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NA tailights into a NB
Wondering if anyone has done this or at least tried too?
Are they compatable?

I had a quick look around, and was unable to find an answer.

Thanks in advance

KarlMazda wrote:Wondering if anyone has done this or at least tried too?

Probably yes, but I've not seen it.

KarlMazda wrote:Are they compatable?

not without lots of work. Different shaped lights, different shaped body panels, different curves.

Agree with the above


But this taillight looks nice IMO

http://forum.miata.net/vb/showthread.php?t=495014

Not cheap either

TieNN89 wrote:But this taillight looks nice IMO

http://forum.miata.net/vb/showthread.php?t=495014

Not cheap either

I like it too but, a little bit out of my price range!

There are some nice aftermarket lights available for the NA, at around half that price, but so far I havent been able to find any ones I like for the NB..

I might just buy an old tailight from a wrecker and see just how hard it is haha

the Mazda rear combination lamp in an NB is great looking lamp and very effective. You cannot improve on it. I can guarantee that no aftermarket rear combo lamp will be anyway near the quality of the standard lamps because copiers will not pay for quality tooling and use substandard materials. Incidentally, not that anyone cares except me, but an aftermarket lamp will also not meet ADR- reason because no copyist will pay for the testing.

I'd imagine you would have to do what Barchetta did with there NA>NC tail lights

The way they are made is by removing the lense from a new NC taillight housing, shortening, stretching and slightly trimming a new NA lense, and bonding the two together

http://forum.miata.net/vb/showpost.php?s=362918de968cc59afaf4691a2aa850fe&p=6119868&postcount=47