Hoodedreeper's MX5 The Purple Monster

hoodedreeper · Post by **hoodedreeper** » Sun Oct 27, 2013 6:34 pm

Either my mate didn't let on all he had (as he drove the car into the scrap yard to make it easier moving everything) or the bloke didn't really care or my mate is good friends with the owner

Who knows lol

hoodedreeper · Post by **hoodedreeper** » Wed Nov 06, 2013 11:30 am

Received some photos from the body shop this morning:
Dent has been pulled out and repaired. Aerial hole has been welded and smoothed over.

Wings and Rear Quarters have been took down to bare metal due to some surprise surface rust

Front Bumper trial fit

All arches have been rolled (again) and flared. Passenger door has been replaced

Plenty more to come

jap.slapper · Post by **jap.slapper** » Wed Nov 06, 2013 12:02 pm

Every cloud has a silver lining and all that good bollocks.....this is going to look sweet when it's done, definitely liking the contrast with carbon bits and cage

Post by **Stuart** » Wed Nov 06, 2013 12:22 pm

Great update Chris

The work is looking nice so far, and I love it when suppliers/bodyshops etc keep you updated like this.

hoodedreeper · Post by **hoodedreeper** » Wed Nov 06, 2013 12:27 pm

I cheekily asked if they could take photos and I was expecting them to say no,but surprisingly they said yes

I've been very fussy so far and they haven't told me to fuck off yet haha

hoodedreeper · Post by **hoodedreeper** » Fri Nov 08, 2013 11:33 pm

Had a parcel arrive from the US

Here is a video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=015KTxjhY70
Received some more photos from the body shop

The side where the dent was

Post by **Ben** » Sat Nov 09, 2013 3:50 pm

Coming together lovely chap

hoodedreeper · Post by **hoodedreeper** » Wed Nov 20, 2013 2:49 pm

Small Update
Got my hands on some Mazdaspeed Side Skirts

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 whore,i ordered a new set of wheels. Traklite Apex 15x8.25j ET20 weight 8kg each

A little bit under 3" of dish

The car should hopefully be painted this week,will update with more pics when I get them

john B · Post by **john B** » Wed Nov 20, 2013 3:05 pm

Really looking forward to seeing this finished now mate ! Love those wheels !
But do your really expect that steering wheel to stay that clean for long ? ha

RX7 · Post by **RX7** » Wed Nov 20, 2013 6:41 pm

Steering wheel is a bit chavspec for me but the skirts, badges and wheels make me overlook that !!

I've been looking at doing something badge related as I have the flying M at the front and the Efini at the back. Might have a look into the Retro ones