Hoodedreeper's Mk1 The Purple Monster

[greenltd]

Love your car with it's usual wheels. Wish mine looked as good. My two cents worth, don't go the stretched tyre route though it tips it over the edge to crazy.

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[hoodedreeper]

Ordered some billet stalks from Freaky Roadster and they came here extremely fast! Fantastic communication and received alot of help with fitting! Would definately recommend getting some!









I also took delivery of a set of Carbon Fibre door cups and Polished Door Handles from Carbon Miata. Marc asked me to write a review on the Stainless Door Handles.



I had the postman knock on the door bright and early on Wednesday morning,spotting the chinese writing on the postage label,i knew exactly what this was,something i was extremely looking forward to receiving! Upon opening the package,i was expecting the handles to be quite heavy,infact they were quite the opposite!

These handles are EXTREMELY light,you can barely tell your holding them until you look down. I popped them on some kitchen scales and they weighed approx 70g (without the fixing screws). The finish is superb and at an incredibly high standard! The shape is simply and comfortable to grab while still looking classy with a hint of retro.



The laser cutting of the M emblem is top notch work,it looks like it was stamped out of a sheet of aluminium! There are zero sharp edges,wobbly cut lines,everthing is cut perfectly.

Installation took less than 2minutes per side. With the old leather door pulls removed,the new bolts fixed on quick and easy with a 7mm hex key,and sit perfect in the counter sunk holes of the polished handles.



I also fitted some Carbon Fibre door cups supplied by Marc at Carbon Miata. Again,the quality of these is extremely high,there's not a single piece of weave out of shape/line. I think they compliment the KG Works handles extremely well and helps bring in some Carbon Fibre to the interior of the car.





Another purchase i've recently made is a set of Runabout M2 Mirrors





I removed the door mirrors on my lunch break at work and the holes on the M2 bases don't line up with the original holes in the door. The mirrors were supplied with the rubber gaskets and a plastic block with two threaded holes.



With the M2 mirror base on the door,they do just about cover the original holes,but the mirror mounting holes are further in,central to the mirror.



Someone has suggested drilling two new holes and riv-nut them on. I'm taking a visit to the body shop tomorrow to see what they say

[Okibi]

They look great

Stalks and handles match the chrome vents and wheel well.

[hoodedreeper]

Won some P5 Frame Rails on eBay for a good price



After the Runabout M2 mirrors not bolting directly on,i sold them and purchased some Autoblaze mirrors from a friend that needed a refurb







Also fitted my Ron Tribute sticker



So payday was on Wednesday so bought (another) set of wheels! Spoke to Barry at Mazdabeat and he sorted me out an awesome deal and the new wheels were with me the following day! I booked the car in at my local STS Tyre Pros for a set of Pirelli P1 195/50/15 tyres to be fitted.

Rota RKR Front 15x8j ET0 and Rear 15x9j ET0





















The car is going into the body shop in the middle of June,gonna get the side stripes removed as they no longer go with the wheels. Also gonna lower the front abit more so its level with the back

[hoodedreeper]

So it seems i have a little scrubbing issue on the passenger rear tyre at the moment



Took the car to STS Tyre Pros last Wednesday to have the front coilovers lowered and also a full alignment. Now running 5* rear camber and 3* front camber. Also set the rear shocks to the hardest setting to try and stop it scrubbing.





Fitted some new wheel nuts



Today i noticed a collection of rubber on the arch,so its still scubbing. The only thing i can do is change the rear tyres to a 195/45 It seems this side wasnt flared enough when it was in the body shop last year



Yesterday i headed to Snetterton Circuit for Modified Live. It rained all day with the odd dry/sunny period. The show itself was very quiet,despite it being local to me,i dont think i'll be going again.

I entered the car into the Show & Shine sponsored by Kleers,managed to get a good spot too













Ended up winning Best JDM!



My photos from the Show can be seen here https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set ... 512c18b965

[Okibi]

Perhaps see if you can get the guard pumped so you can get the rear camber looking more like an MX-5 and less like a honda.

[Veloce]

[hoodedreeper]

Perhaps see if you can get the guard pumped so you can get the rear camber looking more like an MX-5 and less like a honda.

What do you mean by 'get the guard pumped' ?

[Okibi]

See if you can get it flared out a bit (not too sure how far the factory metal would go).

[hoodedreeper]

They've already been flared,but not sure if they're at the limit or not

[hoodedreeper]

This update will be abit of a photo overload,what can i say? I like taking photos

A week or so ago i got the P5 Frame Rails fitted and undersealed. We left the rear wheel arches as the cage will be coming out to be painted at some point









Finally got round to tiger sealing the Stainless Jass surrounds to the trims





Friday just gone me and a few friends took a coastal drive and managed to catch the sunset







I took another visit to the local Graffiti Wall this afternoon

[hoodedreeper]

I also took a visit back to the old car show room,where i took the first set of photos when i bought the car. Heres a little comparison of the transformation in the 10 months of ownership

[Okibi]

Great photos

[hoodedreeper]

Nothing to update,just some photos from the recent Mazdabeat Meet

[hoodedreeper]

So its been awhile since my last update,i'm used to updating this pretty much every couple of days.

First up,casting back to the end of July i caught a question on Facebook with regards to aftermarket bumpers,and a fella on there said he had one. So i sent him a cheeky message asking for photos. Payment was taken and me and the girlfriend embarked on a 400 mile round trip. Google Maps said it would take 3 1/2 hrs each way. But with how the London M25 is and local road works,it ended up being a nice 10hr round trip (and her BMW E36 323i only used 1/2 tank in total!)





As you can see its been repaired and just needs finishing. This will be booked into the Body Shop for winter time along with some other bits and pieces being painted.

After speaking to the original owner (Richard) of the Purple Monster and looking back on some old photos,coupled with watching some Initial D,i wanted to 'try' and go down a slightly different route. The car has a (what i think) a USDM look,but i wanted to go down the Import look. Now after doing some searching it seems the MX5s in Japan are either near stock looking,or they're all out with big body kits,spoilers etc etc

Now this is gonna be difficult as i've already got the body work how i wanted it. So i set to start making some small changes. The first one being some new Show Plates. The current show plates are some California plates with REAPER embossed. I thought it would be awesome to replicate the licence plate the Monster had while it was in Japan. So i came up with this:



I know its not exactly the same,but for a DIY job it didnt come out too bad (considering a pressed Import Plate to me made is £28.00! (nearly $47 each for those in the US))

Next up was Japfest 2 at Donington Park. MX5Nutz had an incredible club stand of 120+ MX5s on display ranging from stock,to modified,to drift,to race. There was certainly something for everyone. Sketchy (who did an amazing job organising the show and day) had kindly asked me to join the display cars at the front,which circled Ron's Damm'd MX5. It was an emotional day for most and i know Ron was looking down smiling and laughing. I really hope we done him proud





The following Weekend was the RPM Live Show at North Weald Airfield in Essex. This is a new Show for the calender and it a very good day out. A big selection and variation of cars on display,and it was good to see the local drifters putting on a display too.





On the way home from the show i stopped off at the Essex Fives' first Monthly meet,would have been rude not to say hi



This brings me to Yesterday (Wednesday 27th August). The car was in for it's MOT first thing in the morning,and she passed with flying colours! Thats a relief off my shoulders for another 12 months! Also that day i taxed her,it was quite an expensive day!

Just before the MOT the Monster hit a pretty funny Mileage count



During the Bank Holiday Weekend MX5Parts had 10% off everything,so it would have been rude not to place an order In amongst the goodies was a set of I.L Motorsport Pedal Covers. I luckily found a how-to guide on MX5Nutz written by 2bfrank,it can be found here: http://www.mx5nutz.com/forum/index.php? ... 8&hl=pedal



Awhile ago i was browing Club Roadster and came across a photo of a Mk2/NB dashboard with this strange looking air vents. So i did some reading into it and the vents were from a Mitsubishi Eclipse 00-05 (from memory). So i trawled through Ebay.com and managed to find a seller with them for a reasonable price. A 2 week wait later and they arrived on my door step. Fitting was straight forward and incredibly easy,and they finish the dash off nicely





Along with these i fitted a Mk2.5 centre arm rest as i prefered the cup holders on this one (small creature comforts like this makes things so much easier)



So it seems alot has happened in the past month,and i apologize for the lengthy read. Lets see what the next installment brings