Been a while since the last update! Been basically buying up gear and trying to get the thing out and drive it as much as I can. I bought a pair of JDM front seats and door trims from Craig at Just JDM (cheers mate!) and fitted those up over the last couple of weeks:
You can also see my Luisi steering wheel in these shots. Very happy with how it looks now, although it seems that JDM seats are a bit "wobbly" compared to the ADM ones? Thinking maybe its because you are actually pushing against the bolsters rather than sliding across the seats? I will see how it goes on the track, if it is too bad I will buy a fixed back to put in for track days and leave the JDM seats for the street. Also wired up some new speakers in the stock positions so I don't have to cut the trims. Next interior jobs are to respray some of the trims (previous owner sprayed the blue stuff black and it is now flaking off - will scrub them back and paint them with the correct plastic paint) and repair the parcel tray - it had 6x9's in it which I have now removed. The weight of them broke the shelf and of course there are 2 gaping holes to fix!
I also have a few new bits for the suspension (AJPS 6kg front springs, Cusco RCA's and PS arms) which will hopefully go in over the next couple weeks. Yes guys, I am leaving regular King springs in the back - talking to a few people who were involved with the ae86 when it was new have even suggested going to stock spring in the rear, which is supposedly what the TTA cars had, albeit lowered slightly. I have also just fitted up a strut brace on the advice of a mate with a gravel ae86, but I haven't really tested it properly as of yet.
Other than that I also have a stock inlet manifold to fit up to replace the bodged one in there at the moment, just waiting for my spare head to come back from being reco'd so I can get that fitted up with a TRD head gasket.