2006 MX-5 Shocks / Repair Shop

To make a long story short, I need new rear shocks for my 2006 MX-5. I
have 17" rims and do not believe I have the sport suspension. NTB had my
car for over a week and only found one shock out of California for my
car and they had to ground ship it. I picked my car and left after they
called me this morning and said the car was ready and then when I got
there they had not done anything. I live in Southwest Houston. Can
anyone recommend a place I can take my car to get new shocks/struts? Is
is really that difficult to find shocks for a 2006 Mazda MX-5? I see
Miata's all over the place out here, I can't imagine that there are not
shocks in the Houston area for a Mazda. Should I take it to a dealer, or
order shocks myself and have someone install? Any recommendations? Thanks.

New shocks for an 06? Already? Bad roads?
Anyway, there might be a run on the stock replacement shocks. I ran into
that with a 89 MPV years back. Seemed that there was a high failure rate.
Look at Miata.net for possible suppliers.

"Raover" > wrote in message
...
> To make a long story short, I need new rear shocks for my 2006 MX-5. I
> have 17" rims and do not believe I have the sport suspension. NTB had my
> car for over a week and only found one shock out of California for my car
> and they had to ground ship it. I picked my car and left after they called
> me this morning and said the car was ready and then when I got there they
> had not done anything. I live in Southwest Houston. Can anyone recommend a
> place I can take my car to get new shocks/struts? Is is really that
> difficult to find shocks for a 2006 Mazda MX-5? I see Miata's all over the
> place out here, I can't imagine that there are not shocks in the Houston
> area for a Mazda. Should I take it to a dealer, or order shocks myself and
> have someone install? Any recommendations? Thanks.

Only 36,000 miles on the car. The car bottoms out when going over humps
or dips in the road. The guy at NTB looked at the struts and said the
left rear was leaking. Thanks.

Chuck wrote:
> New shocks for an 06? Already? Bad roads?
> Anyway, there might be a run on the stock replacement shocks. I ran into
> that with a 89 MPV years back. Seemed that there was a high failure rate.
> Look at Miata.net for possible suppliers.
>
> > wrote in message
> ...
>> To make a long story short, I need new rear shocks for my 2006 MX-5. I
>> have 17" rims and do not believe I have the sport suspension. NTB had my
>> car for over a week and only found one shock out of California for my car
>> and they had to ground ship it. I picked my car and left after they called
>> me this morning and said the car was ready and then when I got there they
>> had not done anything. I live in Southwest Houston. Can anyone recommend a
>> place I can take my car to get new shocks/struts? Is is really that
>> difficult to find shocks for a 2006 Mazda MX-5? I see Miata's all over the
>> place out here, I can't imagine that there are not shocks in the Houston
>> area for a Mazda. Should I take it to a dealer, or order shocks myself and
>> have someone install? Any recommendations? Thanks.
>
>

Isn't that a warranty issue at 36k? If leaking, I would think so. Might even
be able to get them to cover the pair since you cant put a new with an old
in the back.

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"Raover" > wrote in message
...
> Only 36,000 miles on the car. The car bottoms out when going over humps or
> dips in the road. The guy at NTB looked at the struts and said the left
> rear was leaking. Thanks.
>
> Chuck wrote:
>> New shocks for an 06? Already? Bad roads?
>> Anyway, there might be a run on the stock replacement shocks. I ran into
>> that with a 89 MPV years back. Seemed that there was a high failure rate.
>> Look at Miata.net for possible suppliers.
>>
>> > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> To make a long story short, I need new rear shocks for my 2006 MX-5. I
>>> have 17" rims and do not believe I have the sport suspension. NTB had my
>>> car for over a week and only found one shock out of California for my
>>> car
>>> and they had to ground ship it. I picked my car and left after they
>>> called
>>> me this morning and said the car was ready and then when I got there
>>> they
>>> had not done anything. I live in Southwest Houston. Can anyone recommend
>>> a
>>> place I can take my car to get new shocks/struts? Is is really that
>>> difficult to find shocks for a 2006 Mazda MX-5? I see Miata's all over
>>> the
>>> place out here, I can't imagine that there are not shocks in the Houston
>>> area for a Mazda. Should I take it to a dealer, or order shocks myself
>>> and
>>> have someone install? Any recommendations? Thanks.
>>
>>
>