[Car Compliments]

Backing off the throttle is one of life's little pleasures, super loud BOV followed by huge bang. May as well do something with all that unburnt fuel exiting the exhaust

[Car Compliments]

Mine makes a load of noise and backfires when hot, so I usually get the look of 'WTF was that'. Also quite a few people have said its a 'nice supra' nobody has confused it with a Civic though, then again I would rather smash my cock flat with a house brick then take it to KwikFit.

[DIY tyre fitting]

The one guy I use started out to be cash in hand £10 balanced but its £15 now.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MANUAL-PORTABLE-TYRE-WHEEL-CHANGER-BEAD-BREAKER-TIRE-MACHINE-CAR-BIKE-15-21-inch-/131415402927?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item1e98f7e9af

This machine would do the job fine with getting the tyre off and refitting but works on the method of rolling the bar across the face of the lip to lever it up.
It would be fine for steels or winter rims not sure I'd fancy using it on decent rims.
But in theory £50 for the machine, £20 for a tub of bead seal and £20 for a tub of tyre lube, tyres fitted for life. Except for balancing

[DIY tyre fitting]

At the two places I use I get charged either £15 or £20 to have a tyre off re fitted and balanced, thats taking it there myself loose.
I got caught short with a puncture and went to a kwikfit who charged me £25 last month, would have been more but I took the wheel off myself in the car park.

With this latest set of wheels I just bought and the puncture I have spent around £100 just having tyres swapped over and resealed and will need 2 new tyres on the GT4 soon.
When you look at some of the machines on ebay for around £100 it would work out cheaper in the long run, not necessarily easier and like you say, levering it off the rim is likely to fck them right up...

[DIY tyre fitting]

I have quite a few sets of alloy wheels now and find a lot of the time after the wheels have been stored they develop leaks around the beads mainly due to surface corrosion inside the rim and need rubbing down and resealing.
I seem to be spending a lot of time and money at tyre fitters, and after going again today I really feel its something I could do myself with a few tyre levers and bead breaker.
Does anybody else remove and fit their own tyres, or have any recommends for tools?

[Bargain 205/45/17's on Amazon]

I was getting all my tyres from camskill for the past couple of years but once you factor in the delivery charge and £10 fit £5 balance per wheel if you find a decent tyre specialist there really is no saving to be made, or at least not for me and the 225 45 17' eagle f1's i had fitted to a set of wheels last week.

[Gen 6 gt4 wheels]

I seen a silver GT4 with toyota 3 spoke wheels finished in gunmetal a few weeks back and it confirmed it in my mind.

There was a turquoise green GT4 replica some time back on the club and he had 3 spoke Rays fitted which looked awesome, I think the gen 6 can pull 3 spokes off well.

Anybody remember the vauxhall cav slab wheels? I had them fitted on my mk3 astra and loved the look of them; almost want a set on the offchance I get a 4 stud vx at some point.

[Gen 6 gt4 wheels]

I want a decent set of three spokes with center caps... i love the standard look, fitting an original head unit to mine.

[Best LEDs for gen 6 speedo]

I have Led's in mine but they are still pretty meh, with the addition of having a tendency to flicker as I cant get the connection to fit.
My next thing was looking at getting plasma dials.

[celica still dead]

It sounds like starter, have you managed to bump start it?

[Intercooler on N/A engine]

Water/Meth injection to keep temp down and protect the engine.

Another use for water injection I was watching some videos on youtube about steam cleaning the inside of an engine by spraying water into the intake, didn't believe it until I seen it but apparently it works.

[so how many guys had this problem the weekend ....]

Yeah mine was covered in it, wondered where that was from.

[Paint Vs wrap]

I have plastidip on the roof of another car and it only lasted 12 months and started to look shite, some of it is not uv stable, plastidip #uk dodged every question I asked them about its longevity and uv resistance. I have and do use plastidip on some small bits but would I use it to cover the whole car, question it.

[bad move?]

The GT4 is far more robust than this thread gives it credit for I agree. Be interested to see how a charged 190 fairs after 18years and 160k.

[bad move?]

I think Johnyboy hit the nail on the head perfectly, however.
You have a itch that needs to be scratched imo, and I don't believe in what if's, don't do the typical bloke thing and over analyse it just go out and pick a good one and buy it.

If you can then keep the gen 7 and have the best of both worlds, or at least until you are happy with your decision.

[how do these work ?]

Looks like they won't work with your wheels, any spacer under 27mm would not work with my old multifit alloys because of the same problem.

[Oil Filter Review - YouTube]

There has been a few topics about the GT4 Toyota filters being poor on the OC.

Although I thought this had been rectified with new Toyota filters?

[Winter tyres]

I have some Dunlop Sport 3D's on a second set of winter wheels for my dailydriver, and the GT4.

I am very impressed, good grip in deep snow, good grip in wet slush, good grip on ice and fantastic grip in wet.

I fit them on all four wheels so cannot comment on how well they perform on just the fronts on a FWD car, its not something I would do tbh, but that's up to you.

[My Celica has gone :(]

Has the your Vectra got the m32 gearbox fitted like the astra's? If yes then do not be tempted to up the torque via a greenbox or remap.

[Wow.......what a noise]

Yea ^ did you polish a hole in it?

[What came in the Post Today?]

Who's the life size garden gnome belong to?

Bwaaha awesome.

[Who's car ? Current or ex member?]

Yep, sounds like a dealer; Make up a price and then double it add the word rare in the title.

[Anyone used these osram bulbs (blue)]

I have Osrams and LED's on 2 cars and they are not the same temperature light. To match the LED's you need around 6k, which I have only ever seen in HID's.

[Dash LED's?]

I never used the connectors they came with, just took the smd and used the existing fitting. Going to take them all out and solder them to the fitting see if that makes a difference. Guess that's why you only tend to see LED's soldered to the pcb

[Dash LED's?]

Just wanted to know if anybody with smd LED's in the dash/center console experience any problems?

Usually only twist lock, not 501's or festoon fitments.

All 3 of my cars have them fitted in the dash and all three flicker and turn on and off from time to time. I went for them in the GT4 because the standard bulbs were very dim. I used the existing fitting so they were a tighter fit and made sure they were a good connection and did not move around, worked fine for about a month before they now flicker on and off, checked connections and nothings changed. The LED's in the other 2 are now doing the same, when they work they are great, but at present they are all a load of shite.

I have used those different coloured rubber sleeves on my last car, although not as bright nothing seems to work as well as standard bulbs, for me anyway?