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Hi guys/gals

I've had the car for just over 3 years now and still love it as much as when I first got it! I've been about on here and going to shows for a good while now so a lot of you might know me and my car others might not so thought I'd start another build thread seeing as I started one a couple of years back but never really did too much too it due to time and well just being a general lazy s**t!

The reason I've decided to start another one as if everything goes as I'm hoping it should within the next few months there will be big changes to my car but you'll see that all in due course.

Please see the pictures attached to the thread of my car when I first had it, I got it from Lister's Toyota in Grantham when it was about a year old with 9k on the clock as an Ex-Demo with a nice healthy saving from the list price with it being a TRD which imo finishes the look on an already near perfect car!

If any one has any questions about anything in this thread just ask and I'll try and help :)

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One of the first mods I have any recolection of doing was getting a set of Valenti's for the car which fixed one of the major issues I had with the car which was the god damn horrid chrome rear lights. There a nice and simple mod that only take 5 mins to put on and make a huge difference to the looks of the car!

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Next on the list was some new wheels which quite luckily some XXR 527'S  came up for sale on the forum in 18" x 8.75" at a decent price with some very good tyres on so I snatched them up and got them on straight away. They do have a few marks and now a good few months on the paint has started to flake on the inside of some of the wheels but it gives me a great excuse to find some nice "proper" wheels to replace them with in due course. I'm sure @TTR and @Lauren will be happy about this but at least there no rotas ey? ;)

 

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This is a sort of tricky one to place as I originally got it from @KevinA about 2 years ago but I sort of didn't know what to do back then in regards to the car and it sat about for ages. I thought I best sell it before it gets broken or scratched so then sold it to @Quball

I'm sure he must have been as indecisive as me as he never put it on either, so a year late I messaged him to see what he was doing with the spoiler and next thing I know I'm on route to go and pick it up  :lol:

This time I got it put on straight away from a local body shop that my family  know quite well and they made an exceptional job, they removed the stock spoiler, welded all the holes it left behind, painted the boot and then fitted the Aero spoiler. Originally I went there and asked them to fill it but they said if they did that after a year or so it would start to damage and crack so decided to get the job done properly and I am pleased I did!

At first I was a bit unsure if it was too big or not (at 21 surely I want to be as obnoxious and loud as possible?) but I love the look it gives, make's the hole car much more aggressive look

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23 hours ago, Quball said:

aha yes was indecisive in the end, glad you got it on this time round looks good :)

So am I, Pleased with how it's turned out.

I'm keeping an eye out for your build thread to get active again, Will be one hell of a build!!

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19 hours ago, SimonB95 said:

Nice to read more about it. Hopefully see it on a track one day :)

I've already said, you or ta sort out a Bedford day and I'll be there!

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