Come and discuss the Mazda Roadster / MX-5 / Miata and related topics.Original Edition.Old thread>>>29125211
>>29134453>Original Edition.All right!
>39 days left until deliveryI think I'll get a heart attack before I see me car
Met an original ten minutes ago on a burger run
>>29134592I wish I could eat a burger but I would likely end up back in the hospital if I did right now.
Poor pic quality, but here you go. Last 30 min.
>>29134453Shiny, pure, smol
>>29134464I know the feeling I had to leave work early the day before for mine because I just couldn't think about anything else.
>>29134955This was me when I took delivery of mine after it made it to its new home from California. I basically ran to the drop off spot after I got home. Left work hours early
>>29134955 I must have watched a hudred youtube videos of it by now.When I get it home, I'm just gonna grab a stool and a bag of chips, then eat my chips while staring at it
i like my gay blue car
>>29127770Good morning, looking good.
Safety pocket!
Safety pocket night time
>>29135108Can I see it?
Koni or bilstein shocks for an NA?
>>29135336How about black OEM base model dampers and black OEM base model springs.
>>29135338Previous owner put garbage coilovers on and I just want something nice but sporty. Besides, original springs are long gone
>>29135340>Besides, original springs are long goneGo to the dealer and buy the stuff. You are supporting Mazda. The black dampers ride the best but nobody will tell you that.
>>29135336There is no magic shock for NA or NB to start off, it's not the worst suspension setup in the world but it just isn't very good either. There just isn't much travel. Bilsteins don't work well for the miata, it ruins the character imo. Maybe they can be revalved or something but they always felt way way too firm. It would actually be kinda pleasant on a nice road (but firm, like you added psi to your tires), but then you'd have a small dip or two in the road and BAM, you'd feel a crash even with stiff springs. Koni yellows are... better. I could see running these with lowering springs as stockish shocks just won't hold up to the heavier springs but it's still a little too harsh for my tastes. Adjustable damping but for a DD who the fuck wants to mess with damping. Now Koni Special Actives are particularly interesting, the damping tightens up when you're doing low frequency things (braking, cornering, normal fun car things) but loosens up when you hit potholes and such. Not perfect still but it's about as good as it gets if you just want a comfy daily driver. These don't work with lowering springs. I would probably run these if I had $600 to blow. Also just to add, lowering the car is retarded as lowering it anymore than an inch and you can't even jack the thing up without ramps or wood boards. Stock is genuinely lovely if you don't have intentions of doing timed events like autox or track use. Also worth telling you if you are looking for stock springs, Mazda changed the ride height a few times. 90-93 is the lowest, 94-95 is maybe half an inch higher, 96-97 sits another extra .5-inch higher.
>>29135383I couldn't fit a jack under my current sedan or my Miata at stock height and it was low profile long reach. I always have to add a 2x4 or something close to the front wheels
What's the deal with these plastic disconnects on NB fuel filters? My NA8 just had hose clamps, I got in there and boom - plastic disconnects built into the fuel lines. Picrel, like the disconnect in red, but for the 2 hoses on the fuel filter behind it.I don't want to break them with pliers and can only get one tab pushed with my fingers, apparently there's a fuel filter disconnect tool for like $5, anyone have experience?
>>29135464Found picrel. At least if I break a clip the fuel line fitting will still be fine, there's just not a lot of room to press on the clips and have the other arm in there pulling the line at the same time.
>>29135464They started using these in the mid-late 90s across a ton of cars. Just get the disconnect tool.
>>29135464If they're what I think they are, I have them on my Suzuki. I used broken pieces of a plastic pen lid jammed in beside the pipe to remove mine.
>>29135336>>29135340If the car lives on the street, honestly, just go back to stock bro. I've messed with my car so much over the years and honestly if I could do it all over again i'd put it all back stock.
>>29135383I have the Koni Special Actives on my NB on OEM 04/05 Mazdaspeed springs. FM will tell you this combination doesn't work but I love them. It rides great, soaks up bumps well, and you can feel them tighten up on the longer sweeping turns like highway overpasses/clover leaves. I would absolutely buy them again.
Nobody cares about my safety pocket
>>29135473I suggest spraying it with brake clean then grease up your little tool before inserting it, it'll pop right off, if you try to do it dry and raw you will bend everything, break clips, and curse yourself for starting the job. Good luck.
She said my car sounded like a lawnmower, it doesn't even have an exhaust it's fukken stock you can't even hear it
I hate girls they're so stupid they don't know anything about cars
>>29135712She likes you and is trying to have funny banter. Just play along with it and you will both be happier
>ITT sex haversim out
>>29135749The only sex having itt:https://youtu.be/06BFsQ_28Co?si=hnLLoV6-M7TKD40t&t=123
>>29135546Driving behind tractor-trailers on the interstate is dangerous and on low-speed roads with stoplights like your example it's no different than driving behind any other slow car.
>>29135712She wants to fuck. Tussle in the sheets.
>>29135873>Driving behind tractor-trailers on the interstate is dangerousThat's what they want you to think, they want you ass-to-mouth in the "fast lane". They want you to accept 0 braking distance as the norm. Just remember that if the 18 wheeler simply hits the brakes a little too hard it's automatically logged to his permanent driving record and his insurance quadruples, they can't do unannounced lane changes as well they get in trouble.
Safety pocket
>>29136010You can maintain a safe distance behind any vehicle in any lane.>but people will cut inOnly if your lane is moving faster than the other lane. There's nothing wrong with driving slow with a safe following distance; stop pretending you discovered some secret driving technique. If you're maintaining ~20 miata-lengths at 60 mph you're about at the 2.5-3 second following distance typically recommended for normal conditions.You are welcome to deliberately drive behind or alongside big trucks but if you ever see a tire explode at highway speeds you will decide not to do it anymore. Just warning you.
Oh yeah... look at those massive brakes.
>>29136231>You can maintain a safe distance behind any vehicle in any lane.Legally with white morals in mind such as keeping yourself and everyone around you safe tho. You cant cheat.
>>29136247Cute brakes anon.
>>29136231>You are welcome to deliberately drive behind big trucksThis is what safety pocket theory is all about btw. Welcomeness, comfort, safety, and most of all predictability.
>>29136247>jack on the pinch weldpro tip, NA/NB miatas have a small pad on the back side of those pinch welds.
>>29136313based strength pad utilizer
>>29136313I always jack stand on the pinch welds cause I'm unsure where else to place them. I have a rubber cover for them
>>29136323>he doesn't know about the strength padsGood thing you logged in today.
>>29136323>I'm unsure where else to place themYou place them on the pads highlighted here >>29136313
>>29136337>>29136331What about for an NC...
>>29136341They have the same shit, every car does. They're called lift points.
>>29136348I guess my confusion was because some cars didn't have those reinforced and you can bend your frame. Something about the chassis designs
>>29136313I will look into that and consider it as a better choice for future endeavors. The pinch points have treated me well, I've been lifting with the diff and jackstanding the pinch welds of miatas since '08.
>>29135291>>29135292Instead what I do is drive just in front of it, just fast enough so it cant catch me, and when it starts overtaking other lorries, it will cause a pile up behind it, and the road will just clear up ahead for me.
>>29136391I will slow down before I get to the next lorry so it tries to overtake me too, lengthening the amount of time it takes the lorry to overtake, Bigger hold up for goyim behind it, more highway bliss for me
>>29136392But obviously I move off as it attempts to overtake me, all part of my evil plan
>>29135546>safety pocketSounds comfy, but looks like just 'not-tailgating'.Pic not related.
>>29136417I have never heard the term but whenever I'm on the freeway if I'm not going to pass EVERYONE I stay in the truck lane under the speed limit. If everyone is passing you they see you. Never linger next to someone who could forget you are there.
>>29136391>Instead what I do is drive just in front of itAnon that's the danger pocket
It's all in Japanese, kinda boring and over four hours long. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igVehYbVpSI
>>29136617How? I nearly died when a large metal object clattered my windshield after falling off the back of one of them things. I just saw it bounce over the car in front of me, and smack my windshield. Would have hit right between my eyes. No time to react. I was like "WTF is tha-" CRACK windshield is toast.
Does anyone know if I get aftermarket wheels like rpf1, do I have to get new valve stems or can I use my tpms ones
>>29136750You need either new stems if they're rubber, or rebuild kits if they're metal
>>29136758Cool, thank you
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>>29136658Another vid from Mazda at Fuji Speedway.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WqzQzGkCNM
>>29136391The number jeet cdl that cannot read a stop sign is increasing thanks to california. Your best bet is remain at safety pockets that you anticipate sudden braking or above speed that it can accelerate towards you.
>>29137524Kino
>>29136687>I nearly died when a large metal object clattered my windshield after falling off the back of one of them things.You cant follow too closely the safety pocket isn't directly behind the 18 wheeler you have to be like at least 10 miatas away, then it's safu.
BRG is too flat of a color. No depth in the paint.
>>29136247at least you HAVE rear discs
also, miotr on dvd
>>29137636>MY HECKIN METALLIC PARKLES!!!automotive equivalent of glitter honestly
>>29137663rear discs are overrated
Anyone else ITT like miatas?
>>29137700YesJust spotted on r/miata. Looks good.
>>29137750>adjustable headrestsRare!
>>29135546It's dumb just drive faster and pass everyone who isn't paying attention or acts erratically.
>>29137700>04 MSM wheelsBeen looking for another set...
And I finished the RGR front splitter install today.
I bought a rough NA. Should I try bringing it back to stock or go more peformance oriented?I've never driven one stock so don't know how nice they ride stock.
Saw some impatient faggot in a rf (fake back window) and a na today. The rf was riding the nas bumper hard as fuck and then did this gay ass steering wheel jerk to go around him, keep in mind nobody is even around. so he whips around and zooms away without saying hi to the na which is what you're supposed to do. I was just a 3rd party observer at a gas station and I concluded that NDs are gay as fuck and designed to appeal to impotent fags, hence the angry chinkshit headlights and massive grille that's 55% blocked off.
>>29138250Why not leave any mods for the future, do maintenance, and enjoy what you have?>>29138260What? Give it a rest troll.
>>29138263>Give it a rest troll.Just an observation anon. Fuck the ND and 90% of ND drivers.
>Massive mouth gape>half of it is blocked off black plasticDisgusting and a sign of things to come
>>29138268Bumper has run through the top of the grille on Roadster for at least 15 years (NC2). It's a feature. If you don't like it, may I suggest an MG Cyberster is probably better suited.
>>29138283>Roadster for at least 15 years (NC2). It's a featureIdk why it wasn't so disturbing on the nc. Also I don't do chineese cars.
>>29137700I'm more of an MX5 guy myself.
dead threadNE confirmed cancelled!
fd isnt coming back either!
>>29138268I like the face
>>29138460I just see this
>>29138268It's a mouth guard to help with any trees and lamp posts
>>29138460I agree, the ND is a cutie
>>29138450Fiata was coded NE.
>>29138268The bumper beam has to go somewhere, anon.
>>29138260>>29138265one day you'll be able to afford an ND, anon. just keeping working hard. no need for bitch tears in the meantime, and you'll still have your cute flippy headlights until then!
>>29138741>affordI'd kms before I sat in one lol, let alone pay a penny for the experience.
>>29138598What does it have to do with the bumper beam? Why don't they just make the grile smaller and more suited for a white buyer? This open onions mouth shit with Lamborghini headlights is a mistake on a 170hp car.
>>29138752Is everything ok at home?
>>29138753>deflectingFocus my boy, I'm calling your car hideous and fake.
>>29138755>HideousIt's Halloween!
>>29138755you say that like your schizo rants hold weight
>>29138773Is the front grille not 55% blocked off? They painted it black so that it looks bigger to associate it in normie minds with lots of power that needs a lot of cooling. Hopefully they come back to their senses with the next gen.
>>29138450>NE confirmed cancelled!It's gonna come, what demographic do you think they will design it to appeal to?
>be me>most powerful Miata ever made in the Hiroshima plant >top of the engine is red like a ferrari>turbo charger technology>race a RAV4 from a roll and get dunked onHate it
Also almost crashed too because I forgot my brakes don't work ever since that one guy on here convinced me the car can do 120mph but it can't.
yay or nay?
>>29138865Massive nay. Absolutely horrendous.
>>29138892You've not the vision jit.
>>29138792>yet posts a base model 99
>>29138865Two completely differing themes going on there, really not a fan.
>>29138865Does not even remotely fit with the style of the car. That's gonna be a Nay for me
>>29138865MODS Ban this faggot
Any cute boys ITT rn?
>>29138865Idk about the wheels but this little window here, completely fake, it's just a black piece of plastic subject to swirls as soon as you wipe it. Why would Mazda do this?
Wait a minute, is this a fake sunroof? Is this OEM or some eBay wrap shit?
>>29139157>Why would Mazda do this?A compelling reason would be to bug the shit out of you for over ten years.Also, it's a great place for stickies.
>>29139158You can option the black painted roof.
>keep debating selling the Miat to facilitate whale tail GF>addicted to porn so this could all backfire horriblyMy fucking god dude
You basically have to have a skinny Asian GF to live with this car and ascend to at least failed normie status.
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>>29139203If you're talking like this about your gf, you should break up desu
>>29139157>>29139158this annoying faggot is ascending to pikafag statuswhy does /mg/ attract all the retards
>>29139253dudes right desu
>>29139214bumpkin
I am still mad over the cancelation of the 180hp version of the ND. I will never have the funds to buy it new, but it makes it unobtanium in the second hand market as well.
>>29139392NE is about to come out I'd just wait, it's gonna be good
>>29139253Because this is one of the few threads left with people that actually like cars, and disingenuous faggots can't help but try to make everyone as miserable as themselves.
>>29139429>fake grille>fake back window>fake sunroofremember that
