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I imported my Tourer V Chaser last year. I was after something RWD and Turbo. Easy choice right, the Nissan R34 sedan. While looking at auctions I came across the Toyota Chaser, "damn" I thought to my self "what a fine looking beast." Looking at its stats and the fact it was so rare over here(things seem to have changed with Chasers and mark II cars coming in by the boat load this year) it made my decisions easy. Within 3 months from first deciding on importing it had arrived at Dublin port. What I was expecting to find and what I got were 2 different things.
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In Japan, I had gotten a front lip and sideskirts fitted, But when it arrive in Dublin it was missing the sideskirts, front lip, rear spoiler, leather seat covers, spare wheel and jack, my rear seat belts where also cut to get the seat covers off, gutted would be an understatment. No one admitted liablity and the cargo had waited in many ports around Europe before reaching Dublin so it could have happened at any time. After a lot of time sending emails I eventually got only 500 euro in compensation.
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in the boot I found some mud guards so made the car look standard again but I was really missing the aggressiveness of the factory aero.
I ordered some crystal smoked corner indicators and a new rear spoiler to cover up those ugly holes, it rains alot in Ireland so did want the boot lid getting flooded.
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So the car sat like this for a few weeks while I waited for my parts to arrive and get it registered, Car did need to pass a NCT but it flew trough that, the tester even said the car was like brand new underneath and the suspension and brake lines were perfect, I was really happy to hear this and its like all the pain of importing the car just faded away as I put the foot down hard on the drive home.
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The crystal corners arrived so installed them, liked the more modern look with them on. Also noticed some peeling on the top of the headlight, must sort that out too.
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sweet car i always loved chasers shit luck on those bits gettin robbed a good excuse to buy some awesome bits now
Rear spoiler on now also, starting to look better. Put some LED lights in for the parking lights and got the car alarmed.
http://i1110.photobucket.com/albums/h446/heilong79/carx5.jpg
Drivers side mirror motor seems to be damaged, I tried opening it up to see if it was something simple, but some of the teeth are damaged so will just disconnect the power to it as it would constantly click. I love the car, it drives so well, its on lowering springs all round which suits a daily driver more so than coilovers which tend to be stiff but with the lowering springs there is no bodyroll what so ever and the car feels very light and nimble.
Cheers, yeah it was shit at the time, when you wait that long for a car to arrive and then you find it like that.
Timing Belt and waterpump arrived, Got a full 100k service done also with Toyota pink coolant.
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I have been looking for sideskirts to start me off, very hard to get at a decent price, a lip kit from Japan was going to cost me 500 Euro just for postage. I eventually found a set of Vertex ones from Malaysia for 200 quid.
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Unfortunately I got a message from the seller in Malaysia, he said the truck carrying the sideskirts was in a collision and the skirts were damaged so he sent me a refund. :(
Same day as this I was rear ended while waiting at a red light, I had collected my son from school and was heading to the shops. Then bang! My car is pushed a few feet. The other car starts moving so I jump out in front of it and direct him to the side of the road. He is a really old man and said he didnt know what happened. I got his insurance details, lucky the external damage was not too bad, a few scraps and a dent near the rear wheel arch. My rear left wheel is what felt the impact. Under the car the Shock absorbers were leaking and the camber arm was bent so when I was driving it was pulling to the side. Lucky Toyota seem to be able to get most parts. I ordered the camber arm and am hoping to order the shocks tomorrow. The guys insurance eventually agreed to pay out for the rear shocks and body damage. Things are tough money wise so I wet sanded up the damage as much as I could and ordered 2nd hand shocks from Japan.
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While the car is out of action I decided to order a TR front bumper, I also want to save money so am painting it at home.
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Then fitted it to the car. Its a big improvement already but I will need s2 fog lights as the s1 fogs are too big. Also badly need side skirts.
I have a set of tr side skirts here if your interested dude
Sure, that would be great. You are in Cork right? I will see if any of my mates might be heading that way. Sure pm me your number.
Jesus man youve had so bad luck. Fine car and will great fully kitted.
Your luck should be about to change because you've surely used up all the bad by now. lol
There's a good difference in the car since you got it anyway, fair play.
You got the same front bumper I did, EP racing one? You can't really notice the damage on the back now, and most aftermarket back bumpers will cover it anyway if you get one of those. :)
You can get adjustable arms for the rear quite cheaply now if you wanted to go that route, or you can use my standard arms for a while if you're stuck as they're just in the shed gathering dust. I have standard shocks there too if you want them. :D
Oh, and where did you get the timing belt and water pump? I should really do mine after having the car 6 years. :rolleyes:
I should have contacted you sooner greg, I ordered the control arm from Toyota Ireland and have replaced it now so the car is back on the road. I ordered a full set of standard shocks from Japan which should be arriving any day now, I found my timing belt/waterpump kit on Yahoo auctions, I think it was €180 delivered. I got Tom in Titan autoworks to get it to me, I also got a brand new D-max roof spoiler from Jesse Streeter, best part of it is it only took 3 working days to arrive, I got it yesterday.
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Lovely stuff. I went with a Vanquish rear spoiler as its not as big as the DMAX one. Hurry up and get it on. ��
Waiting for primer to dry as I type.;)
So I finally got a pair of sideskirts thanks to conrod on here, still need to paint them and think which way to install,
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On the way down to Cork the car done great on petrol, only used a quarter tank down, on the way back I was over taking a focus when I heard a bang under the car and then a constant scrapping sound, I pulled into one of those rest spots on the M8 and had a look under the car, the undertray had come loose and was scrapping the ground, I would say this is because I changed my front bumper so the tray had no support. I drove back to Dublin like this and got it off once I got home.
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There is now a low scrapping sound which I think are the wheel arch liners but when I check they seem fine, there is plenty of clearance and I even pushed them ford a bit by bending in the metal brackets, this sound is annoying, I will get under the car tomorrow and hope I see something.
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I also picked up this gen 7 Celica wheel, shame its not a TRD wheel but its better than the one currently on my S1 Chaser, needs a refurb hence the cover.
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My under tray and arch liners did the exact same thing. Lol They're in a bin somewhere now.
that interior :o cool car mate it will be worth it all in the end
Small update, roof spoiler.
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Also, that scrapping sound was not the arches but was my brakes trying to work with no pads left. I have ordered IS200 front disc and pads from micks garage so hope they work.
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I changed the front discs and pads today, It was down to bare metal and was eating into the brake discs. I had recently changed some body parts and had rubbing from the arch liners, when I fixed that problem I could still hear what sounded line arch rubbing but it was my brakes. So I left the car in work and as I was off today I decided to go in and change out the worn brakes. Glad I brought this metal bar, I 100% could not had done the job without it.
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Its shocking how bad the pads were, here is a comparison with the new pad.
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The job was easy but there were 2 caliper bolts that did not want to move, I eventually got a few tools inter connected and used the metal bar from before which got them loose, I had intended to use cable ties to suspended the caliper fro the control arm but the thing is heavy so instead I rested it on an extra jack I had brought with me.
The car drives fine now.
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Got the side skirts on, Just need to find time to clean the damn car. Next on the list is install the Celica steering wheel and try and get some Series 2 LED Tail lights, Think I also need lower profile tyres. Then the search for a rear bumper is on.
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Nice car, I have a set of series 2 LEDs available there.
Pm me if interested.
Nice car, I have a set of series 2 LEDs available there.
Pm me if interested.
Your inbox is full.
Found a little rust at the seam inside the passenger door so will need to take care of that before I do anything else.
Shot of the back.
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I got a 2nd hand steering wheel I plan to install into the Chaser to replace the old 4 spoke one the car came with, it was very worn but I decided it was a job I would do myself(like so many things these days). Here is a quick guide.
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I purchased a Leather/vinyl restoration kit off an ebay shop http://www.ebay.ie/itm/171202634883?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649, they didnt have an option for posting to the republic so I just used Parcel motel to send it to the north. You get a bottle of cleaner, a bottle of dye and 2 different sponges.
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I wrapped the parts of the wheel I didnt want to get dye on with newspaper.
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Then I diluted the bottle of cleaner that came with the kit into some warm water and used the large sponge, This stuff was strong enough to affect the existing dye so I wore gloves. The wheel needed to be rinsed with water afterwards.
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Then I used the 2nd sponge and the dye, I lightly pressed on the sponge working on one area at a time, when the area was covered I used a hairdryer I borrowed from an MX5 driver and dried thst area.
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The results after two coats was impressive.
http://i1110.photobucket.com/albums/h446/heilong79/whee7.jpg
I finished it off with 3 coats and also decided to do my shifter as it was looking a bit worn. If your wheel is really worn you may need to lightly sand it with 2000 grit.
http://i1110.photobucket.com/albums/h446/heilong79/wheel7.jpg
Installed it on to the car. Needed to use the Toyota airbag convertor which I got from Toyota Ireland for €20.
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That's a vast improvement on the standard wheel.
Thanks to Greg for sorting out the rear the car is now kitted. Looks completely different to what I was driving 2 months ago.
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Looks great man kits really make em really need to own one of these soon :-(
Looks alot better to wen u first got it, fair play man
That's nice! Looks like it could have rolled out of the factory like that. Great work.
It looks amazing now. So jealous. :)
Cheers lads, all the shit with importing it is long forgotten, also members on this forum have helped me big time.
I got a new backbox made up at Sohan's in Trim, although its still on stock exhaust the rest of the way it still sounds better than the standard one, I also rebadged the back and switched to amber indicators in the front instead of the crystal ones.
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/attachment.php?attachmentid=323992&d=1412356877
sound
http://vid1110.photobucket.com/albums/h446/heilong79/exhaust_1.mp4
That's a nice looking exhaust. Was it expensive?
under 200 bucks. If I wasnt getting 2 new tyres for the back I would have went cat back.
It sounds nice anyway. Take it from me that you don't want a mega loud exhaust on a daily.
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