Miata guys; can this be fixed?

Kinja'd!!! "Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To" (murdersofa)
11/27/2015 at 20:03 • Filed to: None

Kinja'd!!!0 Kinja'd!!! 8

Just noticed why my car is leaking so bad around the weatherstripping. It’s not the stripping itself, but I think it’s getting in through this awful gap between the top and the frame. Most miatas I’ve seen have the top more or less flush with the middle of the weatherstripping. Is this what the “tension cable” does? Both sides are identical.

Kinja'd!!!

DISCUSSION (8)


Kinja'd!!! Sam > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
11/27/2015 at 20:41

Kinja'd!!!0

Did you try tightening the latches?


Kinja'd!!! Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > Sam
11/27/2015 at 20:45

Kinja'd!!!0

The latches only affect fitment of the top to the windshield frame, sadly.


Kinja'd!!! Sam > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
11/27/2015 at 20:47

Kinja'd!!!0

Then it's the tension cable. All I can say is, good luck. Messing with the top sucks.


Kinja'd!!! Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > Sam
11/27/2015 at 20:49

Kinja'd!!!0

Hmm. That’s what I was thinking. Isn’t that riveted in place or something? now that I remembered what it’s called I suppose I can google it, lol


Kinja'd!!! Sam > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
11/27/2015 at 20:59

Kinja'd!!!0

The whole top is riveted in along the back, so that's fun. We replaced the one on mine when it did exactly this.


Kinja'd!!! Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > Sam
11/27/2015 at 21:19

Kinja'd!!!0

The whole top or just the cables?


Kinja'd!!! Sam > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
11/27/2015 at 21:20

Kinja'd!!!1

We did the whole top, because we got a really good deal on a perfect tan one. You can probably replace the cables though.


Kinja'd!!! daender > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
11/27/2015 at 22:45

Kinja'd!!!0

I’ve never attempted working on a Miata top before but is it possible to adjust that little bit of weatherstripping?