Miata Mailing List: April 1994, Message #34
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   From: Al Staats 
Subject: Re: Mismatched snaps in my re
   Date: Sat, 2 Apr 1994 20:47:14 -0500








On Sat, 2 Apr 1994, Ken Walker wrote:

> 
>      Does anyone else out there have a soft top boot that doesn't
>      quite fit the factory snap fittings on the rear deck?  Mine
>      has always been a bit off, but I didn't worry about it until
>      I ordered a rear-window pocket protector that refuses to snap
>      down at all.  The company I ordered it from said that this
>      happens on one out of ten Miatas or so, and offered to re-do
>      the snaps on the pocket protector for me at no charge!
> 
>      Now my protector fits like a glove, but the boot still has
>      more slack between some of the snaps than it does others...
> 
>      Is this normal?  Am I to anally retentive about this?  Can you
>      easily replace the carpet panel on the rear deck that holds the snaps?
> 
>      Help!!
> 
>      Ken W.
>      KJWALKER@RSOCHOU.REMNET.ROCKWELL.COM

Ken, do you have a 93 or 94 Miata?  At Performance Buyers Club, we have
encountered the same problem with our window protector and above year cars
(but not all of them). It seems that the snap directly behind the driver
is off kilter by as much as 5/8". Our window protector, like Brainstorms'
will not lie flat in that case. It appears that Mazda moved the snap in
some cars and still uses the same soft boot from 90 on. You can have the
snap repositioned under warantee, but take the soft boot and a window
protector to the dealership so they can see the misallignment with that snap.

Good luck.