Sunroof or tbars or neither?....

[MR2 Rich]

Did all mk2 mr2's come in either sunroof or tbars? It's just I noticed on this car on eBay, it's a solid roof without sunroof is that original Toyota?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1996-TOYOTA-M ... 41705cfe77

[ryan]

You mean without sunroof. All JDM cars were either T bar or tin top without sunroof. This one is an import turbo but has uk clocks fitted. 40k seems very low

[MR2 Rich]

So there wasn't a turbo with a sunroof?

[Loque]

I've been spying this on 't bay for a while now. If I had the dollar I'd have bought it...

[Al-sw20]

So there wasn't a turbo with a sunroof?

In the US there was.

[jasongtr]

no sunroof turbos from Japan

uk cars are t-bar or sunroof (t-bar have full leather in uk cars)
jdm cars have t-bar or tintops

so the only way you will get a right hand drive sunroof turbo is to buy a converted one or do a conversion.

[RikH77]

UK t-bars weren't all leather?!?

[jasongtr]

must be just the ones ive seen then

[Demon A]

I've been spying this on 't bay for a while now. If I had the dollar I'd have bought it...

So have I but UK clocks put me off big time.

[craig]

I've been spying this on 't bay for a while now. If I had the dollar I'd have bought it...

So have I but UK clocks put me off big time.

Why? It's a rev4 turbo. (Tin top - import only, passenger side air bag - rev4+ import only)

The UK speedo has simply been swapped in for the old kmh speedo.

I've swapped my 180kmh speedo out for a UK 160mph speedo. No need for a converter, and has mph and kmh indications. Lot better imo.

Looks a clean car!

[craig]

must be just the ones ive seen then

all the UK T bars I've seen had leather....

[jasongtr]

must be just the ones ive seen then

all the UK T bars I've seen had leather....

then thats fact now isnt it

[craig]

[MR2 Rich]

I definitely remember seeing a turbo sunroof model so it must have been a UK NA converted to a turbo

My UK tbar has leather aswell

[RikH77]

what rev's we talking

my old rev 3 tbar was cloth

[jasongtr]

someone must of changed the leather when they rotted after the huge interior downpours

[craig]

I definitely remember seeing a turbo sunroof model so it must have been a UK NA converted to a turbo

My first MR2 was a sunroof turbo....

.....it originally had a 3SFE engine in it

[craig]

what rev's we talking

my old rev 3 tbar was cloth

Seats could have easily been swapped out over the years prior to you buying it..

[Demon A]

I've been spying this on 't bay for a while now. If I had the dollar I'd have bought it...

So have I but UK clocks put me off big time.

Why? It's a rev4 turbo. (Tin top - import only, passenger side air bag - rev4+ import only)

The UK speedo has simply been swapped in for the old kmh speedo.

I've swapped my 180kmh speedo out for a UK 160mph speedo. No need for a converter, and has mph and kmh indications. Lot better imo.

Looks a clean car!

Simply due to the amount of ones I've seen with unknown mileage. Nothing against the car at all it looks immaculate, but changing clocks bothers me.

More so after last Sunday. See the conclusion to "identifying a geniune rev 5 turbo from vin plate" thread.

Mileage on that showed 77k km, but it most definitely wasn't!

[DAN_REV1_TURBO]

With the Jap imports you will find a fair few that have had the clocks swapped out. I wouldn't be put off by it, especially if the car is in good shape and even better if there is some record within the service history to show the change. In fact it`s a good job done for you I think.

I had the original Jap clocks with 110mph overlay on and hated it. So invested in a set of UK 160mph ones and clamping delimiter at the same time. I adjusted the mileage on the new clocks to read the exact same (in miles) as my old clocks did in KM`s (so say 130,000km would be 80,000 something miles). I printed the purchase receipt off and a copy of the KM`s converted to mileage, the date it was done etc.. So if the seller can give you decent information on it and it`s legit don't be put off.