andy87 Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 My names Andy and i have just joined (18-01-2012) i thought i would make a garage to show my cars progress since i bought it.The starlet is only my third vechicle but its staying for good. Before the starlet i had a 00 nissian vanette 2.3 d van it was an absolute pig on fuel and it cost 2300 euro to insure it so i sold that and then bought a 96 opel astra 1.4 with 72,000 miles it was a wee cracker of a car never gave any bother the whole time i owned it.I never intended to buy a starlet its only by chance that i ended up with one :haha:I was looking for a 95-99 BMW 318is coupe but could not find any clean enough that wasnt damaged and repaired badly etc so the lad that i used to take with me to look at cars told me to take a drive in his womans car a 94 gt turbo it was my first time in a turbo car and i will never forget it i was addicted to boost :drive: :) That drive made my mind up very quickly i had to have one just the feel of the car and power delivery and the overall look of the car so i ended up buying his womans car 2-3 weeks later and i never looked back sinceThis is the way she stood when i bought it in october 2008spec was small14'' bbs wheelsblitz dump valveyellow tinted windowsperformane filterturbo timer78kmservice historyrunning standard boost on ct9first thing i did was give the car a good service with the help of johnny c of the site great ladpics of the partsnext was remove window tint and sunband. added a set of 15'' ice alloys in whitenext was a set of tein 40mm springs which i got from camskill.co.uknext traded in the ice alloys for a set of 15'' rota gridsi took the car to smoke signals 09 while the donegal rally was on some pics belownext i tinted the back 3 windows and attended a tgtt meet in belfast for a rolling road day 29/aug/09http://www.toyotagtt...sport-(29-08-09)pic of graphnext the aircon was de-gased and removed in the usual castlefinn manor :cool:the car stayed like that for a right while just small bits and pieces as well as servicinggreddy boost gaugecusco rear strut brace (bought of jay good man)kenwood radiowent to another couple of tggt meetshttp://www.toyotagtt...kenny-aftermathhttp://www.toyotagtt...d-Afterthoughts.http://www.toyotagtt...len-Drag-racing!on the way to the drag racing this happenedthe back box snapped off :mad: but i still got to the racing and back and it gave me a perfect excuse for an upgrade :haha:so i bought this of camskill japspeed full systempics of it fittedand 2 quick vids of how it sounds on a ct9http://www.youtube.c...u/0/IGQcFgk9e4chttp://www.youtube.c...u/1/WrimPpwcAzUa great exhaust system for the money and fitted very welladded a set of trd adjustable dampers to go along with the 40mm tein springs (i purchased of dantheman of the site great to deal with) this was a big improvement to the handling of the carafter this the car didnt change much on the outside but it was time for more power so i went td04 again with the help of johnny c of the siteweper td04 decatk&n filterblitz electronic boost controllersome pics of the workfirst start up on td04:)[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLdPG_quohYthe car is runing .6 bar on standard ecupics of how the car is looking nowin the snow 2010so thats it for now in 2010plans for 2011 are get nct again, get some small bits sorted and get the car to ccm to get my emu mapped to enjoy the td04 fullyhopefully if i still have work the outside of the car will be having a big change :cool: but we will see what happenscar spec nowenginestandard 4efteweper external gated mild steel maniweper td04 decatturbosmart wastegate + screamer pipetdo4 turboweper frontmountpolybush engine/gearbox mountstrd diffblitz dump valveaircon removedecc clutchfull japspeed exhaust systemrelocated filter k&nchassisrays wheel nuts15'' str in gunmetalmeister r coiloversadjustable panhard rod (to be fitted)electricsgreddy boost gaugeblitz boost controllerkenwood radiouprated fuel pumpso far a before and after picbeforeafter25/04/2011fitted my new d1 wheel nuts today and took a few pics of themcleaned my alloys aswell as they were rotten especially front pas side as the cv boot had ripped a while backsome picswheels before picsafteron the car with new wheel nutswee update got the car mapped with chris carson 10/09/2011 and its a great job car drives totally different nowtd04 @ 1 bar is plenty for me for daily driving etcand just bought this bad boy 11/09/2011big thanks to johnny_c for all his help throughout this project great man to work withthanks for lookingsome night pics not too long agofavourite pic of the car so farupdate 15/01/2012new wheels/tyres/nuts++=sorry about the length of this first post let me know what you thinkall questions and comments welcomethanks for readingAndy Quote Link to post Share on other sites
akyakapotter Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 i like it mate nice build thread white wheels looked awsome TD04 FTW :-D Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LukeSR Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 Little but nice changes ;)Loving the new wheels though, so much better than the rays Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MARC MOSS Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 cool..... and very very clean Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MARC MOSS Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 Little but nice changes ;)Loving the new wheels though, so much better than the rays werent the rays the wheelnuts? and the wheels "cough" Rotas?it does look very very nice.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Amjad Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 Loving how clean this GT is! What power did you make? How's economy on a TD04? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
andy87 Posted January 18, 2012 Author Share Posted January 18, 2012 thanks lads yeah white wheels were rotas and new wheel nuts are raysI dont have a power figure yet for the td04 because I still have some work to carry out but I should have an idea soon economy is grand so far i just take it handy most of the time ;) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
akyakapotter Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 what else do you have planned to do mate ? :-) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
andy87 Posted January 18, 2012 Author Share Posted January 18, 2012 akyakpotter patience my friend hope to have some updates in the next couple of weeks lad Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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kieran.s gt Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 Always like this gt looks so clean Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Liam_D Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 This looks great mate! Very clean looking GT Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dean @RW-Developments Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 soso clean keep it upDean Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ro55ifumi Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 Nice build Andy come a long way.John Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SiCaln Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 loving the graphite wheels man good choice indeed Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Starbuck Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 Looking good fella Quote Link to post Share on other sites
templar2007 Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 Lookin good mate looks smart on the wheels Quote Link to post Share on other sites
andy87 Posted March 13, 2012 Author Share Posted March 13, 2012 recaro seat fitted and new steering wheel fitted Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Amjad Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 Oof very nice! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
pick1 Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 That steering wheel looks awsome mate great thread Quote Link to post Share on other sites
andy87 Posted March 13, 2012 Author Share Posted March 13, 2012 thanks ladsi hope to have a dyno print out soon enough Quote Link to post Share on other sites
andy87 Posted November 1, 2012 Author Share Posted November 1, 2012 update 12/08/2012second recaro fittedyellow fog covers fittedglow panel fitted Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Matt1878 Posted November 1, 2012 Share Posted November 1, 2012 Looking awesome mate!! Keep up the good work! Seats make a huge difference to the interior Quote Link to post Share on other sites
starletburkie Posted November 1, 2012 Share Posted November 1, 2012 looks well lad Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stefan_s Posted November 1, 2012 Share Posted November 1, 2012 Looks awesome mate Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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