Covered the upper dash panel, meter hood and steering wheel in Alcantara, and the decoration panels in carbon fibre. Also fitted a carbon fibre sticker over the hazard light switch panel. While the steering wheel was off, I fitted cruise control buttons, ready for the aftermarket cruise control unit I bought last year. Hopefully fit that next.
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Removed seats to clean carpet, and fit sound insulation under the carpet behind the seats.
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Better than a massive seagull, which were my first thoughts!
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Quality workmanship
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Alpine DAB hands free unit installed
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Been watching paint dry !
Front wings sanded internally and leading lips, de-greased and subjected to 3 coats of Buzzweld rust encapsulator for good measure.
Lets see you rust now you bar stewards 
Tomorrow a couple of coats of Motip stone chip should fettle them further.
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Installed aftermarket cruise control. Fairly easy to do and works with OEM steering wheel controls.
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Soft Top Rubbing Hoops ND4
Itâs a well documented issue that the soft top should be opened and latched from the OUTSIDE of the car and, after latching, press the rear of the soft top so as to seat it flat. This is clearly stated in the owners manual.
To stop roof rubbing on the hoops, there is a Mazda fix of removing the complete soft top and shimming the fixings, sometimes it works, sometimes it doesnât. Mazda have, on occasion, replaced a soft top where the rubbing has worn through the leading edge of the material.
GT tops (with the headliner) are more susceptible to damage as they are thicker and donât fold as easily.
There are massive threads on a U.S. site saying everything from Lemon Laws to Human Rights - âitâs a soft top, soft tops are opened from inside the carâ . . .
Anyway, one of the posters came up with a solution of shaving some of the hoop leading edge to get a few mm of extra gap and this is what I have done today.
Getting the faffing hoop apart led to skin and blood donation as the edges of the plastic parts are rather sharp. There is a page in the workshop manual on how to get the 11 clips and two hooks apart on EACH hoop garnish. There is then one screw to undo to get the black hoop off. I think the car looks better without the hoop and garnish . . shame the rollbar isnât chromed.
Shaving - I used a dremel with varying sanding drums to take the leading edge off
After sanding, I gave the scar a quick âflashâ of Humbrol gloss black. The surgery is not visible with the roof up or down.
This is the gap that is now available when shutting the roof from INSIDE the car.
Some cars donât seem to suffer the gap issue, some do. Mine did. Anyway I will still open and latch the roof from outside the car whenever possible, but now, if I drop the top at the traffic lights, I can do it easier and not have to worry whatâs rubbing 
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That looks awesome Daveya! Do you mind me asking how much it cost to get it done / diy?
Just me, liquid crystal ainât cheap over 11 quid I think but you then top it up and use quick detailer as well, so much easier than wax and the water beading is superb
For ÂŁ11 thatâs a great looking finish! Was it easy to apply, and how often does it need re-doing?
Spray on, wipe, then buff straight away, took 10 mins for whole car, probably doesnât need doing very often tbh
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Have you got a link to where you bought it from? Looks like a worthy purchase 
16 quid sorry bought a load of stuff and forgot what was what
Probably get it cheaper elsewhere but this Gtechnic is recommended by detailers
Cheers mate, Iâll get some bought. Thanks for your help!
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So much easier than wax, loads of YouTubes , post the results!
Thats fantastic! Seems a great price too! This has popped up a few times with folk wanting CC on their cars. Did you get any pics at all and was it easy as suggested on the website? Iâm OK as my Sport Tech has OEM CC fitted but is obviously of interest.
Barrie