Stutopia 158 Report post Posted May 7, 2017 4 hours ago, Cerastes said: Aww wish I had known. Ordered few days ago from same place, should be with me soon. Sorry mate. Perhaps you'll have better luck than I did, but failing that, open a paypal dispute, I got a quick response from them when I did. 1 Cerastes reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stutopia 158 Report post Posted May 18, 2017 First of the serious, frivolous mods today. Requiring nearly all my tools. As well as my Captain Brave pants.Drilled into the inner skin of the boot lid.Fitted a dirty great rivet.Did some screwing.After a few minutes hard work, the job was complete.Can you tell what it is yet?That's right!!!! It's a boot lid handle, in red! And with it being a mod, it's good for AT LEAST 15bhp, and the extra weight is over the driven wheels, so extra grip too!I also found a random boot magnet, silver, on the right.Does everyone on this platform have a random boot lid magnet? Or is it just me? 2 GT-Eighty-Chris and Ztox reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cerastes 204 Report post Posted May 18, 2017 I'm confused, what does it do. Looks like some red plastic. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stutopia 158 Report post Posted May 18, 2017 1 hour ago, Cerastes said: I'm confused, what does it do. Looks like some red plastic. LOL It's a boot pull, to shut the boot lid without having to touch the filth on the outside. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cerastes 204 Report post Posted May 18, 2017 Oh that's it. It has Perrin written on it, I thought it was something really sophisticated. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GT86Bob 61 Report post Posted May 18, 2017 Loved reading this. Missed it when first posted. I'm just about to buy an armrest and having lost my aux power supply when they fitted my new head unit need to figure a way of powering phone when it's in its mount. I guess that's why you have the lightning cable where it is? Sent from my SM-G935F using Tapatalk Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stutopia 158 Report post Posted May 18, 2017 23 minutes ago, GT86Bob said: Loved reading this. Missed it when first posted. I'm just about to buy an armrest and having lost my aux power supply when they fitted my new head unit need to figure a way of powering phone when it's in its mount. I guess that's why you have the lightning cable where it is? Sent from my SM-G935F using Tapatalk Exactly right. I initially kept the OEM AUX and USB but it's seemed to be insufficiently powerful to charge a phone and use it fairly intensively (Maps & streaming). So I disconnected that and just ran a long Lightning cable into the arm rest. With CarPlay the phone can be tucked away out of sight whilst in use, which is perfect as I didn't want a mount on the dash. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stutopia 158 Report post Posted May 31, 2017 Cheeky little one today. The belt covers on the AC and alternator have never really floated my boat. Accordingly I picked up a Grimmspeed aux belt cover a while back, which not only provides a neat tray upon which you can rest tools. It also looks rather smart, if I do say so myself. I think the sound generator might be next on my list of things I can live without in the engine bay. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ztox 230 Report post Posted June 4, 2017 That boot handle is awesome! I need one (although perhaps not in red). Sadly enough one of my biggest gripes with this car is the lack of an interior handle to close the boot with. 2 Stutopia and Rich reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stutopia 158 Report post Posted June 4, 2017 1 hour ago, Ztox said: That boot handle is awesome! I need one (although perhaps not in red). Sadly enough one of my biggest gripes with this car is the lack of an interior handle to close the boot with. I could only find red On the plus side, it's easy to spot Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stutopia 158 Report post Posted July 6, 2017 A little bit of maintenance and a cheeky cosmetic mod. Firstly the car came with some Apollo Aspire 4Gs on the front axle, I wasn't blow away by their wet performance and they seemed to lose pressure for fun, so I decided to treat her right and put some lovely fresh rubber on all round. I must apologise for the green dust caps, apparently ATS think that's an ok thing to do. I ran the MPSS on my 350z but as they are being consigned to history I decided to try these instead. So far so good and I can confirm there is definitely no more release agent on the rears On to more frivolous pursuits, I've had my pipe blocked for some time now (ooohh and indeed errr) so it felt right to do away with this lot and add some lightness. Everything still runs fine, so I guess it really doesn't do anything other than make a noise. I was just going to leave a hole in the intake pipe and just run the car like a boss, but in the end I decided to add even more lightness and some purple too. Just need to find some more purple... PS - Anyone else found the Samco intake pipe to be a bit of PITA to fit? It just didn't want to play with the airbox end, so I swore at it until it did. 1 GT-Eighty-Chris reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stutopia 158 Report post Posted July 6, 2017 I also quite fancy adding a splash of colour and blue and yellow are natural bedfellows. What do you think? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
surrey86 352 Report post Posted July 6, 2017 Don't do it! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cerastes 204 Report post Posted July 6, 2017 Pilot sport 4's I'm getting those. I did struggle with my intake hose too, I thought it would be easy but as always things get in the way; so you have to undo a few more screws (then drop one and spend 15mins trying to find it) and just make it more difficult. 1 Stutopia reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gazza82 41 Report post Posted July 6, 2017 Did ATS fill them with Nitrogen .. or just run out of black caps?? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stutopia 158 Report post Posted July 6, 2017 7 minutes ago, gazza82 said: Did ATS fill them with Nitrogen .. or just run out of black caps?? They told me it was nitrogen #racecar 1 Sighe98 reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kodename47 446 Report post Posted July 6, 2017 6 hours ago, Stutopia said: Anyone else found the Samco intake pipe to be a bit of PITA to fit? It just didn't want to play with the airbox end, so I swore at it until it did. It's common with all silicone hoses, you'll have the same issue if you want to open the Airbox. Simple work around.... Undo the 3 bolts holding the Airbox to allow movement. No issues after that 1 Stutopia reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
benmmellor 44 Report post Posted July 7, 2017 can I ask what rear view camera kit you have and how hard was it to fit? need to think about protecting my TRD rear! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stutopia 158 Report post Posted July 7, 2017 4 hours ago, benmmellor said: can I ask what rear view camera kit you have and how hard was it to fit? need to think about protecting my TRD rear! Here's the camera https://www.caraudiocentre.co.uk/product_m-audiovox-rvc1_p-31209.htm it's a bit more expensive than I've paid for them in the past but it was just easy because I was getting a head unit from them also. Fitting is straightforward but a little time consuming, obviously you have to run cable behind the dash, down the passenger side (front and rear) behind the trim and up into the boot. I was also replacing the head unit so I had the necessary adapters and cabling to tap straight in, I don't know how easy it is to retrofit to the OEM head unit. The two tricky bits are getting the wire down the rubber from the boot lid to the body, here and tapping the reverse light for power from here it's the pink wire. This last bit is tricky because the loom is very tightly packed, individual wires are quite thin and fragile and it involves working on your back, in the boot and stripping the cable insulation off without cutting the wire. I believe you can get the reverse signal up from behind the head unit, but I didn't have that guide and you will still need to run a cable to the camera for signal and power to the back. Here's some links I found useful for cable routing and ideas. http://www.gt86ownersclub.co.uk/forum/tomtop-white-reversing-camera-install_topic2800.html http://forum.gt86drivers.de/index.php?page=Thread&threadID=1110 http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=30144 It's not what I'd call skilled work, just be patient and careful. Check your wires with a multimeter before splicing/soldering anything. Stay safe. This is all for info, if you electrocute yourself or chop your loom in half I won't be held liable 😆 1 Keethos reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gazza82 41 Report post Posted July 7, 2017 On 7/6/2017 at 7:26 PM, Stutopia said: They told me it was nitrogen #racecar Hence the green caps ... then again it was ATS ... Who was the chain reported to be telling customers it was N, and charging extra, but in reality it was common or garden compressed air? 1 Stutopia reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stutopia 158 Report post Posted July 8, 2017 10 hours ago, gazza82 said: Hence the green caps ... then again it was ATS ... Who was the chain reported to be telling customers it was N, and charging extra, but in reality it was common or garden compressed air? They could fill them with Guinness and there'd be no excuse for those green caps! Common or garden air is circa 80% nitrogen so they fill them with nitrogen in the same way a sausage is filled with meat 😂 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Neal 111 Report post Posted July 8, 2017 Some great ideas and even better reasoning. I modded my mx5 spending a fortune only to break it on a track day. As such my lovely lady has banned me from spending money on mods for the 86. Saying that I've still managed to aquire brand new coilovers new tyres and better break pads For £0 keeps the blagging skills sharp 1 Stutopia reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stutopia 158 Report post Posted July 8, 2017 That's sound financial planning 👍🏼 I've softened my stance a little, I'm allowing myself some rice mods under the bonnet. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stutopia 158 Report post Posted July 10, 2017 Essential maintenance this time, none of your frivolous modding rubbish New Stoptech pads and Goodridge SS lines all round. I don't know what pad combo the PO was running but I wasn't impressed by the bite or how quickly they started to fade. Much happier today on the spirited ride home. Looking at the good condition of the lines which came off, I suspect the pads have more to do with the performance improvement than anything else. Very pleased. I also took the yolks out of the fried eggs, front and back. i did try LEDs first but they weren't kicking out the light output I was expecting, so they'll do as spares. No pics but I also had some camber bolts fitted up front, a geo and a super pro gearbox mount insert fItted. This last bit of maintenance has raised a small buzz in the cockpit, nothing noticeable with the tunes on, but has tightened up shifting nicely. All in all some pleasing maintenance making her feel just that little bit sharper all around. 1 Collateral reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Collateral 10 Report post Posted July 12, 2017 On 7/10/2017 at 5:10 PM, Stutopia said: Essential maintenance this time, none of your frivolous modding rubbish New Stoptech pads and Goodridge SS lines all round. I don't know what pad combo the PO was running but I wasn't impressed by the bite or how quickly they started to fade. Much happier today on the spirited ride home. Looking at the good condition of the lines which came off, I suspect the pads have more to do with the performance improvement than anything else. Very pleased. I also took the yolks out of the fried eggs, front and back. i did try LEDs first but they weren't kicking out the light output I was expecting, so they'll do as spares. No pics but I also had some camber bolts fitted up front, a geo and a super pro gearbox mount insert fItted. This last bit of maintenance has raised a small buzz in the cockpit, nothing noticeable with the tunes on, but has tightened up shifting nicely. All in all some pleasing maintenance making her feel just that little bit sharper all around. 2 Looks good. Can I ask you to link the bulds you used? That info would be great Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
