Twigman

I quite liked the look of the lady driver of a grey/black on the A414 (east from hemel) a couple of Fridays ago at 18.30ish.....MX63 *** I didn't get the whole plate but she looked hot through the window

My TWS centre caps have a sprung ring to keep them pressed against the inside of the bores.
They needed quite some force to get on with the wheels on the car. They would've been much easier to fit with the wheels off the car.But the sprung ring is most definitely mre secure than standard.


I've probably tempted fate now and will lose one of these only available from japan centre caps soon.

Welcome Tank Girl.....interesting handle - where do tanks come in?

Welcome along.


I'm not too sure that I would enjoy FI on this car either.
I find NA the car is more than capable enough on A and B roads of delivering plenty of thrills.
I think NA it is possible to drive at 80%+ easily without getting in any trouble.
i suspect with significantly greater torque and power then I would find myself at 35-30% far more often and not having as much fun. I liken it to the difference between a 600cc and a litre sports bike. While I have ridden a litre class sportbike for 18odd years I have never enjoyed it, on the road, as much as I enjoyed caning the tits off a 600 before that. Riding the 600 demanded maintaining momentum and high corner speeds because the grunt just wasn't there to take off down the straights. it's probably much like hooning a NA car about, it probably takes more thought to hustle quickly as you can't just plant the right foot and recover all that lost speed.

Just my 2c - all IMHO of course.

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No cutting, it has a inline tap connector that cuts the insulation but not the wire and taps into it. Bit fiddly to get the right one out and separated (You'll need to remove some of the black insulation electrical tape, then re-tape once you're done.
 
I'm going to try and find my rattle this weekend so if I have the door card off I'll take a few pics if I remember so you can see which one it is and how I did it.

Google pitstartgarage.com

I'll have you know Jay's telemetry on his headunit works very well!

http://www.japanparts.com/db/parts_detail.php?submit.x=65&submit.y=10&NUMBER=00044085&VOLUME=484-010-006&DEALER=1&CAR=177&MIDDLE=2&SMALL=41&MAKER=5&VOLKEY=&SEARCH_DEALER=1&SEARCH_CAR=177&SEARCH_MIDDLE=2&SEARCH_SMALL=41&SEARCH_MAKER=&SEARCH_VOLKEY=&SEARCH_page=

The module that plugs into the loom in the driver's door that folds the mirrors in on locking and opens them on engine start.

Does anyone know if available through Subaru UK? If so how do they feel about selling bits to a GT86 owner and anyone know how much it is? Do i really want the wait and the customs hassle? I do think it would be useful though if only as a visual check that the car is locked.

All these engine pictures look the same to me so i'm going to nod and smile

I shall invite myself

SUCCESS
 
OK so what I did.
 
I cut a straight length of old coat hanger about 6 1/2" long.
To this I taped some old kite string.
I twisted the 2 yellow wires together then firmly secured the kite string to the wires and wrapped the join in insulating tape so that it tapered to the kite string. I lubed the wire to kite string join with fairy liquid.
I then poked the coat hanger bit through the tube from the inside, through the hole previously made by the braddle.
I then pulled the whole lot through from the engine bay and BINGO the 2 yellow wires easily slipped through the grommet!!!
 
 
I AM SO RELIEVED
 
I also feel something of a numpty as in the end it was a piece of piss!
 
 
Now lets get this bastard job finished!

well done 

Or perhaps the lesson is only let yourself play with your nuts.

A story:
Years ago I was living at home. One wednesday evening I think it was, my Dad came home and took a look at my Spitfire parked outside
Dad: "Ian, I really think you need to get that tyre swapped, that front left is looking bald, go and put the spare on before you have an accident"
Me: "Dad, it'll wait until the weekend"
Dad: "No it won't"
Me:"It will, it's too late now, I'll sort it out on Saturday"
Dad:" If you won't do it, I'll do it..."
 
So Dad rushes outside, jacks up the Spit, removes the wheels and starts swapping them around so the best tread is on the rear driven wheels and the bald is in the boot...
Next morning is glorious. I am driving up the M1 towards J9 on my way to MK for work, roof down, lovely.
I have just overtaken a truck when I suddenly hear, KNOCK, KNOCK, KNOCK<....silence, BANG! and I see my nearside front wheel rolling away bouncing from the middle lane, towards the hard shoulder and over the armco, down the embankment. Meanwhile the front corner of the Spit has dropped and started to scrape and huge sparks are flying from where the disc is scraping along the road. I swerved to the left and was lucky to come to stop on the hard shoulder before hitting the barrier. The truck I had just overtaken pulled in in front. The driver got out
" I was just cruising along thinking how perfect it would be to be in a lovely little car like yours whe your wheel came off and bounced across in front of me, nearly gave me a heart attack!" said the driver.
 
Anyway the police arrived and managed to turn every single wheel nut remaining on the car at least half a turn.
We found the wheel that had come off in a tree in a field.
 
The front near side had worn through the lower wishbone and the disc was almost semicircular.....
 
Scary it was...
 
Lesson: always torque your nuts!

There is a far greater sense of community over here than over there.
Here feels like a proper club and is a bit like your local.
There feels more like a business, sort of like hanging out at Maccyd's.


Edit - my only gripe with this board is that my avater isn't animated like over there....

Arrrrh shucks.....you're all making me feel all emotional and stuff.....I think I need to punch a wall or something to feel manly again.....but in all seriousness, you people are all awesome people!  I really really do appreciate all the support and the community spirit.....except for Stu's that is 
 
I would be more than happy to accept spare and unwanted items off people as in some ways I'm doing them a favour besides my gain but accepting people's hard earn cash would be just one sided.
 
Peter (Jay's dad) has already tried to offer me a donation (he even said "please" bless him) but I felt kinda bad accepting money off people for a mistake where no one was to blame but myself....well besides them pesky drifters   
 
But I can't stand in the way of you guys putting this much effort into trying to help a fellow member out as I know I'd do the same so I won't stop you guys, but please don't feel like you have to.  I know some aren't as fortunate as others so please don't put yourself into an awkward situation in trying to help, some of you have already helped loads by keeping an eye for items and support+suggestions do go a long way.
 
People can PM me for details but it'll be the same for those who were on the BRZ Side Fender group buy.
 
So thank you all!  I really do love this club!  This PROPER CLUB!!!

That's correct Twigman, there is also 2 cables across the door car that connects to the door release and the safety lock that needs unhooking (I think it's 2 cables or it might just be the 1) as well as another wiring loom towards the rear/bottom of the door card that connects to the inside door light.

Do not remove the silver door trim as shown in the video above the guys a retard, use the small gap at the base of the handle.

Pull them off best to prise it from the bottom.

Positive, if i'm wrong i'll buy you a new set!

Rob is correct, start to pull up from the underside of the door handle bit as at the top of the trim actually hooks upwards so you do need to hinge it outwards from the bottom.  To remove the the door trim card itself, you need to remove the plastic pop rivet at the front and remove the 3 (I think) screws, 2 in the door handle after you remove the door hand trim and 1 where the door leaver is (behind a plastic cover cap).  Then get your fingers under the door along the bottom and simply pry up and outwards all the way round.  Once the door card is hinged outwards from the bottom, you can lift / unhook the top of the door car from the window sill.

Fitted chrome tuner nuts and black centre caps today:

Very smart!

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Stickers are for racing cars and only wear a sticker if you are getting paid to do it