Hi, I'm Kevin, new to toyota's, so bare with me!
The timing belt on my last car slipped, so while that's being re-built i needed a car for getting from A-B, got a nice wee 1.3 starlet on the cheap, 12 months mot etc.
I've got some spare tint, some lowering springs, give the wheels a wee refurb(spray black), replace the dented wing, general bit of TLC to body work.
How i got her :
a wee tidy up later, little polish, no wax, think i'll claybar it over the weekend, then give it some deep red dodo juice to sort her out
I'm going to lower it on cheap springs this weekend, rear window tints, i knowit's all a bit chavy, but cheap/cheerful
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I'm wondering, any bigger brakes i can fit off another standard Toyota? celica/mr2 maybe? Or would i be better off just getting turbo brakes and seeing what difference they make?
And how do the back windows come out? I've stripped out the door cards at the back, taking the seal bit off the window, i see white clips attached to the window, looks like it pops out, but i don't want to smash it...
The guy i bought it from told me the 1.3 engine is the same as the turbo's, you just attach a turbo....but i very much doubt this, surely the compression is all different, inlet manifold etc, so i'm assuming there isn't any truth in this?
I ain't got tons of cash just now, so this is just a run-about for me.
The timing belt on my last car slipped, so while that's being re-built i needed a car for getting from A-B, got a nice wee 1.3 starlet on the cheap, 12 months mot etc.
I've got some spare tint, some lowering springs, give the wheels a wee refurb(spray black), replace the dented wing, general bit of TLC to body work.
How i got her :
a wee tidy up later, little polish, no wax, think i'll claybar it over the weekend, then give it some deep red dodo juice to sort her out
I'm going to lower it on cheap springs this weekend, rear window tints, i knowit's all a bit chavy, but cheap/cheerful
!I'm wondering, any bigger brakes i can fit off another standard Toyota? celica/mr2 maybe? Or would i be better off just getting turbo brakes and seeing what difference they make?
And how do the back windows come out? I've stripped out the door cards at the back, taking the seal bit off the window, i see white clips attached to the window, looks like it pops out, but i don't want to smash it...
The guy i bought it from told me the 1.3 engine is the same as the turbo's, you just attach a turbo....but i very much doubt this, surely the compression is all different, inlet manifold etc, so i'm assuming there isn't any truth in this?
I ain't got tons of cash just now, so this is just a run-about for me.
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