neacon88 Posted March 4, 2020 Share Posted March 4, 2020 (edited) I bought a 1998 Starlet as a cheap daily. Its completely original bar the speedlines which I put on when I got the car. Here are some photos I took shortly after buying the car, excuse the dirt, I cannot keep it clean because I drive 70 miles a day to commute to work and havent had a weekend free to clean it. I have since done the following work: New timing belt and tensioner Alternator belt (It snapped on my commute home one evening) OS outer CV joint. New distributor cap and rotor arm. I plan to keep it fairly original as I need it reliable and comfortable for everyday duties, however I am planning the following: Rev counter clocks JDM size front plate, new standard rear plate OEM fitted mats with Starlet logo JDM Grille badge e11 Corolla inlet manifold. e10 corolla 4-2-1 exhaust manifold 25mm SR lowering springs New front shocks SR boot spoiler SR TTE backbox Front and rear strut braces Remove or colour code the side strips Glanza front and rear seats Edited March 4, 2020 by neacon88 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
neacon88 Posted March 14, 2020 Author Share Posted March 14, 2020 No real developments, but these arrived today: I went to fit my JDM grille badge but when I popped off the chrome bonnet badge I noticed there are 2 holes underneath! The starlet I park beside in work had no bonnet badge and no holes so i assumed they were glued on. Oh well, Ill have to fill and paint the bonnet at a later stage. I don't want to have a grille badge AND a bonnet badge as the front would look too "crowded" Quote Link to post Share on other sites
glanzadude Posted March 20, 2020 Share Posted March 20, 2020 Looking quite well, I am from Galway and do 500kms a week in my Gt starlet with td04 turbo lol. I love the speedlines where they hard to find? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
neacon88 Posted March 21, 2020 Author Share Posted March 21, 2020 That is impressive weekly mileage to put up on a GTT. I actually bought the speedlines years ago, there were up on adverts.ie, full set of 5 rims freshly powdercoated, no tyres or centrecaps. I got rainsports for them, a set of universal caps and got some speedline gel coated decals made up. I had them on my MK2 Jetta then for a few years (I'm also big into VWs) Once I got the starlet I knew the speedlines had to go back where they were meant to be! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
neacon88 Posted March 23, 2020 Author Share Posted March 23, 2020 Small update, fitted some rev counter clocks. Followed a really useful guide that I found on this forum, very pleased with the results, look way better than the standard cluster. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Keviano27 Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 17 hours ago, neacon88 said: Small update, fitted some rev counter clocks. Followed a really useful guide that I found on this forum, very pleased with the results, look way better than the standard cluster. Looks great mate! Hard to do? I've got a set I'm gonna fit when I get chance Quote Link to post Share on other sites
neacon88 Posted March 24, 2020 Author Share Posted March 24, 2020 39 minutes ago, Keviano27 said: Looks great mate! Hard to do? I've got a set I'm gonna fit when I get chance Thanks! No not too hard to do. Its fiddly to get your hands behind the clocks to release the plugs and speedo cable, but once you know what to feel for you can squeeze and release them. Each plug has a tab on the top that you push down to release the plug. The speedo cable has a tab on the side that you squeeze. The wiring was pretty straightforward. There are two guides on here depending on what model of car you have, as the wiring can differ. The one that worked for my car was this one: https://www.ukstarletowners.com/topic/12429-how-2-solida-to-sr-dials/?fromsearch=1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Keviano27 Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 3 hours ago, neacon88 said: Thanks! No not too hard to do. Its fiddly to get your hands behind the clocks to release the plugs and speedo cable, but once you know what to feel for you can squeeze and release them. Each plug has a tab on the top that you push down to release the plug. The speedo cable has a tab on the side that you squeeze. The wiring was pretty straightforward. There are two guides on here depending on what model of car you have, as the wiring can differ. The one that worked for my car was this one: https://www.ukstarletowners.com/topic/12429-how-2-solida-to-sr-dials/?fromsearch=1 Sweet, cheers mate 👍🏻 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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