Hello

[nikaiyo]

Hi I am Nick

Just got my 1st Mk2, its a black Turbo .
Sold my R'sport Clio coss it broke every day, drove a Turbo and smiled so much, I had to have one!!

Going to try and post pics













These are the pics in the dealers add from autotrader. Will post propper pics when i actually get the car
Its fairly standard, but has had £3000 engine rebuild by Rogue (confirmed with Patric(?)

Body work is not 100%, but only work 200yards from Craig at Millway so will get it sorted when funds allow.

[Quigonjay]

welcome to imoc
bit quicker than a clio eh?

[Lou-Lou]

Nice... black tubby.. its the way forward

Love those wheels... not so keen on the dash.. looks really odd on the stereo surround (colour wise)..


oh.. and welcome to IMOC

[nikaiyo]

LOL
Yeah the dash was not one the cars plus points! You dont get the true awful nature of it from the pics, its been flip pained, so it goes from orange, to green to purple . 1st job when i get car is to take it off and re-spray it, going to go for silver. So if any of you guys have advice on how to remove these bits, please let me know

[Lou-Lou]

LOL
Yeah the dash was not one the cars plus points! You dont get the true awful nature of it from the pics, its been flip pained, so it goes from orange, to green to purple . 1st job when i get car is to take it off and re-spray it, going to go for silver. So if any of you guys have advice on how to remove these bits, please let me know

Thats how I've done mine, just sprayed silver.. the dash bits are pretty easy to remove.. theres a few screws here and there and then just 'snaps' out.. theres a screw either side or underneath the ashtray IIRC.. and some under the steering wheel bit.

[Martin F]

nice car, nice wheels...and welcome


whats all been done to the engine ?

[C50]

there are some nice motors in that place

[Martin F]

there are some nice motors in that place

lol...too true

[nikaiyo]

Thanks for the comments guys, yeah there are a lot of nice cars there, have about 5 fresh import turbos.

Engine work as follows, in no real order:

Wossner Forged Pistons
Uprated Oil Pump/ Cooler
Metal Bearings
Rebore
Re-built head

It was done in Sept 06 so should still be good, I hope!!

Going to book it into Millway next week for them to check it out!

[mattcambs]

Might be easier to just get 2nd hand dash parts to replace the poo coloured ones. They all come off very easily.

In my opinion the original black looks the best. Trying to improve the MR2 interior is a bit like trying to polish a turd, IMO.

[Whippett]

Might be easier to just get 2nd hand dash parts to replace the poo coloured ones. They all come off very easily.

In my opinion the original black looks the best. Trying to improve the MR2 interior is a bit like trying to polish a turd, IMO.

So infact you are saying the MR2 interior is poo?!

In most cases when taking the dash out if the car has been tinkered about with, there will be about 2 screws holding everything in where the previous owner lost them all/couldn't be ar$ed to replace them!

[Whippett]

oh.. and sorry fella, welcome to IMOC and nice car! (black is the best and don't let anyone tell you otherwise!)

[Will_MR2]

Mine has 2 screws at the most holding my dash in lol

Nice car wish i had a tubby

[nikaiyo]

In most cases when taking the dash out if the car has been tinkered about with, there will be about 2 screws holding everything in where the previous owner lost them all/couldn't be ar$ed to replace them!

Lol took dash to bits on Wednesday, and yeah it was only held on with a few screws! I recon 50% less than holes for screws!! Also about half the ones in looked as tho they had been glued in, as 1 turn of screwdriver and they fell out!! Was trying to find electrical fault with headlights, failed
The orange dash is starting to grow on me TBH, so I am going to leave it for a bit.

Took the Wheels off today, and guess what i found?? Tein suspension allround

[KrisB]

sounds like it was a good buy any more pics ?

[Morth666]

Nice motor matey..hopefully have one soon..i like black mr2's look very smart indeed. What kept breaking on your french fancy then?

[nikaiyo]

Nice motor matey..hopefully have one soon..i like black mr2's look very smart indeed. What kept breaking on your french fancy then?

What kept breaking? Just about everything!
Owned for 2 years, was 4 years old when i got it, 40k miles FRSH, 172 Clio NO mods

Throttle cable 3times, once when i was doing 90ish up the steep hill on the A34!
O2 Sensor, replaced both twice
All the pipes on aircon
Wheel Bearings all round
Springs
HT System
I could go on TBH

Lets put it this way, I used to have a 'Grale Evo1 and Clio broke on a more regular basis!!

Shame as they are amazing cars to drive

[nikaiyo]

Nice... black tubby.. its the way forward

Love those wheels... not so keen on the dash.. looks really odd on the stereo surround (colour wise)..


oh.. and welcome to IMOC

Hehe I love the wheels I think they were made by a company called Koya, but not sure, any one know for sure?

But they were a bit screwed





All the lacquer had peeled on the polished rim, and there was some light oxidization on the ally

There was a big black mark, no idea what it was as it was not sticky, just black and really hard to remove!



But spent all last weekend rubbing down the rims and re Spraying them





its wierd, all the painted centres are in virtually new condition, and there is no sign of any kerbing! The polished bits were yellow on the rears tho, never seen anything like it!

Nik

[Will_MR2]

good job with the wheels

Fancy doing mine?

Nice car too btw