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hey mart while I don't use coilovers my advice would be to try and get them set up again from scratch and give a bit of time, As for where to get them set up is anyone's guess around cork man, maybe try predator motorsport in tralee if your willing to travel a bit, they fitted my konis originally and they did a decent job of that at least, plus i believe that they do motorsport preparation on cars also which may give them more experience with setting these up nic

hey everyone the recent spell of cold weather has highlighted that my genuine toyota battery is getting on a bit and is proabaly in need of replacing. Now I've always wanted to upgrade to a really heavy duty battery such as the optima yellowtop batteries, but the otherday I was in halfords and saw that they have heavy duty batteries also. Has anyone one here used or is using their batteries and what is your opinions on the batteries that hallfords stock? cheers for any comments Nic

Ya Rob was thinking that alrite about the above points, I was was kinda leaning toward some jap brand pads such as sard or the project mu that Rick has actually. Thanx mate Ya Rick I mite be interested in those pads if you can find them, price dependent also. I was looking at them alrite the other day they do look nice, decent enough price too. Well Mart Im swaping over the disc's parts on to my existing N/A axle For one reason only; Cost The cost of getting a V rear axle off breaker here in Ireland was crazy IMO, they were qouting me 350 to 400 euro undelivered for a complete unit.

I've just purchased all the basic parts needed to convert my N/A to disc brakes at the rear and have a few questions for those that have upgraded their rear brakes, Pads What pads are a worthwhile upgrade for the rear if at all, these pads should be suitable for road usage? Discs I've decided to opt for the 3G 10 groove rear discs but I want to know since the rear discs act as the rear hub do the 3G discs come with new studs fitted or will it be necessary for me to fit a set of studs to them? Braided brake lines Am I rite in the assumption that any set of braided lines replace the

Ah cool man, I know another member on TGTT from the Douglas/ Rochestown area, Drives a gray quadlamp with black 15" P1 Rims. If you need any help, feel free to give me a shout man Nic

I used the dimmer control wire in the radio's wiring loom, I tapped into the wire in the extension harness and went from there. maybe add the option to the install guide you have already put up.

Thanx mate, ya the cup holder and the rev counter are badly needed... cheers mate, I decided to mod my 5dr after seeing that there aren't many done up 5drs, to me its a chance to be different in my own way. Hey, I got a Spec R 52mm smoked tacho off ebay, I will add photos on monday it does the job and didnt cost very much.....it will do any way until get the defi 80mmm version in the future..... Ya I used your guide as a starting point but wired mine up slightly different, it now dim's when I switch on the car's lights thanx mate, much appreciated Ah I have a new design for the cool

Alrite folks, Its been a while since I updated the page, so here goes. Rear discs conversion parts At the moment the biggest update to the build is that I am after buying the basic parts that I need to convert the starlet to rear disc brakes. I bought the parts last Thursday and they arrived on Tuesday morning, so far Ive only looked at one side of the set but the discs are like new almost. similar story with the pads, unsure of the make though so will probably get sum aftermarket pads. The calipers had some surface rust and dirt on them, a good going over with a wire brush and their good to

hey man really nice car, Was looking at the photos above of the car in the filling station with no bonnet....that must have attracted some attention....

Hey Idrees Love those recent photos, the stance was incredible and the rims set it off so well Nic

Hey mate I was at the TGTT meet in Mullingar lat summer and I saw this car there, only realised that it was yours a bit back, Beautiful man, savage colour and rims, what power are you hoping for with that new turbo setup man? Nic

please do mate Id Love to see a good Photo diary of this as I cant wait to see the end result

Thats not bad But I was thinking of sumthing similar to how the front looks, Bare with me... I mean cut the rear of the side skirt similar to this but instead of fixing that piece to the door (I assume) leave it off altogther, then either fill the exposed gap in the skirt with fibre glass to where it meets the body or plastic weld a piece of plastic in there and then shape it to suit. IF done well I think that it could really suit the 5dr starlets by the way that is one sweet starlet...is that 70 local to you??

good to hear that your on the way back man. Badly need to browse through some of your brakes section......

Hey mate I own a 5dr ep91 and plan on doing the glanza body work conversion also, as far as i can tell the only needed alteration to the whole thing is to mod the sideskirts around the rear doors as Dub seven has said. If you do complete the conversion Id love to see some pic's mate,

I agree with the above that making these mani's available would indeed encouage people to push the envelope on 4e tuning. As for price for what it is it sounds ok, count me in. also replied to your pm 5T4R7ET N/A eventually

hey mate welcome to the site any plans for your ep??? as said already where abouts are you from, in cork myself

Thanx Tintin, sum sound advice there. After hearing that i mite see if i can do what i want while leaving the speedo needle in place so I wont have to worry bout that being messed up.

I would say that it would be best if this mani didnt automatically get rid of the cat...for several reasons If the mani automatically got rid of the cat, then this would have to come off for evryones mot tests and such. best imo if thie mani were to stop sumwhere between the o2 sensor and the cat

thanks for the heads up tintin sr, I hope the get the temp and fuel needles on ok (my fuel gauge is wrong most of the time so i take no notice of it any way) its just the speedo needle im worried about really, thus im using a spare set... Mattgt those dials of yours look really well, is the speedo easy to read ?

cheers mate ya that would be great I tried blue glass paint also but i wasn't very impressed in the results ( the light was very weak), maybe the paint was too dark. ya I wanna paint the needles red. been having a nose at the spare gauges I got, should be able to remove needles and gauge faces and mount the led's behind the faces I'd say.

hey everyone I recently got a set of starlet dials in a breakers and I want to mod them a bit(I'm using a spare set so I can take my time with it), I would like to change my illumination to a blue LED kinda colour. I was thinking of looking into fitting some led's into the actual body of the dials ( I mean more leds and therefore a brighter and more even result ) instead of the less then brilliant led bulbs. Now I want peoples opinions and interior photos if you have em of those of you who have added gauges and or changed the colour of your dials so that I can get an idea of the colour

no bother mate, will keep an eye on this thread now,

hey, i mite be interested depending on price and final design. here's my opinions 1; i think that a system that is fitted by cutting and welding a flange on to the existing system would be best suited. 2; possibly 4-2-1 system as this may provide a good even power band as said earlier. here's a photo of my stock system, http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn166/n...s4/DSC00898.jpg regardless of the final design I think that the mani should end somewhere near the cat, this would seem like a reasonable connection point to me at least What do you guys think??

Well I don't have any experience when it comes to the different manifolds but I have used exhaust wrap on my ep, here's ny experiences Pro's 1; After I wrapped my exhaust you could catch the manifold and exhaust up to the cat with your bare hand, so is effective IMO in reducing underbonnet heat. 2; handy if using an open (apexi style) airfilter 3; can tidy an otherwise tired looking manifold even if its the original Con's 1; the stuff is made of fibre glass and the stuff goes everywhere when your installing it. 2; youalso need to buy steel lock ties in order to secure the wrap in place.