Minty.Fresh BN Sports Altezza

[G-TECroscommon]

That's an insane job dude fair play to you!

[twiglett-RS200]

how come you kept the abs actuator?
surely it would have been the perfect time to ditch it.

[peter0991]

I really could not be bothered to take on that task as well. Got enough on my hands as it is and I wanted to actually drive the car this year

[G-TECroscommon]

a big change from when it was in ireland

[peter0991]

Haha! Yea, you could say that



Still got those Irish plates in my room

[Gojira san]

still looks hawt!

[RS Tom-Hundred]

Agreed!

Damn, I wish I could find one of those red Altezza badges at a reasonable cost! Annoying that you can get nearly any badge on ebay/from China for less than £10 but not one of those (not that I've seen anyway!)

[Gojira san]

which red badge? i could just pop in to my local toyota dealer.

[peter0991]

Its not a badge. Its a whole grille. Can find one in Japan for around £100 delivered

[Sask]

This thing is too legit! Definitely an inspiration for what I want my Altezza to eventually become (if I keep it). Once I'm done uni I'd like to save up for a 2J.
Sorry if you've mentioned this already as I didn't look through your thread but I'm assuming your not using a drift button/spin knob? Guys in Japan are using the same one as a JZX100 I think so I'm going to grab one of those. Also you have experience with the stock diff? Thinking of using it until I can save up for a 1.5 way TRD.

[peter0991]

I'm not using a drift button at all. Just learned to use my thumb, lol. but I have looked at a jzx one and they look pretty similar. Could work. I'm running a is200 auto welded diff. Took the abuse really well.

[j0hann3s]

What a great idea, to put the ecu at the airbag place!
Maybe I will do that to.

[peter0991]

Perhaps its time for an update...

http://youtu.be/1j23wDQeyZI

As seen above, I have now driven the tezza and its pretty insane. It actually pulls like a train and likes to spin the wheels up just by flooring the pedal :thumbs:

Been busy with the turd, but now that its through its Mot, I can get on with the work on the Altezza



Sold my cosmis wheels to a local lad.



Had to test them out on Eds soarer before they went though :nod: Note: 18x10 et0 on a soarer is :thumbs:



Bought the remainder of bits that had to be fitted like hose clamps and pas lines and fitted everything up



Took the bumper off to fill in the cut outs that were left from the old intercooler. Reinforced it a little bit more...just in case



Got some federals fitted to the fronts





Sitting patiently waiting for an exhaust, which should be getting done in the next couple of weeks.



Last couple of months have been so hectic and filled with a load of random stressful s@3! that I haven't had much time to make any progress with the Altezza. So I took some time off work to make some progress.



Started off by installing the battery in the boot. Used all existing bits, just creatively bodged into place.



Grounded in the engine bay



Positive in the glovebox through a junction box





And the end result, still not secured down. Will sort that in the near future



Next was to finish the wiring inside the car.



Whipped my soldering iron out, finished off all the outstanding wires and tucked everything in my secret ecu stash compartment



Boom! Job done



Hopefully will have an exhaust by the end of next weekend

[RS Tom-Hundred]

Nice one mate Good work!

[peter0991]

Finally finished my carbon spark plug cover..



My housemate got some wheels for his soarer, so it would have been rude to not to try them on the altezza.



Tight fit, and thats 18x9.5 et0



I then went and got these 18x9.5 et -9 and a set of 5x114 faces to swap into them.



My roof wing I made last year got blown off the car in a strong wind a few months ago and smashed on the floor. So that needed a rework. So I thought I'd go ahead and make a version 2 of the roof wing.

I didnt like how the old wing was pointing upwards too much, looked odd from some angles, so I decided to make the new one a bit flatter.



Got the rough shape I wanted using high density foam and fiberglassed over the top.







Quick test fit... still a fair way to go until the end.





My wheels got delivered.





Swapped the centers over and test fitted them!!



Got some bits from Japan. Sard jet pump for jzx110



68 degree thermostat



Lets not forget the tee and hoodie from Jimmy Up with the altezza on it



Along with a massive dildo to hit myself in the face with



Time has come to get some decent wings...





Look way nicer than the rusty, tyre rolled oem wings....Not for long though!





Then we decided to have a play to see if we could match the offset of new wheels using some old 17x9 and a 35mm spacer. Got within 1mm. Rim poking past the side-skirt is what every BN kit needs.







Then Paul 'The Fabricator Mate' as everyone knows him now, gave me a shout over the weekend to head over and get the exhaust made up!!



Downpipe



And the exhaust



With some sexy tig welds



Also I now really appreciate the benefit of vbands. Best invention ever!



Sitting nice and high. Well, as high as it can be anyway.





Ran out of welding gas in the end, so didnt get the chance to finish the tail pipes yet. Pretty f*** happy with the exhaust, shame no one will see it under the car

Car sounds insane!