My new (to me) 99 Miata

[SpecV_Scott]

I originally wanted to buy a new car, but I decided a car payment wasn't something I wanted right now. So I searched around for a 99+ Miata...eventually finding one right down the street from where I live for a steal.

So far, I've replaced the torn up seats with some JDM ones from JHOT, and done a bunch of maintenance stuff to it. My plans are very minimal (it's the dedicated DD, so I can concentrate on my 89 Mirage turbo)...I'll be doing shocks/springs, a hard top, and probably some 15x7s.

Here are the pics:

http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i95/avatargsr/99Miata/IM000001.jpg

http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i95/avatargsr/99Miata/IM000003.jpg

http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i95/avatargsr/99Miata/IM000004.jpg

http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i95/avatargsr/99Miata/IM000006.jpg

http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i95/avatargsr/99Miata/IM000008.jpg

http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i95/avatargsr/99Miata/IM000010.jpg

http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i95/avatargsr/99Miata/IM000013.jpg

[Halfwit]

hardtop ftw.

[Tech5]

hardtop ftw.

Hardtop where ? lol

[Halfwit]

Hardtop where ? lol
he said hes gonna do one.

[Elbow]

Looks clean!

[FasTech]

Looks good! Will alot better when you get the hardtop and some nice rims. Have fun with it bro.

[matthewAPM]

would you look at that, another damn miata...

[Athens_Red_Rexin]

Clean car man!

[1SOL2NV]

nice miata .... im also from augusta !

[Captain-Obvious™]

looks to be in good shape...

congrats

[DunDunSkeert]

89 mirage turbo!? My dad used to have one but unfortunately sold it a few years back. Is it red?

[Got Milk?]

not a fan of miatas, but clean car.

[DunDunSkeert]

and did it have a dent in the left rear?

[SpecV_Scott]

Thanks everyone. It should have a hard top REALLY soon. Probably this coming week.


89 mirage turbo!? My dad used to have one but unfortunately sold it a few years back. Is it red?

It used to be red. I bought it from a guy in MD a few years ago. It's flat black now. Last time I dyno'd it, it was 215whp. It's about to get a lot closer to 300whp. Here it is:

http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i95/avatargsr/MoD/dumped2.jpg

[1SOL2NV]

kinda looks like a EF hatch with a diff front end on it .lol .... bet its quick tho ! .

[DunDunSkeert]

aww man I was getting exited. He sold it about 5 years ago for $500. Now we all regret doing it. Man I wish we kept that car...

[DecoyOctopus]

nice wheels dude, wanna sell me that spoiler?

[JITB]

nice welcome to mazda.

[SpecV_Scott]

LOL, naw, gonna keep the spoiler on it.

And it's not really my first Mazda. I had a 04 Mazda3 for a little bit, and I bought my wife a Mazdaspeed3 back in November. But thanks for the welcome anyway!

[DoriDori]

great find!!!

[SpecV_Scott]

nice miata .... im also from augusta !

Cool, you on CSRAmotorsports.com? I'm MoD_Scotty there.

[DecoyOctopus]

ok fine since youre not gonna sell it tell me how its mounted. im lookin to buy one and idk if its drilled into the deck lid?

[SpecV_Scott]

No prob, I'll take a look tomorrow and let ya know. I'll see if I can snap a couple pics, too.

[GSRteg®]

Man its nice Miata FTW

[DecoyOctopus]

no need to snap pics, thanks tho but i just need to know if its like glued on there or what lol
No prob, I'll take a look tomorrow and let ya know. I'll see if I can snap a couple pics, too.

[Brian*]

Congrats* Clean car!

[Ran]

Simple and clean. Put some wheels on it and bring it down to Earth. :goodjob:

[Sport1.3]

is it that hard to park straight?



















lulz i kid.....looks nice man!!

[SpecV_Scott]

is it that hard to park straight?



















lulz i kid.....looks nice man!!

LMAO! It's a pretty tail-happy car.

[OMG Its Platz]

nice...plans?

[SpecV_Scott]

nice...plans?

Hard top, springs, shocks, maybe wheels/tires. Keeping it slow and quiet til the Mirage is where I want it.

[OMG Its Platz]

:ninja: :cheers: :ninja:



Hard top, springs, shocks, maybe wheels/tires. Keeping it slow and quiet til the Mirage is where I want it.

[SpecV_Scott]

no need to snap pics, thanks tho but i just need to know if its like glued on there or what lol

I took a look today, and I noticed a couple bolts (one at each far corner of the spoiler). Besides that, it's probably just doublesided tape.

[SpecV_Scott]

Got a hard top for it (it's blue, even though in the pics it's hard to tell). Just got done installing the side latches for the hard top, as well as removing the visors and swapping on some block-off plates. I'm tall enough that the visors just get in the way. I also put on a strut tower bar the other day.

Anyway, here are some pics:

http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i95/avatargsr/99Miata/IM000030.jpg

http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i95/avatargsr/99Miata/IM000028.jpg

http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i95/avatargsr/99Miata/IM000027.jpg

http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i95/avatargsr/99Miata/IM000035.jpg

http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i95/avatargsr/99Miata/IM000033.jpg

[SpecV_Scott]

Lowered it with Swift springs, Tokico HP shocks, and put on some Rota Circuit 8s.

Sorry for the crappy pics (I'm in the process of getting a new camera):

http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i95/avatargsr/99Miata/IM000047.jpg

http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i95/avatargsr/99Miata/IM000049.jpg

[2turbo4u]

Looks great man, how quiet is now with the hardtop?

[GPJamesMVT]

Clean car :)

[SpecV_Scott]

Thanks!

The hard top makes it pretty quiet, but I'm still getting wind noise because my seals need to be replaced. With fresh ones, it should be as quiet as a normal car.

[Chris Carrabba]

Nice.. I like! :yes:

Good Progress :goodjob: