Saturday, October 22, 2011

Miata Mods - Details

A few small upgrades/fixes/mods made to the Miata over the past few weeks. Reattached the washer pump plug that was inexplicably disconnected.
Hood prop retaining clip, before:
After:
New OEM key:
Bought from the dealer and cut from the VIN. Yep, twenty years on and the car is still in Mazda's computer. Which is good as the original key had a rip in it from metal fatigue and a ham-fisted user (me).

Ash tray to coin tray conversion. The removal of four screws and the cigarette extinguishing screen/holder allows for easier access of coins. Before:
After:
And yes, the screen and screws were put away in a box with the car's other original parts.