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Looking for a BRZ ideally, but the right 86 would sway me. I'd like to keep the price below £12k as the intention is to turbo it very shortly after buying, so i have to budget for that too. not concerned with the age, however earlier cars must have had the valve spring recall done. and must have a good service history. looking for as low mileage as i can reasonably get within my budget as a good base to add a turbo. prefered colours are WR blue or white, but wouldn't rule out the right car in another colour. if anyone is looking to sell something that fits the above shortly let me know.ready to buy as soon as i find the car. thanks for reading, Mike

Well it looks like my 86 ownership has come to an end after just 8 months, this afternoon I took a deposit from a nice lady and she'll be picking it up later this week. I've enjoyed every moment of ownership but I want to free some cash up for new home and as much as I told myself I could live with the power, I had already started looking at turbos etc, and after weighing it all up I just couldn't justify putting in £7.5k to get the 86 to a point I'd be happy with. Luckily I already found my next car, I picked up a WRX STI hatchback yesterday which suits me a bit more. The short time I've been here I've found a lot of useful info and helpful people, maybe I'll be back in a 86 one day. Thanks, Mike.

Well that was fast, car sold this afternoon to the first person to view it.

Advert updated with a pretty thorough set of photo's. If there's anything you want to see that's not covered above let me know and i can sort something.

Added price for "standard" car with just the canards and quad TRD exhaust (with garnishes) £19,995.

I'm toying with the idea of selling my GT86. I'm the first owner and it was registered on 01/09/2014. i'm on the verge of getting a turbo fitted but the sensible side of me says i should sell it rather than putting £7000+ into it and then decide to sell, losing more money. The mileage is currently 4400 but will increase slightly as i use it daily, although not very much. It has the factory half leather/alcantara heated seats in black. obviously as it is only 8 months old the condition is immaculate and has been very well looked after in that short time. here's a list of the modifications i have made in that time, all original parts are available too. •Full genuine TRD kit, front, side and rear skirts supplied by Fensport (factory painted) •Genuine TRD spoiler, again from Fensport (factory painted) •Genuine TRD canards •TRD quad tip exhaust (fitted brand new less than a month) •TRD leather gear knob •Beatsonic shark fin aerial •Tom's tail lights (red) •Work Emotion XT7 18x7.5 wheels in black (once small scuff on one, rest perfect.) •Eibach Sportline 35mm lowering springs and some photos taken today. The price is £21500 as it is or £19995 taken back to standard (or somewhere in between) if you have any questions you can either message me on here or ring my mobile 07590533805. thanks for reading, Mike.

sooo....i've been in talks with both Fensport and Abbey about fitting a AVO turbo or HKS Supercharger and i'm just about to go ahead and book it in, then out of nowhere i start doubting if i want to put that much money into making the 86 a car i would be happy with (maybe), or just sell it and put £7k+ towards something else. Think i'm going to advertise it first and see if i get any bites, once i figure out a fair price, and decide if its going to be better taking back to standard or keeping the mods on. So at this stage it could be running FI or going to a new owner soon. I must point out that i have mental condition which makes these kinds of dilemmas a regular occurrence, but that doesn't make them any less tiring.

keeping an eye on this, currently trying to decide which way to go with F/I. both the HKS V2 and Avo Turbo are leading at the moment. interested to hear your thoughts once you've driven it.

What's the finish like on these? Any rough edges etc? I've been talking to Pete on Facebook about a set.

I know a few friendly testers as I'm in the motor trade, but I wouldn't have to worry about that for another 2 and a half years anyway

yeah when i first got the 86, for a while i was squirting my windscreen when i was trying to flash somebody out if you love the circle style rear lights have you thought about just tinting the rear lights red, either with film or getting them sprayed? i'd recommend spraying then using a clearcoat so they look nice and glossy, wraps can be a bit matte. then you can just use green indicator bulbs and they should shine through amber due to the way light is filtered.

They don't sit perfectly central, near enough but slightly towards the centre of the car. There's a slightly larger gap on the outside of the tailpipe than the inside.

bigger brakes will be on the list next, possibly getting an oil cooler to be on the safe side although i doubt i'll be doing any track work. unfortunately not any good ones from the back. this is about the best i have.... it looks ok from all angles except straight on to be honest. looking at it straight on from the rear there's a noticeable gap on the outside of each pipe.

Thanks Lauren. I don't know if you remember but i was talking to you about exhausts and your sound system at JAE last September, i'd only had my 86 for 3 days but was on a local stand in the other field. I've owned a lot of imports and i guess I've always got used to the square plate look. i just don't like our long plates. it was an added bonus that i already had square plates as when the TRD kit turned up from Fensport, the front plate recess was designed for Jap plates on this particular version of the kit. Yeah i didn't think they we're copied from lexus, just what that style of light has come to be known as, they needed to go as i hate chrome i didn't realise they were a homage to the 2000GT though, you live and learn i wouldn't mind a TRD start button but like you say, its twice that to buy over here and i cant justify the cost for a red button, at £65 i'd have picked one up in a snap though. The HKS was another thought, would have to look into their pricing and who fits them, i'll have a go at most things myself but i'm not touching a job that big, plus i have to get it mapped anyway. the AVO turbo is in the lead at the moment, i just really like the idea of future proofing for when i want more power later down the line with a built engine etc. i'd like to be sitting in low 300's for now which seems to be "safe" enough without opening the engine (as safe as messing with this kind of stuff can be anyway). from past experience that seems to be a good place for a lightweight street car/daily driver. i know i'll need a clutch but I've yet to research that yet, don't want something too stiff as its my main car.

Thought it was about time i started a project thread. I bought my pearl white gt86 with black leather 8 months ago new from the dealer and have changed a few things on it in that time so this first post is a bit of a catch We all know what a white 86 looks like so I don't need to put of a stock pic Excuse the crappy quality of some of these photos, they are just what I had on my ipad. First thing I changed was the wheels. I know some people like the standard ones but to me they look like something straight off the shelf at halfords. I had some Work emotion XT7's in black that I bought for a previous Subaru in 18x7.5 +48, not ideal offset but temporarily sorted with some bolt on hub centric spacers 20mm front, 25mm rear. Next was time to get rid of the dreaded arch gap. At this point I was trying to keep it simple and hadn't really planned to modify too much in the first year so I just went with spring rather than coilovers. Eibach sportline's in particular. I think they sit at the perfect height, no gap but can still clear speed bumps. Then what I thought was going to be my final mod for the immediate future, getting rid of the last thing I really don't like on the car, the bad boy Lexus tail lights. There was really only one choice here, Tom's. To me they are exactly how the car should have come from the factory. And a TRD gear knob because I was bored on eBay one day Then came a quick photo shoot with a mate that's an amateur photographer. And that was me done for modifying this year....or so I thought. A month later and I had money burning a hole in my pocket, with nothing else I really needed I decided to treat the car to some new rags. After looking at pretty much every lip kit available I decided I actually liked the TRD kit more than the others, it has that GT car aggressiveness that I'm aiming for. I couldn't justify the extra cost of the TRD when buying new because I'd be changing the wheels an you can buy the kit a hell of a lot cheaper separately. Having problems with fitment on aftermarket body parts in the past I decided to stick with the proper TRD kit from Fensport (fantastic to deal with). The plan was to just order the front and rear lips and side skirts but of course that didn't happen. Ended up buying the TRD spoiler, front canards and a Beatsonic shark fin while was on. And this is how she stood after The standard exhaust was looking a bit lost in the TRD bumper so I bought a new TRD back box and partially debadged the rear. Much better. Again I hit a point where I thought I'd leave it alone for a while ( I should have known better at this point). Alas last night I decided to bite the bullet and go down the forced induction route, the standard power was fine at first but I feel it could do with a bit more to make me truly love the car. I'm currently deciding which route to go and if you have any experience with either turbo or supercharging I'd love to hear any advice. All I know is I want it done soon because I have the impatience of a child Thanks for reading, Mike.