The JDM Appreciation Thread...

[Christopher]

they are not that bad even for yound drivers. its only a group 20 because its an import.

I paid £830 to insure one. My 182 is £540.

And I'm 25, with five years NCB.

 

[Christopher]

ashman, its garage sauras not sauras garage

wasnt it re-built in the UK pretty much getting rid of everything that was on it previously except the GarageSauras engine? i know the retrim etc were British, or at least done in Britain

Yeah, it was chavved up in the UK.

 

[Nafoff]

I wouldn't call the 1.5 LSi slow. His is a great car.

if its who i think your on about....i would....lol
not as quick as a williams 2 anyways

 

[theduck]

1.5 LSi is never gonna be as quick as a williams. best example I can give is it sits between Saxo VTR and VTS

 

[conneh]

Yea i'm not saying it as fast as a williams. But it's a great nippy engine that loves to rev. Obviously his car feels more raw, as its far from standard being fully stripped, decked and all that.

 

[ashman01]

ashman, its garage sauras not sauras garage

wasnt it re-built in the UK pretty much getting rid of everything that was on it previously except the GarageSauras engine? i know the retrim etc were British, or at least done in Britain

My bad Im pretty sure it was imported like that. Its just been revamped when it arrived in the UK. Although the retrim was defo done in the UK

 

[BioHzrd]

get an Ek9 if you can live without all the mod cons of a modern car and also the pains that come with owning a 13 year old car, if i could find a mint one that needed no work at all id have it in a heart be but you will pay a stupid amount of money for it ! ill stick with my modern French Sh!t Box !

 

[Nafoff]

1.5 LSi is never gonna be as quick as a williams. best example I can give is it sits between Saxo VTR and VTS

Yea i'm not saying it as fast as a williams. But it's a great nippy engine that loves to rev. Obviously his car feels more raw, as its far from standard being fully stripped, decked and all that.

i was having a bit of banter.....to be fair it really isn't shy

 

[Adam111]

Some from a local Jap car club:

 

[Christopher]

Love this.

 

[Gaz.]

Spongebob drift charm FTW. Reminds me, I ought to put Domo in the 200sx.

 

[conneh]

Love this.

Pretty much identicle to my mates, except his is silver with black inners on the alloys.

 

[Joshua.J]

Man i want a yaris now, how much would it cost to get to a 250bhp mark with one?

 

[BIFCAIDS]

Alex for me to insure a EK9 it was £648 5 year NCB and clean licence not a chance for you alex im afriad

 

[Curtis!]

Alex for me to insure a EK9 it was £648 5 year NCB and clean licence not a chance for you alex im afriad

Aye!

 

[coxy777]

Man i want a yaris now, how much would it cost to get to a 250bhp mark with one?

s**t loads! Only one in the country running that power on the T Sport engine (1.5, 105BHP standard) and he's spent TWELVE GRAND!!!

Best way to do it is do an engine swap for a 4e-fte from a Starlet turbo. Can easy push 300BHP in them "fairly" cheap. There's a couple in the UK that have done that, although the styling of those particular cars is rather questionable!

Apparently only 1 mount needs to be fab'd and then obviouly ECU and a little bit of squeezing and moving things about.

This one's running just over 200BHP.

 

[Christopher]

He better swap to Vitz badges.

 

[dalla]

Saw this JDM Mugen Fit outside my hotel in Japan yesterday. Thought it was quite cool.

 

[dalla]

 

[conneh]

Chris will probably spaff over this Silvia.

These are too big to post really, but have fun with your new wall paper/wanking material!

http://noriyaro.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/noriyaro_odaiba_jcca_2010_01_16by9.jpg

http://noriyaro.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/noriyaro_odaiba_jcca_2010_02_4by3.jpg

http://noriyaro.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/noriyaro_odaiba_jcca_2010_03_4by3.jpg

 

[conneh]

Full article...

http://noriyaro.com/?p=4517

 

[Joshua.J]

s**t loads! Only one in the country running that power on the T Sport engine (1.5, 105BHP standard) and he's spent TWELVE GRAND!!!

Best way to do it is do an engine swap for a 4e-fte from a Starlet turbo. Can easy push 300BHP in them "fairly" cheap. There's a couple in the UK that have done that, although the styling of those particular cars is rather questionable!

Apparently only 1 mount needs to be fab'd and then obviouly ECU and a little bit of squeezing and moving things about.

This one's running just over 200BHP.

You the lad on yarisclubuk? seen a guy on there called coxy. Been having a look around some nice looking motors

 

[Christopher]

Full article...

http://noriyaro.com/?p=4517

Win.

Love every one.

 

[Jason_E]

I'm tempted by an EK, even if its just the 1.poor.

 

[Christopher]

Do it. It'll be better than a bloody Bora.

 

[Jason_E]

Never! Bora slammed ftw tbh. The interior on the EK is fapping awful. Jesus.

 

[Christopher]

LOL. Stop poisoning my thread with talk of German rubbish.

 

[Jason_E]

LOL! EK's interior just looks like the 80's have come along and thrown up all over it .

 

[BIFCAIDS]

jason Shut the f**k up, nothing wrong with EK interior's you berk the fact the EK came out in the 90's doesnt help you argument so id say "it looks like the 90's have come along and thrown up all over it "

 

[Jason_E]

Yeah but the seats even on the newer models (looking at cars around 2000) look awful! I'd rather have any other cars interior of that age over the civics lol!

 

[Christopher]

That AP1 is stunning.

 

[Gaz.]

Jason you are a mong. Buy EK, enjoy Jap goodness.

 

[conneh]

EK interior isn't that bad, i quiet like it to be fair. Standard seats are mega comfty, dash isn't awfull. Bit noisy when its fully stripped, but thats standard. Window servos seem to be awfull, often need to give the windows a hand to do go up! This seems standard across the range, my cousins EP2 does it aswell!

Jason, take a look at this EK - buy one!

Here it is in the snow, the set up is so stiff that we grounded it in the snow. Ended up on a bank which wasn't high. All 4 wheels ended up off the ground.

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The EK there has

Adjustable camber arms all round
Gaz gas coilovers
Rota things
6 piece stut kit
Fully stripped
EG6 backbox (I think, its off a mates SiR EG 1.6)
Induction Kit
De-Cat

Since the photo it's had a front end respray, front has been de-badged and sprayed black (like the other photo of that black EK). It's just generally a good, more fun than a Bora. Handles well!

 

[BIFCAIDS]

Jason anything jap pre 2000 has pretty questionable interior choice but stop being a tart and a wannabe scene queen

 

[Nafoff]

Since the photo it's had a front end respray, front has been de-badged and sprayed black (like the other photo of that black EK). It's just generally a good, more fun than a Bora. Handles well!

like this

 

[J0sh]

Jason anything jap pre 2000 has pretty questionable interior choice but stop being a tart and a wannabe scene queen

I dunno, my 96 teg's interior isnt terrible. Its better than the 96 citreon ax I had.

 

[Englebert]

Yellow S2K is awesome.

 

[coxy777]

You the lad on yarisclubuk? seen a guy on there called coxy. Been having a look around some nice looking motors

I am indeed, know far too much about 'em lol, ask me anything you like.

 

[coxy777]

He better swap to Vitz badges.

He better swap to a big brown bag over the whole thing! :dead:

It's a french built facelift too, FAIL!

 

[Christopher]

Ugh.