"Nauraushaun" (nauraushaun12)
08/01/2016 at 20:36 • Filed to: MR2
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"Nauraushaun" (nauraushaun12)
08/01/2016 at 20:36 • Filed to: MR2 | 1
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My MR2 !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! , so I’ve started fixing some of the little things. It was a good weekend.
First up, a fog light that doesn’t work. Just replace the bulb right? Well. It seems the bolts that hold these on usually rust solid. People seem to think a screw extractor kit is the only way to remove them, as if the screwdriver isn’t even worth attempting! There’s a good site that sells !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! , but shipping to Australia was more than $50. Anyway, I had a shot and the screws came out relatively easily. So I popped down to the store and grabbed some fresh replacements. They lack that fat cylinder at the top, but hold the lights in securely. Problem solved.
Old and new
Now, the bulb. Turns out because it’s JDM it uses an H3 C bulb, much harder to find than its H3 brethren. My hopes of finding something brighter turned to hopes of getting a bulb at all. Ended up finding one locally for $35. Could be worse.
I can’t rotate this photo
I also have some carpet studs missing from the boot. I spent some time trying to find these online, but the diagrams are hard to find and retailers are even harder. But apparently they’re used on just about every Toyota ever, so I went to the wreckers. I couldn’t find the same ones, but I found something better!
New stud on the left
They’re the same fit
but
they have a bigger surface area. The old studs tended to slip through the holes made for them in the carpet because their heads aren’t big enough, so these are absolutely perfect and a dream come true! They came out of a Lexus or Camry or something.
At the bottom of this stud you can see the carpet slipping out. It’s just too small. Thanks, Toyota
Getting better every day
beardsbynelly - Rikerbeard
> Nauraushaun
08/01/2016 at 20:52 |
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we’ve swapped. Mine is down and out while I wait on a gear shift cable.
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Nauraushaun
> beardsbynelly - Rikerbeard
08/01/2016 at 21:05 |
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:( Save the MR2s
yitznewton
> Nauraushaun
08/01/2016 at 22:13 |
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I absolutely love doing those little things on my S2000. Makes me feel like a collector when I replace all the OEM trim knick knacks that have broken or disappeared :D
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Nauraushaun
> yitznewton
08/02/2016 at 02:37 |
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I love it too. They’re so hard to find sometimes, and manufacturer service departments are full of assholes. But when you get a good win it feels great :D
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yitznewton
> Nauraushaun
08/02/2016 at 05:59 |
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You also have the asshole thing huh... there’s a ripe one at the local Honda dealer parts window.
realikesea
> Nauraushaun
08/03/2016 at 23:27 |
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I finally have a Sunday off, I should get on the little things..