nmwisima's '96 Miata

[nmwisima]

330 dont fit a miata good and no, I wont put a suede wheel.

I had to compromise there between availabillity / price and so I bought a used but perfect JDM Personal Neo Grinta with red button and red stitch.

[nmwisima]

snail


sport brakes 276 mm from 235

[Apolan]

why? arent miatas brakes adequate?

[nmwisima]

89-93 miatas and some 94-98 models (like mine for example) are fitted with 235 mm disks front and 231 mm back.

Later models use 255 mm and 250 mm

Sport editions used 271 mm front and 276mm rear.

The small brakes are crap imo.

If they were adequate mazda wouldnt have changed them

[Apolan]

ok easy tiger i'm really just jealous of people who are at the stage, where they can just tinkerwith details and put on sexy parts on a car.. the car looks stronger by the day

[nmwisima]

Well, I m not at that stage.

I ve just decided I ll deal with the engine at the end.

That is not very wise...

[Apolan]

deal? how? i hope youre not thinking about turbos again

[nmwisima]

maybe I am...

[nmwisima]

Ok, I know this is your favorite thread guys so I ll post some more

(Not even my old friends care to check it out anymore, art, ivan, mux etc etc )

After dealing with some interior stuff you can see on other pages, came suspension and brakes.

Of course, as a good proffesional journalist I forgot to take my camera with me so you ll have to bare some mobile phone pics.

I fitted Sport front brakes (271 mm disks) with stock sport pads and 1.8 rear brakes (251 mm disks) with EBC ultimax.

A real set of pads will be fitted soon.

I also have braided lines all around.

271 mm disk next to my 231 mm ones






Disks fitted


Nice bunch of parts isnt it?


Disks fitting nicely in my 15'' Panasports



Along with my AGXs I eventually fitted a set of lowering Vogtland springs. They lower the car about 3,5 cm, making it look more like a car, as mine was too high in the front and low at the rear.
This springs are nice and not very hard and seem to match the KYB well. I m running now 4 in front and 3 rear and eventually will harden the car to a 5/4 setup.

Thats how the car seats now. I m very happy with it






Also picked this up today

In the back on the Honda Insight i m testing these days


And finally at home


Test fitted in the living room in case of earthquake

[Roku_trueno]

Better and better every day... That's one sweet Mazda for sure!