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Been a member here for nearly 3 years now and I'm only just starting a build thread!
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My first mr2 was a uk rev 4 n/a.
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I fell in love with it from the very first time I drove it.
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So the n/a is currently for sale on here.
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A few pics of the n/a.
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It was fairly standard, with just Tein lowering springs on yellow Bilstein b6's and a Blitz Nur Spec exhaust adapted to fit
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At Japfest
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Anyway, the replacement is a super white rev 3 turbo.
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I picked her up on the same day as Japfest 2012.
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The previous owner to me bought it with the aim of using it as a track car.
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He only managed one trackday and then stored it for 12 months before selling.
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So here are some pics of how the car looked when I picked her up.
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There were quite a few things that weren't really to my taste, so the work began.
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First job was to remove all the stickers.
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After a few hours of carefully scraping, peeling and rubbing the car looked like this.
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Ten times better already
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