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So I got some more done to the Starlet. Managed to get the front springs in myself, was easy enough (never worked on suspension myself before, figured it would be relatively self explanatory). The rears were a different story. The passenger side bolt at the rear beam just would not shift, it was rotating in the hole. I drove around town for a few hours looking for a rental place that had an electric impact wrench, got one along with a 14mm socket and had at it. Same story, just wouldn't move. I ended up starting to damage the bolt head so I decided to throw in the towel (in retrospect a bad de

IE and Firefox are both awful and a pretty big security risk. Just stick with Chrome (also handy if you have an android phone or tablet)

I play it (and get utterly hammered too) every Saturday on the PC. Great game, there's a lot more to it than cod, which tends to keep the annoying 12year old turds out. I do prefer it to bf3, not too sure why though as there's a lot missing in 4. Hard line was fun too while the open beta was available.

That's the thing bud, would need to handle pretty awful temps in the winter, gets down to -38 here. 4wd would be a gift which leads me toward a Legacy GT before estate as I can throw loads in the back for camping etc. But a 10year old twin turbo Subaru may not be the most reliable. Hard to pass them up though, there's a grade 4 import for sale at the moment for $3600 with 80k on it. All the Hondas I was looking at were very high miles and in bad state of repair.

That's good to know. I wonder how they handle the mileage, all the ones here are over 150,000km.

Good ideas lads keep them coming. Doubtful I'd be getting a type R, they never made it to the Canadian market as far as I am aware so it would likely be a lower spec model. Is there much room in either car?

Howdy, I'm selling my Pontiac as its too big, heavy and just a shitty american car. Looking around the local market I've sort of sided towards an Acura/Honda Integra or Honda Prelude. I don't reaaallly care too much about power, I just want something bombproof, cheap and relatively good looking plus I've always wanted to own a Honda. There's plenty to choose from and the prices are relatively good, and considering a lot of people use them as winter hacks they must be good and reliable. Am I right? Also to throw a curve ball into the mix, what are the Paseo's/Cyno's like? Loads of them aroun

If you split the lights I want first dibs on the passenger side indi assembly

Got the car up on stands, and got the shocks out (easy enough) and fired in some new Tein springs, wheels nuts and spigot rings (more pics in a few days when the rear is done, and the oil and muck cleaned off, claybarred, polished and waxed Pretty cool, you can rent spring compressors here for free, just typical that the places that do them are the Canadian equivalents to Halfords. Absolutely no idea how a seemingly 14 year old Asian bird is supposed to know where to find spring compressors when she can barely speak the language never mind patch together the rubbish flowing out of my mout

So I got a fair bit more done on the car today. First off I removed the headlights and restored them to new condition using a Simoniz kit. Basically anyone considering this, I would defo say try it out, I am very impressed with the results. Save money by forgetting the kit though, just buy some 800 / 1000 / 2000 grit sandpaper, an abrasive cloth and some buffing compound. Before... You can't fully see how bad they were, basically they looked like smokers fingernails. The next pics are along each stage until the final product...

Nah mate I was working up until the start of the week in Sherwood park, welding centralizers for a big company. Changing jobs now though in the hope of better money and hours, was on nights in the last place. Heard bad reports about fort Mac (they call it fort smack) , it's full of rich laborers, so a lot of drugs around. Just got engaged in Nov too so woman would kill me being away lol. Aye Williams a good lad, seems to pass stuff through his hands that's of higher quality than BrianPro, but that's just from looking at pics.

Yeah man i'm right in Edmonton, I live downtown. I used William Baird to import the car for me, real nice fella and i'm considering using him again soon to get me a winter motor of some sort as this as I say will be in heated underground parking. Haha, I SHOULD have the wheels on tomorrow, gotta jack up the car and get the springs in before I stick the new wheels on then. You're defo along the right lines with that guess though!

As far as the engine and boost management, I'm almost fully sold on using a trust greddy electronic boost controller to govern the boost (as far as I am aware it negates the need for an adjustable actuator?). As for the oil temp/pressure, water temp, etc I'm planning on using a kiwi pld system linked via Bluetooth to either a parrot smartdeck or my s4. I like the thought of having a clean dash without the clutter of dials so having a central android powered system that can handle my Google maps, music, engine monitoring etc sounds clean to me. One shortfall I think these cars suffer from (a

Thanks lads! You're right, the exterior is extremely clean. Its the cleanest car I've had yet, not a single mark anywhere. That reminds me I'll need to get the underside waxoil'd. I'm much too old to go down the splitter or bodykit route, I'm more into the clean OEM look so as far as the exterior I've planned on keeping it 100% stock. There must be less than 50 of these in Canada, so it would be nice to have one that's rapid, extremely clean and subtle.

Howdy, been lurking and buying on here for a while now, gathering parts and knowledge and such. I'm from Northern Ireland but moved out to Canada last year for a better life and work opportunities (im a welder). There's not too much of a car scene here, possibly due to the -38c winters, the awful roads or the retarded speed limits (already scored a $316 fine). All the lads are either into sledding, quads or lifted trucks. Having said that though I have seen a few JDM motors of late with the good weather (now around 30c) and there are a few JDM import companies thriving. I am mainly a VW n

Excellent, never even realized that Zisco existed I'll get that loom asap. Had seen those Karl before, just the emanage ultimate seemed a little overkill for my current setup. Once I get bored I can always swap over when I go td04 etc, which is why I wanted to retain the standard wiring. 224 for some wiring and connectors, mark up on that must be insane!! Cheers lads!

Haha, yeah just wondering where exactly. I've enquired to him, will see what the craic is.

Never worry, selling my existing pipework and buying new (for less than the cost of one pipe)

Wonder where abouts this lad is, this is exactly what I was after.

All PM'd and still need one!

Howdy.. I'm gearing up now for installation on a wreck of new bits for the Glanza. Have most everything I need including the obligatory Emanage blue to run it all. Spec is as follows - Got at the moment but not yet fitted - Standard CT9 turbo Decat and tubular mani (heatwrapped) FMIC HKS Air filter (panel) 255 LPH fuel pump NGK iridiums New dizzy cap and rotor arm Magnecor Leads Half size alu triple core rad and slim fan Low temp thermostat New waterpump and belt Emanage Blue with 2 harnesses and 3 bar map sensor Coming in the next month or so.. Either an HKS adjustable A

BUMP STILL NEEDED

Out here in Canada it gets to -40c odd in winter so having a 4wd daily that's reliable, safe and roomy is going to be a good idea. I don't like the thought of driving my Glanza through winter and the Pontiac Grand Prix is like driving around in a swollen penis. The B 4 GT's can be had for bugger all money (4-6k cad) and must be great craic having 4wd and 287bhp. I am just wondering what they are like to own? Fuel prices aren't an issue here but what about running and service costs? Are they fun? Are they reliable? Any info is helpful cheers!!

BUMP, still needed

Yup, JVC do a double din unit that supports mhl/app mirror so I'd be tempted by the likes of that. Have the phone in the glovebox connected and just use the screen on the head unit to select music and GPS nav etc.