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    15 hours ago, Hillie said:

    Has anyone had a problems with the lacquer peeling off the stock black alloys fitted to Aeros (those that superseded the OZ wheels on earlier models)? I have 3 out of 4 that are showing varying degrees of peeling. It starts as a small white spot and gradually becomes a blister. They have never been cleaned with any chemical product and have not been damaged by kerbing etc. Just appear to be delaminating in random areas! Will be visiting my local dealership but just wondered whether this was an issue that anyone else had suffered. My car is probably one of the first that was fitted with the replacement wheels; would have preferred the OZ ones!

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    Not that I have noticed on mine, the main thing I don't like about these wheels is cleaning them as they are quite fiddly! See what Toyota say, hopefully they will just refurb them under warranty. 

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    I considered a new one, but due the price difference and the fact I really liked the Aero kit (which they had discontinued by the time I was ready to buy) I went for a 15 month old one in the end. 

    I don't think you will really go wrong buying new or used. The main problem I found looking for a used one is that some people simply do not look after their cars in the same way I do. If you are fussy, buying new would certainly be preferable. 

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    I agree with @S18 RSG 

    However, driver enjoyment is not just about bhp and how fast your car can accelerate in a straight line to 60. My previous car had over 400bhp and I much prefer the GT86. To me, it just feels like an occasion to drive it, even though I use it as my daily. To some people the car is too slow, everyone is entitled to their opinion, to me the car is an occasion just to drive as it is, to someone else it might be totally dull. 

    In regards to forced induction, it is something I may or may not do one day but there are a lot of people who seem to slag it off and say the car doesn't need it. Again, this is down to personal opinion, or perhaps as S18 RSG mentioned, because people can't afford it/justify it they automatically try and put other people off it. 

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    Not on my GT86 but a previous car, I have had damage like that repaired. The problem is, once metal has been disfigured like that it will never be 100% again. By that I mean you will be able to tell it has seen a repair. It used to drive me mad on said previous car as you could see the waves in the door in certain lights. If it were me, I think I would go for the replacement door option. 

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    Is this normal? When at high revs, say 5000 rpm plus and you depress the clutch I can feel a little bit of vibration or resonance through the pedal, specifically when the pedal is close to the floor. It is only slight but it is there. I can also recreate this when stationary, so rev it to 7000 rpm then as the revs drop pump the clutch a few times and I can feel it until the revs are lower.

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    15 minutes ago, Church said:

    Clutch spring might be if there is some squeek/slight noise during movement of pedal, no? But if my eyes/ears didn't fool me, it seemed you have that one metallic click at end of pedal press, when you pressed it fully? Then imho it's rubber bumpstop, which is thorn, so "leg" of metallic clutch pedal hits metallic base of pedal assembly.

    If one has done clutch pedal travel adjustment mod with lessening dead clutch pedal travel before bite point, then there is increased possibility of stock rubber bumpstop to be cut through. But even if everything with clutch is stock, that bumpstop is too thin and is easy to cut through if one often fully presses clutch, as pedal's "leg" is relatively thin metal plate that presses with edge against narrow area on bumpstop.

    Ah, no, the noise you hear is happening about half way down the clutch travel, not when it gets to the end. It is a click noise but I wouldn't have described it has metallic either. 

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    Thanks Church.

    Update, spoken to Abbey Motorsport and Gatwick Motorline Toyota. Mark at Abbey says some of them do it, some of them don't but he thinks it is fixable and could be the clutch spring, he suggested I get my local dealer to look at it seeing as it is under warranty. So I called Gatwick Toyota and the service manager said he had heard of this issue before, again mentioning the clutch spring, he said he will get one of the technicians to come out and have a listen if I drop by later, so I will do that. 

     

     

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    1 hour ago, Lauren said:

    You'll need to post it up here as those of who aren't members cannot see events on that forum.

    Ok, well if you are not members the usernames of the people attending won't mean anything to you anyway. It is probably more useful to say there are currently 18 people signed up for the meet. 

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    1 hour ago, Varelco said:

    I think the stock suspension is pretty good, (many reviewers out there believe this to) if you pick a spring without silly spring rates you can't go far wrong. I went for Tein Luxury Masters as the spring rate was the closest I could find to stock, which will obviously help keep within the spec of the dampers and keeps the same handling characteristics as stock. This is the only car I've owned which hasn't had aftermarket coilovers and I'm more than happy with the results.

    If you are purely lowering your car for aesthetics and want to keep the drop moderate (i.e. less than 35mm) then it would be silly to spend a load of cash on a set of adjustable coilovers.

     

    I haven't lowered my car yet but when/if I do it will just be springs, and purely for aesthetic reasons. The only time I go for coilovers in when the car is older, it's easier to justify new dampers then as when they are 10+ years old they are bound to have seen better days. The only other time I might is it if it were a dedicated track car, but my car is a daily and I just don't see the point in spending loads of extra cash on what is already a good package out of the box. 

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    Quick question for everyone who has had their car tuned, I am talking about the classic, manifold & remap. I can see most people on here go up to Tuning Developments. I gave Mike a call myself the other week and he seemed like a great bloke, really friendly, knowledgeable and helpful. However, for me to go there, you are talking about 4 and a half hours and 230 miles each way. That is a lot, even more so when you have a reputable tuner like Abbey Motorsport just 14 miles away.

    My question is, why are people who are closer not using Abbey Motorsport for this service? Or perhaps they are and it is not being as well publicised? I did contact Mark at Abbey, and he quoted me about approx. £1650 for the same work that Tuning Developments do for £1500. So it is £150 more, but I would spend at least 60 quid in petrol with the Tuning Developments option, plus there is the hassle of the long drive and if anything was to go wrong Tuning Developments are not exactly local, so the price difference doesn’t come into it for me. I want to get the best I can for my money, and am wandering what people would suggest I do and why?

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    16 minutes ago, br0wny said:

    Ive experienced this 2nd to 3rd feeling but only when cold and didnt think anything of it. I just try to change gear a bit slower whilst cold. Never had any issues once warmed up and now i have the mtec shifter springs its even more joyous :wub:

    Yep, most likely me being paranoid, the car is new to me so still getting used to it. I absolutely love it though :)

    I may go for the shifter springs at somepoint. 

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    13 minutes ago, Nemo said:


     

     


    Thats my Turbo 86 there today!emoji4.png

    Not an Aero - its the aerokit.eu bodykit (replica Vertex) and s-craft carbon rear spoiler

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    Ah sorry, I only glanced as it as we drove past the workshop so didn't get a good look at it. Looked like an aero at first glance :-) 

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    Update: I went to my local Toyota dealer today - Motorline Toyota Gatwick. For reference, I dealt with Aaron the service adviser and Kevin the service technician. Their customer service was excellent, I would be happy to let them service my car when it is due in September. 

    Anyway, Kevin let me drive first and guess what, with someone else in the car I couldn't recreate the problem. Kevin then had a go and couldn't get it to crunch either. He said it felt like other GT86 boxes and that they tend to feel better at higher revs, it was the way they were designed. Mine certainly does feel perfect at higher revs but I have certainly experienced a light crunch/snatch from 1st to 2nd and 2nd to 3rd at low revs on the odd occasion. It is possible I have just got a bit ham fisted after driving my girlfriends Yaris for the past few months. Now that I am aware I have adjusted my technique slightly and I can change every time with no snatch/crunch. 
     
    On a side note, crunch might be the wrong word to describe this. A crunch to me is something someone else in the car would notice/hear, this isn't. You just feel it through the gear-stick and it is slight, not major. 
     
    Kevin did notice the slightly stiff 3rd to 2nd down shift, the car was still cold and it is freezing outside. For the moment he suggests just keeping an eye on it but he doesn't feel or hear anything different to a normal GT86. He did say at the next service to maybe change the gearbox oil to help with the 3rd to 2nd downshift when cold, but this disappears after a few minutes and that seems to be a common issue anyway so I am not overly concerned by that. 
     
    They had 2 ginger aero's down there, one had a turbo on it. So at least they are used to dealing with GT86's to some extent. 
     
    I will just keep an eye on this for the moment, I still have 3 and a half years warranty left on it so if anything major happens, I am covered anyway. 
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