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Been a busy few weeks. A short while ago I did a lovely 2 minute mod, getting rid of the plastic dash panel and slipping in something altogether more bovine This week the first job was to collect a rental whilst the BRZ is in the shop. Free upgrade to a C Class as well, thank you Enterprise. Rather enjoyed the change of pace, I can see the attraction of wafting on the highway; as it gets harder and harder to enjoy the roads through a combination of road surfaces and traffic. It was pretty quick and deathly silent compared to the BRZ, didn't really get on with the 9 gears, it was never in the right one - but I wouldn't mind trying a non-oil burner, with 2-4 more cylinders though. Anyway, the reason for the rental car was to drop off the BRZ, for these little beauties to be fitted. AP BBK for the front end. Thanks to Reyland for supplying the kit. All went on smooth as butter. Much like the fairer sex, it seemed rude not to tend to her undercarriage whilst she was on top (of the ramp). Looks rather fetching all buffed up, if I do say so myself. As for the back end, as per my other thread, I just wanted these to match the fronts, rather than perform better. So I sent off some OEM rears to be refurbished and painted at Godspeed. Sadly, the courier was a day late returning the finished items, which isn't a huge deal, unless you've already handed back your rental car and find yourself carless, miles from home - d'oh! Helpfully, my mate, who is also my mechanic, happened to have his own DC5 around, so I got the loan of that for the weekend. As you can imagine, not only was I relieved to have a car to get home, I was very excited to drive a 'Teg. I've not driven VTEC (yo!) before and the DC5 is a fairly well regarded vehicle in JDM folklore, to say the least. It certainly did not disapoint. So much fun. Ooooodles of grip, that addictive burst as the revs surge and as pretty as you like - if I didn't have a lightweight sports coupe, I'd be VERY tempted to go to the dark side of FWD for one of these. Anyway, the rear callipers arrived today, looked sweet and went straight on. Huge thanks to @will300 who very generously, not to mention trustingly, lent me his OEM rears to go away and be refurbished and painted, so as to cut the time my BRZ was off the road. Top bloke, I'm very grateful for your help, not just with the callipers but info and advice too - callipers coming your way in tomorrow's post. All in all, a pleasing bit of work all around. A nice blend of form and function.

Think i need to put recirculate on. Thanks Lauren

Have you tried putting it on recirc to cool the car down? That is what it should be on. Then move it to fresh air after five minutes or so. The climate control does this automatically. Even at 50C outside on a sun drenched expressway I had it on number 3 fan speed. It kept us cool, but my window was so hot I couldn't touch it!

There isn't. I had a GT limited in Japan with a high temp of 50C on the Shuto Expressway. It was fine. It's just manual control that's the only difference really. It certainly worked well enough, but knob twiddling was required.

If I am remembering rightly yours is a primo? Be interesting to know if there are any difference in performance between the aircon setup in yours and the climate control in the regular ones.

I nearly cleaned the wrong one!

Had a great day! Weather was perfect for a car show! Really nice to see another Giallo, few and far between!

Great to see Graham, Lee, Louise and Kevin yesterday. As discussed with you, Lee, there were a large number of GT/BRZs dotted about the show. I took photos to save me counting, and on checking back I find I have 13 single cars and also a group of 4 parked together. Imagine if all the twins could have been parked together. Some quite lairy customised 86s were present at the show (included in the numbers above). I really like the front end of the latest model year of the BRZ (see below). I am also getting used to the new Supra shape, but that is one great expanse of bonnet on there, and from some angles it looks a bit shapeless (to me) even with the vents cut in.

Welcome aboard. Not many of the Primo about. I knew Helen (Angelina) would be pleased!

Hi another primo owner here, not many of us around as only 31 sold in UK. Never actually seen another one. Enjoy [emoji4]. Ps this is mine https://www.aronline.co.uk/reviews/toyota-reviews-ar-cars/driven-toyota-gt86/#comment-801137 Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk