Recent Posts

Wheels for E-Street

The racing season is starting soon and since I want to stick to the stock E-street SCCA class for Autocross with this Miata, I decided to start with the least amount of changes I need to do to make the car competitive enough, but also let me focus on becoming a better driver.

Posted on Mar 4, 2019 by Vikas N Kumar

Installing New Pedal Covers

It’s the most wonderful time of the year ! For Christmas, I received a gift of new pedal covers (Figure 1 and 2) for my Miata. These are made by I.L. Motorsport and were purchased at Moss Miata.

Posted on Dec 30, 2018 by Vikas N Kumar

Replacing the Passenger-side Tail Light

In the beginning of October, while reversing the Miata I ended up not looking properly and hit the rear of the car onto my truck’s bumper leading to the passenger side tail light breaking as shown in Figure 1. I felt like a fool and quickly took a picture of it, parked the car back in the garage and went about ordering a replacement on eBay. I found one from one of the sellers for $75 and ordered it.

Posted on Nov 11, 2018 by Vikas N Kumar

Replacing the Glove box

A few weeks ago I had ordered a replacement glove box from eBay for the Miata. The glove box that came with it would fall off because its locking mechanism was irrepairably broken as shown in Figure 2 and Figure 3.

Posted on Oct 21, 2018 by Vikas N Kumar

Interior Detailing and CEL P0140

I finally found time to get the car a good wash and decided to pay for interior detailing to see how it is done by a professional and how good the results can be. The interior was quite dirty as the previous owner had not cleaned the car for over a year or so.

Posted on Aug 9, 2018 by Vikas N Kumar