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.

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?

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.

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

Hello all, Just joined the forum as we've bought a GT86 for my Wife who owned a Gen 7 Celica for 11 years. Next weekend the car will have Eibach springs fitted and staggered 18" Rota Grid wheels.

Well they certainly don't make 'em like they used to! It could be because they are very thin on this car to keep the weight down, but the Windscreens on these cars seem very fragile. We've just bought a car and unfortunately a stone hit the screen near the RH A pillar whilst on the motorway. This developed in to a small crack within about 10 minutes. The following morning it had grown to about 4 inches long. I have filled in the crack with some repair resin to prevent it getting bigger (it's now barely noticeable) and we will be having a new screen fitted asap. From reading on the web, it seems that these are quite common to crack. It was just a short journey in the car and I usually cover 20k miles a year in my cars which have never had this. Even the Gen 7 Celica my Wife owned for 11 years prior to this never had such an issue I thought I'd report it on here so there is another 'log' of it. I found that 1 owner has had 3 screens already fitted! I know that Toyota are not admitting any fault yet but surely it is on their radar as a potential design fault.

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

I just think they look nice I've had staggered set up ups on other cars, some as O.E., others I did for the looks. It's my Wife's car so it won't be doing much drifting anyway but will look better IMO.

Thank you all Yep I will post before/after pics of lowering and bigger wheels. It's something I've always done with cars. This is my Wife's car so there are no serious mods planned My screen name is one I used on forums for about 15 years. I've had various V8's over the years (currently have a Merc E55 AMG) hence the name. So no, unfortunately there is no V8 transplant lurking. Another pic of the car and one of the Celica that the GT86 replaced. We bought the Celica also at 3 years old and I lowered that too with bigger wheels

I suppose I was just unlucky in that case, and the owner who had 3 screens fitted was Very unlucky I'll keep my ear to the ground on this one.