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What a blast from the past! Those are famous but I believe they are intended to be used by stock MS3 owners to get a little more travel from the damper before hitting a more forgiving bump stop. In case you didn't know, Shaikh started FCM with the Miata community. He is truly passionate about...

Browsing rockauto? Some (most) brands don't actually make their products and sell relabeled products from 'various' manufacturers +markup. Google "who makes ____ pads" or ask in BITOG forum. Sometimes you can easily tell b/c they would use the same underlying part number + a few distinct...

I've had them for ~60K now and the rears have gotten progressively soft and I feel are in need of replacement, prob ~10K ago. I'm about to email Bilstein to better understand how their 'limited lifetime' warranty works... Impression when things were bright, shiny, and new...

Centric is fine (esp their HD series) but absolutely do not recommend the C-Tek, bottom of the line, stuff. I firmly believe they are only meant for people to slap on to sell used cars to say 'new brake job' or can't afford a dollar more and just need to get by. Brakes matter. Equality...

Are you looking for brands to research or a line to buy? All mfg make products in a wide ranges or quality/purpose so this is too subjective. My bias opinion is Hawk street 5.0 followed by Akebono, which is OEM but NOT the value line. OR, buy what you can catch on sale 🥸

Respect for calling it a Miata and not MX-5 👍 Sounds like read/know some of Fatcat's discussions on bump stops (jounce bumpers)? Miss the Miata community. I have B4s (twin tubed) all-around. Don't know your budget but I would typically recommend KYB all around, BUT make sure you opt for the...

I thought you can’t insure a car with a “salvage” title. You have to get it state inspected/certified (proper paper work on repairs and kinda expensive, inspectors are tough) to get back to “reconstructed” title, which you can then insure. I’m no expert, just briefly looked into and consider...

Glad no one was hurt. I am shocked you have collision coverage!? It's a blessing in disguise b/c premiums would exceed the cost of the car in the long run... The pic angle is hard to tell but it looks like there's some frame damage judging by the gap difference between the hood and headlights...

https://mazdas247.com/forum/t/2014-mazda5-stereing-wheel-control-analog-or-digital.123861415/#post-6814246 https://www.mazda3 forums.com/threads/rx-8-paddle-shift-retrofit.372592/page-2?nested_view=1&sortby=oldest This use to have pics but seems a lot of links are dead. Good luck with your...

Google Mazda 5 or 3 FSM, you should be able to download the whole manual, which has the color code.

Intake: small bottle of propane with flex hose with bendable wire to guide hose to unreachable places, check in spurts. Exhaust: duct tape vacuum 'air outlet' to exhaust pipe, feel/spray water for leak.

Joys of unknown car ownership. Fortunately brakes are a very simple in how they work. 1) Youtube "How floating calipers work" to educate/empower yourself 2) Looking at FR pads, are both sides wearing evenly or dose one side have more wear? Does the rotor show excess wear? BTW, don't buy...

Not sure how the original part got destroyed like that!?... What you are looking for seems to be sold as part of the strut assembly. It has tight friction fit into the strut base and the OD servers to hold the bottom of the dust boot in place. I have Bilstein B4 replacements, which came...

Props to you for appreciating something different. Being a car tech, I suspect you are practical minded and will be driving this for a while - unless you run out of space. What other project cars are in the stable? Some thoughts: When you redid headlight, why not leave the hood open? Not...

I think this is important to call out. First thing I did was run CPUZ and Geekbench. Note that with the stock build, it is consuming ~2.5 GB memory!.. Android itself takes a chunk of memory and the bloatware makes it worst. Anything less than 4GB (bare min) is shooting yourself in the foot...

@SuperClust I went Janky (sort of)😊. Figure I close this thread with some factual data in a TL: DR update. In short, there are a different variation of PCBs and components that can be spec’d –and YGWYPF still applies. Prices have dropped so I settled on the next best (*cheap*) unit @$140 (stay...