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the spoiler looks like one of those things you can buy to help you floss your back teeth (i have no idea what they're called)
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Even after the paint, it looks like it was just glued on there. Look at the second pic of the red one, at the front of the passenger door. $6k for that? You could make an MR2 seriously haul ass with $6k. Instead, you make it look like another attempt at a Testarossa look-alike. And the ones I've seen on Fieros look better. That's just sad. IMO. I suppose there's no accounting for taste. Or lack thereof.
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Originally posted by typhoon1588:
that is a MkII Toyota MR2 with a full TRD 14 piece Widebody kit.
I nebver would have guessed that in a million years! Well IF the guy does finish it it might not look so bad but 6k! No way this guy paid that. If I see it finished (which I highly doubt) I'll snap a pic.
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Originally posted by todras: Originally posted by typhoon1588:
that is a MkII Toyota MR2 with a full TRD 14 piece Widebody kit.
I nebver would have guessed that in a million years! Well IF the guy does finish it it might not look so bad but 6k! No way this guy paid that. If I see it finished (which I highly doubt) I'll snap a pic.
I'm sure you could build a knock off for less than a grand, probably some out there now being that it's not exactly new.... I think that red one looks pretty sweet, but he better lose the steelies after he paints it! Better yet, he better paint it!
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Originally posted by todras: Was driving back from lunch a couple weeeks ago and look down a side street and what catches my eye? Brought the camera today to preserve this beauty for all to behold.
Once it is painted and it has some rims....
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well of course they are replicas available. But as for the comment on a testarosa look alike, i think thats a very naive comment. if you knew anything about mr2's you would know they are awesome cars and trd is a very very well respected company
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Originally posted by typhoon1588:


Very nice IMO.
Although I stopped and thought...and then started laughing. There's nothing like a carbon fiber trunklid.
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Originally posted by todras: Was driving back from lunch a couple weeeks ago and look down a side street and what catches my eye? Brought the camera today to preserve this beauty for all to behold.
Any car like that should belong in a shop or garage until finished. I don't believe a car in the working phases should be allowed to be unveiled until finished or at least until at a stopping point between major upgrades so that it can be viewed with some dignity and respect whenever out on the road. I'd rather buy a stock cheap piece o junk $500 car to drive in the meantime until I could get the nice ride all one color and get rid of the steelies before bringin her out and forcing everyone to see it
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Why doesnt someone do some Photoshop magic and show us what this could look like once its painted, and the wheels are attached.
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Originally posted by ridebmxcsvt: well of course they are replicas available. But as for the comment on a testarosa look alike, i think thats a very naive comment. if you knew anything about mr2's you would know they are awesome cars and trd is a very very well respected company
If you are talking about Toyota Racing Development, I know of them. IIRC, it's an in-house performance branch of Toyota, like their version of SVT, or AMG, or whatever(RUF? BMW's M series?). I respect what they do, most of the time. I love MR2's, I think they are sweet cars that looked pretty cool right off the showroom floor. If I didn't have such an affinity for the rotary engine, I probably would have owned one in my earlier days. I simply enjoy what is called "the sleeper factor", in my terminology. Instead of making it look fast, make it go fast. So I am already biased. I have seen certain body kits that I DO like, however (though I admit there are few). This is not one of them. As I stated before, this is merely my opinion. I see that I am in the minority, but I still think it looks tacky. I think maybe it's the fact that the MR2 is such a rounded, flowing shape, and that body kit is too angular, even boxy?
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