rob_clio172

Thank you 👍

Hey, its been a while.... not alot has changed tbh. I spent the whole of last year just enjoying it and going to shows. Actually won an award at an Exclusive JDM show which was a proud moment, all the hard work over the years payed off. Did another Exclusive JDM show at Sturgate straight and managed to really stretch its legs, 1st time launching the car and using the 2step properly. Absolutely loved it! VID_35190221_172732_727.mp4 VID-20230924-WA0003_1.mp4 VID-20230924-WA0002.mp4 Sorry for all the pics and vids, there is so many more i have this is just the best of the bunch tbh. Hopefully get it down Santa Pod this year see what she can do.

Saw this at exclusive jdm full scale, incredible! Love it! So clean, would love 1 of these 1 day!

Wow, been so long since i last updated this!! Car is still going although its since had a rebuild! Managed to spin 2 rod bearings, not really 100% sure why it happened. I was using a standard clearance rod bearing and have since gone to over sized. Clearance was withing Toyota's spec but may have been a little tight for a built engine. I have known many ppl use standard size rod bearings and not had an issue but maybe i was unlucky.... or they have been lucky. Either way i now have a freshly built bottom end in it, only thing thats changed really is the rear tyres. Ive now gone to the Toyo R888R's, not got the fronts yet but they are next on the list. these things are huge, im now using a 265/35 R18 which is the widest tyre these wheels will take. Its made a huge difference in grip, night and day and gave the car alot more road presence! Also made my first trip to Caffeine and Machine around November time!! Loved it, such a variety of cars and the IS300 got lots of attention! My friend in his JCW Mini captured this on his dash cam too 😂.... 💥

Thanks for the replies guys I will have a little play 👍

Hey guys, as the title says.. is there a way of doing this? I'm finding at night its that bright its affecting my left eye from the glare. Is there not an option for it to go dim or change colour when the head lights come on? Cheers

Also if ot did fail it would have to be in a real bad way to fail it, as an MOT tester brake pipes can be a grey area. Have a read of this from the manual, if it's not sweating though or leaking it's pretty much a pass because how can you ever determine how much is actually corroded. either way it will be best to get it done but if its not bad and the tester has been a little harsh it might just need a simple clean up of surface corrosion and coating in grease or painting for protection.

Did this fail on the MOT as the title says or advised as the 1st post says? If advised they might not do anything about it, if its a fail them speak to them and ask the question if its covered.

Cheers, hopefully get loads of pics and videos of shows and driving come spring and summer shows. 1 things is for sure I definitely need better tyres for the high boost setting, these NS2-R's need a fair bit of heat in them to get them to bite and even then they struggle some.

Cheers matey, well me and the tuner did discuss maybe switching to ethanol fuel if I really wanted more power. Its the easiest and quickest way of gaining more. The complete fuel system is ethanol capable I will just need a slightly more beefy fuel pump and a flex fuel sensor putting in. If I'm honest I think the way this car is currently setup it probably couldn't get more power to the ground so I would have to look into tyres and suspension changes. Yeah the number plate is an interesting 1, it came with the car from the previous owner. The car had no MOT and needed a fair bit of work to get it through which I had no intention of doing as I had the long game plan in mind, as a result he couldn't get the plate on to retention so gave it up.

Cheers mate, yeah it's been great fun. Been some tough times but far outweighed by the good.

So ive finally got this thing back on the hub dyno to have the boost turned up, boost controller, and 2step launch control setup. This visit was straight forward no issues to report, it made 633 at the hubs and 510flbs at 30psi. Turbo at this point was pretty much at its limit, so the boost was pegged back to 27psi just so the turbo was sitting at a happy, comfortable place. Final figure was 601 at the hubs and 483flbs. Im over the moon with it. I've only tried high boost once and it is absolutely insane! Scary quick! VID-20211022-WA0004.mp4 Also had to test out the 2step/rolling anti lag of course 🤣. VID-20211021-WA0009_1.mp4 So after 4yrs and 3months of graft blood sweat and tears I've finally got the point I dreamt of. We all know these projects are never finished so there will always be little things to do but for now I'm just going to drive and enjoy the damn thing.

No issue here, I'm on BC racing coil overs, not sure on the exact drop but it's alot more than H&R springs would be.

Yeah it makes me quite the hypocrite as I fail atleast 1 car per week for this when I'm testing 🤣

I have LED headlights in mine and the beam pattern is absolutely perfect. Doesn't dazzle other drivers and vision is way better now. I swap them out for the mot then drop them back in after. The CT200h uses a projector style lamp so the beam pattern is not affected like it is on a normal style lamp. I used Novsight LEDs.