Tanasen Posted July 4, 2016 Share Posted July 4, 2016 Hi all, So a little over a month a go I decided to buy my second car to get started with my second year of driving. I decided to go with a Starlet EP91 Solida (44.5K on the clock) that I saw on Gumtree local-ish to me as an introduction to Jap cars and also an excuse to get my hands dirty with. My day job is looking after production machines within a factory so I felt that it would tie in nicely with the mechanical side of car maintenance and repairs. As this will be a long term project car why not start a progress blog. Will post photos and updates of work carried out etc.. May get a little photo intensive but we all love that. Could get videos too through request? It's not too exciting at the moment but it's a good foundation to start off with. Please feel free to throw suggestions my way! Currently in need of ideas and inspiration. Specification as of 04/07/2016: Ram Air Induction KitM2 Motorsport Exhaust40mm lowering springs (Tein rears, unsure on front)Cades Eros Wheels with Nankang NS2's Below is the car itself (first photo is edited): Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SpikeyJp_68 Posted July 4, 2016 Share Posted July 4, 2016 Looks like a nice base to start on any plans for it ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tanasen Posted July 4, 2016 Author Share Posted July 4, 2016 You may notice in one of the above photos that the passenger side headlight has condensation. This has since been fixed by taking the head light unit out, getting some air inside it (I use my air brush) which cleared the condensation. I got rid of most of the old sealant around the perimeter as I noticed that there was a gap where the air being blown inside the unit was coming out. The unit was resealed with some standard white silicone sealant. The previous Saturday to this post I got the brake pads and discs changed for the front tires. Below are some photos of the brake change: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tanasen Posted July 4, 2016 Author Share Posted July 4, 2016 Photos of the interior: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tanasen Posted July 4, 2016 Author Share Posted July 4, 2016 Looks like a nice base to start on any plans for it ? At the moment I plan to get all the mechanical side of the car checked and sorted. Then I'll move to tidying up the external cosmetic, followed by the internal cosmetic. Hit me up with them suggestions! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Walker96 Posted July 4, 2016 Share Posted July 4, 2016 Looks nice this mate. Did see this on gumtree when it was for sale looked nice then! Look forward for your updates dude. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SpikeyJp_68 Posted July 4, 2016 Share Posted July 4, 2016 I personally would sort the interior before exterior it's just proper grandad spec 96/98 Glanza interior is a straight swap or you could put any seats in with modification. But that's just my opinion Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tanasen Posted July 4, 2016 Author Share Posted July 4, 2016 I personally would sort the interior before exterior it's just proper grandad spec 96/98 Glanza interior is a straight swap or you could put any seats in with modification. But that's just my opinion I'm split between interior and exterior at the moment. Also limited as to what I can do before I get shafted further by the insurance. Not sure about keeping the old original look or to bring it up to 2016 and redecorate the entire interior. Change of colour, seat covers, and new front seats maybe? Got any suggestions for bang for your buck seats? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SpikeyJp_68 Posted July 4, 2016 Share Posted July 4, 2016 (edited) 98 glanza seats are nice and readily available. GT starlet seats fit with a little bit of modification also I believe. I have Mitsubishi FTO ones in mine on custom mounts so anything will fit if you can fabricate mounts Edited July 4, 2016 by SpikeyJp_68 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MrSweden Posted July 5, 2016 Share Posted July 5, 2016 Looking really good Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SKINY Posted July 5, 2016 Share Posted July 5, 2016 nice set of buckets and some SR clocks, i have more fun in my Glanzlet that my GT4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tanasen Posted July 5, 2016 Author Share Posted July 5, 2016 nice set of buckets and some SR clocks, i have more fun in my Glanzlet that my GT4 Got a build thread for your Glanzlet?Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pikey009 Posted July 5, 2016 Share Posted July 5, 2016 I've got some totally mint glanza door cards if you're interested? I'm running a fully 98 glanza interior as I mentioned before but it's still of he 90's period but updates it nicely Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pikey009 Posted July 5, 2016 Share Posted July 5, 2016 I will say that you might be better off with the stock air box and a panel filter but if you want induction noise then don't worry about it Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SKINY Posted July 5, 2016 Share Posted July 5, 2016 http://www.ukstarletowners.com/topic/99278-the-glanzlet/ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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