Woody (Forum Supportum)
Woody (Forum Supportum) GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
11/3/22 8:37 a.m.

I know that the 90-93 Miata alloys are called Daisies, but did the 94-97 factory 14" alloys get a cutsie name too? I can't remember. 

KyAllroad
KyAllroad MegaDork
11/3/22 8:51 a.m.

I've heard them referred to as "hollow spoke".

 

Woody (Forum Supportum)
Woody (Forum Supportum) GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
11/3/22 8:55 a.m.

In reply to KyAllroad :

I think "Hollow Spoke" refers to a lightweight subset of this same style, and I'm pretty sure that that's not what I have or I would have sold them already. 

bluebarchetta
bluebarchetta Reader
11/3/22 12:00 p.m.

Apparently there were three variations of the '94-'97 seven-spoke wheel:  hollow-spoke, solid-spoke, and semi-solid spoke.  This helpful guy posted pics and descriptions to help differentiate among them:

https://www.miata.net/garage/mx5wheels/index.html

Keith Tanner
Keith Tanner GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
11/3/22 12:22 p.m.

Only the daisies were iconic enough to get a name as far as I know :)

Woody (Forum Supportum)
Woody (Forum Supportum) GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
11/3/22 9:10 p.m.

In reply to Keith Tanner :

I never liked the Daisies, even when they were brand new. frown

Keith Tanner
Keith Tanner GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
11/3/22 9:14 p.m.

Iconic has nothing to do with how much you like them :)

They look much better without center caps and a bit of paint, though. 
 

Woody (Forum Supportum)
Woody (Forum Supportum) GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
11/3/22 9:34 p.m.

In reply to Keith Tanner :
 

I agree with all of your points, but I wouldn't consider them to be iconic wheels. 

Keith Tanner
Keith Tanner GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
11/3/22 10:06 p.m.

Maybe not in the grand scheme of things, but they are in the Miata niche. The NA is the iconic Miata, and the original daisies are the wheels that go with that. The 94+ wheels just don't match as well with the style. 

Woody (Forum Supportum)
Woody (Forum Supportum) GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
11/3/22 10:15 p.m.

I think of Daisies as the first Miata wheels that people replaced with Panasports. 

Woody (Forum Supportum)
Woody (Forum Supportum) GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
11/3/22 10:18 p.m.

Just because I don't like a particular wheel doesn't mean that I wouldn't mount up a brand new tire on one and throw it in the trunk of somebody's granddaughter's car as a safe and usable spare though...

BlindPirate
BlindPirate Reader
11/4/22 7:49 p.m.

In reply to Keith Tanner :

The NAs that I have bought did not make it home with the center caps on.

ToManyProjects
ToManyProjects New Reader
11/4/22 8:21 p.m.

I've heard them called "7 spoke" wheels. which is kinda vague as the daisies have 7 as well, but you know.

I've had sets of all of them, the "solid spoke', "semi-hollow spoke" and "hollow spoke". The semi hollow spoke wheels came on slushbox models the same years the manuals came with the solid or hollow spoke versions. I never broke any of them, but I don't drive at a level that I felt a difference between them either.

 

Spitsix
Spitsix HalfDork
11/4/22 10:29 p.m.

In reply to Keith Tanner :

I 3D printed a Knock-Off nut that fits the stock Daisy hib cap

David S. Wallens
David S. Wallens Editorial Director
11/9/22 3:38 p.m.

In reply to Spitsix :

Nice. 

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