It's official. Miata for sale

"AestheticsInMotion" (aestheticsinmotion) 08/30/2019 at 08:35 • Filed to: Miata, miatalopnik, na, for sale

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Hey!

you!

yeah, you!

Seeing as y ou’ve all been here with the Miata since day one, I figured I should let you know I’m selling it off. Bittersweet, but it’s time for a change. I think I mentioned earlier that I posted a super quick ad a month ago asking $7k, and got overloaded with interested parties. I promptly deleted the ad, then flew off to Asia, determined to relist the car at a more market-appropriate price later on.

Later on is apparently today, as I find myself sitting in front of a laptop writing up a real ad. I’m hoping to sell ASAP (before I change my mind), and as such have priced it a fair deal lower than similar builds tend to sell for on the forums. Oh, speaking of which... while I will be posting to Craigslist, I expect this to sell to a Miata initiate through Miataturbo.net, Miata.net, Clubroadster, etc. That said if you know anyone who wants a Miata that has proven it’s unkillabaility (that’s a word), a Miata that has been lovingly upgraded with some of the absolute highest quality parts that are available, A Miata that will bring fear into the hearts of sports cars retailing for 10x as much (at least in the corners) well... A friends of Oppo discount will apply.

Question. For the craigslist listing, should I include pricing for the individual parts? I’m definitely not doing that on the forums as the prospective buyers will be familiar with everything I’ve installed, but I’m going back and forth over whether to include that for Craigslist.

anyways.... here’s the rough draft. I’ll finish it up after detailing the car. I’m guessing that will take most of the day, as I haven’t clay-barred in a while...

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It’s time to say goodbye to my Miata. It is a 1995 NA with power locks, power windows and power antenna. I’ve been the owner for five years, and in that time it has never let me down, or left me stranded. I’ve maintained the car religiously, and spared no expense in upgrading parts as needed. This was not a track car, although it would certainly be a good one. Well over $20,000 spent in parts alone, so if you’re looking to build a high-performance Miata why not save some serious money and start with this one?

Asking $8500

I have receipts for 99% of the parts bought, and for the work that was done. I’ve also made wiring diagrams for the electrical work I’ve personally done to make it easier for any future owners or shops. This car has passed emissions every time without missing a beat. Engine was fully rebuilt 40k miles ago, and runs strong. I have a massive bin of both OEM and new aftermarket parts that can potentially be included with the sale as well.

Feel free to contact me with absolutely any questions.

Recent Maintenance

Air filter replaced 6/1

Windshield replaced 6/3

Accessory belts replaced 7/23

Battery replaced 8/1

Oil changed (Mobil 1 0W-40 full synthetic) 8/29

Transmission fluid/shifter oil changed (Ford Motorcraft 75W-90 GL-4) 8/29

Coolant flush 8/29

Wheels/Suspension/Brakes

Xida Gen 2 Race coilovers with dual springs, 700/400 front/rear

OEM NB upper mounts

Racing Beat tubular front sway bar

Supermiata 3 position 14mm rear sway bar

Supermiata adjustable endlinks

New urethane bushings

949 Racing 6ul’s Nickel, 15x8 with matching lugnuts and tire valves

General Altimax Arctic 195/60r15

FM Little Big Brake Kit

Wilwood Powerlite Calipers on all four corners, red

10” slotted disks on all four corners

Wilwood Polymatrix E brake pads (BP-10)

Stainless steel brake lines

Proportioning valve

Upgraded parking brake

Redline RL-600 brake fluid

Exhaust

Fujitsubo Exhaust (RM-01A)

Flyin’ Miata catalytic converter

SuperMiata urethane hangers

Cooling

Supermiata crossflow radiator

Supermiata Qmax cooling reroute kit

Aluminum coolant overflow tank

Flyin’ Miata hose splicer with sensor port

LRB Speed full aluminum undertray. Completely boxes in the radiator

Drivetrain

Miata Roadster short shifter kit. Bootless, non-tapered, black

Sound System

Retrosound Longbeach headunit

Custom fitted passenger footwell subwoofer box

Rockford Fosgate P154-8 punch subwoofer

Polk DB+ DB6502 6-½” component speakers

Kenwood KAC-M3004 amplifier

Double layer sound deadening throughout

Custom old-school Miata logo speaker grills

Interior

Longacre Accutech SMI coolant temp gauge

Longacre Accutech SMI oil pressure gauge

Voltage gauge

iOttie Easy One Touch Wireless Charging phone mount

Momo Mod 80 steering wheel

Sparco steering wheel

NRG low-pro quick release setup

Custom made wood/epoxy shift knobs x2 (still have OEM as well)

RevLimiter gauge faces (2 sets. “Fallen” and a custom design. Still have OEM as well)

Carbon Miata black brushed aluminum door panels

Driver side - Garage Star seat rails

Passenger side - Garage Star seat rails

Driver side - Bride VIOS III seat, red. Authentic, with all documentation

Passenger side - Knockoff Bride seat, black.

Driver side - Schroth Profi II ASM FE 4-point harness

Driver side - Schroth sub strap installed (you can switch between 4 and 6-point as desired)

Carbon Miata luxury floor mats

Blackbird Fabworx NB GT3 rollbar, pearl gunmetal grey. Fits all OEM tops. Built-in harness bar

Exterior

Robbins vinyl non-zip glass defrost soft top

GE Nighthawk LED 7” round headlamps

Singular Motorsports hood louvers

Raceland luggage rack

Problems

One headlight motor has recently started to act a bit finicky. I haven’t had a chance to look at it yet, and have kept the headlights in the up position.

Driver’s side front fender has some chipped paint. I set rebound and compression too low initially after swapping on bigger winter tires, and the tire made contact with the lip of the fender when going over a large bump.

Paint looks great at 10ft, but this is a 25 year old and certainly isn’t showroom fresh, cosmetically.

Odometer stopped working at 190k miles. I swapped in a new cluster with 230k miles, and… that one stopped working after a few thousand miles. Unsure of actual mileage, but likely around 255k based on some napkin math.

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > AestheticsInMotion 08/30/2019 at 08:38

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Sad to hear this! Why have you decided to sell? :(

What will replace it? :O

AestheticsInMotion > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 08/30/2019 at 08:41

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I want a bike. And thinking longterm, if I don't move I'll likely need a truck within a few years. I'd rather have a truck + bike than a truck + Miata. 

Monster 821 or 1200 is the frontrunner.

A cheaper Japanese dual sport that I can thrash off road and money in the bank is also sounding good though...

Chuckles > AestheticsInMotion 08/30/2019 at 08:45

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Good luck with the sale. Your ad definitely seems geared towards enthusiasts. At least for the Craigslist version, you might want to add a few basic facts. Don’t just say NA, tell them if it’s a 1.6L or 1.8L. Is it a stick shift or automatic? 5 or 6 speed? I know it’s not auto, but your ad doesn’t say that.

BlueMazda2 - Blesses the rains down in Africa, Purveyor of BMW Individual Arctic Metallic, Merci Twingo > AestheticsInMotion 08/30/2019 at 08:53

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Considering prior ditch incidents, this is my final offer

AestheticsInMotion > Chuckles 08/30/2019 at 08:58

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Good point, I wasn’t really considering non-enthusiasts but I guess they have money too! Maybe I can snag a wealthy kid who was going to buy a modified w rx as his first car...

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > AestheticsInMotion 08/30/2019 at 09:02

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The obvious answer is MIATA UTE.

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > AestheticsInMotion 08/30/2019 at 09:07

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Noooooooooooooooooo

dogisbadob > AestheticsInMotion 08/30/2019 at 09:08

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Send it to the graverobber to vote on NPoCP

LimitedTimeOnly @ opposite-lock.com > AestheticsInMotion 08/30/2019 at 09:30

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If you are going to list it on enthusiast sites, you could replace the detailed part listing with a link to the detailed ad on an enthusiast site “for more information on high quality parts installed, check out my ad on ______.”

Decay buys too many beaters > AestheticsInMotion 08/30/2019 at 09:44

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Its too specialized to even bother with CL in my opinion. I’d say post up as is, the right buyer will see the value in the parts, and someone who doesn’t know won’t suddenly think “oh that’s a long list, I’ll pay triple what similar Mike miatas are going for!"

Good luck with the sale! If I hadn't just bought my Laguna I'd be interested. 

Decay buys too many beaters > AestheticsInMotion 08/30/2019 at 09:46

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Just get a trailer hitch. Same thing as a truck!

Invincibleironman > AestheticsInMotion 08/30/2019 at 10:14

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I'm interested 

AestheticsInMotion > Decay buys too many beaters 08/30/2019 at 10:18

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You can never have too many Miatas 

Yeah you’re probably right, but for $5 I might as well post to CL too. I was shocked how many Volvo enthusiasts found my modified 850 through CL!

There's a part of me that wants to buy a bone stock yellow NA, swap the Xidas over and part out the red one. 

AestheticsInMotion > Decay buys too many beaters 08/30/2019 at 10:18

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“Becoming Decay, a 10-part Documentary”

Arrivederci > AestheticsInMotion 08/30/2019 at 10:18

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Good luck with the sale!  Hopefully you don’t have to deal with too many dreamers/tire kickers.

AestheticsInMotion > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 08/30/2019 at 10:33

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At least I'll get one more detailing session. I've never so looked forward to clay barring a car

AestheticsInMotion > Invincibleironman 08/30/2019 at 10:33

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If you're serious, shoot me an email at karma2250@yahoo.com! 

Decay buys too many beaters > AestheticsInMotion 08/30/2019 at 10:58

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Hah! You certainly can when you’re currently using street parking because you’re out of garage space 

Oh yeah, for sure post it, but I expect y ou get a bunch of “this Miata costs x (insert CL ad for beat 1.6) , so will you sell it to me for x?”

Still open offer to swap on some racelands before you sell it. I’ll gladly dispose of the overpriced hypebeast coilovers for you 

shop-teacher > AestheticsInMotion 08/30/2019 at 11:02

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Trade ya for a Yamaha Zuma 125 ;)

MUSK2024 > AestheticsInMotion 08/30/2019 at 11:30

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You don’t call the RX-7 a Savanna. Stop calling the MX-5 a Miata. 

AestheticsInMotion > Decay buys too many beaters 08/30/2019 at 12:02

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And I'm still holding out hope that you splurge for the fancy electrodoodad ones so I can test 'em out for my next Miata! 

MM54 > AestheticsInMotion 08/30/2019 at 12:51

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:( x10

I can offer you a non-running crown vic for trade, plus like $20 and I’ll make some cookies?

Decay buys too many beaters > AestheticsInMotion 08/30/2019 at 13:24

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I want to.... but that’s like my yearly scooter budget in one purchse :( 

Vincent > AestheticsInMotion 08/30/2019 at 17:04

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I thought it was preposterous at 7500. The affordable used miata market is fast becoming extinct because there’s always an idiot who thinks this is a deal.

for Michigan > AestheticsInMotion 08/30/2019 at 18:10

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Maybe I’m completely out of the loop, but what makes this car worth $8500 ? That clean white NA from earlier today went for only $4200 with 94K miles on the odometer. Your car has cosmetic flaws , extensive modifications , and over 250K miles . Here in Ohio I’m pretty sure that would be a $3000 car at most .

What gives?

AestheticsInMotion > for Michigan 08/30/2019 at 18:24

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The modifications add a lot of value in the M iata community, albeit yes, nowhere near as much as they were purchased for. The coilovers alone sell for almost $3k new and are regarded as the best suspension you can get in a Miata, bar none. Even two year old used ones generally l ose only about ten percent of their value when resold, as the demand is so high . Used Blackbird rollbars generally sell for the same price as new ones, as there’s no wait time. A lot of the pricier p arts on the car are like this, made from the biggest names in the Miata performance world and that’s why I can expect to get some value back from them, as apposed to the “budget builds” that are cut springs, neochrome steering wheels, deep dish wheels, etc. I suppose being a c ompletely rust-free PNW car might make it more likely for out of state buyers to show interest as well. 8 didn't realize how big of a deal that was until the endless hordes of interested east coast buyers for my two Volvos. 

And unfortunately, even if this was stock it would probably sell for 4.5 -5.5 k around here just because of how much Miatas have gone up in value the last few years. Nowadays it seems like the $3k miatas are either und rivable, or in absolutely atrocious condition. Or both, to be honest. The NB’s are the value buy now. Makes me sad, but at the same time I’m glad I can get a bit more, even if it’s likely someone will just turn around and part the car out to get 12 -14 k, or to add the good bits to a cleaner NA.

Invincibleironman > AestheticsInMotion 08/30/2019 at 19:09

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I'm trying to find an automatic though...

Just Jeepin' > AestheticsInMotion 08/30/2019 at 19:14

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If I got that much interest at 7 I think I’d ask for 10. Always easier to let them bargain you down.

Good luck!

mXxxxXm24 /O/ /O/ > AestheticsInMotion 08/30/2019 at 21:19

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Dang d idn’t expect to see this. Sad day loosing a fellow Miata enthusiast . What is making you want to sell? G onna go all in with a crotch rocket?

Wrong Wheel Drive (41%) > AestheticsInMotion 08/31/2019 at 00:49

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You should definitely be able to get that kind of money for it. Non rusty NAs seem to go for $5-6k easy. And say another $2k for the roll bar and xidas, everything else is free stuff at that point. It's kind of a bad choice to not part out, but it's your loss I guess lol. I still think you are better off just keeping it since you will never get the exact car back if you sold it. You say you want to go do the motorcycle thing but it surely helps to have a real car sometimes. 

AestheticsInMotion > Wrong Wheel Drive (41%) 08/31/2019 at 02:39

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Yeah I know, but living in a condo makes it tricky, logistically. My HOA would send out a hit squad if I took my car apart in the parking lot lol.

And there's an Oppo meet in Portland next weekend that I reeeeeeally want to bring a bike too 

Danimalk - Drives a Slow Car Fast > AestheticsInMotion 08/31/2019 at 09:20

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Oh man I still have your other post open in a different tab! Haha You car is pretty much what I’m looking for. Mileage is pretty high for what i was thinking though, and like I said in the other thread, I’m not even sure I’d fit, haha but   we weren’t on different sides of the country I would TOTALLY  swing by and check it out.

M.T. Blake > AestheticsInMotion 08/31/2019 at 18:21

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Seems a tad expensive. Not that I’m known for yelling about high prices... It looks like they’re cheaper out west. 

Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras > AestheticsInMotion 09/01/2019 at 08:51

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I want it...I have zero actual need for it but I want it.

I also have $4 and I’m pretty sure I live on the other side of the country from you.

AestheticsInMotion > Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras 09/01/2019 at 08:56

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Basically how I feel whenever anyone mentions their car is for sale here.

You know, I haven’t even listed the car on CL or the forums yet, and yet I’ve gotten no less than ten serious responses from people who saw this post, as it was apparently shared to Google. Boy am I glad I put my burner email in one of the comments