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Most of my shoutouts are from fat women in their 50s who think my NA is cute or 10 year old boys who think it's a Porsche.
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The kids at my daughter's daycare center always love it, women in their fifties at work love it, and I received 2 "nice car fag" greetings in one day from two separate bro trucks in Framingham within a couple hours of one another.
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Jun 11, 2016 02:25
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GutBomb posted:The kids at my daughter's daycare center always love it, women in their fifties at work love it, and I received 2 "nice car fag" greetings in one day from two separate bro trucks in Framingham within a couple hours of one another. ThIs is exactly why I'm in the market for a miata. I ride a bicycle, drive a truck, and own two scooters. I want to baffle the haters as much as I can.
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Jun 11, 2016 03:55
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My NA seems to be pretty well received here in Northern VA. Old guys dig it and a woman was scoping out my gold enkeis at a stop light the other night.
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Jun 11, 2016 04:02
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I've had plenty of girls yell that they like the car but then I turn my head and they recoil in horror and speed off, usually through a red light. You can still hear the screaming for miles.
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Jun 11, 2016 04:28
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http://imgur.com/gallery/q1VxXB4
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Jun 11, 2016 18:57
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Old classic. UK Spec Miataish series, iirc. I'm surprised at the lack of window nets.
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Jun 11, 2016 19:07
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The only hate I get is from brotrucks. Everyone else gets it or stays quiet I guess.
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Jun 12, 2016 13:17
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So many of them in FL it's almost a non issue. Still get garbage thrown in it with the top down, but I think that's just a convertible thing that assholes can't resist.
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Jun 13, 2016 04:32
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Is it OK to use regular, non-synthetic oil in the NA? That red 95 I'm considering has been/is using it. Can I switch it over to synthetic next time? Thanks.
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Jun 13, 2016 14:04
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willroc7 posted:Is it OK to use regular, non-synthetic oil in the NA? That red 95 I'm considering has been/is using it. Can I switch it over to synthetic next time? Thanks.
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Jun 13, 2016 21:23
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leica posted:So many of them in FL it's almost a non issue. Still get garbage thrown in it with the top down, but I think that's just a convertible thing that assholes can't resist.  I'm glad I've never had to deal with that. Then again, I don't live in Florida, and I guess that explains a lot....
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Jun 14, 2016 01:11
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Semi local junkyard has a wrecked 2002. Was thinking about grabbing A arms, subframes, etc to refresh my old rusty NA. Provided nothing's bent, what exactly should I target? I read I'd need the steering rack as mine wouldn't fit. I love my manual rack so I guess I could depower?
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Jun 16, 2016 14:41
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What is the goon-approved miata cover?
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Jun 16, 2016 15:01
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willroc7 posted:What is the goon-approved miata cover? 
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Jun 16, 2016 15:07
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Atomizer posted:
Well you gotta figure, tons of convertibles in this state with drop top weather year round it's bound to happen. If you haven't had trash or a 5 pound bag of peanuts (not kidding) dumped in your convertible around here you're not a true 'vert enthusiast 
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Jun 16, 2016 15:10
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On top of that, obviously.
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Jun 17, 2016 05:32
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I drove my Miata to work today, and took the long way past downtown. It was a great way to start my day. 
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Jun 17, 2016 14:54
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Tried doing rear discs and rotors on my NA today. Got everything done on one side and went back to the caliper adjustment hole with a 4 mm hex key, stuck the key in, and just rattles around. It doesn't connect or "socket in" to the head of the adjusment screw like it did when I loosened it. I've spent about 20 min poking around in there, taking photos, etc...it's too small a space to show up on camera and I can't figure out what's wrong. Any tips?
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Jun 19, 2016 01:51
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If you backed it out too far, the actual adjustment screw thing can fall out when you moved the caliper to remove the disc. Its part 26733 on this graphic http://www.jimellismazdaparts.com/showAssembly.aspx?ukey_assembly=302506&ukey_make=995&ukey_model=14360&modelYear=1993&ukey_category=20285 You can pull the caliper again and stare down the hole to see if its still in there at all. Edit: Apparently they can strip too. Who knows! Laranzu fucked around with this message at 03:04 on Jun 19, 2016 |
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Jun 19, 2016 02:59
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Yeah, it fell out and into the control arm which is why I couldn't find it.
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Jun 19, 2016 04:24
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They will strip if you've exposed it to something that produces rust at any time in its life. You should sauce up the hole with PB blaster a minute or so before trying to adjust them. Even then just do a small wiggle back and forth with foamy squirts of PB before you start with any actual pressure. 
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Jun 19, 2016 05:38
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Man, I never realized how much ftypes look like new miatas until I followed one today. Once I got up close though, drat I was envious ethanol fucked around with this message at 16:01 on Jun 19, 2016 |
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Jun 19, 2016 15:58
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So I bought the thing. Going to delve into the realm of DIY with the valve cover gasket. It's also leaking from the rear axle (diff?) but I might have a shop handle that. Other plans include getting the paint on the nose and plastic area between the tail lights polished up as they are pretty faded. It's more evident than the picture shows. Also, I need a car cover. Any recommendations?
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Jun 20, 2016 16:19
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Pull up on your headlight covers to align them with the hood.
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Jun 20, 2016 20:18
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Yay new caliper day.  Solved the mystery of where the air in my lines is coming from at least.
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Jun 20, 2016 20:27
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Larrymer posted:Pull up on your headlight covers to align them with the hood. I will try this tonight. You just pull on them?
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Jun 20, 2016 20:40
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Well theres a brake shop I'm not going back to. My brakes are even spongier than before, I still cant lock the tires even when putting my full weight on the pedal, and now my handbrake doesn't work. They refused to fix any of this (despite the mushy brakes being my only complaint when I came in) and insisted the brakes were fine. Lesson learned: Dont pick brake shops based on proximity to a chinese place you wanted to have lunch at. Great Beer fucked around with this message at 22:05 on Jun 20, 2016 |
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Jun 20, 2016 22:03
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willroc7 posted:I will try this tonight. You just pull on them? Yep, they're very thin and bend very easily. Just do a little at a time to line them up with the hood. Nice car, what year/package, etc? 
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Jun 20, 2016 22:06
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willroc7 posted:I will try this tonight. You just pull on them? There are 4 small bolts holding them on that you need to loosen. They're either 8mm or 10mm. You'll have to pop the lights up and take the black plastic shrouds off to access all of them.
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Jun 20, 2016 22:24
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NinjaTech posted:There are 4 small bolts holding them on that you need to loosen. They're either 8mm or 10mm. You'll have to pop the lights up and take the black plastic shrouds off to access all of them. Larrymer posted:Yep, they're very thin and bend very easily. Just do a little at a time to line them up with the hood. Nice car, what year/package, etc? It's a 95 with the popular equipment package, so it has power mirrors, alloys, and the torsen LSD. Cloth interior which looks off-the-showroom-floor. One owner since new (2nd counting me). An accountant bought it for his wife's 40th birthday and he kept every maintenance record for it. He even did oil changes every year despite being driven only <300 miles some years. It's got its little dings and flaws here and there and it was definitely driven (96k total miles), but it's a nice little runner, and right now a great 10-footer.
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Great Beer posted:Well theres a brake shop I'm not going back to. My brakes are even spongier than before, I still cant lock the tires even when putting my full weight on the pedal, and now my handbrake doesn't work. They refused to fix any of this (despite the mushy brakes being my only complaint when I came in) and insisted the brakes were fine. A lot of lovely brake shops never actually look up how the rear brakes are adjusted on Miatas. Then they gently caress it all up. Either that or they just gently caress it up all around. Laranzu fucked around with this message at 00:38 on Jun 21, 2016 |
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Jun 21, 2016 00:35
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Yeah, the previous owner of my car (or the BMW dealership he sold it to) just squeezed the rear pistons into the calipers to slap some cheap pads on before they sold it. I properly adjusted the non-functional handbrake and then a few days later one of the calipers puked all my brake fluid onto my garage floor so I replaced it with a junkyard caliper and all was well...until I replaced the other rear caliper with a remanufactured one from the auto parts store. I decided after I'd already left MazMart, who buys every junked Mazda in the Atlanta metro area, that I should do both calipers since the other was probably equally destroyed and on borrowed time. Went with a reman caliper to save myself another trip to the opposite side of Atlanta, and a few days later all my brake fluid escaped in the two minutes it took to go into Dominoes. Ended up having the car flatbeded home and having to get another junkyard caliper from MazMart the next day after returning the lovely one to the parts store. In short, gently caress people who don't know how rear calipers work and I'm glad I don't have ABS.
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Jun 21, 2016 04:22
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It's almost comforting to know that I'm not the only person who has problems with their brakes. My 99 has needed a new caliper and master cylinder in the past year. I even had to pay a mechanic to bleed the brakes because I wasn't able to get all the air out myself.
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Jun 21, 2016 13:36
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Invest in a mighty vac, must have tool for brake work. Brakes are simple and everyone should learn how to do brakes because taking your car to a "brake shop" is a crap shoot.
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Jun 21, 2016 16:31
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leica posted:Invest in a mighty vac, must have tool for brake work. Brakes are simple and everyone should learn how to do brakes because taking your car to a "brake shop" is a crap shoot. Can you provide a link to a good one? I see lots of stuff online with varying reviews.
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Jun 21, 2016 16:38
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https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dautomotive&field-keywords=Mityvac I use the cheap $40 one but the one that runs on compressed air looks like the poo poo. I don't remember paying more the $20 for the cheap one though.
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Jun 21, 2016 16:52
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Yeah the cheap one for 40 bucks is all you need. I've had mine for about ten years now I think. Just don't put it on backwards or you'll get a face full of brake fluid ask me how I know.
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We hand bleed like scrubs because i never have a vacuum bleeder when we are doing brake work.
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