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body flex

Postby butters » Mon Jul 03, 2006 6:02 pm

i have found that during some tight cornnering my interior lights are comming on. i supose this is because i'm getting excessive body flex? i own a '91 NA6.

do any other people suffer this issue? last time i drove it i found that the handbrake light is comming on around cornners too( this has only happened a couple of times).

i'm in the process of making my own body bracing, but i may also need the butterfly brace from FM too.

any comments?

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Postby kitkat » Mon Jul 03, 2006 6:07 pm

hmm never had any of those problems with hard cornering.
if your interior lights are coming on maybe the switchy thing is loose?

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Postby rvlovell » Mon Jul 03, 2006 7:14 pm

If your interior lights come on during corners you may need to adjust the doors striker. Or you may have a lose wire connection on the door switch. The hand break light is unusual.
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Postby Benny » Tue Jul 04, 2006 10:51 am

Maybe the car is telling you to slow down. :roll:
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Postby PT » Tue Jul 04, 2006 11:30 am

In my old MX-6 Turbo the handbrake light came on when the brake fluid was low. Could be the same with the MX5

The interior light coming on could be the pin in the door jam.
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Re: body flex

Postby irwin83r » Tue Jul 04, 2006 12:56 pm

butters wrote: last time i drove it i found that the handbrake light is comming on around cornners too( this has only happened a couple of times).


stop pulling the handbrake leaver :D


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