/mg/- Miata General

>>14452215
No one will buy my miata.
I just want it gone damnit!

I don't have one, but my parents have an NC. Anyone who shits on them compared to other Miatas doesn't know what they are talking about.

>>14452232
why are you selling yours?
are you corolla FX anon?

>>14452240
Yes.
I have too many vehicles and I'm not comfortable in the miata. I always feel like I'm gonna die driving it. Plus I'll never mod it. So its just pointless for me

I guess this is more of a general question for any car, but is it ok/normal for my miata to not heat up all the way when driving? By that I mean the temp gauge normally is just above the first "C" line when i'm cruising. When I drive it hard for a few minutes the temp will increase to close to the middle (operating temp), then it goes back down. It's cold as fuck in MD right now so i'm nervous to drive it, don't wanna fuck anything up. Car blows lukewarm air throughout most of a drive. My main concern is when my engine is cold, my oil pressure likes to skyrocket above 4k. When it is warm the oil pressure never gets about 60 or so. I have a 94 so it's a legit oil gauge. I'm using 10W-30 for w.e reason and I think that's slowing the heating of the engine compared to 5W-30.

Any tips? Thanks,.

>>14452240
Sell me the FX for 300 bucks

>>14452248
What vehicles do you have?

>>14452261
Sounds like you might have a thermostat that's stuck open.

>>14452261
Mine won't reach the halfway point unless it's above 40F.
My obd reader says I run around 158F when its below 40F.

>>14452264
Lol no
>>14452266
FX, miata, b2600i, mazda3

>>14452268
>>14452271
Thanks. This is what i've gathered from reading online. Hard to find since most forums of this discussion are flooded with people asking why their HEATER won't work. Luckily I have a thermostat from an old engine laying around I can test tomorrow.

>>14452272
what about the miata makes you fear for your life

>tfw drive a lancer
>tfw no general will take me in

>>14452336
It's loud (road noise), twitchy, low, and small.
People always turn into my lane without noticing me. Or ride my ass or pull in front of me. Zero respect in this car.
Plus my legs have like 1" of clearance from the bottom of the steering wheel. And I'm not even fat or tall.
Any time I try to drive aggressively I hit my legs with my hands and the door with my elbow.
It's just flat out uncomfortable.

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Just put the batterytender on the miata. Got this vindi spoiler and primed it. Not even sure how I'm going to mount it but I'll figure it out once I paint it.

>>14452351
how tall are you? have you considered doing some tall people mods or buying a hard top?

>>14452360
I'm 5'7"
>inb4 manlet
I also whack my knees on everything under the dash

>>14452351

This is all things I like about my miata.

I know, I have a problem.

>>14452366
You're not a manlet, you're a dwarf. Sell yhe miata, its not for you

How do I turn my miata into a super car on the cheap

>>14452635
windsor swap

Bought my first Miata a couple of weeks ago and love it. Haven't driven it hard yet but that'll come.

Only problem I have is when cornering left I get this hollow feeling from the the front right wheel thru the steering haven't checked under the car yet but is this most likely a tie rod?

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rate my meme

>>14452215
Is this a good deal? Ignore the interior, can get that taken care of easily.

Also, are miatas as slow as everyone says they are?

>>14453468
forgot link because i'm a cunt

https://newjersey.craigslist.org/cto/5408601186.html

>>14453468
The price is good but those rear panels are expensive.

And yes the 1.6 is very slow. I used to own a 1991. If I were to buy another Miata I'd get a 1999-2000. The NA with the 1.8 and LSD is good too.

>>14453506
Well, I'd probably just keep it that way in all honesty, unless I wanted to niggerig it by welding something there and getting it sprayed/wrapped

Its the only thing in my price range atm that fits my want of rwd and manual, wanted an mk3 supra but thats about double what I can drop on a vehicle

>>14453530
>welding
It's plastic

Anyway yeah go for it. But I'd really suggest waiting to buy a good 1994-1997 model. You'll want the 1.8 and other goodies later.

I like the way the new one looks and tried sitting in one at the dealer but there is not enough leg room. 6'6" with a 36" inseam puts a lot of cars in the not going to even consider bin.

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>>14453056
9/10 clean af

Touch mi- I mean, rate mine...
>inb4 dirty, i know fuck

>>14452235
NC is a better car than any previous miata/mx-5 but it is also the least "Miata" Miata.

I owned a NC for over a year before selling it before the depreciation hit hard with the hype for the new NDs. Great car.

>>14454543
Bretty good, is that montego blue or BRG?

>15x8 6ULS
Wrapped in 205/50 right?

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>>14454659
Montego Blue, nigga. And they're actually 15x7 I bought used, but they do indeed have 205's on them. Yokohama S Drive.

>>14454723
>montego blue
Shieet that was one of my color requirements when I was looking for my Miata. I ended up getting a brilliant 1990 Mariner Blue with only 57k original miles. Absolutely love my little car.

Recently picked up some matte black 15x8 6UL's for $380 and I'm trying to get some new tires for it.

>>14454752
Mariner blue is my favorite color of all years. I just happened to find mine and couldn't complain.

That's a sweet deal on those 6ULs. I paid 440 for my 15x7s, and i thought THAT was a good deal.

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Advice?

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>>14454799

How's the NC as far as size for someone who is 6'2 and lean?

>>14454794
The teen who was selling the 6UL's claims he didn't like the style and just wanted dollarydoos for cooler looking wheels. They are the latest gen 6UL's and came wrapped in a set of tracked Toyos.

Later on I found out he got some Rota grids, which are Volk TE37v reps.

>>14454829
That's fantastic.

>>14454799
>>14454805
lmao1.6snc

how does it feel that I can beat your shitty rwd in my inegra?

>>14452366
fat manlet

>>14455632
Pepsi fag told me true performance is rwd

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201602070815656/sort/atcustom/postcode/ml41he/radius/1500/make/mazda/price-from/500/page/1/usedcars

Should I? What are common problems to look for? Will the price rise slightly in two months, during spring?

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>>14454799
>>14454805
pls respond

>>14454799
Ask if the short crank has been dealt with and if so then just go for it.

why does my miata bog down/ have low rpms after starting it when the engine is already warm.

I also noticed after coming off the highway my rpms where bouncing a bit

>>14455974
I'm scared. What do you think of the other Miatas I put up?
Is $3000 too much for a 1.6? Is the 1.6 bad?
Can you call the guys for me? I have a hard time calling and talking to people over the phone

I'm waiting for my 124 so I can blow away Miatas.

>>14455992
lol first no one is gunna call for you. just text them for now.

Out of the CL ads posted I would go for the black one for $2700. Talk em down to $2500 and youre saving 1k over the other two. Doesnt mention mileage though.

1.6s arent bad, but they are less powerful and have a notorious issue with the short crank only in 90-92 (??). This issue is a serious mechanical problem if it pops up. I know it's not in the 1.8. Try to get a 1.8, they shouldnt be more expensive.

>>14456022
There are no 1.8s

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>>14452261
>>14452268
>>14452271
Just in case anyone cares about update... Opened up the tstat, found the issue and installed the other one. So far so good, no leaks noticeable as of yet.

Kids, your tstat IS NOT supposed to look like this!!! How the fuck did this even happen? lol

>>14455992
>Is the 1.6 bad?

Before mazda detuned it? No.
It's more rev happy and only slightly weaker. Both are slow as fuck anyway.

>Can you call the guys for me? I have a hard time calling and talking to people over the phone

/r9k/ called and they called you a pussy. Just send him a text or something.

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these are the only later years

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>>14456022
Why the black one? The others seem better taken care of. and the difference would actually be $500

Anyone else ever have problems driving these up to speed i can barely hit 60mph

>>14453632
Shit I thought it was sheet metal or something along those lines but yeah i'll wait for one of those, was looking to buy a turbokit and having it turboed but I dunno how that'd be for daily driving


thanks for the advice

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I would bet one thousand dollars that on a track, my nissan could beat a stock NA or NB Miata.

>>14456296
As in too scared? Yes. 60 feels like a fucking 120 in these little fuckers.

Anyone here love everything about the ND with exception for the front fascia? It's way too masculine for a Miata, like it's meant to appeal to insecure dudebros

>>14456558
did you wake up in a yelluh miatuh

>>14456558
nah, looks like hairdresser car 4.0

>>14456410
Depends on the track bsigz

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I guess I'll post my fagmobile too

>>14458046
I just meme'd it out too
>>14455166

>>14458046
>that black ice

fresh

>>14458171
Too fucking fresh

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>>14458046
Fresh drift charm

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looking into getting a miata as a reliable second car to pair with my not so reliable but very fun bmw

i'm looking into a 1995+ for the 1.8l, is it worth getting a poorly kept example and fixing it up? should i stay below 150k miles?

>>14459357
also i'm in the northeast so i'll be checking for rust obviously.
what price range am i looking at? like around 5k for a really good one?

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What battery is gud?

My 97 wouldn't start today because it was 0 degrees outside. Feels bad man.

>>14459394
well, the stock battery tray is a little oversized for the stock battery, so you could probably get something that's a little taller and a little longer, but not wider

apparently a lot of people replace it with an optima red top of some flavor

>>14459394

I put a Braille in mine. Tiny and 11 lbs. Works perfect. Free shipping on Amazon and less than an Optima and only a bit more than a decent battery at the parts store. For a Miata you really want to get the the correct battery with vents if you go flooded cell lead acid. So by the time you get the more expensive specialized battery you might as well have just went a gel cell or AGM.

>>14459357
>>14459371
Price range varies depending on condition obviously, but around 5k is a reasonable price for one in fucking pristine condition (low miles, 8/10 exterior condition, no rust, etc). You can find plenty in the 2-4k range that are just as reliable. From my personal experience, and i'd say others as well, miatas are super reliable, I would go as far to say bulletproof. Just drive one you like, see how it feels/sounds, check for leaks, pretty much basic shit you do when buying any car. If you're a little knowledgeable in cars, open up rad and make sure theres no oil at the top. Vince versa w/ the engine oil, open up the filler cap and look for a foamy deposit around the threads, this indicates coolant in the engine oil. Just small things to know. When the cars running smell the exhaust to see if the engine is combusting properly. Ok im pretty much just telling you things to know to not buy a lemon.. you get the point.

tl;dr miatas are reliable. find one thats somewhat taken care of and enjoy.

I own a '94 thats has 314k miles. Had the stock engine up until a few weeks ago. Burned oil so I threw a '96 engine in. Have literally replaced ZERO thing mechanically in my year of ownership (besides engine parts for the '96).

>>14459624
>burned oil
might have been the lifter seals?
apparently that's a rather easy fix

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtC7huYT_H8

then again i'm used to pretty deep car maintenance, owning a bmw and all.
speaking of which an auto transmission replacement is coming up soon, and a manual swap some time in the summer

>>14459636
actually, here's a CL search for miatas nearby from 95 to 97

anything good here? They all seem kinda overpriced

>>14459636
Never read into what the root cause would have been. But at 300k I was pretty sure the engine was just old. With the amount of oil it was burning (a metric fuck ton), I thought there was no hope.

I've only ever read up on tans swaps on my Honda, but they scare me. Lots of parts to source and ECU. I'm a scrub.

>>14459687
own a bimmer to be un-scrub, the manual swap i'm looking into is a ton of parts, a lot of wiring, and a lot of coding the various modules in the car

>>14459661
wait shit forgot the link

https://worcester.craigslist.org/search/sss?sort=rel&is_paid=all&srchType=T&search_distance_type=mi&min_auto_year=1994&max_auto_year=1997&query=miata%7Cmx5%7C%22mx+5%22%7C%22mx-5%22

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>>14458046
I like your meme machine.

Here's mine and a buddy's, NA is mine. Turbo soon(tm).

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>just make a fixed roof hardtop already Mazda

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>tfw Pennsylvania
>tfw just when you think it's done snowing for the season it keeps happening
>tfw just want spring to get here so I can put vintage JDM wheels and sticky summer tires on her
End my life senpai

>>14462409
Post vintage JDM wheels

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>>14462439
I actually haven't bought a set yet because I'm still deciding and have about a month or two of time, but I'm leaning towards a set of SSR Formula Mesh's. They'd be like $600 total including shipping, but I'd have to run hub adapters because they're 4x114.3

>>14462485
Those look pretty good. I've been shopping around on eBay, just finding sellers who have some similar stuff and looking at their listings. Only problem I have is almost everything I find is a 14" wheel, and I would really like to size up to 15 if I'm going to spend the money.

>>14462550
Yeah, I'm dead set on having 15's. The ones on my NB now are 16's and I'm not a fan of the size

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>>14462594
What don't you like about the 16's? I've only recently started looking into wheels, and I've never had anything other than my 14's.

Pic related is the wheels I want, but I can only find one set for sale on eBay and they're over $2,000 shipped. I wouldn't know where else to start looking to buy these.

>>14459371
buy one right now if you live on the east coast
5k was the norm price last summer, and it will now be 6k this summer. buy one for 30% of the price since winter sales tend to be cheaper.

>>14462628
I dunno, just with the styles I like I enjoy small wheels with really fat tire sidewalls.

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>>14462331
>I like your meme machine
I like yours too

>>14464531
Legit sunburst?

>>14464652
Nope. Rattle canned it over Christmas break. Weather was shitty but I poured my soul into it over 3 weeks and wetsanded and colorsanded until it was perfect. It used to be shitty Montego with primer all over it and I decided enough was enough and just did it with yellow rustoleum spray paint and alot of hard work.

Looks great, even close up. It could use a buff to shine but I want to wait another month once summer comes for it to fully cure and get super duper hard so I can buff and clay it real good.

Honestly I'm just glad it is one color now.

>>14464674
Wtf did you paint it outside? Weren't you afraid of condensation or random air particulates etching into the drying paint?

>>14464696
Yeah in my driveway. It looks great :p I covered everything up when I did the final spray but I mean it was still open air. Suprisingly nothing fell in the paint at all, and I was near trees and stuff. My dad accidentally messed up the passenger door paint when it was drying so I have to fix that along with a couple other area but overall it looks good. I mean it's not a super good professional job or anything but it's alot better than anything maaco could do.

>>14464729
The main thing for me was that it's thorough too. It took so long because I literally took every panel off and painted it separately so it is a full respray.

>>14464729
I'm assuming you didn't do the door jambs and engine bay?

>>14464742
I did the door jams. I didn't do the engine bay completely but I did the frame outside of it. The part underneath the front fenders.

Basically everything but the interior metal within the seam welds. You can't tell from the outside that it used to be Montego.

>>14464760
Looks great man. Show more pics if you have any

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Can't wait for spring to put these on and have them painted. Also have a hard top spoiler, GV style front lip without the holes, and a hard dog roll bar. Hoping to buy new wheels soon, maybe a driver's seat so I don't smash my head on the roll bar if I get rear ended, a new steering wheel and hub, and maybe some Revlimiter gauge faces.

>>14464823
Nice, how much were the GV taillights?

>>14465012
$600 + shipping. Mazda discontinued the Portacab tail lights that are used for the GV panel, and Rev9 bought up the end of them, so I figured I'd buy a set while they're still easily available.

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>>14465056
Damn, didn't know the lights were out of production. Great buy friendo.

I've been thinking about buying the ZOOM Engineering taillights myself after seeing this dime.

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how does /mg/ feel about sleepymod?
i rather like it

>>14465081
I definitely like the Zoom Engineering tails, too. They were probably going to be my second choice if I couldn't get GV tails for some reason. Those, or MAYBE the Carbon Miata tails. Part of me likes them, but part of me doesn't.

>>14465135
I feel the same about carbon Miata. I cannot help but feel they are tacky in a way, but I'm sure they're great products.

>>14465134
Disgusting

>>14465157
why? it looks more streamlined and nicer, somewhat more like an FD rx-7 or something

>>14465174
The rectangle shape is terrible and doesn't compliment the cars aesthetic at all.

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>>14465185
ok. what about two small round ones?

>>14465209
Still terribad, sorry anon I just don't like it myself

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My desire for an NA and a Sawzall is at an all time high.

>>14465134
I think it looks good. Is this your car, or Adam's from Revlimiter? I feel like I've seen this pic before.

>>14465387
not my car, just something off google images as a sample

I have a 1998 miata, (it's JDM so 1998 actually exists there).

It smells like it's burning oil when above 5k rpm, and when I got it looked like it was leaking from the valve cover, so I cleaned it up and it hasn't leaked since.

I can't see any other oil leaks anywhere else, so would I be right in assuming that the dude who changed the oil last (was serviced just before I bought it), cocked up and spilt some oil on the side, and that's the cause of the smell?

>>14462628
get a set of impul hoshinos

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>>14452215
My '15. Got it, took it around the country earlier last year. Drive it daily.

Had a '97 before. I do miss dem pop ups but the '15 is mad fun too.