My Toyota MR2 G-Limited

[DiscoStu]

I realise there have been a few of these on the forum lately but I just thought I would share my own. It is a 1993 import G-Limited 2.0 16v.

Bought 2 years ago. It had been left standing for over 2 years and was looking a bit sorry for itself. It was cheap and started first turn of the key (with a replacement battery) and looking past the dirt and grime I could see it had potential. With no tax or MOT it was a bit of a gamble but I figured that in a worst case scenario I could break it and make my money back plus a bit more.

This is how I found it:






A few shots after getting it home:






















Changed oil, filter, plugs & leads:






I then gave it a damn good clean, it took a good blast from the pressure washer (I'm not one for detailing sorry). After a t-cut and some polish it came up looking quite nice:














Took it for its MOT a few days later:




... only for it to fail but merely on a seized handbrake cable so I was very happy (considering it had stood for so long I was expecting worse). Quickly replaced:




Since then I have replaced the gear cables, clutch master cylinder and interior. Had both bumpers resprayed and have re-furbished the wheels. It now looks like this:













For what was a very cheap car I have grown quite attached to it. I never expected it to be such a fun driving experience and is surprisingly quick considering it is not the turbo model

Anyway, thanks for looking

Stu

[DiscoStu]

Thanks all for the kind comments.

Alfa it has done about 110k miles so I should think it has a good few miles left in her

I think the G-Limited is just the Japanese branding, the UK equivalent I believe was sold as the GT

[DiscoStu]

Stop it OlberJ lol.

I'm a sucker for an engine conversion, but I've been resisting temptation to do this one lol

[DiscoStu]

Thanks again all.

I've been thinking about replacing it with a turbo model, but as it is only a weekend car I can't really justify it right now.

I need to concentrate on my 205 track car now the weather is changing and track days are upon us. Maybe in the future I will upgrade to either a newer rev 3+ gts or maybe a Celica gt4

[DiscoStu]

What do you think of the st205 gt4? I've been looking at them more and more recently.

I've read that the turbo Mr2's are very rapid, I've never been in one though.

[DiscoStu]

Thanks for the info

What kind of reliable power can be achieved with these 'easy' mods? I'm just curious however as I don't plan on changing just yet

[DiscoStu]

cheers wjb