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Yep 1.5mm2 Twin and earth will be fine, as an electrician I use it all the time for downlights as long as that circuit is fed from a fuse/breaker with a rating NO HIGHER than 10amps. You could just use one junction box and link to the first transformer, then link transformer 1&2, 2&3, 3&4 ...... to number 6 (making sure to keep earths connected, use a connector block and some earth sleeving). The earth wire is important as its there to protect the cable as well as you from a shock hazard, so you need to keep continuity until the last accessory. You dont need earth on extra low voltage (ie 12V) so its can be cut back or taped up as previously suggested from the transformers to the downlights. One thing to do is to make the transformers accessable as they can stop working after time so you may need to replace them, give a bit of slack in the cable so you can pull them back through the downlight hole to change them if necessary. Ok if you are fitting them in a ceiling or wall the main thing to remember will be to have a MINIMUM of 5 cm around the downlight free of insulation and flammable material (Joists, lattes, noggins etc) as they do give off a lot of heat. So dont drill too close to joists because it can be a fire risk. The plasterboard is ok though as its pretty heat resistant. HTH

Yes and no, just been for a spin after fitting new BC racing coilovers to my rear (testing them out before I fit the fronts). Im impressed with them so far. Just got home will be doing an oil change then I will see wether the weather will distract from finishing the fronts. Think I will leave the job for sunday, its beer garden weather after all!

Maybe the clips were priced high to help pay for the cars toyota had to recall

Don't shoot the messenger thats what paul whiffin quoted me via email, over £100 for all eight. So I assumed that was the going rate.

Damn thats cheap don't get them from toyota as I was quoted £50 per set of 4. So I've made some up out of wire coat hangers using the originals as a template (they are a little thick so require filing to fit them into the side holes in the pads). They work for now but will definately order some if its lets than 3 quid a set. I did think what I was quoted was very costly for what essentially is a small bloody spring.

Of course wouldn't blame you if you had dumped her based on that April Fools stunt. Her name wasn't Kim btw Some people don't get that its practical jokes that work and are taken the right way. Heavy handed 'shocks to the system' don't go down well. I wonder how she would have reacted if I told her that her dad was involved in a car crash - probably the same way I would have if she'd informed me she was pregnant.

My girlfriend made the wise decision not to inform me that she was pregnant as an 'April Fools' joke. I therefore think I narrowly avoided a heart attack today. Thank god this only happens once a year, and to think I was going to replace the sugar in her coffee with salt this morning. I'm so glad I didn't.

Hi, As the title says prices for new or used OEM or suitable equivalent rear shocks absorbers wanted for Jspec TT 94 Supra. If used can you give me as much info about there history. Mileage, condition (including the condition of the damper piston dust/boot covers), brand/manufacturer/model and pics if possible. If new then even better then I just need the brand and price inc. delivery. All I can seem to find are the uk variants which are ok on an import but I would have to buy the springs as well and do the fronts too. I'm not 100% if that is the best option due to the increase in ride height. Thanks in advance, Keelan

I think its a combination of heat and cold, the tolerances are tight but the inner ball is supercooled probably in a vat of liquid nitrogen whilst the outer ring is heated up. You then quickly put the inner (slightly contracted ball) into the outer ring (slightly expanded) and viola one completed ball joint. I remember this from physics experiment with a ball and ring although dissimilar metals so the expension contraction was more exaggerated. the ball wouldn't go through the ring unless the ring was heated up first by a bunsen burner.

Fun times. I did the whole mothers day yesterday as its my 1 year anniversary with my gf today. So im cooking a 'romantic' beef sunday dinner with all the trimmings and a home made cake to follow for us. No time for car related fun today except going to the supermarket for all the food. I would treat her to a restaurant but tbh we both prefer my sunday dinners its all about the port and onion gravy

Keelan (its Gaelic), my parents must have been in a hippy phase the day I was born. Anyway its means: 'Little slender one'. If I lose a stone it will be spot on

Looks good, I especially like the turqoise (green/blue) dash light mod.

Its a two man job really get a breaker bar and maybe a short length of scaffold tube for extra leverage. Chock the rear wheels put it in reverse gear apply handbrake. Rock the breaker bar side to side between you and a friend and it acts like a mini impact wrench and if luck is on your side the bolt should release. Otherwise one of you needs to be in the car to apply the footbrake to stop the car moving backwards. Also if there is a lot of slack in the drivetrain put the car in its highest gear to reduce the amount of play so the crank pulley hits resistance earlier. It was a PITA when I had to do it, also be careful you don't knock the crank sensor off during the pulley removal.

If you want go down the 'sports car' building route then a tried and tested kit car is your best bet. When car companies spend 100's of millions on designing, researching and testing a new vehicle you can see it isn't easy doing one from scratch. A slightly cheaper but more of a 'hands on' option is maybe going down the off-roader route. Get a landrover or range rover chassis, A nice rover V8 and gearbox and you can customise the bodywork, suspension and brakes etc. Makes it more your own but at least the important components have been tested in the real world first so safety is improved. Me and my dad have built a fair few off roaders this way. A defender shell with range rover chassis and a nice jag V12 shoe-horned in for good measure was my favourite. Although we did buy a bowler tomcat and put a 6.2 V8 2 stroke diesel in as an experiment. No decent top end but the low down torque was impressive no way you could stall that engine!

A weld is always the weakest point on any welded material, I would only have a welded rim if it was steel rims and only if the repair was on the outside of the lip. Not to say you cannot weld alloy rims but IMO its takes much more skill and the appropriate welding wire. Ive seen aluminium plate welded with steel wire, not good some people think welding equipment will join any type of metal together. Just another thought as they are 18" rims you will probably be on low profile tyres and with the hard suspension, number of potholes about it will probably be under more stress so you would want any rims on your supe to be 100%.

Meh its not even the 4.5L Cerbera and the colour doesn't suit it...... although I can't talk as my dad had a pink... I mean rasberry metallic Cerbera a few years back until that is the inevitable happened and the tubular chassis rotted through after about 6 years. Still love them even amongst the reliabilty issues and 'electrics wired by YTS monkeys'. The most aggressive car I have driven infact the power and lack of control meant I have only driven it once, didn't crash it - just too scared to be driving a car that is basically an engine and four wheels. Although interesting fact the AJP8 4.5L V8 engine in the cerbera has one of the highest specific outputs (bhp per 1 Litre) in the world for a naturally aspirated engine I think its around 90bhp per litre, Impressive.

Elephant wouldn't agree a quote online for a jpspec TT for me, and admiral came back with over £2000 after the comparison site said £1100. Best bet is to speak to a human as the online forms miss a lots of possible quote reducing information. After two-ing and fro-ing between A-plan and Sky they've both matched a price of £736 fully comp. with £350 excess and 10k mileage (of which 3k is business). Thats not bad since I have declared a non-fault accident in 2008 and have recently picked up 3 points and £60 fine in Dec 09. That includes modification declared value and also for another £20 I can protect my no claims. I have 7 years No claims and I'm 28. Don't think insurance will dip to the ~£500 mark for the supe until I hit 30.

Ditto on the nice car. Certainly like the rims, same as mine although yours are in much better condition.

Yeah it would be pretty cool to be in a sub, as impressive engineering has always appealed to me. I just don't think I could last more than a month in there as the confinement would eventually get to me. Although I could see you being very busy when the batteries are engaged for silent running op's, just don't drop a spanner across the terminals. I did a calculation when studying to be an electricain and the intantaneous power output of a 60Ah battery is roughly equal to the average power station at about 5 Megawatts, thats why they generally explode when shorted out.

Too quick for me ilicos.

Yes the driver has already confired the unfortunate incident on ridgeway rd. http://www.mkivsupra.net/vbb/showthread.php?t=207201 I'm very glad that no one was seriously hurt and I'm gutted that another supra has gone to the great scrapyard in the sky.

Well I'm currently an electrician working in sheffield. Went to shef hallam uni to do electronic engineering, graduated and retrained as an electrician and have been doing that ever since and that is what is currently funding my supra when the girlfriend permits. As an electrician I always say water and electricity don't mix so why the hell do you want to be under water working with electricity lol. How about the raf or army I would have loved to have been working on the electrics on a harrier jump jet or a chieftian tank if I'd known I would end up being a sparky.

Ah good old corus pretty much the life blood of scunthorpe since it almost takes up the entirity of Brigg rd. Waddingham isn't worth visiting its full of inbreds and before you ask I moved there when I was 7 Used to go to John Leggott college spent many nights out at the Baths hall in my younger days. There is a Damons in Sheffield its pretty good as you say but I heartily recommend China Royal restaurant in Brigg if you are into your Chinese food. If you go past waddingham towards Brandy Wharf there is a nice cider brewery/pub there which does as the name suggests some quality cider. Off topic sorry mobius, but hopefully we have answered all your questions. Nice to meet a fellow lincolnshirian into supras.

For the back seats, anything taller than 5 foot possibly 5 foot 2" will be hitting the roof lining. Without measuring from memory the distance from the back seat cushion to the back of the passenger seat (when its slid forward to its maximum) is about 2 and a half foot. If there isn't a passenger then you can also tilt the passenger seat forward to give you maybe another 6 inches of distance. I have had my gf's friends in the back, not in that way! and although cramped they have managed with the space ok. My mates on the other hand have had to assume the featal position if they are over 5 foot 6 to get in the back. I still say take one for a test drive, ebony and ivory are fine with that even if you don't seem that interested in buying. The dealers seem to like any excuse to take a supra for a spin even if they aren't driving. @ Devan Whearabouts in lincolnshire are you I used to live in a small village called waddingham off the A15 about halfway between scunthorpe and lincoln.