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In Improved Touring, Showroom Stock, Spec Miata, and Touring the door window glass, window operating mechanism, inner door trim panel, armrest, map pockets, wiring harnesses for door locks, windows, power mirrors, seat wiring, etc., and inside door latch/lock operating mechanism may be removed and the inner door structural panel may be modified, but not removed only if the door bars extend into the door cavity.
I agree. My preference is to write a rule to say what you mean, then use "e.g." to provide non-limiting examples. "Etc" leaves a big hole to drive through. In this case:i am not a big fan of rules that say "etc." (my emphasis.) and then we try discern what that etc means...
In the real world.. most anything that burns can be removed and pass tech, and fellow racer tech. IMHO.
I left my rubber seals in for the IT cars.
The cage door bar rule is not followed at all either.
I hammered,slotted,etc the OE inner panels, for years to meet the letter of the rule . Now I just X brace the pas side and toss the inner panel, as does the rest of the world. Time to fix the rule wording .
IMHO.
"Nobody" leaves the inner panel in today.
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Ah... yeah, let's not generalize. I have the passenger inner panel of my door installed because I have an X bar and decided not to put in an alum metal cover.
Some racers do try to follow the rules with integrity no matter how annoying and even if some others purposefully choose not to.