Jamie_B
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Tyres are obviously one of thee most important aspects of your car in terms of safety. Since I bought my car in July, I have had two slow punctures which effected the handling of the car, as well as my mpg.
On top of this, the previous owner had three different tyre brands. They were all 205/45/17's however after reading on here, a lot of people had went onto to buy 215/45/17's - so I ended up biting the bullet and bought 4x Hankook's Ventus Prime 2 K115.
The difference has been extremely noticeable, I know there is still tome to bed the tyres in, but can recommend enough moving up to the 215's from the 205's, the feel and look is well worth it.
I tried to tell the Mrs how good they felt, needless to say, she couldn't give a toss, so had to tell someone.
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I just got my wheels back today after refurb and they have sprayed the centre caps the same colour as the wheels, which are dark grey. They look realy cool so may keep them like that for a while
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Just type in 501 chrome bulbs in ebay bud & you get 11000 things to choose from!!
Can I just confirm these are the ones that go into the headlight housing and not on the wing?
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Stick with it mate, in my first T Sport I had a very similar prang - new wing, new bumper and headlight was required. The car sat in the drive for around a month until I sourced the parts and once it was all repaired, instantly feel back in love with it, It was only when I got a "soccer" scholarship in the states I gave up my first Celica.
After coming back to the UK and driving a host of different cars, Astra SRI, BMW 320D, BMW 318i and a Clio.....I took the plunge and found myself a Storm Blue T Sport that I just couldn't resist.
Not only that, this site is by far thee best community I have ever known, and if something happens with your car, you know someone here will be able to help you (AMS in particular for you).
A said, give it time, slowly build on it, do your brake upgrade (I plan to do the big brake conversion) maybe add some skirts, GT lip if you have a new facelift bumper and you will no doubt find your love again ! Although when I got mine repaired, I went for a pre facelift bumper and dynamic lip - I preferred this look as it was a little different from the rest.
PS your line about buying the mrs new clothes when you get bored of her made my day!
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Glad to see that not only your happy, but am sure your car is to ! Really need to get my car dropped, springs and drop links are sitting in my cupboard doing nothing.
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Will be on the next group buy
I imagine this was in relation to the undertrays mate ? Any word on TRD skirts ?
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I liked the look of the raised scoop however I dont like the centre section that is in the middle of the scoop. Does this have to be there and can it be seen when its on a car. I cant tell with Dazols but not sure if this is due to the picture itself ?
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Again I can offer FG option later on.
Painting a CF is same as painting a FG one but a bit of a waste really.
Any word on the FG ones mate ? As you said would be daft painting a CF one. I see the lip is posted on ebay for £123.95 delivered in FG TRD Front Lip
I would rather send my business the way of a club member.
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Just as title says, as you have the TRD front and rear lips, also a few months or so back you mentioned the undertrays ? Any news on these.
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No probs mate. Only asking as all I'd be able to afford now is stuff in FG.
+ 1 ! !
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Do you do a FG one of these ? Or how do these turn out when painted ?
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you old enough to drive lol
lol been driving 6 years now ! I still cant even buy alcohol without being asked for i.d, hopefully as i get old people will still think i look young lol.
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Very nice thread, Its good to put the faces to the cars.
Well here is a pic of me and my bro, i am on the LEFT.
Here is one of me before football training . .
And here is a pic of my pride and joy.
To claim....or not to claim....?!?!?
in General Celica Discussion
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After only 4 days of having my car back from being off the road for close to two months, a white van smashes into the back of me at a roundabout.
Thankfully there is minimal damage to my car (drivers fog will need replaced and paintwork touched up on the bumper) and the van actually came off worse.
I was stationary and the van hit me out the blue, he immediately admitted liability so his manager gave me a call to see what options would be the best course of action.
I have not called my insurance company as yet, I got two quotes from bodyshops, the first one came in at £380 and the second originally came in at £200.00. They were then quite happy to push the price up to £300 and touch up a deep scratch on the quarter panel that was on the car when I bought it. I went back to the manager and he says he will pass on to his director and see if they will cover the cost and give me something extra for the hassle of it all.
He then calls me back and states the director wants to pay the bodyshop directly for the work however offer me nothing more. I am actually in a bit of pain today with my lower back and neck as he must of hit me at a good speed and its the van size up from the transit and I didn't see it coming.
Should I just reject the offer and go through my insurance? One thing to point out that has me worried about doing this is while my car was off the road, my MOT expired and its booked in for this Saturday to get done. A quick check online shows that having no valid MOT does not mean your insurance is invalid, the inspector will ensure the car was road worthy prior to the accident based on his findings.
I know many would jump at the chance of going through the insurance under the above circumstances......could even fund a rotrex install.
Any help would be appreciated.