1990 Eunos Roadster- "the dirty little secret"

So the next couple of months were spent just smoking it around with the roof down and not really worrying about it cos it looked rough anyway! But, deep down, the paint was making me feel like this.....



Something had to be done! I spoke to my friend, who's a sprayer by trade and he agreed to let me prep the car outside his unit, then he would lay the paint down for cheaps....result!

So, almost instantly, I broke out the 800 grit and started on the back....





But the lacquer was so bad that the 800 grit wasn't really making much difference, so I gave up and went to a BBQ....

A few weeks later, the work began properly. On a sunny monday morning the stripdown began....





Followed by a little flatting with some 180 grit on the DA....



In the booth and ready for some primer



more later....

Lol! Sorry man! Here's the next installment....

Ok, last time, the Secret was sitting in the booth ready for primer....my amigo wasted no time in laying it on....see him in action!







Soon, the primer was on and guide coated, half yellow, half purple....



at this point, my 2 days off work to get the whole car painted had finished and I had to get back to earning money, so my mate flatted it off for a small fee!

Looking smooth!



and the next day after work, I went over helped get the car back into the booth and the screen remasked- at this point I dicovered that the screen had cracked at some point, probably when I was DAing the screen surround! Joy!

Anyway, we got to work and soon, this was happening.....





And we're done!









And a couple of days later, I went round after work and..........



It's back together!

And that was that for a while....we just drove it for the rest of the summer and I tried to suppress all thought sof modifying it....until one day, mrs dasterdley saw a stanced mx5 and randomly said to me " you really need to lower the spazda!"

Obviously, with full mrs. approval, I got onto it straight away and a quick look on mx5nutz netted a set of almost new Meister R coilies- the guy had just finished his Eunos, took it for an mot and found it was seriously rotten!

But, his loss was my gain and I shot down to Weston Super Mare to pick them up....nearly £500 quids worth of coilies....I've never spent so much on suspension, they're bloody good though!





And while I was there, I bought some cow skin seats as well



They're in good condition as well

Next up, the seats and coilies went in..



Fronts done....



All done!





And the obligatory under the trailer shots.......





And the seats



So, I'm feeling pretty pleased with it at this point, so the plan was to just use it, but the MOT ran out....

And when I took it for a test, it failed! Damn! But only on a wheel bearing....a nice , cheap fix you'd think...

Actually no! you have to buy the whole hub, whch wound up costing me £90!!!!! At least it's tested now......

Then, some casual surfing of the classifieds uncovered some wheels....nice, deep dish spokey wheels with good tyres- I snapped em up and stuck em on....they're ET25, so fill the arches more than the Enkeis and they're in great condtion and they really transformed the car (in my opinion!)










And that's how the Secret stands at the moment....I reckon it's finished for the mo, but who knows? It could maybe do with a stainless exhaust or maybe a rollbar But either way, Xmas and the january tax bill means that's it for the moment......Hope you like it!

Used to own a white MX5 but Mariner Blue is quickly becoming my favourite colour for them having seen cars like this.

That's a little beauty right there, isn't it! Makes me want to repaint mine. A bad sign as haven't even had the logbook back yet.

Good effort on getting it turned around that quickly!

that looks lovely fella, really like how the wheels have transformed the car completely aswel. good job fella!!

Looks awesome, mariner blue is the colour I wanted really but my BRG turned up in too good a spec and price to turn down.

Nick

I'm another one... i wanted a mariner blue one, had to settle for white, which was my 4th colour choice but growing on me.
blue is the colour for these. don't know why, just the way it is.
cracking job you've done too matey. i think you should listen to your inner child tho and go that little bit lower ;D