Hardtops universal?

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chris129
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Hardtops universal?

Postby chris129 » Sun Aug 22, 2010 8:38 pm

Hi

I'm after a hardtop and was wondering whether there's any difference between the NA, NB, NC? I have a NA8 and looking for a black one. There's a couple of cars on car sales with a hardtop but there NBs - can I use them?

Thank you.

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Re: Hardtops universal?

Postby Jeo » Sun Aug 22, 2010 10:01 pm

There are a few differences but all NA/NB ones will fit your NA8. NC ones won't.

The differences were only ever little things like demisters, roof linings, etc. I don't know how these differences were distributed though sorry. I'm sure someone else here will be able to help.

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Re: Hardtops universal?

Postby Guran » Mon Aug 23, 2010 8:28 am

There is a very thorough FAQ at miata.net that answers this question in detail. You might want to check it out.
Standard 2006 NC - YouTube
WP 1:11.89 | SMP-S 1:05.90 GP 1:54.93 N 1:18.09 L 2:22.49 | PW 1:02.52
PI 2:00.55 | W-S 1:12.44 W-L 1:43.36 | SR 1:33.25

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Re: Hardtops universal?

Postby 93_Clubman » Wed Aug 25, 2010 3:54 pm

as a general rule, the earlier ones had no lining/ padding & no demister, but late '89 to early '05, i.e. all NA & NB fit the same, excluding differences in demister plugs where present.


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