1994 rev3 TRD Widebody turbo build

[matt-mr2]

hi been on here long enough so i though id put up a thread , Ive still to make a thread for my forged tubby conversion rev1 but you'll have to wait for that 1

Right while ive been doing my tubby conversion i missed driving the MR2 and didnt want to rush the build as i though "do it right do it once " no need to rush as i was getting parts of here and ebay as and when i could afford.

So i was browsing ebay one night and came accross a red rev3 n/a at a very good price with low mileage this was a tbar too so i went for a look at it and bought it









and it only had 58280 miles on the clock





it had just been serviced but needed a good polish but apart from that was a great car

[stephano]

looks clean enough to rip around in till your tubby is finished.

[matt-mr2]

the first thing i did when i got the car home was give it a good clean but it wasnt long before i started to change bits

First i got hold of some clear sidelights and side repeaters they looked alot better on the red car

Next was wheels i had a set of MOMO Quasar 2 alloys with 2 brand new tyres on my rev1 so i swapped them over and it was sunny for once so i went for a drive with the tbars out



The car looked better already but then magic beans had a genuine rev5 spoiler in black for sale so i had to have it (thanks phil), I decided i was going to leave the blade and side plates black and paint the legs/uprights red so a few coats of paint later im im very pleased with it (i was dark when i had finished so not the best pics but you get the idea)





more to come later

[matt-mr2]

looks clean enough to rip around in till your tubby is finished.

thanks i really missed the 2 and im glad i got this

[stephano]

yeah i miss not having mine through the winters

AHHH and i see it was you that beat me to magic beans spoiler!!!

must say it looks sweet in black and red

[matt-mr2]

thanks it'll do for the winter or ill sell it when i get the tubby done

i thought i would look better than all red

[craig]

Nice car fella.

[matt-mr2]

Nice car fella.

thanks craig ive still got to fit the tubby lid i bought off you with lid fan fit from pidges car

[craig]

Nice car fella.

thanks craig ive still got to fit the tubby lid i bought off you with lid fan fit from pidges car

Thought that would have gone straight on!

Looking forward to further updates, and also the turbo thread

[Magic Beans]

She's a beauty Matt

Oooo, you know what would look perfect in there don't you.... A nice white and red powder coated rev3 tubby engine...

[matt-mr2]

She's a beauty Matt :

thanks Phil it looks loads better with the rev 5 spoiler

Oooo, you know what would look perfect in there don't you.... A nice white and red powder coated rev3 tubby engine...

I believe it would , will have to keep saving

[matt-mr2]

Mini update

Plans have changed and the rev1 shell will no longer be used for my tubby conversion, I'm now going to use this car as its a newer shell so less work required for the conversion (brakes etc)

I also purchased a trd kit and lots more parts so not much leaved to source.


Anyway I bought a Phoenix power engine lid this weekend





Also the guy had a carbon bonnet for sale too so I had to have it (aerocatchs on order)





It's coming along nicely , I'm going to get some carbon headlight covers too

[craig]

Coming along nicely fella!

[matt-mr2]

Coming along nicely fella!

Thanks Craig hope to start on the trd kit soon

[craig]

Coming along nicely fella!

Thanks Craig hope to start on the trd kit soon

Where'd you get the TRD kit from?

[matt-mr2]

Bought it from planted1 missing a rear bumper which I've sourced from fimmo

[craig]

Bought to from planted1 missing a rear bumper which I've sourced from fimmo

Nice work! Looking forward to seeing the completed article!

[Magic Beans]

I thought you'd been a little quiet

TRD kit eh

[matt-mr2]

I thought you'd been a little quiet

TRD kit eh

Yeah TRD

Not had time to do much I've been working solid not had chance to do much , I've still been buying parts tho i need to get some fitted they're everywhere

Some include :
Engine to finish
Kit to fit
Gen 7 celica seats to fit
Skyline r34gtt front BBK and adapters for the rear
Bilstein suspension
Twin headlights (Vampires)
And lots more lol

[Magic Beans]

Best crack on then sir

I'll have to head up that way when (if) the weather picks up