MX5Ireland

Bought this over the weekend.

Don't shoot me ha ha!

Very nice car and very different to the mx5 in good and bad ways!

Small enough spec on it, but wasn't messed with and good solid original car.
-exedy clutch
-luk flywheel
-braided brake lines(standard brake lines there two)
-New battery fitted
-MAK 18 inch alloys
-full trd kit with new fogs
-trd dampers, haven't checked springs yet
-trd axle back exhaust
-trd spark plugs
-full leather interior with stamped Altezza badges

Going to daily this soon and plan is for a driving work in progress project.

It's a very clean car, I'm just very picky and needs a few bits doing.
-New Tyres
-Service
-Gearbox and diff oil change
-Coolant Change
-T/b and w/p change
-Clean up and scrapes etc


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Very nice. Looks in great condition. Friend of mine has a mint one.

v.clean looking

very nice!

Cheers folks! I get more comments on a thread about an Altezza on an mx5 forum than I do the mx5 thread ha ha ha

Had a decent look round the car and can confirm:

-Front bumper is a shitty fiberglass copy (I'll get it fitting right)
-Shocks are kyp dampers and standard springs

Didn't get time to check over anything else unfortunately!

Got my new facelift headlights today.... should have this back to OEM faclift fairly soon all being well!

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The connectors on the IS300 one's and Facelift Altezza one's are the exact same so yeah much better job than getting them from Japan!

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All I need apparently is a 9006 harness to wire them back up. I am going to buy connector's for the auto levelling also and make that function again as the wires are all already there, just connections change to suit the pre-factlift headlights.

Tempted to go for these instead of the facelift rears though..... http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/LEXUS-Toyota-Altezza-IS200-IS300-Clear-Red-LED-Tail-Lights-LED-Trunk-Lights-/221587372696?hash=item3397a2fa98:g:FbgAAOSwU9xUTdLj

Things worked in my favour funds wise for travelling and was very lucky to be able to keep this, the mx5 and my old daily Toledo in storage until I got back.

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Dropped this off for nct during the month and it failed on the exhaust noise and brake cable fouling on the spring. Car has only done 150kms since the last test with the same exhaust which passed first time and the previous year? I asked the tester whats changed, nothing it just failed today.

Took it over to the mechanic who put in a silencer bung and fixed the brake cable issue for the test.

While in there the car got oil change, coolant change, gearbox oil change and diff oil change. Gearbox oil change made a massive difference and is much smoother now.

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Nct passed the next day and back into hibernation until June. Going to transfer insurance over for the summer.

Still daily driving this and put 10,000kms on it in 5 months. Serviced twice in this period and full coolant flush at 155,000kms.

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Was driving home from Wicklow for a friends Stag do and filled up with a full tank in Castleblaney. Within 2 kms car started coughing and spluttering, and lost all power. Made it 10kms to the over taking lanes outside Monaghan and I couldn't make it up a hill, pulled into the parking as it wasn't safe to drive on.

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Rang the breakdown from insurance and they would only drop me to Castleblaney and no further. Had to call my father to rent a trailer and take myself and the car back to Donegal. Took about 15 hours to get back.

Dropped straight back to my mechanic and he diagnosed as bad fuel. He put in fuel treatment and told me to run the tank through with the fuel treatment and it should solve itself after 2 refills. Car has been fine since thankfully and no issues.

Donegal rally is on my route home and was doing my normal commute. Some serious cars around that weekend!

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Just back from getting another service at 159000kms, 5w30 fully Synthetic, oil filter, air filter, and new brake pads all round. Also painted the front brake callipers that I replaced a year ago finally!

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Car is going off to get some love soon, new genuine Toyota beading, new rear lip and new front bumper all to be fitted and painted by the end of the month for a wedding.

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Then it's off the road for the winter at start of November and into my new winter hack...Saab 9-3 TID 1.9 Auto.

Forgot to say I put in a brand new Pioneer headunit with bluetooth and DAB radio, it's fantastic well worth the money. Works much better with Iphone's than Android though..

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So... you'll be hanging on to this one for another bit?
Looks great, how long you had it now?

Ah yeah I was leaving London and going travelling last year and could have done with the funds. But only advertised it on Backroads forum as I really didn't want to sell it.

I must have it 3 years now, definitely not selling now as really enjoy driving it every day!

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Just dropped it off with some nice new goodies.

So just to update this. Got quite a bit of paintwork done:
- driver's door and driver's rear door resprayed
- front left wing resprayed
- front bumper resprayed
- rear bumper resprayed
- side skirts resprayed and fitted with new genuine toyota beading
- new rear lip sprayed and fitted with new genuine toyota beading
- new bumper sprayed and fitted
- new fog light wired and fitted

Sorry the car is a bit dirty, was impossible to keep clean in the recent weather we had recently.

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Then last night washed it and put it into storage safe away from the salt and gritters beside the MX-5

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Looking good..