Hi guys, just picked up my mk1 which I plan to restore to former glory. Have owned a few mr2's before but never a mk1 so hopefully will be getting some technical help from the experienced members here. The first things I need are a manual (Haynes type not a cd) and 2 front wings. Can anybody point me in the right direction please? Oh im based in the Midlands in Wolverhampton just incase any one local has a couple of wings.
Cheers
Trev
Welcome to the forum.
Haynes manuals come up on ebay occasionally, they are based on the US version though. Most information can be found on line and is usually better than the Haynes manual, I have a Haynes manual and have never used it.
New wings from Toyota were around the £100 mark, but I don't know if they have any more. Fibreglass wings are available but need a bit more work to fit. Second hand wings do come up but they are usually in need of work as well.
Cheers for that coverco, I have seen the fibreglass ones but I must admit coming from a kitcar background I would rather go for the originals if they are still available. I will give Toyota a bell and find out. I've found a manual on e-bay so I will probably bid on that as I have an old school mechanic friend that prefers to thumb through the pages lol.
Welcome to Mk1 ownership. i have a haynes but to be honest i get the most useful advice fromt he web, this foruma nd a few others are gold mines of infomation but there is alot out there.
Here are a few links that are very useful.
http://www.padandwheels.com/mr2/index.html
http://manual.teq.org/
http://opc.mr2oc.com/
http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/jimilawson/page9.html
http://www.toyodiy.com/
There are loads of others.
Have found Haynes useful on the odd occasion though so definitely worth getting although edpending on what year you have and what you will be working on then it may or may not cover what you need.
Don't forget to get some pics up.... we all love a good picture
Cheers for the links they will save me time hunting around. Just called Toyota and they can have the wings here in 48 hours for £95.65 each plus VAT. I don't think that's to bad to be fair!
Did you ask for club discount, my local Toyota gives me 5-10%.
Not too bad at all really, seen second hand ones go for 60 so probably well worth it.Originally Posted by TrevF
i am surprised they still have them tbh
I never gave that a thought. When I call to order them I will ask the question and let you know. Cheers for the suggestion.
Toyota do stock things like that still which sounds odd considering they don't produce throttle cables any more which is a right bugger!
The fibreglass wings were originally £39 but then they put the prices up to £85 each due to the recession and their costs going up - or they just caught on and screwed us all!
Always have the part numbers handy when calling Toyota, as the parts people I've dealt with don't have a scoobie doo!
hi , i have 3 sets of throttle cables all like new , i didn't know you couldn't get them anymore . i think they were around 90 pounds new .
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