Finally got round to taking the door panel off (and yes it was easy). I took the speaker out and hooked it up to a mini stereo system and it worked so speaker isnt blown. Not sure why I did this but I pulled/cut the wires out of the plastic connector and tried just with bare wire on the speaker term...

Recently bought an MX5 - didn't realise at the time that sound is only coming from the RHS speakers. It is a 1997 special edition (it has Bilstein shocks and Momo wheel). And the speakers have a tweeter at the top of the door and woofer at the bottom. Does not appear to have headrest speakers. Looks...

Just to close this off - if anyone is interested i ended up taking it to Johnsonville Car Maintenance as suggested by someone on this forum. There were a couple of issues - one was dry suspension busings that needed lubrication, and the other was badly worn/scratched rear rotors and rear brake calip...

Only got the car yesterday afternoon so not had the opportunity to look at things, but to be honest I dont have any practical experience with this sort of thing. I gather rear brake calipers can be problematic and perhaps I need a reconditioned one (although would have thought his garage would have ...

Well I bought the car - figured it was a good buy despite the creaking issue. Now after having driven it for more than 5 minutes, that noise is alarming! Looking at the service records, the previous owners garage has had a couple of goes at fixing the issue - replaced rear rotors, brake pads, lubed ...

Except when braking???

Thanks for the responses - brake pads need replacing before next warrant so perhaps thats the first step and cross fingers it goes away. Will try the detergent though - thanks. What is the price for standard mx5 brake pads? Read the post re energy bushings but dont like the sound of the firmer suspe...

Think its standard suspension -but I dont even really know! Car looks pretty standard - 15inch wheels
So the missing teflon thingy wouldnt be expensive would it...

Looking at buying a 1997 NA. with 162,000km on it. Only thing putting me off is a very noticeable creaking/squeaking coming from the rear right hand (drivers side). Assume it is suspension as seems to relate to the suspension movements - braking etc. Chap says he has asked 2 garages about it and the...

Hello, Am looking at buying my first MX5 - probably going to be a NA model to fit the budget and from what I can see most of these are 1990 models. So far only looked at a couple and test driven one. Therefore hard to make a basis for comparison although it did seem to have good power. (Suspension f...