Some of you may already know this car but I'm sure most wont so heres a little bit of its background in my ownership
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I bought the car in early 2010 as a daily to replace my company car that wasn't being replaced due to the recession.
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Bought it so I didn't have to use my mk2 tubby and it was going to stay standard
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As I bought it
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After a couple of months or so I found that the car suffered the old oval bore syndrome so I took it off the road to have the engine rebuilt.
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Once the engine was back in the car and I was using it more I started to really love it, so I decided to do a bit of tidying up and light modding
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This included TRD front lip to match the sides and rear, new exhaust, koni adjustables, new wheels and tyres, TRD upper bracing, Cusco under bracing front middle and rear, Polybush kit, hard top, and various other bits and bobs
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Car ended up looking like this
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After a small time it seems that I was never using my tubby so I decided to sell it and turbo my mk3
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So I managed to get my hands on a second hand C2 turbo kit and got that fitted
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The car ran at around 200bhp ish for a while and I upgraded everything on the kit over time, including the turbo and exhaust and I had crower cams fitted.
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I'd also bought upgrade parts like Apexi PFC, charge cooler, bigger injectors for bigger power.
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Until early last year when I got a little bored of it and sold the engine and turbo kit on
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JAE 2012 with El Creation front bumper
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I then got talking to GeorgeL and ended up buying his mk2 turbo which I'd wanted since first seeing it in 2008 lol so the mk3 got washed and put in the corner at work under cover until a couple of weeks ago
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I got myself a standard 1zz engine and pulled the car out and started working on it.
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Over the christmas period we weren't too busy at work so I managed to replace both hand brake cables
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(which I bought about 2 years ago).
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I also got the box attached to the engine and into the car on all 4 mounts.
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I'm a few pipes and bits missing which should be here today so I can crack on when I get time
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How it stands at the mo
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