When our photographer Jim Davis first told us that he recently finished shooting a first gen MR2 on BBS’ we couldn’t wait to see it. Now we will be honest with you, we’ve had our doubts since we’ve never really seen a properly fitted first gen. Those doubts quickly faded away when Jim showed us the photos. Mind you, if you’re expecting a pan scraping, spark throwing, insanely aggressive fitted MR2, you’ll be a little disappointed. However, if an extremely clean ride with just the right fitment is what you want then you’ll love what Ryan Kramer out of Albany, New York has built.
Photos By: Jim Davis exclusively for StanceNation.com
Now if you assumed that all this MR2 has going for it are a set of wheels and a drop, you’re in for quite a surprise. Ryan has spent a very long time perfecting his suspension. Take a look at all the suspension work in the list he provided us with.
Suspension:
-Whiteline G4 coilovers
-Techno Toy Tuning front tie rod flip kit
-Techno Toy Tuning roll center adjusters
-Twos R Us tie rod endlinks
-Energy Suspension polyurethane bushings
From what you read, it’s a bit more than your eyes can see. Ryan seems to be one of those guys who isn’t quite ready to sacrifice the “function” of this fun little MR2! Scroll down for more photos and some numbers of the wheel and tire setup.
Ryan is running a set of BBS RS wheels 16×8 all around (+37 front and +24 rear) with 195/40/16 Yokohama S.Drive tires. These numbers are clearly on the low side to many of you, but let’s not forget that we’re working with form & function here. We’ll get into that more later, so don’t forget to click the Read More button below. By the way, we’re all for being different with your wheels, but there aren’t many wheels that can come close to the BBS RS’. Same goes for the TE37 line up as well as the legendary Meisters and Emotions. You know the saying; “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.”
Under the hood you’ll find a NST 14.5psi crank pulley kit, a Gruntbox ECU mod, Techno Toy Tuning test pipe and a Clutchmasters FX100. If reading and looking at these photos doesn’t put a smile on your face we’re not sure what will. Finding a first gen MR2 that’s in as good of a condition and sitting as nice as this one is pretty damn rare, so major kudos to Ryan for that. Let’s hope it inspires some of you out there with cars collecting dust in your garages to get up and get wrenching!
Interior was left pretty simple. Momo Montecarlo steering wheel, TRD leather shift knob, Autometer boost gauge and a Scion Pioneer head unit do the job for now. Unfortunately we don’t have any interior photos for you at this time but we’re pretty sure it’s in pristine condition just like the exterior.
Big shout out to Jim Davis for yet another incredible set of photos as well as Ryan for building such an incredible ride. We urge everyone to think twice before passing up on older cars. They may not get you as much attention from random strangers, but true car enthusiasts will always envy you. We’ll leave you with more photos below and a huge thank you to all of our North East fans!
way to go Jim … pics are EFFING sick
Something about a MR2 that warms my heart.. :^) Can I borrow her??
Fuhh glad to finally see the AW11 get some screen time, and driving one myself makes this like xmas for me =D
Major props for the pics and most importantly the ride, showing it can be done
u wrote 16×8 rims but 195/40/17 tyres. are they 16s or 17s?
They are 16″. Sorry about that, and thanks for the heads up!
WOW! This is Sweet.
Nice freaking car.
I allways wanted to see an older MR2 done like this and i like it
old skool is the way too goo when it comes too stance……sick ride
Beautiful!! Clean and simple, just the way I like ‘em!
Way to go Jim and Kramer, Awesome job both of you guys :)
lovin the functional and gorgeous old school coverage
gorgeous car and very well done-thanks for posting!
This definitely made my day. I am restoring an AW11,and am doing a build fairly similar to this one. I always find it odd that they aren’t more popular, but I guess they are pure ‘function’,less ‘form’. Though this one looks perfect and screams ’1980′s’ in a very good way.
The only first gen MR2 that I’ve seen that is worth a damn! Big ups to the owner!
YES! It appears the Midship Runabouts are starting to get a little more popular. This AW11 and Sergey’s Root Beer SW20 covered by Fatlace and Mayday Garage:http://maydaygarage.com/2011/06/22/otweb-video-one-fresh-sw20/
Lol that vid almost brought me to tears, the car was so beautiful. I urge you all, fill the streets with variety! Stance is universal, it literally makes ANY car look better. We all thought Neons were the ugliest and most undesirable platforms ever until someone decided to drop one, now there’s tons of stanced SRT4s running around the country. This inspires me to stance something different, too.
Old school > new school, every. single. time.
I don’t see a car! ALL I SEE ARE BREASTESES!!!
Awesome job. BBS RS’s look great on it!
*edit on my comment lol I just watched the video again, it’s Macadamia Metallic, NOT Root Beer metallic
this is a perfect example of a really well fitted old car… too many people think you can’t do crap with old cars but that’s simply not true…
love this mr2 im glad see its the older one competing against the sw20 thats out there
Love it!! Congrats, photos look sick!
I HEART THIS ERA! Even if it was stock, it would be awesome! A big punch in a tiny package!
Makes me want one so bad. Im just a sucker for old school cars.. I also like the crx spyder
Damnnn I would love to take it off your hands! Hit me up with a price, at 484 542 6289… Marcos..
man i regret selling my 87 mr2, moved outta state for school and needed the money. it was my first and only car, but despite my lost, I’m already searching for another one for my second car
This is such an inspiration. Damn it i miss my MK1, time to get out to the garage and wrench on the MK2.
how did u guys take a photo of the 4th pic?? thanks :) nice ryd!! such a pleasure wit cars in da 90s
Damn im making one ground up and had trouble wht the suspension those specs will help me out alot