Ok for me it's actually not a barn find. Car was one of my friends and I know it perfectly. It was just standing unused for more than 1 year so I called it barn find
After I prepared my first MR2 for a track (which was daily before), I wanted another daily MR2 so much. I got this MR2 offered and I just couldn't resist Good price, some nice items fitted, just body shape is quite poor. But with some effort and money I will make sure it will be shining again in Spring. I can't wait to take a t-tops off and go for a ride
It has koni yellow shocks + tein springs, sparco bucket seat, custom SS exhaust, new brake pads. Also I got nice Kosei R17 rims with it. And there is "new" wing and front bumper as well, so I will only have to cut and weld it bit, repaint and it will be ready to go. Technically car is really in good condition.
So for now it looks like that
Barn find - finally daily MR2 again
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Wow, that's going to take some restoring!!
Best of luck with it.
Best of luck with it.
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RedMR² wrote:Wow, that's going to take some restoring!!
Best of luck with it.
I don't think I will go in such details as you did with your car, just want to solve rusty places and have a nice clean car
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GreddyMR2 wrote:RedMR² wrote:Wow, that's going to take some restoring!!
Best of luck with it.
I don't think I will go in such details as you did with your car, just want to solve rusty places and have a nice clean car
Tuned in.
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Crickey! That'll be one project for sure.. What's the condition of it like underneath?
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parker455 wrote:Crickey! That'll be one project for sure.. What's the condition of it like underneath?
I still didn't see it underneath. I know that both rear quarters are rusty. Also, I will have to change lower front radiator holder. And I'm sure sills are rusty as well. They don't seem to be from the outside, but I'm sure they are from the inside I will have some more detailed photos at upcoming weekend.
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I'd be ditching the tein springs, the rates on those things probably barely match the konis at full stiffness!
Get something like an eibach or h&r (non race ones) and it'll ride lovely on the road. Well as long as the konis are still in shape that is
Get something like an eibach or h&r (non race ones) and it'll ride lovely on the road. Well as long as the konis are still in shape that is
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Race Idiot wrote:I'd be ditching the tein springs, the rates on those things probably barely match the konis at full stiffness!
Get something like an eibach or h&r (non race ones) and it'll ride lovely on the road. Well as long as the konis are still in shape that is
Do you mean teins are very hard? I didn't feel it when I was driving it sime time before. I think Weitec springs on my race car are even harded. But maybe I'm wrong, can't remember now. Maybe it would be worth to swap Tein springs to my race car. And they are a bit lower than Weitec.
Konis are still almost new
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The teins are a non progressive spring with rates of
F: 154lb/in. 1.5"
R: 274lb/in. 1.7"
Wheras stuff like the eibach ones are progressive so have a variable rate
F: 74-189lb/in. progressive
R: 120-348lb/in. progressive
So they stiffen up under load but ride better over bumpy roads. Cant find the rates for weitec are or if they are progressive or linear springs.
F: 154lb/in. 1.5"
R: 274lb/in. 1.7"
Wheras stuff like the eibach ones are progressive so have a variable rate
F: 74-189lb/in. progressive
R: 120-348lb/in. progressive
So they stiffen up under load but ride better over bumpy roads. Cant find the rates for weitec are or if they are progressive or linear springs.
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Race Idiot wrote:The teins are a non progressive spring with rates of
F: 154lb/in. 1.5"
R: 274lb/in. 1.7"
Wheras stuff like the eibach ones are progressive so have a variable rate
F: 74-189lb/in. progressive
R: 120-348lb/in. progressive
So they stiffen up under load but ride better over bumpy roads. Cant find the rates for weitec are or if they are progressive or linear springs.
Weitecs are progressive. Need to decide now which would be better for my track car Shocks will be Ohlins inverted. They are really stiff.
Re: Barn find - finally daily MR2 again
Love it - although I have a feeling it's going to be entirely rotten throughout
Best of luck, though
Best of luck, though
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JD wrote:Love it - although I have a feeling it's going to be entirely rotten throughout
Best of luck, though
I will have a closer look at it and start working this weekend. I will take some more pics then
Thanks
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GreddyMR2 wrote:
Weitecs are progressive. Need to decide now which would be better for my track car Shocks will be Ohlins inverted. They are really stiff.
Ooooh very nice, where you getting the Ohlins from?
It may be rusty but I recon a lhd eu mr2 is probably rare enough to be worth saving!
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Race Idiot wrote:GreddyMR2 wrote:
Weitecs are progressive. Need to decide now which would be better for my track car Shocks will be Ohlins inverted. They are really stiff.
Ooooh very nice, where you getting the Ohlins from?
It may be rusty but I recon a lhd eu mr2 is probably rare enough to be worth saving!
I have Ohlins from my old JDM MR2 which I bought for engine swap. The problem is they are in need of rebuild now. But when they were working, they were amazing. Not comparable to Konis.
Well yes, lhd MR2s are more expensive nowdays and it's worth saving... In worst case I might buy rhd turbo with a good shell and do lhd conversion.
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Took some more detailed photos today. There are some really bad spots, but I have another quite clean shell, so I think we will restore it It's not that bad I think.
There are quite a lot of photos and I upload them all to my page in Facebook so I think I will not upload them here. I'll just give a link.
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set ... 924&type=1
There are quite a lot of photos and I upload them all to my page in Facebook so I think I will not upload them here. I'll just give a link.
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set ... 924&type=1
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Long time no posting on here, but that doesn't mean works were not going forward
In short, I found another black shell which was almost in great condition, bought it and then replaced all the parts into it.
So here are a couple of photos. Car was registered and MOTed today.
Still need to clean those old decals, give it a good polish, finish some other small things and it's almost done Then it's just a matter of fantasy and money, what I could do to it.
In short, I found another black shell which was almost in great condition, bought it and then replaced all the parts into it.
So here are a couple of photos. Car was registered and MOTed today.
Still need to clean those old decals, give it a good polish, finish some other small things and it's almost done Then it's just a matter of fantasy and money, what I could do to it.
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Saved! Great work
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Nice save.
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Cleaned those old stickers and gave her a bit of polish. Now it looks much more fresh! There is no such difference in photos, but in reality it made a day and night difference.
Now I am waiting for Magnaflow universal muffler to come and will be fitting it between header and HKS muffler. Hopefully it will make a nice solid note, because now the sound is really terrible. You can imagine how it sounds with a very small resonator and N1 HKS muffler.
Now I am waiting for Magnaflow universal muffler to come and will be fitting it between header and HKS muffler. Hopefully it will make a nice solid note, because now the sound is really terrible. You can imagine how it sounds with a very small resonator and N1 HKS muffler.