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Faith's GT86 mods captured by the NEX-5

faithx — Mon, 05 Aug 2013 19:31:05 GMT

Hiya Guys

Thought I'd start a thread to capture my little mods using my NEX-5:

So she arrived on the 28th February, raw and ready to start adding my little touches

More to follow.......

Re: Faith's GT86 mods captured by the NEX-5

Anonymous — Mon, 05 Aug 2013 19:55:22 GMT

Love the paint job !

Re: Faith's GT86 mods captured by the NEX-5

faithx — Tue, 06 Aug 2013 13:05:28 GMT

Cheers Quinnicus, it was by far the best colour, signature burnt orange, or ginger to the fanatics lol

ok, first couple of mods:

Customised Seatbealt Covers:

and

Carbon Effect Tax Disc Holder & Customised Permit Holder:

Re: Faith's GT86 mods captured by the NEX-5

faithx — Tue, 06 Aug 2013 13:03:37 GMT

Next mod:

Changing my black gearknob from black to red

Re: Faith's GT86 mods captured by the NEX-5

jumpsuit — Tue, 06 Aug 2013 16:07:39 GMT

Nice shots Faith

Don't forget to attach an ironing board to the boot to make a cool spoiler

Re: Faith's GT86 mods captured by the NEX-5

Drewde — Tue, 06 Aug 2013 16:47:23 GMT

Looks like that will really hold the back end down

Cool car, Faith!

Re: Faith's GT86 mods captured by the NEX-5

faithx — Tue, 06 Aug 2013 21:51:35 GMT

hahaha, that is well cool, not sure how that would affect my street cred though 😉

ok, next mod: My beloved Sony ActionCam having permanent fixture as a "dashcam"

Re: Faith's GT86 mods captured by the NEX-5

faithx — Mon, 12 Aug 2013 10:57:48 GMT

Next was the GT plate to cover the gap that would have housed the heated seat switches, which was nicley custom made from the US

And to keep in with the red and black theme, found a handy freshener

Re: Faith's GT86 mods captured by the NEX-5

faithx — Thu, 15 Aug 2013 12:41:35 GMT

Next was the Toyota 32GB USB Stick, which I have crammed with thousands of cool tunes 🙂

Re: Faith's GT86 mods captured by the NEX-5

faithx — Sun, 18 Aug 2013 10:57:50 GMT

Next was to fill in the GT86 steering wheel badge:

Re: Faith's GT86 mods captured by the NEX-5

faithx — Sun, 25 Aug 2013 13:20:06 GMT

Next a few bits of GT86 merchandise 🙂

GT86 Ted

The official GT86 pen

Replaced the stock binnacle with the very furry T&M alcantara binnacle:

And I have to say, this was very easy to change, here is my efforts

Binnacle Change: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuMO4aFzaTI&feature=player_embedded

Re: Faith's GT86 mods captured by the NEX-5

faithx — Mon, 02 Sep 2013 10:07:15 GMT

Sticker time

Re: Faith's GT86 mods captured by the NEX-5

faithx — Wed, 11 Sep 2013 14:51:02 GMT

Speaker rings and more stickers

Little GT86 sticker to fill a gap

Re: Faith's GT86 mods captured by the NEX-5

jumpsuit — Wed, 11 Sep 2013 18:24:16 GMT

Nice work Faith.

I think its the pen balancing on the dashboard that sets everyhing off perfectly

Re: Faith's GT86 mods captured by the NEX-5

faithx — Mon, 23 Sep 2013 09:56:47 GMT

Doesn't it just! That took ages to get it just right

Next little mod was these cool little wheel centre caps - in orange

Re: Faith's GT86 mods captured by the NEX-5

jumpsuit — Mon, 23 Sep 2013 14:32:09 GMT

Lol - at least you look like you're nearly finished?

Re: Faith's GT86 mods captured by the NEX-5

faithx — Wed, 25 Sep 2013 10:13:27 GMT

haha, not a chance, still loads in the pipeline

Re: Faith's GT86 mods captured by the NEX-5

faithx — Wed, 25 Sep 2013 10:52:12 GMT

Next it was replacing my "bumper car" aerial with a shark fin

Re: Faith's GT86 mods captured by the NEX-5

Anonymous — Wed, 25 Sep 2013 10:58:55 GMT

Is that to scare other cars off the road and out of your way.

By the way, hello there. Not seen you around for a while.

Re: Faith's GT86 mods captured by the NEX-5

faithx — Wed, 25 Sep 2013 11:57:35 GMT

haha, absolutely, she's a kickass car

Yeah, I have little fleeting visits - sometimes work is so intense I have to take time out lol

Nice to be missed though