Keethos

Wow, that's messed up dude, I'd be crawling up the walls by now, best give them a dig and tell them that your expecting some freebies because of this!

People been watching the new episodes of Fifth Gear? Last weeks episode was good where Jason drives the new Lamborghini Aventador Roadster (awesome car) through the Black Mountain Pass in South Wales, and to show how awesome the car is even as a roadster, they try and get a GT86 to follow it through the windy roads.......lets just say they could have at least done it down hill rather than up hill......ah well

Yeah, Jay pointed me there but not heard from the fella yet. Finally managed to upload some vids, here are the first 2, still uploading more.....

Mark....that looks friggin awesome! The BRZ fenders just sets if off Have any troubles fitting them? How did you go abouts getting the body kit blended in? Looks very good!

Looking nice dude! Was the vagueness caused by having brand new tyres needing to be worn in or was it that they needed heating up first?

Awesome stuff!

Awesome stuff Jude, glad you're enjoying your new mod!

Welcome to the club Jamie! Glad that you've finally came out of the shadows but sorry to hear that your having problems, would you mind if I asked which dealer your dealing with? Love that fact that you've started to buy your mods and you've not even got the car yet, I did the opposite, I kept the car pretty much stock (bar a drop in air filter and some minor cosmetic changes....plus a reversing camera ) for the first year, then I went out and got mod after mod starting with a Cobra exhaust, ecu remap, light weight pulleys, more gadgets and more cosmetic bits. What else you got planned once you've add all those bits? It would be great if you could make the Fensport meet mate, but even if you can't, there's plenty more events lined up so stay tuned! Pun intended

How does a clay bar remove scuffs? And how well does that clay cloth work?

LOL.......fair enough but still....you people need to get out there and do some more driving me thinks

LOL, awesome stuff Rich!

Great stuff Alec, I need to set mine up again.....but I'm waiting for Jay to get his ass in gear so we can have this running off our head units

Awesome stuff, let us know how you get on.....can't believe you've only done 8500 miles!!! Probably your 2nd car but still....don't you get tempted to think screw it....I want to drive my 86 to work instead?

Yup, great series! There were times where I did think hmmmm....getting a bit boring but then Walter would always turn badass and kick everything off again and make me want to watch more. And got to agree with Mr. Knight, the very final episode was awesome and one of the best endings to a series......unlike a lot of other awesome series' that ended around the same time which were just god awful.

Hey, Just a random question, what are the pro's and con's of fitting tyres at a garage over getting them fitted by a mobile fitter? Are mobile fittings more expensive? More risk or damaging the alloys etc? Thanks in advanced. Keith

Nah, it's all good info Mark and thanks guys for the response, I was just worried that maybe everyone would say avoid mobile guys because of X Y or Z but it seems that some have had good experiences so I agree, it's just down to luck if you get either a good garage or a good mobile guy.

This all sorted now Jay? You want me to close this thread for you?

LOL, doh, you'll have to capture some more footage then Ian but good stuff though dude! I was actually hoping that you would wind the window down and give it some revs while in the car park so you can hear it reverberate around....would have sounded AWESOME! One of the things that put me off about the G1W was the silver plastic bit around the lens, it kinda really stands out, looks great and all but I wanted discreet which that silver bit just makes it shine at night. I know you can always paint it but I know I'd mess that up somehow, either poor finish or I'd end up getting other areas painted like the actual lens itself

ooooooooo......shiny! LOL, Green Tea Kit Kat...I was down in London last weekend and while wondering around the Japanese supermarket near china town, I saw a pack of 4 for....wait for it.....£15!!!!!! How crazy is that? And I've heard that they're not all that either.....crazy stuff....but cool that they sent you some.....who did you get the part from and how much if you don't mind me asking?

Yeah, the american's don't seem to like the EBC stuff either (Yellow or Green stuff). How are the Carbotech coming along now Speedy? I really can't decide......

Hi Faraone, assuming you have exactly the same type of head unit (even though Toyota use the same head units for some of their models, there are newer variants now) then once Jay has finalised this system he'll probably (well hopefully ) do a write up explaining and guiding people through this process. But if it's just the AV input you need and assuming you have the same head unit (or at least the same set of connector harnesses) then its a matter of finding the correct pins to use from the 28-pin harness. This is a diagram of the pin that Jay is using I believe: I can't remember which pins exactly that he's using but it'll be the VTR pins I believe, I'll let him confirm this.

I finally pulled my finger out and started to look at some dashcams. Some people have gone for the RoadHawk or the BlackVue ones which are pretty pricey but well equipped, stuff like GPS, display screens or WiFi to stream images to your phone via an app and what not. When after a bit of research and being a bit stingy yet cunning, I thought carefully about what I want from the camera and what I'm going to be using it for. Well my research lead me to the Mobius ActionCam: Mobius ActionCam: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/151071891306?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649 Windscreen Sticky Mount: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/161054762107?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649 (they also sell other mounts like suction mounts, straps etc) 3 Meter USB to Mini USB Car Charging Cable: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/151072001797?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649 The Mobius camera is actually an ActionCam (like the GoPro) but a lot smaller and not as well equipped but still has pretty good video quality, see these comparison videos: As you can see from the videos, the Mobius is very good compared to the GoPro in the right conditions. It's smaller, it's a hell of a lot cheaper and a lot more discreet which is great for a Dashcam. It can record in 1080p @ 30fps, 720p @ 30 or 60fps, it has a 120deg viewing angle and it can take stills of up to 2304 x 1536 size pics. The format it records in is .MOV so VLC or Quicktime will play it no probs and these can also be uploaded to Youtube no problem at all without converting it etc. It has the same features as you would expect from any type of Dashcam, it can record segments that are 3, 5, 10, 15min (it does record continuously, it just breaks the video up into smaller files with roughly 1sec overlap so you don't miss any footage) or until the file reaches 4gig (as the MicroSD card will be FAT32 or exFAT). If you memory card gets full, you can get it to overwrite the older videos for an infinite loop of recording, but when you capture something you don't want to lose like a crash, some idiot on the road or a track session, you can press a button to lock the footage so it doesn't get overwritten. The camera will power on as soon as the car is on and I've set it so it starts recording straight away and then powers off straight away when I turn the engine off, this is all down to the 12v source of the car which only powers on when the car is on. Now the downside to this camera is that it doesn't have any fancy extras or features compared to some dashcams which have a built in LCD screen (or WiFi signal to view via your mobile/app or something) to see what the camera sees, but why would you want to see what the camera sees while you are driving, it's only useful to set the camera in the right position and for it to point in the right direction but once you done that, there's no reason to look at it again (though you can hook it up to head unit if you have the right cables so I could use my reversing camera signal with this camera instead to display what the camera is looking at but I didn't bother, I just roughly pointed it in the direction I think it will need to look in and to my surprise, I was bloody spot on ). It doesn't have GPS so you can't track your position and speed but I don't need that, I've got my phone with the Torque app to do all the for me. Also, to change any settings on the camera, you have to plug it into a PC (though you can use your phone too but not managed to get that working) and you can either edit a text file or just download a program for a nice GUI to use instead - http://www.mytempfiles.info/mobius/ This site has the software, instruction manuals and what not on there. The real beauty of this camera is it's small, very subtle/discreet and pretty cheap (roughly £50 for the camera and the extra bits but excluding a MicroSD card), but with pretty good quality video capturing capabilities. I can fit it and forget it where as with a fancier camera that stands out a bit more, I'd be more inclined to take it off every night. Some people have been able to use 64GB Micro SDs with their cameras but it officially only supports up to 32GB (mainly due to windows not recognising the card I believe, not the camera not recognising it), I actually brought myself 2 Kingston 32GB class 10 cards for roughly £13 each, this will give me roughly 5 hours of recording each but again, they can recycle the recordings, reason I've brought 2 is so I can always have one in the camera while I take the other card away to extract the footage off etc, plus this way I don't accidentally overwrite anything if I forgot to press the button to lock the footage and this way I can use 1 card for a whole trackday and still have another for the journey to and from the track. Here's a pretty good review of the camera: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wmIyD1fM4M Installing the 3m long USB to Mini USB was relatively straight forward and simple: The edge of the roof lining has a slight gap and is flexible so you can actually just tuck the cable into the roof lining without having to take anything off (I used a plastic card to help me tuck the cable into the lining). I followed this all the way to the door pillar: Here if you pull the rubber seal open, you can actually see the edge of the plastic pillar cover, you can actually just tuck the cable into this gap and it should just about tuck behind the plastic pillar cover (so again, no need to remove any trim here). Start moving down the pillar while lifting the rubber seal and pushing the cable in until you get down to the dash. Remove the side panel that houses the baby passenger air bag switch by digging your fingers into the little hole at the bottom of this panel and work your way towards you and upwards until it all pops out, you will need to pull the panel outwards (towards the open door) to unhook the back/other end of the panel: Continue tucking the cable behind the rubber seal but now you'll need to maneuver around the dash corner so just continue to tuck it around while still leading it down and then through the gap between the metal and plastic panels: As you feed the cable through this gap, open the glove box (might want to empty it to make room) get your hand through the small gap below the metal bracket and stick your hand into the glove box and try and feed the USB head into the glove box: The USB cable needs to go up and through the triangular hole in the picture (where that white line is pointing at): Continue to feed the cable all the way through into the glove box, then wrap up any excess cable and then plug the cable into a 12V to 5V USB adapter: This is what it looks like with the glove box closed: Fit everything back together and then plug your camera in: At night you can barely see it beside the white sticker that I've now taken off: And what it looks like in the day: Hope this helps people!

Great stuff Pitman, you get a refund then for the 3m cable? You really can't go wrong with such a small camera with such decent footage for roughly £50!

I can't understand why Subaru placed theirs there.....the GT86 has theirs tucked away by the Boot release button.....bit random. And yeah, no option to switch light directions but you can switch your digital speedo to km/h which is pretty handy (though for some reason european cars don't have the option to switch at all, they're stuck in km/h and they read km for their trip computer too. Thanks for the link Fusion, I need to get me some for my trip later this year..........though should probably get my passport sorted first