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Maybe I should Glanza mine, what about a Tropicana V

I'm after doing a conversion to central locking and leccy windows, I've sourced the internals but have just called a breakers and been quoted £60 + vat for the driver and passenger door cards and switches? How does that sound?

I'm after some Starlet SR 25mm TTE springs if anyone has any going? Cheers Chris

I do intend to lower it but haven't decided whether to go for springs and a panhard rod or save up and go for coilovers. Found out yesterday that my job is safe so should be getting a nice little payrise soon, extra moolah to spend on my baby Nightspirit tells me that a panhard rod is not essential with coilovers but is with just springs to maintain alignment?

Handles!!! What a sweet idea, hadn't thought of that. I need the car every day so I will get some mirrors and handles from a breakers, get them painted and stick them on. How easy is it to get the handles off, what does it involve? I know the mirrors are pretty easy. I reckon I'll go for the full colour coding rather than leaving the bases black tbh, I'd just prefer that, each to their own...

I like the idea of having something there to stop idiots in car parks marking the doors. I've been sat in the car after grabbing some shopping and the person next to me has tapped the car with their door as they've got out. I try to park away from other people as best i can but sometimes it's unavoidable. I'll probably pull them off and get my mate to colour match them. It'll be cheaper to get them resprayed than a door if they get marked. Might get the mirrors and bases done at the same time.

A nice little before and after direct comparison Before After You can really see how different light affects the colour of the car, green in the first pic, blue in the second. Sportif sticker is off now too

The colour of the car seems to vary with the light, sometimes it looks more blue, other times more green. The original purchase receipt (which I have ) says "Tropicana"

Oh, don't worry, I'll find something

15" wheels and Toyo tyres

It's on! Full Side profile

Nice one mate, you'll find a T shaped connector with two wires (white and white/black) coming out. This connector is plugged into a blanking connector that simply loops back on itself. This connector is taped to the loom behind the drivers dash panel. You got all three parts of the dimmer right, the dimmer itself, the locking ring and the knob. Pop out the little gray plastic clip and it slips into the hole left behind I'm sure you could have worked all this out for yourself but thought it maight save you a few seconds. Loopback connector

Seen this car in the flesh and it's mintier than Mrs. Minty's Special Recipe Extra-Minty Mint Sauce

Don't worry mate, I knew you couldn't make it. Didn't get chance to put the spoiler on as i was sorting out my Nan's freeview and had a ride over to Stockport to see off some biker friends doing a Children in Need charity run. They have a Pudsey bear that has been riden from Edinburgh to Telford in stages with different bikers today and will continue it's trip to the Ace Cafe in London tomorrow. I would have been doing the Stockport to Derby leg but I had to be in Oldham at 5 to pick up this from Nightspirit. It's already fitted!

1997 R reg 1.3 Sportif in Turquoise My mates elderly mum owned from new Garaged every night from new (until I got it) Full Toyota Service History Totally standard and immaculate inside and out apart from small scuffs on the wheel arches from putting in and out of garage. 23,000 miles only on the clock £800 in September this year Spent nearly the same on it aleady ha ha

Got my spoiler back from the painters, gonna fit it tomorrow before Idrees and Junaid come over to me.

No problem Phil, I'll take a pic later on for you.

If I was that good, it wouldn't have taken me this long Got a nice freebie from the local scrappers today though. When I was doing the clocks on mine, I noticed the connector was on the loom for the dash dimmer switch. Took one of an SR at a scrappers in Rochadale, took it to the counter and the guy looked at it and said, "Go on, treat yourself." :0) Nipped into RRG around the corner out of curiosity and asked how much it would be to buy one new (didn't mention I had one). "Er...£54 including VAT mate" I thanked him and walked out with a huge grin on my face.

Check out the for sale section!!! The guy I got my clocks off has another set, the details are there. Better be quick!!!

What do you do if you have bought a nice set of Paseo clocks to fit to your Sportif so you can see those lovely revs, or you have bought another set of Sportif clocks to replace a faulty set. Obviously the mileage is not going to be an exact match to that of your current clocks? To remain legal, you should roll forward or back the mileage on the new clocks before you install them. Here's a step by step guide on how to do this (Please note: SR clocks are different and this guide will not tell you how to adjust them as the odometer tumblers are different) This guide is intended to help you mak

Problem solved, wiring was fine but tacho wire in loom was dodgy. Tracked back and ran a direct feed to connector B pin 6...job done

Now that I know my wiring is sound, I'm gonna give the Paseo clocks another chance. Oh and i've also managed to correct the mileage to match my old N/A clocks I'll do a how 2 on it now. Sparky, type in 'paseo breaking' as an ebay search. A couple came up and one of them that I rang had two sets of clocks, he might still have the other one, I'll let you know if I find the number. Chris

Thanks to David but with much guidance from others, I now have a working tacho. Turns out to have been a dodgy tacho pulse wire all along, the wiring was sound. Tapped into the tacho wire earlier in the loom and ran a feed up to the clocks and hey presto!

Thanks to some nifty photoshoping by Shelly Star I think I've decided to go for Reflet rear lens covers. Check it out!

Shelly That's exactly what I was after, you really are a star! Thanks Chris