V8 Tej

My Wif'es '86

No the lights are not the Red variety as seen on the latest cars,. They are still clear/chrome but the shape of the plastic outer lens is slightly different (probably a later improved design) which gives them a squarer profile IMO. I still have not taken pics of them yet but will do at the next opportunity.

Just an update of this if anyone interested. I've been compensated for the damage caused. I've also had 2 new rear lights fitted under warranty. The new lights actually look better than the originals, I'll post some pics when I've taken some. Oil leak has been 'fixed' again (2nd time) but will monitor this over the next couple of days to see how bad the smell of burning oil is.

Well it looks like I spoke too soon. Car went in to Sandhurst Toyota yesterday for the resealing of the plate and it's 3 year/30k mile service. As said previously, I work on all of my cars myself and the only reason for it going to the dealer was to try and maintain a FDSH. As I was at work my Wife had to drop/collect the car and I foolishly forgot to tell her to take pictures of the car with the service staff present incase they damage something and deny it. Well sods law this happened, one of my new Rota Grid wheels has fresh marks on it and they are denying it saying it was done when the tyres were fitted!! FFS! I am in the process of complaining to Toyota so will let you know of the outcome. Apologies for the crap pics as my Wife took them at the scene and sent to me. They don't show the worst of it and it was too dark to take some of my own when I got home last night.

Something went wrong and my post disappeared. I will do it again when time allows

They teka de pees eh?

Just a little update to this saga. Car is now booked in to Sandhurst Toyota who are very polite and friendly as one would expect. They say they will do the warranty work of resealing the plate and changing the rear light. The light will not be available until January but it's not a problem as a recall for power steering (loom & ECU) is also outstanding and the parts for that will also arrive in January The car is also due it's 3rd service which they will also do. £200 is a bit steep for an oil change but it will be nice to try and maintain the full Toyota SH. I always do all work on all my cars myself so it is paying through the nose but hey ho.

So that's 2 owners who have had them replaced at older than 3 years.... Yep I think I will take it elsewhere. Thanks to all who have posted their experiences

Hmm....I think they are not the friendliest place to deal with. Maybe I'll take it elsewhere. Does it now mean that these items are 'logged' on the system and going somewhere else will have the same result?

We just bought the car a few weeks ago. with 30'020 miles on it. It's only done about 150 miles with us so it should be under the limit. I see now, maybe they mean the car can not have done more than 10k every year without a service which it doesn't appear to have. I was planning on changing the rear lights for red ones anyway but I still think that them saying a light seal failing after 3 years is acceptable.

Hello, My Wife took her GT86 to Berkshire Toyota today as it has that occasional oil burning smell due to leaking plate on engine. I also told her to mention the RH rear light which I notice has a bit on misting up when the car gets wet. She's just text me saying that she was told that the lights are not apparently covered after 3 years (car registered Sept 2013) and that they will only reseal the plate if the car has been serviced as per the schedule, and can not even have 1000 miles over the point it should have been serviced. I thought it was an annual service? So can't understand what they meant about the mileage? She didn't take the SH documentation with her unfortunately. Is this normal or should I take it somewhere else?

Thanks mate, Yep it was Demons again for me. I seem to be a regular there now

Hmmm....Interesting. We all have differing uses of our cars so no surprise about the mixed responses. I had only done about 50 miles in the car when it happened which is either bad luck, a bad batch of windscreens or both. As I said above, I do 20k miles a year in my cars and have been doing for the past 10 years. This means I do a lot of motorway miles at high speed and none of my previous or current cars have suffered.

Thanks The Black on Black theme wasn't really planned TBH. I bought the Celica's wheels in about 2006 and the Mercedes I only bought about 2 months ago. The Merc came with the Back wheels but my plan is to return them to Silver along with window tint removal. The Rota Grids I have ordered are Gunmetal It's not all Black, I have a White Peugeot 205 and also this White Escort RS1600i that I am rebuilding