Hi all, I thought it was about time I started a build thread of my own, after spending hours on here enjoying everybody else's.
My previous project was a mk2 golf, I loved that car and learnt a lot whilst owning it. I installed coilovers with static+ air upfront to help me on my daily driving, 14" x 8j Steffan BCW wheels, and a few early type19 parts to name a few mods. It was my first project, and one I thoroughly enjoyed.



Then summer came this year (A rare thing in the UK), and I got tempted into buying something a little faster, and more fun to drive, and topless. I've always loved miata's and had a strong desire to own one.
With a bit of luck on my side I flicked onto flebay in my lunch hour, and found a 1990 Japanese import Eunos Roadster V-Spec for sale that I could just about afford. The car just so happened to be 2 miles away from my house, so naturally I messaged the owner, and before I knew it I was home from work and out on a test drive. I liked the car, it was completely original, and most importantly, RUST FREE. I felt it was the perfect base for a project, being my favourite colour combination of British Racing Green with the Tan Leather Interior. It also had the 116bhp engine (as opposed to the de-tuned 90bhp one), and the long nose crank, so no worries about the woodruff key failing, and had an LSD etc, basically ticked all the boxes
Come Friday the auction for the car was due to end the following morning, and the owner of the Eunos rang me up, I had obviously made a good impression with him, as he basically said he wanted me to own the car, and would take it off ebay if we could agree a price. So a deal was struck, and a week later the car was mine.
*Buys a convertible, it instantly rains*


The original plan was to keep the mk2 golf, and put a 1.8 8v PB engine in (it only had a stock 1.3 motor), but once I started driving the Eunos, it just won me over. It was a sad day that I sold my mk2, but it meant one thing, that I could focus all my time, effort, money etc, onto the Eunos. This is where the fun begins
The first thing that I did was make a billet aluminium gear knob on the lathe at work, as it was missing the original wooden nardi one.


I wanted to put my money to good use that I gained from selling my golf, so a set of MeisterR Zeta-S coilovers were purchased. I didn’t want to go down the route of budget coilovers again, I wanted to retain some of the 5’s great handling characteristics, whilst still being very low, and these coilovers are kinda designed to achieve that.

I got to work fitting them the following weekend, I lowered it a measly 50mm, but in all truth, there was no point in worrying about the ride height at this stage, as that would be dialled in later once wheels were added into the equation..



The end result

Next up was wheels. I decided on a set of Bronze Rota Grid V’s, 15” 8j et0 all round. I like the clean lines of the eunos, and am hoping these slightly more aggressive looking wheels will throw a nice bit of contrast into the mix
Tyres wise, I went with Toyo tr-1’s, 195 45’s. I wanted a subtle amount of stretch to help the wheels fit under the fenders, yet I wanted the tyres to still be wide enough on the wheels to compliment that bold look that I hope the wheels will add.


After rolling the rear arch lips flat, I bolted the wheels on. I also picked a hardtop up after work that day, it’s crazy how much the hardtop transforms the overall look.



This brings me up to date. Next up is getting the tracking and alignment done. At which point the negative camber will be increased and the coilovers will get wound down further to try and achieve the fitment that I’m going for. I’ve got lots of ideas and plans in the pipeline, and look forward to making them happen!
Apologises for the very long winded first post. I will get some better photo’s up when the weather picks up.
All comments/feedback welcomed,
Greg
My previous project was a mk2 golf, I loved that car and learnt a lot whilst owning it. I installed coilovers with static+ air upfront to help me on my daily driving, 14" x 8j Steffan BCW wheels, and a few early type19 parts to name a few mods. It was my first project, and one I thoroughly enjoyed.



Then summer came this year (A rare thing in the UK), and I got tempted into buying something a little faster, and more fun to drive, and topless. I've always loved miata's and had a strong desire to own one.
With a bit of luck on my side I flicked onto flebay in my lunch hour, and found a 1990 Japanese import Eunos Roadster V-Spec for sale that I could just about afford. The car just so happened to be 2 miles away from my house, so naturally I messaged the owner, and before I knew it I was home from work and out on a test drive. I liked the car, it was completely original, and most importantly, RUST FREE. I felt it was the perfect base for a project, being my favourite colour combination of British Racing Green with the Tan Leather Interior. It also had the 116bhp engine (as opposed to the de-tuned 90bhp one), and the long nose crank, so no worries about the woodruff key failing, and had an LSD etc, basically ticked all the boxes

Come Friday the auction for the car was due to end the following morning, and the owner of the Eunos rang me up, I had obviously made a good impression with him, as he basically said he wanted me to own the car, and would take it off ebay if we could agree a price. So a deal was struck, and a week later the car was mine.
*Buys a convertible, it instantly rains*


The original plan was to keep the mk2 golf, and put a 1.8 8v PB engine in (it only had a stock 1.3 motor), but once I started driving the Eunos, it just won me over. It was a sad day that I sold my mk2, but it meant one thing, that I could focus all my time, effort, money etc, onto the Eunos. This is where the fun begins
The first thing that I did was make a billet aluminium gear knob on the lathe at work, as it was missing the original wooden nardi one.


I wanted to put my money to good use that I gained from selling my golf, so a set of MeisterR Zeta-S coilovers were purchased. I didn’t want to go down the route of budget coilovers again, I wanted to retain some of the 5’s great handling characteristics, whilst still being very low, and these coilovers are kinda designed to achieve that.

I got to work fitting them the following weekend, I lowered it a measly 50mm, but in all truth, there was no point in worrying about the ride height at this stage, as that would be dialled in later once wheels were added into the equation..



The end result

Next up was wheels. I decided on a set of Bronze Rota Grid V’s, 15” 8j et0 all round. I like the clean lines of the eunos, and am hoping these slightly more aggressive looking wheels will throw a nice bit of contrast into the mix



After rolling the rear arch lips flat, I bolted the wheels on. I also picked a hardtop up after work that day, it’s crazy how much the hardtop transforms the overall look.



This brings me up to date. Next up is getting the tracking and alignment done. At which point the negative camber will be increased and the coilovers will get wound down further to try and achieve the fitment that I’m going for. I’ve got lots of ideas and plans in the pipeline, and look forward to making them happen!
Apologises for the very long winded first post. I will get some better photo’s up when the weather picks up.
All comments/feedback welcomed,
Greg
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