micrat

mx5 wheels fit and are dirt cheap...need a 5mm spacer on the front...ran them on mine.

Afternoon you beautiful people... Am in the process of repairing 80% of my little starlet...it looks like a fat birds thighs its so dimpled. Question is, how do I safely remove the outer of the 2 weatherstrips on the doors (where you roll the window down...say where your arm would rest if you were cruising lol) Just thought I would ask before I started levering things...didn't know if it travels behind the mirror or anything. Cheers in advance...Mike.

Purchased a strut brace - tracked, well packaged, top bloke. Thanks.

Are the braces the same as an ep91. They look it from memory but would rather be sure...will take one if so...

Does anyone have a set of these kicking around? Im after some cheap for my daily, just for the lols really! Am based near Portsmouth, will collect within reason but obviously dont worry if you are up in glasgow or anything! No big deal just literally fancy them for a giggle! Photobucket is being annoying so I cant put the pic up same as the rims on this one... http://www.ukstarletowners.com/topic/47538-my-red-glanza-rep/ Thanks

got one on mine from when i used her as a works van! problem is, theres no factory mounts for it, and no roof gutter for the traditional clamps, nor are there rear doors or opening windows for the other types!!! soooooo mine is kinda welded on :s regret it now as i no longer need it and will have to grind the mounts off lol!!! strong as fook tho and well handy!!! the only way i found to run one without being a pikey and welding is to have 2 bars quite close together clamped into the front door shut...like this: but thats not very functional!!! the only kits i found on ebay were this setup. hope someone can be more help than me!

Looks nice, is it lowered on coilovers/springs/chopped?

Looks like a tidy one! Wheels came up a treat!

Have a peek in my build thread in the ep91 builds! Well easy, on mine it had 2x power leads and 2x earths (1 for the counter 1 for the illumination) i twisted these together to make 1 power 1 earth! Took power from my head unit! Earth it to the body! The rev feed (green on mine) needs a male spade connector then that plugs into the spade in the diagnostic box under the bonnet (back right as you look at the bay) cant do pics atm as on my ipad but its easy, and im crap with electrics!

Haha random, the gti wheels cleared the calipers easily but id put say a 5mm spacer on the fronts as they are high-offset and rubbed on Lock, was running 195 50 15s on them fyi...

Miniman: 7mm spacer just found my 10s in the shed, couldnt remember! 10 didnt leave enough thread for the nuts...

Cheers mate O.K the wheels are a direct fit on the rear, centre bore and PCD is exactly the same, on the front they need a 10mm spacer to clear the calipers, they dont have much thread left though, i need some longer studs really! Then just lightly tighten the wheelnuts with the wheel off the ground, do pairs opposite each other, this will centre the wheel as you no longer have the hub for location... The piping is just some ebay heavy-duty flexi! I must update this, have binned the charcoal filter, moved the fuel filter, fitted a glanza strut brace, and have some nice pics from the retro rides show that people took!!! MOT next week, if it passes without needing much spending on it then its time for some new shocks, cambelt service, decat, take out the centre silencer and a rear ARB Then eventual plan, get a shiny, non crashed starlet and swap all the good bits over!!!

Still got these?

Hi guys, need to replace my knackered shocks soon, prices seem a bit steep on ebay etc, but also dont want to waste my money on ropey secondhand items, so if anyone has some decent shocks that still have a bit of life left in them, ill be very interested! Would prefer at least the fronts to be uprated or at least gas!!! Anything considered within reason, as long as it doesnt exceed ebay prices!!!

Seconded, great to deal with, top bloke.

Would recommend matty as a seller, got my brace in under 48 hours, excellently wrapped and a pleasure to deal with!

Pm on its way

Just gave her a wash and tickle as off to the retro rides show this weekend which hopefully means some track time too

Hah cheers, its not intentional rat-look its just a state ;) gone from being a runaround to potential euro look to van to whatever this is! Starlets have really grown on me now though, id like a nice one to do properly!

Love it, used to do a few scatter rallies and 12 cars in an old skoda favorit! Good fun

OK sooo more progress: I had so many loose ends after the last bodging/smacking/tweaking session! First job up was to do the exhaust... Cherry bomb!!! Being tacked onto the old hangers which were cut off the standard backbox... Look at the delights of Mikey B's belly haha, as you can see the 'zorst sat really high, we had to hack a bit out of the rear panel haha! The driveway was a bit busy that day too, the mk3 estate, my starlet, the drifty and now RWD welded diffy audi a4 and some other tat! My rear bumper was full of pug and mesh as the car it came off in the scrapyard had a wobbly exhaust and had melted it so when we tried to cut it for the new exhaust it became a weird and lop-sided shape! Fail... Im not going to pretend that this is anything but a god-awful bodge but using the lid of a big casserole dish of mine i cut a template and tacked it onto the bumper :s Hehe...bodge. Welded the brace in... Started flap-wheeling the underseal off my roof and rack mounts...why did I ever do that?!?!?! Then headed off down the scrappy with the world most un-junkyard-doggish-dog to get some bits for the escort and I fancied a splitter... Found this polo one... Flukily good fit! The end profile was all wrong though and too square... Chopped it, will adjust more later... Tided the bonnet as the paint was awful Tided the roofrack mounts... Fitted the 6x9s... Wheels! Fag-paper caliper clearance! Prep/Before... During (Retro-Rides blue FTW) (Lada Adriatic Blue) Trial fit, painted bearing/hub nut caps too... Still filthy, still needs bits putting back on, still needs the roofrack, but shes getting there!

I got all creative and whacked my sharpie out! (oo-err) my driving style is a lot like this game at the moment, always ends with an angry bird! opinions welcome oh and talking of birds, for the eagle eyed among you (geddit?) yes I know I still havent welded my strut brace in! its a good fit though, smacked in with a hammer and its been there all week lol!

not on the same magnitude as the update from sunday but... went and had my car 4 wheel aligned earlier on, i'd love to say it now handles on rails but my drive home was in mega-summer traffic (the joys of living in a seaside resort) but hopefully i'll have a fun commute in the morning would recommend alignment over tracking though, i knew my rear end needed tweaking with the adjustable panhard and all, and even with the standard front end (save the lowering springs) they still adjusted a bit of camber etc...oh also my rev counter is blue and awesome...little things please little minds lol

Mega-update alert!!! So have a bit of backstory... Right, so as anyone who has previously looked at this thread will know, my little starlet (charlotte) started life with me as a rear-ended, bog standard base spec starlet, i then tidied her up a bit with things like a de-wipered rear and some old rover gti alloys, and painting the bumpers/mirrors/scuttle/wipers etc... Her second evolution was started by me getting a mega-cheap set of BBS alloys, these didnt fit however it planted the seed and she was then lowered a silly amount on choppy springs over standard rims... Her 3rd evolution came very soon after when things went a bit pear-shaped job wise and i needed a small van, so I converted the starlet, and she ran around like this for 3 or so months i guess, earning me a few pennies, and this is where the thread last got to... Recently though i came to a bit of a crossroads, the flooding round here left the back totally soaked, the wood warped, and the thing was constantly steamed up, add that to some niggling problems, and some self inflicted ones (fire damaged headlining lol) and i wasnt sure where to go, i didnt see the point in keeping her as a van, as the cost of the extra insurance to carry goods wasnt paying for itself...but, i stuck with her, because the little trooper has grown on me, takes a legendary amount of abuse for a car which now has 177,000 miles and climbing!!! The whole following update has been done by me, single handedly, basically 99% over this weekend, and im quite proud with what i achieved its nothing amazing but ive never done wiring of any kind before and only learnt how to lower a car a month or so ago...let alone other stuff, no great engineering, but im really happy After taking my last big van-full (noodles the dobermann) I stripped out the back revealing a dogs-mess of expanding foam, water, old accident damage, rusty puddles and general skankyness... Before: After: de-vinyled the side to see what i was dealing with a bit better, then got busy with the ratchet straps and mallets, straightening her out a bit!!! closer than ever, i guess... Obviously the rear end now resembled tin foil but hey its true and seals to the boot, its as good as its going to get!!! The headlining which we kinda set on fire a bit was then removed, revealing some hideous glued on carpety crap interior and headlining cleaned and nearly there... rear carpets trimmed to be straight across, they had weird tags heading off behind what would have been the rear seat area... now the more interesting bits started, with the aid of some hot tub pipework from work, i whacked an induction kit and some cold air piping on, whacked the air temp sensor in the old resonator hole... then, er, lowered it she already had an adjustable panhard rod on from before, so that was one less hassle, bonus of black lowering springs, you can feign innocence about it being low if needs be haha... in a moment of randomness i decided i wanted some form of release for the hot air under the bonnet, i know its no 200bhp glanza, but still air temps matter, and i was bored and had a drill...so started drilling, cant be afraid at this point lol...pattern is a bit scatty, i should have planned better, heres a during... it does qork quite well, put my hand over it after a spirited drive earlier, lots of hot air coming out, also means the cold air feed should be doing its job, not just blowing into a pocket of heat... anyway, bumper then came off for a respray, it was stonechipped to hell... while that was drying... chopped up one of my old arch rolling poles, should make a good brace... rear bumper off... nice lick of paint to tidy the inside and rear panel up... paint the spare, still need it, daily driver and all... spare in and secured, brace painted and trial fitted (smacked until tight lol) wired up a rev counter, never even tried this before so was well happy when it worked (see vid) wiring still needs running properly but hey, should be nice and blue and glowy at night too vid: so thats about that, epic weekend! still to come, finishing off, fitting exhaust (cherry bomb), and some nice pics of the finished article, oh and wheel refurb lol! i would lose the roofrack but we welded it on, plus it still gets used: oh also, you've read this far, spare 12 seconds for this its worth a laugh, playing xbox the other night, think they overdid what happens when you smack a clipping point!!! 　

Warning - Removing The Template Below or Not Filling Out All The Sections Will Prevent Your Advert From Being Approved! Item Condition: used but good Price & Conditions: £20 each + 7.50 postage per item (next day tracked by 4pm) collection welcome from near portsmouth Item Description: a standard inlet mani and a standard exhaust mani, bought to port and polish and use on my starlet, however it then became my work van rather than my car, so tuning went out the window! got no need for these bits now, just want my money back for them! Pictures: exhaust mani will get a snap this afternoon its just a standard manifold! inlet piccy from original ad on this site when i purchased it Location: Hayling island near portsmouth / chichester Contact Details: via pm on here or email swimmingwarthog@hotmail.com