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All the above.
Use a long lasting, tough wax on the paintwork - especially on sills / door bottoms etc... like Collinite 476s. Or better still, a quality Quartz or ceramic treatment.
Regular underbody washing (pressure washer foam / rinse) and I certainly recommend regularly using a corrosion inhibitor like Built Hamber Atom Mac.
https://www.bilthamber.com/atom-mac-168
Spray underneath using a cheap pressure/fence sprayer
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Michelin Cross Climate are a very good Summer Biased All-Season - Very quiet too. Fitted to my FWD work whip. Very good wet weather performance and capable in the snow. Seem to be lasting longer than I imagined too.
For the CS, I have two sets of wheels...
Summer wheels - Michelin Pilot Sport 3
Winter wheels - Continental Winter Contact TS860
I can't recommend the PS's and Conti's enough
Both exceptional when in their element, but the PS's are utter rubbish in deep Winter - even on a 4WD with LSD.
As good as the Cross Climate's are, they are still a comprimise in the Summer when top performance is demanded. But probably the best all-season out there if that's what you are looking for.
Have a smooch about on tyre reviews. Sad to spend time looking at tyres I know, but being so expensive it's nice to have all the info to decide what's best for you
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Sold to a friend, then he sold it on (actually, he took these pics for ebay). 4WS and comedy TEMS suspension, it still showed me how good a Gen5 could be.
It popped it's head back up on here a few years ago. Hopefully it's still going...... around corners with huge unpredictable body roll
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Sonax CC36 on my BMW. Applied it last year and is an outstanding product. Great depth and exceptionally hydrophobic, certainly looks like it's protecting the paintwork on every wash. (BMW Sparkling Graphite Metallic)
I also tested it on the Celica. Coated one wing in the stuff, and while it seemed to give the protection, it still didn't stop the "red fade" in the summer sun.
Looks like it's great on modern clear coat finishes, but not so much on ropey old single stage MrT paint
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Got mine
Thanks for putting my car on January - My Birthday month
Some great shots on this calendar....better up my game
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Done yesterday. Better to have Celica's on a calendar than kittens
Thanks to all that worked on and organised this
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My profile pic for the last 2-years. Time for a change. Best get the camera out
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In that case, Ebay sell Sparkrite stuff, HT cable etc
Also, Powerspark are a good company to deal with. A useful place for all things ignition. E.g.
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Wow. Not thought of making HT leads in a while! Takes me back to my Mk2 Escort days!
You can still buy coils of HT cable, end crimps and the like on ebay, but the quality will be questionable for performance applications....fine for a lawn mower
Why would you want to wind your own coils?
Obviously not for the Celica I hope
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Hoping for snow this Winter
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5x Limited Edition Gen5's in a row
No's 2551, 2719, 1279, 2891 and 2822
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Great place for wheel paint. Can get most OEM silvers and aftermarket colours too
Expensive, but you pay for quality
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so apparently its not all its lived up to be:
http://www.norosion.com/evanstest.htm
so wont bother with it.
That's an interesting read. Don't think I'll be using it any time soon in a road car.
Good that it doesn't pressurise the system like water does, but it seems worse than water at conducting heat?
As ams said above, better sticking to the MrT coolant it was designed for
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Would recommend going to Toyota and get an original oil filter. Would not use anything else. Reasonable too at around £8.
For spark plugs I would stick with the original Denso. I prefer the standard copper or TT plugs and change them out every service. They also do the long life Iridium ones, like the OEM platinum.
Avoid NGK for the rev2 GTE. I don't think the engine likes them, but that's just my opinion.
TCB parts can supply a "standard" HT lead set, and OEM Toyota ones can be found on Ebay. I use Magnecor KV85's, expensive but very good
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Yeah, on the crank pulley. You will see a small notch in it. Normally needs a bit of white paint.
Never done it on a Gen6, so don't know what needs to be removed for access.
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If Skiny don't get to it before me.....
Connects to battery, easy to use. Just highlight the timing marks on the pulley and away you go. Don't forget to link out TE1+E1 on the port and check again after tightening the dizzy
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This one is cheap and works a treat
Inductive pick-up, fine for occasional use.Beat me again Stevie
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Just over 2½ years for this one. Although with a GT4 you don't measure ownership in years, it's measured by the amount of invoices
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Spare ECU for a CS. So I can sleep at night
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That's real bad, having all those cars lifted
I lost a fiver last summer and still not got over it
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Thieving little sh!ts
The security on a Gen5 is very poor by today's standards. There's no way I would leave it outside in standard form and expect it to be there the next day.
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Quite like that. Good post
paint/lacquer cracking
in General Celica Discussion
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That is bad luck. From the pics, it looks like compatability issue (expansion rates) or application timing / too thick / hardener ratio. Was the original paint acrylic and did you isolate? Not sure on a Gen6.
Other than that, was it applied in a too low temperature? Could be a list of conditions