99 Almera Gti

Some may know, others may not care, either way, meh. last night i picked up jedi's gti, it was too much of a bargain to miss. Si is being stripped (seperate thread when im ready so dont spam here thankyouplease ) so its time to get some drive time in! for those that dont know ill put up a little 'look at me' thread, and keep it updated with the little changes i make to add my own touch. it was obviously a bargain, but came with a few niggles, only to be expected for a 9 year old car with 113.000 miles on it. desperately needs brakes, little rust spots appearing on the rear arches, maybe tires, has a few little fluid leaks, slight exhaust leak and just generally a little tidying here and there needed. id like to cover the parcel shelf to hide the speakers, i want some headrest covers to hide the screens and im gonna ditch the neons asap. spec list as it is now with my little changes on...

Interior & Ice:
Colour Coded Steering Wheel
Colour Coded Door Cards
Stealth Airmetal Pedals
Momo Gearknob
Momo Leather Shifter Surround
2 - Infinity 6x9's
Sony Explode Sub
JBL Amp

Exterior:
GTi wheels in black
Avon ZV5 front and BF Goodrich rear tires
Almera GTI Bodykit
25% medium tint allround
JDM Gti Grille
Heko Wind Deflectors
Punto Rear wiper mod
Clear Side Repeaters
Colour Coded Rear Lights
Colour Coded Numberplate Surround
Sharkfin Aerial
De-Badged Front and Rear
custom GTI Graphics
P1 shiteki vent
Nismo R33 GTR bonnet lip

Engine/chassis:

SR20de (182bhp 2 seperate Rolling Road prints to prove)
Powertech Induction Kit (with Heatshield and 3 cold air feeds)
JWT S3R cams
Hotshot Header
Janspeed s/steel catback system
Exedy Fast Road Clutch
Fidanza Flywheel
Unorthodox Pullies
Fidanza Short Shifter
Dastek Uni Chip
APEX Energy Suspension
Front & Rear Strut Braces as standard
Few Samco hoses
Red Dot front discs/oem pads

Now a couple of pics as jedi had it, ill put a couple of pics up soon now it has my old grill and suteki on... and despite popular belief, the car as a whole looks 100 times better in the flesh. enjoy.....







most recent pics ill be in the last page of this thread

Tom

Nice one Tommo

looks a tidy motor with a nice engine spec

Jim

nice 1 tommo

Awesome buy Mr Tommo, Fair play dude.

Should be a rapid little fcuker

oh yeah, before i forget.... did you say you wanted Green Stuff Pads.... well if you do a Company called HyperSR in wigan are selling a set for £24 (Dont know if they are fronts or rears but part no is: DP2839. so you could check with ebc) link - www.hypersr.com/index2.html
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excellent buy mate what abargain, cant wait to see it. i can see a corolla vs almera shakeys showdown

lookin the dogs dangleys mate like it

right i added a pic of the front end originally to the first post, and now some new ones. just to point out, today i changed the brakes to the red dots i brought off of stufagti a while ago, just to get me out the shit, there still shit but they work, think they need bleeding and brand new discs/pads. one of the pad carrier bolts was seized, snapped the head off, the other was the wrong thread on the bolt so raided the parts bin (Si) to get me back on the road... removed the neons, pissed about with the stereo (front speakers not working) washed it and took it out to its first meet. HUGE thanks to corbs and my neighbour mark for the help and support

cheers to hadyn and corbs for the pics





and the best one with the aggro front end...



cheers

tom

looks awsome dude looks really aggressive on th front

Went out in this the other night.........surprisingly fast..........it pulls hard in 3rd & 4th.....you expect to hear Turbo chatter or bov venting..........think Tommo got a bargain here..........nice interior too........sits \"well ard\"..........think he'll take some scalps in this one..........awesome beastie.........

awesome looking machine tommo, engine bay looks good too,
1 thing im not keen on tho is the bonnet, does make it look aggresive tho

looks fookin awesome, having creamed my pants three or four times now I know what has to be done! Proud of you!!!

cheers dude

had a day doing bits and bobs today, tidied a few bits, set stereo up and took a couple of pix. gave up on the solid front mount as i need to get it on ramps...

changed oversprayed headlight rubbers for my clean ones off the si



sorting stereo and screens out and found 4 controllers lol WTF?!



RR prints (both say 182)




and some generals...





tom

whooo, iam happy for you! finally got a gti

suprised you havent swapped bonnet over from the si tho.

i was gonna come to that dan lol decided the Si bonnet is going on as soon as i can get a lift with it. starting to draw too much attention and im not an attension seeker deep down. also, after a chat with techno guru dave i pulled the abs fuse and got some confidence in braking now. didnt say anything as i wasnt sure what was wrong but friday the brakes cut out on me, think daves right that ABS doesnt like 17's... starting to get use to the niggles and im getting an idea on what i want from it... clutch is wierd and not really worrying but dubious about the pedal feel being uprated. im sure itll be ok, just getting used to it all at the mo. cheers all

i forget how heavy the bonnets are on the meras..lol i can take the micra one of bymyself its quite light!

as for the abs and 17's have you topped the fluid up??? shuan had the same problem on his corolla with 17's...he just topped the fluid up and it was fine