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Just bought a 2006

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Hi guy’s, after about 3 months of searching I finally found a lovely dark grey MR2 totally standard with a full Toyota service history and I would say nearly perfect, I am thinking it sits too high and thought a set of Tien springs would solve that problem and I was also thinking about a Cobra quad exhaust, any advice would be appreciated and are there any other mods which are worth doing on the car.
Ps. should I remove the pre cats on a 2006?


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Welcome aboard :th:

Car sounds good - get some pics up, we love to have a look :th:

Having only just bought a MK3 I haven't even collected yet, I can't really comment on mods or if the precat problem effected the later facelift cars (I know the pre-facelift needs it doing).

I'm sure there will be someone along soon enough to help out there :th:
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100% remove the pre cats. They aren’t needed and are known to cause issues so why risk it
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Thanks for the advice will arrangefir the precats to be removed.
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No problem. Tein, TTE or Apex springs should make it sit and feel more sporty. Cobra is quite a raspy sound and can be a bit much IMO. Personally I’d try and get a TTE or Remus (which I think is a TTE)

Other than that and a good service I’d maybe suggest a centre under brace which stiffens the car up nicely and maybe a poly Bush kit depending on how far you want to go with the modding
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That’s very helpful, thanks very much.

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I would change the shocks too as they are usually knackered if still the originals.

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