Hello from VA

whats up folks, 
 Im new here to the forum and new to these cars as well (ehh at least to owning one) and the VIP style in genral I have been looking for a 99-01 q45 for several months now and finally just picked on up that was local to me... in fact its a friends car that's also a member on here.

Any way im comming from the "import tuner" side of the automotive world and hope to enjoy my new daily driver....;)

a few of my mr2
[URL="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v481/monopolizedinc2/DSCF0564.jpg"][IMG]http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v481/monopolizedinc2/th_DSCF0564.jpg[/IMG][/URL]  [URL="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v481/monopolizedinc2/DSCF0560.jpg"][IMG]http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v481/monopolizedinc2/th_DSCF0560.jpg[/IMG][/URL]  [URL="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v481/monopolizedinc2/DSCF0596-1.jpg"][IMG]http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v481/monopolizedinc2/th_DSCF0596-1.jpg[/IMG][/URL]


more pics and info on the mr2 can be found in my sig.

joe

WELCOME!

Get ready for a thrill ride and enjoy your stay. :thumbsup:

r u the one who got chris's car?

cool...welcome! 

pix?

ya man i bought chris's car

most of these have been seen before...

[URL="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v481/monopolizedinc2/q45/DSC00818.jpg"][IMG]http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v481/monopolizedinc2/q45/th_DSC00818.jpg[/IMG][/URL]  [URL="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v481/monopolizedinc2/q45/pict0251nu2.jpg"][IMG]http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v481/monopolizedinc2/q45/th_pict0251nu2.jpg[/IMG][/URL]  [URL="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v481/monopolizedinc2/q45/pict0240en4.jpg"][IMG]http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v481/monopolizedinc2/q45/th_pict0240en4.jpg[/IMG][/URL]

Welcome Joe! Can't wait to see you finish the car..

Beautiful. Congrats on the recent pick up.

Diggin the deuce though, is that Border front i spot?

Kewl.. didn't know Lynchburg, VA rolls like that... [img]http://www.vipstylecars.com/forums/images/icons/icon6.gif[/img]

or VA in general for that matter

welcome, you got a nice start there, keep us posted on the new mods:)

Jake

[QUOTE=KickEachVerse;56474]Beautiful. Congrats on the recent pick up.

Diggin the deuce though, is that Border front i spot?[/QUOTE]
ya man it was a border front at one time...

i hope to have some updates in a few weeks; parts are already on the way.

[QUOTE=monopolizedinc;56436]ya man i bought chris's car[/QUOTE]

good now you can actually lower it, just joking......got any plans for it

[QUOTE=UcanTry;56545]good now you can actually lower it, just joking......got any plans for it[/QUOTE]

LOL, i was thinking about raising the rear to match the front but chris said i should just lower the front some more.

 plans right now include a list of parts that i ordered from infiniti and another list from a salvage yard to take care of some of the little things that im anal about...   others include window visors, a roof spoiler, possibily one for the hood/cowl and a grill. Lots of the lights are being replaced w/ leds, a slick new alarm system, 7" in-dash navi unit, maybe some bass and curtains....  some day a fresh coat of black paint and im thinking about doing the headliner and all the other gray parts in the top half of the car black.

the list will most likely grow over the next few weeks; so we will see what happens.

joe

[QUOTE=monopolizedinc;56592]LOL, i was thinking about raising the rear to match the front but chris said i should just lower the front some more.

 plans right now include a list of parts that i ordered from infiniti and another list from a salvage yard to take care of some of the little things that im anal about...   others include window visors, a roof spoiler, possibily one for the hood/cowl and a grill. Lots of the lights are being replaced w/ leds, a slick new alarm system, 7" in-dash navi unit, maybe some bass and curtains....  some day a fresh coat of black paint and im thinking about doing the headliner and all the other gray parts in the top half of the car black.

the list will most likely grow over the next few weeks; so we will see what happens.

joe[/QUOTE]


when you get the stuff done you should drive it over here to richmond:thumbsup:

[QUOTE=UcanTry;56607]when you get the stuff done you should drive it over here to richmond:thumbsup:[/QUOTE]

not everything is done yet.. not even close but i will be on my wat up there fathers day weekend

Congrats on picking up a great car. Not so sure about raising the back/lowering the front though. Its all about keeping the car level, because if you try to keep fender gaps the same it will end up in a raked look. If you want the same fender gaps, you should think about raising the rear fender arches to match the fronts... (of course stuff like that is not cheap, and will mean you need to go even lower ;))

Welcome to the boards

Garage Fukui SPL Departure...ONLY exhaust for that car.  One of the MR2's in my crew has that (lives in Cali now).  His name is Eli..yellow car.  He has a nice Porsche now as his play car..thought you might know him.

Anyhow, welcome to the forums!  You picked up a seamingly well taken care of car that is very clean.  Good place to start.

thanks gents,
the hight issue has been taken care of, i will not be doing any major work to the car being i have it as a daily and not a toy so to say... 

as for it being a well taken car of car it has its issues but all can be taken care of in due time; looks nice for the most part no doubt and i thank you for the complements but it sure does have its flaws.

as for the Garage Fukui SPL Departure for my mr2; i can see spending 1000+ with out shipping on that exhaust for its looks alone; looks hot and i love it but the set that's on it has already been tested by a few different company's to flow better w/ less turbulence and heat loss than the spl gaining a few more hp over it as well. so for the 500 or so less the choice was easy. ;) 

joe

nice welcome.

Welcome to the spot and even with its issues the Q still a good start and it looks great. I feel you on the anal part it might as well be as perfect as you can get it.

Welcome, nice to see the Q45 go to a local owner.

thanks guys,  ill update the pics when i get some time 
joe

man i always had an eye out for that q. nice and welcome to the forum.