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Well i have been threatening to post a build thread for my Eunos S-Ltd for a few years now! so here it is! (don't get too excited and its not one for purists, sorry!)
I purchased my S-Ltd in June/July 2017, it was quite a well known S-Ltd between the regular collectors, unfortunately when i came to purchase it most of the rare additions had been stripped. I purchased the car from a collector who is no longer in the MX5 scene, at the time i knew very little about MX5 and was looking to get one but one that interested me never came up, until this one and it was from a friend i had known for quite a long while, so i didn't hesitate and pulled the trigger (having not seen the vehicle). This is where things take a bit of a turn! when the car was delivered i almost cried! it was in such poor cosmetic condition inside and out, that coupled with the amount i paid, i was devastated!! there was no doubt over the years it had had some amount of money spent on the car, but it needed a re-spray and a retrim, big money i didnt have! so my heart was not in it from the beginning, to this day i think i have only driven the car about 15 miles and that was when i moved house from one house to another! since then i have 'tried' to get in to the car but i just struggled so much!! but i plodded on! tinkering with the bits i could!! NOW disclaimer! not knowing much about how rare these cars were and the car was already modded when i bought it, i have carried on down the modified route, so if you are a puriset look away now!!! and sorry if i have have waffled/waffling on!
These are the pictures of the car when i received it (believe me looks are deceiving).
I know what your thinking!! it doesn't look that bad at all!!
The hard top that came with it was smashed to bits, this needed a MASSIVE amount of work!!
Soooooo then after we moved house i headed down the path of improvement!! (so i hope any way!)
SO initial purchases made were
1) GC Fabrication Roll Bar
2) Carbon Miata (Jubride) style arches
3) GV Style Rear Light Panel - i have made some custom seals to prevent water ingress
4) TSI's i cannot recall what make there were but i have custom made the
indicator area (which i may re-do again)
5) Rear strut brace
6) wider wheels which i will change for something better but doing the job at the moment
I also invested in a re-trim (in 2018 and still not gone through with it), seats are made which they have used at demos and they are just waiting for me to complete the car to send it down to them to be re-trimmed! i hope they honor what i've already paid! im sure they will lol!!
7) hard top spoiler (if i use it)
All the interior was stripped including the full dash (this will be trimmed)
So i set to with a few tweaks!
1) all mechanical switches for doors and bonnet were swapped out for magnetic reed switches in a bid to go for a smooth finish (don't ask, i dont know but they work well), these are wired to additional relays for under floor & seat lighting as well as trunk
2) Toad Ai606 full closure alarm installed
3) Installed central locking which works on the Toad Ai606
4) set to and installed the remaining two central locking solenoids for the boot release and also a petrol cap release, both of these are wired to push buttons at the dash and also to the two spare tiggers on the Toad Ai606, so i can pop the boot open and also the fuel cap without going inside the car
5) i also deleted the cables for the boot and fuel cap from the central area, these have been relocated under the passenger seat for emergencies
6) relocated the battery, well i turned it so it would sit flush to the boot opening so when its re-trimmed it will be fully enclosed.
7) Created my own wiring loom for electric mirrors
Some photos to break up the text!! (in no particular order)
Custom hard top mounting brackets to get around the fact you cannot use arh mounts with a fixed roll bar, well you can, but you really really struggle removing the hard top so it become a permanent fixture which i don't want.. oh my plan is to run without a soft top and just a bikini top (which i have purchased), teh car will only ever be used in the fine weather so a bikini top will be fine or a hard top (this may change i am not sure yet)
I also set to and removed the front subframe and fully refurbished, the reason why is the the very few miles i drove the car is drove awful! well after some investigation it turned out that the drivers side lower arm must have taken a hard knock in its previous life and was very badly bent, the wheel was not in the centre of the arch! so it was all sand blastered and painted up, i also upgraded the bushes to IL motorsport and skidnation camber bolts, i then designed and made a few custom parts, rack risers, engine mount risers and a sump guard (still needs modifying) i also upgraded to 1.8 brakes
but the Porsche Grey is a great alternative.
(i will also have a good look at the other colours as well, but i would like something with a twist) - on the fence, some look good some i am not sure! are there any Black Cherry Mica MX's on MM? 