Richard is a Miata addict.

[goIftdibrad]

why didn't you want the spare wheels with good tires if you are planning on track day bro shit?

I won’t have a good spot to store the spare wheels long term until I move into a new place, and I know my fiancée wouldn’t appreciate having a stack of wheels in the living room until then. Besides, I like having dual duty tires and one set of wheels. I don’t do anything serious as far as track days, just HPDE. The Conti’s on there are actually my preferred tires anyway.

wife to be is . whatever:doe:


I read you will be doing roll bar. don't be stupid like I was and not get the bar pad. you 100% need it on a street car or you might crack the skull with a minor accident

[RLWake]

Haven't even seen the car yet, and I've already made my first purchase for it

Thanks to [user not found]'s installation of a Raceseng knob in the car previously, I went and checked them out and WOW they make great stuff. I've kinda fallen in love with the Sphereology and now one may or may not be on the way to my place...



I already know I don't like the NC's stock knob from driving a couple of friends' cars, so I think it's a good choice.

[RLWake]

I've done some more research on little interior customizations.

To start with, I want to wrap the main silver dash panels and probably the ring around the shifter Yellow. It would really piss me off, though, if the wrap I'm gonna use for it isn't almost exactly the same color as the exterior. I found a company online that would print custom colored wraps matched to any vehicle paint code, but boy it wasn't cheap. $50 for a SAMPLE that's only 3" by 5"!


To hell with that. I went and looked at 3M's color wrap catalog, and found "Glossy Sunflower Yellow."

This catches my eye, because Competition Yellow (code A6Y) is also referred to by Mazda as "Sunflower Yellow." Like, if you want to order touch up paint, their system labels it as Sunflower Yellow (so I've heard)... The colors look damn near the same on a screen, and it's only $13 for a 60" by 12" piece, which is much more reasonable and enough for what I want to do anyway if it turns out to be close enough. I'm gonna order a piece and we'll see.

Next, time to tackle the steering wheel. For now, I just want to get rid of the silvery trim bits. After some research, I found that an ~2007 CX-7 shares an identical steering wheel to the NC, and a CX-7 Grand Touring has both the black ring on the airbag / horn cover AND the black spoke trim!


And wouldn't you know that there's a 2007 CX-7 Grand Touring with the steering wheel I need sitting in my local LKQ yard! I'm gonna check it out on Friday. If it's in good shape, I'll snag it for less than $20 and swap the trim and airbag onto the at some point. If not, I can look in other yards or wait for a suitable donor car to come along. Hooray for cheap mods!

Next will be roll hoops, speaker rings, vent rings, and door handles and pulls. That's for another research session, though.

[D Griff]

FWIW I have a Sparco R100 seat and it is pretty sweet, might be a worthwhile alternative to the A4.

[RLWake]

FWIW I have a Sparco R100 seat and it is pretty sweet, might be a worthwhile alternative to the A4.

I don’t know of any good shops around me where I can go and actually try out seats, but I did find that Wine Country Motorsports has a store in Sebring and they have a seat showroom. I’m already going to the 1000 miles and the 12 hrs this year, so I think I’m gonna stop by there to try out the selection.

[D Griff]

FWIW I have a Sparco R100 seat and it is pretty sweet, might be a worthwhile alternative to the A4.

I don’t know of any good shops around me where I can go and actually try out seats, but I did find that Wine Country Motorsports has a store in Sebring and they have a seat showroom. I’m already going to the 1000 miles and the 12 hrs this year, so I think I’m gonna stop by there to try out the selection.

Yeah, tracks seem like a good place to try out seats, VIR's store has a nice selection. If you're ever in NC, you're welcome to try out my Sparco R100 and QRT-R. I the QRT, it's actually shockingly comfy for long drives despite being a race seat.

[RLWake]

I don’t know of any good shops around me where I can go and actually try out seats, but I did find that Wine Country Motorsports has a store in Sebring and they have a seat showroom. I’m already going to the 1000 miles and the 12 hrs this year, so I think I’m gonna stop by there to try out the selection.

Yeah, tracks seem like a good place to try out seats, VIR's store has a nice selection. If you're ever in NC, you're welcome to try out my Sparco R100 and QRT-R. I the QRT, it's actually shockingly comfy for long drives despite being a race seat.

Good to know about the QRT, thanks!

[coogles]

They're fairly and I've never tried them, but this being a Grand Touring, to me it deserves the QRT Performance model. Had I bought the car that's what I was planning to put in it.

https://www.sparcousa.com/product/qrt-performance

[RLWake]

They're fairly and I've never tried them, but this being a Grand Touring, to me it deserves the QRT Performance model. Had I bought the car that's what I was planning to put in it.

https://www.sparcousa.com/product/qrt-performance

I’m 100% a sucker for suede seats, so we’ll see...

[D Griff]

They're fairly and I've never tried them, but this being a Grand Touring, to me it deserves the QRT Performance model. Had I bought the car that's what I was planning to put in it.

https://www.sparcousa.com/product/qrt-performance

is

Same exact seat I have but with nicer materials, mine was like $800ish IIRC + mounting shit. It is perfect for me at 6'2" and 190ish. I like the cloth just fine and it appears to be holding up nicely.

[Johnny_P]

#suedeseatbros

All the bennies of easy to clean leather without the searing meat feel in the summer.

[RLWake]

Funny thing I just found...

On my daily internet quest for neat car things, I was on redbubble looking for stickers and searched "NC Miata."

Wouldn't you know, a sticker featuring a very familiar car came up.

https://www.redbubble.com/shop/p/44844336.EJUG5

Seems to me like this guy took one of Zil's photos of the and turned it into a sticker . He also edited it to be a bunch of different colors for different stickers...

[D Griff]

Funny thing I just found...

On my daily internet quest for neat car things, I was on redbubble looking for stickers and searched "NC Miata."

Wouldn't you know, a sticker featuring a very familiar car came up.

https://www.redbubble.com/shop/p/44844336.EJUG5

Seems to me like this guy took one of Zil's photos of the and turned it into a sticker . He also edited it to be a bunch of different colors for different stickers...

That is not a cool move, guy.

In other news, have you seen/driven the yet??????

[RLWake]

Funny thing I just found...

On my daily internet quest for neat car things, I was on redbubble looking for stickers and searched "NC Miata."

Wouldn't you know, a sticker featuring a very familiar car came up.

https://www.redbubble.com/shop/p/44844336.EJUG5

Seems to me like this guy took one of Zil's photos of the and turned it into a sticker . He also edited it to be a bunch of different colors for different stickers...

That is not a cool move, guy.

In other news, have you seen/driven the yet??????

this Saturday!

[wap]

Funny thing I just found...

On my daily internet quest for neat car things, I was on redbubble looking for stickers and searched "NC Miata."

Wouldn't you know, a sticker featuring a very familiar car came up.

https://www.redbubble.com/shop/p/44844336.EJUG5

Seems to me like this guy took one of Zil's photos of the and turned it into a sticker . He also edited it to be a bunch of different colors for different stickers...

Wow.
That's some .

[RLWake]

Finally!

I have it!

The !

I’m in love!

I don’t even know what to say... it’s just perfect. I have a seemingly permanent goofy grin stuck to my face.






I have also discovered the super secret sticker stash right by the manual. Now I need to check behind the taillights for a NEEK.



And shift knob is on! I love it already.

[Apex]

[Tar]

It looks really really happy with its new owner ! You got a good one no doubt!

[troyguitar]

Finally!

I have it!

The !

I’m in love!

I don’t even know what to say... it’s just perfect. I have a seemingly permanent goofy grin stuck to my face.






I have also discovered the super secret sticker stash right by the manual. Now I need to check behind the taillights for a NEEK.



And shift knob is on! I love it already.

Now stick it in the garage and never drive it. Gotta keep her in good shape for the next guy!

[MexicanYarisTK]

Finally!

I have it!

The !

I’m in love!

I don’t even know what to say... it’s just perfect. I have a seemingly permanent goofy grin stuck to my face.






I have also discovered the super secret sticker stash right by the manual. Now I need to check behind the taillights for a NEEK.



And shift knob is on! I love it already.

Now stick it in the garage and never drive it. Gotta keep her in good shape for the next guy!

And put him on dfd too

[RLWake]

Now stick it in the garage and never drive it. Gotta keep her in good shape for the next guy!

Fuck that. This is my new daily!

[wap]

[Johnny_P]

It’s a rad car. Enjoy it my man.

[max225]

Need to see a mileage update ... by end of month.

[RLWake]

Need to see a mileage update ... by end of month.

Well I’m very quickly going to add 500 miles to drive her home. It’s at ~47,100 now.