my 2002 NB are corroded and I want to replace them. But I'm not sure to what extent.>not interested in lowering the ride height>unsure if the dampers/shock absorbers would need replacing too, hard to see how bad they are exactly>unsure if replacing the springs on the current shock absorbers would be worth the daunting job it looks to be, as opposed to replacing the whole thing with new coilovers>don't want to overpay either naturallyIdk what do.
>>28980343I think it's overblown, too. But, if you come off the track or road sideways and your tires dig in to soft dirt or the sand traps on racetracks or there's a rut right there, it'll happen. And miatas fucking love going sideways.
>>28980373I had the same problem, and I worked out that the price difference between a decent set of height and damping adjustable coilovers vs. a new set of OEM spec springs + shocks was around £150. I just got the coilovers, and I'm extremely glad I did. You may not want or need to adjust the ride height or damping, but for the sake of that very marginal price difference, it's very nice to have.
>>28980658>£150that's a good price. Do you know if that's still achievable?I was doing cursory research at work earlier and the lowest I could find was in the region of £300 for all four.
>>28980663The *difference* was £150. I think all four springs, shocks, and top mounts, were somewhere around £750, whereas the coilovers were just north of £900. I wasn't very happy to spend that money initially, but it made a hell of a difference over the standard setup, and now 5 years later they're still as good as the day I installed them. I regret nothing.When you say your springs are corroded, do you mean they've got surface rust, or do you mean that they're utterly shagged and are hanging on by a thread?
>>28980373just get inexpensive (not cheap) coilovers if you're gonna hang onto the car. if it's on the original suspension replacing the springs alone would be kinda dumb.>>28980663I believe the bonganon above you indicated a £150 DIFFERENCE in price between replacement springs and coilovers, not £150 total. to say you ought to be skeptical of £150 coilovers would be quite the understatement. wish I could point you in the right direction otherwise but I only know NDs and that case you're paying around a grand, give or take, after tax in USD for inexpensive but good coilovers, ND springs being around $200-$300 by comparison.
>>28980715>>28980726>whereas the coilovers were just north of £900ack I misread. "difference".but five plus years sounds good, a review I read for the £300 one said they hoped for it to last even half that. I am sceptical of them being too cheap in any case.but in bringing down the costs, yeah just keeping the dampers but with new springs seems counterproductive.>When you say your springs are corroded, do you mean they've got surface rust, or do you mean that they're utterly shagged and are hanging on by a thread?surface rust and they came up in the MOT, all four. I've Thesus'd a lot of the car since buying it in 2023 at this point apart from the suspension, that's one of the few things I don't think have been touched since 2002. So it's become the priority job for car maintenance.
>>28980731For what it's worth, my brother has a set of £300 coilovers on his Scirocco, and they're shockingly shit. Extremely stiff, terrible ride control, and virtually no travel - we both agreed that they were a complete waste of money. Never cheap out on coilovers, you absolutely get what you pay for.As for your rust, if you're on a budget, then you may very well get away with just taking the springs off, wire brushing them clean, and then coating them in rust convertor to protect them. Springs generally don't go bad until they rust away or crack, it's the shocks that make the biggest difference. Obviously new springs would be the "correct" thing to do, but I don't think they'd make much of a difference in as far as handling and ride quality goes, if that's your concern.
>>28980797do you still have the same subframe as seen in >>28980658 or have you replaced it too?the MOT cert claims the front subframe also corroded (but not "seriously weakened") but it's black compared to what I see in that pic.>Springs generally don't go bad until they rust away or crack, it's the shocks that make the biggest difference. Obviously new springs would be the "correct" thing to do, but I don't think they'd make much of a difference in as far as handling and ride quality goes, if that's your concern.it sounds like I would want to be renewing the springs anyway if I want to replace the shocks, and again I don't think they have been replaced in 24 years.I'm leaning towards what you did and combine springs and shocks separately. I'll need spring compressors too.
>>28980844>do you still have the same subframe as seen in >>28980658 (You) or have you replaced it too?Still have the same everything; sans the coilovers, I've done nothing to the car besides regular servicing and some superficial things like RAYBRIG headlights and delrin window bushes. Pretty sure all the suspension bushes are dry rotting and fucked, and I know my camber bolts are completely shagged as the alignment shop tried and failed to adjust them. Not exactly ideal, but still drives and tracks fine, so I'm in no rush to replace anything. Hell, I haven't even bothered putting the door cards back on after I replaced the old speakers 4 years ago.>the MOT cert claims the front subframe also corroded (but not "seriously weakened") but it's black compared to what I see in that pic.Advisories change from tester to tester, especially rust related items. The W brace on my old 350z was utterly rotten and barely hanging on, but whether or not it was listed as an advisory was dependant on the Tester and/or how much money I left on the driver's seat :) .>I'm leaning towards what you did and combine springs and shocks separately. I'll need spring compressors too.I bought MeisterR ZetaCRD coilovers, friendo. Couldn't be bothered with the hassle of rebuilding the original suspension for what little difference in price there was.
Might fix my NDs AC this yearProbably not though The pipe is just gonna crack again so why bother
>>28969767its a 30+ year old bolt, what the fuck did you think was gonna happen
>>28981084How many times has that pipe cracked before?Sounds like "We're all going to die anyway, so why bother living?"
>>28982199Well it only cracked once 2 years ago but that's because I didn't fix it so it couldn't crack again. It took less than 30k miles for it to crack and that's with the most current pipe (they kept making it thicker because they break so often but it still breaks). I don't like fixing things that shouldn't need fixing especially when the fix is only good enough to get back to the same state it was in when it cracked
Looking to pickup this 1990 NA (midwest, USA, so rust will be a given) but how bad does this look? Should I walk away?
>>28982734i dont se e rust, just dirt. more picsfenders?
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>>28982829>>28982836car fenders/exterior is in pretty decent shape from what I can tell
>>28982836Looks really sketchy to me, but cars don't rust here so I'm no expert.
>>28982836It looks salvageable.
>>28967196just wear regular construction foamiesi even wear them when i drive our minivan since I like the windows down and road noise on the highway with the windows down is loud enough to cause hearing damage over sustained periodsi make my kids wear them also
>>28982836Not the worst I've seen, but certainly not good. Take a screwdriver with you and give any particularly bad areas a fair ol' jab - that'll soon tell you if it's bad or not. Is there any evidence of rust or rust repairs on the bottom of the sills in front of the rear tyres?
What cars do you have as a secondary/daily? I have a g37x that is murder on gas 11 mpg premium with city driving so I'm going to sell it and buy a 2nd Gen Honda fit hopefully soon.
>>28983319Mini truck. Mx-5 is my big powerful sports car.
i am dumb, i only just realised that a big retailer for MX-5 parts in the UK is not only about 10 miles away, its in the town where i was born. no wonder i see so many MX-5s in the area.
These, and also an MGB and a Discovery.
Winston tastes good, like a cigarette should.I prefer the unfiltered trifecta (lucky strike, OG camel, Pall Mall. But filtered? Winston all the way baby! It got this hazlenut flavor you only get with this or unfiltered luckies.
>>28983324Very nice
>>28983408So jealous. Australian Government banned all the nice tasting cigarettes. Only third world shit now.For ND fans, oddly specific video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vm8936JUeaQ
>>28983731Google is telling me they're $38–$40 AUD (approx. $25–$27 USD) there. Is that true? Jesus I thought USD $8.50 was too much. I mostly vape now but once or twice a year I'll buy a nice pack and smoke one every few days. Unfiltered are hard to find and real Lucky Strikes (not the re-branded Newport "Luckies" sold in gas stations) are only sold in one store in town, and it's the sketchiest smoke shop / liquor store in the projects 30 minutes away.Here's a pic of my first timing belt / water pump job from '08/'09 to keep things miata related.
https://youtu.be/oX3z2iD1UDQ?si=NgXe3VLfTR7KB6GW
>>28983319The Gray Swan.
Gonna see if I can get the Megasquirt PnP in today and pull the ignition wiring through the main harness loom in the firewall to keep it looking somewhat OEM appearance. I should have my flex fuel pigtail here somewhere to put in the same harness.How do you guys find the time to take photos? I have like 10 from the past 6 weeks, but some threads have 10 in a single post...
>>28983777Nice digits get.Taking pictures takes almost no time. If I’m doing something complicated I’ll take pictures of things as I go so I can refer back when reassembling.
Power steering is squealing like a pig at full opposite lock after a timing belt/water pump replacement.Was the power steering pump touched during the belt/pump replacement?
>>28983850No. Probably a loose belt. Have you checked that first?
>>28983850Yes both accessory belts have to come off during a timing belt replacement. The belt tension is manually set, I would guess it's probably too loose.
>>28983850If it's an NC, it's really really easy to bend the return line fitting on the pump since it's a tab with only one bolt. I leaned on it once, bent it, and it started letting air in. I had to remove it and bendld the tab back straight so it would seal properly. Would check yours just in case
>>28983850Nah nothing to do with each other, better take it back to the shop for another 89.99$ diagnosis. Good luck.
>>28983852I can see the belt and press down on it, but hard to say if it's looser than it should be without knowing what it was like beforehand. >>28984059I figured they'd fix it under warranty if it was indeed disassembled during the pump replacement.
>>28983731I'd be curious to see if anything changes on the Fiata, since the trunk is slightly bigger and more boxy.
>>28969723it is nice. so is the burnt orange colour they offered at the same time.>>28969312I've got one sheep manslaughter and one incident of being rear-ended on file so I think it's going to be expensive for a little while. I'll have a look next year though.
>>28978828my NC has always done it (put over 30k miles on at this point). there's also a slight metallic rattle with the clutch pedal released.I always assumed it was down to the engine being less insulated to the body vs my old hatchback and because it's a higher revving engine that's a bit anemic at low revs.
time to do taillight seals again :( I did both 4 years ago when I bought the car
>>28969312>Cheapest I got on a comparison site was around £300, Peter James quoted me £160 [USD $214].Per month? Jesus, I'm in my upper 30s with over 10 tickets (2 reckless), last 2 cars were totalled from getting rear-ended. I'm paying $115 / mo with coverage absolutely maxed out with the high payout options.Please tell me that's 160 pounds every 6 months, not per month.
>>28984256my £410 was for the year, thought that was clear
>>28984260It seemed clear but I wasn't sure.In that case, you pay (USD$550 / year) less than half of what I do.
>>28984256>Per month? No, annually. Monthly is mostly an American thing, though you do have the option of paying monthly with interest tacked on top.
I pay 900 a year in burgerville USA for 500k/500k on my nd rf, it's not awful.
>>28984332>for 500k/500kWhat does this mean? The max amount of cash you're covered for?
>>28984391Yeah exactly 500k of coverage for bodily injury and property damage and $l500k for incidents involving uninsured/under insured individuals
>$l500kPretend there's no I in there, exposed as a phone poster
>>28984419>>28984421Right, makes sense. Oddly enough, I have no idea what amount I'm actually covered for... I should probably check that.
>>28984437Huh. I'm covered for a shit ton of cash, but if I die my family gets £2,500. Apparently you *can* put a price on one's life.
I pay $700 a year in the US for liability only with multiple serious violations.
>>28984439Is life insurance available through your job? Literally just $1 per paycheck buys me $100k coverage.
>>28984449I'm self-employed as a heavy machinery operator, so no such benefits I'm afraid. That said, I don't have a missus or kids or anything, so not like my death would really matter, but almost seems like an insult for what family I have to get £2,500 from it, you'd almost prefer to get nothing. Sort of like tipping a waitress a pennies after she's busted her ass to give good service, or something.
>>28984332I have my insurance under my parents for my nc2 and it comes out to 450 yearly full coverage. Thank goodness
>>28983743>once or twice a year I'll buy a nice packSame. Au banned vapes, the officially sold cigarette packets are covered in anti smoking medical porn, most people smoke illegal imports.>>28984245>the burnt orange colourThis colour? UKDM got the best colours.
>>28984527This green was nice too.
>>28984527>Au banned vapesWhat? Are you fucking serious? What. The. Fuck?Google says you're right. Vaping is much safer as you aren't inhaling the combustion byproducts of burning plants. But apparently they didn't get the memo.
>>28984569Man I don't miss my NB having a black interior.
>>28984579I prefer a tan interior NA. But to be frank with you I prefer the black NB.
>>28984585The red seats definitely add a lot on yours. I just hate black pit of despair interiors, especially on such a bright and happy car like a Miata. Some red accents like red stitching on shift/brake boots and on a leather wrap for the wheel would be my move there. Wish there were more red things you could add like a 93LE interior, all I'm finding OEM-wise are the matching red hand grip steering wheel and NB2 door panels with red inserts.
>>28984579What? Later model NBs didn't get ashtrays?
>>28984601That's the NB2 center console, they trade the ashtray for two actually useable cupholders, rather than the single one with the flip out thing inside the center console (which also snaps the forward hinge on every NB1 ever.) I don't smoke so it was a no-brainer upgrade for me.
>>28984600I guess a black pit can be depressing, but most interiors I like are basic black plastic and cloth. Mine is painted and the seats dyed with with a custom Alabama Crimson Tide crimson.
>>28984605>two actually useable cupholdersYeah I don't trust my one square cupholder. I drink gatorade bottles or keep a thermos between the passenger seat and the transmission tunnel.
>>28984610Based rear pit of doom user.Cans and bottles fit so well there, friction-fit.
>>28984607Gonna need pics of roll tide please.35803 here
>>28984253Change hood seal as well?
>>28985052did the scuttle seals a month or so ago when I had water in passenger footwell and no leaks since.Replaced the taillight seal this afternoon so hopefully will be fully watertight now.I've had the new seal for a while as I suspected that was where it was coming from.
>>28984933Too lazy to take a new pic, posted this before.
>>28984933>>28985351Also, I'm in south alabam. I don't go up by fed central Huntsville or anywhere near crowded Birmingham. This is dark territory, lawless lands if you will.
Did a light wash today after replacing my mom's power steering hose on her crv
>>28985781Looking cute.
>>28985781>See huge miata grin>Cannot resist urge to smile like a madmanLooks clean (both "clean" and not riced out). Nice. It's been a good day for top down driving. I just did some.
I fucking hate how 90% of traffic lights are invisible to me without leaning over or looking out the open top. If I'm sitting normally the lights are blocked by the bar over the windshield so I have to comically lean forward to see the lights, I'm only 5'8 it's not like I'm super tall. Biggest complaint, not a big one.
>>28974167Turned up today. Know what I'll be doing this weekend, Hope the old bolts aren't seized.
>>28984933>35810 lurkerH-Hey
>>28985809Stop earlier lol
>check car ads for NA on regular basis >finally a search results >its 5 times the cost i paid for mine 10 years ago >mfw i thought i overpaid back then
>>28986905>mfw i thought i overpaid back thenSaaaaame. Think I paid £2,000 for mine in 2021, and always regretted the fact that I probably could have bid him down at least £500; taking a quick look recently had me realise that even rotten shitters are around that £2,000 mark now, so Christ knows what mine is worth today. I sure as shit wouldn't pay that much, that's for sure.
>>28983324Keking at the astroturfThat might be nice for work breaks
>>28983408If I ever started smoking I would smoke Lucky Strike because it's toasted (and the company is local to me)
>>28986939Fuck me this.Looking for an NA to tinker with/ restore alongside my ND, but they're like £6000 for any 1.8 that isnt totally rotten. Even the dogshit 90bhp 1.6s are £4k+Anyway, taking my ND down to Andorra later this week. Pic last years trip to Switzerland.
>>28987463>Even the dogshit 90bhp 1.6s are £4k+The 1.6 isn't doshit you don't deserve a NA you're not pure.
>>28987508Ain't no replacement for displacement, boi.
>>28987603cool story bro
>>28987603I prefer how revvy and fun my NA6 is, compared to my NA8. NA8 is faster but less exciting.
>>28987611For some reason I've never found high revving cars fun; I rarely ever topped 7,000 in my M3, despite the redline being somewhere north of 8,000. I've also never driven another Miata besides my own, but I'd really like to see the difference in how the 1.6 and 1.8 differ in character. I doubt it'd change my mind on the matter, but at least I can say I tried.
>>28987688Revving high isn't fun without an exhaust.
>>28987695I'm not sure that'd help much in my case. I'm not particularly fond of a high rpm exhaust note, unless it's something exotic like a V10 or 12. V8's are *kind of* passable, but I still much prefer the throaty rumble of a low revving push rod. S65's for example do absolutely nothing for me, and the same goes for sport bikes and such the rev to over 12,000. High revving engines just don't do anything for me. I vaguely remember hearing what I think was a Busso V6 at around 9,000rpm, and I quite liked that, but I've never heard anything like it since.
>>28987270I'm that anon. Unfiltered, real Lucky Strikes are the best goddamn cigarette on the planet. Delicious. They don't last very long though.In some way unfiltered are better for you. You don't suck on it, you just breathe naturally as there's no resistance from the filter. So you don't have to breathe in as deeply. Also, with filtered cigarettes you occasionally breathe in parts of the coated fibers making up the filter.
>>28988464>no resistance from the filter. So you don't have to breathe in as deeplyNon-smokers don't know about flame control, but it's like trying to get a stoich ratio on your engine.When you have to suck in really hard for a long while, the flame (cherry) gets hot. The hotter it is, the more carcinogens you get. A flame that barely stays alive tastes better than has fewer carcinogens.A skilled smoker can keep an unfiltered lit with as cold of a cherry as possible.
>>28988530Looks like your PCV valve grommet is leaking
>>28988544I bought it in January. Pic from March. I replaced the PCV valve within a week. Don't care enough to clean the valve cover,
>>28988548No not the valve, the rubber bit it pushes into. They've all gotten rock hard by now if still original. E301-13-338A
>>28988556I know what a grommet is. Not being mean, I think most ppl know that.I bought it in January from a boomer woman. PCV valve didn't pass the blow test so I replaced it for a whole $4. This ain't my first miat, got mine 19 years ago. I'll keep an eye on the grommet, you're right, they can fail too.
>>28988564Fuck I miss that NA8 Torsen Type-1.Spend over $15k restoring it.Insurance payout $900 when a college-age chick rams into it.Fuckin'-A I'm gonna take some shots, very depresssing, I miss that car. '95 was 1.8. Torsen type-1 (never needs rebuilds, but slides out quicker than later Torsens). At least I took it to over 280k miles before some uni-age chick smammed an SUV into it. I miss that NA so much.
This >>28988636 is this >>28983743 years later. Probably 2012 and 2009.
>>28988654https://youtu.be/oHDaKtx6bGY
>>28988666Don't mind me, just mainlining Skooma freebase.My preferred gov't is me being able to tell any married woman to suck my cock.
>>28988464>Unfiltered, real Lucky StrikesI used to like the Camel plain or French Gitanes. No longer available
>>28989830I love the unfiltered camels, they’re somewhat easy to find and taste like tobacco should. They don’t last very long, burn quickly, they’re made for light breaths and if you pull too hard they get hot as fuck. Almost every person I’ve given one to coughed their ass off because they pulled as hard as you would on a filtered.I didn’t know that Gitanes were discontinued- I will never smoke Lupin III’s preferred cigarette ;_;
>>28989846Aussie Government loves banning things. They hate us.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VtXl_5teFE
Someone teach me how to shift smoothly (1-2, 2-3) my god I suck
>Torrential downpours>Flood warning>Tornado watchWTF it's barely raining and the roads are clear! Just drifted 5-7 intersections like a maaaaad cunt. Went almost 45 degrees right in front of an SUV (sorry, I don't want your kids to think this is cool). Didn't fail once. Hell yeah! Fuck yeah!!! That was amazing, what a rush!
would you spend £6,250 on a supercharged NB with an engine bay repainted to commemorate the nanking massacre?
>>28990668picture a seesaw when coming off/on the throttle/clutch
>>28990668I can explain in words how this works, but it's more of a feeling thing than anything; you just need to rev match - that's it. You have to make a rough guess as to where the engine revs will want to be at in whatever gear you're changing to; 1000 rpm jumps between gears are pretty typical, but it varies from vehicle to vehicle depending on gear ratios. If you're at 3,000 rpm in 2nd gear, then after you push in the clutch and select 3rd gear, you'll want to "catch" the engine by lifting the clutch as it falls near 2,000 rpm. Putting this into words is all well and good, but again, you need to feel and experience it to really get it. Sound is far more useful than sight with this. Listen to how your engine sounds at the various rpms and try to match based on that rather than just staring at your rpm gauge, 'cause otherwise you'll likely not be able to act fast enough.
>>28965132Were they ok?
>>28990698Not an NB, no. You could build one for half that price, including the cost of the car. Hell, I was offered a turbo NB for £2,500 a couple years ago. I was dumb really, 'cause even though I'm not a turbo guy, that was still cheap as fuck. Probably could've swapped the turbo kit onto my NA and sold the NB for what I bought it for... Great, now I'm sad.
>>28990698Not a chance.Poster above you. I've modded all 7 cars I've owned but would never buy a modded car unless it was incredibly cheap.There's so much nuance to a custom forced induction car, do you know how it was tuned? Do they use a fuel pressure regulator or a proper standalone ECU tune? Do you know why they chose the injectors they did?I got picrel for 3,025 GBP this year from an old lady. Not someone's hackjob. I would not get that, is what I'm saying. If you have to ask... you'll never know.https://youtu.be/vUYVIlR0Oas
>>28990704Apparently sohttps://x.com/OPP_HSD/status/1138268085474013184/
>>28990708>>28990709actually i'm not shopping as it happens, i mainly posted it for the engine bay decoration. i know the price is much too high. he even reduced it by £250 since i noticed it while looking up how much people are listing their NBs for.it even has this grotesque wing, look at this shit. at that point it's ballast.>There's so much nuance to a custom forced induction cari would go as far as to say i don't trust any formerly NA car that has been boosted by private owner. it was modified to be driven hard, now he's charging it as a price like he had only just did all that work to it?
>>28990714>I spent 4 grand modifying a 2 grand car, that means it's worth 6 grand plus labourThe owners of these riced out shitboxes really baffle me.You got the listing? Is it an eBay jobby?
>>28990721https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/236870715400
>>28990724Jesus, It's even worse than I first thought.>priced to sellFucking hell, poor bloke's hit his head one too many times.
>>28965132I saw a beautiful miata the other day driven by an older lady, I can tell she was its only owner. I told her to always keep it, and she looked confused. I've never owned one btw.
>>28990724As someone who lives where cars don't rust, and just bought a manual NB for half that price, this really gets me:>Extensive restoration for rust repairOh no. No no no. Maybe that's normal for you guys.In some ways, that guy had taste, but in most ways he did not.I mean, look at the pic in your post, he spray painted the AC vent and emergency light button surrounds.2k GBP at best.
>>28990736>Oh no. No no no. Maybe that's normal for you guys.Very much par for the course. Unless the car has been dry stored for the vast majority of it's life, it'll either be rotten or hopefully have thousands spent in rust repairs. Obviously this means there are plenty of bodge jobs going around, caked in filler and underseal, but they're usually not hard to spot. The fact that he's had the work done and allegedly has records and photos is actually pretty damn good, as you can be sure you're not buying a rot box, and it's likely better protected now than it have was from the factory, but you could probably buy *two* clean NB's for the same price as all the work he's done. There's no denying the work is impressive and expensive, but the mods completely ruin it. Almost makes me laugh how he shrugs off the spoiler by saying that you can get a boot cheap, completely ignoring the fact that it would still need to be painted to match the fuckign car, costing hundreds extra.>In some ways, that guy had tasteYeah, it was just poor taste.>2k GBP at best.Annoyingly enough I would say it *is* objectively worth more, probably around 3,000 to 3,500 just because it is supercharged and it is rust free, but you'd still be sat waiting for the right person to come along thanks to all those awful mods. He'd be better off selling the wheels and wing separate from the car.
>>28990699>>28990703Noted and thank you. I just can't seem to find the right balance yet. I'm only about 2 months in of driving manual (not daily and small sessions ). It's just hard to practice around here as the parking lots are shit and the roads are busy so I never get a chance to look at the rpms. At least I haven't stalled in 3 weeks.
>>28990834You'll get it. Keep practicing and it'll all smooth out over time.
>9k € for a 46k km 2007 NC hardtop with the 1.8Ldid i do good?only issue i found so far is some random beeping i get sometimes without any warninglights
>>28992536Sounds great. Post pic. 46,000km will have a lot of life left in it. Keep an eye out for oil leaks due to extended storage. I'd be chasing under the dash for the beeper. Fuck those things.
