I thought it was about time I documented everything I have done to my wee Eunos since I bought her in March 2015.
She was bought from Goodwood Sportscars in Berwick as a fresh import from Japan and I am the first UK owner.
She's a 1991 Eunos Roadster, V-Special in Brilliant Black.
Before I bought her, she had:
Replacement long nose crank engine
New mohair hood with glass screen
Retrimmed seats
Replacement doorcards
Respray
New exhaust backbox
New battery
Full service
The front bumper had no holes drilled into it so I asked Steve if he would fit an offset plate rather than drill holes in the bumper, and to be honest, I am not a fan of the black plastic plinths a lot of 5's have.
Here she is after getting her home and giving her a good wash:





First things first, replace the MX-5 badge for a proper Eunos one and the obligatory PH smiley!

Then the spending started

I bought some Koni shocks and Eibach springs from a guy on MX5 Nutz and had them fitted.


I couldn't really get on with how the car sat on these. She was a bit too high at the rear, and too low at the front (we have loads of high speedbumps around where I live) so a search for new suspension was on.
I bought a windbreak from a mk2 as I find them pretty useful and make a big difference to buffeting in the cabin.

I also fitted a new headunit - the old one was a real mess of wiring and the new one is USB input only so is only half the depth.

I bought a gearshift boot kit from MX5 parts and fitted that as the old one was pretty torn up.
I then saw a group buy over on MX5 Nutz for Meister-R Zeta S coilovers.
These get great feedback so I decided to go for some - they really are beautiful things, almost too nice to hide under a car


I also bought some mirrors to replace the OEM chrome ones as the spring on my drivers mirror has broken and the mirror won't stay in place. To be perfectly honest, they weren't the best but would do for the timebeing.

Sitting on Meisters and new mirrors:



I saw a guy on one of the MX5 Facebook groups making reinforced door stops so decided to go for some as they apparently help a little with stiffening things up.
Next up was a replacement exhaust - Moss had a deal on and it was too good to pass on - the car had a new OEM exhaust fitted when I bought it but I wanted something with a bit more burble...


I spent an afternoon in the local scrappies, looking for some wee bits of trim my car was missing and struck lucky with the only mk1 that was in there! It's the small things..
Bonnet trim

Headlight trim

Then came another big spend - I had been looking for some aftermarket alloys. I knew I didn't want to go too big, and in the end decided to stick with 14" although went up from 5.5 to 7" width. I absolutely love these alloys!! Note: Still not fitted, need to get them coated i G-Techniq C5 and some tyres on them ready for this year.



How light?!

Around the end of September the weather was turning and my thoughts were towards making sure my wee Eunos didn't rot away to nothing (not that she sees many inclement weather days to be honest). So I took her through to Preserve & Protect in Johnstone for a full Dinitrol underseal - what a great job!



Next up were some retro toggle switches for the hazards and headlights from Revlimiter. Adam makes some really cool stuff and these had been on my list for a while!


I then decided to de-tango the sidelights, and sand off all the raised letters on the outside of the lights/indicators/reflectors - stops wax getting stuck in amongst them and freshens everything up a bit too.
I also fitted some LED sidelight bulbs and silvatec indicator bulbs.





I then saw some lovely Zoom bits for sale on Nutz - I missed out on the Zoom filler cap but I did get my hands on some lovely carbon mirros to replace the dodgy ones I had fitted previously.



I bought an induction kit (cone filter and heatshield) from a guy on MX5 Scotland - I am in the process of fitting this currently.
Next up were some matching window toggle switches and built in cup holder from Jass Performance. I also bought some brushed metal vent rings.




Whilst she has been in the garage over the winter, I have been attacking her with my dual action polisher and loads of wax:

Which brings me up to this month.
I have had the car in the garage, up on my new CJ Autos adjustable car ramps as I wanted to remove the aircon (I also have an annoying oil leak to source/sort). This never worked, and with it being old, illegal gas required, I decided to junk everything - the pump, radiator, condenser, pump bracket - all that lot weighed in at around 18kg of weight savings! I have sourced a non-aircon crossover pipe to connect the heater to the blowers behind the dash.
I decided to keep the aircon fan for some additional cooling to the engine should I need it.
Quite a lot to remove:

Those car ramps..

With the aircon rad removed, my main rad was in the firing line for any stray stones, so I have fitted an IL Motorsports grille.

I removed the washer reservoir and header tank to clean them (dishwasher tab & boiling water works wonders!) but when I filled my header tank I noticed water coming out a hairline crack in the corner so a replacement was sourced from Autolink.
I saw someone selling a silver strut brace, the same as the yellow one fitted to the S-Special, I had never seen one in silver and was lucky enough to nab it.
I have also got some silicon coolant hoses from Stoney racing.



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So, what's next?
Well the car will be taken off SORN in April and MOTed.
I need to get the new tyres fitted to the Enkeis and get them on the car.
Hopefully fix the oil leak and cure the gear lash that she suffers from on overrun as well.
I still have further plans and will update this thread as and when they happen.
Thanks for viewing, apologies for being a bit of a photo whore
