February 10, 2001
By: James Bennett

The Car is a 1998 Mroadster. I found the car 1 year ago at a local (orlando) Mercedes/Porsche dealer. As the story I was told goes, It was owned by the guy who trucked the ring around for the WWF. He never drove the car due to the fact that he was on the road all of the time. One night his wife told him she wanted a boxster instead of the M. They got in a big fight and surprise, she won. The car was on the lot 1 day when I saw it, I immediately put down a deposit and drove it home the next day with 950 miles on the clock.

The very next week I ordered the H&R lowering springs from RacingZone Auto House and had them installed (thanks Brian). From there it went a little nuts. All of the orange in the lights HAD to go. I ordered the front headlights, side markers, and bumper light from Circle BMW (found through MZ3.net). I ordered my controversial Taillights from Racing Zone Autohouse in Orlando Fl. They are from Inpro but have since been discontinued and are very hard to find. People either love them or hate them.

Next I started on the interior, the pedals are from AJUSA.com and are a good set of pedals that look right at home in the retro interior. The carbon fiber kit is from Joshua Tree (www.woodtrim.com) and I think it gives the cars interior a racy look. I also have a ///M Hood emblem and Chrome door handles from a website that I can't quite remember.

For the exterior I went to my friends over at RacingZone Autohouse again. The rims are 19" Hartage Classic's, 19x8 (front) with 235/35/19 Yokahama AVS Sport Tires and 19x9.5 (rear) with 265/30/19 With Yokahama AVS Sport Tires.

The Body Kit is Zeemax and was ordered through Eric at Supreme Power Parts (www.supremepowerparts.com). It was done after all of that Zeemax stuff with SMS and Eric is now able to order Kits Directly from Zeemax. The cost was right around $1,920 shipped to my door. The fit was great, some minor mods had to be done by the body shop to make it PERFECT. All of the paint and body work was done by Moores Precision Collision in Orlando Fl. (www.precisioncollisioninc.com). The wing is from Veilside and was ordered from RacingZone Auto house also. The shipping company cracked 2 of them before I finally got one that wasn't damaged.

All and all the car has taken a year to get to its current state. Now I am going to focus on performance, not that the car really needs it, I am looking into the forced induction options available and am leaning towards the Mech-Tech turbo system, that big mouth up front is just screaming for a huge intercooler.

I would like to thank everyone who has helped me out in this last year:

Thanks to Everyone at Jade Motorsports

Brian at RacingZone Auto House
513 N.Semoran Blvrd.
Orlando Florida 32807
(407) 273-0099

Eric at Supreme Power Parts
1025-B Ortega Way, Placentia, CA 92870.
www.supremepowerparts.com
(714) 632-1951