Project Retro JDM - Eunos Roadster

[Tom 46]

Right, back again for my 3rd project car.

Decided to go for an oldskool JDM theme, as thats what this car is all about!

Car is a 1991 Mk1 Mazda Eunos Roadster.....J-Ltd version

From the advert for the car, assumed that it was pretty much standard (excpet the gay wheels) but found out yesterday that it is fitted with Bilstein suspension all round.....shortly be for sale though to fund coilvoers :rasp:

 

[Tom 46]

Originally planned on getting either some Rota Grid V's or the new Rota BM8.....however ive had a change of heart, and decided that i want to do this properly and not get another set of fake wheels.

....so ive just bought these:

Set of Advan a3a's. 14"x7 ET 0.....and with adaptors this will become ET -16 lol.

Unsure what colour to re furb them in....want to keep the silver dishes, but only if they are in good condition. Have been thinking of satin black with bronze detailing (bronze bits instead of red bits on the wheels above)

Kinda like these:

 

[adam172]

ahhhh i was waiting for this thread.

cant wait to see what happens to it, great base to start with !

good luck!

 

[adam172]

double post fail!

but give me a chance to say good choice of wheels!

 

[Tom 46]

But before i can fit these wheels, im just going to spray my current wheels satin black....as it looks less gay than silver.

This means that the old steelies from the clio are coming out temporarily! The red clashed with the yellow, so decided to spruce them up a bit and spray them O So JDM Bronze ................(actually Ford Roman Bronze from halfords

Also got a sleepy eye kit from ebay and fitted it

And thought about fitting some Autostrada Monza's out of my wheel collection:

However, 17's just looked way to big

 

[dmallett]

plans sound good, those wheels that came on it are dutty.

 

[Tom 46]

So plans are to keep this clean, retro JDM. Got lots of plans, and know exactly how i want it to look, but ive got to sell the scooby before i can start doing this properly! Nothing else will be happening until the old girl has sold :'(

Plans are:
Fit advan wheels
Replace gay chrome bar with a proper rollcage
coilovers, but not rediculously low
Hardtop
Ducktail spoiler (subtle)
Exhaust system....maybe boso style, maybe just an aftermarket jobby
Bride seats maybe, depending on money!
Harnesses, would love Takata but maybe just settle with generic green ones for now lol
Garage Vary front lip


Like i said, i dont want to go too extreme, i dont want massive arches, a rediculously loud exhaust or to be scraping on everything, because i think its too nice a car to ruin! It drives so well that i dont want to spoil it!

 

[Rob]

I, like Adam, have been waiting for this thread. Looking forward to see where it goes, really like those wheels (the one's you're going to put on in the end)

 

[DaveDreads]

I wonder how many sets of wheels you'll go through before your next magazine feature, I thinking about 6.

I keep an eye on this thread and reserve judgement untill it's finished, as disliking elements of your cars is pointless,
as they probably won't be on it when your done.

Be good to see where this goes, as the Subaru looks spot on.

 

[Tom 46]

Yeah, i dont normally like 3 spoke wheels, but these just look so JDM! lol

Havnt started this already because i cant really do anything until the scooby sells Most parts have sold from it, wheels (swapped them for the monza's shown above), coilovers (car left with seized D2 jobbies), loud exhaust, STI brakes, induction kit, interior....

From

To

Makes me want to cry :'(

 

[Tom 46]

Forgot about my wooden Nardi steering wheel....which doesnt fit the mx5 yet, so its in the scooby for now lol. Can just see it in the last pics^^^

 

[Scoot]

What does that sticker say goingup the side of the window on the impreza?

 

[Tom 46]

canibeat.com

 

[Gally]

Love the plans dude. I think the Advans are actually class mate could have picked much worse wheels.

I'm sure this will turn out well mate!

 

[JCC]

Looking forward to see how this turns out. I've no doubt there will be a few questionable bits along the the way like your other projects have had *cough scooby wing cough* but they always look good in the end!

 

[Turkish]

Another thing to add, 12x6 JDM plates and a front bumper relocation bracket

 

[sofaboy]

Oooo some competition on here

Looks well dude, cant wait to see what you do to it.

 

[Gaz.]

About time you put this up.

 

[chriscummins7]

Definitely looking forward to this!

 

[MaLicE]

please remove the tow eye from the back... they are so gay when the universal jobbies are used and stick out like a dogs lipstick....

oh and be brave and do a rear bumper chop!

 

[Tom 46]

please remove the tow eye from the back... they are so gay when the universal jobbies are used and stick out like a dogs lipstick....

oh and be brave and do a rear bumper chop!

Its already been removed :rasp: Just put it on when i took it off the scooby to see what it would look like. Ive bought a bronze Benen tow hook from america (cos it was £20 including shipping) But dont know weather ill fit it yet.

Another thing to add, 12x6 JDM plates and a front bumper relocation bracket

Definatly

 

[RSteve]

I would actually have sex with that scoob, it's pure p**n!

Looking forward to seeing how this project develops, hopefully we won't be waiting too long until the nect picture update

 

[Christopher]

Glad to see you've invested in proper wheels this time.

The Advans are retro cool. Great choice!

 

[Waitey]

The Bilstens were OEM.

 

[_Tom]

Advans are awsome.

How much do you want for the Monza's? Offsets and widths pwease?

 

[Waitey]

please remove the tow eye from the back... they are so gay when the universal jobbies are used and stick out like a dogs lipstick....

oh and be brave and do a rear bumper chop!

My friends...

Not sure on the bumper or the wheels. He wants to follow his own style though.

 

[Toby]

Subscribed.

 

[MaLicE]

lol waitey thats a bit hardcore lol!!!

i like this one

guy off fduk owns it... corns mx5

 

[sofaboy]

Hes on nutz too, has had like 40 roadsters, that corns is epic, loving the rear bumper on waiteys mates, proper hardcore.

Only thing stopping me doing a bumper chop is all the rusty arms will be on show, so until theyre done, no point really.

 

[Nafoff]

Another thing to add, 12x6 JDM plates and a front bumper relocation bracket

don't listen to him...
don't be a candy ass and just loose it all together

 

[LIL B]

That CORN*S has too many styles going on. Still looks OK mind.

The rear bumper / diffuser is a Garage vary item, I have one in my shed if anyone wants it (collection only - PM me) £350

 

[Joe#]

that car has a lot of potential

 

[Djw Dave]

loved how the scoob and the clio endedup so, im in.

 

[P8TON]

I'm impatient for how this turns out. I'm zane lowe in.

 

[MaLicE]

That CORN*S has too many styles going on. Still looks OK mind.

The rear bumper / diffuser is a Garage vary item, I have one in my shed if anyone wants it (collection only - PM me) £350

corns is different now to how it was in that pic and sofaboy yeh the guy is a bit strange a couple weeks back he had 5 cars that he owned and said he needed to sell them cos his wife was going mad... he sold 2 and then went out and got 3 more!

 

[sofaboy]

He has bad issues with buying roadsters, his FD is nice, last i heard he was looking at an auto import to convert to manual. :|

 

[JoeyD]

My friends...

Not sure on the bumper or the wheels. He wants to follow his own style though.

That is Mint.
Needs to be a bit lower though IMO.

 

[Gaz85]

Looking forward to seeing how this turns out, really like to scoob and the various stages it went through

 

[Jewson172]

I will be getting one of these after I decide to break away from the Clio and do the same. I will be watching this thread with a keen eye.

 

[Tom 46]

Right not much happened so far still.

Ended up having a bit of an incident with a curb whilst drifting in the rain lmao! Almost bent the lower wishbone in half!! But bought another one off ebay for £27 and got it fitted within an hour so wasnt too bad

Got my Advans through about a week or so ago and have been refurbing them since. Tryed polishing the faces but that didnt really work, so ended up spraying the faces Volkswagon Diamond silver. They look really nice actually, really nice bright metallic silver. Then detailed the accents with some metallic gold to match the rear tow hook Love the colour combo. Also had to re paint the "Advan Racing" lettering with a black paint pen.

Some pics of the various stages of the refurb:

Before gold accents and black writing:

With gold accents done

Lovely gold bolts!

All back together again

Also got my custom adaptors through on friday Trial fitted one of the wheels to see how much they will stick out.......think im gonna need some camber! As it turns out ET-20 does give rather a lot of poke!

Now just waiting to get some tyres fitted but cant decide on what size to get....O, and i need some extended open ended wheel nuts as the new wheel studs are massive!

Aiming to get wheels fitted this week some time

Scooby should be sold this week (finally!) so can then order some coilovers to get the stance right