Hardtop Acquired.

"Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To" (murdersofa)
12/13/2016 at 22:17 • Filed to: None

The delrin door bushings plus a hardtop with side latches results in one of the most rattle-free Miatas ever created. The rear window is absolutely enormous and the visibility is fantastic.

DISCUSSION (21)

TheHondaBro > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
12/13/2016 at 22:20

2/10 not a fastback.

Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
12/13/2016 at 22:22

8/10 better than a fastback..

TheHondaBro > Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now)
12/13/2016 at 22:26

1/10 comment needs a WS6 hood

Scary__goongala! > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
12/13/2016 at 22:33

So those fancy door bushings are worth the money? Not like they cost a lot, but I haven’t been sold on them yet.

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > Scary__goongala!
12/13/2016 at 22:36

Yes. And more yes the older the car is.

Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) > TheHondaBro
12/13/2016 at 22:36

9/10 beating of a dead horse.

66671 - 200 [METRIC] my dash > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
12/13/2016 at 22:39

The colours! They match!

Looks great, I think you should maybe get those rims painted black, matching the roof and a pillars, but that’s just me, I think rims typically look better darker.

Scary__goongala! > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
12/13/2016 at 22:40

I’ll have to order some then. Where did you buy yours from? I know FM sells them. Apparently they make the car a little stiffer as well?

Frank Grimes > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
12/13/2016 at 22:50

I got some plastic to make more own door bushings because to lumps of plastic for $50 is ridiculous. I have FM frame rails and did seam welding on the engine bay structure area so I am not sure if it will help anything having the bushings.

Also I am jealous about the hardtop. Its ridiculous when a hardtop is worth half of what I paid for my car!

unclevanos (Ovaltine Jenkins) > Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now)
12/13/2016 at 23:02

7.5/10 too much rating not enough water

Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) > unclevanos (Ovaltine Jenkins)
12/13/2016 at 23:15

2.5/10 for not getting the meme right, it’s 7.8/10.

Orange Exige > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
12/13/2016 at 23:44

Wow you have two Miatas.

#dreams

Justino6969 > Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now)
12/13/2016 at 23:57

5/10 or if you like fastback Mustangs 4.9/10.

unclevanos (Ovaltine Jenkins) > Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now)
12/14/2016 at 00:09

pi/10 too much meme police would recommend.

Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) > unclevanos (Ovaltine Jenkins)
12/14/2016 at 00:18

(10-)/(100) post becoming too meta.

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > Orange Exige
12/14/2016 at 01:08

I *had* two red Miatas. The red NA is a buddy’s.

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > Scary__goongala!
12/14/2016 at 01:10

I got mine from MossMiata. Personally I doubt the “it makes the car stiffer” claims but as an NVH and “premium feel” accessory they’re second to none. I have the “all bass and treble no mids” Bose system (which I love) and it used to rattle the piss out of the doors. Stone-dead silent now, and now that I have a solid roof it’s able to really sing in there. Expansion joints are far nicer now as well.

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > 66671 - 200 [METRIC] my dash
12/14/2016 at 01:12

Eeeh. I *might* do a gunmetal grey plastidip on the wheels but I doubt it. One of few wheels I like in bare aluminum. The hardtop is going to get vinyl wrapped with the same stuff as the pillars, 3M metallic black vinyl. Right now it’s some awful rattlecanned horridness with a ton of overspray on the back window I need to take care of.

Wrong Wheel Drive (41%) > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
12/14/2016 at 07:03

I have a small tear forming in my soft top. I feel like my “solution” needs to be hard top!

ateamfan42 > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
12/14/2016 at 08:42

You might consider black over the chrome hardware at the rear of the top. I tried mine with some plasti-dip and quite like the darker look.. But I’m also not generally a fan of chrome anyway.

ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
12/14/2016 at 11:52

Hardtops are important. The only way I could ever own a miata again would be for the hardtop to be bolted in place year-round.