Tweedbean

Totally agree, all down to personal preference. I will see how I get on as its not difficult to thrown in a CAT if I need to. Another purchase that I went to collect today, which will make my plans easier, genuine front wing which are practically brand new. More to come on these, they wont be looking like this for long: Spare wings by James Baker, on Flickr

It's only the trim pictured above that I want to remove so I can access the entire fog light lens so I can tint it in situ, not looking to remove the fog lights, does this help?

I may just take you up on that offer so I can have a nose at your car again

Off another member on here, I have dropped him a pm to see if he has the bolts.

I didnt get any additional bolts with the overpipe or front pipe. Should I have, if so any idea what size as I will just pick some up?

Very tidy This car has really changed my opinion on red 86's

That's some great power, if you are ever at a show or near Rugby, give me a shout as I would love to go out in it to help me make my mind up which route I go for FI wise.

Not for now, I may stick one in if it gets too loud, but interested in hearing how it sounds without as I haven't heard a decatted 86 in person yet.

Well its been ages since the last update. Currently saving for forced induction so pace will slow down a little bit as that won't be cheap although I'm sure I will still find the time and money to tweak other bits. Wheels For those on my Facebook/Instagram you would have seen my BBS RS2's have been stripped down and sent back to the powder coaters. There was an issue with burnt lacquer due to the metal holding too much heat from baking while the clear coat was put on. They are fully rectifying the issue FOC and have agreed to a colour change as I was never 100% sure with the colour once it was on the car. It would work better with a darker car I feel, two light colours together is too dull for me. As usual I am keeping hush on the colour until I see them in the flesh, which should be this Saturday. While fitting them to the car I will be adding some front camber and lowering the a little more to get it even. Wheels split down by James Baker, on Flickr Bring on the noise Although the GT86 made a nice sound as standard, I want to turn that up to 11 and take advantage of the Subaru engine. I hopefully have a Borla UEL manifold coming in the next couple of weeks for that Subaru burble and yesterday I took delivery of a scorpion 2.5" decatted front pipe with resonator and a scorpion 2.5" overpipe which will make it a fully decade exhaust system At some point I will also pick up a catback exhaust to go with these, but this won't delay me fitting them. As soon as the Borla arrives I will be fitting all of these myself. Hopefully a job that can be done on axle stands, if not I may need to rent a ramp as I want to do it all myself again, I could pay someone to do it, but wheres the fun it that. I want to learn as I go along and get that sense of achievement knowing I have done it myself, which is what I did with my first MINI. Scorpion 2.5" over pipe and decatted resonated front pipe by James Baker, on Flickr Front Lip Finally I decided to give the front bumper a more aggressive look for little cost, by spraying the centre section with plastidip to see if I liked it. I changed the lines a couple of times, confering with Rich until I found this line which makes it look like it has fangs. The great benefit of plastidip is you can peel it off and do it again. I will get this section painted properly when I have the front number plate holes filled later in the year. Also if I go for the TRD side skirts then this satin black bumper section will match that on the side skirts. Front Lip by James Baker, on Flickr I am in two minds when it comes to body kits currently. From what I have seen so far, not many fit to my standard and many just look like they are just stuck on and don't flow with the lines of the car. I want the cars looks to flow and potentially OEM+ which may mean that I mix elements from different kits, such as the TRD side skirts, Leg Motorsport ducktail spoiler, Fensport OEM rear splitter etc Or I can go the other extreme of blending in a rocket bunny kit. But all this can wait as I want to get FI sorted.

Thanks did you order them from the same place as Pitman?

Totally agree, looks really good, that has given me some food for thought. It looks like a good fit too which isn't always the case with aftermarket parts.

Save me bothering the dealer, does anyone know the rough price of the aero kit from Toyota excluding spoiler? If not I will contact them. Trying to work out which route I want to go body wise, possibly mixing and matching a few of the kits. Rocket bunny is also another option and want to know the price difference between that and the off the shelf stuff.

De-badge it, looks much cleaner. When I have paint work done on the car elsewhere, I will be getting the holes filled on the rear of mine.

They needed to change things up, for me I got bored of the same sequences rehashed with different cars, like in the last series where they had car v boat v bike v public transport, it was exactly the same as the one they did years ago. I liked Jeremy Clarkson and co but will be keen to see what the new team can offer. Also I cant wait for the last two episodes merged into one on June 28th.

With a supercharger setup like this, what exhaust pipe work diameter would best suite it? Would you need to go 3" or would something like the Invidia N1 be ok? As far as I can see so far from reading up on this, it doesn't need a larger diameter like the turbo setup, but I wanted to understand what people have discovered from experience. Also looking at a Borla UEL manifold to go with it.

Does the leg Motorsport spoiler cover the holes left by the stock spoiler?

Looking good, which spoiler is that? Also any details on the drop links as I'm after a set of shorter ones for the front of mine? Thanks

Do any of the supplier on here sell the Borla UEL headers? I couldn't see anything listed.

Jamesp1991 has the Invidia N1

Couple of little updates. I finally managed to find a centre cap replacement, these wheels aren't made anymore however I found a company that had snapped up a load of BBS spares and they had one of these available. I just need to find the time to get it to the powder coaters to get it sorted. Wheel centre sourced by James Baker, on Flickr I saw this project MU brake fluid reservoir cover and had to have it as its a close match to the wheels and adds a bit more colour to the engine bay. Project MU Brake reservoir cover by James Baker, on Flickr I have also managed to get all the other centre caps now sitting flush which I am pleased with. I've spent the last couple of days reading up superchargers kits, especially since seeing a few threads popping up about the HKS setup. Up until now I was pretty much set on an AVO turbo but the HKS does sound interesting.

Welcome to the forum, good luck with your search, it's worth waiting for a decent one. Question for the others, is the diff covered by the Toyota warranty? Or is it classed as a wear and tear part?

Just read through this thread, a great read and has given me something to think about interms of my plans. I look forward to further updates

Good afternoon all, for all those that have lowered their GT86, I wondered what droplinks you had switched to? My stock ones were cut off when fitting coilovers, as the allen key hole to lock the thread in place when undoing these rounded off, therefore I am currently running without. I wanted to check I was right in thinking I need to go shorter and the amount I go shorter by is determined by how much I have lowered the car? For example, if I lower the car by 30mm, the drop links need to be 30mm shorter? I did have some stock ones on order but decided I wanted to steer clear as they rounded way to easily on both sides and its always good to have adjustable ones to assist in an eventual suspension set up once I have uprated other components.

Is the wiring plug and play?

Thanks, yes I did fit some Whiteline ones we had in the garage but they were too long and caused the roll bar to hit the wishbone(may not be the right name) so they were whipped straight off. A friend has an account with them so may be the route I go.