Beautiful Negativity

Most would never think of a Miata as being a bad ass drift machine with a mind-blowing stance. The uneducated may scoff at the sight of a regular Miata, but the more informed enthusiast will see great potential.

To this day, the Miatas (or MX-5s, as they solely go by, now) are regarded as one of the best driver's cars on the market. Darrin saw the great possibilities and quickly turned this NA into something truly crazy.

It started with a narrower set of the same Diamond Racing wheels, but with the quarters already heavily pulled from the previous owner's wheel setup (15x8" -12), he needed to fill those arches a little more snuggly. Or a lot more snuggly, in this case.

Already having one of the absolute lowest ride heights I've seen on an NA, he threw on some wheels to totally blow the Miata game out of the water. He went for 13x9" -13 offset up front, allowing him to keep his outrageous lowness and have the perfect amount of flushness, but out back...that's a different story. 13x10s with a final offset of -29 are barely contained by the pulled quarters, but with the help of 185/60-13 Sumitomos and some beautiful camber, they fit perfectly.

Most NAs with crazy stances have their faded paint and oxidized clear coat going strong, but Darrin went the extra mile by getting the car resprayed. It looks to be a great job, and it certainly adds to how clean this car truly is.

And what seems to be hardly mobile is actually driven into the ground at drift day events, so this is certainly no hard-parker. Just look at those pinch welds... Hovering mere millimeters off of the pavement. And people say that an 8" +0 is perfect for these cars... Leave that stuff at home and save yourself the embarrassment.

In it's entirety, this car is probably at the top of the heavy hitters list, as far as Miata stance is concerned. The color combo is one that I would never think of, but looks pretty fantastic, in my opinion. It's cars such as this that push me to start putting more money aside for an NA.

-Tyler