My names Andy and i have just joined (18-01-2012) i thought i would make a garage to show my cars progress since i bought it. The starlet is only my third vechicle but its staying for good. Before the starlet i had a 00 nissian vanette 2.3 d van it was an absolute pig on fuel and it cost 2300 euro to insure it so i sold that and then bought a 96 opel astra 1.4 with 72,000 miles it was a wee cracker of a car never gave any bother the whole time i owned it. I never intended to buy a starlet its only by chance that i ended up with one :haha: I was looking for a 95-99 BMW 318is coupe but could not find any clean enough that wasnt damaged and repaired badly etc so the lad that i used to take with me to look at cars told me to take a drive in his womans car a 94 gt turbo it was my first time in a turbo car and i will never forget it i was addicted to boost :drive: :) That drive made my mind up very quickly i had to have one just the feel of the car and power delivery and the overall look of the car so i ended up buying his womans car 2-3 weeks later and i never looked back since This is the way she stood when i bought it in october 2008 spec was small 14'' bbs wheels blitz dump valve yellow tinted windows performane filter turbo timer 78km service history running standard boost on ct9 first thing i did was give the car a good service with the help of johnny c of the site great lad pics of the parts next was remove window tint and sunband. added a set of 15'' ice alloys in white next was a set of tein 40mm springs which i got from camskill.co.uk next traded in the ice alloys for a set of 15'' rota grids i took the car to smoke signals 09 while the donegal rally was on some pics below next i tinted the back 3 windows and attended a tgtt meet in belfast for a rolling road day 29/aug/09 http://www.toyotagtt...sport-(29-08-09) pic of graph next the aircon was de-gased and removed in the usual castlefinn manor :cool: the car stayed like that for a right while just small bits and pieces as well as servicing greddy boost gauge cusco rear strut brace (bought of jay good man) kenwood radio went to another couple of tggt meets http://www.toyotagtt...kenny-aftermath http://www.toyotagtt...d-Afterthoughts. http://www.toyotagtt...len-Drag-racing! on the way to the drag racing this happened the back box snapped off :mad: but i still got to the racing and back and it gave me a perfect excuse for an upgrade :haha: so i bought this of camskill japspeed full system pics of it fitted and 2 quick vids of how it sounds on a ct9 http://www.youtube.c...u/0/IGQcFgk9e4c http://www.youtube.c...u/1/WrimPpwcAzU a great exhaust system for the money and fitted very well added a set of trd adjustable dampers to go along with the 40mm tein springs (i purchased of dantheman of the site great to deal with) this was a big improvement to the handling of the car after this the car didnt change much on the outside but it was time for more power so i went td04 again with the help of johnny c of the site weper td04 decat k&n filter blitz electronic boost controller some pics of the work first start up on td04:) [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLdPG_quohY the car is runing .6 bar on standard ecu pics of how the car is looking now in the snow 2010 so thats it for now in 2010 plans for 2011 are get nct again, get some small bits sorted and get the car to ccm to get my emu mapped to enjoy the td04 fully hopefully if i still have work the outside of the car will be having a big change :cool: but we will see what happens car spec now engine standard 4efte weper external gated mild steel mani weper td04 decat turbosmart wastegate + screamer pipe tdo4 turbo weper frontmount polybush engine/gearbox mounts trd diff blitz dump valve aircon removed ecc clutch full japspeed exhaust system relocated filter k&n chassis rays wheel nuts 15'' str in gunmetal meister r coilovers adjustable panhard rod (to be fitted) electrics greddy boost gauge blitz boost controller kenwood radio uprated fuel pump so far a before and after pic before after 25/04/2011 fitted my new d1 wheel nuts today and took a few pics of them cleaned my alloys aswell as they were rotten especially front pas side as the cv boot had ripped a while back some pics wheels before pics after on the car with new wheel nuts wee update got the car mapped with chris carson 10/09/2011 and its a great job car drives totally different now td04 @ 1 bar is plenty for me for daily driving etc and just bought this bad boy 11/09/2011 big thanks to johnny_c for all his help throughout this project great man to work with thanks for looking some night pics not too long ago favourite pic of the car so far update 15/01/2012 new wheels/tyres/nuts + + = sorry about the length of this first post let me know what you think all questions and comments welcome thanks for reading Andy
