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Week after returning home it was time for JDM Combe. UKSO do not attend castle combe anymore since japfest 1 is now held at silverstone, so i attended it with a smaller Starlet club. It was my first time a Castle Combe since having the glanza and it was a very enjoyable day! A good variety of cars and some friendly people.
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Isle of Wight 2018 Awesome trip down, rained a little on the way down but other than that it was mostly dry. Enjoy the photos On the boat. various scenic ones 2017 vs 2018 Car was in need of a good clean afterwards lol.
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Japfest 2018 Convoyed in with 5 other starlets. A few on the way there, Didnt get any before photos, but i changed the white clips that hold the indicators in as mine had some tabs missing and were not holding them tight enough. I then had a planned trip to the Isle of Wight. Its a yearly thing now and always an enjoyable trip. The car gets a good clean before.
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Think this needs to see some events next year...
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It was one of those impulse buys, i was unsure how it would look but a few friends questioned why i had not already bought it. With that i went and picked it up the same afternoon lol. It has really grown on me since, it also has a flap in the middle to draw air staright in the sunroof!
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It is indeed! However unlike yours some idiot in Japan forgot to put a tick in the 4WD box. You may remember i came and bought some 98 door cards off you.
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Glanza in hibernation like most, will end up at work to get a few bits done over winter. Side skirts painted and fitted on the daily.
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If you want the rear calipers sorting out give me a shout and we can work something out
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The wheels failed me when i came to pump them up... An all aluminium valve and cap had all corroded together so i go some mole grips on them to undo the cap ans this was the result, Both front wheels did this. Not to worry, ill run down to the local garage to get them to put some rubber valves in. The hole on the regas are much smaller than regular wheels. This was all new to me as all my other wheels have always used regular valves. Being far more common than i was aware of i managed to buy a set on ebay. All valves changed to stainless ones and i used pl
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Thanks Gainzy I usually find it long winded to get up to date with the thread, but have recently been enjoying it lol, shall continue on tomorrow.
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Next up was the bootlid, I stripped it down fully and had the glass removed. I picked up some Regamasters for a steal of a price while this was going on so took a trip up north to pick these up. Had to fit one to see how it looked. Back to the bootlid. It then went into etch and 2k primer. Spoiler and surround included, Primer flatted it was then painted. Car was taken out of the oven to cool off and so i could sort the spoiler and surround. All 4 regas on at this point. Spoiler and surround prepped and pa
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Ill keep this update more brief this evening. Between February and april the car was rarely used. Heres a few photos, The paintwork on the car is always something i wanted to address. I had done the bumpers and that was about it up until April. First up was the bonnet. Etch primed The scoop on the car had one broken tab so i used the one of my spare glanza bonnet which is destined for the Reflet. 2k primed. Rubbed out and ready to paint. Base coat. Then lacquer and final result. still much more t
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Going back to the original colour?
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Thanks idrees, i really liked them too but the only looked good in photos so they came off for a refurb i had them blasted then I etch primed and 2k primed the wheels and centres. Sadly i have t got round to finishing them yet and have been sat upstairs at work since this time last year (October ‘17) I will get them finished... I managed to pickup a brand new RS-R panhard rod. Fitted photos to come. I already had a used one to go on which i removed from breaker vehicle but managed to do a swap with a blitz decat so win win all round. Photo from Donin
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Bought an Anti lift kit and was posted out next day delivery! Thanks again
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As the colder weather draws in, and the car is used less, i decided i would add onto this for those who are interested. This may come in sections but i will try make it as up to date as possible. Back in may ‘17 Aircon regas as the summer was becoming hot. I decided to switch short shifter. The car came with a TRD one but i had previously had a C’s short shifter in my SR rep which i loved. Here are some comparison photos, Trd is black and the C’s is chrome. Fairly easy job, upon changing the C’s shifter had a much better throw. It also sat higher and close
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Greddy kit mounted in the the drivers front wheel arch behind the spotlight.
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Yes, same on all original starlet seats
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My reflet had a poor heater and the temp gauge struggled to get off the cold mark, changed the thermostat and the temp gauge gets to the middle now and the heater blows hot. Had no issues with the glanza and the water temp on that sits somewhere between 80-90.
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I put my old one back in, i was unaware at the time but the one i removed was a TRD one. Not sure whether regreasing the shaft might have helped? While the box was off though i thought best to just rule it out as the car was annoying to drive. It was in the car for 2 years roughly and drove fine for most of the time, but over the summer it began to get worse. Since changing its allot heavier to press, but has a more progressive feel. Mich better for daily driving.
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I had similar issues with mine, so got it changed, however there were no issues visable on the clutch. The only issue that was mentioned was that shaft had run dry of grease even though it was greased when first fitted, which could have have stopped it from disengaging.
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Good to see this car back!
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If you fancy selling it drop me a pm ;)
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Buy new from Toyota
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You reckon its something worth doing then, regardless of your setup?
