Arnold Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 (edited) Arnolds 99V Glanza buildCurrent specification - Feb 2016 Engine / PerformanceWEPR TD04 Ex gated RAM manifold & DownpipeTuning Developments supplied TD04L turboTial External wastegate with water coolingModified Blitz Nur Spec exhaustModified Wicked EP Racing Front Mount Intercooler Meister R coiloversFront and rear Cusco strut bracesZisco C pillar braceAthena 1.4mm MLS head gasketExedy organic clutchFidanza lightened flywheelMagnecor KV85 ignition leadsWhiteline front Anti Roll barWhiteline rear Anti Roll barWhiteline panhard rodPowerflex engine & gearbox pollybushesApexi air filterHKS SSQV dump valveTwin PCV Valve Rocker coverRW Developments oil catch tank with braided linesEBC grooved/dimpled brakesEBC yellow brake padsHEL Carbon brake linesKMH to MPH convertedAdditional o2 sensor bung welded to exhaust for AEM WidebandElectronicsGreddy Emanage Ultimate Rev5 Piggyback ECUGreddy Profec B-Spec II EBCHKS Type 0 turbo timerCat 1 alarm & immobiliserAftermarket Head unitSmoked Volt, Oil temp, Oil Pressure, Boost gaugesAEM wideband gaugeDual slimline cooling fansToyota Navigation sensorRear LED conversionFront LED conversion6000K HID bulbsStylingModified Toms front bumperModified Bride subframesCorbeau Boss bucket seatsRear mid spoilerRear lipClear cam coverA pillar 3 pod gauge holderAsh silicone hosesTRS tow strapHorizontal wiper conversion HistoryPicked her up from Somerset in May 2009, completely standard 99 V apart from the kmh/mph conversion had been done. Cost me £3000, the previous owner paying £5000 just 8 months before. Drove perfectly and apart from a few minor dings in the door and roof, was in excellent cosmetic condition. The rear seats looked brand new and never sat in. Car came with the original Japanese double din stereo with CD player, CD Changer in boot, Mini Disk player and Satellite navigation support. Milage around 68000. Sat nav doesn't work in the UK without updated maps, which cost around £1000!Some more images after a washThe drivers door motor was buggered though so central locking was not working. Luckily I had a spare from a previous Glanza so just fitted that. Shortly after, the drivers side electric mirror made the most horrific squealing sound, and wouldn't retract. (Anyone else had that?) This has yet to be fixed (March 2013) but it's on the list to do.ModsThese are the modifications that have been carried out since owning the car, and roughly in the order they happened. Some bits may have been missed out as this was up to 4 years ago now.The first modifications carried out were to change the brakes. The standard rotors were a bit warped and vibrated quite badly under braking, so replaced them for CRN grooved disks with EBC yellow stuff pads, and replaced the brake lines too. As much as I'd have liked a big brake kit, budget was an issue, but still noticed a huge difference especially once they were up to temperature.After that was done, decided to replace the wheels. I decided on a set of Rota Grids with the gunmetal / polished finish, and Goodyear Eagle F1 tyres. The appearance was improved, but the land rover ride height needed to be fixed.Bought Meister coilovers to lower it.Standard suspensionNew coiloversThis made the appearance of the car look a lot better, but there were still a few minor cosmetic changes that were needed. The headlights were suffering from the common issue of going green, and rather than polishing them up, I sold them off and put the money towards new ones from Toyota. At £55 a side, this seemed like the best option!I also removed the standard air box and pipe work, and replaced it with an Apexi air filter, and fitted a Blitz radiator cap.The stereo was replaced for one I had lying around, as the Japanese one does not work on UK radio frequencies.I then wanted a bit more power from her, but after seeing how bodged the last Glanza I bought was (FCD with no other supporting mods at all), I wanted it done properley. I stock piled a whole load of new parts including a WEPR CT9 Mild steel manifold, J Performance down pipe, Blitz Nur Spec Exhaust, HKS Actuator, a load of service items, Gaskets and probably a few other bits, and took them to Bond Motor Services in Horsham to get fitted.With all these mods on and without a remap and standard fueling, the car produced 145hp. It didn't really feel any more powerful, but sounded amazing!Shortly afterwards, I wanted the car to be remapped to get the most of the new parts. I took her to Fusion Motorsport in Chertsey, who fitted a whole load more parts to the car before being mapped on a rolling road. She produced 190hp at 1bar, on the standard CT9. New parts included a new Exedy organic clutch, Fidanza lightened flywheel, Tuning developments high flow fuel pump, Magnecor KV85 HT leads, Greddy Emanage Blue, a WEPR FMIC and a clear cam cover. The performance difference was incredible, and reassuring to know it wouldn't blow up as had been done right.Performance wise, I was very happy with the car. It was a while before I was intending on going TD04 or forged, so concentrated on a few more cosmetic improvements. The first modification was fitting the A pillar gauge pod holder and gauges, which incorporated a volt and boost gauge. The rear screen washer jet had also never worked, so replaced the motor for a new one which solved that problem.I also carried out a complete rear LED conversion. The clusters incorporate a fog light on each side of the car. These bulbs are pretty bright in the dark!Also with some help, we successfully carried out a horizontal wiper motor conversion. I've never like the appearance of the standard wiper arm facing upwards, and I didn't want to remove it.Going TD04As time passed, I was stock piling more parts, both performance and cosmetic, This time, I'd bought a TD04L external wastegated turbo kit from Tuning Developments, Powerflex engine mounts, Greddy Emanage Ultimate piggyback ECU, Greddy Profec Spec II EBC, radiator hoses, whiteline front and rear ARBS, Cusco front and rear braces, Zisco C pillar brace, Corbeau bucket seats, bride subframes, Tow straps, Sparco 4 point harnesses, J performance alloy radiator, and more service items.There were a few issues with the fitment of the turbo kit, mostly the exhaust did not line up with the downpipe and the Tial wastegate water lines do not fit with the J performance radiator, so continued to run the standard radiator. After a rolling road and remap, now with an Emanage Ultimate, the car produced 210hp on 0.9 bar. I know they can run more, but I'm playing it safe. The Blitz Nur Spec was modified to incorporate an extra flexi and extra mount to secure it, and also fix the issue of it not fitting the turbo kits downpipe. The FMIC was modified to suit the TD04, the Apexi relocated to the front, new radiator hoses fitted, new powerflex engine mounts fitted and a Greddy Profec Spec II boost controller was also installed. New front and rear whiteline anti roll bars were installed, along with a rear cusco strut brace, zisco rear C pillar brace, modified Bride subframes with Corbeau seats, tow straps and probably other stuff i've missed off! Decided not to fit the harnesses as I've heard bad things about having them without a roll cage.All that lot was fitted in the summer of 2012. Since then, I've been purchasing a few more small bits and pieces towards the car. The brakes were shot after 15 minutes around Donington park, so ordered another set. I've purchased 4 more smoked gauges, a triple A pillar pod, a singel Din triple gauge holder.As for body work changes, these are currently happening (March 2013), with the fitting of a new rear splitter, duck spoiler and Toms front bumper.Here's how the parts looked before they went to the body shop. I should have pictures of the car as it is up by the weekend! Edited February 18, 2016 by Arnold Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ro55ifumi Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 Sweet and good to see you have done a build thread John Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Banbury Glanza Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 Looking good mate What gauges are you using ? Cheers Todd Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Arnold Posted March 19, 2013 Author Share Posted March 19, 2013 Looking good mate What gauges are you using ?Cheers ToddThanks mate They are the old style Race Spec Performance ones. Their new range feature stepper motors but mine don't. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Banbury Glanza Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 Ok thanks for that mate Quote Link to post Share on other sites
maddox710 Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 What manifold is that buddy, sorry if you may have already stated in your thread, it looks awesome, does the ext wastegate vent to atmosphere ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Critic Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 Cool progress man. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ep-beast Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 some serious parts bud keep up the work Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Liam_D Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 Good build thread mate! Glanza is looking sweet mate some great parts being fitted too! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stefan_s Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 Good build, like what you did with the rear wiper Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beastmode panda Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 Wow, that is cleaaaaan as hell!For the love of god paint that rocker cover though! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guard1an Posted March 20, 2013 Share Posted March 20, 2013 Good build, like what you did with the rear wiper Also interest in this! Tell us details. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Arnold Posted March 20, 2013 Author Share Posted March 20, 2013 cheers guys What manifold is that buddy, sorry if you may have already stated in your thread, it looks awesome, does the ext wastegate vent to atmosphere ? It's the Tuning Developments one as part of the TD04 kit. The waste gate vents back into the exhaust but it can vent to atmosphere too. Wow, that is cleaaaaan as hell!For the love of god paint that rocker cover though! Yeah that's a sad sight. Ive been speaking with Dean about getting a custom one made up very soon Also interest in this! Tell us details. My mate who now works for koenigsegg in Sweden did this for me. It's a popular modification with Micras so he gave it a go on mine. It involves opening up the motor and repositioning where the arm starts and stops. Sounds simple but it was a bit of a pain and almost ended up in the bin Quote Link to post Share on other sites
micky boy Posted March 20, 2013 Share Posted March 20, 2013 Realy nice build mate enjoyed reading that Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Arnold Posted March 24, 2013 Author Share Posted March 24, 2013 (edited) Ok got her back from the bodyshop again, so here's how she looks like now. Masking tape in the grill will be gone tomorrow, it's just supporting the mesh whilst the sealant dries. Edited March 24, 2013 by Arnold Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tyron Devine Posted March 25, 2013 Share Posted March 25, 2013 Looking good bud. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loz180691 Posted March 25, 2013 Share Posted March 25, 2013 Looking sweet mate Quote Link to post Share on other sites
t-j-wilson Glanza V Posted March 25, 2013 Share Posted March 25, 2013 Looking good mate, I'm from Woking so not far from Chertsey where you take it, could be handy to know as i'm looking to TDO4 mine so maybe you could help if i had any questions. Some great work going on! Tobie Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nick260890 Posted March 25, 2013 Share Posted March 25, 2013 very nice, keep it up Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Arnold Posted March 28, 2013 Author Share Posted March 28, 2013 Looking good mate, I'm from Woking so not far from Chertsey where you take it, could be handy to know as i'm looking to TDO4 mine so maybe you could help if i had any questions. Some great work going on! TobieThanks for the comments guys Tobie, I take it to Fusion Motorsport. http://www.fusion-motorsport.co.uk/ - They've done loads of high powered cars there and Ed really knows his stuff Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beastmode panda Posted March 29, 2013 Share Posted March 29, 2013 This is freaking sweeeet!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Arnold Posted March 30, 2013 Author Share Posted March 30, 2013 Insurance renewed for another year, £590 or so with all the important mods declared, and that's with 1 claim and 9 years NCD. Happy days. Bit of an arse they keep claims against you for 5 years Going to be doing little bits to the car tomorrow and hopefully give under the bonnet a bit of a clean! Photos will followThis is freaking sweeeet!!Cheers Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Arnold Posted April 10, 2013 Author Share Posted April 10, 2013 Some photos of her at the Goodwood Breakfast Club last weekend. Toms bumper, Id-workz rear lip and duck spoiler are now on. Glanza vinyls have gone too. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Crooks Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 Nice clean car but I would of kept the 98 bumper looks way better Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Arnold Posted April 11, 2013 Author Share Posted April 11, 2013 Nice clean car but I would of kept the 98 bumper looks way better I just wanted something different and open up the front for the FMIC but I appreciate your feedback Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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