Hoodedreeper's MX5 (Purple Project)

[hoodedreeper]

You may remember my MX5 Turbo





Sadly that caught fire in September (braided oil line arced out on the alternator)





So I stripped it down to a bare shell,sold the turbo kit and everything else that I didn't need/want and was on the look out for another Mk1 but it had to be spotless.

I got in contact with someone on MX5Nutz who had one which had a lot of history,a few phone calls later we had struck a deal and had arranged a date for it to be delivered.

The car was purchased in Japan when new,over there it had thousands of pounds spent on it including a highly tuned engine on carbs,Garage Vary body kit,Garage Vary bonnet,centre shotgun exhaust,roll cage,quantum suspension and much more! I've been told it was used as a Touge Car while over there.

While it was over there it had a respray (originally Red,arent they all!) in Honda Amethyst Purple The inside has been stripped and the floor and behind the seats have been painted the same colour.

The car was imported to the UK in 2007,and has covered hardly any miles in that time. The shell has only covered 40k and you can certainly see that! Theres not a single spot of rust on her,every single nut and bolt un-does with minimal effort.

The car got sold earlier this year and was stripped and put back to standard form. The car had a Veilside front bumper,which got removed and a stock bumper was refitted,hence why its a different colour,same goes with the bonnet.

The engine was removed and a stock 1.6 long nose engine was put in its place.


Day of purchase







First list of jobs were done

HSD Coilovers & Alignment
Carbon Bonnet
Carbon Bootlid
Carbon Plate Panel
Clear Side Reflectors
Smoked Side Repeaters
Offset Plate Bracket
Dished Momo steering wheel
Classic Dash
Cleaned and hovered the interior and boot too









Took delivery of a Racing Beat Type 2 bumper

[hoodedreeper]

New wheels arrived in the form of Japan Racing JR10 15x8j ET15 and the 195/50/15s fitted from the previous MX5









Jass Performance Low-Pro Headlights fitted



Runabout Type 2 fuel lid



Day 8 of ownership I get woken up by my neighbor who came over to tell me he had reversed out of his driveway opposite and hit my car







A few phone calls between insurance companies later and a date was booked for the body shop to have it repaired.

TR Lane GPD Roll Cage fitted



At this point I had decided that the car would have a purple and gold theme,so the first part to be painted was the cage





MX5 Parts Dual Backbox fitted





Jass Performance Stealth TSIs



Fujitsubo (Jasma) Stainless 4-1 Manifold





370mm stainless decat

[hoodedreeper]

Went to the MX5OC Alignment day,treated the 'ol gal to:

- Engine Oil Change
- Gearbox Oil Change
- Diff Oil Change
- Brake Fluid Change
- Front Discs & Pads
- Rear Discs & Pads
- Full Alignment



Mk2 dashboard conversion parts



First photos from the bodyshop











A parcel from the U.S









Heres a video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=015KTxjhY70

Some more photos from the body shop





The side of the dent repair

[hoodedreeper]

Mazdaspeed Sideskirts



I've had a lot of inspiration from RevLimiter's Sharka build and I loved the retro Mazda badge he bought. After I searched the internet high and low I couldn't find a badge that I liked. So I went back to the Sharka build to see where he got his from. Found one in the US and It arrived yesterday.



As I'm a wheel we,i ordered a new set of wheels. Traklite Apex 15x8.25j ET20 weight 8kg each



A little bit under 3" of dish







Refurbished door and boot catches

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7341/11177225965_898...

Front bumper repair

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5519/11177436073_076...

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7302/11177284606_88d...

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7421/11177281116_7f2...

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5520/11177308444_95a...

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2810/11177272726_ece...

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7400/11177421483_665...

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7331/11177298264_189...

[hoodedreeper]

custom vinyl centre caps



RevLimiter Stirling Gauge Faces

[hoodedreeper]

I collected the car from the body shop this week,i'm extremely happy with the result!

Photos aren't the greatest,its very difficult to capture the true colour. I know the front plate is wonky,thats something I need to sort out

[hoodedreeper]

Fitted my RevLimiter Stirling gauge faces today. Fantastic quality,would highly recommend getting a set if you havent already (if you have an MX5)







A friend kindly took some photos today too.Credit to Ben at Define Detail for the images!

[J3JCV]

awesome!

[Patch888]

That was absolutely fantastic, great effort. Where did you get them gauges from?

[Mr MXT]

I like it....but...is the number plate on the piss some JDM thing? My OCD is going mental.

[P I Staker]

Looks fantastic.

[Kev T360]

So much want.

[hoodedreeper]

Number plate just needs adjusting on the bracket,should be sorting that out over the weekend

[ST150HB]

Great work Chris, can remember seeing your K11 at the pod a few years ago, can appreciate the time and effort you put in to your projects!

[hoodedreeper]

ST150HB said:

Great work Chris, can remember seeing your K11 at the pod a few years ago, can appreciate the time and effort you put in to your projects!

Thanks ST150HB its nice to know my work is appreciated

[XKRacer]

Love the colour, purple is one of my favs by far...... My old Monaco was painted Porsche Viola with extra blue tint, looked amazing, really like the gold combo too

[Ved]

And the cost of all of this work is....?

Also, that instrument cluster is one of the best I've seen in any car. Looks so upmarket.

[sharifr1]

That is fantastic!

Putting mine for sale but this is making me want to keep it!

[Gilhooligan]

Been following this on nutz, very much loving the purple (and everything else)!
Is this car going to be a more form > function type build? The last one seemed to be the other way around. What's next for this one?

[FWDRacer]

Can't get on with the side skirts. Rest of it is rice-tastic. Lovely car.