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Got my boost gauge installed this weekend. I managed to pick up an A pillar gauge pod trim on ebay a while ago to make it easier to mount gauges. I think it used to house some greddy 60mm gauges but i went for a prosport 52mm mechanical boost gauge and it fit quite snug with the visor installed.

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I tee'd into the vacuum line linking the blow off valve to the intake manifold, then found a convinient grommit to feed the vacuum line into the cabin and to the back of the gauge. Excuse the dirty firewall.

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All the gauge then needed was a power and an earth cable. I bought a few metres of extra 12v wire, connected the earth to a chassis ground and spliced into the 12v ciggarette lighter wire for power. I then used some putty type glue to secure the back of the gauge into the pod and reinstalled the trim.

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Pleased with how it turned out, seems a good quality gauge and looks tidy without any wires on show. The car is boosting to around 0.7 bar in 3rd 4th and 5th gear with the mods I have done so probably not far off fuel cut with any more breathing mods. Might have to look at some sort of engine management in the near future. Hoping to get myself a basic ct9 upgrade exhaust manifold next and possibly a better sounding jdm exhaust system but will have to see.

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Managed to pick up this japspeed full exhaust system on ebay this week for a great price. Drove 120 miles there and back yesterday to get it but well worth it. Had a good chat with the chap who was selling it and had a look round his 2 track/hillclimb starlets. Didnt manage to get any pictures but very intresting seeing what he had done, some really good work.

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Went about getting it fitted yesterday evening. Jacked the car up and dropped the old factory exhaust off, starting at the front of the car and working my way back. Was fairly straight forward to get off and didnt take long.  Looks like a good improvement over the stock system when compared side by side.

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I carefully slid the new exhaust under the car into position and started bolting it up into place, again starting at the front and working my way back. Pleased with the fitment bolts straight on, dosent catch anywhere and looks really good. Also comes with a removable bung to quiten the exhaust down if needed. 

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The car sounds good, has a nice tone to it however I think the cat is holding a lot of the sound back at the moment. Will maybe have to look at a decat pipe when i swap my exhaust manifold to unleash a bit more noise from the turbo. Anyway really happy with the car and how its progressing at the moment 🙂.

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Had a go at restoring my headlights today as they were looking really yellow and hazey. Ideally I would buy new lights from toyota but sadly they are now discontinued 🙁. I followed socks old guide on how to bring them back to life, so went out and got myself a selection of fine wet and dry sandpaper ranging from p800 right up p3000 grit and a headlight restoration kit.

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I started by removing the headlights from the car to make it easier. Next I wet sanded the lights starting with the p800 grit to remove the contaminents from the surface of the plastic. I made sure I was sanding in a horizontal direction following the 3 lines in the headlights. I repeated this process moving up by 200 grit at a time until I reached p3000 grit, they were then ready for polishing. The sealey headlight restoration kit I used came with a buffing wheel attachment for a drill and some polishing compound. I went over the lights with the buffing wheel and plenty of compund untill they were clear and shiny again 😀. To finish off the process I sealed the lights with some hydrophobic wax.

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Quite pleased with how they turned out, They are by no means perfect however they reflect the light soo much better than before and no longer look yellow and hazey. Made the front end of the car look a lot better 🙂

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7 minutes ago, JamesG said:

Had a go at restoring my headlights today as before they were looking real yellow and hazey. Ideally I would buy new lights from toyota but sadly they are now discontinued 🙁. I followed socks old guide on how to bring them back to life, so went out and got myself a selection of fine wet and dry sandpaper ranging from p800 right up p3000 grit and a headlight restoration kit.

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I started by removing the headlights from the car to make it easier. Next I wet sanded the lights starting with the p800 grit to remove the contaminents from the surface of the plastic, I made sure I was sanding in a horizontal direction following the 3 lines in the headlights. I repeated this process moving up by 200 grit at a time until I reached p2000 grit, I then went over them for the final time with the p3000 grit and they were ready for polishing. The sealey headlight restoration kit I used came with a buffing wheel attachment for a drill and some polishing compound. I went over the lights with the buffing wheel and plenty of compund untill they were clear and shiny again 😀.

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Quite pleased with how they turned out, They are by no means perfect however they reflect the light soo much better than before and no longer look yellow and hazey. Made the front end of the car look a lot better 🙂

Looking good still need to do mine,  did you seal the lenses?

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48 minutes ago, Sam44 said:

Waw what a difference. Great work.

I just checked my UK ep and there glass, I didn't realize the glanza were plastic (weight saving).

Thanks Sam, that's interesting. I think the gt turbo quad lights are glass too. Probably means there a bit more resistant to the elements and don't go yellow and hazey over time like the Glanza ones👍.

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Yeah mine are glass I know this because I stripped them and resealed was letting water in  should of took some photos really very simple job, lights look spot on by the way good effort makes a massive difference 

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Most Japanese imports have poly carbonate plastic lenses sadly. They are more impact resistant(safer in a collision since glass shatters all over the place) and cheaper to make than glass. Bad part for us they start to haze ones they get old and lose the protective silicone layer😞.

I have used meguiar's keep clear headlight coating 2 times now on my mint set of headlights. They still look good but the only way to remove it is with isopropyl alcohol which should't damage the lenses since poly carbonate has excellent resistance against isopropyl alcohol. Also have the Sonax headlight protection which I will be testing should should protect for at least 6 month, ceramic coating is a durable option as well. If recently been searching on the aeronautics forums since most airplanes also have poly carbonate windows which need some kind of durable protection against UV hoping to find some good lasting coating over there.

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9 hours ago, burty said:

Yeah mine are glass I know this because I stripped them and resealed was letting water in  should of took some photos really very simple job, lights look spot on by the way good effort makes a massive difference 

Thanks burty, I did the same with my indicators recently too. Water droplets were forming inside when it was wet so popped the lenses off and sealed them with some clear silicone :drinks:.

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So my amayama order arrived last week, lots of brand new genuine parts direct from japan. It worked out a lot cheaper than it would of been from a main dealer and took just 4 weeks to arrive. Well worth doing for a big parts order, just got to bare in mind the import tax when it arrives in the UK.

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Also picked up a mild steel CT9 tubular exhaust manifold and a braced stainless downpipe. Got a really good deal on them and they are perfect for my setup :). Should help the car to breathe a lot better.

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I started removing the exhaust manifold, the turbo and the stock cat. It was fairly simple, just had to remove oil and coolant lines from the turbo and pull the power steering pump up and out of the way to access some of the bolts.

It was tricky to remove the o2 sensor from the stock cat as there wasnt much room to get a spanner on there but we managed it in the end. I replaced all of the old exhaust manifold studs with some fresh ones from tuning developments while I was in there and thought it would be a good time to replace the oil filter housing gasket.

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Next I seperated the turbo from the stock exhaust manifold. I spent a bit of time cleaning the turbo up as it was quite dirty and oily, but it looks in good shape overall with very little shaft play and no cracks in the wastegate. I bolted it up to the new manifold and started putting it all back on the car with my new gaskets and coolant hoses etc from toyota.

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Once everything was bolted back up and I was happy we removed the efi fuse and primed the turbo with oil. Unfortunately upon the first start up we had an oil leak from the oil filter housing gasket I changed. I ended up having to strip it all down again to find that I had left some of the stubborn old paper gasket on the housing mounting surface.

An annoying setback however I ordered another gasket from idworkz, then spent a while scraping the rest of the old brown paper gasket off I had missed. Once it was completely smooth I installed the new gasket and bolted the housing back on before building everything else back up. I also gave the car a quick oil and filter change prior to priming again and starting her up. This time no oil leaks and running smoothly8).

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Really pleased, the car feels as though it pulls stronger now I have freed up the restrictions in the exhaust system. It sounds great, you can hear a lot more noise from the turbo. The boost dosent seem to have crept up by that much either but will keep an eye on it, hopefully get some form of engine management next year.

Good peace of mind to finally get rid of the stock 4efte mani because of the restriction in the thrid runner (see pic below).

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Great work as always James nice write up; I take it the Manifold is from tuning developments and the down pipe is Jperformance? Do they fit well or was some "finessing" required?

Also do you mind my asking, did you buy them from TD and Jperformance? Or just TD for both?

And yes, that stock third runner restriction is :shok:, probably only just good enough for stock power levels. Weirdly though when I looked at one I have here from the turbo side back up to the head flange side it doesn't look as bad!?

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1 hour ago, Claymore said:

Great work as always James nice write up; I take it the Manifold is from tuning developments and the down pipe is Jperformance? Do they fit well or was some "finessing" required?

Also do you mind my asking, did you buy them from TD and Jperformance? Or just TD for both?

And yes, that stock third runner restriction is :shok:, probably only just good enough for stock power levels. Weirdly though when I looked at one I have here from the turbo side back up to the head flange side it doesn't look as bad!?

Thanks Claymore, I actually got the manifold and downpipe second hand of the same fella I bought the japspeed exhaust off a few weeks ago. Unsure of the brands but I think it could be a tuning developments manifold and possibly a gravity or j performance downpipe. No issues with fitment bolted straight up to my exhaust and the standard turbo oil feed fitment is still spot on :).

Was really lucky to get a good deal on these to say the TD manifolds are around £300 brand new. I have bourght a lot of stuff through mike at TD in the past and he has always been sound with me. Best speaking to him on the phone rather than ordering through the website really as its a bit out of date. Hes also told me in that past that J Performance have now stopped trading and ive heard some rumours that they will take your money and not send the parts, so wouldnt reccomend ordering through them myself.

Yeah wouldnt want to run anything above stock boost levels on the standard manifold really. I suppose toyota only made them to cope with the standard boost pressure.

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Glad they fit well, looks like a TD manifold as they're the only mild steel "power up" design I can find available. The J performance downpipes have a tag welded on so probably the gravity one. Not far off being ready to turn the boost up!

I did email Jperformance about one of their products and never got a reply. I have also heard of people buying stuff from them and having to pursue a refund through paypal when it didn't arrive and there is no contact number either. Sounds dodgy to me.

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5 hours ago, JamesG said:

So my amayama order arrived last week, lots of brand new genuine parts direct from japan. It worked out a lot cheaper than it would of been from a main dealer and took just 4 weeks to arrive. Well worth doing for a big parts order, just got to bare in mind the import tax when it arrives in the UK.

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Also picked up a mild steel CT9 tubular exhaust manifold and a braced stainless downpipe. Got a really good deal on them and they are perfect for my setup :). Should help the car to breathe a lot better.

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I started removing the exhaust manifold, the turbo and the stock cat. It was fairly simple, just had to remove oil and coolant lines from the turbo and pull the power steering pump up and out of the way to access some of the bolts.

It was tricky to remove the o2 sensor from the stock cat as there wasnt much room to get a spanner on there but we managed it in the end. I replaced all of the old exhaust manifold studs with some fresh ones from tuning developments while I was in there and thought it would be a good time to replace the oil filter housing gasket.

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Next I seperated the turbo from the stock exhaust manifold. I spent a bit of time cleaning the turbo up as it was quite dirty and oily, but it looks in good shape overall with very little shaft play and no cracks in the wastegate. I bolted it up to the new manifold and started putting it all back on the car with my new gaskets and coolant hoses etc from toyota.

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Once everything was bolted back up and I was happy we removed the efi fuse and primed the turbo with oil. Unfortunately upon the first start up we had an oil leak from the oil filter housing gasket I changed. I ended up having to strip it all down again to find that I had left some of the stubborn old paper gasket on the housing mounting surface.

An annoying setback however I ordered another gasket from idworkz, then spent a while scraping the rest of the old brown paper gasket off I had missed. Once it was completely smooth I installed the new gasket and bolted the housing back on before building everything else back up. I also gave the car a quick oil and filter change prior to priming again and starting her up. This time no oil leaks and running smoothly8).

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Really pleased, the car feels as though it pulls stronger now I have freed up the restrictions in the exhaust system. It sounds great, you can hear a lot more noise from the turbo. The boost dosent seem to have crept up by that much either but will keep an eye on it, hopefully get some form of engine management next year.

Good peace of mind to finally get rid of the stock 4efte mani because of the restriction in the thrid runner (see pic below).

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Can they get body panels and rubbers etc? Really impressed mate good updates

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