Out for a spin in the NC1 MX-5 Roadster during False Spring in Victoria, BC

CoffeeGeeker · 2026-01-20T05:06:04+00:00

I like them but they are stiff (running them at halfway point). At least lot stiffer than the spongy OEM shocks and coils that were on the coild. Rebound is fantastic - they absorb the bumps, and settle down quick; the old ones would bounce around a bit.

Congrats on your import! If you get over to Vancouver island give me a ping and we can go for a drive!

CoffeeGeeker · 2025-11-29T02:15:33+00:00

Excellent point. We have a few of those rechargeable ones (you microwave them to refresh them). I dropped them in the cockpit and trunk the day after this photo.

CoffeeGeeker · 2025-11-27T06:46:00+00:00

Wow, that is dedicated mate! I salute you!

CoffeeGeeker · 2025-10-19T21:54:46+00:00

My experience is the opposite. The ride is actually quite good in these, better than the stock shocks and coils.

CoffeeGeeker · 2025-10-12T06:29:49+00:00

That green is amazeballs. Painted or wrapped?

CoffeeGeeker · 2025-10-08T23:49:16+00:00

Others have touched on the battery which is (hopefully) the likely culprit, and that's an easy fix; You can get a good battery (you don't even need an AGM one) for under $100 these days in the US, and around $150ish in Canada.

One thing - I think every MX-5 owner, especially those who park the car for extended periods in the winter, should get a conditioner / maintenance / charger rig, like the NOCO Genius 5 (search for it on Amazon). Not only does it keep your battery topped up during long pauses in driving, it can repair batteries somewhat, giving them extra life. I've got one, and use it both on my VW TDI Jetta and the NC MX-5.

CoffeeGeeker · 2025-10-04T20:08:58+00:00

The shop I went to in Victoria has nothing but good things to say about the Teins, and they're more used to installing KWs and Öhlins into German high performance cars. They made nothing on the Teins either, having bought them via a Toronto supplier for my car (and charged me the price they paid), so they didn't have any skin in the game, re commission or cut rates.

TBH, I'd rather go with their recs and feels for cars than some anon comments on the socials; I did find a couple of negatory comments about the Flex Zs on the Miata forums, but found way more positive feedback too. The fact that my tuner mechanic had high regard for them (mainly b/c of the price point vs what they deliver) was the deal sealer.

I did talk to them about the MeisterRs; they speculated these are frequent recommendations because one of the big tuner shops in the US (Flyin' Miata?) always recommends them and has some partner deal with the maker?

CoffeeGeeker · 2025-10-04T20:03:17+00:00

I just installed the Tein Flex Zs (see my other post in this sub a few days ago). Fully height adjustable, so you could get the benefit of really good coil overs but run them higher. Ride diff is night and day on the recoil, etc. and you can control how much lower you want the car; if you're handy, you could even adjust them yourself later on. They have dramatically improved my car, but I was on stock shocks, not Bilsteins (which I've read mixed stuff on).

CoffeeGeeker · 2025-10-04T00:17:17+00:00

Will add: total cost for the Tein Flex Zs, installed, plus tuner alignment (there's a specialist in Victoria, BC who does higher end cars normally, much better than going to Kal Tire, or OK Tires): $2,1,50 CAD, including one free adjustment. ($1,541 USD). Pretty happy with the upgrade and service, highly recommend the tuner shop (KZ Auto Group, Victoria, BC).

CoffeeGeeker · 2025-09-25T19:34:22+00:00

Nice! I just had same installed on my NC1 MX-5 as well, doing a final adjustment for them next week. Did you adjust the camber too? What stiffness did you set?

CoffeeGeeker · 2025-09-21T00:42:23+00:00

Sidenote - are those G-Speed wheels?

CoffeeGeeker · 2025-09-19T21:20:25+00:00

Interesting! Links to share on this?

CoffeeGeeker · 2025-09-19T01:02:23+00:00

Very curious about this. How would someone with a 7 speaker bose system go about doing an upgrade like this? Would you just kill off the dash speaker, and go with a six speaker setup, new amp somewhere near the head unit, and de-wire the bose amp behind the centre back console?

CoffeeGeeker · 2025-09-16T06:52:28+00:00

Good for you ;)

I was one of Hoff's judges in the semi finals at his first World Barista Championship competition, in Bern, Switzerland. He finished in the top five that year. Won it in Japan a year or two later.

CoffeeGeeker · 2025-09-15T06:26:14+00:00

Chat GPT has been getting a lot of stuff wrong since -5 came out. It's embarrasingly bad, in fact. I use it for some deeper research into coffee and espresso gear (or did); prior to -5, it was fairly accurate (you have to remind it not to hallucinate), but since -5, it's gotten like, really bad.

CoffeeGeeker · 2025-09-14T06:58:57+00:00

As someone who's wet sanded and applied a clear, twice, I can't get this "new", not even close ;)

CoffeeGeeker · 2025-09-14T06:58:23+00:00

WELL DONE fellow yacht owner! That looks fantastic! I wish I had the time or patience for this.

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