WTB: Miata OEM REAR FINISH LICENSE PLATE panel

Looking for a rear finisher plate for an NA Miata. Ours is cracked, anyone have a decent one for a reasonable price?

Supply and demand is not in your favor. They’re all cracked and everyone is looking for one. I’d recommend joining Mazda Team Support and ordering one. 

https://www.facebook.com/groups/MichiganMiataOwners/?fref=nf

There's one for sale for $120 on the Michigan Miata Owners Facebook page.

FYI, Mazda Motorsports pirce is $279, painted.

Back when we were doing salvage, the finish panels were the first thing to sell off any car.

Thanks, I might have a line on one locally, but good to know they can be ordered if necessary. Trying to fix up the car before I sell it.

I sold the one I had, but it was to a miata guy and I think he was just stocking up. I can ask him if he's still got it if you need. 

Thanks, I have a line on one, will let you know if that falls thru

If that falls through let me know.  I have one from a 96 miata I parted out for my locost build.  

I picked up two parts cars and one has a good finisher panel, but thanks for checking!

That seems like the high effort solution 

Too good of a deal to pass up, $500 each delivered for a pair of 1994 M-Edition cars. The nicer one was recently wrecked, drivers side corner, bad enough to blow the air bags but not bad enough to have done more than mess up the hood and fender.  So I now have a 1.8 running drive train with 5 speed, LSD for cheap. The second car is rough, but still has the LSD and is complete, so I'll part it out as the body is really rusty. Pretty sure I'll get my money back and pick up a good finisher panel in the process :-)

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I might be interested in some of the M edition interior stuff like shift knob, hand brake, and door stills. If you want to sell that is. 

Let me go through both cars and I'll shoot you pictures of what I got. Plan to part these out pretty quick so you got first dibs on these. Plus I did not forget that you pulled that Q45 rear for me a while back, so happy to return the favor.

In reply to dherr :

Oh that Q45 diff was a good excuse to get to the junkyard. I know the door stills might be hard to ship. Almost forgot if any of the AC vents are still tight I could use them also. 

dherr said:

Too good of a deal to pass up, $500 each delivered for a pair of 1994 M-Edition cars. The nicer one was recently wrecked, drivers side corner, bad enough to blow the air bags but not bad enough to have done more than mess up the hood and fender.  So I now have a 1.8 running drive train with 5 speed, LSD for cheap. The second car is rough, but still has the LSD and is complete, so I'll part it out as the body is really rusty. Pretty sure I'll get my money back and pick up a good finisher panel in the process :-)

Does one of them have a damaged finish panel? I could potentially be interested in that.

I'll shoot some pictures, have two of them available?

dherr said:

I'll shoot some pictures, have two of them available?

Cool. Is text or email better for you to send them?

I looked in the dark tonight. The one on blue car is the one I am keeping, the 2nd parts car has one that is in pretty decent shape. Tried to take pictures in the dark, but no go, so I'll pull it on Monday when I get back from Portland and send you some decent pictures.

In reply to dherr :

Cool, sounds good. 

Sorry for the delay, work and the cold weather pushed this off until today. Here are some pictures, it is certainly salvagable. Cracked in two places where the M-Edition badge would be and around the area for the license plate light. You can reinforce it from behind with some fiberglass resin and it will need painted anyway. Make me an offer and let me know where you are at so we can figure out the shipping if you are interested.

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No worries at all. Not a clue what it's worth. $20? 44118

These things are expensive if solid, anywhere from $250 to $150 on Ebay. This one is broken, so much less. Let me figure out the shipping, but I think it should be $50 for one that is easily repairable.

Stampie said:

In reply to dherr :

I might be interested in some of the M edition interior stuff like shift knob, hand brake, and door stills. If you want to sell that is. 

I should have the parts pulled and will send you some pictures this weekemd

dherr said:

These things are expensive if solid, anywhere from $250 to $150 on Ebay. This one is broken, so much less. Let me figure out the shipping, but I think it should be $50 for one that is easily repairable.

OK doesn't seem wild. I guess it'll depend on shipping. Let me know what you find.

Those pictures should come with a warning. That poor car.