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Sunday, March 24, 2019

14 October 2018 New, Old Wheels

The steelies on our Miata were starting to look  a little tired.  The trim rings are still perfect, but the steel wheels are showing age.  I had two options to freshen up baby.  Have the steel wheels reworked and powder-coated or switch to alloys.

I was contemplating black powder coat to update the look.  Ali wanted silver.  Adding alloys to Miata has always been a thought.  With a Miata, there are few choices for alloys which are light enough to not change the handling of the stock car.  There were also few alloy rims with smaller profile tires.  I held off and procrastinated until I finally got the brilliant idea of looking on Craigslist.  There were three options available from different generation Miatas including a pair of first generation daisy wheels.  These weren't offered when we purchased our Miata, but gave an interesting option of updating the look.  We were off to Canton to look....

The wheels were great and soon in the back of the sport ute.  A quick look at the gps said there was a park nearby with caches.  We were off for a walk.  It's a relatively new neighborhood park.  We enjoyed a loop around and a couple cache finds.



After the park walk, we stopped for a visit at Stark Park's Esmont park.  We were hoping to spot a few ducks on the stream, but the water was quiet today.


We returned home, and I transferred the new (old) wheels to the Miata.  The dogs were restless so we were off for one last park walk at Metzenbaum.



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