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Did you find an answer to the mystery plug? Might be to the k-series engine loom? 5 wires? Themrofan sensor, oil pressure sensor, points distributor, reverse detent sensor x2

hey oldschool, In the process of fitting a universal bolt together type driveshaft loop to my KP starlet and need some advice. Starlets are uni-body so needing to mount through the floor with top plates. There is nice flat spot in the floor pan on passengers side but on the driver side the only position within the required 250mm distance from the yoke has ribs in the floor pan. My question being is mounting over the ribs like this acceptable with the additional minimum 3000mmsq plates on the underside? I used the curved section of the loop as it was easier to hold for the photos, but will obviously use the flat section for mounting to the floor. Will do a single bolt through at each rib with the appropriate plates. I will be removing the sound deadening top and bottom once I've got the final position sorted, fuel line shown in photos will be getting re run out of the way so can ignore that issue. Cheers

Yep definitely repainting original colour, I already have the paint. For sure man, be good to good to get the 2 KPs together once mine is up and running

@myk00l yep, that's the colour!

I've had this 2 door 82' KP since 2009 (I think..?) I'll have to check the ownership papers. It has sat in my lock up since the day I brought it. It came to me tidy as and all original with a 2K and K40. Everything complete, front & rear parcel shelves, Toyota tool kit and jack, all the old ownership and dealer paperwork etc. I'm the 3rd owner and its lived in Upper Hutt its whole life. The first owner was an older local lady, who then sold it to a local garage around the corner from my lock up. They used it as the workshop run about to pick up parts and sausage rolls etc. I picked it up from the garage after a customer unfortunately reversed into the drivers door and drivers side rear quarter. The damage wasn't that bad but the garage couldn't be arsed to fix it. Instead of a quick tidy up with a new drivers door and sell on, I couldn't help myself and went about starting a full panel and paint in original colour, sorting a 5K and K50, lower springs and picking up some wheels for it etc. I don't have any picture of when I first got it because I'm useless, but it is factory a dark green metallic colour called peacock. This is how it sits at the moment, body work 90% complete and in epoxy primer. It doesn't looks all that flash at the moment, but it really is a very tidy car and will finish up really well. The only rust was the typical flat hatch rust under the rear window rubber, and some small patches under the hatch rubber. And a sample pic of the wheels I have for it. Really all that is left is to finish the 10% of the body work, paint, reassemble, driveshaft loop, refurbish wheels, then get a WOF, Cert and Rego... so a fair amount. Once finished final specs will be something along the lines of : - Standard interior - Standard reconditioned 5K with Kennelly cam grind - 1.75" exhaust with factory twin front pipe. - K50 with KP shifter position - Lovell lowering springs with KYB gas struts to suit, MRP RCAs - Endless front brake pads (hopefully these are suitable for certification) - Refurbished Sharak X-1 13x5.5 +20 with Advan A539s As I mentioned in my other KP build thread, I've just got back from 4 years in the UK and this is the stage I got it to just before I left. I'm looking forward to getting this car finished and back on the road! This KP will be for sale once complete. Discussion thread here:

Discussion thread for my quick tidy up and sell on KP build that has taken 12 years so far...

Discussion thread for my near on 20 year KP build of teenage dreams. Keen to hear your thoughts on wheel centre colour, cobra springs or how this will still not be finished in 2031

So end of 2004 the paint work was finished, the standard suspension tidied up and put back in to get it rolling. I finished high school and the awesome after school job. Unfortunately the Sony digi cam also stopped working and since cell phones didn't have cameras yet there are no photos from 2004 to about 2012. In all honesty next to nothing photo worthy happened on the car in this time. I sold the 4K and K50, and brought and sold, traded, wrecked about 10 or 12 other KPs. I still collected parts and pieces for this car, tided up all the interior boxed it safely, had all the nuts, bolts and brackets blasted and replated, imported new molded carpet from US, picked up some new wheels etc etc, but for the most part it just sat on jack stands in my parents garage. In 2017 I quit my job and decided I was going to move to the UK. I had a 6 weeks before I flew out and spent sometime working on the KP. Made good progress and some serious decisions about what I wanted the car to finish up as, but its still a long way form done. The specs are roughly as follows, which I'll probably change my mind on before its done... - Flat front conversion, full headlight panel graft and front and rear metal bumpers etc (this still needs to be fitted and painted) - Rebuilt 7K with Kennelly Cams street grind and brand new 32/36 DGA weber - K-T bell housing with 20 spline T50 and forward shifter position - U code diff (Imported a TRD lsd from Yahoo but not sure if I'll fit this) - AE111 master and calipers, E30 front rotors & S14 rear rotors, wilwood prop valve - Bug eye steering arms, T3 RCAs, cobra super low springs (what are these like to drive on?), KYB gas struts to suit - Recaro fish nets (cant have the early 2000s escape this build now can we?), factory sprint rear seats - Refurbished 14x6 +15 Gallop Racing welded 2 piece This is the only photo I have access to at the moment of its current state. I do have some more photos from the work I did in 2017 which I'll update later. So this sharn down memory lane pretty much brings it up to current state. I've just moved back from the UK (4 days left in MIQ) and I'm hoping to take 3 or 4 months off before starting a new job to get this finished and back on the road. The to do list is still pretty long and there is another KP to finish, but we will see if I can finish in 3 months what I haven't been able to do in 18 years... hopefully this post isnt on page 14 by the time I update it next. Discussion thread here: Keen to hear your thoughts on wheel centre colour, cobra springs or how this will still not be finished in 2031

About 2004 I took it off the road for panel and paint. I was lucky enough to be working an after school job at a full engineering workshop with a panel shop, paint shop, sand blasting booth, reconditioning shop and some talented old school tradesmen that were keen to help. It was stripped right down to pretty much a bare shell with all the running gear removed, the underside sand blasted painted with POR-15 and under coated. A couple small bits of rust fixed up under the hatch rubber and drivers side door inner and the shopping trolley dents straightened out. Some more shaky Sony digi cam pictures of it in panel stage: Because it was the early 2000's and RX-8s were new and cool I picked Mazda winning blue for the new colour. Some Pictures of it painted in the booth: At the same time one of the painters noticed the KP in the panel shop and said his step son had a rusty 4 door that had failed its WOF and he needed to get rid of. $120 was exchanged for an 83' GL trim with a 4k and k50 which I intended to swap in.

I got my restricted licence and drove it for a year or so. Did a few little bits and pieces tidied up the front and brackets powder coated, recored the radiator, took the side graphic off. and put these Enkei wheels on it to complete the roller skate look.

This was my first car that I picked up sometime in 2003 when I was 16 years old at high school, and when the Trade & Exchange was the best place to pick up a deal. I took the Thursday off school with my old man to go check it out. It was completely factory original and head been well cared for and garaged. 2K, K40 and U-code diff, DX trim level, 98,000k with mostly original paint. Most importantly, having already looked at a number of absolute rusty shit heaps this one was rust free. We paid a deposit and came back later that day to pick it up. The lady cried as we drove it off. Some pictures taken from the finest Sony digital camera at the time.

Where have you sourced the windscreen seal filler strip from? Basis https://basisnz.co.nz/products/sku217-405?_pos=6&_sid=fe4b1df7d&_ss=r Be interested to see how it works out as I've got a couple of screens to do

Interesting, wouldn't have thought of that! But no tints so all good.

cheers @Raizer, internal rearview mirror will do for me!

What mirrors are required for a wof? is the internal rear view mirror enough? or is a minimum drives side door/guard mirror required? does age of the vehicle come into it?