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Do think it’s pretty amazing that Toyota are replacing the inflators on air bags on 25 year old cars when officially the service life was 10 years.
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On 04/01/2021 at 19:50, Cleario said:
I cut mine off on the recommendation of the old boys in work, they said they’ve seen water sit under the rubber causing the shafts to snap on the corolla’s and Avensis.
Seen loads of corollas/ versos/ avensis that have rusted and snapped under the rubber.
But on the celicas never seen one snap and when ive taken the rubber and ciut the metal part off completely they havent been rusty underneth. Its another example of the difference in component / build quality that Ive seen with european vs japanese built cars.
Have you found the same? Theres loads of small things ive found over the years to be common on euro built cars compared to jap built cars that have put me off them.
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I pulled the rubber part off mine when it came loose and left the metal bit under on it and it was fine , see loads of cars where the rubber has come off - probably more didnt have it than did to be honest.
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my daily went from 40+ a year to under 3 a year, because I changed my job and used my bike when i could. Id still class it as my daily as I'd have no issues parking it in a car park, taking it out in the rain or chucking rubbish in to go to the tip
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Have seen it before , used paint stripper to take it all the way back to bare metal before painting again but that car had about 20 coats of paint on it including at least 4 colour changes
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20 hours ago, Old Red Celica said:
Years ago it was all HALO Spark plugs.
I believe they aren't made anymore - there were lots of claims by a corp on here who sold them about better mpg and performance. I found that they offered no improvement in MPG over 10,000 miles and it took longer to fire up than with standard NGKs
The company that made them BRISK are still about - but Ive seen enough of there plugs fail very quickly that I would never fit them,
NGK or Denso Iridiums - they will be fine for upto 60k but 30k is a good interval, but worth taking out every 10,000 miles and checking them so theyre not to hard to remove after a long time.
Be aware of fakes if buying from ebay/amazon
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On 05/05/2020 at 22:59, Bumblebee said:
I didn't enjoy the fb post tbh and tried to get it closed.
It started to get a little nasty imo.
Instead of all the arguing and name calling people should have just had a little laugh to themselves.
I was thinking the same mate
There are dyno's out there, that are intentionally generous because it does bring in the young lads,
we used to see some of them on here years ago making 150 on a vvti with an exhaust and K+N
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Some people dont understand that they have been on a generous dyno and actually believe the figures.
Its just numbers unless you have a before and after on the same dyno to show you have made real gains or you have several cars on the same dyno to compare.-
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16 hours ago, jim7564 said:
does this mean once we are all back to normal (whenever that mat be ) the all future MOTs will last 18 months as its ok when it suits this goverment,
if its safe to do this under lockdown its safe in normal conditions as i am sure your car is oblivious to this
Given the state of some of the cars I have seen 6 months after an MOT, I sincerly hope not.
Goverment didnt follow the EU regualtion of moving to 2 year MOTs thankfully.
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10 hours ago, 99GT said:
One of them is insurance. Ok so your MOT has been extended. But it is still your responsibility to keep your car roadworthy in the meantime. If you have an accident do the insurance use a government assessor, MOT tester or thier own expert to decide if your car was roadworthy? Do they try to wriggle out and say your insurance was invalid if they find the slightest thing wrong with your car? Not saying my or anyone else's car isn't roadworthy, but it's worth thinking about
Think it comes down to the type of checks that the police can pull you over for - so lights not working, stuff hanging off the car, bald tyres.
This is all standard stuff as per the highway code:
https://www.gov.uk/check-vehicle-safe
When you insure an MOT exempt car, you are advised that the car should be roadworthy and the best way of doing that is by having to MOT'd.
When I insured a car that had previoulsy been Cat-N'd( old cat d), they again advised that although it didnt need a new MOT it must be roadworthy and advised that I get a new MOT done.
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my mate actually found kwik fit was cheaper than buying from camskill and that included fitting which camskill doesnt.
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dropped you a message mate
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Well from that website:
Description:Wide Angle, High Quality Self Adhesive Mirror Glass ( sticks over the original broken mirror ) -
They only list a stick on one - which you put on top of the old mirror
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7 minutes ago, Carling said:
Does that mean the replacement ones I’ve bought won’t fit mate?is it just the glass or does it have the plastic mount on the rear of it?
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UK and JDM backing plates are different
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if you buy a new matrix then you can do it without removing the dash as it will come with new clips
A used one - if you open the clips you wont get them back on - so I supply them with the pipes as well. to fit it complete - to fit that the dash needs to come out. A lot of people chops the pipes half way on the old and new and join with rubber hose so that you dont have to get the dash out.
I have one good matrix left if you do want to get a used one.
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The original bearings very rarely fail on the celica - my car had the originals on all 4 wheels at 288,000 miles.
Usual cause of a failed bearing is potholes - they are pretty well sealed once all fitted so driving through puddles shouldnt have caused it to fail.
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Mintex have a good reputation on here but I find they are very much a budget brand.
Before I opened the thread, I though I bet he's running mintex pads. I found they never lasted more than 10,000 miles - compared to 20-30k on other brands.
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not a fan, I imagine with it going through a valve you wont get as much out and any sludge wont get past the valve either, I expect it will take longer to drain as well
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Great to hear this has stayed in the club
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celica ones arent worth that much, genuine ones £35 - £40, aftermarket - £10 - £15 - thats on the g7 - the earlier ones are even less.
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There are drains at the bottom of the doors - if you block these your doors will rot.
I wouldnt put wax in there - would poke the holes to make sure they are not blocked though
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Agree on Scottish cars - have seen some that have been really bad from there. Most coastal cars seem to be bad
Cars from around the midlands seem to be ok.
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Driveshaft rubber perishing?
in General Celica Discussion
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I say this whenever I hear people say "OH look toyota has another recall - not as great cars as you keep saying"
Great example is the window switch recall on the mk2 yaris at 10 years old.
VAG window switches break after 5 years and they have done for years, same as there window regulators which have been the same shitty design for over 20 years!
Add to that door looms breaking after 3 years and the dealer not being able to supply them as there is a 3 month backlog - yet they deny there is a known fault.
Even the oil issue on the 1zz - the VAGs had a 1.6 engine around the same age and that was awful for oil burning - and it wasn't down to gummed up rings like the 1zz (which I blame on lack of maintenance /. wrong oil)