Friendly reminder
 

Clean your fenders! All this crap came out of my 92 today. Complete with wasps nest!
https://www.miataforumz.com/attachme...ine=1320642517

Nasty. Did my cabin filter last year it was bad, but not that bad.

Yes I just cleaned out mine, and got a pile very much like yours, and I made sure to use anti seize on the bolts when I put it back together.

You should also consider undercoating the fender and the body.

Undercoat the inside of the fender? Hmmm...

I have undercoated the wheel wells, but for the inside of the fenders I find that a good cleaning and coat of wax works better. The undercoat is more grippy and leaves and stuff tend to get stuck easier.

How many bolts do I need to get to have the fender off? I know there's 4-5 of those plastic ones on the inside.

nah, don't take the fender off. just remove the bottom of the fender and pick the ---- out.

I think its like 3 bolts. 2 in the fender well and 1 on the other side. but it depends on if you have the stock splash guards or not.

Cabin Filter???
 

Was this something you added to the cowl air intake?

different car completely. There is no cabin air filter in the miata.

Wouldn't make much sense in a convertible eh? :D

exactly.

Kind of related but if you have that much in the fenders, you may have some goodies in your blower motor. There was a lot more than this before the photo and being that it's connected to the heater core, that was plastered with debris in the little radiator fins (if you will) as well.

https://www.miataforumz.com/attachme...ine=1321450384

If ya track it,
 

You would be suprised or may be not, at the amount of rubber that get caught in that little area under the guards, check it and clean it ( less weight)

Tezza

another friendly reminder dont let your master cyl/ reservoir leak for long. makes big mess like so
https://www.miataforumz.com/attachme...ine=1326600436

lol @ all these people with fender liners.

this is what happens when you dont clean them out:

https://www.miataforumz.com/attachme...ine=1327421225

i just broke all of the bolts on the bottom of the fender trying to clean it out. all the crap came out in a dust cloud though. now i have to figure out how to get whats left of the old bolts out. :vash:

In order of use: Center punch, small drill bit, larger drill bit, machinists scribe, 8 x 1.5 tap to clean the threads up, then new bolt with antisieze. I had to do all 4 on my 95.

you could try a tap out thing, or a left handed drill bit.

It's worth a shot, but in my experience if the bolt is seized enough to break, the tap out will break as well.

I see, I have no experience with it, although I do have a local friend who uses them. I think he usually use it on an overtorque situation though.

For that purpose they are great, but once a bolt gets rusted shut the don't hold up well. I've found the best way to remove rusted bolts is a good soaking in PB Blaster, then a hit with a cordless impact with a 3/8 adapter. The shock tends to break it free while the slow steady pressure of a wrench/socket will cause the snap. I have yet to snap a bolt with the impact but have broken a metric $#!^ ton with sockets.

Oh I've broke plenty of ---- with an impact. Although my car is rusted all over. Expect the body, which I guess is nice.

Drill out the the center then use a larger drill, and open it a little more then use self tapping bolts, or is your car concourse ready and you need the correct bolts.

Relax it's a miata...LOL

i was sitting there trying to drill it out and gave up. may put a self tapper through it and drive it over to put it on the lift and go at it from there.

If you have to nut and bolt it, that way you don't have to worry if it seizes again.