RWDM47 Posted March 28, 2022 Share Posted March 28, 2022 So after more or less giving up my first starlet after its needing repairs from the crash I bought another one last weekend while drunk at a club...which turned out very well actually. Went down to Sheffield on Monday onced I sobered up and had a look at it, it's a write off to the insurance because of the damage to the boot and bumper...a joke lol. Sills are perfect, genuinely perfect, not a spot of rust underneath, only has 44k miles was owned for 8 years by Hyundai dealerships since 2014 as a "float car" to move parts between stores I'm guessing. Written off in 2015 so I'm going to assume someone must of reversed it into a customer's car or something that needed insurance and got wrote off like that. Paid £790 for it which I think is a decent price nowadays especially for the mileage when most people are asking £1,500 for ones with 100k+ miles and laugh at my offers of 8-900. Anyways drove her back up no problem and already lowered her, noticed one of the cv boots is held on with zipties when i was taking off the shock absorbers so I've got one to be picked up at eurocarparts later today, in the process of buying crystal headlights for it and looking for an exhaust if anyone's selling and willing to ship to scotland or located not too far from Glasgow. Had my dose of driving to the midlands 5x this month lol. Can't really think of what else to type atm so just gonna slap some photos of it, probably gonna steal the clear indicator lenses off my other starlet and put on this and maybe the cone air filter for that extra noise lol. Needs new tyres as they're perished a bit but probably gonna get wider alloys or get these steelies banded. Next step is probably get the windows tinted and I won't be doing that myself with how awful I am at tinting....and give the car a good polish and wax with my mate as the paint is really good on it but the cupra and starlet are dusty with the sun recently. Got a roof spoiler for it given by a mate but its white so might try repaint it or get it repainted to match the colour before I put it on. Sidenote: Could tell the shocks and springs were never replaced from factory as the top nuts on the dampers still had the orange wax around the nut to prevent rust or whatever, plenty of it lol. Also installed the panhard bar off gizfab but we messed around with the threads before reading that it was already pre-threaded to the exact length so hoping its at exactly 15mm each side, same number of threads so....lol My mate who was helping me since he had spring compressors kinda fell in love with how clean it was and easy it is to work on and now wants one too, he's got 2 civics one was a 1.6 he swapped with a K20 off his old type r that got written off, quite nice his one tbf. Thinking of getting it undersealed in the summer since the underside is so clean it needs protected lol, wouldn't even require much prep work before spraying as it is. Atleast my starlets get to meet before the other one goes, building my army of them should buy more lol, anyways hope you guys enjoyed the first verse of the bible I just wrote and the stupid amound of pictures IMG_8098.MOV RPReplay_Final1648251750.mp4 10719BFB-3782-4585-B1F6-D2E0E52FFD4F.mp4 IMG_8183.HEIC IMG_8179.HEIC IMG_8099.HEIC IMG_8072.HEIC IMG_8075.HEIC IMG_8184.HEIC IMG_8180.HEIC IMG_8189.HEIC IMG_8193.HEIC IMG_8194.HEIC IMG_8195.HEIC IMG_8198.HEIC IMG_8199.HEIC IMG_8202.HEIC IMG_8234.HEIC IMG_8239.HEIC IMG_8240.HEIC IMG_8243.HEIC Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RWDM47 Posted March 28, 2022 Author Share Posted March 28, 2022 Dunno why its put the pictures as downloadables instead of posting them on the actual post but hopefully you get to see them and can be bothered downloading them lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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burty Posted March 28, 2022 Share Posted March 28, 2022 (edited) What a great find ! I looked at loads this past 12 months wanting one as a rust free donor car there just aren't any unless you pay big money Really glad you decided to do a build thread again for me it's the best part of the forum Looking forward to the updates Edited March 28, 2022 by burty Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RWDM47 Posted March 28, 2022 Author Share Posted March 28, 2022 (edited) I was surprised with how clean it is, there's one that's been for sale for months now with 29k miles seems clean too but its salmon pink lol and the guy wants 2k for it, I suppose there's still a lot of low mileage ones going for sale on facebook and autotrader still but a lot of them are automatics, useless for me but might be useful if its just a donor car for you, there was one with 70k miles or so for 800 last week when I bought this. That's me just paid the guy for the crystal headlights too so next week or so I'll probably install them, I'm not looking forward to taking off the headlights though it was an absolute nightmare last year for me when it should've been so simple, didn't want to unhook itself Edited March 28, 2022 by RWDM47 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
burty Posted March 29, 2022 Share Posted March 29, 2022 6 hours ago, RWDM47 said: I was surprised with how clean it is, there's one that's been for sale for months now with 29k miles seems clean too but its salmon pink lol and the guy wants 2k for it, I suppose there's still a lot of low mileage ones going for sale on facebook and autotrader still but a lot of them are automatics, useless for me but might be useful if its just a donor car for you, there was one with 70k miles or so for 800 last week when I bought this. That's me just paid the guy for the crystal headlights too so next week or so I'll probably install them, I'm not looking forward to taking off the headlights though it was an absolute nightmare last year for me when it should've been so simple, didn't want to unhook itself I had the headlight protectors off the pink one bet it's been for sale at least a year now tbh I think with the headlights it's a case of deep breath and be brave one of mine came off really easy the other was a pig to get off Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RWDM47 Posted May 13, 2022 Author Share Posted May 13, 2022 (edited) I've to put on the headlights on mine next but jacked the car up earlier today to put on some new wheels I bought a few weeks ago, for £120 I can't complain they sit nicely in the arches and look good lol just has winter tyres on the back and center caps missing. I think it looks really good with these wheels I just need to check if its rubbing anything cause I'm sure I could hear a slight noise when driving above 20-30mph maybe against the caliper or something, had a girl on the sidewalk turn around and look so guessing it must be hearable from outside lol hopefully nothing major they're 15/195/55 with I think 38 offset if I'm not mistaking, they're Lenso BMX's. Also not Starlet related really but got my Cupra mapped 5-6 weeks ago at SM Remapping, thing's so nice to drive now, 220hp, 336nm of torque and temperatures didn't even change so don't need to go for a FMIC on that for now. Brought it to a meet last weekend and seen a turbo'd starlet think he's on Starlet society said he's running 250hp atm and was getting it mapped again this weekend sounded nice hopefully on these forums too and a cheeky pic with my mate's K swapped 1.6 lol Edited May 13, 2022 by RWDM47 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RWDM47 Posted May 26, 2022 Author Share Posted May 26, 2022 Another update on the Starlet, since putting the wheels on I've got my crystal headlights delivered and put them on the car last week, came with LED's too which is much nicer on the backroads here and helps freshen up the front of the car. Also got bored on Monday and bought a PA system and installed it on Tuesday, just put it on the driver's side of the engine bay where there's plenty space, drilled 2 holes and wired it up, quite fun on nights out speaking through it or blasting "its da sound of da police" 🤣I know its childish but its cheap fun for the time being I'll get pics of it in the engine bay when its not raining, one of my mates is practicing his weldings and will make me an exhaust once he feels confident so hopefully soon enough she'll sound decent too. Probably going to buy an EU spec tail light too for the passenger side as they have their reverse lights on the other side, means it'll be red in the bottom on both sides and just swap it out for MOT time until I get a green glanza bootlid with the lights on Gave her a good few cleans recently too with wax and claybar, really makes it shine nicely now and stay cleaner for longer, gotten quite a few compliments past 2 weeks on it and asked the mechanic here if he does underseal, he doesn't but will get back tomorrow once he's asked around for good places up here 👌 cm-chat-media-video-1_180aeaf0-2aa3-5018-8aa7-8584763835b4_3073_0_0.mov Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RWDM47 Posted June 21, 2022 Author Share Posted June 21, 2022 So another update on the Starlet, got her undersealed last week, dropped her off and got her 6 days later all clean and ready. Underside got steam cleaned, needle descaled, rust converter applied and left overnight, then Dinitrol applied and cavity waxed. All the good stuff so hopefully helps it stay on the road forever, get a yearly checkup for free with Preserve & Protect in Johnstone, they seem well known in Scotland as many people I spoke to have used them or known customers who did and seemed impressed with the jobs. Also gave her an oil change but couldn't get the filter off was too tight and my chain was absolute junk that I bought so it'll be for the next one that I get it off. Might do sparkplugs soon if I can be bothered. Next step will be to see if I can either get a backbox made for a decent price or see if my mate wants to try make me one but he's busy with his K swap atm causing him havoc with timing. Got a clicking noise again when turning right at slow speed so gonna check my cv boot on the other side see if that one's bad too as replaced the passenger side 2 months ago. Got my cupra MOT'd too new control arms and tyres but won't interest anyone on here lol, has an oil leak round the back of the engine too but I'm just gonna sell that end of summer and use the money to buy a cheap daily for the winters like a Yaris T sport or something and turbo this. Other than that can't think of anything else that's really worthy of an update on here about the Starlet so just gonna dump pics now, enjoy Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RWDM47 Posted September 3, 2022 Author Share Posted September 3, 2022 (edited) Not updated in a while but I've got myself another starlet, I still have this one but I found one for sale 3 door same colour 70k miles for £450, still has mot till october and no rust, does have a bit of an issue with changing gears but at this price I won't moan, just for college and deliveries + winter, changed the gearbox oil to see if it would help but nah, so gonna assess it down the line. It's filthy and rough looking but gets the job done. Drove to Belgium for 2 weeks too and took the starlet drove faultless, Got a backbox installed on it but I'll likely be changing it again in a few months. Need to MOT it by the end of September as well, I managed to sell my cupra so I'm now looking at buying parts to turbo it or even just buy a 4EFTE if its better off? Still need to make my mind up 🤣 Bought myself a passenger side tail light in Belgium as well as the reverse lights is on the opposite side in EU so I can get myself a glanza tailgate with the reverse lights on it, guy I bought it from had several starlets including a KP60, looking for a front left wing if anyone has one for sale on here so I can tell him, spoke about starlets for about 2 hours 🤣 PS: Looking to buy parts to turbo so if you have anything let me know so I can avoid the Ebay specials 🤣 03FF8C94-BAC8-4392-94D6-3CB320BA50B0.mp4 Edited September 3, 2022 by RWDM47 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RWDM47 Posted September 8, 2022 Author Share Posted September 8, 2022 Bought a td04 manifold turbo and downpipe from ebay, Wuhan special, just wondering if I were to get an intercooler setup for the 4EFTE if the piping would fit my conversion? Asked the sellers but their english isn't very good dont think they understood me lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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