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That's the one! Will have to start trawling

now that's a mod.ha.need cup holders so bad..sicka the girlfriend giving out all the time cus she has to hold my can of monster:-)..

Hahaha always annoyed me driving around with a drink between my legs, changing gears can be tricky and I know it will end in tears some day

Busy day today! My engine bay has really been letting the car down since it's been parked up so I bought some of this stuff in Halfords..
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Before..
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After 3 applications (spray it on and leave for approx 10 mins, then powerwash off)

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It definitely improved the looks but I still wasn't happy. I had a feeling this would happen so I picked up some sandpaper and high temp paint while I was in halfords.

Began disassembling the throttle body and I/c pipework so I could get at the rocker cover. When all was out of the way I could access the exhaust mani heatshield so I said I'd give it a rub of some sandpaper. While I love the fully polished look, I will not be going to that detail as all I want to do is keep the stock look of the engine but just to freshen it up a bit so I got it to this brushed metal level

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TB was filthy when I took it off but it's all lovely and clean now :)

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Doing the wash up :laugh:

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The parts in different stages of cleaning/sanding in prep for paint

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Plan is to paint the intercooler pipes and rocker cover in the same high temp silver paint

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The TB an inlet mani are all just getting a light sand to freshen them up. Not going to go mad on them :laugh:

Hope to get stuck into it again after work tomorrow :)

Oops, double post

The parts are going to look awesome when they are sprayed up. The Halfords High Temp paint is the best that I've ever used.
I once did my intake manifold with a cheaper brand and it started peeling instantly.

Will you finish it with a High temp lacquer?


Nice work on the throttle body too, there's certainly few ponies to be gained from that.
Buy new throttle body gaskets from Toyota while you have it off

hopefully they'll come up well Was actually only thinking should i lacquer them as well, what did you do Rex?

Don't know do i want the glossy finish as i'm only trying to freshen the engine up and keep it pretty stock looking. Don't want it to look too prettied up if you know what I mean and glossy painted engine parts don't usually come from the factory. But i'm sure the lacquer would help with durability

Getting there slowly

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4 coats later...

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Took a half day from work and got stuck into reassembly today


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And the obligatory before and after shots ;)


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really happy with the results :silly:

Very nice looks very well now mmmmm

Ah that looks brilliant.

Probably like the day it rolled out of the factory

Hmmm, the later 3GSTE has no airbox resonator.... more reason to try and remove it.

thanks lads

Really happy with it...now what's next...hmmmmm

awesome job!!
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Thanks mate

Excellent job Bommie, that makes such a difference!

thanks infamous nearly ready for road again, can't wait to go for a proper spin!

Couple of little updates, have the car back on the road since the start of July, love being back behind the wheel!

One of the wheel studs on the rear sheared. It had always been cross threaded and finally had enough checked the part number for the stud and it was the same as the 00 corolla I have at home so helped myself to one of them. While I had the calliper off I greased up the slder pins and had a poke around to make sure all was moving freely.

Sheared stud..

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New stud...
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Lubrication for the sliders..
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Next it was on to the interior of the car, something that always annoyed me was the light grey roof-liner and t-bar shades. My friend recently dyed the roof-liner in his car and had some dye left over and offered to do mine for me...absolutely delighted with the results as it now matches the rest of the interior :)

Before (all stained and crappy looking)...
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One coat of dye...
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Finished...
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He also sprayed the courtesy light and sun visor clips

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Here's the dye he used..
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And fitted, hard to get a good pic but looks factory so I'm delighted :)

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Wow great work on the interior. I presumed the MR2s were all black on the inside. My Corolla has the light grey roof too which is naff

Ya, looked kind of crappy in grey when everything else was black

Most Rev 1s are black fabrics with a thicker carpet.

Was considering waiting for a black roof lining but that has come out very nice. Where did you pick up the fabric paint? This car is very nice indeed. Engine bay is gorgeous

Thanks Steve, here's a link to the spray, you would have loads in 3 cans:

www.fabricspray.ie/shop/upholstery-spray-paint/midnight-black

Nice job ... I always preferred the black roof lining, I managed a get a set years ago including the shades and visors. They are in my rev 3 now, much nicer than the grey i think

Ya, def nicer than the grey in my opinion but everyone has their own taste

Great thread! There is some really useful info here

Thanks Shreid

Couple of small updates..

Both side vents had damage on them. Passenger side was like it when I bought it and drivers side happened while car was off the road so I picked up some from the local scrap yard. They haven't been polished up yet and car is filthy but ye get the idea....

Passenger side damage

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Passenger side new

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Drivers side damage

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Drivers side new

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While I had the interior panels off I replaced the original speakers with ones I got from the breaker mr2. The originals were unusable as they had deteriorated to the point where they were crackling comstantly

Old..

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Old vs New..

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Also, brought the car for the NCT yesterday and passed first time, absolutely delighted :cheer:

Good updates. The MR2 speakers drive me nuts, I ended up having to replace most of my speakers and upgrade some of the wiring. But once it gets going the sound is brilliant.

I'm back!

After buying a house and focusing on work for a couple of years it's finally time to get back to the mr2

I will finally be getting a shed to call my own for this winter so before that arrives, I've got some decisions to make.

I'm seriously considering returning the car to relatively stock condition and enjoying it as it came from the factory.

Does anyone know if standard turbo exhausts can be bought new anymore? I can't seem to find them