Mazda Eunos Roadster: PH Fleet
Wheel refurb goes a bit ... colourful
From a scratty set of old daisies...
And then a thought popped into my head. Always a dangerous thing. My silver Eunos is, frankly, a bit dull to look at. Mariner Blue would've been my first choice but there's already one of those in the family and, frankly, the priority in the selection process was based on finding a car without any flaky orange 'trim' in the sills. So I started thinking about livening it up a bit. I did ponder an Ecurie Francorchamps style yellow stripe across the bonnet. And then with the pending wheel refurb considered this. I can't honestly say where I found the 'inspiration' but as you can see I've gone with it. And it was a fiver a wheel less than any other colour, I'm guessing because my man probably had a load of orange powder coat knocking about and little demand. Can't think why.
...to something rather more, er, colourful
You'll notice they're missing a fairly important finishing touch though.
Tyred out
Teacher brother has had his '5 long enough to go through several sets of tyres, his previous Goodyear Eagle F1s and Toyo CF1s both doing the grip thing rather well but not so keen on the slip bit. And when it did happen the transition was a bit sudden. He's since switched to Yokohama C.Drive 2s, which he says are much more progressive and his favourite so far.
Seeing as the whole point of going back to the daisies was to reduce unsprung weight, restore balance and offset the firmer side of the P5 springs and dampers on rough roads I wanted a tyre with the degree of adjustability (that's a diplomatic description...) of the Tigar ditch finders fitted before. But a chance of being able to stop on wet roads. Call me fussy.
Some dream of a perfect fleet - Dan's got his
And as proved with the Megane, a smaller, lighter wheel and a tyre with a bit more sidewall can work wonders, at least on the road. With little over 100hp I don't see much point in loads of grip and I'm hoping this minimal rubber, combined with the brilliant P5 dampers and inherent poise will prove to be a winning combination. Whether the same can be said of bright orange wheels is another matter. Those sirens in the background? That'll be the style police on their way...
Fact sheet:
Car: 1993 Eunos Roadster (JDM import model)
Run by: Dan Trent
Bought: January 2011
Purchase price: £1,250
Last month at a glance: Boredom and an obliging wheel refurber have colourful results
Previous reports:
Just how many wheels for your wagon?
Dan's Eunos loses its horn
Why have one wedding car when four will do?
Look, I was kidding about the downforce, right?
The Eunos returns to Scotland for another road trip
Has Dan killed his Eunos?
Don't drive it through Oxfordshire, it might get nicked like this one did, in broad daylight on a low loader and no attempt to disguise it, just removal of reg plates!
Still not recovered although probably in bits now unless Plod has got its act together (still waiting to hear).
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Oh yeah, that's a T R LANE roll bar (2 PH stickers at top in middle but they'll be removed no doubt) so if you see or get offered one, pls post here!
Plus I can get tyres delivered faster than I can get wheels coated, and I can get tyres fitted in an hour, and on the car 10 minutes after that.
It just seems odd that this story doesn't show the wheels on the car, given the point of the story is to make the car look more interesting by fitting coloured wheels.
I previously had two wheels refurbished by an industrial powder coating company and they lasted a lot better.
Can anyone recommend a wheel re furbisher who does a job that lasts??
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