nic1.3

as title says.

its not working for me....

Hmmmm,I could have sworn that had gauges before,I must be seeing things!

Yeah twas around CIT area and the South Link that I spotted it a few times.

And today aswell,you passed me at the Macroom end of the Ballincollig bypass,only saw ya at the last second,was driving my shiny red Carina,gave ya a quick salute!

ah yeah that was definitively me today.. sorry i didnt salute back, i can be very serious apparently in the car and not notice people.

that sounds like a cool idea.

well not sure if can change the body on the car.i have to do my drivers test and in Ireland to do the test in your own car you have to keep the car pretty much factory standard.

o if any one knows more about car mods and the Irish drivers test please tell me about it.

hey dude

welcome to the site.

i did my test 2 years ao in the starlet with gold 15" rims 50mm lowered and custom door installs and i got no hassle abou the condition of the car and i passed.

Hey man,recognise your car straight away from the small pic,4 door Starlet with gold rims and 3 mint gauges on the pillar yeah?

See it around Bishopstown a good bit,shes a sweet example of how to do them without going crazy!

Im not too far from Macroom myself,living in Farran,you actually passed me out the Millstreet road there few months back,was thinking to myself at the time "Jabus he gets around abit in that Starlet"!!!!!

Plans for the cars are simple enough.The red 88 boxy is stripped in the rear,few small mods for her,nothing overly major at the moment,although I may change the engine at some stage!

The beige 85 DX is staying as Mr Toyota intended,not geting a single thing done to her,it'd be a crying shame to ruin what is fast becoming a classic!

The red 99 is up for sale soon,she was used for the daily commute to and from work for months,in dry storage since last November now,must get it out and tidy it up.

With all my Starlets,I still dont drive one yet as a daily,i've the reliable Carina for that.

Yeah deffo meet up,myself and another lad are planning a Starlet meet around the middle/end of August,twould be great to get a big gang together.

ah thanx mate...... i don't have any guages on the A pillar yet but i am becoming very attracted to sum defi guages.... I used to be around CIT allot there during the college year

that could be MART that your seeing now and again in bishopstown. he's got a bloody nice ep aswell but its 2dr.

myself and GT_IRL on TGTT went to their meet in mullingar a couple of weeks ago, and he's very interested in organising a cork meet, I was thinking that we could make a dual club meet.

If u guys need any help organising a meet then u know where to find me......

Hey lads and lassies,been checking out this site for a while now,only as a guest mind,so finally decided to register properly,and about time too.

My names Michael,but im on most forums as milan.

I've a bit of a problem with buying Toyotas,I want to buy everyone I see!

At present i've a Carina,a Corolla and 3 Starlets,i'll try and get pics up soon.

Hope to chat to ye soon!

hey Michael

welcome to the site, its gud to see another cork fella on here..

what part of cork are you from? im from macroom originally but i spend abit of time in the city aswell because im renting a place in there at the moment.

What are your plans for the cars

we must meet up sum time as the cork numbers are increasing on here aswell as on TGTT

What!

and i was about to place an order for 100,000,000 rubber washers... you sell those right?

HAHAHA

have a gud time and don't work 2 hard, mite be sending sum business your way when your back depending on the cashflow situation.

thanx lads im going to clean nd polish it up 2morow and take sum nice photos as i want sum new ones.

thanx mate

my goal is to make a serious starlet from the most unlikely model.... nuthing but the best for my motor.

for now she will remain a bit of a sleeper without 2much body work.

yeah the lightweight pulleys do make a difference it really does rev alot more freely with them and she pulls a tiny bit harder aswell id say,

there is no issues with the pulleys that i have fitted, but the water pump is the press fitted version on mine and i bought the bolt on one and alternater pulley are is a different shaft size on my own alternator

pm replied to

Nic

Rite

Firstly thanx for looking at my thread any and all comments are welcome as well as any ideas

ok so onto the car

96 4dr (Granny mobile)

currently 131000 odd miles on it

and now the spec

Engine

Rolla 4 branch manifold with custom paint job

TRD panel air filter

Dave Burwash lightweight crank pulley

Dave Burwash lightweight powersteering pulley

Exhaust wrapped manifold and downpipe to cat

Magnecor 8.5mm leads

NGK iridium plugs

Sard magnetic oil filter

Magnetic sump bolt

Custom earthing wiring kit

TRD 4efte uprated engine mounts (modded to suit)

Custom made N/A cooling panel

Transmission

Custom made quick shift gear lever

Custom made solid steel gear shift bushings

Roller bearing gear linkage bearings

solid steel gear shift bushings

Chassis

Koni adjustable dampers

Tein springs

Ultra Racing 4 point lower arm Bar

Whiteline Anti lift Kit

Whiteline rear adjustable anti roll bar

RSR ajustable panhard rod

Rolling Stock

15" x 7.5 Technomagnesio rally spec rims in gold finish

195 x 50 x R15 Pirelli P5000 Drago tires

Red anodised anti theft valve caps

Exterior

6000K HID lights

Fiat Punto rear wiper

Clear front indicator lenses

Clear side indicators with chrome bulbs

Colour coded Toyota front badge

Debadged rear

Interior

Glanza optional armrest

Momo pedals

Polished Gear stick

Vibe remote bass adjustments dial

4 door central locking kit off ebay(it really does work without problems)

ICE

Sony CDX M8800 head unit

Stringer Zero gauge wiring kit

JL Audio E4300 4 channel amp components

Vibe slick A7 digital mono-block amp to sub

Vibe remote bass adjustments dial

10" sub in 6^th order band pass enclosure

Fusion power plant 130mm components

Security

AH���.now that I will keep to myself��

Stuft to fit

Corbeau FIA approved bucket seats in grey

glanza elec mirrors

Plans for the future

short term plans

TRD engine mounts to fit as my own are knackered DONE

find a suitably unusual splitter and mod to fit

Fit custom made solid steel gear shift bushings DONE

Medium term plans

new cambelt

new TRD 0.5mm head gasket

GT Turbo or V back axle conversion for the discs

3G rear groved discs

steel braided brake lines

adj. panhard rod NONE

anti lift kit NONE

rear anti roll bar NONE

TRD bushings all round

paint and fit glanza top spoiler

Volk Rays red lug nuts

Long Term plans

full glanza front end + sideskirts + rear full respray

5E rebuilt to serious spec

BZR levin big disc conversion

Pictures will be posted soon......real soon

oh and here they are

yup. i even did designs for this last year for shows etc...a few people were interested, and then i was told there was another design..so i didnt bother...but this other design never got made...i people still want them. ill put up my design, and if you like it, ill get some prices...

throw it up mate for us to see... mite aswell get an idea for whats possible...

does sound like a good idea and it would help the club out

agreed, i would support this also.

yeah, just loosen up the bolt on the end, and then the teack rod will just spin off.

they can be stubborn... but some penetrating fluid should help you out.

if you really have trouble, you can use a torch on it, but that will ruin the unit and youll have to get another one, heating up a track rod end is an instand MOT fail.

thanx mate

proably just a tight fooker id say.

i have new toyota units waiting to go on so that is at least an option

cheers lads.

hey everyone.

as the title says i want to know how to change the track rod thats attached to the hub.

Now i can get the track rod end off the hub thats not the problem, what i cant do is get the threaded rod from the steering rack off it.

is there a knack to getting this off or is it brute force.

im hoping to do this myself and save sum money so any help would be appreciated.

They do that anyway. You just need a Red bulb for the foglight and the reverse light will be fine anyway because the reverse light lense is clear

So basically you whack em on and put a red bulb in for the foglight and your sorted.

Idrees thanx mate that makes life so much easier...well that settles it, rick put me down for a set of Reflets

Rick im interested in a set of Reflets

ALSO question to everyone here;

Is there a way to wire up the Reflet lights in such a way to have reverse and fog with out having seperate fog and reverse lights.

I think that it would really help attract business from N/A drivers if a guide was put together for the above option.

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Idrees, post it here too for markoos to see, even if its copy and paste :angry:

dont worry mate i will write it up properly when i get it off during the weekend....

here's what Idrees had to say earlier..

"Remove the wiper motor to access the two nuts on the inside of the tailgate, then there are 4 clips. One on each corner, just pull it off after removing the nuts. Worked for me."

Idrees would be your best bet for this info as he has worked with them.

Im sure he will read this.

Joz

ya mate thanx.

i just got a reply off him about it on tgtt

hey every one

as above, i have a spare glanza boot lid at home at the moment and i want to remove the number plate surround from it to sell as im strapped for cash.

ive tried removing the surround by undoing two 10mm nots that i saw but it seems very solid.

Can anyone give me any pointers on removing this???

thanx

oh rite. i didnt know that he was your bro...

when i did the electrics i went to the breakers and got sum of the flexi tube things and drilled out the holes with a hole saw...

i thought that it was sumthing to do with car importation laws as to the reason that u couldn't get any R34's

We will be fitting complete new doors so no need for drilling

hey idrees if its glanza doors your using then ya ull be fine.

but did your starlet come with electricsof some sort in the doors originally if not then u will still need to drill the pillar.

hey its coming along well.

i see u have taken off your side mouldings. pm me a price whenever if u still have them as i could use them to paint up.

not a bother mate, glad to help

Yep all the wires are tucked under the carpet or under that bit of plastic next to the footwell. It's a white or blue plug if i remember correctly. Just whack the doors on and plug them in.

Bourkey

"Idrees

Thanks (from Tayyib)

Where do the regulators go?

that is correct about the wiring the piece of the loom that u need is only going from the door to just inside the footwell.

as for the electric regulators these replace the "keep fit ones" is just a matter of undo the manual regulators and then replace with elec regulators.

also i forgot to mention that u will have to drill the doors and pillars in order to fit the wiring and fit a set of those flexi tubes that u see in other cars, its more awkward then difficult but it will allow u to fit all sorts of electrics in the doors afterwards eg speakers, central locking.