My MR2

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teamshock nick

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82 posts

214 months

Friday 17th November 2006
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Fitted Veilside spoiler



Brought a set of 17's


Fitted an air intake




took it off because it looked gay and fitted vertical doors


Fitted a set of magline wheels for my J Tuner Feature

















Took the car to the bodyshop i was using at the time, the idea was to have this bonnet fitted and a border bumper with a set of quad lights. The bodyshop proper ruined the bonnet but luckly Mart at race design sorted me out by buying the bonnet that the bodyshop ruined back off me but i still lost out on money thanks to the bodyshop.




Change wheels back because i didnt like them, and cracked front bumper oops


Met K and decided to go for the celica light conversion i allways wanted.










Got cover of MR2only






Met Jason at XS power and got a new exhaust


Had the car keyed to so let MR2only do what they wanted to with it for the last show



ol' dirty

9,074 posts

220 months

Friday 17th November 2006
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clapLike it mate, although have to say I prefered the other set of wheels though, the ones on at the mo arent my cuppa tea,IMHO of course.

But very good effort & loving the celica lights

Scoop940

3,961 posts

232 months

Friday 17th November 2006
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Wouldn't have imagined those celica lights would have worked but they do. Not keen on the wheels either Nice set of BBS's woulds look good, black centre's polish lip.

Not a fan of the diablo doors either normally, but they somehow also work on the MR2, mabye because of the lack of window frame.

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fidgits

17,202 posts

234 months

Friday 17th November 2006
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not my taste in cars - but respect for the time and effort...

Andy mac

73,668 posts

260 months

Friday 17th November 2006
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Love the lights. Gives it a more muscle look, akin to 350z... How heavy are the scissor doors? I'm not a fan of the rear lights either, I'm afraid! Sorry... great project, on a great car! I miss mine cry

teamshock nick

Original Poster:

82 posts

214 months

Friday 17th November 2006
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thanks for the replies, i want to change the wheels i also dont like them but i do like chrome wheels.

The door hinge itself is heavy but lifting the door isnt as long as there oiled

car is back in bodyshop, having bomex spoiler fitted bodywork sorted, border spats added to the toms bumper and full respray




benzo

1,159 posts

216 months

Saturday 18th November 2006
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Very nice car.Like the headlamp conversion. Why the isopon in the pics?

teamshock nick

Original Poster:

82 posts

214 months

Saturday 18th November 2006
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"Why the isopon in the pics?"

whats that mate?

agent006

12,058 posts

269 months

Saturday 18th November 2006
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teamshock nick said:
"Why the isopon in the pics?"

whats that mate?


Filler. I assume to repair the keying.

benzo

1,159 posts

216 months

Saturday 18th November 2006
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Its all the white stuff (filler) on the car. Just wondering why there is so much filler?

Andy Mac

73,668 posts

260 months

Saturday 18th November 2006
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Cos it's been chopped and changed so much??

benzo

1,159 posts

216 months

Saturday 18th November 2006
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Andy Mac said:
Cos it's been chopped and changed so much??



looks freshly applied tbh. Must be a reason for the filler?

steve bowen

1,268 posts

229 months

Saturday 18th November 2006
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benzo said:

Its all the white stuff (filler) on the car. Just wondering why there is so much filler?


undercoat seems more likely to me.

shadowninja

77,324 posts

287 months

Saturday 18th November 2006
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The killer question: so how much money have you spent on it? hehe

Andy Mac

73,668 posts

260 months

Saturday 18th November 2006
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shadowninja said:
The killer question: so how much money have you spent on it? hehe

They look nice stock you know!

Alex

9,975 posts

289 months

Saturday 18th November 2006
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Fair play to you, but it's not my thing at all. All that money could have been spent on driver training, brakes, suspension and bushes.

I'm only interested in mods that make my car stop harder, go faster, or corner quicker.

benzo

1,159 posts

216 months

Saturday 18th November 2006
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steve bowen said:
benzo said:

Its all the white stuff (filler) on the car. Just wondering why there is so much filler?


undercoat seems more likely to me.


Im fairly sure its filler. It has been sanded around the area where the filler sits. Sorry to bang on about it, but im fascintated.

shadowninja

77,324 posts

287 months

Saturday 18th November 2006
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Andy Mac said:
shadowninja said:
The killer question: so how much money have you spent on it? hehe

They look nice stock you know!


I don't follow your relevance to my question.

teamshock nick

Original Poster:

82 posts

214 months

Sunday 19th November 2006
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The reason the car has areas that are rubbed back and fillered is because every panel of the car was keyed down to metal and some left creases. The square patch under window was a dent. The round patch on the back quater is where i have had the Airiel removed. The front 2 wings both have a layer of filler on the, to make the celical lights look right.

Basicly if we had left it and you looked that the profile of the car the wings sat below the lights hence bulking them up.

I respect that some people prefer to spend money on making the car faster and in essence what i have done has hinder the cars performance but i did it for me. Will be doing some tuning.

It was running 266 at fly with induction and exhaust, I have since changed the exhaust and turned the boost up to 1.2bar. Got an IC and a down pipe on the way

teamshock nick

Original Poster:

82 posts

214 months

Sunday 19th November 2006
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with regards to the money side theres no point even thinking about it its spent now. Its not a stupid mount for the work thats been done though.