Browner's GT Turbo with a twist... Rear wheel drive turbo starlet! <3 MAJOR UPDATES FOR JAPFEST UK! :)

[Browner]

A few new photos added to end of first post

[Browner]

Ok so time to update yous on my recent torture lol

After scouring the country looking for a mint set of OEM fishnet Recaros for the RWD Starlet, I finally got a good set made up of bits and pieces of different sets that had come through my hands. Even still they were sent off to be re-upholstered just so they were absolutely perfect.

The seats came back looking amazing. Very happy with the work done on them.

I also put my a mint GT floor carpet I had come in and some small interior bits I needed to tidy up the RWD Starlet.

Off I went and stripped the car until I realized the new carpet wouldn't fit. Balls.

Seems obvious now with the ep85 having the tunnel for the propshaft and the ep82 not having this lol.

The rails for the front seats did not fit and the back seats, after some minor persuasion ha, finally went in. I fitted a mint new boot carpet and then went to change the Rolly window regs to electric window regs and fit the matching Recaro doorcards. But yes, no hole was drilled in the door to run the loom for the electric windows through.

So now I'm left with a headache and a half dismantled Starlet but not to worry.

I picked up this JDM Recaro rail for the drivers seat. It is ep85 specific and fits perfectly. It has a rather nice handle also.

Anyone know where I might get another one?

Now it's time to take the doors off and carefully measure and drill the hole to run the loom for the electric windows.

More updates soon,

Conor.

[shorty]

Best place is bidjdm.com mate. I got one for 80 quid but was around 100 to ship also pm a price for the manual door runners and winders. Been after a set for bloody ages!!

[Browner]

Cheers Shorty

Pm me an offer mate as I have the electric windows regs, switches, doorcards, loom etc here ready to go in

Edited August 1, 2013 by Browner

[pick1]

Love this car

[Danza V]

Absolutely love this gt! Great work!

[Darraghmh91]

nice red starlet browner i was drooling when i saw this I&#39;ve never seen anything like it fair play

[Browner]

Haha cheers mate the ep70 is it?

[Darraghmh91]

Sorry ment to say rwd starlet but the boxy is nice too and the ep85 have you done much since then and I&#39;ve to get them plugs off you too so ill prob ring you next week and pick them up

[Browner]

Yeah no problem mate talk to you then

[Browner]

[Azz]

That is actually beautiful man !

[Aamir]

Beautiful is an understatement however, i cannot bare to watch the videos of it being drifted around a car park

[Browner]

New in car footage uploaded to our Facebook page here:

https://www.facebook.com/pages/EP-Performance/266443976766168?ref=stream&hc_location=timeline

[TrisK]

amped to see this at japfest Connor!

[templar2007]

This things wicked goes round and round for fun

[daniel_g]

Love this build

[m_prior10]

thats a real nice wee gt turbo..

[MARC MOSS]

Is there a price on this car at all mate? Just incredible....

[Browner]

Don't ever wanna sell it Marc. I came very close to selling it last summer for 8k though :/

[garrygt]

i would have snapped there hand off if i got offered 8k for that lol

[Browner]

Not really mate it's a one off car. If you owned it and had the fun in it I have you wouldn't want to part with it. The car is an absolute gem

[daniel_g]

Ive been offered quite high sums for my 85 aswell, not as much as 8 lol, but well over twice what ive spent in total, they are just not a car you can part with easy.

Conor, get a 4AGTE fired in it if you blow the FTE Imagine how savage it would be hahaha. Thats my dream if i ever go RWD with mine

[Browner]

I did flow the fte lol!

[daniel_g]

Go on, get a turbo'd twin cam 20v fucked in it haha