Hoodedreeper's Mk1 The Purple Monster

[hoodedreeper]

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

[hoodedreeper]

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

[hoodedreeper]

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

[hoodedreeper]

Small update

New door and boot catches



The body shop had started to prep the front Racing Beat Type 2 bumper and found the following













So they spent quite a few days on it and I received these photos this morning







WOW is all I can say! It looks like its brand new! Cant thank them enough for the amazing job they've done so far!

[hoodedreeper]

To keep things going...





Custom vinyl centre caps








RevLimiter Stirling Gauge Faces












And here is a sneak peak of the car's progress

[— Phatmiata —]

Wow that paint on the bumper looks great!! is that Chameleon paint or something?

[Ihatecars]

Very interesting stuff going on in this build.
I'm excited to see the car painted.

[—atank—]

All this wonderful stuff is coming together nicely!!!!!!!!!!

[hoodedreeper]

The paint is a Mica,which from what I can understand is a paint very similar to a pearl,except the colour 'comes out' when theres light.

(While the pearl,it changes colour on contour lines/curves)

[hoodedreeper]

Christmas has come early!!



Photos aren't the greatest,its very difficult to capture the true colour. I know the front plate is wonky,thats something I need to sort out.

[—Martin—]

Fantastic!!

[hoodedreeper]

Thanks Martin

Fitted my RevLimiter Stirling gauge faces today. Fantastic quality,would highly recommend getting a set if you havent already!







A friend kindly took some photos today too.Credit to Ben at Define Detail for the images!

[—tsingson—]

Amazing! Color looks great even with the wheels!

[hoodedreeper]

I hope everyone is having a good Christmas The Monster received some goodies











The other half knows me too well and this was one present from her. Excuse the dirty car,i'm waiting for some cleaning products to arrive before I clean her for the first time















Finally fitted the new Steering Wheel and also a new Neo Chrome Gear Knob to match













KG Works Interior Mirror

[wannafbody]

Love the color