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Just a heads up, had two of these in. One sold, one up for grabs if anyone's interested. 👍

Oh no mate - what are you going for next?

Having removed the rear louvers I wanted something to make the rear end a little more aggressive, so put a carbon SARD style wing on. I used extension brackets to line it up with the TRD spoiler, which made it sit a lot better. Installation was nice and easy and it was a really good fit.

I might keep them yet. I’m going to get the rear windows tinted first and see how I get on. Need to check out the drag thing as well before making a final decision. I love the look but they are a tad impractical for me with the mileage I do.

Gave the '86 a good wash over the weekend. The last couple of weeks worth of rain on the motorway hadn't been kind. Finished off with Soft99 Luxury Gloss QD. Very pleased with the finish especially in direct sunlight, really brings out the flake well.

Apologies for the tardy response - didn't see this. Visibility isn't actually that bad, yes it's restricted somewhat but it's still functional. That said, I've just taken them off since they were starting to come away, and I'm convinced they add a fair bit of drag to the cars aero.

That intermediate one seems pricey if you ask me. Considering it's little more than an oil change, to me that looks like they've offset the cost of one by putting it on the other.

What do you normally run on if not Vpower?

So like a few others my car will be in for recall soon. Whilst it's being worked on I'm having the spark plugs done, but am also considering chucking a clutch in. I'm awaiting a price on the OEM unit, but is there any aftermarket units worth considering? If so link me up please

I feel somewhat responsible for that, but at least can hold my head high since mine were original Ikons. 😂

I’m considering importing a couple if anyone is interested?

Can’t say I noticed any difference.

No idea to be honest on cost. It all depends on the exchange rate at the time, how many they have in stock, number you buy etc. Around £450 is typical though once you've paid for shipping and customs charges.

Yeah they come from China. There's various sites for the Chinese manufacturers, take your time looking through them and see if you can get a deal. The biggest issue you'll have is that they all tend to use the same generic stock pictures, so you'll have no idea on the quality of the item you're buying. I've been considering getting a couple more in if demand is there since I know that the ones I can get hold of are decent.

Yes had the same thing. I've just unsubscribed from the email alerts for now.

Ah, good call. Must have misunderstood that. Will swap it around

Oh and it only shows when driving and your foot is off the clutch, it doesn’t show if you’re stationary.

It’s in the menus. It’s not turned on by default. Read the manual :)

To be honest I need to get the climate section out in the near future. Something in there is rattling away, even on smooth road surfaces so maybe that's a job to do at the same time.

I've been meaning to get rid of the dash panel fake carbon, and with the weather being so bad it's given me an opportunity to do it. I ordered some black suede effect sticky back wrap, pulled off the panels and got to it. I've never done anything like that before and it took a few goes to get right, but I got there in the end. It's a pretty good match for the seats so I'm happy I reckon the silver panels either side of the centre console would benefit from that too, but I think they're a pain in the backside to get off. Dunno if I can be bothered.

Daft question but we have to start somewhere... Is the switch on the dome light actually set to Door or On? Checked the fuses?

I've not had much time recently what with work, Christmas, a holiday and also setting up a business so playing cars has had to take a bit of a back seat over the last month or so. That being said I did get a few little things for Christmas which were relatively quick installs, so I did a few things on lunch hours etc whilst at work. Firstly, the lack of interior lighting in the 86 has always been a bit of an annoyance. It's not the end of the world, but with it being a black cabin and at this time of year, the crappy dome light didn't cut it. I'd tried a couple of LED versions but honestly they were still pants. That was until I came across these: It's quite a large PCB with a number of RBG LEDs that respond to a remote control. You can have various colours etc or plain white. It pretty much fills the dome light and is way, way better. Plus, you get the cool option of colours if you so wish. Only 3 quid or so, bargain. I also had a cheap LED footwell kit which I put in. I initially had them running off the cig lighter in the glovebox, but quickly grew tired of that. I've now taken a feed from the dome light and put a female cig lighter socket on the end. Now I can choose depending on my mood - though in honesty I think they'll probably just stay on the 'dome' mode. Even better the remote control for the dome light also controls the footwell LEDs so the whole thing is easy to control and they remember the last setting used too. Big improvement, even if just running in white, though at the moment I'm partial to purple. Continuing on the LED theme, a little while back I swapped out the foglights for LED PSX24's. I'd wanted amber colour, but the ones that came were a gold colour that wasn't too dissimilar to indicator orange. I kept them in a for a while, but recently came across some decent spec 6000K LEDs for cheap money so I picked those up to better compliment the DRLs and HIDs for the rare occasion that they're needed. Install was nice and quick one day before work. The headlight HIDs are still a little yellow for my liking. Anyone ever swapped the bulbs for something 5000K or 6000K? Last mod was my main Christmas present. I've been eyeing up a Grimmspeed strut tower brace for a while, not because I particularly push the car hard but because of the benefits of making the front end a little tighter on bumpier roads. I was sceptical, but very surprised when taking it out for a drive after fitting. It's not a huge difference, but it's an improvement to the general harshness and ride. It's as if the bigger bumps don't hit as hard any more - difficult to explain really but I'm happy with it and it adds a little bit of bling to the engine bay anyway. I want the Grimmspeed cover for the pulleys now as well, tidy it all up a bit! I still need to get around to painting the tie rods but the weather is just not helping. I'm also considering taking off the rear louvers. Need to do some testing, but I feel that the fuel economy hit is a bit severe given the mileage that I do.

I'm pretty excited by it - well I was until I saw the price. Don't get me wrong, I wasn't expecting a cheap car, but I think it's just too expensive for what it offers and given what competition it's up against. I have no doubt that it's an incredible machine but unless it's truly greater than the sum of its parts, I personally can't justify the 54k price tag. Looks like I'll sit on the fence for a couple of years and pick one up once the depreciation bites.

Mines a 2013

Mine works fine too. Just the USB to the iPhone 6S.