Hello! It's certainly been awhile since I left MX5 ownership. I've previously owned 3 NAs, my biggest project being The Purple Monster
I stripped the car for parts in 2018 to fund my R34 GTT. I've built a couple of daily driver's in the mean time and as yesterday (24th August 2022) I'm now back as an MX5 owner.
The car is a 2006 Sport model which includes 17" alloys,LSD diff, Bilstein suspension, 6 speed gearbox, heated leather seats and rear parking sensors.
Overall the car is in fairly good condition considering its 16 years old.
The biggest thing that lets it down is the paint damage on the front bumper
There's abit of oxidation on the headlights which seems to be common the earlier NC models
The dull overcast UK weather wasn't helping with the photos, but in direct sunlight the Galaxy Grey paint really shines well and has a gorgeous gold pearl
The roof is in great condition, no visible tears or damage. Luckily it hasn't started to bubble along the front edge like some do.
The interior is in decent condition, it could do with a good clean though
57k miles on the clock (almost 92k km) was another thing that drew to purchasing the car
Not much to say about the engine bay, except it needs a good clean too
What you put in, you'll get back ten fold
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Greetings and welcome to menders, this site was built for every owner that might need her to help keep those bills low and also keep them on the road where they belong, she is run by very passionate enthusiasts owners for passionate enthusiastic owners, see her like a on line garage, there is a lot of tech stuff hopefully explained for everyone to use, if there is something you cannot get your head around, or you feel that there is a strong walk through guide missing that needs creating by one of us or from yourselves, please let us know, we are also on false book and youtube, which as short tech vids to help, and again if you feel there is a vid that would help please get it touch.
the menders is free, but like everything there is a cost to run things and bills( we are just happy its not a heating cost), so if we have saved you hundreds, please throw a small donation in the pot so we can keep on going to carry on helping others in the same way .
*** we are currently looking for a sponsor for this year, so if you have the passion and can see this sites worth to everyone , please get in touch and step forward to help***
And thank heavens that we are now on the way back up the brighter ,warmer longer days, "come on summer", and lets see those project builds.
M-m
hoodedreeper's NC1 Sport
- hoodedreeper
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Re: hoodedreeper's NC1 Sport
Viewing the car on a drive way is more trickier, some owners are happy to get it on a ramp or even jack the car up. But I didn't want to be a nuisance or be cheeky so I did the best I could.
The inner sills looked in good condition from what I could see. Obviously I couldn't remove the side skirts to inspect it properly.
There's a few areas that look bad 'should' just be surface corrosion.
Talking of surface corrosion....
It looks much worse than it is (I hope!) Luckily this can all be removed and either cleaned up & painted or replaced for new.
I've always gone head first into builds and getting stuck in straight away, but unfortunately my bank account needs some time to breathe from all of the spending as of late. Plus life has changed quite alot since the purple NA as I now have 2 daughters. So the updates may be abit slower than normal.
With the last project I decided to restart my Youtube channel and documented everything as a guide/how to (its abit of a neiche car,so guides were limited). I plan on doing the same but perhaps more of a blog rather than guides.
I'd really appreciate it if you could head over and gave the channel a subscribe https://www.youtube.com/c/hoodedreeper/featured
I look forward to making a start
The inner sills looked in good condition from what I could see. Obviously I couldn't remove the side skirts to inspect it properly.
There's a few areas that look bad 'should' just be surface corrosion.
Talking of surface corrosion....
It looks much worse than it is (I hope!) Luckily this can all be removed and either cleaned up & painted or replaced for new.
I've always gone head first into builds and getting stuck in straight away, but unfortunately my bank account needs some time to breathe from all of the spending as of late. Plus life has changed quite alot since the purple NA as I now have 2 daughters. So the updates may be abit slower than normal.
With the last project I decided to restart my Youtube channel and documented everything as a guide/how to (its abit of a neiche car,so guides were limited). I plan on doing the same but perhaps more of a blog rather than guides.
I'd really appreciate it if you could head over and gave the channel a subscribe https://www.youtube.com/c/hoodedreeper/featured
I look forward to making a start
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Re: hoodedreeper's NC1 Sport
I'm happy to be able to finally piece together the first update, unfortunately it's not too exciting.
I wanted to give the car a good clean inside and out, mainly because its cheap to do and I can't do much else at the moment *cries*
I started with the engine bay and a dry clean with a vacuum. I then started a wet clean using a diluted citrus pre-wash, detailing brush,some mircofibres and finishing with a plastic trim dressing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gIjGg9VBGE
[img[https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52359529152_1cb75b039b_c.jpg[/img]
Next was to tackle the interior. I used the same steps as the engine bay starting with a dry clean with a vacuum followed by an interior cleaner and detailing brush. The plastics received a coat of the same trim dressing.
The leather seats and door card inserts were cleaned with some Dr Leather wipes and sealed with GTechniq L1 Leather Guard
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Enc3-6DpT3k
I wanted to give the car a good clean inside and out, mainly because its cheap to do and I can't do much else at the moment *cries*
I started with the engine bay and a dry clean with a vacuum. I then started a wet clean using a diluted citrus pre-wash, detailing brush,some mircofibres and finishing with a plastic trim dressing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gIjGg9VBGE
[img[https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52359529152_1cb75b039b_c.jpg[/img]
Next was to tackle the interior. I used the same steps as the engine bay starting with a dry clean with a vacuum followed by an interior cleaner and detailing brush. The plastics received a coat of the same trim dressing.
The leather seats and door card inserts were cleaned with some Dr Leather wipes and sealed with GTechniq L1 Leather Guard
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Enc3-6DpT3k
- hoodedreeper
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Re: hoodedreeper's NC1 Sport
I held off washing the exterior till this week (mainly because I'm on annual leave). With the british skies filling with dark clouds, I could only hope it stayed dry long enough for me to complete this extensive job.
The last time I had polished a car was 2014,not long after my purple MX5 got resprayed. Apart from that I very rarely do more than a routine 2 bucket wash and dress the tyres/trim.
So please forgive any incorrect information or techniques, this is still new to me. I have a range of products I've collected over the years and it was great to finally put some to good use.
I go into more detail in the Youtube video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpHQayUmZWQ
The only photo I have during the process was of the clay barring. Before I started this stage the paint looked fine, it's not until I saw the 50/50 I realised how contaminated the paint is (or should I say, was)
The last time I had polished a car was 2014,not long after my purple MX5 got resprayed. Apart from that I very rarely do more than a routine 2 bucket wash and dress the tyres/trim.
So please forgive any incorrect information or techniques, this is still new to me. I have a range of products I've collected over the years and it was great to finally put some to good use.
I go into more detail in the Youtube video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpHQayUmZWQ
The only photo I have during the process was of the clay barring. Before I started this stage the paint looked fine, it's not until I saw the 50/50 I realised how contaminated the paint is (or should I say, was)
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Re: hoodedreeper's NC1 Sport
Its been a very busy few days
The first job was to remove the front bumper to remove the original oblong number plate plinth. Once the bumper was cleaned up and the uncovered area coated with polish and wax to match the rest of the bumper, it was time to fit the OEM import plinth supplied by Autolink
It left some holes but these will get filled and smoothed when the bumper gets resprayed
I also removed the front fog lights to spray the chrome, but it turns out the chrome was a stuck on trim
The rear number plate left a hole either side, I've tried to hide one with a Pistonheads sticker
When I was cleaning the engine bay last week I noticed the strut brace was starting to loose bad. I cleaned it up with a wire brush and gave it a coat of etch primer and gloss black. The corrosion has pitted the surface so ideally it needs blasting and powder coating in the future
I also took the chance to change some of the hardware to stainless including the top of the bumper, coolant expansion tank, windscreen washer bottle, ABS pump bracket, fuse box, brake pipe bracket and some bolts along the bulk head.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-2PmDi48Bo
One of the first things I do when I purchase a replacement car is to paint the calipers. I've done red,black,blue and yellow so thinking of a different colour to go with the grey was abit tricky. In the end I went for orange (a bonus being the dash illumination is orange so it saves having to replace all of those bulbs lol)
Every car has its minor issues and we all know these cars suffer from corrosion. One area is the bootlid where the number plate lights are. Softtop models have an aluminium bootlid where as the power folding hard top has a steel one.
Mine looked pretty bad but it was easy enough to sort
It seems most Galaxy Grey owners struggle with a paint colour match. I know the previous owners of the car have because of the various touch up repairs over the body work. Working in the automotive industry I have access to paint mixing at work. I mixed up an aerosol to use, turns out its wrong too :( Luckily its on the inside so you won't see it
While the bootlid was drying I made a start on ANOTHER common issue. The passenger footwell builds up with water due to a grommet under the wiper cowl. MX5Parts sell a replacement grommets including new caps. I smeared some silicone sealant around the new grommet just as an extra safety measure, that way it's leak free for many many years
While the wiper arms were off, they too received a coat of paint to tidy them up
The last job was to spray the chrome roll bar hoops. Luckily it was the same outcome as the foglights where it's just a stick on trim. With the OEM silver trims keyed up it was ready to spray them Galaxy Grey. These are lacquered and are currently drying
A very productive few days off work. There's still plenty to do :)
The first job was to remove the front bumper to remove the original oblong number plate plinth. Once the bumper was cleaned up and the uncovered area coated with polish and wax to match the rest of the bumper, it was time to fit the OEM import plinth supplied by Autolink
It left some holes but these will get filled and smoothed when the bumper gets resprayed
I also removed the front fog lights to spray the chrome, but it turns out the chrome was a stuck on trim
The rear number plate left a hole either side, I've tried to hide one with a Pistonheads sticker
When I was cleaning the engine bay last week I noticed the strut brace was starting to loose bad. I cleaned it up with a wire brush and gave it a coat of etch primer and gloss black. The corrosion has pitted the surface so ideally it needs blasting and powder coating in the future
I also took the chance to change some of the hardware to stainless including the top of the bumper, coolant expansion tank, windscreen washer bottle, ABS pump bracket, fuse box, brake pipe bracket and some bolts along the bulk head.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-2PmDi48Bo
One of the first things I do when I purchase a replacement car is to paint the calipers. I've done red,black,blue and yellow so thinking of a different colour to go with the grey was abit tricky. In the end I went for orange (a bonus being the dash illumination is orange so it saves having to replace all of those bulbs lol)
Every car has its minor issues and we all know these cars suffer from corrosion. One area is the bootlid where the number plate lights are. Softtop models have an aluminium bootlid where as the power folding hard top has a steel one.
Mine looked pretty bad but it was easy enough to sort
It seems most Galaxy Grey owners struggle with a paint colour match. I know the previous owners of the car have because of the various touch up repairs over the body work. Working in the automotive industry I have access to paint mixing at work. I mixed up an aerosol to use, turns out its wrong too :( Luckily its on the inside so you won't see it
While the bootlid was drying I made a start on ANOTHER common issue. The passenger footwell builds up with water due to a grommet under the wiper cowl. MX5Parts sell a replacement grommets including new caps. I smeared some silicone sealant around the new grommet just as an extra safety measure, that way it's leak free for many many years
While the wiper arms were off, they too received a coat of paint to tidy them up
The last job was to spray the chrome roll bar hoops. Luckily it was the same outcome as the foglights where it's just a stick on trim. With the OEM silver trims keyed up it was ready to spray them Galaxy Grey. These are lacquered and are currently drying
A very productive few days off work. There's still plenty to do :)
Re: hoodedreeper's NC1 Sport
Hello,
You did a great job. The car is impeccable.
You did a great job. The car is impeccable.
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Re: hoodedreeper's NC1 Sport
Looking good - great attention to detail
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