Frank Law / mr2na
1991 MR2 NA & 1991 MR2 Turbo Custom Wide Body
Apex Lowering Springs, Bomex Front Spoiler, Greddy Side Skirts, Momo Shift Knob, Momo Champion steering wheel, Aluminum race pedals, 17x8" Momo GT wheels, Momo Street Racer seats, Kenwood CD/MP3/AM-FM Head Unit, Kenwood 6-CD Changer.
Greddy Muffler, Greddy Type-S Blow Off Valve, Intake Filter w/ Mass Air Flow Sensor Adapter, Magnecor Spark Plug Wires, Intrax Lowering Springs, Front and Rear Tokico, Illumina's (5 way adjustable shocks), Suspension Technique Anti-Sway Bars, Adjustable Camber Kit, Custom Paint Job (Dark Grey-Mica), Custom Wide-Body Kit (Modified TRD Front and Rear, Custom Fenders and Sideskirts), 18x8" Front JDM S-forzo wheels, 18x8.5" Rear JDM S-forzo wheels, Polished Motorcycle Cap, White Face Plate Gauges, Carbon Fiber Dash Kit, Black/Gray Vinyl Race Bucket Seats (reclinable), FET Automatic Turbo Timer, TRD Shift Knob w/ TRD Short Shift Kit, Lonza Mesh Aluminum Pedals, JDM stainless steel door sills (kick panels), Pioneer CD/Cassette/AM-FM Double Din Stereo, 2 Sony Amps.
Vehicle History: In August of 2002, I purchased the MR2 from San Diego, California. What had sold me on the car was the custom widebody kit installed on the car. The car had the TRD wide body kit with modified front bumper, front quarters, side skirts, and rear bumper. The rear quarters were completely custom fabricated.
When I received the car, the shipping company had damaged both the front and rear panels. Fortunately the guys at KaoticCustoms (a highly regarded local car customization shop) were right by the shipping depot and they took my MR2 in to repair the damage to the car. The car looked pretty good besides the obvious damage. However, upon further inspection they found that the car had been in a minor accident and the kit itself was done poorly. In several places the fibreglass had been plugged with more than two inches deep of bondo.
At that point it was decided that KaoticCustoms would restore and rebuild the car during the winter of 2002/2003. They stripped the car down to the unibody. The engine, interior, suspension, body kit and any other removable panels and parts were removed. The original rear fenders were redone with metal and sealed against the original wheel wells to accomodate the wider wheels required for the widebody kit. The rivet holes in the OEM rear panels from the original widebody rear fender install were welded shut and the OEM panels were reshaped and sanded. Once this was completed, the unibody, the suspension components, hinges, bolts etc. were sandblasted and painted. The fibreglass body kit was also sandblasted separately revealing the extensive use of body filler.
Because of the extensive use of body filler and the sandblasting process, there was not much left of the original fibreglass body kit. At this time, Independent Custom, owned and operated by Shawn Edwards, fabricated a new fibreglass kit using the original design as a guideline and molded the whole kit to the car. Several of the original straight edges were rounded off and the front and rear fenders were rounded and flared out. Twelve months and 21 days later, the project was completed.