A New Miata Hardtop in New York. Recent news from Mazda indicates a new 2022 Mazda MX-5 Miata hardtop. It is still very affordable, the only such car in its class, along with a convertible top. You can view the article here. This hardtop convertible was in the 2022 Editor’s Choice of the Car and Driver magazine. The Process. The first step is to remove the carpet from the rear parcel shelf. Put the top up for this. If your zipper is broken or your window won't stay up then secure it out of the way before you start. The carpet is held in place by a bunch of those little plastic clips and two phillips screws on the rear deck. Social Links:Prizm Auto Design: My Miata keeps making this loud ticking noise for a couple minutes after I start it up in the morning. How do I properly jack up my Miata with a floor-jack? Clicking noise from left rear tire area. Water is leaking on the passenger's side and appears to be coming from behind the glove box. First remove the small acorn nuts on the inside then remove the rubber seal around the hard top. You can get under it with a small flat head and pull it out. Be prepared to buy a new seal because it will likely crack in multiple pieces. I then shoved a guitar string between the glass and the hard top and used it to cut the foam tape that 13 Install A Cold Air Intake On Your MX-5. Karamitchen via Wikimedia Commons. Classic muscle car lovers know that giving it more fuel and air can help a big displacement engine perform better Security screws are useless. Every hardtop thief already knows about all the common methods and will carry a set of security bits. If you cab fabricate, add another bracket on top that will prevent access to the screw heads, similar to a hasp and staple lock. Basically you want to cut a piece long enough to go all the way around, then start on one end and use a sharp razor blade to trim a section of it when you get to the Frankenstein grabbers. Just work your way from one side to the other and trim off any excess length that you end up with. Like the other person said, there is the replacement piece Hardtop mounting screws impossible to remove. I tried removing my hardtop screws in order to install brackets, but the heads stripped, leading me to cutting a slot for a flathead, which stripped, leading me to cutting off the head and using the double nut method, which did nothing, leading me to cutting a deeper slot for a flathead, which However, if you pay to have the cabin air filter changed for you, that can easily cost $50 - $100. Not all Mazdas have a cabin air filter and for some models, the inclusion of a cabin air filter depends on what trim level you have (Grand Touring). Newer cars are more likely to have a cabin air filter than older models. ITALGNT.