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I credited you for them! It might be me.

Thanks for the compliments guys, I'll make sure I keep this up to date from now on, it's nice to hear good things said! Bits I have to fit are: Zisco manifold, Zisco decat, WEPR FMIC piping, Custom FMIC core, Air filter relocation (Might be trying something different in attempt to keep the air con but it will end up going if it doesn't work.) Tong Turbo Hybrid CT9. Will be getting it mapped soon after and I'm hoping for 200bhp. Got this cool pic of when the car was registered back on a Jap plate, I really want to get a copy of this made up but I'm finding it hard to find anyone who can do it with the same amount of characters this one has:

Too right bud, need to buy a couple more things first and then I'll be on the road to more power!

Thanks mate, I do try and keep it nice. She's served me well, only thing I've had to do in the last year is replace the CV joints. Happy owner!

I was lucky enough to spot some subframes from the factory fitted Recaro seats, so I got them snapped up. I then decided to go with Evo 7 Recaros and get them fitted. (Will upload pics shortly.) They have a MUCH better grip of you than the 96 spec ones which I had grown to hate! Next step for me was to look at the wheels, I had thought about painting them white and seeing how I liked them like that. I was skint for ages and the opportunity to paint them never came around, and being as picky as I am I wanted them done profesionally. I then started looking around at other wheels that'd suit the car, I ended up finding a for sale post on the forums for some white Enkeis with 4 new tyres that just happened to be really local. I picked them up the next night and took some pics of them when I got them: They're not in the greatest condition and will soon be getting refurbed, but for now they're fine, just a bit of paint peel in a few places but no actual damage to the wheels. I then got some professional pics taken of the car at the Medstone meet and I was really pleased with them, thanks to Silk Photography for these: It was at this time I realised I actually enjoyed changing the look of the car and so I figured I would spend a bit more time on the looks, I have a FMIC waiting to be fitted and I think the 98 spec front bumper and lip looks great with the cutout so I thought I'd go down this route. I managed to pick the bumper/brackets/grille up at a pretty good price and then purchased myself a replica front lip from Aidan@EPStyling. The splitter was blended onto the bumper, I'm really pleased with how well the bodyshop did with it: A while later I managed to afford to get it sprayed up, so I got it fitted to the car as it was without the FMIC, it has a huge gap now so I have filled it with the plate until I get the FMIC fitted. The car now looked odd with the skirts and front lip sitting lower and the back end of the car looked a bit high, Idrees had a rear bumper and genuine lip pop up for a decent price so I got that snapped up. Had it sprayed and fitted a short while later. Here's how the car looks now: (Thanks to Chanelle for the pics)

Figured it was time I got one of these going, had so many people pestering at me to get it done I figured it was time to show the rest of you guys what I've been up to. Here's the story so far... I found the car originally with a user on here called Olive, it was exactly the spec I wanted and at a price within my range, so I figured it made sense to get it. Only trouble was the car was in Scotland, so I decided to take a bit of a gamble and get a flight up to see it a few days later. I ended up meeting with the previous owner and going to a garage to briefly inspect it, (I knew nothing about Starlets at the time.) Fortunately Olive was spot on and the car didn't have any issues she hadn't already told me about, the journey home to Essex began. This is how she looked when she departed for Essex: For the beginning part of the journey I seemed to be caught in the worlds longest set of roadworks whilst coming out of Scotland, which meant I had to drive at 50 for quite some time. It wasn't until I got near the edge of Scotland I was able to boot it for the first time, it felt exactly as it should and I was relieved. I then hit Birmingham to hit the worst weather the UK had got in a long time, snow fell really heavily on the motorway and with it being 2am and not many cars on the road it wasn't really the greatest situation for having a new car in! 9 hours later I arrived home safe and sound, was worth every minute though and was great driving the car for the first time. Next day I had booked off work, I decided to spend a fair whack on professional detailing products and cleaned the car up to how I wanted it to look, it had been well looked after but hadn't had a proper going over for quite some time. Here are the pics of how she looked after the next day: Here's the spec list at this time: Volk Wheels with Toyo tyres Blitz Nur Spec Backbox Blitz Turbo Timer Blitz Dump Valve Blitz Induction Kit Fully adjustable Tein Coilovers Toad Alarm As you can probably see, the bonnet has gone as I sold this to StarletRick as I required the cash, also thought it was too mean for the standard 96 bumper and it suited his much better. It was as soon as she had a nice clean up I decided to start spending money on her, as I had made the journey to Rick's to hand over the bonnet he fitted some TC Anti-Lift plates to the car for me. I soon after decided to purchase a new gear knob as I didn't like the look of the one on there so I got myself a TRD ball gearknob. I was then lucky enough (or so I thought) to find a cheap cat-back Nur Spec pop up within travelling distance, so I went and picked that up, still not knowing an awful lot at the time it wasn't until I got to Pipecraft (Exhaust shop) that it had been completely bodged when the twat who owned it before had decided to remove the baffles. So after Pipecraft having to chop a part of the exhaust off and replace it with a straight through pipe that was fitted. I got some pics of how the car looked at this time:

Prefer the Advans personally.

Great find Dave. Bloody stunning example of a skyline there, shame the person selling it is a complete wanker, eh?

Not got an EP82 sadly, but those Lexus ones look the dogs bollocks.

1) JAG - V (N) 2) Chanelle1234 - SR 3) Bildo + StarletRick - V (N)

Sounds like a plan to me mate, let me know the date!

Dont worry mate, you still don't look a day over 9.

Welcome aboard! Been following your progress for quite a while on TGTT and it's great to have you over here. All the best!

Happy birthday Shitface.

Looks awesome mate, back does look a tad higher as you mentioned though, hopefully they'll settle just where you want them.

Great idea Geo, this has really pissed me off lately, seems we haven't had it as bad as TGTT though, it's hit them like the plague! someone = Someone r = Are anyone = Anyone

Try Shelias Wheels too.

Glad you're liking the site mate, all the best with finding a minter of a Starlet for the future.

Too late to beg for forgiveness, they should give people the things they've paid for and leave it there. They've caused a huge amount of shit for a LOT of people, they have had their second chance and they blew it on a rather dramatic scale.

Really liking this mate, it looks a lot nicer than the pics you showed me. Has the power to match aswell so sounds like you got a great all rounder. All the best with it bud, remember to keep calm with the new found love of boost it cant be easy to get carried away! I'm sure you know though, enjoy it

Halfords are always worst case scenario, I'd rather find out here and buy online if possible. Probably be about an 8th of the price of a Halfords one and I'll probably have some chav offer me assistance and convince me I'm buying the wrong part which was actually right if I go there. Then they'll try and sell me 'dere beztezt wipspeed stereo isn't it'

Was it either of those mate? If not could you find a part number for it for me, would be greatly appreciated, thanks.

If it's 128mph I wish you luck in court, you're gonna need it.

Right, my rear exhaust mount, the one that holds the backbox up has started sagging like a grandma. Can anyone link me to any polyurethane (powerflex or similar) exhaust mounts taht will fit a Starlet? I'm finding it impossible to find any. Cheers guys.

Since this is basically asking for warez if anyone was to publish a link for a torrent site or similar the club's backside would basically be on the line for it. Do a search on Google for the maps or search through the most popular torrent sites for them and I'm sure you'll find what you're looking for.