Sat Jun 16, 2012:
Hi everybody.
After struggling with my car starting in the rain and cutting out and my previous efforts failing I realised it was more than just drainage issues. As its apparent water is my enemy I purchased a new dizzy cap gasket :th: .......... Made no difference
So my next thought was cracked dizzy cap as the starting/cutting out issues were getting worse. So I got a new Blueprint dizzy cap from A1 motorsports £25 So I set about replacing it and when I came to removing the "king" HT lead it felt very stuck By this point it had started raining in a real kind of biblical fashion and I kept dropping my tools through the engine bay I was getting ticked off I just ripped it out and the pin from the lead was still in the dizzy cap
and nothing was left in the lead
Oops :rolleyes: but looking at the dizzy cap I had an immense calcium build up.
Gave Mr T a ring and for £20 pounds I was getting a new king HT lead first thing in the morning:
With a new lead in hand I tried again:lol: ......success started so much quicker & smoother than before & the engine sounded much happier idling
With the cars reliability sorted I moved onto tarting my 2 up some more
Replaced my crank case breather filter with a nice shiny red one :
And I invested in a set of Toyota mudflaps:
I like these a lot, make the car look lower and finish the body off, will help keep it cleaner for longer too
Project - Cosmos Eagle (New owner)
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Great read, nice car
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Cheers
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Yup, car looks great bud
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Wed Jun 27, 2012
Because the child in me is too strong......I've let myself do this
"Hawaii 5-0 theme tune"
I know some people will be disgusted by this but it's all for a laugh and aint that what owning 2's are about, and most of all it just puts a smile on peoples faces
Because the child in me is too strong......I've let myself do this
"Hawaii 5-0 theme tune"
I know some people will be disgusted by this but it's all for a laugh and aint that what owning 2's are about, and most of all it just puts a smile on peoples faces
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The EDF energy blob?
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indeed
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wilki23 wrote:indeed
Our lass loves that little thing! She wants the actual one off the ad!
Does look pretty cool in the window
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Well Dad is not going to be outdone by son
i have Brian from family guy, as someone said on the MR2OC forum, "i always think of a white dog that talks when i see your post Brian lol"
putting it on tonight for when we go over to skipton
Brian
i have Brian from family guy, as someone said on the MR2OC forum, "i always think of a white dog that talks when i see your post Brian lol"
putting it on tonight for when we go over to skipton
Brian
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Love it, Dad Vs Son for the best MR2 competition!
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Mon Aug 10, 2012:
Right i've had some staggered 16" Sparco Crimson alloys for months and months now. I finally got my act together and started refurbing them as JAE finally loomed close
So this is what I was up against
The looked better than this until i washed them
So I got to work on refurbing them
Brian helping out
And finally got the outer rim sortted, took sooo much work to get these looking good again
Then I got the rims sprayed and colour coded to the car
The next thing was to clean up the centre caps
And finally I fitted them and this is the result, sortted just in time for JAE, the night before in fact
I'm well pleased with the result
Right i've had some staggered 16" Sparco Crimson alloys for months and months now. I finally got my act together and started refurbing them as JAE finally loomed close
So this is what I was up against
The looked better than this until i washed them
So I got to work on refurbing them
Brian helping out
And finally got the outer rim sortted, took sooo much work to get these looking good again
Then I got the rims sprayed and colour coded to the car
The next thing was to clean up the centre caps
And finally I fitted them and this is the result, sortted just in time for JAE, the night before in fact
I'm well pleased with the result
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That looks stunning mate love the colour coded wheels nice to see another rev5 owner
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Those wheels came up well
Is your dad the rep from MR2OC? Can't remember his name but had a good chat to him at JAE.
Is your dad the rep from MR2OC? Can't remember his name but had a good chat to him at JAE.
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These wheels looked great, every credit to you and Brian!!
Yep, Brian
Magic Beans wrote:Is your dad the rep from MR2OC? Can't remember his name but had a good chat to him at JAE.
Yep, Brian
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Good skillz on the refurbing!!
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Cosmos Blue!
You can see my Cosmos Beams here:
http://thrll.com/car/1997-toyota-mr2-12845
(you should join up to this site, good tool)
I've been deliberating taking the mud flaps off my old white 2 and fitting them to this one... Have you any more photos?
You can see my Cosmos Beams here:
http://thrll.com/car/1997-toyota-mr2-12845
(you should join up to this site, good tool)
I've been deliberating taking the mud flaps off my old white 2 and fitting them to this one... Have you any more photos?
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Cheers for the positive comments guys
I think colour coading the spokes was either going to look good or really bad and i'm glad it ended up looking good, well I think so anyway
I think colour coading the spokes was either going to look good or really bad and i'm glad it ended up looking good, well I think so anyway
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it always looks good mate
i mean.......look at mine with the black d1's
i mean.......look at mine with the black d1's
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Indeed
You have a good point
You have a good point
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can you and brian keep an eye out for a bomex or aeroware front skirt for me - colour no issue as ive got other bits to paint