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    Set of 4 17" Facelift GT86 wheels fitted with Goodyear Vector All Season tyres.

     

    I purchased these from Emmett (EB2429) on the Other forum back in May, with plans to fit them with some stock Primacies, but they've just sat in my garage for 5 months 

     

    I've already got All Season tyres fitted on the car, (Michelin Cross Climate) so don't really need another set.

     

    Wheels are not absolutely unmarked, but are in excellent overall condition, very clean and straight with virtually none of the usual kerb rash (there are one or two small 'nicks' in the rims across the whole set that you really would not notice on the car unless you knew were there and made a point of looking for them).

     

    Overall a very presentable set of wheels that look to have done only a few thousand miles.

     

    Tyres are also excellent, with around 6 to 7mm tread depth and being a leading brand of All Season tyre would be an ideal choice if you are planning on driving your 86 through the coming winter. TPMS valves are fitted.

     

    I'm just looking to make my money back , so looking for £300 ono which is pretty cheap I reckon given you've looking at well over £400 new just for the tyres alone. You could probably even sell the tyres and TPMS valves and end up with a nice set of wheels for virtually nothing 😃.

     

    Wheels are in York and collection preferred. I may be able to meet up elsewhere on a weekend, but currently driving 1300 miles a week for work, so depends a little on what sort of week I've had 😃

    Alan.

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    On 6/19/2021 at 6:17 PM, The Minion said:

    The forums seem to be getting ignored when events are arranged and people NOT on FB don't get to hear about them.

    A lot of forum type questions get asked on FB when the answers are on the club forums, which can be searched for (not on FB!). This results in the same old questions being asked. FB users need to be pointed in the direction of the 2 existing forums, Drivers' Club and Owners' Club.

    Nothing there that I find that surprising, seems to me that the key question any GT86/BRZ owner needs to ask themselves is:

    Do I love events more than I hate Facebook?

    In my case that's probably a "No" (for the time being at least).

    I definitely quite like the idea of going to the odd low key meet / 'event' (I tagged along to the recent Midlands meet that Will300 kindly bothers to arrange) I definitely don't like the idea of being on Facebook again anyway, even less so if I'm also risking loads of regular questions about flat batteries and tail-light condensation 😠

    Possibly one of the best things for me about the Midlands meet is I didn't need to go on Facebook to find out about it as Will publicises it on both forums 😃

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    On 6/1/2021 at 11:33 PM, Lordyboi said:

    Loads of designs and look to be fairly high quality but can't say for sure as I haven't actually ordered one yet. 

    Nice find (nothing similar on Ebay.....)

    DEFINITELY my kind of mod this, Cheap, Simple and Subtle boxes all well and truly ticked with the nice added bonus of being quite funny.

    Easily reversible too......

    If you do go ahead and order, hopefully you can then do a comprehensive step by step How -To for the "Install" 😃

     

     

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    49 minutes ago, Sachin Tankaria said:

    Ah interesting, im still only 21 so might need to wait a bit until I can get specialist insurance. Adrian flux wanted 4500 just to be insured on the stock gt86. Currently with admiral and theyre ok with mods but i reckon will cost a lot if i wanted to do a tune, was £60 just for my exhaust. Will look at those companies around renewal though, maybe after a year the price will go down as you say.

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    Well if you do have to wait a bit, you can always console yourself with the fact that you're doing fairly ok already at 21 driving a stock 86.

    Got my first car at 25. A 45bhp 1 litre Polo 🤣

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    On 5/2/2021 at 7:10 AM, Ignited said:

    Hi Alan,

    Welcome from another MR2 fan/owner. I normally see you on another forum!

    Just painting the standard wheels with one colour transforms the look of the car to my eyes, I did all 4 with one large rattlecan.

    Cheers

    Simon.

    Hi Simon !

    Did wonder if our paths would cross on the 86 forums. Just looked back at the pic you posted in the 86 thread on ROC.  On your red car that wheel refurb looks like £6 well spent for sure 😀 . 

    Should be getting a cheap set of O.E. 2018 wheels soon to run different tyres. Might try some plastidip on the current set.

     

     

     

     

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    43 minutes ago, Lauren said:

    Welcome aboard, Adrian. I had three MK1 MR2's going back a long time and raced them back in the early noughties. I liked the MK3 and remember having a ball in a turbo'd one round Dijon and Magny Cours. Blimey nigh on 20 years ago now! 

    Glad you are enjoying the car. :)

    Thanks Laura 😃 (my name's Alan, but you can call me Ethel if you want, just nice to hear from a fellow MR2 fan). Have never tried a turbo MK3, but even in stock tune they can feel decently quick enough for a twisty B road IMO with sorted suspension and AD08Rs 🙂

    Its still my ambition to have a nice MK1 someday, will just need to empty my garage first / build a bigger one.

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    On 4/26/2021 at 1:38 PM, will300 said:

    Welcome to the forum Alan. 

    Thanks Will !

    A pic. Its dropped about 25mm on KWV1s fitted by the last owner.

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    No real planned further mods currently, though could quite fancy swapping the wheels for some 17 inch Rota Grids / JRs / Bolas at some point.

    Anyone with any thoughts on any of the those (e.g. weight / general quality ) would be good to hear.

     

     

     

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    3 hours ago, Leeky said:

    As I said, I wasn’t looking to bait. But I’ve never had a manual 86 come past me on track unless I was on a cool down lap or intentionally backing off/going easy.

    Presumably the relative performance on track of the two gearboxes is of limited interest to the 'not looking to track day it' O.P.

    EDIT - on the other hand maybe it is, as just realised he also said he was interested in thoughts on the Auto's dynamic performance 🤔

    Personally if I run two vehicles, then 'as a rule' the more different the two vehicles are the more fun it is swapping between them. So, if I should happen to be running an Automatic SUV as a daily (unlikely as I hate SUVs and I've never owned an Automatic) then all the more reason for my weekend/ evening sports car to be manual.

    But I am biased against Autos......

    Only reason I can see to get an Auto GT86 for road use is if you are going to daily it in stop start traffic.

    Love the manual gearchange on my 86 which is certainly beautifully positive and short of throw compared to other manuals I have used in the past, would agree that the clutch action is not the best in slow traffic, but for an evening / weekend car surely less of an issue.

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    Hi, I'm Alan from North Yorks. I'm ridiculously grateful to be here, having finally managed to get a confirmation email during initial sign up 😍😍😍 . (Tried joining last year, but just wasn't happening with my virginmedia email  🙄 ).

    Apologies in advance to anyone who may have read the following on "another internet forum" already...............

     

    My first Toyota was a cheap knackered MR2 Mk1 - managed a whopping 100 miles in it. Cost £700 in 2002. Was still magical though compared to yer average FWD hatch.

    A decade on (with my expensive motorcycle addiction largely cured) a trio of Mk3 MR2s followed. Last one was pretty sorted (tyres / suspension) and I'd probably still have it now if I hadn't crashed it. Will just say if you've never driven one and you get the opportunity - take it.

    I sold it to a family member - only needed a bumper & paint, main damage was to my ego 😊 

    With the MR2 gone, started to think more seriously about an 86/BRZ. They'd always been on my radar, I'd just been waiting for them to drop under £10k. Picked up a grey 62 plate Manual from a member on "the other forum" in November 2019. It's mildly modded with coilovers and rear subframe bush inserts, but I've never driven a stock one to compare anyway.

    So 6000 miles on what do I think of it?

    I love it of course. It drives pretty much like a bigger, torquier, plusher, faster, more civilised MR2. The fun factor is similar, but the 86 is definitely much easier to live with. Main downside on the 86 is the cost of spares which appear to be in a wholly different league to MR2 parts prices, though fortunately not really needed to buy anything yet apart from an oil filter.

     

    EDIT - will probably post up a pic in due course. Give me another reason to wash it (long overdue, gets about three washes a year......)

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