Taistorm
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You can buy thin striping rolls from repco in various colours for cheap (intended for stripes across vehicles).
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These turned up today!
Hopefully get these in sometime soon.
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Charlie's pinstriping in Kumeu. The dude is quality but he's probably pretty eggs Benny.
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1 hour ago, BlownCorona said:
theres a sticker guy down here with a brand you might enjoy
https://lmtbrk.com/Haha might have to grab a few!
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Plates on this morning and shot up to washworld for a quick once over.
Lowering springs should be here early next week but they probably won't go on for a little while yet. Also looking at getting a Kurtz custom downpipe from Aus now as ones popped up second hand for cheap.
Also filled this thing up from empty fuel light. Damn fuel is expensive, 70L of 98 about $185! Good thing I have a work car and will only drive this maybe once a week...
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Yeah he definitely owns it.
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Haha, wouldn't be surprised. He doesn't even have a license....
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2 hours ago, datlow said:
Like not even oil changes??
Yeah bro, not once. I think he's barely even needed to topup the oil! Haha he's a bit of a munter. The tray and back seats are full of empty beer bottles and diesel cans.. like literally full.
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One of the operators at work has the ssangyong rhino version of this. He hasn't taken it in for 1 service in the 70,000kms he's owned it from new and it ticks along well. He gives it shit and puts it through rough terrain/wet clay tracks often at the sites he operates around it doesn't get stuck and hasn't let him down.
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Finished cutting this thing last week. What a mission! It looks a lot better so that's good but I'm so amateur at it.
Also I received a few things in the post today...
3" exhaust from dump pipe back. Rear sections are stainless and the front section is just mild steel. I think it's got a 4" bore on it, I'll see how it goes for now but I'm keen to swap it out for some twin pipes. Really wanted to go for a twin 2" exhaust system with twinpipes on either side but this second hand system came up cheap as. It was off a facelift soarer with a Kurt's kustoms downpipe, hopefully there's not much modification needed to bolt it up as I'm a lazy cunt but we'll soon find out.
Also got these..
Have been wanting to get this plate for years, it was intended for my Mazda (which it will end up on at some stage). Limit break in regards to the high revving rotang but also a nod to my gamer/nerd side for anyone who is into the Final Fantasy series puhuhuhu.
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10 minutes ago, oldrx7 said:
My favourite fc! Was my screensaver for years haha
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Picked up some wheel nuts this morning and threw them on.
Pretty stoked, it looks heaps better. Took it for a drive and there weren't any rattles or wobbles so no need for balancing. Front wheel fitment is nice but the rear needs to be spaced out about 20mm. I'm also hoping to drop it about 40mm and all should be gravy - still want the thing driving without rub and scrapage.
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Spent another couple hours trying to tidy up the front end.
Look heaps better but it really still needs someone to do it properly, well really it needs a new paint job but oh well. Tidier for the time being. Also picking up some wheels nuts tomorrow for this so will get the wheels on if I get a sec.
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I've also picked up some wheels. They're Work Termist TM-1, staggered set in 18x8 +35 and 18x9 +38.
They're by no means mint but tidy enough. Got them for a good price but damn have wheels got expensive in the last few years! Everyone is asking stupid money these days but I guess you've got to pay the cost to be a boss. Unfortunately my accounts only allow for this much dish for the time being. Went to throw them on yesterday but I found out the factory wheels are shanked nuts where as these are taper seat so I'll need to wait a few days until the public holidays are over to grab some. Im also on the hunt for some lowering springs, will be in touch with Chamberlain springs down south to organise something to drop it a bit.
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Had an amateur attempt at trying to cut this thing today. Spent about 2 hours giving it a quick clean and had a go on the buffer. Ran an El cheapo crc heavy cutting compound and then went over it with the meguiars scratchx. I only had enough time to do the left side of the vehicle - probably a piss poor effort but fuck me it's a boring task and stupidly hot today. Couldn't get anymore time though as I've recently had a baby so time is slim at the moment. Will see how we go tomorrow.
Here's some results...
didn't even realise it was a metallic navy blue haha thought it was just straight standard...
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Not sure if this will eventuate to anything but with the joy of picking up another vehicle the mind always tends to wander and gets excited.
As some of you may have seen in the 'Goes hard for what it is' thread, I recently picked up a 1994 Toyota Soarer GTT-L. Got it off this old boy operator at my work for an excellent price, I even offered him more but he was happy to let it go for what he was happy with. GC. He was the first NZ owner with 17,000kms on the clock and it's now sitting at only 76,000kms!
Its running the early non-vvti 1jzgte and twin parallel turbo setup mated to the A340E automatic. It has the optioned sunroof, tems suspension, wood grain trim and rear air purifier system with the awesome digital HUD gauge cluster. Full log book of service history and wofs too, stoked as! Mechanically it is mint, veeery slight tick from the engine and I think the turbos are a little smokey (apparently these run ceramic turbos which are renown for de-laminating and going smokey). Interior is pretty tidy, only a small crack at the top of the driver's door card and some staining on the carpet and seats. The body however has seen better days - covered in tiny shopping trolley dings, scratches around the edges and pretty bad paint fade on the rear wing, bumper and roof.
The plan at this stage is to do some minor mods, a general tidy up and roll as is. Then in the near future wind up the boost and slowly collect bits and pieces to turn this into a weapon. I've got a mate over in Aus that has a 600rwhp JZX100 who's been feeding me all sorts of info in regards on how to get an easy 400hp out of the 1jz.
In reality I should be spending time and money on the Mazda but with it being stored over an hour away from where I live and not having access to work on it for the near future motivation is at a low.
Anyway here are some pics of the Toyota as I received it.
and the worst of the body..
it also has dents/scratches right up the left side of the vehicle.
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This thing is sweet man. Very jealous!
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@OSM Garage he's the torque wrench guru.
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On 17/12/2021 at 19:48, Taistorm said:Picking up a jzz30 1jzgte Toyota soarer tomorrow for 5k with legit 79,000kms. Didn't think these deals still existed...
Here's the new whip. Looks alot tidier in this pic but really it has heaps of minor scratches and paint fade on the wing and rear bumper but damn it goes good!
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22 hours ago, jessemk2 said:
I just scored a mk5 gti for that reason reasonable priced turbo hatch with few add ons and a tune 300hp
Had to buy out of town to get the colour I wanted
My mrs' had one of these for a few years. I loved boosting around in it and the dsg was great! Felt like you were barely doing 100km when it was up around 200, hugged corners and super comfortable to drive.
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Picking up a jzz30 1jzgte Toyota soarer tomorrow for 5k with legit 79,000kms. Didn't think these deals still existed...
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Carsales.com.au usually has heaps. Shannon's Auctions as well.
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With the shaft/carrier that the 5th gear needle roller bearings sit on, you can probably get it metal sprayed and spun as an easier/cheaper alternative to replacing. There's an awesome old bloke in onehunga, Auckland called Malcolm at MacLean Metalsprayers who sorts alot of similar work for us. Unsure if there's someone down the line that does similar work but worth looking into.
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Hate to say the obvious but did you try and clean that side with degreaser/brakeclean before you checked it on the ramps? Could try get in there with an inspection mirror and torch.
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Tai's JZZ30 Soarer
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Not a real update but I've got a second hand Kurt's custom dump pipe coming over from Aus. I've also put in an order on amayama for all the gaskets/seals/other bits (hopefully everything I need) to swap over the dump pipe. Really not looking forward to this as it looks like a prick of a thing to do so may just work a few more hours and pay someone else to do it hahaha as I'm a lazy cunt sometimes.
From what I've read apparently just by upgrading the dump and a 3" exhaust the boost increases by about 3psi and can see gains of about 50hp as the factory dump pipe is super restrictive. See how it goes anyway...