Stevo's NA refurb

So, since I’ve had the car quite a while now and not really put up many pics over the years, I thought I’d do a bit of a thread to share the changes it has gone through since I bought it.

This has been prompted by a recent spell of work that has transformed the car entirely but I’ll start with what it looked like back when I bought it in September 2007...

After picking it up from a bloke in Bishop’s Stortford this is the first day I got it home:

At this point there wasn’t a lot of mods on the car other than the 18” Braid alloys, HKS Mushroom air intake, 1st decat pipe and the OEM skirts and spats (original Toyota plastic). Oh, and the Blitz Nurspec exhaust that made it sound like a spitfire from inside! Paintwork was in moderate condition but the front lip was cracked from a run in with a rabbit apparently.

The first change I made was to get rid of the exhaust for something that didn’t make my ears bleed with the droning, given that the car is a daily driver. I swapped this out for a new HKS Silent Hi-Power which still gave some good sounds on throttle but it is a lot quieter in the cabin. After that, I just enjoyed driving it for a few years or so.

Next major change was to the wheels – decided to plump for Ultralite GT IIs and paint my callipers yellow to get a good contrast with the black. The Ultralites are 8.5” front 9.5” rear.

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