Saturday, 11 February 2012

Glanza headlights

My Glanza headlights arrived the other day, as with most Glanza headlights the plastic lenses have gone a funky colour and rather cloudy so I set about bringing them back up to their former glory. I used a bit of elbow grease and some T-cut formula I had and gave them a good polish, they turned out pretty good but I think I'll take them to work and use a bit of compound and a polishing wheel to get them to really shine again.

Before

After

Wednesday, 8 February 2012

Lowering, Service and MOT

It was turning out to be a potentially expensive month for me and the Starlet. I hadn't really planned on modifying this car but after the accident and converting the rear to a Glanza one it has spurred me on the complete the rest of the conversion. Since I installed the Sparco Racing NS-II wheels it looks seriously jacked up like a 4x4, so my first port of call was a set of Pi Lowering Springs -40mm drop, these springs have always given a generous drop from what I see on the forum so I decided to try them out, they really do look good and for only £110 you can't go wrong.

Another reason for installing the springs was that 2 of my shock absorbers were leaking badly and were totally dead, I bought a full set of KYB shock absorbers all round the car to help with the new springs and the lower ride height. Whilst I was carrying out this work I also gave the car a full service and replaced the cambelt as I had no idea when it was last done.

Overall the car looks really good now from the rear end at least, I've sourced some Glanza headlights fairly cheaply and I just need to source a bonnet and scoop then it'll be nearly complete.