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The aerodynamics of your MX5 are far from perfect and as with most convertibles they suffer from a problem known as buffeting when the roof is dropped.
This buffeting manifests itself as gusts of wind which come from behind the drivers head. At motorway speeds this for some people can become quite tiring.
There are several tricks to help reduce this which can increase your enjoyment of top down driving.
The cheapest trick is to drop the drivers side window but to leave the passenger side up. This changes the airflow through the cabin to give the driver more of a wind in the face feeling than a wind behind your head. Fantastic if you like the wind in your hair.
If however you are not too keen on having your face blown by 70mph gales then the other solution to try is a wind blocker. There are a number of types available from factory fit to after market. They are fitted behind the seats and take away the buffeting. Usually they are made from a fine mesh on a frame and in most cases are enough to almost completely remove any buffeting from within the cabin, allowing for top down action at any speed.. perfect.
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Greetings and welcome to menders, this site was built for every owner that might need her to help keep those bills low and also keep them on the road where they belong, she is run by very passionate enthusiasts owners for passionate enthusiastic owners, see her like a on line garage, there is a lot of tech stuff hopefully explained for everyone to use, if there is something you cannot get your head around, or you feel that there is a strong walk through guide missing that needs creating by one of us or from yourselves, please let us know, we are also on false book and youtube, which as short tech vids to help, and again if you feel there is a vid that would help please get it touch.
the menders is free, but like everything there is a cost to run things and bills( we are just happy its not a heating cost), so if we have saved you hundreds, please throw a small donation in the pot so we can keep on going to carry on helping others in the same way .
*** we are currently looking for a sponsor for this year, so if you have the passion and can see this sites worth to everyone , please get in touch and step forward to help***
And thank heavens that we are now on the way back up the brighter ,warmer longer days, "come on summer", and lets see those project builds.
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A little too windy ?
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