Hello, picked this up on Sunday, gave it a clean. Apologies for teh pictures, they were taken on my phone.

Here are some pictures of it before. Note I had already started on the wheels, they were almost black with brake dust.

AFTER

My neighbour has an import from Japan, used as a midnight racer, covered 60miles from new then had a turbo kit fitted, Bilstien coilovers all round- abit of a weapon.... oh and has the chassis number 001

Good cars, apparently drive very well, just not sure of the image you get with them

My neighbour has an import from Japan, used as a midnight racer, covered 60miles from new then had a turbo kit fitted, Bilstien coilovers all round- abit of a weapon.... oh and has the chassis number 001

Good cars, apparently drive very well, just not sure of the image you get with them

hair dressers car!

nah only messing i think thay can look very nice with some subtle touches, and big power is a must!

midnight racer with 60 miles???

It is the number 1 hairdresser car lol i went through a stage of wanting one thou they can look sweet modded, get some big dished 15s on there

Ste

what a difference a clean makes!

Dont like it :( but whatever floats your boat mate :p am sure it could look decked with some mods

JDM !

JDM !

No...UKDM.

indeed, the JDM ones are Eunos roadsters NOT mx-5.....

I don't know what JDM or UKDM stands for. I assume J is for Japanese and Uk is United Kingdom.

It's a genuine UK spec one, some of the Japanese ones may have leather trim but for some reason have less horsies than the Uk ones with less mpg and cost twice as much to insure, plus the Japanese ones have gay badges and a square number plate which will no doubt attract a lot of police attention.

Talkign about the police, I have driven past police cars, been following police cars and been followed by police cars, they haven't bat an eye lid. Had I been in my polo I would probably have been pulled over, had I been in my scirocco I would have been pulled over, no question as I was every time I went near a police car.

import plates don't attract police attention, i've had no probs with mine on my ek9.

also the eunos roadster JDM model has a very small rectangular recess which an import plate JUST fits in so the police can't say nout as theres no way a standard plate would fit

The police around here will pick up and question anything, the standard front brakes on my mk2 Polo were in question as to whether they were standard and legal. I painted the tail pipe black on it, just a standard exhaust and that was reffered to as an undeclared "sports exhaust."

The Scirocco was the worst for police attention, arch trims, spolier and skirts, all standard. Almost every day, sometimes twice a day I was pulled over. Absolutely anything and everything on that car was used as a reason to pull me over, including the factory tinted rear lights being accused of being sprayed and not emiting a clear colour.

They will probably just claim that the recess has been modified.

Is the DM domestic market?

Looks tidy quincent are you going to mod it?

NO mods planned yet, just restore to factory spec and make sure everything is running as it should be before mods are planned.

I can paint and polish the wheels, or replace them with other Mazda MX5 wheels or replicas but no aftermarket wheels or suspension otherwise it is no longer eligable for the classic insurance under my name.

A longlife air filter box element such as K&N are allowable but no cone filters, although I prefer the noise from the box anyway and will probably use the cheaper part, genuine Mazda or K&N long life as both have long lasting guarantees.

very nice turn around there! what products used? :)

In order of technique

PAINT

Lots of water rinse after before and after each wash

Turtle wax Nano tech wash 1st (strongest shite remover I have) * 1 including wheels

Autoglym Shampoo & body conditioner * 3

Meguires Gold Class Wash * 3

Chamois dried

Meguires Clay bar and quick mist detailor

Buff with MF cloth

Applied with Meguires pads

T-Cut Colour restorer * 3

Autoglym Resin Polish * 1

Meguires Natural Carnuaba finishing wax * 1

Each polish/wax coat buffed of with a Halfords electric plug in wall buffer then wiped dow with a micro fiber tcloth.

GLASS

Turtle wax glass cleaner using Turtle wax glass cleaning cloths

WHEELS

Turtle wax Nano tech wash * 1

A mix of Halfords alloy wheel cleaner, Autoglym conditioner, Turtle wax wash sponged on and rinsed after 1 minute *6

Wheels Auto glym alloy wheel cleaner rinsed after 1 minute * 6

Mix rinse spray rinse, mix rinse spray rinse and so on.