Bostik 3206, available in a 1 Litre tin from the RS catalogue (cat no. 215-6874)at 10GBP.

Soft-top and glass rear windows

Work; Unit B6, Hastingwood Trading Estate, Harbet Road, London N18 3LP 0181 803 1122

Home; 16 Purley Rd, Edmonton, London, N9 9DA 0181 245 8682

Glass rear window;£190 + £14.09 P&P, £10 less for unheated, require heated window switch from Mazda, For pre ’94 cars need wiring, relay and fuse kit, Unheated window is thinner. He makes/fits glass rear window conversions and deals/fits soft tops – may stop this to become trade only.

"I got the three-window hood from Moss, cost me about £350 with about another £150 for a recommended garage to fit it. Whilst the rear quarterlights are excellent, increasing light in the cabin and visibility with the hood up, I wouldn't recommend this hood. After 12 months the windows are quite cloudy, and the hood itself has shrunk, exposing the window seals somewhat." Mike Christie

Autohoods (Chessington) £255 (+£11 carriage) for a vinyl hood/vinyl window

"I had a Mohair (cloth) hood from Autohoods fitted last week (my OE one was on it's last legs and cracking in various places). Cost was £454 inc. VAT (£360 for the hood + £94 fitting), which I think for Mohair is a good price. Very pleased with it, fit, is as far as I can tell, perfect and no leaks yet. Also IMHO looks much better than the original vinyl roof." Steve Willington

Really need the frame as well to make it work;

Heated window connection as follows:
From car red / white to white from window
From car purple to black/white from window
From car black to black/blue dot from window.

Mx5 rear screen replacement service, Better than original clear plastic "new back screen, made out of some sort of wonder plastic that bends (so doesn't need to be unzipped to open roof), and is scratch and stain proof. Whole job cost 180" or glass conversion with HRW. Same day, Post or Personal callers, 7 days, 7am-10pm, 0181 777 6764

If the scratches aren't too deep, go to your nearest BMW dealer and ask for part number 81 22 9 407 665. That should be an excellent product for plastic window care.

Get a new slider from Mazda (they say they do not have this part, tell them to order NA01-R1-250B) for about 3 quid.

Tenax fasteners are used to secure the roof cover. A good source of all things "Trimming" (rubber sections, fasteners of all sorts, zips, carpets, even cow hides) is: Creech Coachtrimming Centre, 45 Anerley Rd, Crystal Palace, London SE19 2AS, 0181 659 4135

part nr B235-r1-953 it's called a hook,hood-rear corner, this is the bit that attaches to your hood cover.

Wiring for heated rear window

First 3 years needs the wirng loom after then just need components;

Relay: LA40-67-740
Switch: N007-66-460
fuse block:N008-66-730
Cross-point screw driver 10mm socket and a 6M 10mm nylock nut.

For Eunos you need chrome posts at the back and clips in front of seat belt pillars … standard fitment to UK.

Components List to wire your car for a heated rear window you need;

A switch N007-66-460
A Block fuse N008-66-730 (optional, it depends (see later)
A Relay LA40-67-740
and a Nut (9940-0603

Early UK ones made by TWR. Various other makes come in on Roadsters.

"I've got another Mazda Finishline front spoiler part nr NA10-V4-050F which covers most of the front bumper together with a side sil set part nr NA10-V4-910F and a rear trunk spoiler part nr NA10-V4-920F. I think this set-up was used on the Lemans BBR Turbo editions. Haven't installed them yet though, still deciding if I'm going to keep the original color of the car (red) or go with something else ( no Lemans colors though)." Francois

Rear spoilers;

MazdaComp in US do one for Mk1. Front/rear bumpers and 4 flared wings. $2100 with no provisions for side markers and turn signals It's also 100% fiberglass. Bonnet with no headlight holes $600

Part No. Description Inc VAT Ex VAT

BK402 Basic Kit - Liquid Carnauba Wax 24.48 20.83
BK394 Basic Kit - Magical Wax 26.48 22.54
BK379 Basic Kit - Le Mans Wax 32.48 27.64
BK395 Basic Kit - Merlin Wax 35.49 30.20

Each kit includes: 250ml Shampoo, 250ml Cleanse No:1 or No2, 100ml pot of wax or 250ml Liquid Wax, wax applicator, Cleanse applicator, 1 cotton terry buffing towel

"The wax should do quite a few applications on a '5 as the paint area is low without a roof (mind
you the bonnet is big!), my friend has a 100ml pot and has done 4 cars without using much." Simon Phillips

"Carriage Transfer (01753 648900). It was very competitively priced and the service you receive from the guy is 100% professional and efficient, if a little slow." Rob Beckwith

"http://www.newreg.co.uk good service, reasonably priced, very large choice" Simon Marshall

"Northern Ireland vendor, Speedy Registrations, 01365 387124, Enniskillen were used…2 weeks later.. the plate was on the car! Simple!" Brian Morris

The letters must be 3 1/8 " (79mm) high, and the stroke width 14mm.
There must be 11mm between characters, except between the group of letters and numbers, where the gap must be 33mm.
There must be 11mm margin all round.
The plates must be marked BSAU145a and with the manufacturers identity (For this reason alone front stick-ons are illegal.)

If you've got two rows of digits (eg squarish Roadster plates) - there must be a gap of 19mm between the upper and lower rows.
So two rows at 79mm each, top and bottom margin at 11mm each, central gap 19mm, total minimum height required 199mm.
The space for a Roadster plate is about 180mm in height between the very top of the rear panel and the bottom of the recess - so 19mm too small

Odd-sized rear plate on a Roadster, get one "off the shelf" in the North West from:-
CULCHETH CAR SPARES, 457a, WARRINGTON ROAD, CULCHETH, CHESHIRE, WA3 5SJ Tel:- 01925 762279
He supplies them in 13" x 6.5", which fits snugly, and puts the correct full size numerals on. Cost is £11 inclusive of a (normal) UK style front plate.
TIPPERS of 20, Benfleet Road, Benfleet, Essex Tel 01702 553225 Fax 01702 553385
They will make you one up to the exact size (355 mm X 165mm), on which you can just about get full legal size letters but they end up a bit closer than they should be.

’94 onwards cars have extra braces unless it is poverty spec car (1.6 etc)

1. U shaped brace from bottom of rear sub-frame forward to the ends of the chassis rails
2. Bar behind seats between seatbelt top anchor points – meant for improving side impact performance
3. Front chassis brace – never did work out what this was on my ’94! But on lower front sub-frame area

Aftermarket there are a few

Front strut brace;

Freedom brace look awfully like the Moss brace, ILM brace andJamex brace, except the brackets are a different colour

MkII's Towbars

"…a query I had about tow bars and towing with a MX5. Just thought that I'd let you know that I have just returned from a short break in the Peak District having towed our 500kg caravan very happily behing the Roadster that I bought - no problems at all, very stable and tows merrily at 65, which will do me for getting wherever." Pete Crawford

Drag coefficient Cd Mk1 top up 0.38 and down 0.44 (Yamaguchi and Thompson, Mazda
windtunnel estimate).

Drag coefficient Cd Mk1 top up 0.36 and down 0.38 (R-package with front/rear lip spoilers) (according to Rod Bymaster

Mazda Mk2 Cd is 0.36 "but most modern family cars are typically .29-.33 whereas the beautiful looking, curvey Miata actually has the mega-sucky Cd of .38 top up, or .40 top down! (can you say brick?)" Fletcher Blades
The September 1989 issue of Car and Driver lists the frontal area at 17.7 sq. ft.

With the front air dam and the rear lip spoiler (R-packagge bits), the Cd is 0.36

Dual windscreen washer nozzles off MGB/mini ? Moss Part no. is GWW801. £3.99 +VAT (TOTAL £4.69)

3m Weather Strip Adhesive is used to stick on the door inner liners; completely re-usable as it never "dries up" The 3M part number is 051135-08578 (Black) and comes in 12" long by 1/8" strips on wax paper. The box contains 20 yards

6 speed Mk2 in Euroland have an under bonnet sound proofing sheet – From Mazda £325

Fit two PBC engine gas struts or the bonnet will drop on your head in the wind…