[Dave1221]

Hi guys,

Well I've been a member on here for a little while, and recently paid up after importing an Evo 6 in summer.

Rather than modify or chase big bhp, I'm hoping to try and keep everything pretty much OEM, keeping it looking standard.

It started back in February when I was being made redundant, I wanted to get myself another Celica GT-Four ST205 imported from Japan to sit along side the WRC GT-Four I already owned. GT4s coming through auction at the time seemed to be pretty few and far between in the spec I wanted, so I started bidding on the odd RX7 and Evo 5. In the end, I ended up highest bidder on an Evo 6 which I didn't think I would get.

Auction pics:

After a few days I received some more pics of the Evo from the Japanese agent once it had reached their premises:

It gave me confidence it was a half decent example.

6 long weeks later, it arrived at Newcastle docks and I finally got the chance to bring her home!

Finally home and parked up with the GT-Four:

A few months have passed now and I'll update the thread with the bits I've done and plan to do.

 

[river evo 6]

Lovely that mate,
Bet you love it:smthumbup

 

[M3 ROB]

Looking good, congratulations on the purchase and lovely GT4 also :smthumbup

 

[Ralliart Rous]

Nice looking car ... Enjoy :smthumbup

 

[Goginawa]

Both very nice cars

 

[Leo6072]

Very nice cars good luck with the 6 :smthumbup

 

[Dave1221]

Thank you guys! Done a few little bits which I'll stick up on the thread, also have a long list of things I'd like to do beginning with having it fully serviced with cambelt, and also having any corrosion underneath removed and then undersealed.

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[canavan123]

is it wrong i prefer the gt4? any more pics of it? rare site these days!

 

[Dave1221]

is it wrong i prefer the gt4? any more pics of it? rare site these days!

Are you allowed to say things like that on the MLR?

I love the GT4, my pride on joy. I've owned it 18 months and its the 4th GT4 I've owned. I don't have many pics on my phone, but here are some fairly recent ones to give you an idea:

 

[Phil481]

Did you say you was looking on the auctions in February?

That was the same time Torque GT were browsing the auctions for me and I remember them showing me this car as one of my options but it went out of my price range when bidding for it

Small world ey.

All your cars are looking sweet. How is the Evo coming along

 

[Dave1221]

Did you say you was looking on the auctions in February?

That was the same time Torque GT were browsing the auctions for me and I remember them showing me this car as one of my options but it went out of my price range when bidding for it

Small world ey.

All your cars are looking sweet. How is the Evo coming along

I started looking at the auctions in Feb but I didn't buy this until the end of April. Grade 3.5 and 59k on the clock

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[Dave1221]

For MOT I needed to sort out MPH dials and a foglight, so first I bought a set of Lockwood dials from ebay:

I then decided to fit a UK foglight switch in the dash and wired in a red bulb into the offside reverse light at the back of the car:

The car then passed its MOT which was a great weight off my mind!

 

[Dave1221]

I decided to protect the inside of my doors with some Bilt Hamber Dynax S50 cavity wax. I removed the door cards and coated the inside of the doors:

The door card mounting points had some surface corrosion so I decided to sort them:

I removed the mounts and bathed them in Deox-C to removed the rust:

All cleaned up, I sprayed them with Hammerite :

I'll be doing more bits like this as I go along.

I also added a Cosworth panel filter!

 

[Simon350S]

That looks lovely 😁 Love the GT4 as well.

If you've got any details on the auction place you used and any agents you'd recommend I'd love to take a look at getting one in myself if I can't find one in the UK that ticks all the boxes. Would be much appreciated please 👍

 

[Dave1221]

That looks lovely 😁 Love the GT4 as well.

If you've got any details on the auction place you used and any agents you'd recommend I'd love to take a look at getting one in myself if I can't find one in the UK that ticks all the boxes. Would be much appreciated please 👍

Yeah sure, if you decide to go that route I'll give you any information I can and the contacts I used.

 

[Dave1221]

A few little bits to report:

I removed the KTS coilovers as they were extremely hard, and after buying a set of very low mileage standard suspension I fitted a set of Tein lowering springs using my new strut compressor

Bought myself a set of 5 alloys off a member in here to use as spares while my standard alloys go away for refurb:

I currently have my bonnet vents off to spray them black, will get pics uploaded once refitted.

Also, I booked the car in today with GR Performance to have a full service, cambelt change, underseal, and AYC pump refurb. Can't wait to have the work done - hopefully taking the Evo to Belgium next month!

 

[JoaoEvo8]

Very nice car sir!
I think you will find the tein spings very hard too.
I have it on my car, and i really hate it!