A few changes I made to make her my own. I stripped the paint and wrapped all of the plastic with $25 of vinyl I purchased on Amazon after repairing the cracks with crazy glue and baking soda. I also dyed the steering wheel black and changed on the center badge. I found an excellent stitch steering wheel cover that gives it a substantial grip feel. I changed out the gauge faceplate for one from a crossfire. I changed the main bulbs to blue which drowned out the green color and gives a nice blue color. I sanded off the orange paint on the gauge needles and wired in a single flat LED under each needle which gives the needle a nice blue hue when on. I purchased a CarPlay display and insalled it where the cup holders were, and purchased a 1/8” to cassette adapter and ran the wire inconspicuously to the cassette deck, looks great and sounds great! I had a small valve cover leak and since I had the cover off, I decided to repaint it with some wrinkle paint.
![Center console Vehicle audio Steering wheel Windshield Luxury vehicle]()
![Car Windshield Car door Center console Luxury vehicle]()
![Car Gauge Speedometer Carbon fibers Measuring instrument]()
![Hood Engine Luxury vehicle Mercedes-Benz Kit car]()
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My Mods
A few changes I made to make her my own. I stripped the paint and wrapped all of the plastic with $25 of vinyl I purchased on Amazon after repairing the cracks with crazy glue and baking soda. I also dyed the steering wheel black and changed on the center badge. I found an excellent stitch steering wheel cover that gives it a substantial grip feel. I changed out the gauge faceplate for one from a crossfire. I changed the main bulbs to blue which drowned out the green color and gives a nice blue color. I sanded off the orange paint on the gauge needles and wired in a single flat LED under each needle which gives the needle a nice blue hue when on. I purchased a CarPlay display and insalled it where the cup holders were, and purchased a 1/8” to cassette adapter and ran the wire inconspicuously to the cassette deck, looks great and sounds great! I had a small valve cover leak and since I had the cover off, I decided to repaint it with some wrinkle paint.
![Center console Vehicle audio Steering wheel Windshield Luxury vehicle]()
![Car Windshield Car door Center console Luxury vehicle]()
![Car Gauge Speedometer Carbon fibers Measuring instrument]()
![Hood Engine Luxury vehicle Mercedes-Benz Kit car]()
Just an aside and not a critisism
The green layer on the xfire overlay is easy to remove with an emery cloth or sandpaper but that looks good as is.. nice work
Mine ..
Love the tasteful touches you did to your interior. Very clean. May I ask where you found that steering wheel cover? It really fits it like a glove, was the installation tedious?
Looks great! Only thing I could think of is to change the Air conditioning faceplate to one with all black. Can get a black one from a 2004 special edition or a SLK32
Also, radio should go. My rec to everyone is the Kenwood KIV-Bt900 or KIV-700. Your lofty challenge will be then to 1) drill a hole in the cubby underneath and feed the USB cable there. 2) Get Sirius radio working. Need to trade the GPS FOB in back for a Sirius antenna, best would probably be Miata sharkfin. Can use the existing wiring. Use Sirius SVC-DOC to a portable unit like a Sportster 4 in the glovebox or center console. Even sweeter if you can find a lifetime one. Always meant to do this but my car ran its course before I could get to it.
Also, radio should go. My rec to everyone is the Kenwood KIV-Bt900 or KIV-700. Your lofty challenge will be then to 1) drill a hole in the cubby underneath and feed the USB cable there. 2) Get Sirius radio working. Need to trade the GPS FOB in back for a Sirius antenna, best would probably be Miata sharkfin. Can use the existing wiring. Use Sirius SVC-DOC to a portable unit like a Sportster 4 in the glovebox or center console. Even sweeter if you can find a lifetime one. Always meant to do this but my car ran its course before I could get to it.
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