GR86 What did you do with your GR86 today

chopper602 said:
Well FedEx delivered the goods - rear strut brace (Kansai Service Rear Tower bar) direct from Japan. Weather was good when I got home, so gave the car a quick contact wash and thought i'd have a looked to decipher the instructions (all in Japanese naturally). Weather was still good, so thought I'd have a go at fitting it.
14mm is the only size I didn't have a ratchet spanner for, so the top mount bolts were a pain with the boot trim still there, as I couldn't be arsed to unpop it all, but I managed in about 45 mins.

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I think it's fitted correctly - @KobayashiMaru86 has fitted one recently, so wonder if it looks about right!
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Looks fine to me. The side foam won't go back in the holes but they'll tuck around the centre foam and the bar will hold them.
 
Popped it on the ramps, cleaned the rear calipers up a bit and buffed the backbox with Wadpol. Lovely day to be flat out on the driveway 😉
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paulR said:
Thanks. Just ordered some, are they fairly stress-free to use?
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Yup. Just take your time driving on/off and you'll be fine. My driveway has a slight slope, so once I'm on I can just gently roll the car back until I touch the rear edge bump. First time using them I got the other half to act as a safety number, so that I didn't drive off the end. Maybe not as high as using Axle stands, but I feel safer knowing the car is planted when I've got my upper torso wedged tight underneath the chassis ... 🤕
 
Sonic said:
Popped it on the ramps, cleaned the rear calipers up a bit and buffed the backbox with Wadpol. Lovely day to be flat out on the driveway 😉
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How close was the nose to the deck ? My car ramps go higher than those (I have some similar to level the motorhome), but the 'angle of attack' is shallower. Been meaning to clean my underside (oo-er) a little but every weekend we're in Scotland !

(those wheels are 'shadow chrome' aren't they?)
 
chopper602 said:
Well FedEx delivered the goods - rear strut brace (Kansai Service Rear Tower bar) direct from Japan. Weather was good when I got home, so gave the car a quick contact wash and thought i'd have a looked to decipher the instructions (all in Japanese naturally). Weather was still good, so thought I'd have a go at fitting it.
14mm is the only size I didn't have a ratchet spanner for, so the top mount bolts were a pain with the boot trim still there, as I couldn't be arsed to unpop it all, but I managed in about 45 mins.

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I think it's fitted correctly - @KobayashiMaru86 has fitted one recently, so wonder if it looks about right!
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Have you noticed any difference?

Got a pic with the bits of trim back in?
 
Sonic said:
Yup. Just take your time driving on/off and you'll be fine. My driveway has a slight slope, so once I'm on I can just gently roll the car back until I touch the rear edge bump. First time using them I got the other half to act as a safety number, so that I didn't drive off the end. Maybe not as high as using Axle stands, but I feel safer knowing the car is planted when I've got my upper torso wedged tight underneath the chassis ... 🤕
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I've got some too. Same story with the sloped driveway. I'm reluctant to slide under there when the car is on axle stands on a slope but with the ramps I'm 100% happy. they're just not very good for changing wheels or suspension components :unsure: I'm currently trying to figure out a solution for this that isn't "pay a mechanic" as I have both wheels and coilovers sat in the garage ready to go on the car. a mate offered to help but is on holiday and i'm inpatient 🤪
 
Removed the Automotive Passion splash guards that I've never been all that happy with, and replaced them with Rokblokz ones. Much better quality and fit, and included the rears too (good thing, as I found a couple of stone chips on the rear arch).

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£121.55 including delivery (FedEx) direct from Rokblokz, arrived in 6 days.
 
Took my car in to get a clutch pedal click and a rattling air vent looked at. They suspect the clutch pedal may be the master cylinder but it needs to go back in. Ater spending a good amount of time in the footwell I can't track it down.

Frustratingly they ignored the "do not wash" instruction (for PPF and to avoid dealer swirls), and washed it 🤦 I need to give it a proper check over once it stops raining. They followed the instructions last time so the sign I left in the car felt like overkill, but I'll put it back on display next time.

@Conscript Those look a lot better. Did the rear wheels need to come off to fit? I shouldn't have checked this thread, it's costing me more money.
 
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Cubone said:
@Conscript Those look a lot better. Did the rear wheels need to come off to fit? I shouldn't have checked this thread, it's costing me more money.
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Not for the front, but for the rears, yes, you need the wheels off really. I took the opportunity to give the arches and rear suspension a quick clean and spray with ACF50. Was going to do the same with the front, but I was hot and tired so I didn't bother taking them in the end.
 
Bought some new mats from a random online place after an insta add. Cannot be worse quality that the original right? Fit is really nice. After initial drive not sure if the heel pad was helpful
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Cleaned and polished each Tuner Nut with a Dremmel, metal polish and some fine wire wool. Not something I’d normally do until I discovered today that the ‘Simoniz Ultracare Car Alloy Wheel Cleaner’ I recently used, despite being “guaranteed to not corrode wheels”, makes a right bloody mess of silver tuner nuts. Most, if not all of them were etched. Another product consigned to the shite shelf. 🤬
 
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