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Damn you James I was bidding against you, good thing I gave in lol! ...least someone in the club got it ay. I emailed him an offer for the other exhaust he has but he wouldn't take less than £70. Not worth it by the time I factor in petrol, sorry cant help you out with collection I'm a 150 mile round journey away

I know ams has at least one, pm him

Pestey sorry to hear :-( where on the coast are you? Also interested in the strut braces ...

Can you see mine from the pic? Would also like a stick on one as mine is currently velcro-ed on and has come off a few times! Pretty sure it has already been smoothed off too, would just take forever to get the Velcro strips off. First gen 7 to do this please post a pic!

I'm refurbing mine now for winter use and had the same thought - well impressed with how yours has come out! How many coats did you do? I started sanding my first wheel down tonight, so corroded it took 3 hours to get it smooth front and back and still not 100% happy with it! Do you think if you'd used hammerite satin it would be glossier? I can't really see the difference from the tiny example on the tins...

They look really nice, I'm putting my Toyota ones back on for winter as they've got tons of tread on compared to my current wheels ... I was going to sand them down and spray them (badly) however I might try wrapping them (badly) instead, if i fail will just go back to the paint idea, cheers for the pics, did you sand them first to get the wrap to stick better?

I think that looks really good! Great idea

I have an engine start button in place of the cigarette lighter (courtesy of Scott previous owner) wiring looks pretty simple as I disconnected it when I took the dash out. Don't have the car with me so can't confirm the wiring but imagine it would be the same

I'm sure it's a lovely celica (sorry never seen pics) but the bodykit doesn't add value and will potentially put 'normal buyers' off - not me personally I'd much rather buy a car that's had money thrown at it by someone else rather than spend that money myself-been there done that and lost £1000's Not to put a downer on it but I bought my pre-facelift 190 a couple of months ago for £2400 ... I did however bargain a lot (yes no bodykit but fully kitted out as a t-sport

as long as you are not being paid it seems to be okay, however I obviously couldn't previously drive a work minibus on my regular license as work pays me to do my job (not driving by the way) - so it therefore could have been interpreted as payment. You might find you have insurance issues? How would you be insured to drive the minibus? You may need to check that your car insurance covers it - it may not as you do not hold the license category. very shady area - I battled a minefield phoning up the DVLA about this!

Just to add a quick reply as I'm in a similar situation - with similar grievances about the 'old' licensing rules as I passed my test in 2001. I recently took my D1 test so I could legally drive minibuses - I had to take 2 theory tests - nothing like the car one and involved having to learn a lot about lorries and all the bizarre rules associated with it to do with PCV tests! After passing these I had to take a 16 seater minibus (which HAD to weigh a certain amount AND have a working tacho) down to a PCV (lorry) testing station - rather intimidating when compared to the car test! ridiculous really as I am now more qualified to drive than the proper minibus driver employed at work!! Just last week I did my "minibus permit" which was a short 30 mins-1 hr "assessment" (don't think they are allowed to call it a test!) which the council has introduced as I think they were probable concerned about all the oldies who are able to drive the minibuses on their regular licenses. I of course passed with flying colours having only taken my real test not so long ago but apparently he fails quite a few. Not a cheap hobby either, the practical test was something in the region of £130 - plus you have to factor in the hire of the vehicle for 2/3 hrs as it is an extended test and both of the theory tests. Plus all the practical lessons you have to do or you would never know half of the stuff they test you on .... thank god I nagged work for 4 years so they paid for it ... nothing like the pressure of your boss to make you pass though Still got to sort out my towing license as at the moment I have to get my parents to tow the caravan to wherever I want to use it (silverstone mainly) which is a royal pain in the arse as it is a 3 hr trip one way when towing the caravan so more often than not I end up in the tent as it's just not worth it. ps - there is a really weird excemption where you can drive a minibus for a charity (and you don't get paid) I used to do this to get some experience - very shady area of the law though!

just to add briggsy has kindly written up a really comprehensive guide for installing an amp and sent it across to me this week - must have taken ages as it literally includes everything! now i already knew what to do, but what i didn't know was how to do it on a celica, like running the wires under the centre console or exactly where there is a lovely gap to get the wiring into the engine area. his guide just saved me hours pissing around - be a real shame if it couldn't be posted up somewhere ;-)