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    5,000 rpm - there be torque here! Greasemonkey2000's Avatar
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    Much seat time with the Maruha's? If so, opinion?

    Those RS Recaro's are awesome! The 93LE is THE MIATA as far as i am concerned! Kind of bummed you removed the charger but look forward to the turbo setup. There was a similar mileage 93LE with a supercharger for sale at a Mazda specialty used dealer up near Dallas, Tx a few years back.

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    Maruha Coilovers

    Quote Originally Posted by Greasemonkey2000 View Post
    Much seat time with the Maruha's? If so, opinion?

    Those RS Recaro's are awesome! The 93LE is THE MIATA as far as i am concerned! Kind of bummed you removed the charger but look forward to the turbo setup. There was a similar mileage 93LE with a supercharger for sale at a Mazda specialty used dealer up near Dallas, Tx a few years back.

    These Maruha are worth EVERY penny !!! I am totally in love with them!! I have owned KYB/RacingBeat, GAB 8-way, Tanabe Pro Sustec, and the Maruha are hands down the best riding street coilovers!!

    My car is lowered and yet it still takes bumps like a champ!! I intentionally drove over a row of those street reflectors, and the warning bumps on the side of the road and it just goes boop boop boop boop boop boop, with very minimal transfer of those to my seat. Before when I had the Tanabe Coilovers I would cringe going over any bumps, I remember just bracing myself for impact!! Heck I could even feel the paint lines on the road, I hated those. Yeah I know its not slammed anymore, but damn that crappy ride, im over that. These Maruha Street Coilovers make my car feel like a modern day cars suspension. Not too stiff, and not too soft, just the perfect balance. Maruha knows what he is doing!!

    You can read more about them here.
    Maruha BC Damper with NB Upper Mount for NA/NB
    http://chikaramotor.com/catalog/prod...er-mount-nanb/

    I just cannot tell you how happy I am with these, just the perfect street ride coilover system.

    I will update again once I have had a chance to take them out to the local autoX to see how they are on the track, but so far just in love.

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    Admin / Pit Boss / Miataholic Phatmiata's Avatar
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    Installed this rear BeatRush strut tower bar I got from Bill at http://www.MiataRoadster.com





    I was fighting with the stupid OEM crimped nuts that are on the shocks Top Hats too long so I just replaced them with some fresh Stainless steel versions. The stock ones are too fat to fit with the Beatrush bar so the new fancy ones are slimmer and don't stick like the crimped ones.



    Getting behind the fuel hoses was a pain in the butt. Make sure you have a swivel head adapter handy. And if you have gorilla hands better find somebody with JDM sized hands to fit in that corner.



    Also installed the auto trunk pop shock. It lifts the trunk so the lid doesn't fall on your head while digging in the trunk.



    But if you have a wing or lip spoiler it only works half as well. I also noticed it kinda raises the trunk on one side when closed. Not sure if I'm sold on it. So I might go back to stock. We will see.

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    Admin / Pit Boss / Miataholic Phatmiata's Avatar
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    Got these SSR Formula-A Mesh wheels from http://www.TetsuyaGarage.com in Japan.

    Yes that is a 4" Phat step lip

    Size is 15x8 -14 all around.

    I am planning to take these to the local wheel shop for a full restoration.


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    3,000 rpm - starting to feel the power mx54life's Avatar
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    Are we gonna see a "Phat-BRG" soon?

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    Quote Originally Posted by mx54life View Post
    Are we gonna see a "Phat-BRG" soon?

    worse, a "Phat-93LE"

    something similar to this, but without that cage.

    GOALS......

    Mazdaspeed Gymkhana C-II flares (already have them actually), just needed similar spec wheels which I now have as well, all the pieces to the puzzle are coming together ......


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    Quote Originally Posted by Phatmiata View Post
    worse, a "Phat-93LE"

    something similar to this, but without that cage.

    GOALS......

    Mazdaspeed Gymkhana C-II flares (already have them actually), just needed similar spec wheels which I now have, all pieces to the puzzle......

    Now we need to move this talk to a different thread LOL.

    What specs are those BTW; I always wonder what would work with those flares. Now with those rims will a BBK fit? Coz' I would guess this will be a <250 HP Miata. I won't be surprise if this will even be a Supercharged V8 LOL.

    Honestly you have done an LE and drives one already so a Tan interior is beaconing.

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    6,000 rpm - mere mortals would shift JamieH's Avatar
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    So much love.

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    Quote Originally Posted by mx54life View Post
    Are we gonna see a "Phat-BRG" soon?
    Only room for one in Tampa.

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    with that cage, please!
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    Got my old seats back that I had in my white '96 R2-Limited

    These will fit nicely in the 93LE.


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    Prefect!

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    Not bad Randy

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    So my oldest son and I installed these Nakamae Seats today







    Sorry I cannot get a top-down photo because hardtop is on, and my son is not tall enough to help me remove it yet, ill get better pics later




    another angle




    you will definitely need a JDM waste line to fit into these seats, and I can probably lose a few pounds too, been a while since I had these mounted. I forgot how tight they are, hahaha.

    As for those curious about weights:

    Stock leather seats with rails 35.6 lbs
    Nakamae seats with rails 22.0 lbs


    Also found this under the stock seats, must have been from the prior owners


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    2,000 rpm - light wheelspin, no bog here!
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    I really dig the style of those seats, though I'd probably never want them myself because I like to be able to adjust the tilt of the seats. But they're cool to look at.

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