Wishing everyone a merry Xmas and a great 2026 from all the gang that runs the mazdamenders media, thank you for you solid support, without you ,we are nothing....

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I am sorry, but I feel the need to say something that I feel is bad service from an mx5 specialist here in the uk... I have personally hit this twice with them now. Items bought that have arrived with bits missing, that are needed (with the items) for fitting. Yet, they seem to do this as a norm,...

Hi everyone.
The Old Girl passed her annual milestone earlier today and I'm well chuffed.
Like many higher mileage, older NBs she's got much crustiness going on underneath but nothing too dreadful at this point.
Emissions were touch and go so I'll be looking to improve that aspect going forward....

Hi there. I have a beautifully kept MX5 Mk 2.1 which has developed a fault we think with the Cobra immobiliser system. I'm in Hereford and various electrical persons have tried and failed. At the moment the car won't start at all. Is there somewhere / someone fairly near Hereford who knows anything...

Ok, so just dreaming about what I would like to do if I had the time, the money but more importantly the skill to make an MX5 different from the rest.

I've seen various body styles, seating and ICE but what about the power plant.

I know that Mick Longstaff planted a Rover V8 in one of his a while...

Hi everyone. With both my Mk1’s tucked up for the winter have taken on a ‘fill in’ project :doh: Unfortunately it’s not an MX5 - however, before you all roll your eyes it’s definitely car related so I thought I would share. Not intending to post a lot on the project but hope you find the following...

I made this during china virus time, when i am working on the Roadsters I tend to put some rags on the slam panel to rest the tools and what nots on while doing the job's,the one i made in the pics and video is a prototype if you like and works really well and convenient and wondered if others...

Might be a stupid question and the answer might be staring me in the face.

Can any of the super boffins tell me of the standard ride height for a mk1 1.6.

From wherl centre to the wheel arch front and back.

I'll explain the reason for the question later.

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Hi

In an effort to move away from the gel mat Panasonic battery, I wanted to fit a Bosch S5 with as little effort as possible. Using the details from Wayne's Mk1 guide, I repurposed and retrofitted the same to my Mk2. Feel free to re-use this in the same thread.
I couldn't post as a reply there as...

Its finally finished, its taken a lot of cutting welding and fabrication, manly by a good friend called Paul as we were back and forth with changing and chopping to fit, but its all ready, thunderbirds are go...

Its mainly going to be used to take and bring back builds from the paint shop.

On you tube fellows cheerfully unbolt the bits to drop the subframe. It’s normally sunny and they are wearing tee shirts.

In my reality I had to start by tapping bits to confirm they were bolts and not rust. In two fleeces in a bitter cold Gale on a flint gravel drive.

The effing thing has...

Hi everyone
Hope the new year as started well for you all.
Its that time again where we are looking for a sponsorship for 2022 for the forum, which is just solely to cover the running costs , as this was set up to help as many owners as possible to get the correct info and advice to keep their...

Well, the council have started to liberally spread rock salt all over the roads even before the snow arrived this weekend so have today put the MX on SORN.

Got to pop her onto blocks and disconnect the battery, lube up all the runners, then tuck her up under the car cover till next spring....

Just had a reply from Haynes regarding after about six years they have not issued a hard back manual for the ND. Their reply was that they don’t have any plans to do a hardback copy for this vehicle and they are concentrating on the online version. I have the online version and have found it not as...

Anyone got any plans on attending the National Rally later this month?