Scarlet Fever owned by Andy Phillips

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• MGF – Known as Scarlet Fever
• Modifications – as of 17^th February 2005
• Interior Modifications

• Scarlet Images - Thumbnails - click to enlarge!

• Exterior Modifications
• Mechanical Modifications

• Miscellaneous items

Heavily modified MGF 1.8i, purchased on Feb 24^th 1996 she now has 109,000 miles on the clock.

Serious accident on Feb 8^th 2003 resulted in a 6-month rebuild live on the Internet by the owner (www.sfforever.co.uk), including step-by-step photographs of the entire strip down and stage photographs of the rebuild works.  The website is now a useful resource on how to perform a vast amount of DIY jobs on the car.

Rebuild completed by the MGF Centre in Wolverhampton, including the paintwork, which consists of two unique colours based on the Rover Palette – the stripe is part of the paintwork – it is not vinyl.  The red is Flame Red and the cream is Sandalwood Beige, but both colours have a large flake gold metallic lacquer.

The colours are supposed to hark back to the 1950s/60s Abingdon works cars (Tartan Red with Old English White hardtops), but brought up to date with the metallic lacquer and the X-Power inspired stripe. 

This philosophy seems appropriate given the MGF has some retro features. Like the MGB inspired nosecone and T –Type MG badge mounted on a shield to link it to the previous generations of MG, yet at the same time looks to the future with the mid-engine/RWD configuration and wedge profile.

The car has been comprehensively modified inside and out over the past 8 years, red and cream leather trim with walnut dash panels and alloy/chrome brightwork inside coupled with a lowered stance, uprated brakes, steering and significant engine modifications under the skin compliment the exterior styling.

I started modifying Scarlet in 1996 and have added, tweaked and swapped parts ever since.  There is no overriding philosophy behind it other than simply doing things I like, so in some respects the work done is more in line with personalisation than modification.  Anyway, below is a pretty comprehensive list of the items I have altered over the years.

Full Mike Satur leather re-trim including:

• Seats – red / cream leather

• T-Bar – red / cream leather

• Drop down bin – red / cream leather

• Cubby box lid – red / cream leather

• Door pods – red / cream leather

• Half tonneau cover (hood) – red / cream leather

• Half tonneau cover (hard top) – red / cream leather

• Hard top headlining – red / cream leather

• Handbrake gaiter – cream leather

• Gear lever gaiter – cream leather

• Seat belt pads – cream leather

Mike Satur interior accessories, including:

• Burr walnut – Instrument binnacle cowl

• Burr walnut – Passenger air bag blank

• Burr walnut – Handbrake handle

• Burr walnut – Gear knob (with MG logo in red/cream)

• Burr walnut – Mark 2 fascia

• Burr walnut – Heater control backing

• Aluminium – Heater control knobs

• Aluminium – Wing mirror adjusters

• Aluminium – Door lock pins

• Aluminium – FX pedals

• Aluminium – FX speaker covers (x4)

• Aluminium – FX billet windstop

• Aluminium – Seatbelt escutcheons

• Aluminium – Seatbelt guides

• Aluminium – Seat back adjusters (capstan wheels)

• Aluminium – Gear gaiter ring

• Red carpet over mats

MGF Centre interior accessories:

• Mark 2 fascia, painted silver

• Air vents, painted silver

• Windscreen aperture, painted Flame Red (gold metallic)

• Door lock pin escutcheons

• Rover 800 door open warning lights

• Mark 2 driver’s airbag (with enamel badge)

• MG logo cill tread plates

Miscellaneous interior accessories:

• Newton Commercial walnut MG logo (on cream painted background)

• Newton Commercial walnut ashtray surround

• Newton Commercial walnut door pull surrounds

• Chrome Design instrument cluster fascia

• Chrome Design heater control rings

• Chrome ashtray

• Chrome cigar lighter

• Red footwell illumination bulbs

• Twin LED (red / white) rear view mirror bulbs

• X-Power SV bonnet badge, mounted on T-Bar

• Burr walnut steering wheel

Scarlet Images - Thumbnails - click to enlarge!

Exterior Modifications

MGF Centre items:

• Paintwork – 2 tone Flame Red (gold metallic) and Sandalwood Beige (gold metallic) in an X-Power inspired design.

• Trophy style front splitter

• ‘Scarlet Fever’ nose and tail graphics in red.

Brown and Gammons items:

• KH Splitter

Mike Satur items:

• F-ONE rear spoiler

• F-ONE quad rear light clusters

• Heritage hardtop

• ‘Unleaded fuel only’ fuel filler badge

• ‘Stubby’ aerial

Miscellaneous items:

• 16” TSW Blade wheels, painted cream / red to match bodywork

•  ‘Scarlet Fever’ cill graphics in cream

• Stainless steel, laser cut (hexagons) front grille set, powder coated red

• Stainless steel, laser cut (hexagons) side grille set, powder coated cream

• Stainless steel, laser cut (hexagons) rear grille, powder coated red

• Headlamps, outer reflectors painted colour keyed to bodywork

• Union / chequered flag wing badges

• Clear / smoked front indicators

• Clear / smoked side repeaters

• High level brake light

• Twin LED (red / white) side light bulbs

• MGF Centre supplied, Phoenix exhaust heat shield finisher

• Colour keyed number plates (by fancyplates.com)

• Wiper mounted windscreen washer jets

Mike Satur suspension items:

• Lowering knuckles

• Poly bushes all round

• Billet aluminium rear camber adjusters

• Aluminium front anti-roll bar drop links (to be fitted)

• Titanium rear anti-roll bar drop links (to be fitted)

• Spax adjustable shocks

Mike Satur brake system items:

• Aluminium and titanium FX 4 pot front callipers

• Black diamond front pads

• 280mm diameter drilled front brake discs

• Stainless steel braided brake hoses

• Drilled and grooved rear brake discs

• Mintex 1155 rear brake pads

• Brake pedal height adjuster

Miscellaneous brake system items:

• Brown and Gammons brake servo support bracket

• MGF centre supplied TF steering rack

Mike Satur engine modifications:

• ITG Maxogen air induction system

• Trophy throttle body

• VVC inlet plenum and manifold (matched)

• Stage 1, gas flowed cylinder head

• 4:2:1 (Janspeed) exhaust manifold

• Aluminium under body coolant pipes

• Hose clips

MGF Centre engine modifications:

• Phoenix stainless steel cat bypass

• Phoenix stainless steel exhaust system

• TF aluminium radiator

Miscellaneous items

Under bonnet:

• Polished battery cover

• Sign to warn mechanics about the suspension modifications

• Polished bolt heads

Boot:

• MGF Centre supplied, 2 additional boot nets (3 in total)

• MG Rover boot net

• MG Rover boot lock protector

• Engine bay access grille painted cream

• Full 8 piece, colour keyed and monogrammed fitted luggage (by JazBags)