Some tidy up work

Having now driven somewhere close to 500 miles already in 'my new beast' the lack of Apple Carplay was beginning to become rather tiresome... The car also had a very small smell to it, the inside of the roof was a bit fadedf and some of the rubbers etc were a bit grubby so overall a bit of tidy up work was required!

I started by removing the seats, and also the six disc stereo to offer up the Pioneer SPH-DA77DAB Apple Carplay stereo I intended to fit.

Seats out - car rejuvenation in process

With the seats out, I removed the tunnel cover and the carpet behind the seats too.

Seats removed from my NB2 MX5

I could now get better access to the sections of the roof that were faded.  

Faded underside of cabriolet roof on MK2 MX5

I found a product online called "Fabric Soft Top Reviver" by Renovo (linked to here), which I ordered a couple of days ago.  I would say I was a little skeptical in this product, but read the instructions and proceeded to put two coats on with a 1 inch paintbrush.  The roof soaked the product up easily, and it was such a hot day it dried pretty quickly too!  The difference is astounding.

MX5 faded roof after treatment with Renovo Fabric Soft Top Reviver

I proceeded to fully detail all of the rubber seals, and using Autoglym all purpose cleaner fully rinse and scrub all carpets, and used a wet vacuum to lift up all the remaining dirt.  The amount of muck that came out was surprising to say the least.

Then with clean and dry carpets refitted (it was 32c so the carpets dried in next to no time), I decided to fit the new head unit.  I bought the radio ISO lead to fit the head unit wiring into the mazda wiring and that worked well.  I also found the standard metal cage supplied with the Pioneer head unit was a good fit, with some of the brackets needing a small push to lock into place.  I then proceeded to take out the electric aerial and replace it with a manual aerial with a DAB antenna.

DAB aerial fitted

The final peice to the head unit puzzle was where to put the microphone!?  I prefer things to look discreet, so didn't want it in the common place of infront of the instrument dials, so I decided to mount it low down towards the left foot rest, which seemed a decent place to put it out of the way.

Fitting the microphone was the last piece of the puzzle

Then it was time to move onto the seats.  I had some 'Chemical guys' leather cleaner, and leather conditioner left over in my pile of car cleaning products, so put them to good use.  Once the seats were cleaned top to bottom, front the back and then conditioned they came up really well too!  

Leather seats cleaned and conditioned

Then it was time to put everything back together... 

Freshly cleaned MX5 interior with new Pioneer SPH-DA77DAB head unit 

And with the seats back in, the new stereo fitted, and a new Jass performance gear knob to finish it off - the car was refreshed, smelling like new again and I was pretty pleased with my days work.