Matt Heard Posted May 27, 2014 Share Posted May 27, 2014 Evening gents, In December I was on the lookout for a Glanza, a car I had wanted for a few years. I was searching the forum every day to find the right car. I viewed some but in the end I brought Dan Geer's Glanza S. Hope your prepared for a long read and many photos.. Upon viewing the car was immaculate, I couldn't argue at all with the price and could tell how looked after it had been. Had a long rainy drive home. I can't fault anything Dan had done to the car but it was begging for a turbo engine. So I was on the hunt. I found Dan Barnes GT for sale at a steal of the price and this became the donor car. Looking back now this is the worst decision I made, first of all I should have never broke the car but also what a pain it is trying to get a 82 loom into a 91. Gave the S a quick clean before setting to work Scrubbed the bay as much as I could, looked pretty good In went the 4EFTE Tried to get our head round some of the wiring In the end I realised the looms would have to be spliced together to make one custom loom. I'm really not too good with wiring so off it went to Quest Motorsport in Rochford. Keith made some real good progress on the loom, Bussey got the intercooler mounted up for me whilst I was at work, sits perfect too! The car was at Quest for a few weeks so to make me feel better I picked up these Finally. the car run! I went down to Quest to speak to Jamie about a custom exhaust and in no time he had one made up which was exactly what I wanted Got the bumper back on. Bonnet is on the catch Went to a local meet with Bussey and a friend (fiesta) Was having big issues with clutch slip as soon as I came on boost.. turns out the standard clutch was much worse than I first thought. So I picked up a 6 puk from Iddy. Whilst the box was off I gave it a bit of a spruce up! Went to BHP show and Japfest. Didn't stick around the clubstand too much so I didn't get much of a chance to speak to many of you, first time I had been to japfest and there was just way too much to look at!! Love a pano.. Had some Evo 8 Recaros sitting in the garage so I welded them to the standard seat mounts so now theyre solid mounted. stripped the back out too whilst I was at it. Got the rear beam off the GT shell and fitted it with some new pads and finally got the MeisterR's on Left the fronts for the night, fitted them the next morning at a friends tyre shop and got the tracking/camber done at the same time. Bussey got me popping flames on the way to a local meet... which was shit, but the car flammed so happy days Josh Hatherall got me at Japfest So current spec is 4EFTE - CT9 at 1 barHKS FCDMeshed TurboJPerformance DecatUnknown tublar maniFront mount intercoolerSytec RRFPRCustom straight through exhaustHKS Adjustable ActuatorOEM LSDCompetition 6 puk Poly engine/gearbox mountsOZ 5 spokes with prada spec 2'sMeisterR Zeta R coiloversEvo RecarosGizzmo MS-2 boost controller Thanks to Bussey for all his help throughout. Few final pictures my friend Robbie Milton got for me the other night Thanks guys, comments welcome Matt Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Starlet-Joshy Posted May 27, 2014 Share Posted May 27, 2014 Love it, love it, love it! Looked wicked at japfest bud! And have been following all progress on Instagram Keep the updates coming for this mate! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Skimmy237 Posted May 27, 2014 Share Posted May 27, 2014 Finally you have got a thread !! Love this wee brief dude ! Cracking mate Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jimmymac101 Posted May 27, 2014 Share Posted May 27, 2014 You know I loved this car before, saw it at japfest and thought its nice to see it's being looked after ............... Didn't even notice the front mount haha Total win Good work James Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beastmode panda Posted May 27, 2014 Share Posted May 27, 2014 Absolutely mint car Matt, love it!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Liam_D Posted May 27, 2014 Share Posted May 27, 2014 Good to see youve finally got a build thread dude! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Matt Heard Posted May 27, 2014 Author Share Posted May 27, 2014 Love it, love it, love it!Looked wicked at japfest bud! And have been following all progress on Instagram Keep the updates coming for this mate! Cheers man, the pictures you took came out well. Unfortunately updates are going to be few and far between for a little while! Finally you have got a thread !! Love this wee brief dude ! Cracking mate Took me long enough bro haha! You know I loved this car before, saw it at japfest and thought its nice to see it's being looked after ............... Didn't even notice the front mount hahaTotal winGood workJames Appreciate the kind words man thanks, glad the intercoolers subtle! Absolutely mint car Matt, love it!! Such a flirt Rob Good to see youve finally got a build thread dude! Cheers man! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Skimmy237 Posted May 27, 2014 Share Posted May 27, 2014 Took you long enough but at least you done it and have Instagram so I could see it lol !! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Matt Heard Posted May 27, 2014 Author Share Posted May 27, 2014 Took you long enough but at least you done it and have Instagram so I could see it lol !! I should really post more of it on here than insta! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Skimmy237 Posted May 27, 2014 Share Posted May 27, 2014 Haha I just do both but gonna keep my turbo off fb/Insta justnow untill it's back 😃 so the people up my way don't know 😉 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rich-k Posted May 27, 2014 Share Posted May 27, 2014 Sexy!!!!! Love the scoopless bonnets!!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
m_prior10 Posted May 28, 2014 Share Posted May 28, 2014 looks real well keep up the work Quote Link to post Share on other sites
maddox710 Posted May 28, 2014 Share Posted May 28, 2014 Wondered when you was going to make a build thread, After seeing all the instagram pictures Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Matt Heard Posted May 28, 2014 Author Share Posted May 28, 2014 Sexy!!!!! Love the scoopless bonnets!!!! Yeah man! Even if I got a V I'd go for an S bonnet! looks real well keep up the work Thanks for the kind words! Wondered when you was going to make a build thread, After seeing all the instagram pictures Haha! Took my time about it, was dreading using photobucket but its not as shit as I expected Quote Link to post Share on other sites
maddox710 Posted May 28, 2014 Share Posted May 28, 2014 Yeah but it totally rapes picture quality Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Skimmy237 Posted May 28, 2014 Share Posted May 28, 2014 Haha! Took my time about it, was dreading using photobucket but its not as shit as I expected ...Hahahaha good one Matt, it's fucking dug shite. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Matt Heard Posted May 28, 2014 Author Share Posted May 28, 2014 I can't disagree, it is wank, but I did expect much much worse! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Skimmy237 Posted May 28, 2014 Share Posted May 28, 2014 I can't disagree, it is wank, but I did expect much much worse!I would rather shit in my hands and clap than use that all the time lol, that's why I upload more pictures to Instagram, it's so much faster lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hutchy1990 Posted May 28, 2014 Share Posted May 28, 2014 Mint car mate very clean keep up the good work Quote Link to post Share on other sites
McGlinchey Posted May 29, 2014 Share Posted May 29, 2014 Lovely car mate .. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
littlegreenmonster Posted May 29, 2014 Share Posted May 29, 2014 Ive been looking for this build thread dude i was the green na parked between yours and rbz it looks so sick mate well done Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ro55ifumi Posted May 30, 2014 Share Posted May 30, 2014 Stunning progression, good to see you boosted it now enjoy John Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Matt Heard Posted May 30, 2014 Author Share Posted May 30, 2014 Thanks guys really appreciate it! Loving it boosted 👍 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dan507 Posted May 30, 2014 Share Posted May 30, 2014 WaahhhhhGlad shes gone to a good home and is being well looked after. Keep up the good work Matt. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Matt Heard Posted June 1, 2014 Author Share Posted June 1, 2014 Thanks Dan. I'm glad you let me take her off your hands! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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