even with 50% more miles than the white and tan beauty that sold a couple weeks back, I'm sure if it were listed, it would fetch a similar price. This car, with the matching hardtop and sub-100k mileage, is the perfect Bring A Trailer bait car. Within six hours of listing the car, it was sold. This OEM hardtop is worth $3000+ if you can even find one. I told him I needed to book a flight, just don't sell it. He sent me the VIN and some jovial conversation, telling me how much he loved it, how much he hated to see it go. I did everything I could to secure this car. Underneath was a black top and black cloth interior, just like mine. Located a mere 28 hours away by highway in a suburb of Los Angeles, this 89,000 original mile Solar Yellow example actually included the OEM hardtop, color matched of course. The yellow MR2 was being offered at $6500. Solar Yellow, the only color louder than Absolutely Red The BaT clone was asking $8000 I offered him my customary $6500, to which he replied that was simply too low as his inbox was filled with interest. I immediately clicked on both and sent offers. Two MR2 Spyders had just gone up for sale: the one pictured in this article, and a white 2001 with 63K on the clock, which was optioned identically to the one that just sold on BaT. You can enter what make, model, year range, and mileage range you're after, and my bot will tell you when there's new matches. Yesterday, I received an alert on our Discord server. I'm sure if I tried to offer $6500 in person they actually would, immediately before chasing me off their driveway. $10,000+ asking prices are the norm for sub-90k examples, and the owners I've attempted to haggle with have all but laughed directly in my face. Unfortunately, it seems a lot of Spyder owners have also gotten the news that these cars were crafted from solid gold. So I've been looking, and looking, and looking. Expect to see this for sale sooner rather than later. After all, these cars get posted on Facebook Marketplace all the time I can just get another one. Considering what I paid for mine, hanging onto it in these absurd times feels foolish. Except I definitely will now, because one with two thousand less miles than my own sold for over $17,000 on Bring A Trailer recently. I cherish it and would never consider selling it. It's genuinely the most fun car I've ever owned. It's a 2000, it's bright red, it has 63,000 miles.

before the installation, please make sure the rubber hardtop seal at the rear is greased with some silicon to prevent rubbing noises to the chassis.I own an MR2 Spyder. Damaged or missing insulation causes knocking noises at the rear. before the hardtop installation, make sure, the legs, centering over the frankenstein bolts have their full rubber insulation underneath. Very important notes to exclude further possible noises before the hardtop brackets installation: If wind noise is present - reinstall again the front ones at their new front most position (the rears should be removed to allow adjustment further to the font). They will settle into this position quite fast (20-30km). fix tight the one large bolt, then the next and back to the first, until they are both tight This method needs definite reinstallation after the brackets are settled however. push the hardtop in position using one of these techniques:Ī) second person pushes the hardtop to the front for the front ones and down for the rear onesī) the C-clamp method (see the picture attached)Ĭ) using the OEM clamp on the one front side, while tightening the other. center the brackets at the frames with the 2 larger bolts install the brackets on the hardtop first (3 bolts) loose It is recommended to follow the following installation procedure for best result: The fitting kit is optional and should be added to the order only if needed - the OEM bolts can be reused.Īs all hardtops at this age vary in shape, the Jass brackets will settle to the hardtop after first installation. Please note, this is side set only, for a full set please order the front ones as well. No cutting or adapting needed! Strong metal to metal connection between the hardtop and the car chassis /does not lie on plastic trims! /.ĭesigned to hold the interior trims together, similar to the Mazda brackets.Īs added value, they will save more than 2kg weight vs. Laser cut from 4 mm steel, pre-bend and powder coated they will direct fit with or without interior trim. No more chattering, wind noises and cracks in the windshield. They offer tight fix of the hard top to the car body, reducing body twist and give you a coupe-like feeling. Side /rear/ hard top brackets for securing your Mazda OEM hard top.

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