new happy owner fto

[kizersozey]

Hi all

Jay from galway, juat bought a 95 jap fto with 100,000 miles, very happy and am hoping to do few jobs on it, all she needs is alloys refurb and gud polish, i noticed mine has two tail pipes either side of rear all linked to main box underneath, have'nt seen it on others, and was wondering was it someones idea. anyways looking forward to reading up on all topics

[colm_mcm]

It's been done a few of us on here have Blueflame Duplex systems.




Welcome to the club, be sure to post some pictures of your car, we love seeing some fresh metal!

Guide on posting pictures on the forum HERE!!!

[kizersozey]

Hi colm

Very nice set of twins there, really looks good, Mines 3" singles each side with a purr to die for lol

Will try post few pics when ive figured how to

[Bernard]

Welcome along, congrats on the purchase

[gfalls]

[kizersozey]

Thanks guy's

Really happy i bought it, just thinking about getting a celica gt4 but once i drove the fto that was that, never selling this car. Im missing one small think............ Im trying to get a new petrol door cover as mine was missing when i bought her. anyone know of any unfortunate scraped or crashed fto's?

[TopCat]

Welcome all, I've a feeling you'll like this site.
Yup, we have our own scrapers on here, so a petrol cap cover shouldn't be a problem, Steelroe (Rory) or Seb might be able to help you out. They may PM you having seen this or if not, feel free to put up a "wanted" post.
A few of us have quads, but not too many with a single pipe each side, looking forward to seeing pics.

[optical illusion]

Welcome!

[Aido C]

Have happy times with your new car

[kizersozey]

cheers mate

[kizersozey]

hey do u know wot oil i should use in my gr?

[colm_mcm]

10W40 semi sythetic or 5W40 fully sythentic.

I've deleted your seperate thread asking this same question

[kizersozey]

Well today i wipped off the alloys and sanded them down real smooth, they where badly corroded, polished alloys are hard to keep right. new front brake pads @ 20 yoyo's great value from partway galway. think the guy i bought it off had'nt a clue when it came to regular maintenance lol. just want to service engine now and have to get 4 new 215/50/17's that will cost me i think

But on a happier not i cant stop going for a spin and listening to the sound lol. generally she's in great condition but needs tlc here and there, Also when i bought it there was no cd or stereo at all just big square hole, another few quid now on some sounds.

trying to get all ready for next meet in kildare.

hopefully

thanks for the oil advice colm, nice to be sure of the important stuff

[colm_mcm]

there's a good bit of information relating to oil in the FTO knowledgebase section of the forum.

The general concensus is that semi synthetic 10w40 will be fine, but if you want to treat your car then 5w40 would be good. a thicker oil can quieten tappet noises though.

215/50/17 is too big a sidewall for the FTO. 215/45 looks a lot better (IMO)

[kizersozey]

yep your right there, i tought the side walls where to much, will price a set of 215/45/17's so, i think 2 this week and 2 next week lol

[colm_mcm]

I got Toyo proxes from camskill.co.uk there and am delighted with them, also check out a recent thread about Vredsteins excellent new tyre.

[kizersozey]

how much did the toyo's set you back?

[colm_mcm]

€316.53 for 4 215/45/17 Toyo Proxes delivered.

EDIT: Camskill don't seem to do the Vredstein Sessantas in 215/45/17

[CJ]

Oil discussion split off to FTO Tech forum - CJ

[kizersozey]

sorry guys i put pics in wrong area, but hope ye all can see now, needs bit cleaning up but she's 100% machanically

[gfalls]

sorry guys i put pics in wrong area, but hope ye all can see now, needs bit cleaning up but she's 100% machanically

Dunno if you're aware but, your car hasn't had a NCT done since Dec 2002. Do you know if there's a reason for this..? Just curious you know..

[kizersozey]

how did you know that? im trying to book it now but have to wait for loog book to come, to find when she was first registered. i gave car to machanic and he said she's sound underneath no rust on chassis or body, machanically she's brilliant for year he said, as to why she has'nt been tested im not sure, it was garaged for 16 mths the last owner said

[CJ]

how did you know that?

gfalls is the club psychic! (or is that psycho?)

All will be revealed here:

viewtopic.php?f=6&t=10490

CJ

[kizersozey]

hmmmmmm very interetsing, but mines a manual not auto according to the check system

[elaine]

Welcome