GDII's 1990 G-Limited

[GDII]

+1 for the Sp500 pads. Only thing I've noticed is they seem a little squishy when cold. May be my setup

It's not your setup, they are definitely squishy when cold. The stock JDM 92+ brakes still feel really good once they have a tiny bit of heat in them of which you can add with a little bit of left foot braking.

[Gleshlich]

+1 for the Sp500 pads. Only thing I've noticed is they seem a little squishy when cold. May be my setup

It's not your setup, they are definitely squishy when cold. The stock JDM 92+ brakes still feel really good once they have a tiny bit of heat in them of which you can add with a little bit of left foot braking.

Glad I'm not the only one. Also quite a dusty pad too. I'm sure you struggle to keep your wheels clean

[GDII]

They aren't too bad vs another car I wash as a side job. It's not too hard to clean my wheels but yeah, just a drive down the road after a wash and there is dust on them.

[GDII]

Today I decided I needed to wash my own car instead of doing detailing jobs for other people. It gets rather dirty even after just 3 weeks of driving it every day.

I've now got a foam cannon for myself so I can use it when I need to. Not every car needs it especially when you are going to claybar and do paint correction. It's mostly for use on cars that are already in excellent condition and need the paint looked after. I still struggle to not put scratching in my paint. It's so soft anything running over it will do damage. I need to get compressed air or a leaf blower to dry the car. I suspect this is the main reason why I get swirls. Even using the 2 bucket method, clean the mitt after every half panel and protecting the paint with layer upon layer of wax still won't work.

Freshly painted bumper is super scummy. Most comes off with the water blaster, them more with the foam cannon then the rest with a gentle wipe.

The joys of no mud flaps. I know you can get mud flaps for these cars but mine didn't come with them from the factory so the bumpers don't have all the holes and mounting brackets for them. I did have a set with everything needed but I sold them as I was never going to put them on. It looks too clean without them.

Using CarPro Reset in the foam cannon. Only need quarter of the bottle filled with the soap/water mix to do a tiny car like this.

CarPro DLUX has been working great on the calipers. Just waterblast off the majority of the brake dust and then go in with the detailing brush to get the hard to reach parts. No brake dust embedded here. The clear ceramic coating has lasted well after more than a year and the heat of a track day.
I'm a bit hesitant to put this coating on my wheels as I don't know what happens after a 3+ years to the coating. I think when I put this coating on other plastic parts I did it a bit wrong and tried to layer it on thick and leave it shiny but it would show the 'brush' marks from the cloth I used. You can see them when the coating is dry. You are meant to coat the part, then let it cure a bit for 10 mins or so then buff it back with a microfibre towel for an even finish. Something I now do on other parts I need to coat. I think if I do this to my wheels and apply 2 coats it will be fine. It's meant to last for quite some time. The black trim around my lights and the centre grille still look great and black even with applying it wrong.

My new wheel soap. Chemical Guys Signiture Series Wheel Cleaner. Has a mild chemical smell but works really well. Makes insane suds when mixed with my wheel woolies or horse hair detailing brush. Can be diluted down 4:1 soap/water so it lasts a bit longer than just a small bottle.
I don't have any photos of the suds it makes yet. Things get a bit messy when doing the wheels so I didn't want to grab the camera.
https://www.detaildepot.co.nz/product/c ... l-cleaner/

And clean again. I added another layer of CarPro Hydro2 as the water wasn't sheeting or beading off as well anymore.

[ClanFever]

FOAM CANNON, to the plot

[GDII]

I've been chasing a knock and "rattle" in my engine mounts or suspension for a while now. It only occurred during accelerator inputs or clutch inputs. I check over all my rear suspension and did find a dry bush and worn custom swaybar links. Once those were gone I figured it was a north south engine mount issue. After doing a full bolt check it still was there.

I do have urethane engine mount inserts which I installed a while ago. I figured I'd remove them and check if it was those. The front mount did show signs if movement wear on the outside and a little bit of black rubber on the inside. So I greased the front inserts up and put it back in. I attempted to remove the rear mount but couldn't access one bolt on the back of the gearbox. So that one doesn't have grease on it. Drove it the next day to find that 95% of the sound had gone by just doing the front mount and by the end of the day it seems to have gone completely. It's so much more comfortable on the ears and mind not being able to hear the knock and rattle. It seems to drive a bit better at the slow speeds where it was most prominent.

Ive also been having major fuel economy issues. Around 300km on 40 litres of city driving. Checked the ECU codes and sure enough 21 came up being the O2/Oxygen sensor. So I have to replace that which looks rather difficult with rusty nuts. Looking to borrow a 12mm or 11mm nut extractor and then figure out how to get access to those nuts over the top of the cross member. Hopefully replacing it will net better economy as it's getting expensive to run this as a daily.

[GDII]

Swapping out the O2 sensor wasn't as bad as I thought. Although the ECU code hasn't shown up again since I reset the ECU. Still drinking fuel like E85.

Jack up the car, take off the right rear wheel, find all the extensions you own plus maybe some more. Borrow a friends nut extractor just incase you strip the rusty nuts with standard tools. Reach way down inside the engine bay and crack the nuts. Unplug the sensor and swap them over. I did purchase new nuts from Toyota for this if I ended up destroying the old ones. They were in OK condition but new is better. They superseded the part number for the nuts but they still use the same tools. Just bigger flange.

New nuts. Original part number is 90179-08059 superseded by 90179-08101

All the extensions. All my 3/8" set plus an adapter to my 1/2" short.
For reference the red carpet tile is 500x500mm.

Old sensor on the exhaust

Old vs old Cleaned up my working one.

Old vs new nuts

Cable tided the old plug to the mounting plate. Olaf can relate.

Heat/dirt shield. Cleaned up my old one to go on instead of the even older one. This current engine has 400,000km on it now. Maybe the sensor does too.

Back in place with the new nuts

[85AW20v]

Good sized pair of nuts you've got there......

[tw2]

Looking good. I am interested in what you find tracking down the poor mileage. I don't know what is normal, I can get 500km open road and close to 400km around town.

[GDII]

Good sized pair of nuts you've got there......

I'm glad you're impressed.

Looking good. I am interested in what you find tracking down the poor mileage. I don't know what is normal, I can get 500km open road and close to 400km around town.

I know I've used 2/3rds of a tank over 450km of open road with the car loaded with holiday stuff. I'd say what you are getting is pretty normal for these engines. 80s technology, not the best.

I'll see how this next tank of fuel goes. I did have a higher idle this morning for most of my drive to work but it settled back down so the ECU is definitely looking at something and trying to figure it out.

[rajkumar]

Yeah nice. My O2 sensor nuts are rusted so bad they don't even have edges anymore, and are impossible to get off.

By the way, what springs are in your car atm?

[GDII]

Yeah nice. My O2 sensor nuts are rusted so bad they don't even have edges anymore, and are impossible to get off.

Maybe the other type of nut extractor will work. Seems once the nut starts to spin it just comes off.

By the way, what springs are in your car atm?

http://mr2.org.nz/phpbb3/viewtopic.php? ... 05#p126783

[GDII]

[rocco26]

Nice. That last one a blinder !

[Spykerwolf]

Nice photos as always!