[wannafbody]

Since I bought a Miata I've had to buy some parts. I did the mandatory shock and spring combo and in the process needed a couple control arms. I looked at a popular Miata shop and they sell 2 lower control arms with poly bushings for $700 or a set of 8 for $1795 ($225 each). Needless to say I bought stock parts for way, way, way less. After reading a thread hyping these control arms I posted pricing for comparable control arms for the fbody sold as sets of 2 for less than $400 as a reference and stated that $700 for 2 wasn't IMO realistic pricing. Well, 2 posters starting giving me sh-t. Do I deserve crap for pointing out a less than stellar deal?

BTW, this does make me realize that fbody guys have some very good vendor choices.

[trackbird]

There are probably far more people out there (just look at some of the other sites) buying anything to make their F-body quicker at the drag strip (it's true). Sadly, I'm betting that most miata drivers just drive them. So, if it's not legal for Spec Pinata or CS (they are in CS, right?), they probably don't sell many. So, I'm going to bet there is a premium on them due to far lower sales volume. I'm going to bet that we (as a set of car owners across the board) buy parts at a 30:1 ratio over the Miata crew. I could be wrong on the exact ratio, but I'm guessing it's not a small disparity.