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03-25-2004, 02:51 PM
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Replica 355
Spotted this 355 replica the other day. Not a brilliant pic. To be honest I don't think the car looks that good.
Would this have started life as an MR2?
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03-25-2004, 02:53 PM
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Actually, I think that very car was featured in EVO #65. It is indeed an MR2.
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03-25-2004, 02:56 PM
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I have seen alot worse.
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03-25-2004, 02:58 PM
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Indeed. If it's the same featured in evo it's for sure a good replica... always a replica of course 
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03-25-2004, 03:02 PM
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I like the way there is so many Ferrari badges all over it...trying to prove what it is...or isnt as the case maybe
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03-25-2004, 03:18 PM
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I could not tell that it was a replica if you would not have mentioned it.
Love it,
DOn
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03-25-2004, 03:41 PM
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Have you noticed the colour of the brakes? They seem to have a kind of rust on it...don't you think?
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03-25-2004, 04:17 PM
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It's just for being stopped a while..
If you stop a car with the brake disks wet.. they get that look in a week or less.
You can see it's obviously a replica...
A Ferrari would never have such SMALL brake disks!!!!
And the front isn't exactely the same, because of the headlights...
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03-25-2004, 04:44 PM
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Indeed he could have invested in some bigger brake discs...
Anyway, would you do that to your car?
Because, I really can´t understand where´s the pleasure of owning such thing! :roll:
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03-25-2004, 07:44 PM
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Here is a rear view of the same car. Sorry about the quality of the pic. I have rubbed out the number plate as the car was parked outside a neighbour's house. One thing I noticed straight away was the size of the seat head rests compared to the rear windscreen.
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03-25-2004, 07:49 PM
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Whether or not its perfect is part of the challenge tho isn't it? doing a project like that would be something i would consider undertaking. not just to fake driving a real Ferrari but to see how close i could get it to the real thing. but i would def make changes such as brake discs and seats etc. are there companies that sell conversion kits like this? are there better kits and junky ones??
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03-25-2004, 08:14 PM
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I like the way there is so many Ferrari badges all over it...trying to prove what it is...or isnt as the case maybe
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Good point. Look at the rusty discs too, and how poorly the body panels fit. Besides that, it isn't bad.
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03-25-2004, 08:16 PM
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I have seen alot better and i've seen alot worse,
but the best replicas only fail in the interior, i dont get it.. they go so far,
put so much into it, yet they cant make a non SHITTY interior... thats weird...
btw- this is not one of the better looking replicas...
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03-26-2004, 07:49 AM
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It's no so bad, but it's a replica...so it's not for me. BTW, there are a lot worse
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03-26-2004, 02:01 PM
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I've seen much worse, and you can tell that it's a second gen MR2 if you look at the slope of the roof towards the rear buttresses...the windows are straight off the MR2...the wheels are a little funky...and as for the brakes...if you have steel brake disks (like most mass-production cars) then when you leave them out in the rain or even in a humid atmosphere, they get corroded...doesn't really make a difference though, the first time you use them the rust gets abraded right off.
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