Paul 442 Report post Posted December 27, 2015 My future brother-in-law has been over for Xmas so today was the perfect opportunity to rope him into some "quality time" modifying the new car. He used to do plenty of bits on his old KA so is used to a bit of drilling and sticking here and there! New TRD spoiler: HKS oil billet cap: Toyota armrest: All 3 bits look brilliant and I can't wait to keep making changes! I took quite a few members of the family out for a spin the last few days and everyone loves the car. 2 GT86-Ian and Keethos reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Maxwellphillips 7 Report post Posted December 27, 2015 Looks good! I'm looking into both spoiler and arm rest, but I'm not sure how the spoiler looks in person, not sure if I want something more duck taily. Is the arm rest worth £100? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Paul 442 Report post Posted December 27, 2015 1 hour ago, Maxwellphillips said: Looks good! I'm looking into both spoiler and arm rest, but I'm not sure how the spoiler looks in person, not sure if I want something more duck taily. Is the arm rest worth £100? It's good quality and looks the part. Bit tricky to install with a single person IMHO. For my arms it means I can relax totally with my elbow comfortable on the leather padding. It also makes the cabin look a bit neater and more expensive. Pretty happy with it. 2 Foulsmell and Maxwellphillips reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Paul 442 Report post Posted December 29, 2015 Another little one arrived at work while I was on holiday over Xmas so did a quick lunchtime install: 2 Gringosteve and Keethos reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gringosteve 213 Report post Posted December 31, 2015 Nice! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Paul 442 Report post Posted January 1, 2016 Santa was a bit late but my new Valenti Tail lights arrived today, managed to get off work early to as soon as I got home out came the tool kit. Started by disconnecting the battery (first time I've ever done this in a car): Decided to follow a youtube video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jrFASjxwWQ) so removed the plastic cover for the rear bootlid socket: Had a bit of difficulty removing the plastic bolt covers but that was probably me being nervous and not wanting to break anything: Time for a ratchet spanner: All the nuts off so out comes the old OEM light (bit dirty underneath): Out with the old, in with the new: And simply reversed the process to fit the new light: At this point the rain started coming down so I decided to rotate the car around so the rearend was under my front porch and I could fit the second light. Chucked all my tools and stuff in the boot and closed it and.....oh, the battery's disconnected. Bugger. Cue scrambling through the back of the car in the pouring rain to pull down the seats to grab my socket set to reconnect the battery and actually move the car.... A fair amount of time (and one slightly irritated wife later) the second light was fitted: Absolutely over the moon with how they look, the clear white LED strip against the white paint is exactly the look I was after: Got the bumper light left to fit tomorrow when daylight re-appears which is apparently a bit more involved, so will take some more pics as I go. 3 Lauren, MangoNo5 and Keethos reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Paul 442 Report post Posted January 13, 2016 Woken up by the UPS guy delivering my struts this morning, decided since I was up anyway it might be worth doing something to the car, so fitted my strut brace: 1 Keethos reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Test Drives Unlimited 278 Report post Posted January 13, 2016 Impressive stuff so far Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Paul 442 Report post Posted January 14, 2016 And hood struts and bumper light fitted: Really impressed with the quality of the Grimmspeed struts and the Valenti bumper light matches the tail lights beautifully. 1 Keethos reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Paul 442 Report post Posted January 24, 2016 Spent Friday over at Abbey Motorsports reading a book and playing with the Izzy the dog: While I was there Mark and the guys were nice enough to do some work on my car, starting with the Tein Flex Z coilovers: Also had some SuperPro toe-adjustable camber arms fitted, and a new Perrin Cold Air Intake and Intake hose (sound generator delete): And then my new Rota Grids fitted and aligned and the car lowered by 20mm, here are some pics after I washed it yesterday: Car handles so tight now, corners like it's on rails and the ride is so comfy, even better at absorbing the bumps than stock even though the car is 20mm lower. Plus the air intake sounds utterly mint, a loud steady grown from 3k upwards and I swear the throttle response is a bit sharper. 3 Keethos, MangoNo5 and Lauren reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lauren 2259 Report post Posted January 24, 2016 Good work! EDFC Active Pro next? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Keethos 842 Report post Posted January 24, 2016 Nice could of mods there! All ready for Bedford then? Or will there be more before then? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Paul 442 Report post Posted January 24, 2016 I'm not planning on anything else for a while, next set will be exhaust and a remap and then I'm pretty much done until I want to go FI. Need a few months to pay off this little lot first though. 1 Keethos reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MangoNo5 55 Report post Posted January 24, 2016 Nice mods! The suspension changes and results sound great! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Paul 442 Report post Posted March 11, 2016 Yesterday morning I was at Abbey getting my Q300 and 2nd cat delete fitted. All packed up : Out with the old: In with the new(ish): 6 Gudzy, Tom B, MangoNo5 and 3 others reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gringosteve 213 Report post Posted March 17, 2016 How does it sound with the cat delete? I'm tempted to do cat back next now I have changed the front pipe Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Paul 442 Report post Posted March 21, 2016 With the Q300, really good. Would have been too quiet with the normal front pipe.When I move to a catless manifold I'll go back to a HFC front pipe. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Paul 442 Report post Posted February 20, 2017 Car came back from the bodyshop today, having had the front bumper resprayed and the boot holes filled in. 2 Keethos and Tom B reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TTR 509 Report post Posted February 20, 2017 Changing spoiler? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rich 378 Report post Posted February 20, 2017 8 minutes ago, TTR said: Changing spoiler? Going for this I think: 1 Mike reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TTR 509 Report post Posted February 20, 2017 11 minutes ago, Rich said: Going for this I think: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mark-in-Stoke 488 Report post Posted February 20, 2017 Ooooo very good for doing wheelies. 2 Mike and TTR reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Paul 442 Report post Posted February 20, 2017 3 hours ago, TTR said: Changing spoiler? Yes sir. Got a Varis on order. 1 AJ124 reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TTR 509 Report post Posted February 20, 2017 1 hour ago, Paul said: Yes sir. Got a Varis on order. Damn son! Now that's what I'm fucking talking about! GT Wing or Swan neck? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Paul 442 Report post Posted February 20, 2017 GT Wing, 1400. 2 Keethos and TTR reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
