So at the last Toymods meet I discovered a concerning amount of oil coming off an inter cooler pipe after the turbo before the inter cooler and it was actually dripping onto the filter. Was strange since I don't have a boost leak but in any event I needed a catch can. Got a $60 billet one of eBay and installed it today.

I was going to put it where the resonator box used to be but it needs to be accessible so you can empty with oil changes. I liked the look of the spot where the charcoal canister is so I got some brackets from bunnings and moved the cannister down to make space and then hooked it up. Had a really hard time getting the tube onto the valve cover but the hose clamp will keep it where it is. 

I also removed the stock resonator box as there is a myth that it saps power on turbo models. However, the stock resonator box also has a pipe that gets air from the side vent so I cut the box off the pipe and put a silicone joiner to cover the hole and re-installed the pipe so now it sucks air from the side vent instead of the engine bay.

So forum use hasn't really been a thing for me over the past year. I'll be trying to do better and provide more regular updates. Anyway monster update incoming. 
 
In March 2018 the NSW Club went to Hunter Valley Go-Karts go, we also got some AE86 guys to tag along so it was a great day out, would highly reccomend the very technical track:

 
Following this very sad news. My car was involved in an accident. A red P plater failed to give way turning right and the RE001's and ABS did their best but couldn't pull me up in time. I hit her with minimal damage, I suffered scratches to the front and a smashed fog light. NRMA refused to repair as there was pre-existing damage on the front bar and instead just paid me out. This was a blessing in disguise as I had turning fog lights they overquoted and gave me enough money to respray the entire front end and replace the light with an $80 one I found on ebay that also turns. I've never been so happy with how the car turned out.

I also bought an Aeroware front lip off Jaemus during 2-way radio banter on the blue mountains drive so I too the opportunity to have the paintshop paint it also:
 


 
After this with the car looking AMAZING! I took it to the Social Night for the NSW club with a great turn out:

 
I then realised the old dated blinkers no longer suited so I invested in some crystal clear ones aptly known as my 24 carat indicators:


 
With the front end looking how it should:

 
 

Then its TOYOTAFEST 2018 hosted by Toymods, no awards for the shrinking violet but in my mind she still looked $1,000,000. The club had a pre-meet and it was a fantastic turn out for MR2's with over 10 cars it was the most popular make at the show, even more than the corrolla so well done team:
 







Aftershow shot:

 

Back in Australia with my car looking awesome it's time I fixed the god aweful rims on the car and begin:
THE MAGMAN SAGA
 
A Magman Workshop for wheels was recommended to me by fellow club members as I had some Volk AV wheels that had seen better days and I needed someone to refurbish them:

 
I contacted Magman and he told me 1.5 weeks and I provided him 2 assembled wheels and 2 disassembled wheels as I was going to try it myself. 3 weeks had passed so I called magman (Gregory John Boness, if anyone knows where he is let me know) and he said that he was being evicted, he had done no work on my wheels and needed me to pick them up. Annoyingly I took the day off work to get them and HE LOST A CRUCIAL BACKING PLATE I told him that it was needed and RAYS do not make spare parts.
 
Being a solicitor I sent him a letter of demand and he vacated his premises and blocked me on facebook. I took his sorry ass to NCAT (NSW Tribunal) and obtained full judgement for the cost of the rims as one piece could not be replaced and therefore the entire set was useless. Here is a smug photo of my obtaining full judgement:

 
Sadly as he didn't show up and hasn't updated his address with any authorities I cannot find him to get my money off him and he doesn't look like he's showing up anytime soon. As I had no other options I undertook to repair the wheels myself and the following images document my work. I dissembled, sanded, repaired, painted, polished and cleaned up the rims and now they look amazing:
 




 
I wrapped them in 215/40/17 and 245/40/17 Yokohama Advan Fleva's which stick to the road like glue! I'm very happy with their performance and would rate them higher than RE003 tyres:

 
Sadly my Volk AV wheels did not come with the centre caps and as they're hard to track down I got a mate to 3D print me some and another mate to graphic design some stickers for them:


 
I also got Sydney Guard Rolling to roll my guards and pump them slightly as the new wider tyres did give me some scrubbing. Some bog fell off in the process but they look better now:



 
Before:

 
After:

 

What did you do about the backing plate?

Lumix
You have had a eventful time over the last months!
How long did you have the S660? How did you manage the transport of luggage in the S660? They have 0 storage. Haha.
The car is looking amazing. Good job restoring the volk wheels.

Yep really neglected the forum but it has been a wild ride. Had the S660 for 4 days and used transport the rest of the time. It was only a novelty car so we didn't use it to transport luggage it had space for a shopping bag and a jumper in the frunk when the roof wasn't stowed in there but other than that very difficult car to live with. Lots of fun, you can wind down the window at the back to get more engine noise it's amazing fun haha and a little digital boost gauge when you put it in race mode. 
 
Thanks man, I did get some satisfaction out of restoring the wheels myself and they look awesome now so I'm happy saved some money and got judgement for way more haha just need to collect it off the guy when I find him. 

5SGTE
What did you do about the backing plate?

A mate from Toymods has a CNC machine and offered to have one made up for me out of billet aluminium using another as a template. Only cost me a carton as well. Realtivly simple job really as cut washers would have done the same job. 

You have been busy. And congratulations !!
Some sod has pinched all your photos ?  Nice looking car till that happened. Thanks for the story.
Nik Lee. What is this New Toy you speak about ?? Do tell. Photos.