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The car looks stunning in the flesh and the engine work is just superb, seriously. That noise..! 
Yes it's been a long wait but the end product always more than makes up for the cost etc. .. 
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- so I guess the word has to be ? Fantastic! - a long journey for both of you but what a cracking car and what a great advertisement for the sbits build quality.
Engine looks fantastic, and it sounds fantastic through that custom exhaust. 
I saw it in the flesh when I went up and have to say that the engine does look amazing. I got quoted £55 per dent which seems a bit steep to be honest. I am still looking for someone.- it never ends!! 
- car is still working perfectly and I'm still loving it! I feel like a little kid at Christmas. Even smaller update - I nearly bankrupted myself on petrol today and I think the clerk at my local Shell garage thinks I'm mad as I've visited it x3 times today The only thing I fitted today was this:
... There's a mark on the brace. I might have to find a TRD brace to replace it in a couple of months time 
The only response I've had back yet was the most recommended one who is unfortunately working in France until November. I'm hoping to have some responses and quotes in tomorrow with a view of having it fixed on Wednesday or Thursday during the day. Ashley & George Thank you very much I'm chuffed with the car and the route it's taking. It's probably quite obvious to see I'm excited about it Phil - I love the sound of the engine although nothing compared to hearing it roaring behind me that first time that I properly put my foot down. The acceleration is just unbelievable. I expected the car to be fast but its unreal! I'm sure Peter will tell you that it's a lot lot faster than he expected it to be and I know he enjoyed himself on the test drives which is always a good sign. We will have to have a proper catch up soon - before the baby comes along and selfishly steals all my spare time The heater is spotless and the perfect colour combo and brightness. It's spot on I find it the best way to learn how far I can safely push it and what it's limits are. Sod trying to feel it out and slowly increase acceleration and speed. Boot it and hope for the best Slipping Clutch - thank you. It definitely is fantastic! I cannot stress how quickly this car accelerates now and the speed is instant. No lag, no spooling time, just instant break neck speed. It's a true feat of engineering. It just seemed so slow and didn't have that immediate punch of power. Craig - thanks, I'm loving it. The exhaust is immense isn't it!! They managed to get the tone spot on and I've fallen in love with the mufflers. I haven't even taken them out to try the car without them. The level of sound and bass/throatiness is spot on with them fitted. It's enough of a sleeper exhaust that I can pull into my garage at 4am without waking up/annoying too many people and equally its loud enough that if I put my foot down even a fraction everyone nearby knows there's a beast of an engine lurking in the depths of the car. It's more subtle and tucked out the way. Peter got the decisions on the exhaust spot on!Matt - thanks for the mirror pictures. Having had a second look I don't think that the ones I have are actually EastBear one £27 
tsango - I think I might have actually scared Peter a bit on the test drive (which was me taking it easy as the exhaust sounds when I drove off properly will confirm ) - I don't think he expect me to plant my foot quite as much as I did so soon The baby is due in December and I'm trying to finish off our house so money is a bit too tight to spend a fortune on the car after the engine swap. We are looking to sell up and move again in around x2 years so I would imagine that the next big step forward will come around that time. Up until then I will tackle smaller fiddlly jobs and things that I want to do in order to get the car in a perfect condition. I want all out power but the car needs to still be able to be relatively refined and normal as its becoming a daily driver. I will never sacrifice reliability for power though - I value reliability above all else. Who knows what will happen in the future though... I may get a 2gr and fit it to another MR2 and keep one car for the week and one for Sunday best - any small imperfections in the bodywork annoy me and so it will have immediate attention. Your quotes do seem a little higher than I was hoping for... Once I've got some solid confirmed quotes back I will post up and let you know so that you can use it as a bit of a comparison. I applied for a measly £6500 agreed value with Adrian Flux which given the amount of work which has been completed I would hope will be accepted without question. As I'm not really sure how these things work though I will just have to play the nervous waiting game and hope for the best 
Selling up my highly modified and restored Rev 1 V6 3.0 1MZ-FE VVTi£11k, but I think I will be lucky to squeeze £6k as an agreed value.£45 per panel. Each door for example has maybe 3 or 3 slight dents and there is a ding in the boot. They are all very slight. You have to look down the side of the car to see them but like you I cannot stand them..!! I have had my front and engine bay ones chromed. I picked them up today. Will fit them and put some pics on. Cost me £90. They sent out a form which they wanted filled in covering what's been replaced, what's been modified, money spent etc... They also requested x7 colour photographs. ... I've requested an agreed value of £6,500 (as the engine I have fitted isn't easy or cheap to find). Ive never had a policy like this before though. I presume that I send them the relevant details and request the value that I think is fair before they review this and decide what price to issue. I have a dreaded feeling they will come back with a stupidly low agreed value like £2,000 at which point I would cry What's even better is the more dents you have the cheaper it gets (even with the discount I'm getting from mentioning pistonheads). I'm having the two big dents on the door and two tiny dents removed (one in the rear wing and one in the bootlid) and its costing me £100 cash in hand. He is coming on Monday morning (the 9th) so I will post up with before and after photos for you. I'm not sure how far north he covers but let me know if you want his number It will be a while till the bank account looks healthy enough again to afford that though Selling up my highly modified and restored Rev 1 V6 3.0 1MZ-FE VVTi(the white MR2 turbo with the red and black leather seats fitted) off at Peters and the transformation from then until now is simply staggering. Those wheels (a recent addition???) also look fantastic on the car and suit it very nicely indeed. - the anticipation is killing me!- it was an amazing feeling to get the car back and I'm ecstatic with how it runs and the work that has been done to it. The sound and acceleration can only be experienced and not described. - when is it due? I think that they look a lot more pronounced as the new dropped suspension has settled in over the past few months. As such the car is looking lower and this then draws your attention to the wheels more. I love them. One day I will get a nice set of three spoke Advans for her though, oh and a TRD rear strut brace, and a standalone ECU, and the list just forever grows Selling up my highly modified and restored Rev 1 V6 3.0 1MZ-FE VVTi... (after the compulsory spirited drive and trip to the petrol station ) Before I launch into loads of photos firstly apologises that they aren't of great quality - the joys of my iPhone as opposed to my SLR ... I will keep you updated on if they change it without hassle as I've heard plenty of horror stories. 
I will do it one day soon though This had various items in it, but the one I was most interested in to start with was a different gear lever. My current gear lever is a short shift B&M one which when combined with the B&M drop plate I've found too short for every day usage. Peter came to my rescue and sent me a shorter OEM lever (rev3 iirc). So although I vowed never to replace this again as it was a pig of a job the first time I set about stripping it all down. 
B&M short shifter against the Rev3 one I was replacing it with. Perfect height increase for me
It isn't an awful lot higher but I'm clasping the gearknob in my hand now rather than changing with the top of it. - the one between the seats. 
As such I drilled the appropriate size hole in it:
They don't match anything else in the car and don't look the part. They had to go. .. It just so happens that I have lovely chrome handles to match 
The new chrome ones have the bottom cable connector facing up rather than down so it was just a case of a quick pop out, reposition and it was ready to fit. 
The new handles therefore have a far nicer and tighter opening feel. Al in all I'm very happy ..
(pretty much the only thing that isn't polybushed). This is a job for another day though - I will attack these in a week or two when I've got a helping hand. Selling up my highly modified and restored Rev 1 V6 3.0 1MZ-FE VVTi
RyanRs wrote:Skywalker wrote:explain how the coolant leaves the expansion tank and goes back into the coolant system?
Seriously
.. A little investigation today showed a loose bolt on the seat runner. The thread had been pretty much stripped. Therefore it was re-tapped with a different size and a beefier M10 bolt was dropped in. Job done and no more wobble So the new kit got laid out ready:
These were fitted around 8 months ago and have covered next to no mileage and only in the dry but it was the only advisory on the MOT (the rubber boots were apparently perishing on them). Well I agree with the MOT tester - the boots are definitely perished! I am not at all impressed with the crap that Delphi are selling these days. I won't ever use their drop links again. Here is what the fronts looked like (although surprisingly the rears are still like new):
They are being made for me today and should hopefully be with me shortly so I can replace the rubbish currently on there. So this got a quick tighten up which solved the issue. I took a few quick pics of the exhaust and the heater LEDs which I hadn't properly grabbed pics of before:
.. I'm thinking that the next job has to be to replace that battery with a new and slightly larger size one Selling up my highly modified and restored Rev 1 V6 3.0 1MZ-FE VVTi..?... I think the order of the to buy list currently goes like this;(currently being made), then new stainless under tray bolts and nuts, a larger battery, rear drop links, and then possibly Whitelines. Selling up my highly modified and restored Rev 1 V6 3.0 1MZ-FE VVTi
- the only club to win 'Best Club Stand' at JAE more than once, and twice in a row!toxo wrote:Did those handles come from an LS400 by any chance?
yes I've just ordered a pair - I've got a couple of sets on order which when delivered will be up for sale. I've also managed to source some of the chrome shut plates , and as such the dings have been bugging me to no end. I managed to book Steve Cushmans who comes highly highly recommend. He owns DENTPUSHER and his work is second to none. I'm over the moon with his work. Here they are before:
I would happily recommend him to anyone and would have paid double the price for his work 
Selling up my highly modified and restored Rev 1 V6 3.0 1MZ-FE VVTi