MX-5 Limited Slip Differential Package

Limited Slip Differential Package for the Mazda MX-5: a plate type limited slip differential built into your gearbox or axle, with fresh oil.

Clutches and gearboxes on these cars fail in known ways: the Type R and STI clutch under added torque, the Evo active centre differential pump, the GT-R dual clutch gearbox, and CVTs on everyday cars that were never given a fluid change. Every package here says what failure it answers and what it will and will not hold. The MX-5 is light enough that every part you add or remove changes it, which is why we sell parts for it by weight as much as by price.

Specification and fitment

• Fits: Mazda MX-5, chassis code NC and ND
• Engine: 1.5 1.8 and 2.0 Skyactiv G and MZR
• Production dates: 2005 on
• Quality: Parts Only or Parts and Fitting
• Part number: cross referenced to the factory part number for your VIN or chassis number and confirmed before dispatch, because supersessions and market variations are common and one printed number would be wrong for somebody
• The failure this addresses: inside wheel spin out of slow corners
• Labour time: about 9 hours
• Coding: none required. Fit it and drive
• Also needed: the correct additive oil
• Torque: crown wheel bolts to spec
• Weight: about 8 kg
• Warranty: two years, unlimited mileage

What arrives

• Differential
• Oil

Fitting

Labour guide: about 9 hours. Japanese manufacturers change parts by build date and by market, and grey imports add a second layer to that. Send the VIN or chassis number with the order and we confirm the part against the build data before anything is dispatched. For imported cars send the chassis plate, because the UK registration will not tell us enough. We are an independent parts specialist for Japanese cars. We are not Toyota, Honda, Nissan, Mazda, Subaru or Mitsubishi and are not appointed by any of them; the names are their trademarks and are used here to describe fitment. We stock genuine, OEM and quality aftermarket side by side and every listing says which is which, because the price difference is real and so, sometimes, is the quality difference. Performance modifications must be declared to your insurer before you drive the car. Most specialist insurers are happy with sensible parts; an undeclared modification can void a claim entirely. We do not sell decat pipes, particulate filter deletes, EGR blanks, emulators, or crackle and pop calibrations. They are illegal on a road car in the UK, an MOT failure and they void insurance. Every performance part here keeps the emissions equipment working.

Which version to buy

Parts Only is the parts delivered to you or your garage with our fitting notes. Parts and Fitting is fitted at our workshop, road tested, with the warranty covering labour as well as parts.