nice updates.

re wheels:- seperate the wheels again and get the centres sandblasted and paint them yourself. Should be less than 100 bucks per wheel and will yeild a perfect result. You have come so far with the lips so why stop there?

Was there any improvement with the FGK exhaust?

only real improvement with the exhaust is aesthetics - its much nicer on the eyes the the peice of shyte that was on there! sounds almost the same, but maybe a tad raspier. sounds good when engine braking coming past around 3000rpm..

with the simmons, i had only got the outer edge of each wheel redone. i wouldn't mind redoing the centre's in the future (also giving a chance to properly polish the barrel), but id redo it in colour-matched red. for the moment, its nice to see some battered original gold centre's - just the right amount of patina to perfectly match my tired red paint. :)
went ahead and got some tires put on them the other day too! ended up going with the 195/50 RE001's. been very happy with this tyre.. they're excellent for the money.


in other news; the untouched... 356,000km old... toyota suspension goodness, got a thorough going over in the last week!

replaced the:
- front lower inner control arm bushes
- front strut bar (radius rod) to chassis bushes
- front swaybar D-bushes (17mm)
- front ball joints
- front tie rod ends
- rear lower innter control arm bushes
- rear 'trailing' arm front bushes
- rear trailing arm rear (control arm end) bushes
- rear swaybar D-bushes (13mm)
- rear ball joints.
on Tuesday ill get the front swaybar links in (forgot to order..!), and hopefully the inner rear toe-control-arms(sortof). atleast on the RHR.
only other thing i might order is some F+R Koni adjustable inserts.. but the shocks in the car will be fine for the moment. everything else is spot-on. :)

the only other thing ive done, is get the 'rad' 1988 momo in.. freakyeah. so vintage. needs the recaro's in A..S..A...P


now 1 pic showing off the awesomly 80's Simmons, and fuji exhaust on the car. P-Plates are killing it! [xx(]

Dang! Coming along nicely :)
How do you find the new suspension vs 350km suspension?

And what do you use on your interior to make it so factory fresh looking? If it wasnt for your floor mats, it could pass for a dealership photo from the 80's [:0]

it feels... the same! :S
probably like it should feel like when it was new.. which is nice. At least now it will hold a wheel alignment too!
eventually ill go with some bigger swaybars, adjustable shocks, and better springs.. but that'll wait a little while. probably wouldve got all the parts the other week, but i couldnt find the Eibach Pro-Kit part number for the aw11, and gave up. :p

as for the interior, it actually holds up really well. its only in the last few years ive had it, its gone slighly down-hill. the clock and radio dont work any more, the dash is starting to crack, and some of the trims are starting to squeak and rattle. its 23 next month though, so thats to be expected! n yah, the floormats are tatty, but its STUPIDLY hard to find some good ones of those mats.. so ah well. :(

couple more pics anyway: :)

at first i thought it looked too high, but after looking a few more times i really like the whole getup.

^ definetley needs a bit of low though. just need to sort out how and when.

anyway, more pics.. been screwing around with the camera settings... :S

your bringing it to haunted hills yes?

1987 just called..

lul.

Sam Tyler?

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Sam Tyler?

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David Bowie playing in the background.[88]