Hoodedreeper's MX5 The Purple Monster

hoodedreeper · Post by **hoodedreeper** » Thu Jan 09, 2014 10:40 am

That will never happen

pablo · Post by **pablo** » Thu Jan 09, 2014 10:45 am

Never been a big fan of the MX5 but I have to say the way you have put this together is simply stunning and if ever there was a car worthy of a 4 page magazine feature this has to be it.

john B · Post by **john B** » Thu Jan 09, 2014 11:21 pm

First time in ages I have caught up with this thread......some really nice details on there Chris look forward to seeing in for real...
Only a personal thing for me I'm not keen on the wheels myself I preferred the XXR's you had a while ago.....
But other than that mate good job well done !

hoodedreeper · Post by **hoodedreeper** » Mon Jan 13, 2014 11:56 pm

Tested out the new Autobrite Snow Foam Lance

Washed with Meguiars Gold Glass Shampoo,followed by Megs Ultimate Polish and Ultimate Wax

Me and Mrs Reeper then embarked on a 3hr journey to the Birmingham NEC for the Autosport International Show. First time I had been to this show and I loved it! Certainly will be making a return visit in the future! Here are a few photos I took aswell as others so far

My photos from the Show can be found here https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.576015535824300.1073741856.106487689443756&type=1&l=cc0e5bba4e

hoodedreeper · Post by **hoodedreeper** » Sun Jan 26, 2014 3:34 pm

Update!
Just before Christmas I started to gather bits and pieces for the new Audio install. You may remember back at Christmas I got these:

Unfortunately theres very little photos of the build itself as I done bits and pieces during my lunch breaks and after work at night.
I first started by removing the door cards,cleaning the insides of the doors and applying the sound deadening

Next I routed fresh speaker cable/RCA
Boot > Dash
Seats > Dash
Doors > Dash
Wasn't an easy task routing the new wires through the door,especially as the speaker cable is quite thick.
With those done it was time to mount the Cross Overs. I originally thought mounting them to the centre dash bar was a good idea,so I connected all the wires and mounted it. Tried to refit the glove box and it wouldn't shut,doh! So I managed to tuck them along the side of the glove box and the fuse box on the other side.
Next was mounting the new speakers and tweeters. Speakers were a doddle and fitted with zero problems. The tweeters needed mounting on the top of the of door card. So I cut a hole and gradually filed it bigger so it was a snug fit. I then made some brackets to hold the tweeters in place. Luckily the Hertz Tweeters have a small screw in the centre,which was perfect to use along with the fixing screw for the door card crash pad.
With those mounted and wired up,i got the door cards back together and it was time to wire up the amps. This was pretty straight forward,until I came across an old RCA lead had snapped inside the terminal on the Amp. After much fiddling about and prodding,that was sorted and it was time to hook up the live to the battery.
It works!
I changed the settings on the Head Unit to suit,i haven't done anything with the amps yet as I need to do some reading up first. But with it being 'out of the box' its a MASSIVE improvement over stock! Here are some phone videos
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ua70PypSLcU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2Ltd-crEGw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDq-ABhK760
I just need to wait for some dry weather so I can remove the seats and route the new speaker cable through the seats and fit the new speakers

hoodedreeper · Post by **hoodedreeper** » Wed Feb 05, 2014 11:17 pm

Not much of an update. I've been playing around with painting with light,think these came out pretty well for a first attempt.

Billy · Post by **Billy** » Wed Feb 05, 2014 11:32 pm

I think you should be sending me a pm regarding the evo pictures

Post by **Ben** » Thu Feb 06, 2014 7:02 pm

Superb pics as usual chap, car is looking superb.

hoodedreeper · Post by **hoodedreeper** » Thu Feb 06, 2014 7:14 pm

Got big plans for this

Post by **Stuart** » Thu Feb 06, 2014 7:27 pm

What's the score with those carbon bits Chris? Is that an effect of frost/damp/moisture or is that just a trick of the light?