The Truenos Transformation

Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2007 10:23 pm Post subject:

car looks good

i'm really liking the fender flares Thumbsup

Posted: Sun Feb 11, 2007 12:31 pm Post subject:

Nice

Posted: Fri Feb 23, 2007 10:35 pm Post subject:

well the diff is now fitted back upto the car

still got the halfshafts to go on
and galf the driveshaft as well
i cant find the back brake pads i took off of the car which is a bit worrying as they were in perfect condition lol, might need to go buy more now

front brakes have seized, bollocks
pitworks pads on there just now
have blitz ones to go on

other problem i have encountered is a problem with the alternator, it is only charing between 9-11 volts which is not enough, however when i got it tested it tested as perfect weird, also managed to set the alternator cable on fire twice, hmm this car has me paranoid now

Posted: Sun Mar 11, 2007 8:58 pm Post subject:

ok then

caliper rebuild kit ordered for the rear brakes

alternator now charging properly, was one fucking cable going from the fusebox to the alternator that had a split in it, fukcing raging, knew it would be somehting simple, just spending the time finding it

alloys have been painted same colour as the car, done at home = mega cheapness, they look quite good as well

dash is all back in, just ned to put the seats and harnesses in

battery has been relocated to the boot, from back of the passenger seat

gearbox mount is done

engine mounts are being done soon, although they look like a right pain in the arse to do any advice?

still to fit blitz brake pads to the front

sorry no pics but battery in camera is dead and my mobile had an accident with the washing machine

Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2007 12:05 am Post subject:

well now

the alternator problem has been sorted, was one shitty cable going to the fusebox grrrr

TRD engine mounts are fitted
starter motor is now working properly

all the seats are in as are the 2 harnesses

electric fan switch and fog light switch now have proper mounts

battery has been relocated to the boot

rear calipers are being rebuilt over next couple of days

steering wheel is in

alloys are now midnught purple

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also had a bit of a problem with the engine

the oil cooler burst its pipe and pissed oil everywhere when i was not there

what happened was i had the car running for about 10 minutes, went out switched the car off and went to the cinema in my other car, came back from the cinema and seen something wet under the car in the headlights and knew what it was straight away Sad

it was darkwhen i left for the cinema so never see the oil

on investigating the followig day the cooler pipe was burst, i have been lucky it must have burst just before i turned the engine off as the engine is 100% fine thats the updates for now

Posted: Sun Mar 25, 2007 3:37 pm Post subject:

collected some new parts from Paz yesterday at the Big X show in teeside, Cheers for bringing them up for me saved me coming down to stoke to ge em.
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weight of the bonnet leaves a lot to be desired for though, compared to my FRp one lol

now hopefully with these fitted to the car i can drift just like paz Wink

Wataru Joined: 10 Jul 2006 Posts: 93

nice, but i don't see what was wrong with the old look, to me that was beautiful. even though Paz's ae86 was beautiful with them parts on.

keep it up thought, stills looks like a good project

Elid

Posted: Sun Mar 25, 2007 5:04 pm Post subject:

i was not 100& happy with the bumper

might still stick with it but at least this way i have spares

Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2007 4:39 pm Post subject:

from this

to this

Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2007 5:00 pm Post subject:

good work, eventhough most of us would go the other way around Very Happy

Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2007 5:05 pm Post subject:

yeah the car did start wuth bucket seats when i got it, but they were to narrow for me, sold em and aint replaced them yet lol.

Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2007 5:41 pm Post subject:

you cleaned it up nicely, although im not too sure about midnight purple rims Confused

got any pics?

And thet dash looks aweful! Were you to lazy to sand it completely smooth? Puh

Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2007 6:04 pm Post subject:

hey apolan

that was just a quick fix, i plan ti either replace it or get it flocked

no pics of the alloys just now Very Happy

Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2007 6:26 pm Post subject:

i dont know what "flocked" is, but do what Ian did that covered it with carpet Cheerleader

Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2007 6:32 pm Post subject:

Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2007 6:52 pm Post subject:

ow, okay, coz it would be a shame to leave something so ugly, in such a nice car Very Happy

Flocking might be a good idea; get rid of all that sun glare. nmwisima, check Ian's ae2000 thread to se what flocked ae dash looks like..

Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2007 6:59 pm Post subject:

and a quick vid to prove it still runs lol

Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2007 3:50 pm Post subject:

subframes

i have 2
one is a bride this is a bvase mount modified to side mount
and the other one is a wisteria who i have never heard of this is a side mount one

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probably going to be selling the side mount as the seats i will be getting are base mount

Posted: Fri Apr 06, 2007 5:46 pm Post subject:

wit a site for sore eyes

took for a short run, practically no brakes need to investigate that one

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Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2007 11:50 pm Post subject:

fitted in last 7 months

full prothane bushing kit
water and oil temp, oil pressure and volt guages
fixed my dash
fixed dash lights
light weight alternator pulley
twin electric fans, along with a thermostatic controll switch in place of viscous
4 point harness'es
sorted all cabling out
greddy radiator pipe
TRD 2Way LSD
Helix cerametalic Paddle clutch and larger 212mm flywheel
new Crown and Pinion
battle version steering spacer kit
painted alloys
some slight bodywork repairs
cusco gearbox mount
TRD engine mounts

also bought a new front bonnet bumper and wings

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a wee vid oh yeah and BTW that noise at the start is the electric fans lol Very Happy

Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2007 8:50 pm Post subject:

well the MoT is tomorrow as 12 lunchtime

front bumper is on along with the sidelights
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and here is the tow vehicle a vauxhall frontera 2.8tdi will do a better job than my 1.6 8v VW jetta lol
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Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2007 9:26 pm Post subject:

it sure looks hot!!
Those cooper tires give it a sort of drag look! looks cool! Thumbsup

Ryousuke Joined: 28 Oct 2004 Posts: 172 Location: Portugal

nice car mate ....
you oil cooler is upside down ....
unless it is too big and u want it upside down ... it only works at 25% or so that way ....

Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2007 7:28 pm Post subject:

well the MoT was today

and she passed

2 advisories
front drivers tyre is near legal limit
which i knew about anyway
and divers front balljoint very very slight play

cracked my front bumper tryingto get it onto the trailer first time round, some bricks and planks of wood went on no problem

not really to bothered will get worse damage when i com off into the kitty litter whilst learning t drift lol

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Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2007 9:04 pm Post subject:

Maybe a stupid question, but why do you need to put the hachi on a trailer to get MoT? Blonde question