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From miata.net

Originally Posted by 97montego

Take off the wheel, take off the brake caliper (be carefull not to step on the brake pedal while the caliper is off the disk)... rotate the stud till it's over the place where the backing plate is smallest, then take a BFH and wack it out. you'll probably have to bend the sheet metal backing plate slightly to get the stud out, but no big deal.

Put the new stud in from the back (past the spot where you previously bent the sheet metal) and use the wheel nut to "set" the stud. Get all your new studs on the hub, put the caliper back on, put the wheel on, use the wheel nuts to draw the studs into place.

Drive away.

This works for the front or rear, and I don't think it's ever taken me more than 5 min.

Originally Posted by Katanya Miata

the whole knock the stud out by the opening doesn't work for NA miatas made before June of 1993 (as i found out the hard way) Prior to this the head of the stud is full and round and you end up making a frankenstein out of the heat shield. On later models they indented the stud head.

Apparently, on the old models, the head of the stud is round, which prevents being able to get it out easily without removing the hub. Since your car is of the later NA variety, you shouldn't have a problem.

Not a miata, but once you get the wheel off, your process should be pretty similar