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jimlols

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  1. This could do with a bump now the app has maybe got more popular? Civiclife have a pretty epic thread with lots of snapchat addresses and epic pictures going around, and the few people I know on here defo have it!

    : Jimlols is mine

  2. Figured I'd start a build thread as it looks like I could be keeping this car for a while at the rate its going!

    I recently nicely wrote off a MX5 and after a few RWD cars I didn't really want to be back in a fwd hatch
    but annoyingly I've grown quite a liking to it, plus I could of done with a change anyway!

    So after writing off the MX I needed to acquire a car asap and was primarly looking at traveling quite far
    for a decent n/a but I then saw this about a hour a way...up for £300 with MOT and it drives, so figured I
    better go for it! £270 and a trip to newcastle and back later I came home with it. It was (and still is, all be it
    not so much) feeling rather sorry for itsself with 140k on the clock and a few exterior problems, but in all
    honesty it drives smooth as can be really!

    So some pictures of before I bought it:

    starlet1.png

    starlet2.png




    Many blemishes on the exterior, no door handles, a huge oil covered engine and some very questionably working locks!

    So far I've done a few things and I'm hoping to get it through another MOT soon enough but so far:

    • Potentially fixed the oil leak (which wasn't exactly difficult, just some tightening up...)
    • Fixed the fact it had no outer door handles
    • Import plate on the front
    • Cut out the grill and put some mesh with a T sport badge stuck on
    • Clear indicators
    • Started debump stripping
    • Fitted random shitty k+n that came on the mx when I bought it

    It currently sits like this (excuse the horrible quality photo taken from the front room window...)

    01082013387.jpg

    Future plans I'm not sure of other than the obvious exterior things (splitter/glanza rear bumper, spoiler/backbox etc) but that will be decided as I go along, see how long it is before I get bored of the power!

  3. good to see you on board jim :thumbsup: pop down one night this week if you want to check it over i'll have mine on ramps aswell

    Might have to take you up on that and come up with toffa at some point! Though I doubt I'l manage it this week as I've got the rest of the MX to finish breaking :)

  4. Just got hold of a pretty messy EP91 (Decision massively influenced by a few people I know around here who've owned glanza's and starlets!) for £270 as a replacement for a MX5 I wrote off! Hoping too much isn't going to come back MOT time to bite me and I can fix it up nicely!

    http://www.calas.co.uk/used-images/bisc/49952_l.jpg

    http://www.calas.co.uk/used-images/bisc/49956_m.jpg

    http://www.calas.co.uk/used-images/bisc/49955_m.jpg

    Either way, can't go wrong for £270 when it has MOT and drives!

    Cheers, Jim.

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