liss Posted May 19, 2014 Share Posted May 19, 2014 Hello everyone, I just thought I'd share with you my progress so far on my little EP91. I am only modifying it for road use, so it's not much compared to everyone else's builds and I have just finished uni so I've had very little money. Plus I'm a girl who is learning about cars and mods with the help of my boyfriend and, of course, you guys! We have had a several problems with this car including the epic replacing of the heater matrix job, which we managed to fix by ourselves and are very proud of it! We have the DIY approach to car problems as you may be able to tell from my previous posts! My car has a funny front bumper which we think has been mixed with either a Scooby or Ford bumper to make the weird badge shape, hence the custom badge that I had made. Also, the bodywork isn't 100% but this should be sorted in good time. It's currently running standard boost with standard turbo, etc and the only real performance mod at the moment is the Toyosports FMIC. Nevertheless, here are some before and after photos of my starlet. Let me know what you think! This is the car as I bought it, with Sparco wheels which I have now replaced and BC coilovers which I have kept ;) : Rota Grids and Tegiwa wheel nuts with a bit of rake on the stance. Had the fogs tinted in blue by the amazing James Page at South West Tinting: The heater matrix saga (sorry about this bit haha) Accord Type R seats, installed by Jack Sargent at JDM Regiment: Before: After: Espace splitter Custom boot build OMP steering wheel with snap off boss Toyosports FMIC, installed by us, as well as number plate relocated. You can also see my custom badge lol Headlight restoration, again by James Page at Southwest Tinting And here she is now What do you reckon people?? Any recommendations/advice on cool mods we can do next?! I wouldn't mind a little more horsepower, but I'm worried about the safety of the engine!! With my FMIC, can anyone suggest any methods of upping the boost safely? I'm not after the maximum horsepower from this car, just something about 170-180bhp. I'm also planning on getting spacers rather than lowering the car more, any thoughts on this? Being a newbie and all, any ideas are welcome!! Thank you for looking Quote Link to post Share on other sites
m_prior10 Posted May 19, 2014 Share Posted May 19, 2014 looks well now keep up the work Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bristol glanza Posted May 19, 2014 Share Posted May 19, 2014 Nice looking car very clean, perhaps having a look in the wiki under tuning a 4EFTE engine, it will help with increase in power, if you want more I am going to tuning developments on the 28th of June to try and get 200bhp on ct9 turbo and standard internals. Don't get me wrong u will need supporting mods but wiki section will help with that. Keep up the good work, nice looking glanza Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JayJ Posted May 19, 2014 Share Posted May 19, 2014 How much work was involved to get that splitter fit? :-) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
liss Posted May 19, 2014 Author Share Posted May 19, 2014 Cheers guys! I'll take a look at that wiki, thanks for the recommendation! I was thinking of contacting tuning devlopments just to chat about stuff as I know theyre pretty good at glanza! the splitter was £18 and took about half an hour with axel stands and a drill haha, was good fun though! And made it look pretty nice Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bristol glanza Posted May 19, 2014 Share Posted May 19, 2014 Speak to mike at tuning development eh specialist is glanza new the answers to all my questions he provided the information I needed, I am repaying him with my business and word of mouth, top bloke. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
liss Posted May 19, 2014 Author Share Posted May 19, 2014 The heater matrix came from Mike lol, he's a nice chap! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Eynonz Posted May 19, 2014 Share Posted May 19, 2014 Ohhhh very nice splitter. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
liss Posted May 19, 2014 Author Share Posted May 19, 2014 Thank you you can also fit the Laguna splitter and they're cheap! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ro55ifumi Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 Nice start to your build thread look forward to updates John Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kate Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 Looks nice! A really good start X Quote Link to post Share on other sites
drongo boi Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 Looks smart! Love them seats Quote Link to post Share on other sites
shorty Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 The white alloys alloys looked like sparco crimsons? I think they looked nice on the car. Car looks super clean though Quote Link to post Share on other sites
liss Posted May 21, 2014 Author Share Posted May 21, 2014 Thanks everyone! I think they were sparco ns2s but can't be sure on that! I just got fed up of cleaning them all of the time lol, plus they weren't in the best condition :/ I do love my rotas though, but I'm thinking of swapping them at some point Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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