so i ended up buying an altezza...

[tom.com]

I know this will be a shock to some people as I've always been an ae86/s-body head, but after lumping a new engine,clutch,turbo and countless other $$'s into my last zenki i decided i should suck it up and buy something NA and more practical for getting up and down to Sligo for my last year of college ,unfortunately my budget did'nt allow for an ae86 of a high enough standard so i figured I'd chance looking for an altezza that i liked...after weeks and weeks of looking ,this one turned up, it's a 99 qualitat model with some nice bits and pieces and it is immaculate! Plus I just felt it was different from your typical trd, farmer shpec,and surprisingly it's lively enough!

anyway i plan to stance it more and tweek a few bits and pieces,feel free to voice your opinions good and bad...

the spec is:
HSD monopro coilovers
Volk wheels...anybody care to ID them?
Toda lightened flywheel
Exedy organic clutch
FGK cat-back
HKs panel filter
Flushed front Bumper


and pics :

http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh26/tomobrienlevin/null_zpse6dec7c0.jpg


http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh26/tomobrienlevin/null_zps467441b2.jpg


http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh26/tomobrienlevin/null_zpsa1584eca.jpg

[brian_ie]

You got yourself a good one! Volk grc's I think they're called without centre caps obviously.. Also they are a one off, he reversed them and they're now a little wider than the normal! Best of luck with it, I'll be keeping an eye on this!

[tom.com]

Cheers Brian,was trying to find the name of the fuckers for ages!and cheers for the hook up ;)

[pepsterx]

Pair ofthem for sale on here sure, and how could reversing them would make them wider :confused:
Nice bun machine all the same Tom boy :D

[brian_ie]

No bother Tom!

And it's to hard to explain how they're wider I'd need to show ya in person! Ha

[garyae86]

Colour and wheel combo work well any more pictures ? And best off luck with it

[NoelB]

See how tezza's can look well when done right. No excuse for the standard cut spring look! Nicest one I've seen dude but wouldnt expect anything else from ya.

[Billy_P]

Well ware dude!! looks well.

[GSR2007]

Finbars old yoke fine car that besta luck :)

[alan opel]

lovely lookin car man ive always wanted to buy an altezza an make one nice, not just paint the std wheels purple an cover every light in yellow tint !some really nice is's in america they can look awesome ! an this looks awesome ! best of luck with it !

[tom.com]

Cheers fella's....i was sure i was in for abuse haha!

[ciaran.canney]

Well wear buck she looks a fine altezza, they are good car owned one 3 years ago..best of luck wit her

[garyae86]

Did you sell that cam you had ??

[tom.com]

Well wear buck she looks a fine altezza, they are good car owned one 3 years ago..best of luck wit her
Thanks man!


Did you sell that cam you had ??

Yeah dude it went to a mate of mine,as did my zenki.

[jamiem]

Lovely lookin altezza wheels are mint

[rob-long]

The wheels are Volk Gtc's and as far as I know they discontinued them a few years ago.

[decobyrne106]

There not gtc's, gtc's don't have a centre cap.
There volk gr-c wheels

[andy t]

real nice looking tezza there

[D.Daly]

Cheers fella's....i was sure i was in for abuse haha!

I was sure too!! :p but a nice one is always safe enough..well wear man:)

[tom.com]

Thanks again lads.So over the weekend we lowered the car some more,pulled off the rank rubber front lip and tidied up a bunch of other loose ends..Big Thanks to TYL photography for the snaps and to pepsterx for all the help over the weekend

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[PepperS13]

Lovely Tezz!
Finnbarr's Old Car :)

Pic of it and my old one at Donegal Rally
http://i701.photobucket.com/albums/ww20/jamesp306/null_zps6b58b121.jpg

[obriener2054]

Pair ofthem for sale on here sure, and how could reversing them would make them wider :confused:
Nice bun machine all the same Tom boy :D


No bother Tom!

And it's to hard to explain how they're wider I'd need to show ya in person! Ha



can't be made wider unless they're 3 iece and new barrel or lip added or banded ..... was the dish made bigger by being bolted to the inner side and in essecnce the offset lowered?

[brian_ie]

They are 3 piece yes.. And what I mean is that exactly, bigger dish, lower offset!

Serious pics tom!

[pepsterx]

They are 3 piece yes.. And what I mean is that exactly, bigger dish, lower offset!

Serious pics tom!

I already worked on the car !! You are on pills if you think they are wider by fliping them !!!! Change offset yes but wider fuck no !!! Give it up cause you sound stupid IMO

[brian_ie]

Dude chill out, I meant the dish is wider not the wheel..