Where have all the decent Mk2 turbo tintops gone?!!
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Re: Where have all the decent Mk2 turbo tintops gone?!!
Hi Rory, did you get my pm?
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Re: Where have all the decent Mk2 turbo tintops gone?!!
Edited because my phone seems to like duplicating my posts for me after I've gone offline!
Re: Where have all the decent Mk2 turbo tintops gone?!!
Spanky is selling his rev3 Carribean Blue tintop - not sure if he advertised it here.
They're out there if you want them!
They're out there if you want them!
Re: Where have all the decent Mk2 turbo tintops gone?!!
Spanky is selling his rev3 Carribean Blue tintop - not sure if he advertised it here.
They're out there if you want them!
They're out there if you want them!
Re: Where have all the decent Mk2 turbo tintops gone?!!
One sat on my drive
Rev1 shell fitted with a full rev3 rear clip,just over 60k on the engine.
Full respray combined with toms skirts rear bumper and a larger front lip
Usual mods such a coilys, chargecooler, ebc.. Ect ect
Thinking of breaking tho. Although I say that iv been away from it on my honeymoon for a week now and looking forward to jumping back in the driving seat and going for a decent drive (when I'm done soaking up with Florida sun that is)
Rev1 shell fitted with a full rev3 rear clip,just over 60k on the engine.
Full respray combined with toms skirts rear bumper and a larger front lip
Usual mods such a coilys, chargecooler, ebc.. Ect ect
Thinking of breaking tho. Although I say that iv been away from it on my honeymoon for a week now and looking forward to jumping back in the driving seat and going for a decent drive (when I'm done soaking up with Florida sun that is)
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Re: Where have all the decent Mk2 turbo tintops gone?!!
Kinsy wrote:Spanky is selling his rev3 Carribean Blue tintop - not sure if he advertised it here.
They're out there if you want them!
I do like the Caribbean Blue, very nice colour!
Yours looks a nice car Smartdj, I've got my heart set on one from about 94 on and with very minimal body mods really! Starting to think I might be a bit too picky!
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Re: Where have all the decent Mk2 turbo tintops gone?!!
Kinsy wrote:Spanky is selling his rev3 Carribean Blue tintop - not sure if he advertised it here.
They're out there if you want them!
I do like the Caribbean Blue, very nice colour!
Yours looks a nice car Smartdj, I've got my heart set on one from about 94 on and with very minimal body mods really! Starting to think I might be a bit too picky!
Re: Where have all the decent Mk2 turbo tintops gone?!!
smartdj wrote:One sat on my drive
Rev1 shell fitted with a full rev3 rear clip,just over 60k on the engine.
Full respray combined with toms skirts rear bumper and a larger front lip
Usual mods such a coilys, chargecooler, ebc.. Ect ect
Thinking of breaking tho. Although I say that iv been away from it on my honeymoon for a week now and looking forward to jumping back in the driving seat and going for a decent drive (when I'm done soaking up with Florida sun that is)
More pics please I'm doing a red toms kit and thinking of doing roof black
Re: Where have all the decent Mk2 turbo tintops gone?!!
Just seen this.. I'll try and get some up tonight
Re: Where have all the decent Mk2 turbo tintops gone?!!
Im with you OP, i aint seen a good one in a while, and was actually considering posting something up to this effect.
I was going to buy one as a second car again, or to keep in the garage to run alongside the M3..... i just dont see any that i would have to buy.
Going back to the one i got first time round in 2005, it was perfect. Bodywork was excelllent and standard, and had a nice set of Jap alloys on it.
Now all i seem to see is xxxx with bodykits on, and mid fitting halfords cheap looking alloys.
Engines might be strong, but they just look cheap.
Even on here there is only 1 or 2 coming up that i actually think is decent, like the yellow one in the 1st post. But dont think it has an MOT and needs work?
Quite dissapointed, even Pistonheads is quite bleak.
I have been on the jap auctions though and some do look quite good!
Might have resigned myself to getting a Mk1, and a turbo conversion instead.
I was going to buy one as a second car again, or to keep in the garage to run alongside the M3..... i just dont see any that i would have to buy.
Going back to the one i got first time round in 2005, it was perfect. Bodywork was excelllent and standard, and had a nice set of Jap alloys on it.
Now all i seem to see is xxxx with bodykits on, and mid fitting halfords cheap looking alloys.
Engines might be strong, but they just look cheap.
Even on here there is only 1 or 2 coming up that i actually think is decent, like the yellow one in the 1st post. But dont think it has an MOT and needs work?
Quite dissapointed, even Pistonheads is quite bleak.
I have been on the jap auctions though and some do look quite good!
Might have resigned myself to getting a Mk1, and a turbo conversion instead.
Re: Where have all the decent Mk2 turbo tintops gone?!!
shibby! wrote:
Might have resigned myself to getting a Mk1, and a turbo conversion instead.
You know it makes sense. Again though, ideally you want a tin-top, and good luck finding one!
If you can't see the angle, you're in trouble.
Re: Where have all the decent Mk2 turbo tintops gone?!!
shibby! wrote:Im with you OP, i aint seen a good one in a while, and was actually considering posting something up to this effect.
I was going to buy one as a second car again, or to keep in the garage to run alongside the M3..... i just dont see any that i would have to buy.
Going back to the one i got first time round in 2005, it was perfect. Bodywork was excelllent and standard, and had a nice set of Jap alloys on it.
Now all i seem to see is xxxx with bodykits on, and mid fitting halfords cheap looking alloys.
Engines might be strong, but they just look cheap.
Even on here there is only 1 or 2 coming up that i actually think is decent, like the yellow one in the 1st post. But dont think it has an MOT and needs work?
Quite dissapointed, even Pistonheads is quite bleak.
I have been on the jap auctions though and some do look quite good!
Might have resigned myself to getting a Mk1, and a turbo conversion instead.
Erm, it's an MR2. Even the best-looking example is nothing to write home about. They weren't lookers two decades ago, they sure as Hell won't be now...
92 MR2 Turbo Rev2 stock engine, Link G3 TURBONOZ mapped, T78: 487bhp & 364lbft; 11.78@120. NOW BREAKING: www.imoc.co.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?p=1542658
94 GTiR: 12.08@115 TOTB Sold
92 300ZX: 12.6@113 (415bhp) 570bhp, 500lbft
00 Clio 172
05 WRX PPP
94 GTiR: 12.08@115 TOTB Sold
92 300ZX: 12.6@113 (415bhp) 570bhp, 500lbft
00 Clio 172
05 WRX PPP
Re: Where have all the decent Mk2 turbo tintops gone?!!
Hahahaa i disagree man, i think the Mk2 looks very good! maybe not bog standard, but new wheels and dropped a little, the Rev 3's + look very good.
MK1's on the other hand, i think they are still as ugly as i thought they were years ago, i would still have a supercharged or turbo one though
Sheer cheap thrills, the clean ones look good and are a laugh.... only problem is that there doesnt seem to be many clean ones around in my opinion.
MK1's on the other hand, i think they are still as ugly as i thought they were years ago, i would still have a supercharged or turbo one though
Sheer cheap thrills, the clean ones look good and are a laugh.... only problem is that there doesnt seem to be many clean ones around in my opinion.
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See, I love the MK1. Think it looks perfect for the job it was conceived to do all those years ago. But the MK2... Ugh! Fatty bum bum!
92 MR2 Turbo Rev2 stock engine, Link G3 TURBONOZ mapped, T78: 487bhp & 364lbft; 11.78@120. NOW BREAKING: www.imoc.co.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?p=1542658
94 GTiR: 12.08@115 TOTB Sold
92 300ZX: 12.6@113 (415bhp) 570bhp, 500lbft
00 Clio 172
05 WRX PPP
94 GTiR: 12.08@115 TOTB Sold
92 300ZX: 12.6@113 (415bhp) 570bhp, 500lbft
00 Clio 172
05 WRX PPP
Re: Where have all the decent Mk2 turbo tintops gone?!!
I'm different again. I was a teen in the nineties when the MK2s were doing the rounds and they had a very classic shape, which I think still looks well today.
As a result I like clean, standardish-looking MR2s - personally not a fan of the Max-Powered efforts, though I'd never knock someone else who was - plenty of space for all tastes when it comes to the SW20 in my book.
As a result I like clean, standardish-looking MR2s - personally not a fan of the Max-Powered efforts, though I'd never knock someone else who was - plenty of space for all tastes when it comes to the SW20 in my book.
Rev 2 Turbo (Testing my patience)
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