OEM MK1 GT turbo Starlet

Darraghmh91. · 10-02-2015 12:55pm

Into The Blue wrote: »

Some man darragh, you'll be like a pig in shıte spinning around when it's fully sorted..

Fair play lad.

Haha you have no Ides Man I can't wait till I get them all in the and I'll be looking forward to showin everyone on the site too at meets etc

Darraghmh91. · 12-02-2015 7:44pm

Got 2 new rad brackets today and also got 2 new bolts for it aswell .. Can't put old bolts on new parts
Cheap enough fix and will do a lot for the car along with all the new parts goin into it

Darraghmh91. · 25-02-2015 2:52pm

Cat shield all cleaned up now just have to do the other small one now then go buy the turbo shield

No smokin sticker on the ashtray now very happy with it

And the gt in Mechanics garage lookin quite sorry for its self I can't wait to get it back and give it a good polish and wax

Thats all for now folks

adrianshanahan · 25-02-2015 9:29pm

Keep up the great work, makes me ashamed of the less than awesome effort I put into my Navara.

Darraghmh91. · 25-02-2015 11:41pm

Put the effort in man it's worth it .. Feel great after doin it with new parts and once Ya start it's hard to stop

Darraghmh91. · 26-02-2015 3:03am

Just finished polishing cat shield number 2 now .. Delighted there done now just drill an tap the holes and put them on

Darraghmh91. · 06-03-2015 1:08pm

Got this off my mate matty yesterday for the car so a big thanks for sourcing this for me for a good price .. I previously had a black glanza one on the car so a silver one is the proper one for the mk1 and has the mounting points for my vacuum pipes now
Just a spray up with silver paint and im laughin now

imurdaddy · 08-03-2015 1:43am

Only after noticing this now, great work its a credit to you! Oem is the only way to go I hate cars that look like they ram raided Halfords! Ha

Darraghmh91. · 08-03-2015 8:18pm

imurdaddy wrote: »

Only after noticing this now, great work its a credit to you! Oem is the only way to go I hate cars that look like they ram raided Halfords! Ha

Cheers man I must say I do enjoy the OEM build its not an everyday sight to see an oem starlet
It's just as expensive as doing a modified car with buying all the toyota parts from new and optional extras but well worth it

Darraghmh91. · 25-03-2015 6:58pm

Got the starlet back off sham on Monday after gettin the car goin again .. Done the timing, new actuator fitted, new rad fitted, rear wheel bearings, fixed up the wiring on the car and the car is goin sweet as a nut now
Spent the past 2 days cleaning the car and went balls out so here it is now .. Pics don't do it much good but it is super shiney

Reg surrounds fitted now looks the job on the cards with the plates

Fitted my optional extra speakers too now I need a radio haha

Into The Blue · 25-03-2015 7:06pm

Super job!

What about something like these?

Darraghmh91. · 25-03-2015 7:15pm

i have them jap pressed plates on the other starlet but i prefare the std ones to be honest man

Darraghmh91. · 28-03-2015 12:14pm

Fresh nct today for 14 months .. Very happy with that now flew through it very surprised how good my result sheet was

CianRyan · 28-03-2015 12:17pm

Yes!! I knew she'd do well.
Now just to call the insurance on Monday.

Darraghmh91. · 28-03-2015 2:47pm

Yeah ring up insurance nd swap over nd then tax it nd that's Me happy as a pig in ****e

Titzon Toast · 04-04-2015 5:33pm

Great thread, well done OP. The car looks great, best of luck with it.

Darraghmh91. · 08-04-2015 6:48pm

Fitted my mk1 Rescueman today .. Iv been meaning to do this a while now so very happy with that
This will help me if I ever get in a crash I can smash my glass on to escape any injury or use this scissors to cut my shirt or seatbelt but with a bit of luck I'll never need to use it and itl be for display only

Into The Blue · 08-04-2015 9:10pm

That a new gear stick gaiter? Thing looks brand spanking..

Darraghmh91. · 08-04-2015 9:39pm

No it's not new man but it is clean along with all the interior .. Only 100k on the clock so no real wear and tear as such

Darraghmh91. · 09-04-2015 3:08pm

Not a major update These little things were buggin me so got them sorted today
The vanity trey had a stain in one of its compartments and I kept Lookin at it and Thinkin I better get it sorted so I went to toyota and he gave me a patch or carpet for free and I cut a piece out to slot into it so here's before and after pics

And another was the centre console where my handbrake is was missing the 2 screws from it but wasn't moving at all but wanted them in there so bought 2 new screws from toyota for 2 quid and popped them in and I had some carpet left over from the other bit so said why not put a new piece in here too so another cut was made and popped it in

Not much but the small things count ha and today I done my full licence test and got it on my first go so celebrations with nandos tonight ha

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MarkR · 09-04-2015 4:35pm

Lovely car. Reminds me of a 93 starlet I had. Was the "S" model, looked like a turbo from the back, no bonnet scoop or bump. Miss that car now.

Darraghmh91. · 09-04-2015 4:53pm

Ha yeah everybody misses there Starlets after there Gone ha there such a fun little car to drive .. Mine will be staying here with me for life I could never part with it now

CianRyan · 12-04-2015 12:15am

Took a few pictures for Darragh the other day.

Hope ye like them and if ya don't, at least I didn't knock your mirror off.

Darraghmh91. · 12-04-2015 12:26am

Haha I like them so much I think I'll find you another mirror haha
Cheers Cian delighted with them they show the colour of the car nicely im browned off with people sayin "no that's not green it's black"
ITS GREEN

stephenmarr · 12-04-2015 10:54pm

Get yourself a standard exhaust, ditch the cannon

Darraghmh91. · 13-04-2015 12:15am

stephenmarr wrote: »

Get yourself a standard exhaust, ditch the cannon

Have the exhaust bought just waitin go get it in my hands .. It's wreckin my head lookin at it its killin the car

Darraghmh91. · 13-04-2015 5:41pm

The past while Iv been meaning to take the tints off the car so today I got the hair dryer out and peeled them off .. Took bloody ages to do but I'm happy there off now as there was a bad job done on them before hand when it was in Japan I think and they had air bubbles and ripples on them so my oem look is better now with them gone

Into The Blue · 13-04-2015 7:00pm

Super job as always lad.

Darraghmh91. · 13-04-2015 8:01pm

Into The Blue wrote: »

Super job as always lad.

Thanks man .. I should have more updates soon when I get this exhaust for the car so more work to be done
Think I may have a job lined up now so progress will be mega crazy with money comin in Iv so much to do

Walshey96 · 13-04-2015 8:17pm

Super clean car fair play.

Chris_Heilong · 14-04-2015 3:05am

Great thread, hard to believe its an 1991 car.

Daaryl · 14-04-2015 6:59pm

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Love this pic

Darraghmh91. · 14-04-2015 8:24pm

Thanks for the comments lads good to see others like this project
Iv got my job back so start on site Monday morning so things will be good for this project I plan to get it sprayed up next and so will cost quite a bit of money
Spray the body
Spray engine bay
Spray engine + gearbox
Spray wishbones
Spray rear axel
Wax oil under the car and anything that comes out will be replaced with new parts
Should be fairly mint but I'll need to save up a fortune for that tho it's a lot of work
After this it will be all brand new brake set up from toyota
Then new suspension set up from toyota
Get my Recaro fishnetts all refurbished so there brand new with all new bolsters and material off Recaro themselfs in the uk
And of course try get myself all these optional extras there's only the impossible ones left now ha
The list goes on and on but it will be hopefully the cleanest starlet in the country
It's a clean car now but I want it MINT in showroom condition

toastedpickles · 14-04-2015 8:29pm

Darraghmh91. wrote: »

Thanks for the comments lads good to see others like this project
Iv got my job back so start on site Monday morning so things will be good for this project I plan to get it sprayed up next and so will cost quite a bit of money
Spray the body
Spray engine bay
Spray engine + gearbox
Spray wishbones
Spray rear axel
Wax oil under the car and anything that comes out will be replaced with new parts
Should be fairly mint but I'll need to save up a fortune for that tho it's a lot of work
After this it will be all brand new brake set up from toyota
Then new suspension set up from toyota
Get my Recaro fishnetts all refurbished so there brand new with all new bolsters and material off Recaro themselfs in the uk
And of course try get myself all these optional extras there's only the impossible ones left now ha
The list goes on and on but it will be hopefully the cleanest starlet in the country
It's a clean car now but I want it MINT in showroom condition

I'm pretty much in the same situation with my saab, there's two parts I'm determined to have, a whaletail spoiler, and a rear louvre for the window, hens teeth are easier got then these two things

Darraghmh91. · 14-04-2015 8:40pm

Ha ha im in the same boat man
I want the optional extra navi boy which is a compass for the starlet and want the rear clean box which is a bin that goes in the boot and there impossible to get .. It's hard to even get a good picture of one never mind source one
Iv contacts on Japan and New Zealand and a mate of mine has them in Pakistan and Japan so if they can't get it nobody can ha
Navi boy and clean box will cost me atleast €500 each

toastedpickles · 14-04-2015 8:48pm

You id be about the same, 1500 all in for the two bits i want you can get a fiberglass whaletail so i might go with that

Darraghmh91. · 14-04-2015 9:07pm

It'd do till you get the genuine part for it man and when you source the genuine one swap them over and put the other one in the attic for a rainy day
With mine you can't get copy's only the original ones are available

Iv still got about 4000 worth of extras left I'd say but itl be a one off starlet with them all never seen before so well worth it

Darraghmh91. · 02-05-2015 11:28pm

Not much of an update just got these few bits out of Toyota today
Just new vacuum pipe clips, cat studs and nuts, rad bracket bolts and stuff

Chris_Heilong · 03-05-2015 12:55am

Toyota are great arent they, can get almost all my Chaser OME stuff from Toyota Ireland.

CianRyan · 03-05-2015 12:58am

You're a lucky pair of gits.
If Mazda get a wiff of a car being an import, they have to email Holland, who have to email Japan, who have to email Holland who have to email Mazda Ireland so you can find out if you can even get the part anymore.

Bloody nightmare.

jca · 03-05-2015 2:30am

CianRyan wrote: »

You're a lucky pair of gits.
If Mazda get a wiff of a car being an import, they have to email Holland, who have to email Japan, who have to email Holland who have to email Mazda Ireland so you can find out if you can even get the part anymore.

Bloody nightmare.

And then they send you to a Ford dealer who has the part....

CianRyan · 03-05-2015 10:55am

jca wrote: »

And then they send you to a Ford dealer who has the part....

Or an Aston Martin dealer believe it or not. :pac:

colm_mcm · 06-05-2015 11:16pm

Aston Martin db7 has Mazda 323f (pop up light type) rear lights, 80s Mazda 323 outer handles and MX5 interior handles

Darraghmh91. · 09-05-2015 1:11pm

Got this optional extra radio of my mate matty today so very happy with this at least now iv a bit of music in the car and my optional extra CD player plugs into it so I can play cd and cassette now

Bring on the Beatles :afro:

jca · 10-05-2015 7:47pm

Darraghmh91. wrote: »

Got this optional extra radio of my mate matty today so very happy with this at least now iv a bit of music in the car and my optional extra CD player plugs into it so I can play cd and cassette now
Bring on the Beatles :afro:

Wow that's deadly... I'd say that was an expensive option back then!!

Eric Cartman · 10-05-2015 9:04pm

what does the button below 'tape' do ?

Into The Blue · 10-05-2015 9:06pm

Eric Cartman wrote: »

what does the button below 'tape' do ?

Wifi hotspot.

the tape deck makes for a good phone holder as well

Eric Cartman · 10-05-2015 9:15pm

Into The Blue wrote: »

Wifi hotspot.

the tape deck makes for a good phone holder as well

hah , its probably either infrared audio (japs had infrared on everything in the 90's - 00's ) or some sort of traffic thing, or possibly a button for the cd changer, but id like to see if OP knows.

Im not normally a fan of a lot of JDM stuff or starlets but my christ OP your doing this one very well. I admire the desire for factory parts and all the options. I never realised a starlet could be spec'd so well.

Darraghmh91. · 11-05-2015 2:46pm

Thanks Eric good to know that this starlet has changed your view on these little cars ha I'm sick to the teeth of everybody trying to get a faster starlet and there mostly in wrong hands and people have them in bits now so they have a terribal name but I can safely say this one is in great hands and only genuine Toyota parts till be used and every starlet optional extra will be bought for it but it's a long and expensive project to get it done but better done right and slow instead of quick and dodgy
I don't know what the button under tape is I think it's just a mute button but I shall find out and fill you in
Thanks for the good feedback lads much appreciated

Chris_Heilong · 17-05-2015 9:30pm

That Japanese writing under the button says 'traffic report' what ever that means.

OEM MK1 GT turbo Starlet

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