Bouncing around ideas

"D" (danjee) 01/06/2015 at 04:52 • Filed to: None

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Like a green-eyed human, my red/tan Miata is relatively uncommon amongst its peers. As it stands, her beautiful golden locks are shrouded by a hardtop. I've been curious what things would look like if I ditched the hardtop and put some matte black wheels on. Enter the art of the 15 second photoshop visualization.

Now, if I were to pull off this rather drastic alteration to my car's appearance, I'd have to replace the top (because mine is beyond shit). Keep it simple—vinyl with a plastic window. For wheels, I'd go with 15x8 black 6ULs wrapped in some good 205/50R15 rubber. Throw a Flyin' Miata suspension package in there to improve looks and handling, and do the swap to larger NA8 brake rotors (been planning this anyway).

I'm really torn about the hardtop. To lose it would mean shaving ~60 lbs off the very top of the car, as well as making spontaneous roofless motoring much more accessible. On the other hand, the hardtop is excellent for security, weatherproofing, and cabin insulation—plus it looks bitchin'.

I should go to bed now.

Axial > D 01/06/2015 at 05:01

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Keep hard-top.

Leon711 > D 01/06/2015 at 06:05

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Had a mx5 for 2 years in the rainy UK, not got a hardtop. ditch it.

Pabuuu, JDM car enthusiast & Italian parts hoarder > D 01/06/2015 at 06:18

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Don't get matte black wheels, it looks bad.

Group B Enthusiast - Captain of the supercharged barge > D 01/06/2015 at 08:05

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I say put a new 'blonde' soft top on it, but skip the matte black wheels... I know it's a popular Miata/MX-5 wheel option, but I think it'd look sweet with some gold or silver 15" rpf1's! :)

Plus, those wheels are practically indestructible.

Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow > D 01/06/2015 at 09:10

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If you ditch the hardtop, which I'd opt to keep cause I love the look of Miata's with a hardtop, you should definitely add a roll bar. 2nd to the look of the hardtop is a Miata with a cool roll bar.

TheD0k_2many toys 2little time > D 01/06/2015 at 10:39

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Ditch the hardtop. Never had one on my 03. I prefer to have the top down as much as i can. Especially here in Michigan.

Also pic of my Miata just cause

D > Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow 01/06/2015 at 12:59

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Yep. I have many reasons for wanting a roll bar.

D > Leon711 01/06/2015 at 13:02

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Soft tops are good when they're good and bad when they're bad. I street park my car so I'm kind of apprehensive.

D > Pabuuu, JDM car enthusiast & Italian parts hoarder 01/06/2015 at 13:04

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First, I think they look fine. Second, no matter what color my wheels are, they will eventually be black because of my brake pads. I have silver alloys right now and keeping them clean is hopeless.