New car... and a few questions
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Hi all,
Needed a bit of fun in my life so I gave in and purchased an NA MX-5 (Eunos roadster). Took a friend with me to look at it who's taken these things apart hundreds of times. He very quickly told me to buy it as it was in great condition and had been fairly well looked after - So just over £3k later and I'm a very happy owner of a (new to me) Eunos roadster in my favourite Mariner blue!
The car has lots of little goodies on it already including a custom exhaust and intake from M-tech automotive, RS*R 4-2-1 exhaust header, TR-lane roll bar and HSD coilovers. Oh and some Mazdaspeed MS-01 wheels. It even recently had full service and alignment.
Took it for a post purchase inspection to a local expert who was very surprised to find almost zero rust - at some point it had been thoroughly undersealed to a good standard. One negative however is that someone has crushed the chassis rails with what seems like a forklift! Otherwise, he mentioned that it is in perfect condition mechanically.
I've immediately taken to planning out a path for restoring and personalising it, with a view to going full NA/ITB setup in the future.
Question time - my biggest gripe is the HSD coilovers, I'm not sure if they are meant to be this awful or if its just the low ride height which is making them very crashy and uncomfortable. I think they are already on the softest settings but they bottom out and crash on all but the smoothest roads. My expert friend said they're in good condition, so maybe it's just the settings? Let me know if there's anything I can try before replacing the whole thing entirely for something I know works like MeisterRs or DFVs
Needed a bit of fun in my life so I gave in and purchased an NA MX-5 (Eunos roadster). Took a friend with me to look at it who's taken these things apart hundreds of times. He very quickly told me to buy it as it was in great condition and had been fairly well looked after - So just over £3k later and I'm a very happy owner of a (new to me) Eunos roadster in my favourite Mariner blue!
The car has lots of little goodies on it already including a custom exhaust and intake from M-tech automotive, RS*R 4-2-1 exhaust header, TR-lane roll bar and HSD coilovers. Oh and some Mazdaspeed MS-01 wheels. It even recently had full service and alignment.
Took it for a post purchase inspection to a local expert who was very surprised to find almost zero rust - at some point it had been thoroughly undersealed to a good standard. One negative however is that someone has crushed the chassis rails with what seems like a forklift! Otherwise, he mentioned that it is in perfect condition mechanically.
I've immediately taken to planning out a path for restoring and personalising it, with a view to going full NA/ITB setup in the future.
Question time - my biggest gripe is the HSD coilovers, I'm not sure if they are meant to be this awful or if its just the low ride height which is making them very crashy and uncomfortable. I think they are already on the softest settings but they bottom out and crash on all but the smoothest roads. My expert friend said they're in good condition, so maybe it's just the settings? Let me know if there's anything I can try before replacing the whole thing entirely for something I know works like MeisterRs or DFVs
Edited by flukey5 on Wednesday 15th September 13:14
Edited by flukey5 on Wednesday 15th September 13:21
Congratulations on your purchase, MK1s in that colour look great. Do your best to keep it rot free!
HSDs…. Hmmm, I had a set of those on my MK2.5 when I first got it & it bottomed out at the back terribly no matter how much I I mucked about with the settings. I recently fitted MeisterR CRDs to my brothers MX5 & I run BC Racing DS coilovers, both of which work well- MeisterR more for road.
Kamracing.co.uk are good guys or Bofiracing.
Good geo also works wonders.
HSDs…. Hmmm, I had a set of those on my MK2.5 when I first got it & it bottomed out at the back terribly no matter how much I I mucked about with the settings. I recently fitted MeisterR CRDs to my brothers MX5 & I run BC Racing DS coilovers, both of which work well- MeisterR more for road.
Kamracing.co.uk are good guys or Bofiracing.
Good geo also works wonders.
griffdude said:
Congratulations on your purchase, MK1s in that colour look great. Do your best to keep it rot free!
HSDs…. Hmmm, I had a set of those on my MK2.5 when I first got it & it bottomed out at the back terribly no matter how much I I mucked about with the settings. I recently fitted MeisterR CRDs to my brothers MX5 & I run BC Racing DS coilovers, both of which work well- MeisterR more for road.
Kamracing.co.uk are good guys or Bofiracing.
Good geo also works wonders.
Thanks for the info mate - As you can see it is happily garaged and won't be leaving when the road salt is out! HSDs…. Hmmm, I had a set of those on my MK2.5 when I first got it & it bottomed out at the back terribly no matter how much I I mucked about with the settings. I recently fitted MeisterR CRDs to my brothers MX5 & I run BC Racing DS coilovers, both of which work well- MeisterR more for road.
Kamracing.co.uk are good guys or Bofiracing.
Good geo also works wonders.
Appreciate the comparison on coilovers - they're an expensive purchase and a subjective one at that, it's really hard to tell what's worth paying for and what isn't.
flukey5 said:
Thanks for the info mate - As you can see it is happily garaged and won't be leaving when the road salt is out!
Appreciate the comparison on coilovers - they're an expensive purchase and a subjective one at that, it's really hard to tell what's worth paying for and what isn't.
Have a look on Appreciate the comparison on coilovers - they're an expensive purchase and a subjective one at that, it's really hard to tell what's worth paying for and what isn't.
https://mighty5s.com/thread/3855/garage-clearout-m...
there’s a guy selling some 2nd hand MeisterRs which he says are in good condition.
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