Pikey009

Ah good spot- hope you get a deal on it mate. My sister just sold her old Corolla but wouldn't let me swap the manis over yeh the cusco rear strut seems quite strong but nice and lite. I did start cutting my plastics but felt I was rushing things too so stopped and will remove them to cut properly.

I got a cusco rear strut last month for £50- havnt fitted it yet as I want to keep the rear plastics so need to remove and trim them

Agreed! I don't care what Toyota say- it needs a special addition with more power but they won't do it as its like them admitting defeat. I like the basic shape but there's too much going on with the Toyota for me where as the Subaru is just a little bit more understated. Mind you I love the TRD Griffon project!

Really nice little project mate I'll be keeping an eye on this and feel free to post some pics and specs up of be 86. I must admit I didn't have much love for them at the start but Theyre growing on me

Cheers mate. Got everything fitted this morning bar the anti lift kit and rear strut. The rear strut catches on the back of the rear seats so I'm going to have to trim them :/ really happy with the way the paint work came out on the bits I sprayed. Gave the car a clean and polish aswell

I know exactly what you mean, I sit like an old lady lol really close. Hopefully when I get the custom seat rails sorted it'll help things too.

Also got the other 98 glanza seat built up today with the new plastics from Jack but removed the other seat so I can thoroughly Hoover the car tomorrow. Currently refurbing the anti lift kit I got second hand as its been modified so I cleaned the welds up and sanded it for paint which is currently drying. Also in the middle of re painting the trd strut brace too so I'll get pics up when it's all done.

I know that some people might not really get what I'm trying to achieve with this car like why am I going to so much trouble to basically fit stock parts ha ha but it's each to their own. I've got this omp supertourismo wheel hung in my garage from the gt4 and was tempted to use it but it's not the look I'm after.

Well I was meant to get loads done today but I got batfaced last night at my works Christmas doo so my head wasn't really in the game for the first half of the day! Got some stuff done though: Changed the steering wheel over to the black one hungover dealing with airbags isn't fun!

Thanks, dead chuffed with it and should last a v long time

Got the exhaust on really happy with it- brilliant workmanship and sounds fantastic if a little too loud but never mind. They didn't have enough metal to do the full system so they just did the back box for now. £100 all in so a total bargain. I'll get get some vids up at the weekend if I get the chance but I've got a huge list of things to do on the car on sat so will see how I get on.

Yeh good point mate I'm just not keen on them otherwise I'd have snapped a pair up by now

I can't afford to add anymore weight to the sr lol I'm 18stone and she only has 76 lazy horses. I had cobra daytonas in the celica and they were brilliant. Seats and rails were 280 too!

Totally gash lol had 6 in the mps. The one on eBay gets rid of the fag lighter though doesn't it?

* Cash waiting

Jesus i wouldn't want those then Morgey! Love my 98 seats now i've got them in but just need to get them a little lower

So as everyone warned- we decided against chopping the standard mounting points as it does look like a bit of a nightmare. I wanted to buy a set but without treading on anyones toes i feel £200 per frame is a bit crazy. Instead we are drilling out the original mounts and are making a custom pair of seat frames from scratch so will post pics up when they are done

Could you pm me some pics please mate?

Ha ha he's new to the whole tuning thing and I'm sure he will get the bug now. He really hasn't got a clue and not that I know everything but I'll try to point him in the right direction! - already aimed him away from a yellow shittyquento ha ha. Morgey: I can't leave anything alone I'm shocking but I won't be ruining the sr for what it is just tiny under the skin tweaks and hopefully some sort of power upgrade at some point but I want it pretty much perfect before I do that. I've had some pretty quick cars over the years but this one isn't really about power at the min. I dare say you're underselling yours mate it's a little weapon and will shock a lot of cars out there.

The mot guy is the guy who's building it ;) Ah cheers mate I really appreciate that. He's proper excited about picking it up mate

Yes mate going in tomorrow but they're doing it at their leasure so thurs at the latest. I'll get some pics up of the end result. Might being going for a decat too- unless anyone thinks I'll have issues? I'd never do it on a turbo car without a map but NA's should be ok. Thanks for the heads up with he seats by the way jack. By the time I finished I had to use the carpet cleaner on them so they aren't in the car until tomorrow. Yeh loads of little things I've got a list which believe it or not was a lot bigger when I first got the car: respray front and rear strut braces Spray all interior plastics black Retrim door cards K&n air filter Under seal the car Black 98 spec turbo steering wheel Wheel spacers Corolla brake upgrade Anti lift kit Rear anti roll bar Exhaust including decat Corolla Inlet mani Race tec rocker cover with custom breathers Replace all nuts and bolts in the engine bay Refurbish all engine bay brackets Spray front bumper and drivers sill Wheel refurb with new centre cap stickers Emanage blue Ecu Eventually a bolt on turbo kit

Ah I think you s just missed out on two sets of bc coilies recently- I had my eye on them but just havnt got the money at the min with the exhaust being built. Corolla manis seem hard to come by at the min- every crappy I call or message doesn't seem to have one. He plans sound great you'll fall for the car no matter how much money you put into it but it doesn't mean you can't drive it hard! Get some pics up when you get the chance