Sideways mr2 driven by Russian with broken leg IS BACK! [MR2 GTS, W201]

[Tanel]

Previous MR2 :




Quote from thread after selling the car.

gonna miss the sideways mr2 driven by a Russian with a broken leg

Actually I'm Estonian, not Russian and my leg is fine for now

Ive had lot's of cars after that blue MR2, but a friend of mine showed me this JDM RHD MR2 GTS LSD BOV COUPE on sale

And i fell in love..

It's imported from Japan to GB and then to Estonia.

After test drive i needed it. Sold my Volvo 745turbo and 525 E34.
Bought this mr2 for my 20th birthday.




It's al little beat up, but nothing serious. Needs full service (oils, belts pad's etc.), ECU remap and a little bodywork.

It has pedal box, steal head casket, racing clutch, apexi induction kit, blitz bov, turbo timer, LSD. That's all i know.
Engine is 3s-gte


Havent done anything with it yet, still waiting for garage. Hope i get it next week.
Car is still registred in gb... RHD is'nt legal in my country

So sad..


I still have the 5x114,3 to 5x120 adapters and salad shooters.
And a set of 17inch 3pc wheels

That's it for now, updates next week..

[Nick475]

yay mr2 guy! i love your old one

[Yezzz]

Wow! Looking at your last mr2, this is an instant sub! Looking forward to see where you're taking this project

[Tanel]

Thanks guy's!

And now the wheels.
Adapters and Shooters from the previous car, and new wheels

Adapters 5x114,3 to 5x120 15mm and 20mm


Shooters 16x8.5/9.5


And Fittipaldis in really good condition, 17x8 ET32.
Want to make rear's wide, but according to my calculations i cant go wider than 9,25 without fender pull. Even 9,25 will poke about 7mm more than shooters did.
We'll see what testfit tells


2 days till garage...

[corolllin]

slick.

check out my oldschool car group man!

https://www.facebook.com/groups/oldscoolcarcrew/

[Tanel]

Too oldskool for me

[kpg2713]

Nice to see another mr2 on here!

You should try those Fittipaldis on her. I've fitted 17x9.5's in the rear of my girlfriends SW with et15 and didn't need any pull, only a roll. There is a lot more room back there than one may think.

[Miroteknik]

[Tanel]

Nice to see another mr2 on here!

You should try those Fittipaldis on her. I've fitted 17x9.5's in the rear of my girlfriends SW with et15 and didn't need any pull, only a roll. There is a lot more room back there than one may think.

Yeah, def putting Fittis on her. We'll see how wide i cant go. Could you send pic's of the fitment?

[Tanel]

A small update.. Unfortunately, its a slow build.
Garage needs alot of things and work too.

And she's home.. Drive to the garage was fun, this thing is FAST!


Took the front end apart and realised that its pointless to save that bumper. Need to order a used one in the future. Almost all the bolt's broke, need luck getting the remains out


Whole bumper was pretty much in 3 pieces, only remains of duct tape held it together.
So, zip tied it.



Did some metal work with the front panel, but forgot to take pic's.
Overall, body is in pretty good shape, no serious damages.

Few new parts.


Plan is to get it on road as soon as possible. (make it little better to look at, new fluids,winter tires and overall maintenance)
Then i can take it to bodyshop, just gonna paint the new fender and headlight cover(??).
Get ecu mapped in live, 30psi at the moment seems a bit too much

Then i can think about stance

Next update in few days..

[sleeps]

Love the wheels, love the car, love the garage... This is good. Ill be watching.

[244Brick]

Dang 30psi! wow!

[Thom]

Im suprised 30psi hasnt popped the motor yet............................


I love these things. Glad your restoring/making it cool dude!

[lublub]

I love mr2's. If your new one is anything like your old one then this will be good...

[Tim Holm]

nice wheels. bet they look good on that car