.....As I had a slight argument with a wall while travelling sideways I decided rather than have the car pulled straight I would buy a decent shell and build the car from the ground up.
The car I started with was a 1994 Rev3 in black
The first thing to do was strip down the 1990 Rev 1 I broke.
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With the white car stripped I could now start on the black car and the engine.
...First I removed the old suspension including all the control arms.
The K Sport Coilovers have to go back to the previous owner so I have the front end in the air to sort out all the running gear.
As you can see the parts are pretty rusty so I will refurnish all the bits before fitting any new shiny bits!
It's amazing what a shot blaster can do!!!
So they don't get into this state I painted them.
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I then pressed in my new Super Pro Polly bushes! Was hard work as it took 8 tonne's of pressure to press out the old bushes!!
I then fitted my front Cusco Strut Brace
With the suspension bushes in and ready to go I started to fit my XYZ Coilovers.
These are fully adjustable which will be great for the track!
I then fitted the control arms etc.
.. with the new Polly Bushes
As the car was up North everything was seized on or sheared off when removing so I fitted new steering rack boots, new lower ball joints and track rod ends.
I then fitted my White Line ARB's with new Super Pro Polly bushes as they are better than the bushes that come with the White Line ARB's!
Next came the bit I was excited about!! I started to fit my new XYZ 6pot front brake kit.
.. I also have XYZ 4pot rear brakes to go on so the car should stop well!!
With this done I really needed to get some wheels sorted out as my 15's obviously would not go on over these brakes! I bought some 16" Skyline GTR
& GTS T wheels from R32. The fronts are alloy and 6.5" wide from the GTS T and the rears are forged mag and 8" wide from the GTR. This works out well as they are lighter at the back and the MR2 needs the back to be as light as possible without removing too much from the front!They were in a bad way so I got them refurbished and powder coated black after an X-Ray to make sure the mag wheels were ok!!
I have yesterday got my A048R Yokahama Tyres fitted so this weekend I can get the front back on the floor to do the same with the rear!! Can't wait now.
. Well thats me up to date, I will keep you all posted on my progress over the coming weeks.
I have a cage to go in and the car is being re-sprayed in January in Arctic White...
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