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Ok now im really confused as i was in the market to purchase NB8B rims and i have now discovered that there is NB8C in existance. Could someone please tell me the difference between them as i dont want to make a mistake in my purchase.

weren't all 8C's 17" rims??..........like the SE's??..............dunno

I'm pretty certain the NB8C's have the exact same wheels as the NB8B. I believe the different was a fuel warning light and a few trivial little things like that between the models.

Well the reason i was asking was because someone was advertising 16" NB8C's however the picture depicted NB8B rims. Either it was a typo or they were advertised as NB8C as they were off an 8C even though it is the same design as the previous. Correct?

The general basics

NB8A. what you currently hAVE 15x6 4x100 PCD

NB8B what you want What I have 16x 6.5 4 x100 PCD

NB8C various wheels but basics are 17x 7 4x100 PCD

were talking generally there are alway exceptions. This is also exclusive for the Australian matket


There may have been an NB8B version for automatics only. which is NB8A polished WHEEL....

nb8C HAS DIFFERENT VERSIONS OF THE 17" WHEELS IN 2004 & 2005

StanTheMan wrote:The general basics

NB8A. what you currently hAVE 15x6 4x100 PCD

NB8B what you want What I have 16x 6.5 4 x100 PCD

NB8C various wheels but basics are 17x 7 4x100 PCD

were talking generally there are alway exceptions. This is also exclusive for the Australian matket


There may have been an NB8B version for automatics only. which is NB8A polished WHEEL....

nb8C HAS DIFFERENT VERSIONS OF THE 17" WHEELS IN 2004 & 2005

Thats what i thought, however is the NB8C rim the same as the NB8B only one inch bigger? or is it completely different. The one im thinking of is the straight flat spoke gunmetal grey version.

no its not.

It looks different. spokes are straight as opposed to curved. Its a completely different look.

this is Mr Q's NB8C SE


have a browse through the garage

Thats the one! I thought so, must have been an error. Thankyou!

The NB8C was also sold from 2003-2005 in non tubo format with a 16x6.5 straight 5 spoker, but with dual spokes, Pierre may have a picture. Also available was the 2002 Titanium and 2003 Classic wheels in a 16x6.5 format.

P.S. I got 3 of the 17 inch ones for sale!

Craig wrote:The NB8C was also sold from 2003-2005 in non tubo format with a 16x6.5 straight 5 spoker, but with dual spokes, Pierre may have a picture. Also available was the 2002 Titanium and 2003 Classic wheels in a 16x6.5 format.

P.S. I got 3 of the 17 inch ones for sale!

Oh nice, ill buy 3, and just pretend i have the other haha.

not sure about the Auto's having a polished NB8A wheel but the 10AE's did

I'm not 100 % sure either .....I thought I remebered reading it somewhere....can't reacall where though.

Alex wrote:not sure about the Auto's having a polished NB8A wheel but the 10AE's did

The NB 15x6's came in standard (sold on the 98-2000) polished (99 10AE) and the NB8B automatics came with a painted high gloss version as per below.

http://www.miata.net/faq/wheel_weights.html

Not in the pics in the above link are the 17" SE rims the racing heart ones apparently they are quite light for a 17" rim.

The 16" rims you want are the ones I have but not for sale sorry.



You will like your 15" rims more when you go buy rubber and you start to weigh them...

Have a look here.

If we go in sequence, I think it goes something like this:
- NB8A
- Limited edition NB8As (10th Anniversary Edition, Heritage Edition)
- Not available in Aus
- NB8B
- Limited edition NB8B (Titanium, possibly more?)
- NB8C
- SE
- Limited edition NB8C (Classic I think it was called? It's that 'champagne' type colour MX5).
- Unsure (it says racing hart... perhaps for the SE as well?)
- The remainder are all NC rims which won't fit your stud pattern, and I know squat about them

That's my understanding of it anyway.