Μ2 strut brace

[RustRat]

So I (well, technically Harry did) found this for sale, seller says it's an M2 strut brace. Is it an M2 item indeed? How much could it be worth?


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[— Phatmiata —]

http://mazdaroadster.net/showthread....2-1006-M2-1008

[— Dandy —]

I'm not sure I've ever seen a closeup picture of an M2 1001 bar, so it is possible. The M2 1001 bar does have taller bends like the bar you are showing, RustRat. However, I would be surprised if it only had half feet (not surrounding the shock mount). In any event, I don't think the M2 1001 bar was the best overall design and I wouldn't give it a premium over any other bar available. I'm an M2 nut and the fact that I'm not sure of exactly what the M2 1001 bar looks like should be a clue that it doesn't elicit the "ah" factor that some other M2 parts do.



The M2-1028 bar that PhatMiata is showing in his post is the superior design and does command a premium. They generally go for $200+ usd.

[RustRat]

Aha! I don't this particular design in any photo of the M2 models, so I guess it's something else.

I'm going to purchase it anyway, since it seems to be sturdy enough to work as it should, and it's cheap.

Thanks for the help!


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[— vote4pedro —]

may be it is M2 as in for an NB? Early (99-00) NB strut bars will fit NAs, er M1's.
Def not 1028 or 1001 bar fore sure.

[NCGreasemonkey]

may be it is M2 as in for an NB? Early (99-00) NB strut bars will fit NAs, er M1's.
Def not 1028 or 1001 bar fore sure.

Love the siggy vote4pedro!!!

[— Dandy —]

may be it is M2 as in for an NB? Early (99-00) NB strut bars will fit NAs, er M1's.
Def not 1028 or 1001 bar fore sure.

Ah yes, in the UK and Europe I believe NA's, NB's, etc, have been referred to as M1, M2, etc. as opposed to M2 corporation. I figured V4P would have the answer. RustRat, it's cheap for a reason.

[RustRat]

Never heard a Miata being referred to as M1, M2 etc. More commonn is to see them as NA-NB-NBFL (as in NB Face Lift) or MK1-MK2-MK2.5 (mark 1, mark 2 etc). Mazda called them M1s and M2s?


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[— Dandy —]

I'm pretty sure Ive seen the reference used over at miata.net. However I may be confusing M2 with MK2 which I think would be easy for others to do as well. Mazda did not refer to them as M!, M2, etc. I think vote4pedro has your answer as I didn't really think the bar you are inquiring about is an M2 corporation bar either. V4P is very knowledgeable about M2 corporation stuff and his explanation makes the most sense.

[— fwdtamiya —]

Never heard a Miata being referred to as M1, M2 etc. More commonn is to see them as NA-NB-NBFL (as in NB Face Lift) or MK1-MK2-MK2.5 (mark 1, mark 2 etc). Mazda called them M1s and M2s?

It's a UK thing, they're weird. The bar is pictured on an NA though. The seller is calling it a M2 bar because the stamp on the bar appears to say M2 and then some japanese, that's not the M2 Inc. logo though.

[RustRat]

Googling it revealed the answer. I'm dumb, sorry. It's a cheap brace from a company called M2 motorsport, similar to the PWD:JDM and similar "jdm" parts manufacturers. It costs £28 new. I'm disapointed.


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[Rogue]

Never heard a Miata being referred to as M1, M2 etc.

Back in the 90s when the NB/M2 came out we referred to them as M1/M2……….Yeah, some of us have been doing this that long. ;)