I found that gently pulling on the trim seal can often be enough to remove it without damage. It helps to start at one end and work your way along. Once, I considered using fire-resistant windows for home safety, and I realized the importance of quality material and precision. It's like how fireresist.co.uk offers tailored fire windows—precision matters when you're working with car parts too.

  let us no how the day goes hopefully smiley face all around  

good work on the work InProgress  will it ever  end ha ha

Ok, lots done in prep for some events coming up.

- Alignment done. Gone for -2.5 all round, maxed caster (with rotated top mounts), slight toe out up front and slight toe in out back. I know more camber is better on track, but it's miserable on the road, so I'm happy to compromise on that.

- Shiny new rad and BRD rad bushes are in. Temps rock solid even in this heat wave, heater blowing hot, no issues there!

- The new engine mounts are in, too. I went for OEM with poly inserts. Out ones look like the exhaust touched them at some point...

- I also popped a dash brace back in. I tried using an alternative (turnbuckle and rose joints) but that didn't work so stock for now.

- Tightened up the hydro pivot fixings.

- Fitted the rear spacers (fitment on point now).

- Tidied up the frunk and wiring after the rad replacement.

- Gave the car a good clean and a hoover.

- Fitted a sun strip.

- Cleaned the steering wheel.

After that little lot I'm just about ready for a day of autosolo in the sun to help raise some money for Valence School in Westerham

FYI
TF222 has just gone up For Sale on the MR2 Owners Club
https://mr2oc.co.uk/classifieds/ad/mk3-cars,3/mk3-roadster-limited-edition-tf222,319.html

Price drop £700

Quote from: Ardent on April 24, 2026, 22:29must have been removed a long ago if no residual marking on the paint.

Or repainted?

I'm going to respray the top half of my bumper and looks like I'm going to have to remove the badges. I've taken photos of their current positions in case I decide to refit them.

I recently got quoted £2,500. Not gonna happen. I just can't justify that kind of money.

Quote from: Carolyn on December 24, 2024, 18:19Why not just use a fine artist's brush, touch in any spots likely to rust and live with the fact that she's got a few years on her and has acquired the 'patina' commesurate with her classic status?

This is my attitude towards mine. The paintwork is not the best but it's original and keeps the car authentic. Red paint always suffers. So I'm now doing paint "repairs" myself to keep it respectable.

Oh dear....

The positives. I'm alive and the brake lines exploded at the MOT test station rather than whilst trying to pull up to a junction.

I had my new magna flow 400 cell all set and ready to go:




Buuuut it still failed to reduce the carbon monoxide sufficiently.. Wtf.. Is this another case of "wrap it and it'll work??"



And yeah, then my brake lines in the front bay decided to go pop.


Looks like it's going back up in the ramps for another hiatus.

Ah yes, with you now.