it lives! she started today, after a long week, i burnt out the loom the other day due to a slight "miscalculation" so another wiring loom and some long days reworking the new loom with the knowledge of what was wrong the first time, she started first tip of the key.
No new photos as very little has changed but ill get a video up in the next few days when i get the exhaust sorted

Woo Hooo, thats great to hear MJ well done, probably a first ever. Get a video and pic's up when you can.

Amazing stuff can't wait to see this
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Its weird smelling the diesel fumes in the shed......coming from an mr2! it wudnt start the last few days, i was seriously confused, also the EML wasnt working, but it now has an OBD11 connector so i plugged in the computer to see if it wud pick up any faults, but as soon as i plugged it in, the entire loom started to smoke and fuse together. It was one wire getting a live when it shudnt have, so even thou it needed a new loom it was a good thing as it showed me the problem.

Well MJ you must be doing smokey donuts at this stage

I still have that rear storage box if you need it as well.

a long way off de maiden voyage yet!
I do want it, where exactly are u? mullingar or that direction?

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a long way off de maiden voyage yet!
I do want it, where exactly are u? mullingar or that direction?

About 15 minutes the far side of Mullingar, I could meet you there though when you need it.

no panic, in next week or 2. U hardly have a set of clocks from an N/A mr2 in kms?

This is a class job fairplay man :)hope it goes well and cant wait to see it finnished great idea this will go worldwide haha,

Hey man how u getting on? hows the car coming along? havent seen any updates in a while...
Everything ok? tried calling a few times but no answer.....?

well spla, everything is grand, was away from the shed for a while, was doing some offroading last few weeks, but i did in the clutch in my buggy so im back at the mr2!
this is why ders been no updates!! Serious fun to be had on one!

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Anyway-back to the mr, had bother with some electrical systems, had to rewire them from scratch as losing the original ecu has played havok with alot of things, man problems were the P/S system, headlight retract system and the climate control unit, all working now thanks to the help of these....

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was waiting a few weeks for the machine shop to finish my drives, they had to be custom made as the originals wudnt work,so got them in today and took the car down off the lift and for aa quick spin round the yard-gears are all selecting which im relieved about as the gearbox was a custom job too.
Here she is today, ready for the spray shop in the morning and the a final assembly when i get it back

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intercooler pipes were a bastard make up-gave me the worst case of "arc-eye" ive ever had!

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Got a few bits for it, seats,new wheels, 4 drop links, roll bar bushes, 4 balljoints, TRD springs, new bilsteins, inner and outer track rods and gaitors, pads/disks, brake lines, anniversary chrome sills, few other bits and bobs, ill get a few more pics up

My new seats, ive had a few sets of these in past mr2s, and these are the cleanest original set ive seen, bolsters are really good, barely any sign of wear, need a good valet now as the cat has been sleeping on them last month or 2!

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new wheels- 16'' staggered enkei rims, powdercoated gun barrel grey

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Looking good Mitch
I'm well pleased with the wheels you sold me

Great stuff MJ
What's the chances of getting dipped in that?!

Ricky- did i get the wheels off you? am really happy with them
smurfster- slim..........

mjmitch wrote:
Ricky- did i get the wheels off you? am really happy with them
smurfster- slim..........

No I got a set 16" toms wheels from you last year if you remember

yes i do! did u get them refurbed? any pics? i bought these rims off a guy called ricky up around belfast somewhere

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yes i do! did u get them refurbed? any pics? i bought these rims off a guy called ricky up around belfast somewhere

Sorry for the delay I got the wheel refurbed with new Bolts and Valves I'm pleased with the result

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Fair play that is a great job. Most have put in some serious hours a skinned knuckles into that build.kc+ 1

was out at sprayers today and the car is finally red!
he actually sprayed it white first, not sure exactly why but he says it brings up the red better than just red over grey primer, 5 coats of laquer really sets of the red, looking forward to getting it back now......

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Looking good MJ, things are starting to really come together now.
You must be looking forward to getting this on the road already.
Still can't get my head around the d4d in a 2 but fair play for doing something different.

Looking good! Red is the color of an mr2 (as far as we concern anyways)
How much did it cost if I may ask?

Julius red is my fav mr2 colour-thou this isnt the toyota 3E5 red, its off a piaggio mini moto-we compared a sample of this and the 3e5 and it was way nicer so even thou it wasnt toyota colour we went with it. Cost of respray or entire build?
Infamous, im bitting my nails with impatience! See the diesel suits me as its an everyday car,

Good color anyway!
Cost of respray BTW

the respray is costing 2k.....but with spraying u get what u pay for

that red is beautiful very nice, makes sense to spray a white base coat it does bring up the red better i do it alot

ricky2 wrote:
mjmitch wrote:
yes i do! did u get them refurbed? any pics? i bought these rims off a guy called ricky up around belfast somewhere

Sorry for the delay I got the wheel refurbed with new Bolts and Valves I'm pleased with the result

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just saw this photo ricky-they look awesome! can i have em back??

Looks really good MJ, won't be missed on a dark night anyway

just a bit of update from the sprayers, its startin to take shape, looking forward to seeing it flattened and polished up, He polished my tail lamps and it made a huge difference!

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spent hours getting the lines right, they wernt happy till it was perfect!

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Looks great. The lights look a million times better polished.