Chris.Stewart Posted October 28, 2010 Share Posted October 28, 2010 Yo, thought i'd post up my build thread for my new ep85 that i picked up yesterday! I bought it from Enzo and have to say if anyone is looking to import a car, give the man a shout as he's very organised and a total pleasure to deal with! He collected it from the docks, got it mot'd, registered, taxed etc! So it was a very easy transaction for me! It's a 1995 Starlet Ep85 S Model.Here is the car over in Japan:Then Enzo picked it up from the docks and took it to his garage where I got sent a few more pics:I told Enzo not to polish or wax the car as ill be detailing it over the next week or so! Plan is to fully degrease the arches and underseal them first of all before the winter comes! I sent down some 40mm lowering springs which has sorted out the stance a bit! still a bit high at the rear but i'm happy with it for now and didnt have to cut the springs!Some pics when i got it home (apologies for the crap quality - taken with my iphone)Pic of it next to the Glanza First up was removing the rear wiper and a sticker off the boot, along with scraping off the writing off the windows:Boot and interior thoroughly cleaned:Old headunit was ripped out and replaced with an alpine one, also the huge speakers were removed from the parcel shelf! New mats were chucked in too. Replaced the gearknob with the original glanza one too. thought it looked better!Pic with the steel wheels:Pic once Blacks Racing 14s were fitted - Cheers Fro! Will update this regularly to let you see the progress of this, more pics should be coming tomorrow once the detail starts! Next job is to get new wiper arms - my aero wiper blades dont fit with the existing arms...anyone know if GT ones will just simply bolt on? Also thinking about getting a GT rear bumper so the rear looks a bit nicer?What you think?Chris Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sparky Posted October 28, 2010 Share Posted October 28, 2010 Glanza looks nice and I like the transformation already Whats the plans?? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ryan lang Posted October 28, 2010 Share Posted October 28, 2010 looking good mate, you looking to go turbo with this? or keeping it n/a? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chris.Stewart Posted October 28, 2010 Author Share Posted October 28, 2010 Well plans for this year are:Fully undersealDetail the paintwork etcCat 1 alarm installFit my momo wheel and bossGet new wiper arms and fit aero wiper blades to themClean up the engine bay thoroughlyPossibly get a GT rear bumper and fit that instead of the existing one!Got one optional extra recaro seat, and a passenger ep82 recaro rail, so if its not a massive job ill get a drivers rail for it and modify it to fit the different floor plan!Keep it n/a for a while and maybe turbo it next year, will see though! Kinda want to buy k sport brakes for the glanza next spring! hmmm.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Galliano Posted October 28, 2010 Share Posted October 28, 2010 Neat, I also like the fact your keeping the N/A front end Keep up the great work, will be watching this like a hawk! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chris.Stewart Posted October 28, 2010 Author Share Posted October 28, 2010 Neat, I also like the fact your keeping the N/A front end Keep up the great work, will be watching this like a hawk!Cheers mate! Yeah keeping the front end the same, but prob going to get a GT rear bumper! will make the rear look a bit better i reckon!Should be more updates tomorrow as i start to clean it up properly! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Nanglebadger Posted October 29, 2010 Share Posted October 29, 2010 its amazing the transformation that wheels alone make to the looks of a car!!! looks mean as hell man! liking this alot!!also glad to hear toe OEM front end is staying!!!!enjoy your new project dude!!! keep us updated!Phil. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LukeSR Posted October 29, 2010 Share Posted October 29, 2010 Loooooooks awesomeeee and very tidy Liking the Glanza as well! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bucketep91 Posted October 29, 2010 Share Posted October 29, 2010 nice 1 mate! will be keeping an eye on this. ive got some GT arches and trims here if you need them pm me Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SiCaln Posted October 29, 2010 Share Posted October 29, 2010 yea liking that a lot, I would deffo get the GT rear bumper and also the late spec GT red and white lights, love the front bumper tho leave that as is Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BigMan Posted October 29, 2010 Share Posted October 29, 2010 looks awesome so far Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chris.Stewart Posted October 29, 2010 Author Share Posted October 29, 2010 Cheers for the comments folks!Got underway with the detail this morning! Started at 9pm with the car looking like this:Had to scrape off all the writing from the windows! Initial power hose left the car looking like this:Arches were fully degreased and scrubbed until mega clean:Pic once arches were done, wheels were also thoroughly cleaned:The car was then foamed with hyper wash:This was then rinsed off and the car was washed with the 2 bucket method and blackfire shampoo, i then went over the whole car with tardis to remove any tar spots, then clayed:Thats all the contamination off the car, not too bad!Now all clean, time to go into the garage to begin the next steps:Firstly i dried the car off and wiped down all the shuts. I fitted my oem front strut brace from my glanza and replaced the hose to the coolant overflow bottle as it was looking a bit tired!The wheels were then removed and arches dried off, then undersealed:All the arches were done, then put back onto its wheels and taped up a test section for polishing and set on a polish/pad combo! Went for menzerna 203s polish along with a menzerna polishing pad - soft.After one pass:Looking good! Will get cracking with more polishing tonight and will probably update this with more correction pics too! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sparky Posted October 29, 2010 Share Posted October 29, 2010 yea liking that a lot, I would deffo get the GT rear bumper and also the late spec GT red and white lights, love the front bumper tho leave that as is What this sexy man said!!Looks mega clean already dude!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chris.Stewart Posted October 29, 2010 Author Share Posted October 29, 2010 What this sexy man said!!Looks mega clean already dude!!GT rear bumper is my next move, also need to get new wiper arms, will gt ones fit?!Its going to get a whole lot cleaner over the next week! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
richglanzav Posted October 29, 2010 Share Posted October 29, 2010 thats ace, i hope mine gets here as nice and clean as that. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nzEP85 Posted October 29, 2010 Share Posted October 29, 2010 Nice 85, massively jealous you guys have an abundance of 'S' spec variants. Highest spec EP85 here that ive seen is an X limited Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Liam_D Posted October 30, 2010 Share Posted October 30, 2010 Awsome mate! Loving the effort your going to to make this a minter. Ill be keeping an eye on this thread Looking forward to seeing some updates. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LukeSR Posted October 30, 2010 Share Posted October 30, 2010 I can see this being clean as hell, love it Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Amjad Posted October 30, 2010 Share Posted October 30, 2010 Loving the detailing work, the car looks wicked!I'm a big fan of those wheels too, suits the car perfectly! Keep it up! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Galliano Posted October 30, 2010 Share Posted October 30, 2010 Wheels indeed suit the car to a T!I've just got myself a claybar to use on my aunties pre-sale valet Can't wait to get to grips with it. Gonna give all three Paseos a going over too, and I think i'd be working on my mates dads M3 too! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chris.Stewart Posted October 31, 2010 Author Share Posted October 31, 2010 Cheers for the comments folks! Just got round to adding more photos just now, these are also from friday, busy at work this weekend! should be cracking on with more tomorrow though! Polishing continued:Swirls:Gone:Drivers wing:More defects:Check out the colour difference!:Bonnet done:Addition to the interior - momo wheel and boss Next up, continue polishing (bonnet and drivers wing done so far), get some wiper arms and fit my aero blades to them, GT rear bumper and fit, jack it up and see if my cusco lower arm bar will fit! Cheers Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Russleh Posted October 31, 2010 Share Posted October 31, 2010 ha that colour difference is amazing. gonna be epicly shiney when your done. i need to get some decent equipment for polishin Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The_Notorious_C_A_T Posted October 31, 2010 Share Posted October 31, 2010 Fair difference as said for sure.You moving all the parts from the glanza over or going to keep em both?Looking good though bud, might see it around town sometime if you break it loose! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chris.Stewart Posted October 31, 2010 Author Share Posted October 31, 2010 Fair difference as said for sure.You moving all the parts from the glanza over or going to keep em both?Looking good though bud, might see it around town sometime if you break it loose!cheers mate!Nah keeping it as a daily for just now, figured the 4wd will be awesome in the snow yeah, few more days of detailing and it will be ready to go! any chance you have a pic up close of the wipers on your old gt? random i know but i need to see the end of the arm where the wipers hook on! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The_Notorious_C_A_T Posted October 31, 2010 Share Posted October 31, 2010 I don't have a pick but I know they screw on, 2 screws although they where piss so I tapped them out to fit bigger screws. I'll have a scan to see if I have pics though. Although all the wipers I had the connectors where rubbish, I had to trim them to fit the flat blade things.Edit: no pics bud, sorry. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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