>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
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>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
