DaveyR

Hi Tony. Haha, well if you haven't seen blue dampers on an NC before then there is probably a fair chance that my memory is playing up! I'm assuming that the setup is some sort of Mazda option, as the receipt for all of the items and fitting was from a Mazda garage. We'll see eh! I wasn't sure whether I should create a separate topic in the geometry section or to keep it to one thread, I was wondering what might be recommended regarding geo setup. The car will be used on a daily basis, but I understand the Mazda factory settings are not necessarily the way to go? A lot of people seem to request a fast road setup, is this suitable for use every day, or will it cause premature/uneven wear of tyres? A nice pointy front end and progressive nature would be nice and reasonable steering weight and feel is definitely preferable over light/vague steering.

Booked in next Monday 10th at 5

The pedals do look good, and look like a nicely made item. I think they may have to be one of the first changes I make. I'm sure i'll adapt to the spacing, i think the pedals are very slightly offset to the right compared to my previous couple of cars, so probably just muscle memory finding the edge of the foot rest occasionally when going for the clutch! I'm sure a new exhaust may have to be snuck onto the to-do list at some point in the future, it certainly doesn't help when people post nice shiny pictures of their new exahusts.

Thanks for the replies guys Car will be booked into WIM shortly. As far as the dampers go, i'm not sure how trustworthy my memory is, you'll probably get it up on the ramp and it will have pink shocks with purple springs! Good to know that if there are any twisted bushes they can easily be rectified during the geo, and yeah it would interesting to know what suspension is on it, i'm intrigued! Should it not be any good at least I have the originals.

Your MX5 looks lovely Funky, very well looked after and paint that you could see your face in! Love the darker alloys too. I have a question about the pedal set. I found that when I test drove my MX5 that the foot rest is quite close to the clutch pedal and was easily caught when moving between the two, something I'm sure comes with familiarity to some extent, but I have heard others mention this, and also I have quite small feet! So I guess my question is how do you find the pedal set, is the foot rest any different I.e. slightly narrower?

Hi all, I've just this weekend viewed and bought myself a lovely little 2006 MX5 2.0 Sport, which i'll be picking up next weekend. Having taken previous cars for geo/tyres and experiencing the great service that WIM have a reputation for first hand the first port of call will be WIM for geo! A nice surprise on viewing the car was that the car had already been lowered by the previous owner, which I had a suspicion it might as it didn't appear to have the typical 4x4 look in the advert! It has had more than just a change of springs though, which was demonstrated when the boot was opened to reveal all of the original shocks (Bilstein) springs and ARBs! All still in very good condition and included in the sale. I had a quick nose at the new suspension but couldn't make out specifically which shocks, springs etc they were in the short time I had a look at it. It was part-ex'd by the previous owner and the seller didn't know any more detail than the admittedly immaculately extensive file of receipts, servicing info, MOT's etc. The history did reveal the invoice for the suspension components though. They appeared to have been sold and fitted by a mazda garage, to a tune of £1500 for the shocks, springs, ARB's and labour. The car rode very nicely, firm but controlled and not crashy. I know this is a bit vague but the new shocks but the new shocks were blue I think. Does anyone have any clue of what suspension kit this could be? I know pictures would be useful, so my apologies for the lack of! I can add some when I have picked up the car and bought it back, although hopefully it will have been to WIM not too long after that and I might have an answer by then! I know that plenty of cars with Mazda fitted Eibach lowering springs suffer from twisted bushes, is this something that would be evident and rectified when performing geo alignment at WIM, or only noticed when fitting new springs? Thanks in advance! Dave

That is pure automotive pornography. The F40 was my childhood dream car. I can't imagine seeing that sort of exotica on such a regular basis. Just fantastic.