I've been running Falken Ziex-512s on my '97 daily driver through two sets of tires and have been happy with them. Now I see that they have been replaced by the Ziex-912s. I did a quick search and found several comments stating that the 912s handle very poorly due to "softer" sidewalls. Has...

I have a '03 SE, of course with the 6-spd. I'm replacing the trans and diff fluids with Redline. Through past postings and emails, I've determined that MT-90 is for the trans but haven't seen what to use for the diff. Suggestions? Thanks. -- ----- Clark Friedrichs /

Need to replace tyres on my 94, currently with standard 14x6 rims, fitted with standard 185/60R14s. I would like a set of reasonable street performance tyres, but I can't find a single manufacturer who lists 195/55R14 at all! I am in Australia, but most major brands distribute the same range...

Going to be trading my 2000 in soon so I'll have a set a 15" steel rims with snow tires on them available in the next month or so. Anyone in the central MA area (if there are any) intrested in these? Tires probably have enough life for Maybe 1 more winter and they need a re-balance but other than...

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Starting to get some cracks on the side of the top, where it folds down. Was wondering if there was some kind of glue or silicon that would work to seal/batch it up. I do not want to replace the top at this point but don't want it to get worse. thanks.

HI, about 2k miles ago, i rebuild the tranny,(costly mistake, should have gone used), old jrsc, and motor on a 95M-ed w/ a jrsc. the machine guy, (excellent reputation and I have used him before), disassembled the reciprecating mass did various machining, (10 over) and reassembled it. he...

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I just jack the back of the car up so Its always going down hill :)

Folks; I'm having a problem with automatic transmission fluid getting into my cylinders and burning. It happens only occasionally, but in reading about other cars, the advice is to replace the "modulator valve". None of my three Miata manuals mentions an AT modulator valve and none of the online...

Any opinions on this: http://store.miataparts.org/mibealunpa19.html I have the original plastic/cardboard/regurgitated-compressed-yakfat thingy which is pretty well shredded. I'm sure I can find better uses for $200 such as a couple of gallons of gasoline but...... -- XS11E, Killing all posts...

Hi, the window gaskets on my 95M get pushed up and bunch up at the top by the windows. i thought about gluing in place them but figured that they would end up tearing if I did that, so anyone have a good solution for this problem> tia, peter

Getting resistance while opening door. Should I use Lithium grease?

Hi, I apologize for the length of this message but I wanted to get all my thoughts in one post. I have a '90 Yellow Miata with 95,000 miles and going strong here in the Northeast US. The Mazda Alloy Wheels that came with the car have gotten cruddy over the years. Here is the sad part. I never...

Hope this is ok to post here. I'm selling a 2003 SE 6 speed - 32K miles and in excellent condition. It's a great car, but with 2 kids and a motorcycle, the Miata doesn't get out much and we could really use a free bay in the garage. Car is located in Mountain View, CA and priced to sell - see...

I am thinking of doing the above, with a set of parts obtained from a Japanese spec Mk1 (Eunos). Can anyone offer any pointers please? I'm not sure how easy a job this is. I found an article on miata.net, but that appears to be for a Mk2 left hand drive. There don't appear to be any holes in...

I've always felt the silver-gray body cladding on my 2003 Shinsen edition looked nice, but it's apparently going to be a bit of a hindrance to jacking the car up. For one thing, it seems unlikely I'm going to be able to use Lanny's trick of lifting one whole side with a jack and a grooved 2x4,...

Hi. I bought 2002 Miata and aparently my SRS module got bad and Dealer told me that I have to replace it. Any advise on how to disassemble the whole dashboard and get the unit out?

All the sudden my car doesn't want to shift into reverse! I've had very little problem with this in the past. An occasional; put it in first and nudge forward, then go back into reverse ok but, I thought that was pretty normal. It hasn't been doing it allot lately but when I got home tonight and...

A short while ago I replaced the front O2 sensor after a CEL showed it was bad. Now (a couple gas tanks later) I'm getting P0421, indicating the front (pre-heat) cat has gone bad. Probably the failing O2 affected the cat, which has 150K miles. But I'm wondering if this code could be triggered by...