Gotta have a tight front end. Otherwise, bumps resonate, steering wheels shake and Sprite don’t track true. Control arms are foundational. They have to have good bushings. They have to be tight. The car below isn’t. Not yet anyway.

We’ll fix it!

If you see perished rubber or feel play in your front end, time for new bushings! We offer a complete line of front end components for your Bugeye or Spridget; click the photos below to learn more about some of our suspension components, or click here for our full catalog!

The ball bearings that came from the factory on all Spridgets are merely a set of caged ball bearings, and they wear and pit. And when go too long without maintenance, they can get really, really loose. See the video below:

We’ve suggested it in the past, but it bears repeating that tapered wheel bearings are a really important upgrade for every Spridget for safety, adjustability and durability. Click on the photo below to order a set for your Bugeye or Spridget today!

Transmission mounts have a hard life. They are constantly bathed in oil from the leaking engines nearby. They crack. They get gummy. They perish.

There are three on the back of every Spridget with a four-speed transmission. Above is a photo of a car that just arrived here with gummed-up side mounts; the center mount missing completely. You need all three, and you need them in good working order.

You need all three to keep your car rattle-free. And you can’t get to them unless you remove the transmission… so make sure you change yours next time the engine is out! Even if they are just starting to crack, best to put in fresh ones and restart the clock!

Click the photos below to order a new set of transmission (and engine) mounts, or click here for our complete catalog!

Your accelerator pedal is a vital link between your foot and your Bugeye. Without it, you quite literally aren’t going anywhere. And if it fails in use, you might actually find yourself accelerating out of control into whatever lies in front of you!

The original Bugeye accelerator pedal assembly relies on a hard rubber pedal into which a metal rod inserts. When the rubber socket dries out and/or cracks, the actuation rod can come unplugged while you are accelerating. I’ve had the original style pedal disconnect and jam the actuation rod at full throttle, so for your own safety (and the safety of your Bugeye), I would encourage everyone to upgrade to our hanging pedal as soon as possible.

In the video below, we explain the original Bugeye mechanism and the best way to improve it, our upgraded aluminum accelerator pedal!

We sell these aluminum accelerator pedal upgrades in our parts catalog. Should you also be interested in maintaining originality, we sell new original-style accelerator pedals, (as well as new throttle cables). If you insist on the original design, at least make sure your pedal rubber is supple and will hold onto the rest of the linkage without popping out, a new original pedal will reduce your liabilty.

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Rear overriders are not just a handsome aesthetic decoration; they represent the only buffer between your Bugeye’s rear deck and every fence, pole, wall, and inattentive Miata . As such, they can take a pretty decent amount of abuse over 60-plus years of guarding your Bugeye’s paintwork.

In the photo above, you can see a perfect example of just such a set of rear overriders on a car we currently have in our shop, which appear to be original to the car. Bumps, bruises, and rust are commonplace on original overriders; in order to make your car look its best, you need a new overrider kit, and we have just such a solution in our parts catalog!

Our rear overrider replacement kit includes all the components necessary to upgrade your original, dilapidated overriders, or to add overriders to a Bugeye that presently does not have them. All-new overriders with brilliant chrome, new brackets, new inner supports, fresh rubber buffers for the upper brackets, and all new hardware mean you can start fresh with parts that aren’t bent or broken! Click the photo above to order a kit today, or click on the photos below if you wish to order some of the parts separately. You can also click here to view our complete parts catalog!