Stutopia

I’ve approved it subject to prices being added ASAP.

Please add prices @RobPhoboS

Hi Rob, I’ll have a look. Sometimes there’s a few backed up and mods don’t always have time to drop a PM.

I was appalled just at the thought of it but must admit, I was way off, it’s been funny as so far.

I've been sunning my self in sunny Italy and then attending Japan v England in the WWC this week, a nice treat when I got back was to find a P3 Vent Multi Gauge waiting for me. I'm only after this for oil temp (possibly pressure later), so I've been waiting for one to pop up second hand, as these are expensive toys IMO. It may be the first tiny step in going boosted too, but there's no plans for that right not. Easy, if fiddly, install in the bottom half of the gauge. It's got some quite delicate ribbon cabling and not much room in the dash to play around and get fingers in, but nothing a few cable ties can't overcome. Little demo of what it can do (some of which requires additional sensors) from the OBD2 port feed.

Sold - thread locked

Well, if you insist.

Alternator?

A decent APC should deal with most things, but if you get really stuck then a rag with some carb cleaner on does wonders. In terms of a bespoke degreaser, autoglym at Halfords is easy to source and seems fine to me. I think dwell time and agitation can save quite a bit of elbow grease but some is still required! When I did mine last, I used a toothbrush, but obviously that’s aggressive for paint, depending on how fussy you are about paint in the engine bay.

This isn’t a knee jerk post on the back of one event, it’s been a growing trend. Please don’t feel it’s a pop at you. Way bigger things, relatively speaking, than meets come up in all our lives and considerations of notifying people are, quite reasonably, far from a priority at the time. People affected by family events are not who this is aimed it. It’s a general message, and, I take your point that blanket posts are not an ideal solution, but in the absence of a better alternative, it’s what we have.

Dead easy to audit, but people are seldom audited.

You might struggle to get the views for a “Look what the tax man did to me’’ video if you played it fast and loose with the proceeds!

Someone will be opening an ironic, vintage, post-modern, video rental shop for hipsters with more cash than brains

Move along, nothing to see here, fake news. I have all the filters, always have had filters, the best filters.

OMG why didn't someone MAKE me buy one of these inline filters sooner, literally the best thing ever. NO TOWEL BUT NO SPOTS

Hi All I don’t post up gripes all that often but every now and again something is mentioned to the team, by a few Members, that strikes a chord and is worthy of a mention. In the past year or so we’ve had a number of occurrences of Members organising events, drives or static meets where they’ve feedback to us that they’ve been let down by last minute cancellations, or worst still, absolute no shows. I know bigger things than car meets occur in our lives, which require immediate changes of plans. Some of these are not the kind of occurrences where the first thing on your mind is to message organisers to say you can’t make an event. However, in circumstances which are not urgent, but you can’t make it to an event, please do your best to get in touch with the organiser. It’s a pretty thankless task making events happen and there’s not all that many dedicated people who are willing to devote time to it. No shows only serve to disenchant the few who do make the effort to keep us interacting the real world, as well as the virtual one. If anyone’s got suggestions for helping with this issue, feel free to post up, your ideas are always welcome. Personally, I think any event that as limited numbers, or reserved spaces, should include a refundable deposit for your spot, but I know that not everyone will agree.

Whilst I had the trim removal tools out, it seemed rude not to pop in the Valentis which have come all the way from Australia. I've been putting this off for ages because every Toybaru has Valentis and I wanted something different, but the combination of the OEM units condensating (despite this being addressed once already) and me being too tight to stump up for the more insanely priced options, forced me into it. These are red, as you can see, and despite my initial reservations, I'm really pleased with how much better they look over OEM, particular lit up (forgot to get a pic). They have the option for the indicators to be either sequential or flash, can't make my mind up. What do you prefer?

Been a busy bee of late, nice to be back doing mods and not sanding doors or building Ikea furniture. Which brings us right to it. Ever since I replaced the headunit waaaaaay back at the start of this thread, I've had an eye on replacing the speakers. Finally the time, funds and inclination all came together. I set about removing the requisite trim and getting to the paper cones that should only be used for seaside chips and replaced them with something altogether better. Helpfully, Focal do a plug and play kit for Toyotas and we share quite a bit of the same DNA as that lot, so I was enjoying a nice easy install. I also treated myself to a square mile of 2mm heavy sound deadening and some lighter foam stuff too. The doors do a great job of letting in both low and high frequencies, the rear section mainly just tyre roar. I'm hoping both kinds of deadening should be me some broad spectrum noise retardation. Stuck a load of the heavy stuff on the door behind the waterproofing and on the inside of the outer skin too. Hard to believe someone who is paid to design automobiles allowed this abomination in, but that's what the rears look like. I'm working up an MDF template to find a better way of mounting a rear speaker, none too pretty but it's a start. Slapped a load of both heavy and light noise absorption in the rear on the outer skin... ...and on the wheel arches... ... and all over the under seat area. This only went in this afternoon before some other jobs got in the way, so I've not heard (or not heard, if you get me) the difference yet. Rather excited about my long drive tomorrow though.

It’s not my fault! TV did it, Brexit did it, Jeremy Corbyn did it, celebrity culture did it, Twitter did it, late recognition of my non-binary gender identity did it, ADHD did it, Ritalin did it, not being breast fed until I was 14 did it, the break up of the Spice Girls did it, my teachers didn’t teach me, MOMMY DIDN’T LOVE ME! I’m definitely not to blame. In all seriousness, I feel for the guy but a simple google search, or an old skool phone call to the financiers, would have yielded the answer. You live and learn but you gotta take it on the chin when you drop a nut and we’ve all dropped a nut.

I just went with AXA after speaking to the meerkats, covered everything except Europe (which I’d address as it needs) for about £70. It was previously with Barclays as an (expensive, it turns out) add on.

I think there’s a lot of pros who won’t bat an eyelid at dropping company cash on it, but as a consumer it’s bonkers.

I’ve pre-ordered two, what’s the big deal?

Great effort not just abandoning this half way through, I’d definitely have chucked £300 at it!

Gutted I missed this, cars and scenery look amazing. Great effort making it happen Bri. Motor looks mint BTW

Sorry to see this mate, hope you get a nice repair sorted.