MX-5 OC Forum

I used a small strip of that Scotch tape on my roll bar, the stuff that's like Sellotape but matte finish.  Did the trick, and easily replaced isf it wears out.

None, my Eunos is the first car I've had that originates from outside of northwestern Europe.

The MX5 does very well for a 20-year-old lightweight car, but star ratings are only relevant to size anyway, i.e. a massive three-star car is probably safer than a small five-star.  If you get t-boned by a fast-moving car 50% heavier and taller than yours, you're in major trouble - the problem is that in an MX5 that's most other ...

That's an idea - it would explain the fact the lights were on, too.  Hard to determine I should imagine, maybe I should just acquire new parts and swap them over to make sure.

Evening all Twice in the last three days I have returned home to find my headlights popped-up and on.  Well, technically the second time they weren't on any more as the battery was completely drained.  Both times the car has been parked up and locked so no-one's pressed any buttons. Suggestions so far have included a dodgy ...

If anyone's considering going to this, do it - I went along to their open morning at the beginning of June and it's simply astonishing what they have there.

Clearly everyone's circumstances are different, to some people I'm sure £150 is a fortune.  But in the context of getting into motorsport, even at a trackday level, I think something which costs less than a set of tyres has to fall into the 'cheap' category. Most OEM wheel failures are caused by people powder-coating ...

[quote user="AT"] In 1998, was a rubber bumpered 18 year old MG seen as a classic? I suppose so, so why isn't a 23 year old MX5 seen as a classic? [/quote] I think the difference might be in the age of the design.  In 1998 your friend's MG might have been 18 years old but the design of the car (save for the bumpers) was ...

[quote user="AT"] I expect the reasoning is that cheap alloy wheels aren't really up to the rigours expected. Plus they're not that cheap. [/quote] I specifially mentioned OEM wheels to steer the OP towards 'cheap' rather than 'cheaply made'.  I've never heard of quality issues on OEM wheels.  You ...

The centre bore is the diameter of the hole in the middle of the wheel.  The hub has a lip that fits inside it, so you can fit a wheel with a larger cente bore (with optional spigot rings to improve the fit) but not smaller.  The MX5 has a bore of 54.1 so anything equal to, or bigger than that will fit. However there are loads of cheap, ...