Samwise

My 63 plate apparently isn't effected according to the recall check site. Although it was registered in Jan 2014.

It would be good to hear how they go. I had heard the GT were a bit more suited to everyday roads as there's a video from HKS themselves comparing the differences of the two.

There's been a recent and unfortunate change of plans recently in regards to the suspension changes. Having discussed my Coilover order with BC racing it appears that the BC ER Series comes from the factory with 10/8kg springs which is incredibly hard to confirm seeing as no suppliers list this or they list it at 8kg/6kg. Although it is possible to get softer spring rates by doing so the BC Racing Factory in Taiwan have advised that they will not be able to offer the units with a warranty. As 10/8kg is far too harsh for a street car rather than track car in my opinion and due to the lack of warranty support and general lack of compromise on their attitude I have decided to cancel my order with BC and go back to the original, potentially controversial and more expensive plan that I had when fixing the car up, Air Ride. I don't really want to start any Air vs Coilover arguments however this was my first option when I was fixing the car up as with my other car's i've gone down the dedicated track car route and i've gone down the Low street car route and both have their compromises that eventually lead to an less-enjoyable driving experience so for me hoping to use the 86 as a fast street car with a nice balance of looks and practicality with potentially some very rare track use (1-2 track days a year at most) I've wanted to go with Air, it's also another one of those "Well if I can, why not. There's a first time for everything" Kind of situations for me and I look forward to the process of installing it, setting it up and reaping the benefits of it in the future. So that no one feels I didn't get coilovers enough of a chance however I did do my research and unfortunately there aren't really any within my price bracket that suit my purpose on the 86. With the earlier plan of using air-cups so I could avoid scraping front lips and chassis rails any coilover I choose will instantly lose roughly 20mm of its lowering potential through the size of the air cup units. With this in mind with the fact that I was hoping to lower the car around 40mm or so it would mean that the Coilover would need to lower atleast 60mm which is quite a tall order in the 86 world it seems. With my price target of around £1500 I considered the following: Tein Flex A: I wanted a little more for my money, hoping to get a dual-valve coilover setup BC ER Series: See Above problems KW V3: Lowering on these sacrifices overall suspension travel, not an option I was willing to take. Ohlins: Over budget when taking in to account the top mounts. HKS Hipermax GT: Possibly the best option however a bit of a gamble as their specs are on the absolute limits of my desired result. After all of this and to avoid any further headaches I just decided to bite the bullet and hold off until funds can allow me to go ahead with the air setup. I know this might surprise or disapoint a few people however it's just the option i've been wanting to go with and hopefully the best all round option for how i want to use the car

Right it's time to get this ex-car wreck rolling again! Just ordered the first mod of the year and keeping up the theme of not doing anything by half measures there's alot planned over the next couple of months. Order Placed on a set of 2-way adjustable BC ER Series Coilovers! Along with that once they arrive and im able to take some measurements I'll be ordering a set of Stanceparts Air-cups.. Now I know what you might be thinking, no I don't plan to slam the car and roll around with rediculous camber but I would like the luxury of being able to pop the ride height up as and when I please to save any front lips and the side skirts when it comes to any big speed bumps or Multi-story car parks. As well as that I plan to purchase a set of thicker and adjustable Whiteline Anti-Roll bars for the front and rear. Aaaand Finally in April I plan on picking up a set of Adjustable rear lower control arms, Trailing arms and Toe arms for the rear once Driftworks has released their new line of products for the GT86! The Next few months are going to be busy and its exciting!

Out of Curiosity how are Air cups? I assume you used them as a cheaper option than bags? Do you have to drive around with them totally empty or are they okay being driven around semi filled?

What happened to this Mark? Did it get bought privately?

£300 including postage? I assume its made of stainless? If so i'm very interested! How much do you charge for Remaps mark?

Does anyone know if the new Xtrons PR78HGTL will fit the 86? http://xtrons.co.uk/7-android-8-1-octa-core-car-stereo-smart-multimedia-player-custom-fit-for-toyota.html Also has anyone been able to successfully use bluetooth tethering to these headunits?

I was there today, it was good to see some fellow 86's

Another small update from this weekend Finally got some replacement front side repeaters to fit. They're used smoked ones which I think look quite a bit better so i'm pleased with them but the question is how long until they decide to fly off again! I fitted them this weekend and also sprayed the front bumper indicators to match. neither of the indicators are in use anyway as now have them in the light clusters and wing trims so they're just there to fill the gaps Wanted to smarten the car up before the final meet of the year at the Pistonheads BMW HQ meet next sunday. Also these are the first pictures of the car taken on my new phone so that's pretty exciting too, they look great if i do say so myself

Just stick the battery in the boot easy job

I tried a product for the job but it just made the glue damp rather than anything. I actually found it was easier to rub it in to a clump with my fingers and then pick it off in big chunks and Polished the area after.

They weren't too bad around Oulton. At first I was using them more than I had to and they did start to get a little spongy but nothing dangerous. I was braking later or less than most people anyway obviously to carry more spead through the corner! Or you might just say because I was going slower than the rest of them

It's difficult to describe and I can't find any pictures of what the window guide should look like but it looks from the others as though the part you can see in my picture which is broken, twisted and sticking upwards would be connected to the rest of it with a small brush strip across it which just presses against the glass. I don't think they follow the glass in any way and they're just there to apply a constant pressure to it probably to stop it from going up in a weird way and to stop it from rattling but i've not had any problems since pulling that broken part off on the one. Yeah the 86 is alot more communicative than the vx220 in my opinion but i'm sure it's just a mixture of stiff shocks, really sticky tyres and the sharpness of the loss of grip that really causes it to creep up on you as once it goes it goes but with the 86 you can really tell early on when you're starting to get a bit of slip as the back end goes light before it starts to rotate around. Oulton is a great track and although i've not done many track days it's right up there with Brands and Snetterton as a nice technical and challenging track that you can really master over time as it's got some fantastic corners, big camber changes and so on. The exhaust registered at Oulton at 92db, just Catback with no other exhaust changes. At Goodwood a little while ago it came back at 94 so there's a bit of variation.

Been a while since i've updated this but did a couple of things recently to/with the 86! First was a couple of little boring things, sorting out the problem with the driver's side window scraping before it got bad and the tiny rust on the A pillar. Both are easy jobs which can be done at the same time. For the rust I removed the door trim piece to get access to the part of the pillar that needed to be cleaned up. Put some Bilt Hamber diox stuff on it to remove the rust and left it for a couple of hours and then clean it off and applied some Hammerite with a tiny paint brush to the area that had been rubbed away by the trim. In Hindsight i should've taken a file to the trim as well just to take it back 1-2mm so it would clear the trim better but I figured I can easily do it again in the future if need be. Didn't get an after-picture but you can see how much more access you get with the trim removed: While I was there I had a look down the door and could see that one of the window guides had folded over on it self and broken, in the long term this would likely have caused the scratching issue that alot of people experience but i've not had any damage on my glass yet. I know that this is covered under warranty by Toyota but considering that would mean having to hand over the car and some dealerships track record with work on the 86 platform seems to leave much to be desired I figured I would just reach in with a pair of pliers and yank it out. It's been almost 2 weeks since I did and I've had no problems with the window, wind noise, water or anything getting in to the car so it appears to be fine with just 2 of the 3 guides on that window and I didn't have to hand my car off to be fixed Finally the fun bit. This weekend me and my dad took the long journey up from Henfield to Oulton park on Friday night, a whole 5 hour drive through what can only be described as a monsoon which definitely gave a little excitement to the drive i suppose. The day after was our track day, it was really slippery in the morning as there was still alot of dampness on the track which on a normal road would have been fine but a super smooth and rubber ingrained track surface was almost like Ice in some corners. We didn't have any big moments or spins in the morning but it was an excellent opportunity for me to get use to how the 86 can relay information to you about how it's slipping and what it feels like when the back end let's loose a little although this was with the Traction Control Semi off rather than all the way. In the Afternoon the track cleared up alot and you could really go for it, I only have Toyo Proxes T1R's on my car so they're nothing fancy but it was good fun to really take them to the edge of their grip in every single corner and absoluetly torture them. Even after doing the pedal dance to turn all the systems off the car understeers a little bit when you really push it wish doesn't surprise me being totally standard suspension wise but it's great fun to drive and feels really rewarding. Both me and my Dad were impressed by how little body roll there is even on the standard springs/dampers as some car's i've been a passenger in on-track in the past I felt like my time had come every single corner when all I could see out the window was Tarmac due to the body roll. Managed to overtake a couple of people as there were a few cars of similar calibur, an Mx5, N/A Vx220 and another 86 although I do wish I had a little bit more torque lower down to really pull the car out of the corners as Oulton park has a couple of chicanes which really drain your momentum and coming out of both of them you have to go up hill so it can really take a while for the car to pick up when it needs to. Only one picture from the whole day i'm afraid and no video either, we were just too busy enjoying our first time at the track

Mine fell out this morning on the way to work Just need one to fill the void in the bumper, not too fussed about condition as long as the retaining clips work.

how much would you be looking for?

Probably does very little on a road car but in racing applications putting vents in the front and rear wheel arches can release air pressure that builds up there which helps other aero the car might have like a flat or diffused underbelly

Out of curiosity what kind of power are you looking for once done? I didn't think the internals of the 1uz were very happy much after 300-350 but I wasn't sure if you had addressed that already in an earlier post.

Some rough prices would be nice if possible. Wouldn't mind knowing roughly how much it would be for the AP brake kit or the front subframe with engine mounts

Did you find out what brand they are or where Matt picked them up from? I had my eyes on them too but was worried about the rear visibility but it doesn't look to bad so might have to pick myself up a set.

I believe the Aussie market get all of the low spec models which likely don't have Xenons from standard. The 86 is quite common out there compared to our shores. Not only that but driving through Australia is not like the UK at all they have a few multi-lane highways which are similar to our motorways but they also have beefed up single lane A-roads which albeit are lovely, wide and flat but also have next to no guard rails so dead kangaroos or dingos are an unfortunately common site on the roads. That's from my experience driving up form Sydney to Cairns earlier this year atleast.

I always go to the goodwood one so i'll be there

Cheers guys Never driven one before but i'm quite enjoying it. I've not had a car that loves to be revved right out through the range before so the driving home from work through the twisty roads of the sussex dyke is always fun

One of my deadlines for the 86 was to get it ready for JAE 2018 so I could bring it along with my local jap car club. A 300 mile round trip to the east of england showground and back over the weekend was proof to me that there are no underlying issues with the car or that I forgot to bolt anything down! Being the only 86 in our club It got some good attention from people at the show especially with my little "Before" pictures printed out for people to see where it has come from and also thanks to being parked next to a lovely Mk3 supra belonging to one of the other Justjap Members. I met and had a brief chat with Kesler and a few of the other 86 driver's club members which was good and strangely enough managed to meet the guy that sold me the 86 in the first place as he recognised it from the pictures he took of it just over 5 months ago, he had some good things to say about how i've done so considering he has repaired a few himself and is able to get parts much cheaper from other breakers or suppliers that was a big compliment which really made my Day! Got a few pictures of the car parked up on the Friday evening and Saturday.