lukey_boy1990

Still looking.....

Struggle to find one at the minute. Myself and a few others have been looking for a while. The website I found them new on were out of stock.

I've just resorted to using it in km/h.

John

Yeah I've had my eyes open for a while looking for them but haven't seen any pop up on here and can't find them online either as everyone is out of stock or they have discontinued the product. Knew it might take me a lil while to get one but I thought someone would have one laying around in the shed or garage somewhere and would love to get one fitted as KPH winds me up and I've just fitted indiglo dials that have a MPH dial face but go up to 180mph so need the converter.

Anyone???

Hi everyone, just wondering if anybody has a KPH-MPH speedo converter that goes in between the gearbox and speedo cable.

Are these still available?

Are these still available?

Ok so here are the pictures I've been meaning to post for sometime now, sorry I haven't posted them sooner I've just been non stop with work but here they are:

let me know what you think, I'm not easily offended but the starlet is lol.
Also if anybody here knows any history of the car wether it be they use to own it or knew someone that owned it or anything at all id be interested to know.

Ok so I've finally managed to upload some pics to photobucket but when I try to upload them on here it says

'you are not allowed to use that image extension on this community'

am I not doing it right somehow?

ok if someone could tell me how to upload pics I would be very grateful lol

Ok then people its been a couple of weeks since I went to look at that starlet gt turbo mk3 and haven't posted an update as work has been crazy but now most people are off on their holidays its a bit quieter and have found some time to give you all an update

I got my brother and made the 193mile journey from mine down in Bromley,Kent all the way up to Chesterfield, Derbyshire to meet a guy called Matt and his dad, both of them I have to say are top blokes! :thumbsup:They had a few starlets sitting around but as soon as I got there boom I saw it the Toyota Starlet GT Turbo Mk3 and it was just as good as the ad had said it was, had a good look over it and went for a little drive in it and it ticked every box on my check list for buying my starlet, I couldn't believe it was there in front of me and actually for sale and could be mine, I've never owned a starlet before and don't know anyone that's had one and never even been in one but always wanted one so I couldn't say no haha.

I handed over the cash and he handed over the keys and that was it I was now the proud owner of a Toyota Starlet GT Turbo Mk3. All I had to do now was hope it would at least make it the 193mile journey back home and as any reliable Toyota would, it did. The only fault it had in my eyes was the exhaust banging against the bottom of the car and with no radio and 193miles of banging boy did I have a cracking headache that night and even the next day but to own a starlet it was worth it haha.

Anyway so that was buying it, I've had it 2 weeks now and it still runs like a gooden, not a single problem with it except for a red silicon pipe up near the scuttle panel that has come off twice. I have put some Powerflex exhaust mountings on it and that has helped the exhaust stop banging a lot but not totally so I've also had to use a piece of wire coat hanger to hold it to one side as it seemed to be banging against the handbrake cable clamps I don't use it everyday as I drive a van for work 6 days a week so its all weekend and maybe a night or two in the week for the starlet. I went to a car meet on Saturday night in it and met another 2 guys with a black mk3 gt turbo that I think are also members on here and when all 3 of the black mk3 starlet gt turbos were sat parked next to each other it was a good sight.

So I will get some pics up very soon for you all to look at but in the mean time I look forward to getting to know all of you and your starlets and as I've never owned one before and don't know to much about them you will probably be seeing posts from me on a regular occurrence haha

these wee cars seem to take a lot of abuse mate and hold up to it...Just watch for blue smoke on idle indicating valve stem seals or if theres any blue smoke on boost could be turbo seals but other than that they dont seem to give much bother (touch wood)

what spec is the one your going to look at.

Make sure you drive it hard through all the gears also.check for any crunchin/synchro wear especially in 2nd and 3rd

Cheers Ryan, Will be sure to keep my eye out for any smoke and give it a good hard drive. The one im looking at is all standard spec apart from alloys and exhaust and its lowered. Thanks.

Stay away from any in the high Wycombe area there's some brothers that sell extremely dodgey ones. Other than that just keep a look out to make sure it's running mechanicaly perfect and your happy with the bodywork. If it's advertised online worth linking it on here to make sure it's advertised correctly a lot of people make up spec lists

Cheers Shaun thanks for the heads up but luckily the one I'm going to look at isn't anywhere near the High Wycombe area and it hasn't got a big spec its standard with just the usually bits, exhaust, alloys, lowered and that's it.

Make sure what you can see of the sills is good and not rusty. They go bad behind the body kit

Cheers Grant will be sure to have a look

Ok people I think I may of found one and it ticks all my boxes and I'm off to look at it over the weekend, very excited but what should I look for on these ep82 are there any common rust patches? any common problems? any noises I should listen for?

That red gt is to die for ! Luke don't forget you can purchase the quad lights, so you don't 100% need a quad light gt!

James

That red one is very nice James I agree but I've got my heart set on a black one so much and I did have a feeling I could probably swap the lights over but I've thought that before on other cars but it wasn't a straight swap I needed to cut the loom and all sorts it gave me nightmares haha and also when I see the quad light kit being sold they seem to go for a lot of money just thought I would be easier to buy one with them

He has a red mk1 gt that is absolutely gorgeous!

John

Saw it, it is very nice but I really want a black one

Also I think im off to look at a mk3 ep82 over the weekend and was wondering if anyone had any tips on what I should look for on it...
any common areas that rust?
any common problems I should look for?
any noises I should listen for?

Sorry for the delay people had a real busy weekend

^^Dont worry you won't look stupid we all started out in the same place, plus on the most part members on here aren't wankers and are happy to share knowledge! Good luck with the hunt

Cheers Flynn I had already started to think that after looking around the forum but ive been members of a lot of forums over the years and lets just say they aren't all the same

Thanks James, top man for that. I've had a look on his page on here and on facebook and he looks like he knows where to find one but cant see anywhere that says what full cars he has for sale only a list of things he's breaking and parts he's selling so I've sent him a lil message on here. I'll jus keep my fingers crossed that he might know of one somewhere like I have been for the past few months for one to pop up somewhere.

You're after a Mk3 GT Turbo then

Thanks Bluebear I had a feeling it was something like that I just didn't know which mk it was and didn't want to get it wrong n look stupid

How deep are your pockets Mate ? Browner at EPperformance has a large collection of starlets so may be able to help you out

James

Thanks Jimmy, Where is he located and does he have a site I can go on to see what he has for sale?

Welcome and good luck with your search

This one was linked on here yesterday and looks a clean example http://www.ukstarletowners.com/topic/95286-mk1-gt-on-ebay/

James

Hi James, Thanks for the link, I have already seen that on ebay as I look at least 5 times a day haha Its a very nice example of a starlet but its not right for me as it doesn't have the quad light front and also the boot has the red stripe on it which I don't want and it has different looking rear lights altogether compared to the ones I like. Hope this makes sense and you know what I mean.

Thanks again

Hi there everyone,
I am on the hunt for a Toyota Starlet GT Turbo EP82 in black with the quad lights.

Ideally I would like it to be untouched and standard but I don't mind if it has a few little bits done to it like alloys and exhaust etc as I will be doing them myself anyway.

I would like the body work to be in perfect condition but I'm not fussed with a few little dings or faded paint or peeling lacquer because I know these EP82 Starlets have it as a common problem and I would get it sorted in time.

Now I don't have unlimited money to spend but if you have one of these yourself for sale or know someone with one for sale and would like to see it go to a good home with caring owner then let me know and we will see if it suits my needs and maybe arrange a price so it can become my pride and joy.

Thanks for taking your time to read and I hope to hear from one of you great starlet lovers soon with some promising news

hi there,
new to this place and I don't actually own a starlet, YET!! I am looking at purchasing one though and I've got my heart set on a Toyota Starlet 1.3 GT Turbo EP82 I love the look of them the noise of them and pretty much everything about them.

So if anyone out there knows someone selling one or is selling one themselves please please please let me know as I have been looking for one for ages and the whole time I didn't have any money or space to keep it they were popping up all over the place but now I actually have the money ready for one and have sold other vehicles to make space to keep one I cant seem to find any

anyway, look forward to getting to know you all