Amjad

Cheers! Ah that's good news, I plan to run a little so that should help clearance

I remember seeing a thread where a few people said their Athena HG's were weeping oil?

No these are the ones Ronan, except I wanted them in the matte grey haha Thanks if you could get some pics of front and rear I'd appreciate it! Are you running camber up front?

Haha I've done that but thankfully not been that bad Take a peek at this thread, you have some competition over in Japan haha http://www.ukstarletowners.com/topic/64463-tonnes-of-ep-inspirationrandom-builds-in-japan/

Coilovers fit, most stuff does really

Wel spotted, I thought it was Livesports! Haha you haven't seen the other thread yet Dan ;)

I'd run the GT, but I'm biased

It's all good man they look nice, just shame I couldn't afford them Can you please get some pics in the daylight so I can see where they sit in relation to the body? They don't seem to stick out as much as I thought they would but my eyes might just be playing tricks on me

Found this online, dunno if it'd work for us or whether it'd be safe? That's a very good point craig :nod: :thumbs: I will defo get it down to the rollers a week tomorrow and see what they can do for me. I should get the mx5 back on the road before I do more engine mods to this one The engine runs much better now since I found my weber haynes manual and learnt a couple things. I removed and refitted the carbs and manifold, just to be 100% they were sealed. The removed, cleaned and wd40 all the ht leads and plugs. It turns out that no4 was filled to the top with oil, need a new rocker gasket. Fixed it with silicone for now. Last thing I did was spend a load of time balancing the carbs and now the engine runs much much better. Here is some update: Some pics of the mods I carried out on the rear axle. I can alter camber and toe with a tapered spacer. I cut the spacers into halfs and then bolted 2 opposite halfs together but with a 14mm spacer between them. Once welded up I removed the bolts and spacers leaving a 14mm gap in between the spacers. I then got the 9inch grinder out and removed the 14mm section of axle. I did the mods in that fashion so that I could guarentee that the flanges were welded on square and perfectly 14mm apart. It worked well and didn't take to long. Iam happy with the outcome but still need to make the tapered spacer and take care of a couple rubs here and there Bit too much camber at the mo but it does look proper bo!! Got some tyre rubbing still so need to check that out tomorrow I haven't made the axle wider. I cut 14mm out of the middle and welded the flanges on. I use a tapered spacer to make the axle have camber. You can see in the pics below The tapered spacer before drilling The tapered spacer after drilling Tapered spacer fitted using high tensile 12.9 m12 bolts with nyloc nuts Need to get some different bolts though, ones that are a better lengthalso iam going to drill more holes in the spacer so that I can dial in differing amounts of toe and camber. All appears well so far, just needs tidying up and painting (http://retrorides.proboards.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=readersrides&thread=85695&page=10)

A reply has been posted but no guide as of yet: "This adjustment to rear camber has made a huge impact on the handling as i knew it would,u only have to watch touring car videos current and all the way back to the mid 90s on youtube to see they run around 3 degrees ( which is very aggressive) on the rear.the back end really noticably "bites" down and car handles that much more better.i am running around 2 degrees on the rear now ( 3 degrees in pictures above) and thats still very noticable and alot less harsh on the tyres. it is infinatley adjustable ,as is tow now also.this to me is a huge deal as its definatley not common place on any starlet i have ever heard of. also looks very cool aswell. i had a very spirited drive last night and went pretty mad and all was well so i am happy to announce it has defo worked. there is also not just camber,and tow to come out of this great discovery/work,also theres the oppourtunity to add spacering at the same time instead of buying wheel spacers which is very cool. it was a huge job for me to risk buggering up a perfectly good gt rear axle,but in my opinion was well worth it."

Some pretty brutal looking and other track Starlets I've found! http://minkara.carview.co.jp/en/userid/585558/car/501181/profile.aspx http://minkara.carview.co.jp/en/userid/1325832/car/972615/profile.aspx No f*cks given LOL I would suggest this as a POTM contender if the resolution was higher Another one bites the dust http://minkara.carview.co.jp/en/userid/434680/car/1120272/profile.aspx All images taken from this database: http://minkara.carview.co.jp/en/car/toyota/starlet/usercar/0/?pn=1 Amjad

I think it's the width (and possibly the diameter) that affects whether it can be concaved? 7 won't give much width for the spokes to go deep right?

BOLLOCKS you bought them They look awesome

Just thought these images were pretty cool! http://minkara.carview.co.jp/en/userid/346105/car/273647/photo.aspx Amjad

Yeah something to consider, I might try it when I get a chance Here you go guys! http://minkara.carview.co.jp/en/userid/396609/car/306705/profile.aspx

Came across this funnily off a Micra forum whilst looking for rear camber info haha! Looked up Starlet and a tonne of awesome build/profile pages came up! There are a ridiculous amount of cars on the link (I'll post at the bottom) Here are some of my favourites taken from pages 1-40 and there's 200 pages lol! dan106 have a look at the bottom haha These wheels look crazily similar to my white ones! FAO dan106 haha http://minkara.carview.co.jp/en/car/toyota/starlet/usercar/0/?pn=1 Enjoy! Amjad

Arch roll probably but I'm not sure if they do them concave in that diameter, worth asking I guess

I'll get a link for you in a bit Chris! Forgot to put it in here but these were the best photos I found! Let me find it again haha Apart from the trim looking a bit wonky I love it, makes the car look so much more aggressive!

Yeah I was gonna order them until I realised only the 16x8 looks good. It'll probably need wider arches let alone rolled OEM ones.. Google the wheels, and you'll see the 15s look pants

I'm a bit obsessed with this.. Also does anyone know how he got the arches like that? I'm guessing he used spacers and longer bolts to make them stick out?

Those are 8J I think

I'd only get the 522 in a 16" as it's more concave, they look crap in 15" IMO That's 16"

Have another look round the pipes, not sure what else whistling could be really

That's a boost leak, double check all the hoses are on properly and tightened up

That's the link that was posted above