Chris.Stewart

Cheers for the pics Fro! Was a good day out for the GT eh? haha Fro trying to be all arty....

haha cheers, aye took a few days! went for 99.9% correction with this one dont even want to add up how much i've spent on products mate, so prefer not to answer that one

Finally got round to looking through about 500 pics and making a thread! A few months ago Fro asked me to detail his starlet, so here's some pics and write up of what i did! This is what it looked like when it arrived at mine: First of all the car was thoroughly powerhosed then soaked in foam: (hyper wash and r222 mixed in to remove any existing protection) And rinsed: The usual wash process was carried out, then soaked in tardis to remove tar spots, wiped down, washed again, then rinsed and rolled into the garage for claying: (werkstat auto shampoo and 2bm for wash process, bla

haha not yet! was pretty icey this morning but wasnt out and about with it! was getting an alarm installed! first time in a while im excited for the snow! haha

Cheers for all the comments folks! haha ta fro! get the pics of all the lads up!! contribute to my thread! update - getting a cat 1 alarm installed as i type this

Not much of an update - but got some pics of the last steps of the detail from Fro so thought id get them up! Spoiler 50/50: New bumper fitted: 50/50 on new rear bumper: Finished: Unfortunately not get any finished pics lol! Should have some next week i think. Getting a new alarm system installed soon too Loving it so far though!

My old zetec s:

Haha! promoting the business - love it! haha Sounds good! Would be a sweet little photo session with all the cars lined up in my drive haha. neighbours would hate me even more than they do now with more cars around! Rory - Fair enough dude, but worth having a peek just incase! + it's an excuse to take me out in it...haha!

haha cheers bud! finished now but no finished pics was dark last night when i was done...4 coats of sealant! - dedication! also used a new glass polish and sealant i bought and it got a good testing in the rain today - worked a treat. need to get my cusco lower arm bar fitted next Haha sounds good man! let me have a peek at it before you book it in to get painted - i could maybe work my magic on it without needing a respray you saw how sweet fro's gt looked after a few days with me....

Aw cheers dude! That was from the heart. hahaha! When's the GT coming round to see the glanz and 85 then?

Cheers dude, yeah i do like the look of those lights actually! Might keep a look out in the for sale sections for a set

UPDATE! Did more work on the 85 last night and today! Rear lights and bootlid were attended to first of all, not much pics im afraid! One thing people forget to do is clean in and around the badge so i got a cotton bud and a tiny drop of polish and polished inside the toyota badge - see the difference, bottom left section done! And finished Driver side: Done: Front bumper was next: Once all that was done i was just waiting for Fro to come round with my new rear bumper which looked like this once washed thoroughly: Test fit - looking good, just needed t

Cat - nah mate, machine polisher! Rory - sure! ill come down next year and do it once its coming out again for spring! or you can leave it with me for a few days Amjad - ive been machining cars for a good 2 and a half years, get better with practise obviously! and yes the equipment is pricey! haha. spent way too much money on detailing gear over the years - dont fancy adding it up! Sparky - haha cheers mate! cant be rolling around in a swirly 4wd can i?!

Update! Got more work done on the 85 today Roof was the first job which was very swirly and heavy oxidation present all over! After some polishing: (using lake country polishing pad and menz 203s) Check out how dull the spoiler is! Had a break from polishing and fitted my bosch aero wipers with a bit of modification... also check out the bonnet reflection Polishing pics: Rest of the car taped up: Rear bumper removed, Mark at CMB Autos has me a GT bumper so will get that fitted tomorrow night Passenger side - before and afters and some 50/50s:

Yeah, was just wandering if the gt wiper arms will fit the 85. the ends of the wiper arms o the 85 have a wee bracket with the hook for the blades to clip onto, but the bosch aero wipers i have done fit on with that bracket, so ideally arms like the ones on my glanza would be ideal on it!! No worries mate!

cheers mate! Nah keeping it as a daily for just now, figured the 4wd will be awesome in the snow yeah, few more days of detailing and it will be ready to go! any chance you have a pic up close of the wipers on your old gt? random i know but i need to see the end of the arm where the wipers hook on!

Cheers for the comments folks! Just got round to adding more photos just now, these are also from friday, busy at work this weekend! should be cracking on with more tomorrow though! Polishing continued: Swirls: Gone: Drivers wing: More defects: Check out the colour difference!: Bonnet done: Addition to the interior - momo wheel and boss Next up, continue polishing (bonnet and drivers wing done so far), get some wiper arms and fit my aero blades to them, GT rear bumper and fit, jack it up and see if my cusco lower arm bar will fit! Cheers

GT rear bumper is my next move, also need to get new wiper arms, will gt ones fit?! Its going to get a whole lot cleaner over the next week!

Cheers for the comments folks! Got underway with the detail this morning! Started at 9pm with the car looking like this: Had to scrape off all the writing from the windows! Initial power hose left the car looking like this: Arches were fully degreased and scrubbed until mega clean: Pic once arches were done, wheels were also thoroughly cleaned: The car was then foamed with hyper wash: This was then rinsed off and the car was washed with the 2 bucket method and blackfire shampoo, i then went over the whole car with tardis to remove any tar spots, then clayed: Thats

Cheers mate! Yeah keeping the front end the same, but prob going to get a GT rear bumper! will make the rear look a bit better i reckon! Should be more updates tomorrow as i start to clean it up properly!

Well plans for this year are: Fully underseal Detail the paintwork etc Cat 1 alarm install Fit my momo wheel and boss Get new wiper arms and fit aero wiper blades to them Clean up the engine bay thoroughly Possibly get a GT rear bumper and fit that instead of the existing one! Got one optional extra recaro seat, and a passenger ep82 recaro rail, so if its not a massive job ill get a drivers rail for it and modify it to fit the different floor plan! Keep it n/a for a while and maybe turbo it next year, will see though! Kinda want to buy k sport brakes for the glanza next spring! hmmm....

I just wanted to say a massive thanks to Enzo for a quality, easy transaction when buying my new Ep85! I saw the Ep85 for sale last month and decided I wanted it, so when it arrived at the docks, Enzo picked it up, took it to his garage, mot'd it, serviced it, registered it, taxed it and fitted parts i wanted fitting! Can't really ask for a better service than that! Went down to pick up the car yesterday and was delighted when i checked it over! it really is a minter! So for anyone looking to import a car, I'd highly recommend this man to do it for you! Couldn't be more simple! Was good

Yo, thought i'd post up my build thread for my new ep85 that i picked up yesterday! I bought it from Enzo and have to say if anyone is looking to import a car, give the man a shout as he's very organised and a total pleasure to deal with! He collected it from the docks, got it mot'd, registered, taxed etc! So it was a very easy transaction for me! It's a 1995 Starlet Ep85 S Model. Here is the car over in Japan: Then Enzo picked it up from the docks and took it to his garage where I got sent a few more pics: I told Enzo not to polish or wax the car as ill be detailing it ov

Not sure on that dude! dont think he's there anymore tbh! Yeah just waiting on my fpr coming from tm developments and hopefully get squeezed in asap to get it adjusted and boost controller up to a bar on high. Yeah feels awesome to drive! Question for you...you had a greddy type s bov yeah? how do you know how hard/soft it should be set at? i havent changed mine since i got it! lol

Got it dyno'd at Wallace performance dude! Going back asap - hoping this week with my fpr fitted, to up the fuel pressure a bit so that the boost can go up to 1 bar/1.1 bar safely. Will get the graphs up once its done