Banbury Glanza Posted September 2, 2013 Share Posted September 2, 2013 Wow lovely lovely car mate love the purple in the bay Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mr. Chem Posted September 2, 2013 Author Share Posted September 2, 2013 Cheers guys.Mods are on hold for a bit now until half term. The brakes are up for renewal next, as they are rubbish. Got a full set of OEM discs pads and bearings to swap in as well as braided lines. Then once the discs are bedded in, I'll find some harder compound pads. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Malcolm GT Posted September 2, 2013 Share Posted September 2, 2013 Looks so nice this car, so many nice pictures too! What app do you use to play with your pictures? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mr. Chem Posted September 2, 2013 Author Share Posted September 2, 2013 It's called camera+ for iPhone.The really good pics are from friends with proper cameras and photoshop lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tyron Devine Posted September 4, 2013 Share Posted September 4, 2013 Gorgeous looking V... White is by far the best colour <3 (Oooo i do miss mine) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Idrees Posted September 4, 2013 Share Posted September 4, 2013 Awesome build thread, I'm loving the attention to detail! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mr. Chem Posted September 8, 2013 Author Share Posted September 8, 2013 Have purchases a few bits for the V.One of Wepr's ct9 OEM manifolds to remove the 3rd runner restrictionsAnd a gizzmo ms-isc ebc to give better boost control when I start pushing the limits of the standard turbo. This will allow me to have multiple modes so on the daily drive the boost can be turned down to save wear etc. I'm hoping for some good weather end of October to get the brakes finally sorted. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beastmode panda Posted September 8, 2013 Share Posted September 8, 2013 Love it man! Good work. Why not just get a relocation kit for the air filter? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RobSR Posted September 8, 2013 Share Posted September 8, 2013 ^ He wants to keep the aircon Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Vincent-ep91 Posted September 8, 2013 Share Posted September 8, 2013 looks good, but i must ask, why didnt you buy a thinner core from e-bay or that to save any cutting what-so-ever. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mr. Chem Posted September 9, 2013 Author Share Posted September 9, 2013 Because that would be far too easy!Thicker cores are more efficient, so it's future proofing.Plus got the hdi for a good price. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mr. Chem Posted September 15, 2013 Author Share Posted September 15, 2013 (edited) Here's a subtle mod courtesy of MCMI gutted a shift light I bought off eBay and mounted it behind my rev counter. This worked ok for a while, but was very patchy.I then had a brain wave. Using a flexible led strip normally used for Audi style drls connected to the shift light electronics, I ended up with the below:http://s1104.photobucket.com/user/trog_nfs/media/FA68F37A-00E8-4734-A36E-8E9FC243F6ED-11261-00000134A7A19BC2_zpsc0b12b04.mp4.html Edited September 15, 2013 by Mr. Chem Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TrisK Posted September 15, 2013 Share Posted September 15, 2013 Good to meet you this weekend dudeWish I'd got a chance to see the car there. Looks great in this threadLove the detail in your posts and the style of updates. A+ for you from Mr TrisK ;) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Socks Posted September 15, 2013 Share Posted September 15, 2013 Attention to Detail is second to NONE! Keep up the hard work and choosing your OWN path to tune YOUR car rather then following the pack! Love the car, keep us all posted! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jim* Posted January 1, 2014 Share Posted January 1, 2014 Lovely car love how well you've cut the bumper out! Such a lovely car mate Quote Link to post Share on other sites
EP-Azz Posted January 2, 2014 Share Posted January 2, 2014 loooks sick tbh even the bay looks good running a ct9 still! where did you source the stickerbombing stickers by the way? nice touch ;) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JonnyEP91 Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 Beautiful V Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mr. Chem Posted January 4, 2014 Author Share Posted January 4, 2014 Stickers came from eBay. Guy from Taiwan does sheets of "jdm stickers" their individual which makes it a bit easier.The V had been suffering from a boost leak the last few weeks. Really laggy and only hittin 0.7bar Turned out to be the hot pipeCan you see the hole? It was a little gouged when I got it, but yep that's a hole.Was rubbing on the air con pipe.Slacked off one of the air con brackets, and sleeved the pipe Good as new Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TurboTobz Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 What indicator bulbs arw they? Not osrams are they? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jamie93DLZ Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 Really lovely 98 spec V Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mr. Chem Posted January 16, 2014 Author Share Posted January 16, 2014 (edited) Rears are Osram the fronts are Phillips Thanks Edited January 16, 2014 by Mr. Chem Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Scott-EP Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 Want the front end of mine looking exactly like this! Looks the nuts pal! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
m_prior10 Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 lovely glanza mate keep up the work love the shift light :-) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mr. Chem Posted February 18, 2014 Author Share Posted February 18, 2014 Well I finally got round to doing the brake service id had the bits for for ages.4 discs, rear bearings, all pads and braided lines.It's taken me 2 days to do for a number of reasons. Firstly because they haven't been apart since the car left japan. Secondly because the weather has been pants.Some interesting discoveries were made. The rear bearings had been packed with grease reasonably recently, but were loose. Like falling off loose. The inner grease was black and there was brown shit on the bearings. My guess is the garage that imported it fudged them together to just about pass it's first mot. I'm surprised they hadn't failed, although the noise was getting a little obscene.Then there was the start of the rear brakes. The sliders were blue. The metal must have got ridiculously hot, as the metal had heat reacted. The pads were glazed too. I guess they had been seized on for a while. Something I didn't realise is that the OEM Toyota brake disc and bearing kit ( the one idworkz sell) doesn't come with a split pin or grease seal. I had to very carefully remove the old seal from the discs to reuse. A mate brought some new split pins however.Whilst the calipers and carriers were off I painted them too. When it's daylight I'll get some pics, but I went with silver to keep them reasonably OEM looking. Front brakes were much easier to do, as no need to remove bearings to get discs out. Bled with some super dot 4 fluid ( the old stuff was brown) the brakes certainly feel firmer, but got to wear them in before I can test them for real. Just got to wait for a window motor to appear from socks to replace my broken drivers one, and then in the summer the car is ready for a new manifold and EBC. If needs be I'll add some harsher brake pads too once I've bedded the discs in with the standard ones. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TurboTobz Posted February 18, 2014 Share Posted February 18, 2014 Rears are Osram the fronts are Phillips Thanks could you possibly send me a link via pm please Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.