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Yeah, I had a buddy that works a print shop help me out. NA top, we had it in and out in about two hours. It helped that he'd done the top on his NA pretty recently; the biggest pain in the rear end was doing the rain rail nuts around the rollbar. everything else was pretty straightforward.
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Looking at a white 92 "Sport" with 82k miles, owner of 9 years claims to be a mechanic since 1965 (grain of salt taken) . Not driven in winter, no rust. Synchros in transmission replaced, clutch replaced, belts, various gaskets replaced. Koni Yellows with stock springs, Flying Miata Stabilizer links, Borbet type H wheels. Currently there is no radio. I have not seen this car in person (4 hours away) though he has sent me pictures of the car, which appears to be a well taken care of Miata. The owner has been very good about responding to emails and answering questions, and I don't get the feeling he is hiding anything. I was considering trying to get him to $3.8k-$4k, does this seem like a good price? I see them going for cheaper, but those deals are usually gone after only a few hours on Craigslist.
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Apr 5, 2015 19:48
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Sounds like a fair price range, but personally I wouldn't spend that much on a 1.6 Miata when you can get 1.8s all day in that range.
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Apr 5, 2015 20:05
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To me that price seems about right if its clean and the seller's claims are true. Prices vary by region / season / etc, but that range matches up well with the asking prices for NA's in my area
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Apr 5, 2015 20:06
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A white 92? Either it's doing its best impression of a cow or it's been repainted. I thought the "bad white paint" that flakes off ran all the way until 94.
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Today was productive as gently caress. I painted the rear roll-hoop covers 'gunmetal grey' and cleared them with a satin finish. I think it'll be more appropriate on a car that's gonna be black on black with a black interior and saddle tan accents with gold wheels. Bright silver doesn't really have a place on this car anymore. Should be done tonight. E: to keep wifey happy and get some other poo poo out of the way, I took out the janky 1985 special towel bar and bogroll holder and replaced them with something quite a bit nicer; more contemporary/mid century modern. Also relocated the towel bar so the shower door wouldn't hit it when opened. That bathroom was a posterchild of reddit's crappy design sub. Looks quite nice now. Installed a satin nickel shower head too, since the old one was pissing everywhere. Even installed rocker switches with a nice satin nickel switch plate. Looks swank as gently caress 
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Apr 5, 2015 22:31
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Taco Box posted:Today was productive as gently caress. I painted the rear roll-hoop covers 'gunmetal grey' and cleared them with a satin finish. I think it'll be more appropriate on a car that's gonna be black on black with a black interior and saddle tan accents with gold wheels. Bright silver doesn't really have a place on this car anymore. Should be done tonight. That sounds really good. Take some pictures!
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Apr 5, 2015 22:33
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Seat Safety Switch posted:That sounds really good. Take some pictures! Okay    E: I'd call that Ford's 'sterling grey metallic' like my old focus was. I like the color very much. Wish I could have done it with an airbrush since I scored a 12 gallon, 4 hp 5.9CFM@90PSI compressor from the neighbor across the alley's garage sale for $35. That thing sounds like a beast. E2: I think it looks much better...   I texted my parents a picture of it now and they thought I'd gone and done something stupid and bought a Z4 
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Apr 5, 2015 22:47
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leica posted:Sounds like a fair price range, but personally I wouldn't spend that much on a 1.6 Miata when you can get 1.8s all day in that range. 1.8's seem to be hard to come by around here and are stupid expensive when they do show up. Seat Safety Switch posted:A white 92? Either it's doing its best impression of a cow or it's been repainted. I thought the "bad white paint" that flakes off ran all the way until 94. Come to think of it I do see a lot of flaky white NAs. But this one looks pretty nice. 
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It's done! It's finally done! gently caress mazda forever for the design of the roll bar hoop covers. Both broke on install  what a waste of a day. I zipped that poo poo back together and I'm budgeting for putting a hard dog in, gently caress these plastic shitpiles. Anyway, have some pics...    I missed driving this car so bad. Automatic mini coopers are tragically slow by comparison. They handle great though.
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Did a bottom end foamectomy in my NA the other day and I think I'm going to put the stuff back in - I like being lower in the car, feel a bit safer and appreciate seeing lights better, but my hips stay pretty high while my rear end sinks low, putting pressure on the pelvis and lower back that is uncomfortable and bad times according to my physical therapist. I'm kind of surprised that so many people find it more comfortable; my hips/waist are on the narrow end of average, so I'd think drivers of great stature would have greater hip flex and find it even more uncomfortable than I do. My motivation to do this was to get closer to passing the broom stick test - I fail with the regular seat padding, haven't tried yet now that I've done the foamectomy. I've heard of people swapping in Elise seats, any other popular seat swaps that would get my head lower in the car?
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I bought a non running 1992 1.6 miata last week sight unseen from an auto auction for $650 Here she is after I got her towed home.   / The plastidip is bad, but the previous owner had replaced the top with a rear glass model. Took the battery out, got a warranty one from autozone and she started right up. Couldn't believe it! Bonus go ???? stickers, sweet stereo, and a aftermarket shift knob lol   And here's what was in the glovebox  R8's with poster putty on them 
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Apr 6, 2015 10:52
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 That center console What a loving find, good job 
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Apr 6, 2015 10:56
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Thanks! Ever since moving back to SoCal all I could think is miata weather year round. Changed the oil today but I forgot to buy a washer for the drain plug and its leaking oil so I'm gonna have to redo that 
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Apr 6, 2015 11:25
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Nice, too bad the PO completely hosed the paint over.
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Nice find. It might not actually be too bad on single-stage. Plastidip + sun-baking really fucks the clearcoat up but you might be able to get by peeling a bit of it off and seeing if it destroyed the paint underneath. Dibs on that shift boot if you don't want it.
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urakawa posted:Thanks! Ever since moving back to SoCal all I could think is miata weather year round. Changed the oil today but I forgot to buy a washer for the drain plug and its leaking oil so I'm gonna have to redo that Put a shop vac on the oil fill and turn it on. Swap out the drain plug and the oil should stay in the pan if you don't have too many leaky gaskets. 
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leica posted:Nice, too bad the PO completely hosed the paint over. It was a red 92, I'm sure the pant has been hosed for a while.
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Worn red paint is still better than rattle can flat black. It doesn't look like plasti dip either.
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And it's single stage, so you might be able to bring it back.
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And if the paint is ruined you could try a roll-on paint job like I just did to the Civic.
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Thanks for the advice guys! This is my first time owning and working on my own project car. My last ride was a 97 Impreza wrx sti but the repairs on that was a pain in the butt
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That's awesome for $650, makes me want to go to auto auctions.
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It took me a while to find one but I used copart and searched the places near me. Just factor in the $200 auction fees and broker fees if you have to do use a broker.
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German spec sheets are out, it's in moon units though. 1.5L is rated for 7.9, 4.8, 5.9 (city/highway/combined in L/100km) 2.0L is rated for 9.2, 5.6, 6.9 i-ELOOP 2.0L is 8.8, 5.3, 6.6 In non-moon units in the US, we're looking at (city/highway/combined): 2.0L: 25.5/42.0/34.1 mpg 2.0L w/ i-ELOOP: 26.7/44.4/35.6 mpg 42mpg in a Miata? I'm down. The tank is 45L (11.8 gal), so looking at a ~450 mile tank.
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You're leaving the stickers on, right?
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Phone posted:German spec sheets are out, it's in moon units though. You can't really compare euro to US MPG. Apples to oranges b/c it's a different cycle. Who knows, maybe they are close but we'll see whenever it's released.
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Larrymer posted:You can't really compare euro to US MPG. Apples to oranges b/c it's a different cycle. Who knows, maybe they are close but we'll see whenever it's released. The 2015 NC is rated at 10.9/6.1/7.8 liters/100km or 21.5/38.6/30.1 mpg (city/highway/combined). The Mazda USA site says 21/28 mpg for city/highway. Now I'm curious for the EPA rating.
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Not like anybody is going to be driving it conservatively though, if the motor revs good you're gonna have your foot in it most of the time.
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Phone posted:The 2015 NC is rated at 10.9/6.1/7.8 liters/100km or 21.5/38.6/30.1 mpg (city/highway/combined). At least the city is somewhat comparable?  Edit: decided to throw the gear ratios into a calculator, and it seems much better for highway cruising than the NA at least. Should help the mpg. http://www.tremec.com/calculadora.php  Suburban Dad fucked around with this message at 23:59 on Apr 7, 2015 |
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Phone posted:German spec sheets are out, it's in moon units though. Whoa, that's just better than an N53 330i (9.9/5.6/7.2)! E: urakawa posted:Still debating but they're still on as of now I eat stickers all the time, dude! mobby_6kl fucked around with this message at 07:38 on Apr 8, 2015 |
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Giblet Plus! posted:You're leaving the stickers on, right? Still debating but they're still on as of now 
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urakawa posted:Still debating but they're still on as of now Was this a salvage title? Or maybe a seizure?
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Nope clean title made sure to only look for non-salvage title vehicles. The previous owner donated it to kars 4 kids and they put it up for auction through copart.
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So did you figure out why it's not running yet?
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I think I just broke my mx-5 windshield by using the defroster? Cheap glass?
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ethanol posted:I think I just broke my mx-5 windshield by using the defroster? Cheap glass? Probably already had a tiny chip or crack in it and heating and cooling it made the crack grow. That's windshields for ya. I replace a windshield every couple of years where I live so I can reassure you that there is nothing to worry about.
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leica posted:So did you figure out why it's not running yet? yep the battery was dead. took it to O'Reily and got another Miata battery for $60 and it started right up no problems. I did find out one of the coolant hoses is leaking so that's next on my replace list
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So I had my top replaced at a shop before the winter. They said to leave it up for several weeks before trying to put it down because it needed to stretch. Went through the winter with it up all the time of course, and now that it's getting warmer I've tried to put it down a few times, and it is still too tight to put back up by myself. I'm talking it's ball-bustingly-2-people-pulling-on-it-to-get-it-to-barely-latch tight. Is there any adjustment I can make? I've tried undoing the catches on windshield header but they don't seem to have much if any adjustment.
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Elysium posted:So I had my top replaced at a shop before the winter. They said to leave it up for several weeks before trying to put it down because it needed to stretch. Went through the winter with it up all the time of course, and now that it's getting warmer I've tried to put it down a few times, and it is still too tight to put back up by myself. I'm talking it's ball-bustingly-2-people-pulling-on-it-to-get-it-to-barely-latch tight. Is there any adjustment I can make? I've tried undoing the catches on windshield header but they don't seem to have much if any adjustment. Oh good, so it's not just me. hosed if I know how to loosen it up. I park it outside while I'm at work in the TX sun and I haven't put it down since Sunday. Doesn't look like it's gonna loosen up soon...
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