My other halfs dads neighbour was getting rid of his GT.
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Only wanted
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£200 for it as its a bit of a fixer upper with a brand new MOT.
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Seeing that i've had a couple of mk2s before and loved them both, it seemed like a perfect little project.
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The plan is to fix it up and get it looking nice so that the mrs and i can take it to france next year for a little tour of Normandy.
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Some pics:
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As you can probably see, the paintwork is absolutely flat as a pancake.
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The interior needs a bloody good clean and removal of some stickers.
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The eagle eyed amongst you may have noticed the boot lid is knackered and bent.
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Inside its actually cracked the metal around the hinge so i'll be needing another one of them.
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The standard 14s are well.
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rubbish aren't they.
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The bite point for the clutch is right at the top of the pedal, unsure whether i can adjust this or if its just time for a new clutch? Basically, as it was cheap and its never going to look great without some serious cash being thrown at it
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(can't polish a turd as they say), i've decided to do it all on quite a tight budget.
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So far, i've T-CUT the whole car and got a bit of a shine back.
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Some of the lacquer has peeled off on the roof but i'll address that later.
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Polishing to take place soon.
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Found that the boot was wet and noticed the seal around the aerial was pretty much non existant so got a new one of them from Toyota.
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I think the wet boot is probably due to the bent bootlid.
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Have been searching for a boot lid in 3j6 red for a couple of months now but had stuff all luck.
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One of the lads on here had one but unfortunately managed to run it over the day he was going to send it.
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Found one on ebay, paid for it and what turned up? An engine cover from a turbo
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i know i said its all on a budget but the turbo covers do look nice so i kept that.
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After searching high and low
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(and being on a budget remember) i've decided to get a boot lid of any old colour and wrap it in carbon fibre vinyl.
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Bit chavvy some may think but i've got a load of vinyl kicking about so why not.
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Maybe i'll do some other bits while i've got nothing to do one day.
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So the boot lid is on its way and should be with me on monday.
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Wheels
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- not gonna go for anything special.
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Am after a set of standard 15s which i'll respray myself.
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Engine
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- can't fault it really.
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It works so i'm happy.
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Actually, even though i'm happy with it, i bought an induction kit for the extra little bit of noise
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Its been serviced just before i bought it so no issues there although it does have a low down squeal noise sometimes.
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Will look into that another day.
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Suspension
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- again, i know i said i'm on a budget but the car is ridiculously high being a rev 1
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(thanks JasonGTR for correcting my rev inaccuracy
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) so i'll probably get some APEX springs for a 40mm drop.
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Shocks are quite new so should be ok with that.
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More pics to follow.
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