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[vrs lil]

Hi all. This is my first post and was recommended here by Jay RS as he's from my neck of the woods. This is my MK2 XR2 thats had some sympathetic restoration over the last 6 months.
Hope you like!!


And how she looks at the moment...though spotlights are now on




Not too much to go just a little nipping and tucking

[knuckles]

Welcome to Ft !

Very nice mk2 you have there. I like the mini too !

[Turboboy67]

Congratulations on owning such a nice car fella,

Commiserations on knowing Jay

[jayrs]

shut it shaun

it is nice aint it shaun, and its red, and you know you love it

knew you would pick up on the mini clark

[vrs lil]

Thanks for the kind comments!!
I take it there are some MK2 haters here???
The Mini belongs to my mate who's a mechanic and has done a lot of work on the XR2. It's pugged away for winter now but is using a Nissan Bluebird as his classic daily runner at the mo!!!
I'll back you up Jay but I take it you ask for it!

[jonyb4]

wow that is stunning!

i love these and cant see anyone being a hater towards them, such a classic car

i hope i can own one mint like this one day

[knuckles]

everyone loves mk2's here. in my opinion there aint enough tbh.

[vrs lil]

Excellent...then I am in the right place!!!!

[jayrs]

, na as clark says mate, mk2s are welcome here, i have one, clark has one, and shaun should get a red one theres other mk2s on here also

theres banter between me and shaun about whats better red or white, its only a laugh but its been going on for some years now, but shaun saw the light when he got a red FRST, i dont care if he sold it later on it still counts

but yeah i ask for it

jony, get one mate, there great fun

[jonyb4]

a mate is buying one, but it needs reshelling, so if anyone knows of a mk2 for sale
lemme know

[jayrs]

still plenty about, its finding a good one at a good price

[vrs lil]

And mine is definately not up for sale...she goes everywhere with me!!

[knuckles]

how did you get your plastic body kit to come up looking like new ?

my mk2 could do with some of that. its quite dull atm

[vrs lil]

Hi mate. I've been using this Megs trim restorer. Works well the more it is built up, but it is a bit awkward to use where its a cream and not a trigger spray.
It does show run marks when it rains too.
However, if you look at what my bumpers and bodykit were like before I started in the first pictures it works well and they are fairly glossy....but not enough!!

[jakerowles]

nice car mate . was the mk1 xr2 decals a straight forward fit ? do they need trimming ? cheers

[rsturbonutter]

Jake should be a straight forward fit as the mk1 and mk2 are virtually identical mate

[vrs lil]

Jake..I've known the car for a little while and they have been on there for years. If you look in the first photo of when I got it in a sorry state it had bonnet stripes on it too and it at some point had dodgy Limited Edition stickers on the front wings.
I took off the bonnet stripes as you would and found that over time it had bleached the paintwork slightly.
I wanted to remove the MK1 decals and reinstate the pinstripe but didn't want to risk it looking patchy with bleached paintwork so left them on. They aren't everyones cup of tea but are in good condition and well fitted and give it more of a retro look in my eyes!!