DaveeeB93
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6 minutes ago, DaveeeB93 said:Looks like Church was right. I've just watched some videos and It's possible doing it without moving the engine but makes it hard with the amount of space. The mechanics just want to make it as easy as possible for themselves... Next time I may just have a go myself.
Tbf the lad there has been brilliant since I've had my 86. He's got me £400 off my 5th and 6th services combined. Recommending I get my brakes done elsewhere because of the price they charge (probably could get in trouble for telling me that) and customer service generally has been brilliant. He's promised to do a deal so hopefully he knocks quite a bit off the labour .. we'll see
Or are they in an easier place to access than the spark plugs?
If so I might give him a call back!
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35 minutes ago, Lauren said:You don't need to drop the engine to get at them. You can replace them in situ. Sounds like you are going to the wrong place to get your car fixed. I watched Gary change my coil pack last time it failed at a sprint. He did it in 15 minutes and the engine was hot! Replacing OEM pads and discs is a little under £500 fitted from your dealer.
It sounds like wherever you are going are hugely taking the piss to be frank.
On 27/11/2017 at 5:17 PM, Church said:Not easy. Due wide because of boxer design engine and cramped under-bonnet space. I suggest googling for DIY spark plug change though, as if done by dealer it might be very expensive. I guess because official dealer procedure for changing spark-plugs IIRC involved lifting engine, thus due high hour pay they ask much. By DIY guide it was not easy, but possible without lifting engine.
Looks like Church was right. I've just watched some videos and It's possible doing it without moving the engine but makes it hard with the amount of space. The mechanics just want to make it as easy as possible for themselves... Next time I may just have a go myself.
Tbf the lad there has been brilliant since I've had my 86. He's got me £400 off my 5th and 6th services combined. Recommending I get my brakes done elsewhere because of the price they charge (probably could get in trouble for telling me that) and customer service generally has been brilliant. He's promised to do a deal so hopefully he knocks quite a bit off the labour .. we'll see
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On 08/08/2018 at 3:33 PM, Lauren said:It's always the coil pack, pretty much never the plugs. If you have an OBD reader plug it in and I'll bet it will say it's a coil pack. It doesn't usually cause a misfire though. I've had all four replaced and it was only the last one which went at 110K that totally failed so it was running on three cylinders. All the other ones I didn't notice any difference save for the EML coming on.
£320 I've been quoted to replace the coil pack because of the dropping of the engine to get to them... Although he said he'd do me a "deal" so hopefully get some money off.
Also been told my brakes and pads are low which will cost about £700. What alternatives are there to these, any recommendations? Not looking to spend a bomb!
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Tints on 😎
Anyone got any other good interior or exterior mod ideas that are fairy cheap (>£300)?
Has anyone got the HT auto lip kit on?
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2 hours ago, Lauren said:It's clearly not worth going with an extended warranty with that dealer from what you say. YMMV varies of course. I would say that given that the only real thing that seems to consistently go wrong is the coil packs, there is generally very little else that breaks. If you have a remap as well, you are voiding the warraty on the engine internals.
I looked at the extended warranty and was going to go for it, but I had done 100K miles, which they will not cover on extended warranty, so I had no options there. So far I've had my final coil pack replaced. I'm nearly at 120K miles now.
Mine's only at about 50,000 but yeah I think i'll just set aside the money I would be paying into the warranty and get the coil pack replaced once the CEL comes on again. Thanks for the help! Is it ever the spark plugs which are the issue, I have my 60,000 service next year where I know they get changed.. Or is it usually always the coil packs which cause the problems with misfires?
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On 04/08/2018 at 12:58 PM, Smilesapart said:Hi Everyone. I've just joined and last Monday became a very excited owner of a silver 2013 GT86. I am completely blown away with how much I love this car already, however although the car already has the display system in the car with the Sat Nav button on the bottom right hand side, when you press it, it says Sat Nav is not connected.
Is there a CD or something you can buy to down load Sat Nav? Is it expensive? Is it easy to do? Can you get a very recent up to date version? Or is this something you have to get from a Toyota dealer and pay a fortune for?
Any people meet in the Suffolk Norfolk area?
Can anyone suggest any tweaks or visual/mechanical upgrades for the car that are worth saving up for?
Although the car has only cover 49k miles, I've just been told the shocking cost of the next full 60,000 service that it is now due. £595!!! And I'm not even sure if that includes VAT so I shan't be able to buy anything else just yet but keen to know what you all recommend I look at getting for it.
Hope to hear from some of you.
Jay
Toyota did me an awesome service plan which included the 50,000 mile and 60,000 mile service for £400!! and I've been paying monthly. Worth checking to see if your Toyota offer a similar service plan for your next two.
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1 hour ago, Lauren said:Coil packs are around £87. I replaced one of mine out of warranty a few months ago. Extending the warranty with a TD manifold and remap would not affect the warranty on other parts, engine internals excepted, though coil packs would probably be covered. But I'd check that as it's the most common thing to fail.
Be aware that you cannot have an extended warranty over 100K miles so if you are anywhere near that it won't be worth doing.
Brilliant thanks, might just get the one that’s failed replaced.
This was the response from Toyota when asking if the Manifold, exhaust and remap would affect the warranty...”And yes unfortunately it would as the remap would change the set up, firing time and load on the engine at any given time. So if you were to install this it would be pointless doing the warranty. The exhaust would cause different degrees of exhaust backpressure, too.”
🤔🤔 Do you still think it’s worth going for the extendedtwo year warranty? I know they try to get out of paying for anything! 🙄
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I've recently had the EML come on twice after redlining in 3rd. The first time I took it to a Toyota dealer who read the code and said the engine had misfired.
Is it worth buying the warranty for around £400 and claiming it on there? Does anyone know the cost of replacing coil packs?
I'm looking at getting the TD NA kit after this is sorted, so the warranty would be useless once I get the new manifold, exhaust and remap?
Cheers
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24 minutes ago, MartinT said:At first you may feel that it's too notchy, but you get used to the slick precision of it.
I still don't like my 5th to 4th downshift much, I have to help it with some diagonal pressure.
That's interesting, everyone seems to rave about the difference it makes. Is that with the Whiteline positive shift bush in too?
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18 minutes ago, MartinT said:Yes I have, as well as a TD intake pipe with sound delete.
Nice, I like how it currently changes gear, does it feel much better with the MTEC springs in?
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5 hours ago, MartinT said:I personally found the smaller resonator to be loud - not raspy, just loud across the frequency range and a little droney in the car at speed. The larger resonator is just fine with me - can still be loud when giving it serious welly in a narrow street, but otherwise well behaved and there is no drone on the motorway. The bass note at idle makes it sound like a serious car.
The torque is very noticeably better than stock, it gives the car so much more flexibility. Acceleration and willingness to rev at the top end is also much better. Overtaking in 6th in the stock car is almost impossible, now it's quite possible and eliminates the need to drop to 5th on some occasions.
Brilliant can't wait to get it all fitted, all sounds great! Have you got the MTEC shifters too?
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19 minutes ago, MartinT said:Welcome! I can highly recommend the TD NA kit and resonated exhaust. Consider the bigger (quieter) resonator if you don't want it too loud. Performance is very nice.
Thanks! I don't mind it a little loud, I just don't want it raspy. Without the bigger resonator does it still have a good sound to it?
Also with the NA kit, I know it eliminates the torque curve and you can feel the difference lower down the rev range. Can you also feel the increase in HP higher up or is it not very noticeable?
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I say new, I’ve had it almost a year now but love it just as much as the day I picked it up!
Only recently started to change things. Got the smoked valentis and spent the weekend plastidipping the wheels and front lip (so much fun!) . Looking at getting the windows tinted & roof wrapped shortly. Got some alcantara on order to wrap the dash.
And hopefully get the TD NA kit and Resonated exhaust before the end of the year.
Any other mods (fairly cheap) you guys would recommend?
Cheers!
Dave
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Sorry he was replying to someone who asked how hard the coils were to replace so assumed he was talking about them. I'll give him a ring and see what he says