The miata is no longer broken, only my wallet is.

"BREADwagon" (BREADwagon) 04/08/2019 at 10:49 • Filed to: None

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So clean and nice, I almost don’t want to install them, but put them on my wall!....almost...

I finally took the plunge and bought some Supermiata Xidas. I can’t wait to install them and start playing around with setting it up!

I’ve been going to track days and autocrosses on the OEM super BLOWN shocks for the past few years now . In fact, they may actu ally be the original shocks from 1992! I haven’t replaced the shocks since I bought the car over 10 years / 50,000 miles ago, and they were already borderline shot when I got the car. Those 50k miles were rough, too; either pot-hole ridden NYC streets or thrashing it at AutoX/DEs.

A part of me didn’t want to get new coilovers . It’s a really good feeling when you post times barely off of other NAs that have a coil over setup and new RE71R s ... Not to mention, when you upgrade the suspension, you lose the excuse that the suspension is slowing you down!

I remember how BIG of a difference changing tires made, I can’t imagine what the new coilovers will do. When I swapped the front swaybar to a beefy Racing Beat one, it didn’t really feel like it made the car grip more, it just changed the dynamics of the car to noticeably understeer more. It was a welcome addition at autocross, but it lost some of the fun on track. Hopefully I can dial in more neutrality into the car with the dampening settings depending on the event.

Tuco the Miata is almost perfect in my eyes. I have a few more items to install, some tweaks, but it’s close. Then it’ll be just a matter of dialing in the suspension and replacing all the parts I break.

See you on track.

ihm96 > BREADwagon 04/08/2019 at 18:35

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That’s awesome! I ordered coilovers for my z3 coupe last week, I’m still waiting on them but im super excited. I have new summer tires and I rebuilt the front and rear suspension aside from shocks and struts (control rims, tie rods, etc.) and now I’ll finally be rid of the super harsh bilstein and h and r setup and be on some fresh new coilovers setup with a street friendly spring rate. And I can finally stop burning through tires now that I’ll have camber adjustment.

Post a review once they’re on

BREADwagon > ihm96 04/09/2019 at 10:14

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Sweet! Will do.

The miata is pretty easy on tires, and the oem set-up can get sort-of decent camber settings to even out the wear.  Plus, all the tires are the same size so I rotate them after every event (sometimes during a DE).

ihm96 > BREADwagon 04/09/2019 at 10:57

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Mine just arrived today, can’t wait to put them on. Exciting times haha, finally gonna be rid of the old worn shocks