Where can I get the mr2 F355 ferrari kit from?

[shadowninja]

After forcing me to view pictures of stunted fakes, I think it's only fair that I'm allowed to post a pic of the real thing:






As designed by Pininfarina, not some bloke in his bedroom.

[splashnatz]

^ very pretty. how do you know that mr pinifi-wotsit didn't design it at home in his bedroom ?

if people want a replica, why not ?

i'd be really chuffed if i had a stratos replica as a car ...

or a GT40 rep

or a Cobra replica

[ericuk]

the poor guy above raves about the couple saying nice car adn small pen1s. Well ask yourself this. Whats worse, being told you have a small pen1s because youve worked hard, made the money and treated yourself to a supercar that others become jealous of OR get an MR2, pretend to ahve something you do not and then stand there and take any credit (or insult) for having done everything a REAL Ferrari owner may have done in order to get the real thing.

If you ask me , its obvious who feels they need the pen1s extension more so!

Bobby

Dude,

I work just as hard as ferrari owners. I do long days, work hard doing tasks I dont enjoy and this was to treat myself... only difference is i dont earn £40k a year or whatever.

It's obvious to say that if given the choice and budget, I'd have a real one... but I don't so this is an alternative for me.

I tell people it's an MR2... It makes the car even more interesting because people can't believe the transformation.

I thank people for kind/supportive words, I will post some pics at some stage soon.

As for the haters... I don't know why people hate on these conversions... the negative/narrow mindedness of some people on this board really puts me off from visiting here.

People think that I have issues for doing it... i would say that maybe they have issues also if they find my car such an problem.

Regards.

eric

[ericuk]

the poor guy above raves about the couple saying nice car adn small pen1s. Well ask yourself this. Whats worse, being told you have a small pen1s because youve worked hard, made the money and treated yourself to a supercar that others become jealous of OR get an MR2, pretend to ahve something you do not and then stand there and take any credit (or insult) for having done everything a REAL Ferrari owner may have done in order to get the real thing.

If you ask me , its obvious who feels they need the pen1s extension more so!

Bobby

Dude,

I work just as hard as ferrari owners. I do long days, work hard doing tasks I dont enjoy and this was to treat myself... only difference is i dont earn £40k a year or whatever.

It's obvious to say that if given the choice and budget, I'd have a real one... but I don't so this is an alternative for me.

I tell people it's an MR2... It makes the car even more interesting because people can't believe the transformation.

I thank people for kind/supportive words, I will post some pics at some stage soon.

As for the haters... I don't know why people hate on these conversions... the negative/narrow mindedness of some people on this board really puts me off from visiting here.

People think that I have issues for doing it... i would say that maybe they have issues also if they find my car such an problem.

Regards.

eric

[Bobby (aka Shaggar)]

Adding a ferrari kit is no different to putting a veilside/bomex/border kit on some fit well some dont.

they are not the same, veilside, bomex etc etc are kits, putting on a kit that resembles a ferrari is saying to people i own a ferrari, ie not a toyota, not a modified mr2, but a ferrari....

and Brian, not sure where on earth you got that info about rev1/2s being quicker with a ct26 than having a ct20b....

Only if you put ferrari badges on it..... imo

TRD kitting an mr2 then putting TRD badges on - does it make it an official TRD car?

I see your point tho Jim, maybe its not the best comparison my point was to show that ferrari kits arnt the only way to make an mr2 look like something else...

thats again very dirfferent sir. TRD sell components, tuning parts, aero aids, alloys etc as well as being known for building liited edition cars. IF you have a TRD badge on your car it is in no way suggesting TRD built your car merely that you have elements of their expertise on baord. If anything the cars theyve built have been a tiny tiny piece of their business by comparision to their parts sales.

Bobby

[shadowninja]

^ very pretty. how do you know that mr pinifi-wotsit didn't design it at home in his bedroom ?

because he designs it in a meditation room while sitting in lotus position contacting the gods. how else do you think such heavenly designs can come into being?

[GeoffC320]

Adding Ferrari badges and "suggesting" that its a Ferrari is no different to having a GT40 or AC Cobra kit car..

I'd have to disagree with you there. Many of the owners of GT40/Cobra replicas actually don't put the badges on and seem happy enough for anyone to see that the cars are a replica. Despite the fact that they are actually FAR closer to the original than any MR2 355 could ever be. For a start they usually have a V8 in them! Granted often a Chevy lump rather than the Ford original but at least it sounds and performs the part. Those replicas also often have very well engineered replica chassis and suspension which again is much closer to the original than the MR2 setup is to a Ferrari. Plus the interiors which, yet again, tend to be far more convincing.

So I would say it is actually quite a lot different. The other point being that to buy the genuine Ferrari is not that more expensive (relatively speaking) than building an acceptably finished 355 replica...but you have to be Jay Kay to afford a genuine Cobra or GT40.

Personally I just think it's a shame there aren't more companies creating similarly thorough, but originally styled, kits for the MR2 - to me that would be abetter use of the time, money & effort. But if it makes them happy, who are we to judge?

[ryan]

I am getting pretty fed up with people making 'this club' and 'that club' remarks. Get OVER it and enjoy wherever you are, I find this kind of thing childish in the extreme. In future I WILL moderate this kind of stupidness. Yes that means a warning and a ban if we have to.

Also give people a break. If they want to stick a Ferrari kit on that's their choice. Just because you don't like it there is no need to be so in your face - by all means give the people your thoughts but there is absolutely no need to be rude.
T

I agree! Love the Avatar BTW, loadsamoney!!

[Bobby (aka Shaggar)]

I am getting pretty fed up with people making 'this club' and 'that club' remarks. Get OVER it and enjoy wherever you are, I find this kind of thing childish in the extreme. In future I WILL moderate this kind of stupidness. Yes that means a warning and a ban if we have to.

Also give people a break. If they want to stick a Ferrari kit on that's their choice. Just because you don't like it there is no need to be so in your face - by all means give the people your thoughts but there is absolutely no need to be rude.
T

I agree! Love the Avatar BTW, loadsamoney!!

Toni, with all due respect if someone muys an MRs then makesit look like something else and badges it as something else and goes to all the trouble of getting as close as possible to something else is it really any surprise there hostility towards them right or wrong?

Such a person only sees an MR2 as a base unit on which to place body they wish. they obvio9usly do not appreciate the MR2 in the way other club members do nor do they appreciate the way it looks, its status ion the roads or the level of attention you genuinely get from a sorted MR2.

Therefore following this logic , is it not hard to see why some people (including myself) would wonder why on earth such people would choose to hang in an MR2 club. Surely a kitcar/replica forum would be a place where theyd be better ecieved and get the help they need minus the attitude. they are indirectly insulting our cars by flaunting their opinon of them.

Am i making any sense here.?

Bobby

[Bobby (aka Shaggar)]

oops double post

[Red_Turbo]

I personally feel that i bought my mr2 because i realised the capabilities of the car with its power, handling and styling. in my mind i bought it with the intention like most people on here to develop these areas in my own way with modifying the suspension so it handles how i want it to, tuning up the engine to make people in cars like ferraris and porches cringe as i overtake them. i finally bought it to style it in an areo dynamic way with a kit that emphasises this and still make it identifyable as and mr2.

I think thats how most people on here think as well. i feel that people that buy an mr2 to put a ferrari kit on it are missing the purpose of owning an mr2 and didnt buy the car with these intentions in the first place. this is why i think that its hard for people like me and the majority of people on here to support them.

i get curious when i see an mr2 with an imitation 355 kit on it and its not because im thinking i wonder what the owner does for a living or because i think it looks amazing because it is usually quickly identifiable as an mr2. i think why has that person chosen to spend all that money doing that to his car, why cant they see the potential it had and made all us other owners green with envy.

Red_Turbo

[Bobby (aka Shaggar)]

I personally feel that i bought my mr2 because i realised the capabilities of the car with its power, handling and styling. in my mind i bought it with the intention like most people on here to develop these areas in my own way with modifying the suspension so it handles how i want it to, tuning up the engine to make people in cars like ferraris and porches cringe as i overtake them. i finally bought it to style it in an areo dynamic way with a kit that emphasises this and still make it identifyable as and mr2.

I think thats how most people on here think as well. i feel that people that buy an mr2 to put a ferrari kit on it are missing the purpose of owning an mr2 and didnt buy the car with these intentions in the first place. this is why i think that its hard for people like me and the majority of people on here to support them.

i get curious when i see an mr2 with an imitation 355 kit on it and its not because im thinking i wonder what the owner does for a living or because i think it looks amazing because it is usually quickly identifiable as an mr2. i think why has that person chosen to spend all that money doing that to his car, why cant they see the potential it had and made all us other owners green with envy.

Red_Turbo

=D>

[BrianUK]

For your interest:

http://www.eurotuned.com/0-60.htm

http://www.albeedigital.com/supercoupe/ ... times.html

http://www.exoticcarsite.com/0-60-quart ... -times.htm

All show no real difference (within .1 sec) across the the three major versions of the Turbo. Bear in mind - we are talking standard specs.

A lightweight turbo that is quick to spool up has its advantages at times!

Brian

[steve]

For your interest:

http://www.eurotuned.com/0-60.htm

http://www.albeedigital.com/supercoupe/ ... times.html

http://www.exoticcarsite.com/0-60-quart ... -times.htm

All show no real difference (within .1 sec) across the the three major versions of the Turbo. Bear in mind - we are talking standard specs.

they're stats for the 200bhp US turbo models

some more stats here

http://www.letstorquebhp.com/rwd.asp

[Bobby (aka Shaggar)]

For your interest:

http://www.eurotuned.com/0-60.htm

http://www.albeedigital.com/supercoupe/ ... times.html

http://www.exoticcarsite.com/0-60-quart ... -times.htm

All show no real difference (within .1 sec) across the the three major versions of the Turbo. Bear in mind - we are talking standard specs.

they're stats for the 200bhp US turbo models

some more stats here

http://www.letstorquebhp.com/rwd.asp

Quite right!

(BrianUK gets owned! )

Bobby

[mr2nut123]

So your saying this kit isn't doing justice to the MR2 and the 355?

Problem with forums is, some idiot posts a pic of his Ferrari kitted MR2 with something like the first BAD design where the headlights are far up the bonnet and the backend looks like a block of cheese, and like most forums people follow the old threads just saying the same thing over and over even if they haven't seen the latest changes to the kits...

The new kits that are coming out now even go as far as lengthening the front of the car to make the EXACT size of the real thing and most of the panels have been moulded from the real thing. Check out www.extreme-cars.co.uk they are simply amazing.

Lets say you see a GT40 replica, I bet people on here would be like "now thats cool" so why not a decent looking Ferrari replica?

[PW@Woodsport]

here here! =D>

[Bobby (aka Shaggar)]

So your saying this kit isn't doing justice to the MR2 and the 355?

Problem with forums is, some idiot posts a pic of his Ferrari kitted MR2 with something like the first BAD design where the headlights are far up the bonnet and the backend looks like a block of cheese, and like most forums people follow the old threads just saying the same thing over and over even if they haven't seen the latest changes to the kits...

The new kits that are coming out now even go as far as lengthening the front of the car to make the EXACT size of the real thing and most of the panels have been moulded from the real thing. Check out www.extreme-cars.co.uk they are simply amazing.

Lets say you see a GT40 replica, I bet people on here would be like "now thats cool" so why not a decent looking Ferrari replica?

NO NO NO NO NO NO NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You obviously just cannot see what people are saying can you? Mate, the problem is nothing to do with the quality of the kits. I dont care if it's mm perfect with stitch perfect interior parts. The point is, and the point thats been made is, it very very sad to pretend to have something you do not. I cant understand why people dont get it. It is EXACTLY the same thing as buying a fake D&G top or Gucci watch, EXACTLY. Maybe a bit worse as youre having more to do with the creation of it. QWhy do you think Ferrari have presecut4ed people in the past for these thigs. Fact is......

you cannot afford a Ferrari sportscar therefore you feel it is ok to rip of the work of ferrari and make a fake based upon an MR2.

.............this commands no respect from MR2 owners nor Ferrari owners.

As for GT40s etc , I do feel this is a bit defferent only because the cars are pretty much extinct. there3 are a handful of real GT40s left and next to no real cobras or lotus 7s. These are historic sports cars which are not likely to be seen at all if it were not for these replicas. and besides most of the replicas i ahev seen have been based upon new chassis and spaceframes therefore putting them into the truwe kitcar category rather than the bodykitted MR2 one.

hope this makes it a little clearer, try taking off the fake Raybans!



Bobby

[mr2nut123]

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So your saying this kit isn't doing justice to the MR2 and the 355?

Problem with forums is, some idiot posts a pic of his Ferrari kitted MR2 with something like the first BAD design where the headlights are far up the bonnet and the backend looks like a block of cheese, and like most forums people follow the old threads just saying the same thing over and over even if they haven't seen the latest changes to the kits...

The new kits that are coming out now even go as far as lengthening the front of the car to make the EXACT size of the real thing and most of the panels have been moulded from the real thing. Check out www.extreme-cars.co.uk they are simply amazing.

Lets say you see a GT40 replica, I bet people on here would be like "now thats cool" so why not a decent looking Ferrari replica?

NO NO NO NO NO NO NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You obviously just cannot see what people are saying can you? Mate, the problem is nothing to do with the quality of the kits. I dont care if it's mm perfect with stitch perfect interior parts. The point is, and the point thats been made is, it very very sad to pretend to have something you do not. I cant understand why people dont get it. It is EXACTLY the same thing as buying a fake D&G top or Gucci watch, EXACTLY. Maybe a bit worse as youre having more to do with the creation of it. QWhy do you think Ferrari have presecut4ed people in the past for these thigs. Fact is......

you cannot afford a Ferrari sportscar therefore you feel it is ok to rip of the work of ferrari and make a fake based upon an MR2.

.............this commands no respect from MR2 owners nor Ferrari owners.

As for GT40s etc , I do feel this is a bit defferent only because the cars are pretty much extinct. there3 are a handful of real GT40s left and next to no real cobras or lotus 7s. These are historic sports cars which are not likely to be seen at all if it were not for these replicas. and besides most of the replicas i ahev seen have been based upon new chassis and spaceframes therefore putting them into the truwe kitcar category rather than the bodykitted MR2 one.

hope this makes it a little clearer, try taking off the fake Raybans!



Bobby

That post was possibly the dumbest post so far. You basically backed up what i said in my last post. GT40s are ok but not a Ferrari rep?! MR2 Turbos as STANDARD down the 1/4 are pulling late 13's compared to a 355s time of around mid 13s....not very supercar now is it? Its not about immitating an old (and these days) slow supercar, its about the respect to the Ferrari styling and being able to run a car thats easily maintainable. Anyway I can see arguing points like this over a forum is clearly a waste of time as the 'followers' will always keep saying "OH MY GOD ITS CRAP, GET A FAKE TRD KIT INSTEAD" Look at me in my fake TRD, there was only 35 made you know!!

p.s. *Obviously meant as a joke as i'm still a big fan of the TRD, fake or real*

[Bobby (aka Shaggar)]

Image Replaced With URL For Quote http://url101.imageshack.us/url101/9365/toy355is2.jpg

So your saying this kit isn't doing justice to the MR2 and the 355?

Problem with forums is, some idiot posts a pic of his Ferrari kitted MR2 with something like the first BAD design where the headlights are far up the bonnet and the backend looks like a block of cheese, and like most forums people follow the old threads just saying the same thing over and over even if they haven't seen the latest changes to the kits...

The new kits that are coming out now even go as far as lengthening the front of the car to make the EXACT size of the real thing and most of the panels have been moulded from the real thing. Check out www.extreme-cars.co.uk they are simply amazing.

Lets say you see a GT40 replica, I bet people on here would be like "now thats cool" so why not a decent looking Ferrari replica?

NO NO NO NO NO NO NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You obviously just cannot see what people are saying can you? Mate, the problem is nothing to do with the quality of the kits. I dont care if it's mm perfect with stitch perfect interior parts. The point is, and the point thats been made is, it very very sad to pretend to have something you do not. I cant understand why people dont get it. It is EXACTLY the same thing as buying a fake D&G top or Gucci watch, EXACTLY. Maybe a bit worse as youre having more to do with the creation of it. QWhy do you think Ferrari have presecut4ed people in the past for these thigs. Fact is......

you cannot afford a Ferrari sportscar therefore you feel it is ok to rip of the work of ferrari and make a fake based upon an MR2.

.............this commands no respect from MR2 owners nor Ferrari owners.

As for GT40s etc , I do feel this is a bit defferent only because the cars are pretty much extinct. there3 are a handful of real GT40s left and next to no real cobras or lotus 7s. These are historic sports cars which are not likely to be seen at all if it were not for these replicas. and besides most of the replicas i ahev seen have been based upon new chassis and spaceframes therefore putting them into the truwe kitcar category rather than the bodykitted MR2 one.

hope this makes it a little clearer, try taking off the fake Raybans!



Bobby

That post was possibly the dumbest post so far. You basically backed up what i said in my last post. GT40s are ok but not a Ferrari rep?! MR2 Turbos as STANDARD down the 1/4 are pulling late 13's compared to a 355s time of around mid 13s....not very supercar now is it? Its not about immitating an old (and these days) slow supercar, its about the respect to the Ferrari styling and being able to run a car thats easily maintainable. Anyway I can see arguing points like this over a forum is clearly a waste of time as the 'followers' will always keep saying "OH MY GOD ITS CRAP, GET A FAKE TRD KIT INSTEAD" Look at me in my fake TRD, there was only 35 made you know!!

p.s. *Obviously meant as a joke as i'm still a big fan of the TRD, fake or real*

..........and you my friend have in turn backed up my thoughts. You like the Ferrari, cant affrod one so you get one that you can AFFORD to run because in reality you cant maintain the real thing. In much the same way you guy a fake Cartier watch becuse you cant afford a real one. Am i paying homage to the design of Cartier? I think not!

as for TRDs, you really should get your facts right mate. i think youll find that youre mixing things up mate. Yes there were 35 GT2000s built BUT you can still buy the kit in much the same way that even with a Carrear 911 , you can still go buy turbo fenders and make it a widebody.........



So you see there's no such thing as a fake TRD (whats a TRD any way apart from a department within toyota) . GT2000s are plaqued and would be trackable back to toyota technicraft, however there are MR2s with widebody kits as fitted to the Gt2000. get it right buddy.

I still dont get your logic thoughas even if you WERE to akmke a fake TRD (engine, suspension, plaques, fake documents etc) then you'd be converting a MR2 into a limited edition MR2. Just an insy winsy bit different from taking a MR2 and turning it into a Ferrari. Duh!!!!!!

Ill leave you now to wash you counterfeit tops, polish your counterfeit shoes, sort your counterfeit wallet and listen to your illegally downloaded music all of course paying homage to the people who designed, made and own the licenses on them all.


laters,

bobby