You heard it here folks, it's time for another /mtg/ Miata General!
Got a new dashboard that's not cracking installed today..I don't have a picture yet but eh, here's a meme. Any who, I finished installing the dash and getting everything hooked back up only to realize my gauges no longer work...I think it could be the new wiring harness but what should I check?
Logan White
>>>/lbgt/
Jackson Nguyen
Spent 2 hours driving around trying to find a passenger side fender and didn't find one. ;_;
Henry Phillips
You near SoCal? I've got one..
Andrew Green
I'm in vegas
Evan Edwards
Ah, I'll have my contacts there keep on the look out.
John Sullivan
I'll be at the pomona swap meet this weekend if you're near there
Adrian Myers
I live in San Diego so a few hours south, my plans got cancelled this weekend to drive up to the area for a part pickup or I would be.
Sebastian Thompson
what are some reasonable priced coilovers that arent complete shit? ive heard bad things about raceland but that price looks good.
Justin Gomez
dang oh well, sall good.
RACELANDS FUR LIFE
Leo Foster
Riceland's are love, riceland's are life.
Cooper King
is it better than stock? my ride feels pretty rough right now. tires are new
Ryan Perez
lol it's not smoother than stock, it's stiffer. If you want a smooth ride don't look at performance shocks.
Jaxon Young
are there luxury shocks
Jaxson Reed
new factory shocks and bumps would probably fit your bill. that or airbags? but please dont.
William Lopez
>luxury >miata Yeah, idk man. If you want smooth just get oem replacements.
Kevin Wood
with airbags i can properlycruise down the ghetto i live in right?
Brayden Russell
my idea of luxury is pretending im in a phone booth makingtrain noises while shaquille oneill pushes it across an ice rink
Daniel Parker
Racelands still garbage, mrcummy still can't tell shit suspension from good.
Pic related, the Racelands that came with my car are going in the dumpster where they belong
Christopher Baker
Bought Meister R Zeta S for mine. Very happy with them. I can't find a single bad comment about them on the internet, so they must do something right. Skuzzle used them when they tuned Mats MX-5, and OneLapHeroes used them on their "Ringbanana".
Jaxson Gomez
The helper spring looks nice, but the fact that you can't adjust the height without adjusting the preload means that they are shit.
Michael Anderson
I'm 6ft, would I have decent headroom in an NC with a detachable hardtop?
Wyatt Allen
> didn't think miatas were that great > just picked up miata rental
;-; returning this on tuesday is gonna be hard
Adam Butler
Buy one, they're super cheap and reliable.
Xavier Myers
i think i will
Aiden Rodriguez
and GAYGAYHOLY SHIT guys this isnt funny anymore.
Ryan Collins
Faggots. Enjoy being alone forever and getting laughed at
Ryan Wright
I saw a bearded russian mobster looking type cruising around in a miata once.
Easton Evans
Where the hell do you rent a 20 year old car? That's a nice clean car.
Bentley Lee
found it on turo it's kind of like airbnb for cars
Aaron Fisher
Hey, this is a cool site. Thanks fur showing me this.
Andrew Harris
:|
just dont get your dirty furry shit all over the nice cars
Parker Howard
Was it around Chicago? I think I've seen someone who matches that description several times there.
Colton Hughes
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Noah Martin
2012 audi a3 $40 day 2007 Hyundai Tuscon $40 day 2010 Prius $36 day
Well I live in crap area apparently. Its like they aren't even trying to compete with rental places.
Sebastian Allen
benefits are that you get to choose what kind of car and there are a good number of manuals.
where i live i would pay about the same and get a much less fun car
Christopher Edwards
Warsaw
Zachary Lewis
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Ethan Brooks
Throwing another coat of polyester primer on this bitch. Got a new fender finally, 175 dollars fuuuuuuck me
Bentley Hill
Before you remove the wiring harness, > 1 Check to see everything is connected properly to the wiring harness and grounding is not an issue. > 2 Get multi meter and look at the resistance of leads from the wiring harness to the appropriate connection. > 3 If nothing is still working check to see if the alternator is producing 14V.
Josiah Parker
there's an 00 miata, green on black, at a local dealer that deals in motorcycles it's $5 grand but only 32k miles, from photos it looks clean as a fuckin whistle
assuming it has no or very little rust, think it's worth it?
Gabriel Brown
Miata weather.
Goddamn those Storm S1s are sexy
Brody Ward
Fucking rotation
Nolan Powell
Not a fan of storms my man. Anything with big gaps is pretty terrible imo I hate being able to see all that nasty suspension and brake shit behind the wheel. Much rather see a nice polished or painted wheel.
Justin Scott
Chrome gas cap on muh NB is sticking, doesn't really open unless I push on the hinge while pulling the switch, which looks ridiculous. wat do?
Jeremiah Green
Well number three is covered, just had my alternator checked today and it's perfect. So it has to be the connection or the harness (or grounding I guess haha).
Normally I'd say no but I actually would probably consider that lol --- > In other news..
I finished my interior, at least for right now.
Grayson Davis
Among the ugliest tier of interiors I've seen, well done.
Carter Nguyen
How's this?
Chase Wood
You don't have to be a fan of them. Good taste isn't for everyone.
Andrew Robinson
Okay, Miata newfag here. Drive a 93 stock, had it about a month now. I'm not an MPG nazi but from what I've read these things usually get about 28 or so. I don't drive mine hard but am getting about 20 MPG. Should I care?
Grayson Gonzalez
Is that mostly highway, in town? Give us more info.
Julian Sanchez
Wow look at that dirty ass suspension and caliper come on bro get that shit powder coated or cover it up S M H
Jaxon Gomez
why do that tho
Landon Davis
Mostly in town. Probably also worth mentioning that PO filled it exclusively with mid-grade and premium and never adjusted timing
Ryder Hernandez
Moving into new place with gf on the 13th. I finally get a garage, building, and car port. My Miata has deserved a garage for so long, feelsgoodman
Henry Collins
Thanks! The yellow speaker is temporary. My color combo is mint and purple. Why do what?
Hudson Kelly
Damn.
Alexander Watson
>look at that dirty ass suspension literally can't see any of the suspension in that pic.
You're right though look, they like total garbage... Refinished the control arms last year because they were rusting. Upright wasn't nor was the caliper. No point in making that shit pretty if it's not rusting and it's structurally sound.
The fuck out of here with ricer painted caliper bullshit.
William Allen
Fuel grade won't see an appreciable increase or decrease in mileage. Pretty much solely around town 20mpg is about right. My 1.6 was low 20s around town, averaged 27 combined, 32-34 highway. The 1.8 I swapped it with is a bit lower highway and combined.
Sebastian Ward
I have a really strong smell of fuel when I take hard right corners in my 99. I've been told to look at the filler neck and the shelf behind the seats. Shelf behind the seats isn't hard but I'm not sure what exactly I'm looking for around the filler neck. Over looked there before and just tightened some clamps but what exactly am I looking for?
Jose Rivera
Compromised hoses and leaks...
Take the parcel shelf carpet out before you drive it hard again.
Blake Jenkins
>painted control arms and inner fenders >didn't take the time to put the bolts through a piece of cardboard and spray the heads black
also don't you hate it when you see aftermarket control arms, coils, shocks, sways etc and the stock spindles stick out and look shitty
Ayden Wright
No, I don't hate that. As I said, I only did the control arms to take care of the cancer that was starting to take hold. No point in doing fasteners and the like. Same reason I didn't do the calipers, sway bars, or uprights. it's my DD during the summer. I drive it, I don't hard park it.
Landon Cook
Also, that's undercoating on the wheel wells, not paint.
Aaron Foster
Thanks, glad to hear it's not a lemon
Camden Evans
I'll be at the Pomona swap meet too!
But I'll be with my normie brother and avoiding internet interactions.
Xavier Adams
What kind of gains could I see on my 1997 1.8 (133 crank hp stock) with the following mods: >A good intake >Header, midpipe and exhaust, high flow cat >Megasquirt pnp2 with the AFM delete >COP conversion >93 octane tune
Samuel Torres
Nigga im baked as fuck dont do that to me This pretty much, might be one or two manufacturers out there that make softer shit
James Clark
If u can get someone to pass you for emissions, do a set of long headers and a 2.5" straightpipe, for the intake make sure its actually getting cold air which means not where the stock intake is. That and getting a tune for a few hundred should bring you up to 155ish. If you want a lot of more power, dump a couple grand into piecing together a turbo kit with a smaller turbo so no lag. Stock 1.8's should be good to 200 ish, so you can get almost double with a stock longblock.
Lincoln Hill
no m8, it's not that guy, it is you who have shit taste RPF1 are pretty much the only slim wheels that actually look good on NA
it could look nice on NC though
Alexander Walker
>implying they won't kill themselves long before then
Brayden Brooks
whenever i drive my miata in 1-3 gear,when i accelerate in the 2k RPM range, I keep hearing a metallic rattle that can get a bit embarrassing when driving, since its kinda noticeable to hear. Someone told me it might be a defective exedy clutch installed from the previous owner, but I honestly doubt it. I tried looking at the exhaust hanger but it seems completely fine. anyone had similar issues?
Cooper Cruz
Only during acceleration? Is the same thing happening when you take the feet off the clutch?
Jayden Stewart
Yes only when accelerating in the 2k-2.5k range in the lower gears. oddly enough, sometimes when i'm idling, when I fully press my clutch inwards, a little sequel that it makes when its in idle goes away but comes back when I'm idling while not pressing the clutch and shit. Its bizarre as fuck
Asher Jenkins
Might be the heat shield around the exhaust. My car does the same thing in 2-3k RPM range but goes away when it's just idling. I have some metal "zip ties" that I keep neglecting to put on the heat shield to suppress that rattle.
Jack Green
Guys I'm thinking about buying my uncles 93 miata from him for 1400. It's got a brand new clutch and brake master cylinder. 170,000 miles on it. Good tread on front tires, rear tires will probably need replacing within the next six months. What do you guys think?
Jayden Nguyen
That has to be the gayest shit I have ever seen. Might as well be 2 guys fucking.
Charles Mitchell
holy shit they put it up for sale mid day yesterday just called about it it was sold an hour ago
fuck, it's true what they say about good deals on miatas, you gotta move quick
Owen Sullivan
Could be an exhaust component touching something somewhere. My cheap eBay header used to rattle against my transmission. It was terrible
James Bell
That's a pretty good deal if there's no rust and the top is in okay shape.
Carson Phillips
Sounds like a deal, man. 1400 aint bad at all. Do you have pics?
Joshua Jenkins
It ain't the weekend until the Miata is up on jackstands. Anybody else have an ongoing project? I'm replacing a rear caliper that seized on me earlier this week.
Dylan Thomas
Top has a small hole, but it comes with a car cover. It'd also be my second car and whenever riving it the top will be down. Worst case scenario, how tough is it to patch?
Out for lunch now, will take pics when we get back.
Luke Myers
Thinking of this look for my nb. Those wheels are so classic for the na idk if it would feel the same on an na
Eli Gomez
Of course. Though it's mostly cosmetic, aside from installing koni dampers and eibach springs. Recently i replaced the wheels for special snowflakes. These forged fuckers were worth every penny. Now i have to get rid of these fucking rusted lugs.
They'd look nice on NB too. Though if i had NB i would aim for classic Rays Volks. Can never go wrong with these. Just don't buy knockoffs if you don't have the money.
Cameron Davis
>tfw no NB with popup headlights I wonder if the FD front end would fit on an NB
Robert Price
Just get an NA front end? It's the same bloody car.
Kevin Robinson
NA front end doesn't really fit, and the square headlights don't fit the NB's body style.
FD would fit better since the NB has similar lines.
Xavier Sanders
front chassis is different. wings/bumper/lights/hood would not fit without pretty much a complete chop n weld from the firewall forward
Isaiah Myers
I actually just replaced a front driver caliper that locked up on me. Dude I love working on my Miata so much, I had minimal experience before it and I was able to do the new caliper, both new rotors, and pads in an hour.
James Cox
Yeah the NA front end doesn't really fit on the NB. Vice versa has been done though pic related
Honesty though the NB front is really nice with a lip. The headlights of all things shouldn't be the reason why you do or do not buy a car lol
Logan Cox
muh shitbox when it actually looked presentable
Hudson Russell
and what it looks like now, after a front end bump. bumper pushed back, replaced bonnet (orginally green) and that plate sticker is covering a big crack more pics on my IG @mintsauce
Ayden Butler
And it still looks like shit
Connor Gomez
thank
Jaxson Mitchell
Paint the side-skirts and fit your plate on the front-right of the car.
Nathan Watson
And you can fit an FD lip (with some effort)
Sebastian Carter
the plate is there because its covering up a crack, and the only reason it has skirts is to cover rust (got them cheap). im pretty much done with this car, it needs far too much money spending on it to sort rust issues out. im only running it until i get enough to buy another (maybe an nb) then sell this one in parts. at least now i know what to look out for when buying one of these
Cooper Fisher
What headlights are those?
Mine are super fucking fogged and can't clean them for the life of me so I think I'm gnna have to replace them.