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WTB: Miata body panels & suspension components
Posted: Mon May 12, 2014 10:58 am
by wizzman
Time to put humpty dumpty back together. This is the list of items I would like to source used. Items do not need to be perfect but trying to avoid rusty suspension pieces. Please share what you may have or if you know what someone else may have. I need the first two items right away.
Driver's side lower control arm (bushing quality does not matter)
Inner tie rod
Driver's side upper control arm (bushing quality does not matter)
Upper control arm bolt
Driver's side door (red)
Driver's side fender (red)
Hood (red)
Front Bumper including the radiator air guide (red)
Under-tray
I may not be patient enough to find all four panels in red. If you have or know of good panels in any color please let me know.
Re: WTB: Miata body panels & suspension components
Posted: Mon May 12, 2014 3:55 pm
by Grippy
I would try Leos at
http://expolineauto.com/
They have lots of used Miata parts and are local.
Re: WTB: Miata body panels & suspension components
Posted: Mon May 12, 2014 5:46 pm
by 962porsche
to tell you the truth I never buy from any were buy a business .
many years ago I bought some suspension parts from a guy and they were bent .
99% of the time you can't see any damage like that with suspension . I sand blasted and refinished all the parts pressed in new bushing and the car would not take a alignment . I eat the parts and all the work !
I now will only buy used parts from bone yards off car-part.com .
if the part is no good they will take them back .
you can also with cars like the MX-5's pick the color you need most of the time .
when it comes to parts like fenders it's not a big deal if they are a different color but when it comes to doors and hoods getting the right color does save time as your not jamming out the parts the right color . most of the time it's clean them and hang the part .
I checked car-parts for the things you need and found many the color red .
many time if I need allot of parts I will also just buy a hole salvage car from places like carsfrom.us . take off the parts you need and sell off every thing else . by doing that most of the time the parts I have needed are free or next to nothing .
the last salvage car I bought was a Volvo S60R I needed a hole front clip from all the parts ended up costing me nothing at all and I made money off the car .
Re: WTB: Miata body panels & suspension components
Posted: Thu May 15, 2014 1:34 pm
by wizzman
I know Leos. He definitely has the cleanest used parts around but is also a bit pricy. I think I have already lined up all the body panels from craigslist and will grab the suspension pieces from Leos. Now to get the frame straightened out