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My Toyota MR2 build thread - 1994 GT-S - FirebirdPhil - 12-03-2019

Looking good John, a trip to WIM will be needed I think or you will have ultra comedy suspension (again).

My Toyota MR2 build thread - 1994 GT-S - toxo - 13-03-2019

2tongues Looking good John, a trip to WIM will be needed I think or you will have ultra comedy suspension (again).

Yeah it's on the cards before Le Mans, I've had all the lower suspension off again since the last one!

My Toyota MR2 build thread - 1994 GT-S - mplavery - 13-03-2019

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Lovely car Toxo

Really miss my MR2'S


Graet fun cars

My Toyota MR2 build thread - 1994 GT-S - toxo - 15-03-2019

Thanks Smile

Got this week off so set about doing some bits and pieces off my list (remember that?)! My electric aerial died the other day so I took that out, and realised I could use the aerial cable (the wire that takes the signal is a totally separate cable, not attached to the loom) to pull wires through my inner wing, above the driver's side rear wheel. This saves from the wiring being exposed to the elements by going through the engine bay :thumbup1:

So using the aerial cable as a draw cord I got busy with some duct tape and pulled 4 wires through, 2 pre-existing ones for my rear foglights to get them out of the engine bay and 2 new ones for the reverse switch and the boot popper. I have also refitted the reversing camera in place of the rear boot lock. Unfortunately I scratched my rear centre panel pretty badly while doing this but a trip to the bodyshop is on the cards shortly so not too fussed about that. I started wiring the boot popper, it's wired to my auxilliary fusebox in the boot but hasn't got the wire done yet for the signal from the alarm.

Didn't take any photos but will get some while I'm there later today finishing the wiring. Oh yeah, the aerial works again now too Smile

My Toyota MR2 build thread - 1994 GT-S - toxo - 16-03-2019

Boot popper works, reversing camera works, I even found time to straighten up my engine lid panel so that it sits nicely level with the fan kit fitted. It's weird, I always thought of reversing cameras as total gimicks that I'd never use, but have found myself automatically using it the two times I've reverse parked since.

Again, total picture failure. Sorry about that.
  • Amp board & subs reinstalled Needs to be redone, power now redone
  • Speaker wire repair for driver's door components DONE x 2
  • Alarm siren & engine bay switch working DONE
  • Alarm total closure DONE
  • HKS CAMP installed DONE
  • Omori 45mm boost gauge fitted in-dash DONE
  • HKS SSQV fitted DONE
  • Accessory Fuse & Relay box installed DONE
  • Fan kit fitted DONE
  • Intercooler out DONE
  • Exhaust flexi repair DONE
  • Wire up rear foglights using UK MR2 parts (indicator in instrument panel, proper toyota switch etc) DONE
  • New Oil & Water pumps DONE
  • New rear pads & discs DONE
  • Fit Brakes International refurbed rear brake calipers DONE
  • New heater controls, boot & fuel flap release & driver's carpet DONE
  • Gearbox bellhousing repair DONE
  • TRD torque mounts DONE
  • Fidanza flywheel fitted with ARP bolts DONE
  • Goodridge braided clutch line DONE
  • Goodridge braided brake lines DONE
  • Electric mirror control repair DONE, New controller fitted
  • Fit new brake master cylinder DONE
  • Modify new seats with Waeco heater elements DONE
  • New Alternator belt DONE, tightened
  • New ECU water temp sensor DONE
  • Front bumper repair (fibreglass) DONE
  • Diagnose chargecooler leak DONE
  • Fit new seats, including figuring out how to mount the seatbelt clips DONE
  • Fit wiring loom + switches etc for new seats Still needs doing passenger side
  • 2 new front tyres + wheel alignment DONE
  • New aircon belt DONE
  • New driveshafts and ATS CV joints DONE
  • Relocate chargecooler pump to aleviate ground clearance problems DONE
  • Convert to ST205 ECU DONE
  • Fit OEM retracting wingmirrors DONE
  • New windscreen wipers and brighter headlamps DONE
  • Replace fuel sender DONE
  • New front pads DONE
  • Engine bay cleanup (powder coated rocker cover + inlet manifold + chargecooler, hoses colour coordinated, some new gaskets & clean up oil leak) DONE
  • Fit new rear brake sliders & pins DONE
  • Replace crossthreaded stud in front wheel spacer DONE
  • New wheel nuts (thinking RAYS gunmetal ones)
  • Alarm fob boot release DONE
  • Reversing camera reinstalled DONE
  • Replace bent front suspension arms with new adjustable arms & replacement Toyota ones DONE
  • Finish polybushing & write a guide! DONE
  • Finish wiring up head unit properly (i.e. reversing camera) DONE
  • Fit KCA-BT200 Kenwood / Parrot bluetooth unit DONE
  • Painted and stickered calipers
  • Side strip mounts repaired
  • Front Foglights reinstalled
  • Properly fix brake hoses to mounting points on car
  • PDR to boot lid and bonnet (paintless dent removal)
  • Convert to heated wingmirrors
  • Replace front driver's side wheel bearing
  • Replace balljoints if needed (not needed at front)
  • Replace front ARB droplinks
  • Fit rivet nuts for front suspension arm mount
  • Visit to WIM again
  • Bodyshop visit again
  • Fix charging issues (probably uprated alternator + new battery) Uprated 130A alternator fitted, still need new battery

Getting there!!

My Toyota MR2 build thread - 1994 GT-S - toxo - 25-03-2019

Right, photos for you of the recent fiddling.

First up, the reversing camera. My car's not had a rear lock for a long time, just a hole in the rear panel instead. My head unit (Kenwood DNX-7200) has automatic reversing camera functionality. I didn't fancy spending upwards of £50 or £60 for a reversing camera that shows lines on the image when you can pick up a little PAL CCD camera for £20, so that's what I did. I enlarged the lock hole, got a pack of various sized rubber grommets from Halfords, and this is what I ended up with:

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Unfortunately that white bit just to the bottom left of the camera is a scratch but that will get touched in at the bodyshop next month.

Looks like this on the other side of the panel:

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Inside the car, I ran a wire into the power circuit for the reversing lights to connect this to the head unit. The reversing camera switch on the Kenwood is odd - most switches like that you would ground to activate, but because the reversing camera is designed to be run off the lights it needs +12V to activate instead. So, when I go to reverse I get:

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Pretty neat :thumbup1: That photo didn't really capture the image quality of the camera very well because that was a silver car in direct sunlight! It's not bad for £20 notes though, and the car stereo sorts out flipping the image around and stuff. Because it's mounted directly next to the reversing lights it's not too bad at night either Smile

Now, because I didn't have a rear lock, the only way I could open my boot was from inside the car with the lever. This gets well annoying when you've got bags of shopping etc. My alarm fob looks like this:

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According to the manual you can make the bottom left button open the boot. Sounds easy, I thought...

This is what inside the boot looks like now behind the carpet. I've made a bracket out of the remains of the old one, bent the lever from the catch into a U shape so I can attach things to it. I've then run the wire from the lever inside straight onto the catch (it used to run via a cam type mechanism on the back of the lock barrel). The big chunky widget with the black and red wires is a solenoid which when you give it 12V pulls the catch and voila! It's intentionally on a slant, as it didn't like pulling when it was horizontal, the angle to the boot catch was too steep.

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The slightly taught white wire is the power switch for the camera.

That's pretty much as far as I can go with sticking 'toys' on the alarm - button 4 activates the total closure to shut all the windows, and pressing them both together pops the headlights up :lol:

Anyway, earlier in the thread I mentioned I fitted an auxilliary fusebox. It's now all done, with the boot release taking the 4th relay slot:

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Looks like this behind:

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And if you peel the carpet back you can see where all the wires go, some off down behind the aerial down the inner wing. This is a GREAT wiring route as it keeps everything out of the engine bay and comes out just behind the driver's seat:

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Some of that will need redoing when I get my fan controller as the controller will act as the relay for the 1st fan and only require any external activation when kicking in the 2nd fan.

And yes, I was inspired by Rabster's rewire thread to finish all of this off - it has been hanging around in its constituent parts for ages in my workshop!

My Toyota MR2 build thread - 1994 GT-S - Sparkystav - 25-03-2019

Good work mate, its always a good feeling when you complete a project

My Toyota MR2 build thread - 1994 GT-S - toxo - 01-04-2019

Today I booked a slot with club sponsor WIM for a few weeks time. I'm still rolling on Hurricane's front driver's hub :lol: but I have got a wheel bearing kit so they're going to fit that for me and then do an alignment. It desperately needs doing after the polybushing and Cusco tension rods were fitted and I don't want to go all the way to France and back on cack alignment! I am expecting it to be even more hilarious than the last one...

Thanks to WIM for the club discount :thumbup1:

My Toyota MR2 build thread - 1994 GT-S - Rabster - 01-04-2019

glad to see your car is making progress mate

My Toyota MR2 build thread - 1994 GT-S - toxo - 01-04-2019

It needs to or no one will want to buy it!