GR86 What did you do with your GR86 today

Went for a nice drive today in the Surrey Hills

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Today was a good day.
 
Bathroom_Security said:
You local?

I've just been hooning those roads today and this evening.
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Gatwick area, I actually left to go Tesco and ended up just driving for hours. Great roads, really enjoyed the quick stop at Newlands Corner.

That reminds me I need to go Tesco 😂

GR86Enthusiast said:
Nice photographs, car looks very clean, what cleaning products do you use?

Pleased you are enjoying your GR86!
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Not much to be honest, since the ceramic coating, I’ve just had a no contact snow foam. Planning to just get valet/detail once a month.

Honestly love the car so much!
 
--Rage-- said:
Gatwick area, I actually left to go Tesco and ended up just driving for hours. Great roads, really enjoyed the quick stop at Newlands Corner.

That reminds me I need to go Tesco 😂



Not much to be honest, since the ceramic coating, I’ve just had a no contact snow foam. Planning to just get valet/detail once a month.

Honestly love the car so much!
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Fair enough, I'm near b&c lotus

I also went to the supermarket and got distracted 🙃
 
Bathroom_Security said:
Fair enough, I'm near b&c lotus

I also went to the supermarket and got distracted 🙃
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I think that happened to a few us today 😅

Enjoy mate, jealous that they’re not my local roads.

Off on a coastal drive over the weekend. Shouldn’t be far off the 1000 miles by the end of this weekend.
 
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Alex-GR86 said:
Fitted lumbar support today, because I’m getting old and a little broken. Will post how in the interior section if anyone is interested?View attachment 15345
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Did you remove the seat from the car to fit, if so was it straightforward and did you disconnect the battery first?
 
Looks like a windbag has simply been stuffed up the back rest.
 
Alex-GR86 said:
Fitted lumbar support today, because I’m getting old and a little broken. Will post how in the interior section if anyone is interested?View attachment 15345
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Ooh been wondering if this could be done, what brand is that cushion? Does it stick well and is it positioned perfectly?
 
Replaced reverse, trunk, door, vanity and map lights with LEDs (although not sold on the cold blue for vanity and map lights).

Made a so-so job toning the reverse lights black to better integrate with the rear. Will ask a professional to do redo it later.

Painted the exhaust end pieces with black hi temp paint. Looked great before I baked the paint, then became a bit ashy but will have to do for now.

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hsb said:
Replaced reverse, trunk, door, vanity and map lights with LEDs (although not sold on the cold blue for vanity and map lights).

Made a so-so job toning the reverse lights black to better integrate with the rear. Will ask a professional to do redo it later.

Painted the exhaust end pieces with black hi temp paint. Looked great before I baked the paint, then became a bit ashy but will have to do for now.
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I did my boot light, driver door puddlle light (not fussed about the passenger side as I don't take passengers very often) and the reversing lights to LED. Might do the dome lights, haven't decided yet.
 
Today I've mostly been watching lfa and lc500 content on YouTube. Now I'm going for a drive in my s**tbox 4 cylinder. 😁
 
Mounted my Garmin 57 dash cam and hardwired it so I can use the parking mode.

Added 20 mm spacers on each wheel and “painted the toenails” 😂

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hsb said:
Mounted my Garmin 57 dash cam and hardwired it so I can use the parking mode.

Added 20 mm spacers on each wheel and “painted the toenails” 😂
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I need to put my cam in the GR. How have you hard wired it? I used a fuse tap in the GT.
also is parking mode not draining the battery?
 
DpM said:
I need to put my cam in the GR. How have you hard wired it? I used a fuse tap in the GT.
also is parking mode not draining the battery?
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I just tapped into the fuses on the drivers side, a bit of a pita to see what you’re doing there. My parking cable have some circuitry to cut the power if the battery gets too low.
 
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GR86Enthusiast said:
LFA!........I'd rather have your "s**tbox" four cylinder with performance you can use on UK roads and £310K in the bank 🙂
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Ha ha. Well, an LFA would form part of my dream garage and I'd probably be greedy and have a Nurburging Edition too. 😁

But yes, just back from a great drive in the GR86. Photos coming up....
 
Just been on a drive to Shaftesbury for a mooch around.

Love the views on Park Walk.
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And the architecture of the old town.
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Then onto a little drive around these places and the wider area of the Cranborne Chase.
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Parked up at the top of Zig Zag Hill to watch the other cars go by.
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Saw some good stuff from ST Fiestas and Focus, Hyundai i20N, Jaguar E type coupe, Volvo P1800, a bay window camper, Porsche 911 997 and two classic minis. Plus loads of bikes.

Ready to go back down the hill.
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Then a stop off to one of my favourite spots.
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A really enjoyable day out. And the s**tbox 4 cylinder did okay too.😁
 
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