GR86 What did you do with your GR86 today

3D printed a new number plate holder for front to suit the squarer type plate

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Fingers crossed, but that looks like a fair impact. Hopefully you can push the bumper back in and clean the crap off and it will be good....no note left, I assume?
 
Conscript said:
Fingers crossed, but that looks like a fair impact. Hopefully you can push the bumper back in and clean the crap off and it will be good....no note left, I assume?
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Bumper went back in. Just need to see once it's clean. Hopefully get away with it. No note or nothing.
 
La3195 said:
Some kind arsole in St Ives drove into my car, hopefully the ppf caught most of it, need to give it a good clean when I get home. Not a great experience!
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EFA, as they say.

Prick(s). Hope you get it sorted OK.
 
La3195 said:
Some kind sole in St Ives drove into my car,
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So sorry to hear; looks like an SUV almost rode over your bonnet!
This is where a Dashcam with parking mode may help. I set mine for 2 hours, which is usually enough for my shopping/sightseeing in the GR86 - I get twitchy leaving it alone for any longer… 😬
 
Today my car told me the battery in my fob was low, so I ordered a pack of four Duracells from eBay for a less than a fiver. CR2032 is what you want.

Looks like it's a very easy job to replace too. Not paying the dealer or Halfords £10-£15 to do it.
 
Swapped exhaust to Kakimoto Class KR axleback and I'm in process of KW Clubsport reinstall after warranty work. Went to OEM mounts in the rear - so far I really like it on the street. Front struts and alignment to go soon.
 
So @Sonic spur me into action. Question though, I let mine months in its packing and the pink oil pooled to one side of the bag, in short, the filter element was soaked in it, I dried it with paper towels as much as possible but it still was quite wet and could see a bit of pooling happening still but went ahead and installed it anyway.
So, is it safe for that oil to get into the throttle body and motor?

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@Grblue86, if it was me I’d have ‘serviced’ the filter before installing to ensure proper oil distribution, using either the K&N, or Toyota cleaning kits. With the lubricant pooling down one end I can only imagine that the filtering performance would be degraded and you might suck through too much? It wouldn’t inspire confidence in me for sure 😬…
 
Sonic said:
@Grblue86, if it was me I’d have ‘serviced’ the filter before installing to ensure proper oil distribution, using either the K&N, or Toyota cleaning kits. With the lubricant pooling down one end I can only imagine that the filtering performance would be degraded and you might suck through too much? It wouldn’t inspire confidence in me for sure 😬…
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Do you know which cleaning kits are they specifically? I have a habit of buying the wrong stuff
 
Grblue86 said:
Do you know which cleaning kits are they specifically? I have a habit of buying the wrong stuff
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Toyota’s installation guide for the Intake recommends a service every 50k miles with “K&N Recharger Filter Service Care Kit”, part number 99-5000 or 99-5050. Both can be found online. I found the 'international' (EU) Aerosol one at £13.49 with Euro Car Parts.


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