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  1. Thanks mate, yes indeed! That’s a shadow from the light, normally you wouldn’t see this step in the arch as it’s heavily coated in the yellow underseal from factory. Photo as below which highlights what I am describing.
  2. Rear calipers on as the bolts arrived today, also got the rear ARB’s fitted. When using the OEM bolts with Whifbitz ARB’s to me they are slightly too small for a solid fixing with the holes in the ARB’s Brackets and spacers so I added a stainless Steel washer for piece of mind. Chucked one of the wheels on to see how they look behind, pretty happy with how they look against the grey
  3. Thanks Matt, yes I’m hoping they should contrast well against the grey colour of my GTC’s. Ordered a set of yellow coated S/S Goodridge brake lines also to tie it in underneath, my original braided lines are clear with orange ends and started to look abit tired so thought that was a good enough excuse to replace!
  4. Got the bits back from being sprayed, really happy with the colour and matches the KW springs as what I was looking for, my brother spent even more time on them getting the caliper finish as flat as possible. Had some time yesturday starting on putting the calipers back together, still waiting on 2no. Stainless Steel Front pistons that I needed to replace from Chris Wilson but all built up barring that. The decals are slightly larger than what I used before but still look ok, just waiting on the new bolts so I can get them onto the hubs. Also gave the rear end a fresh coat of 199 & clear whilst I had the gun out doing the rear crash bar. The diff bolts have arrived which I forgot to order with the rest of the bits so looking to get this build in the next few weeks so I can get that back in…if all goes well me putting it back together!
  5. Looks amazing mate, bet you’re over the moon. Absolute stunning job done by the guys.
  6. Delivery from Yam6 arrived quickly, new rear Crash Bar and Petrol Tank cover. Extremely well packed, no dents which was nice to see. Unfortunately will require to be re-sprayed but I assume these are delivered to them like this from Toyota Japan so can’t really complain.
  7. I’ll have a look on the weekend mate, that’s not a bad idea Hopefully have these sprayed by next weekend for working on it over the Xmas Break.
  8. Great news Matt, I think the rebuilding element is the most enjoyable part seeing it all come together. I just purchased the rear crash bar and petrol tank cover from Jason at Yam6, seems good on prices and will use him moving forward I think on any large/heavy parts. Do you have an idea on what you will be starting on first when you get the car back home?
  9. I’m unsure myself, I haven’t compared them to the bottom of the Subframe mounting brackets to see if they are wider to account for the slightly larger ARB bush. I thought they come with the grease nipples and gloss red as per photos but the design has obviously been revised.
  10. 2 coats of Synstryp and 3 hours later, all ARB bits are stripped ready for re-spraying.
  11. Yea that’s the only thing what’s putting doubt in my mind is if it needs shimming. I might drop Lee a message and see if they have time to get it assembled, 4 hour round trip but may be worth it in the end.
  12. I was going to rebuild it myself, got some engineers blue to check the mating faces and have the assembly guide for checklist. Or I take it to SRD to rebuild for peace of mind as such.
  13. OS Giken diff and oil arrived from RHD Japan, saved around £230 from Japan than sourcing it in the UK so worked out well. As Black Friday came around I decided on the ARB’s and went with the Whifbitz own, got to strip the powdercoat off of them to get them sprayed in 2k with the calipers. Also got a smaller tool cabinet from SGS and some other airline bits at a decent price. After struggling to find a decent paint stripper, my brother told me about Starchem Synstryp which worked a treat on the calipers. Want to go over the fronts again as still some small bits to remove then can get onto having them sprayed and rebuilding them.
  14. Looks a great finish straight out the gun, lovely work being done mate.
  15. Thanks mate, slowly getting there. Ordered the OS Giken diff from RHD Japan a couple of weeks ago so waiting on that to be delivered then can get it back on the car. Currently debating which ARBs to go for Whifbitz or Whiteline, unsure on the quality of the Whiteline stuff.
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