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nice one dude!!!!! glad to hear it! Phil.

^^^this. u will piss each other off for the first while as you go from seeing one another now and again to BOOM! constantly in each others space. it can come as a bit of a shock to the system, so just be cool. you'll get used to it in no time and it'll be awesome! Phil.

welcome! Those bridgestone 4s were beautiful!!!!!!!!!!!! Phil.

happy days dude! Phil.

^^^was gonna say, thats a pretty rare front splitter, dont see those about too often. looks like a Livesports alright, or a Winning Sports, dont have a Hyper Revs in work to check lol. welcome along. Phil.

Rainsports are my personal preference, but then I live in NI, which is to say the least, a tad moist. Phil.

in 8 years i have never seen a single one of these for sale, not even on the auctions. only know i knew of was Adaman's on the car above. Phil.

only coloured timing belts i know of are the blue kevlar ones from Japan that were, if i remember correctly, over £100???? Phil.

mine has done this ever since i fitted TRD engine mounts, steering wheel litterally bounces up and down at idle lol. Phil.

welcome, quite a few Irish lads about here thee days which is great to see. Where abouts in Norn Iron are ya? Phil.

the autobox was the first turbo EP i ever drove...the kickdown is great! and that was me hooked. Phil.

same brake set up as myself, good job dude! Phil.

it was, they offered to replace the block but he didnt want all his paperwork fubared with mis-matched numbers etc when it came to sell it on, so he got a replacement car I believe. Phil.

bearing on the crank shaft failed, they replaced the entire engine. Phil.

no idea dude, i will ask today to see if he ever heard anymore. its not one of those "oh, i know a guy who knows a guy who knows someone's aunt who said" stories, if it was i wouldnt bother posting it here to waste folks' time with gossip. this genuinely happened, so i'll do some more digging and report back. Phil.

beautiful! Phil.

yes but only in a GT and its now been sold (Whitestarlet from NI). I think i have some pics in the archives, i'll get a look over the next couple of days. Phil.

chap in work, his neighbor bought one brand new...engine packed in after only a couple of months. Toyota offered to replace the engine, he told them to shit off and replace the whole car, which they did. im sure its probably just a one-off horror story and that most if not all manufacturers experience the odd bug, but still a little frightening for such a new and expensive car. Phil.

very nice dude!!!! Phil.

from factory they go on the inner/upper side of the lower dash plastics, not sure if the factory plastics to fit has little recesses or tabs to hold them in place or what, i know the OEM cowling for the illuminated ignition barrell is different to normal, its possible the footwell illumination was the same. anyway, what i'm getting at is....lets take the passenger side...sit in the seat, your faced with the glovebox, beneath that there's a small lip of plastic i think off the top of my head, up on the inner side of that i think is where it went from factory. similarly on the driver's side, on the back side of the lower plastic that covers the steering column and houses that wee fuse box etc. hope my rubbish description helps. Phil.

looking good buddy. Phil.

very smart bud! Phil.

thanks gents, appreciate the kind words! @daniel - thanks for taking the time to read the whole thing dude, means alot. and you hit the nail on the head there, without my bro and my mates most of this wouldnt have been possible! Jay, Alan and Joel have dug me out of many a hole over the years, and helped to improve and add unique bits and bobs to the car. 8L5 - nicest colour evar! Phil.

thanks gents. @ Ryan - no music anymore bud no, stripped it all out, even the OEM speakers in the dash. the only music i want to hear in the car from now on is the turbo spooling and the dump valve going off. i'm in the search for response, and the easiest first step in that is improving power to weight. yes I have retained all the front plastics inside the car, but thats simply because i want the cockpit to be a semi-nice place to be, other than that, nothing in the rear but functional items. the aim of this project now is the improvement of response, not massive BHP figures, i wana get away from the bigger BHP cars before they then come screaming past me lol. for me its all about first to the speed limit, after that, the race is over. Phil.

nice work buddy! hope re-fitting goes well today! Phil.