the mesh inserts and the top mounting bar are needed if you plan to do it correctly .. ( theres one left in canberra spectral - if you need one! and you will ! )

( worth the extra few hundred IMHO cause they are impossible to get second hand. )

otherwise alot of fiddly shit involved lining things up ..

Mesh in particular .. home made stuff doenst look as good as the factory bits .. trusteth me!

now just to figure out the waterspray kit

Main parts so far are

The plastic bumper itself

The main Mounting bar - The one in spectorals pics

The secondary mounting bar ( hard as fuck to get ) this holds the top of the bumper solidly , stops it sagging

Mesh insert for the large mouth

Mesh insert for the top opening ( which i couldnt find available in Vic so i made it )

Brake duct mesh inserts

Indicators carry over ..

Waterspray kit IF you can find one

Only other if that i mgiht encounter are the buits that attach bumper to fenders .. its a plastic bracket thing that so far looks identical..

I can get pics of each item IF wanted + relevant part numbers

Everything bar the one mesh - and the main mounting bar ive bought new - so i have a realistic cost of what it takes to buy , fit and paint ( mines being painted professionally so the metallic blends in )..

[Updated on: Tue, 27 January 2004 11:51]

Classique i would love the details re the front bar replacement and the part numbers if you have em. that would save heaps of fu@#ing around with toyota dealers.

Would also love to know your total outlay for all the parts you mentioned- break it to me slowly,

[Updated on: Thu, 29 January 2004 06:02]

yes i have found a secnd hand bonnet and YES it was bloody hard to find ( its a black one so ill have the fulsic dorifto look till its painted )

Also found a complete Water to Air intercoler setup - both should be arriving from japan any day now ( was told late january - and you cant get much later in january then now )!

The importer who got it is aware that i know of others wanting this sort of setup + group A / RC body panels / parts - so hes trying to get them as soon as they become available.

ive already helped out spectral get his main reo bar ( thanks justen too ) And Anthony (72 ta22) get a new bumper skin + a second hand bumper with the mesh from the same front cut i sourced my bonnet off - so if theres anything i dont need - that i find - ill refer others to them .

now if i can only sell My spare Gt4 parts to help fund the aquisitions !

[Updated on: Fri, 30 January 2004 01:46]

im going by what was said on alltrac.net ..

theres 10fold the guys on there who have done the swap - so i thought their info was pretty credibile -

But as per before - some have used the top re no 2 with no dramas - but some have also then swapped to the proper reo bar - and found it to be alot more solid ..

Ive just been a slave to expensive parts and bought every damn thing i can think of to make the job easier - without the need for modifying anything

Where theres a will , theres a way, when it comes to car mods - if you have the time patience and tooling - by all means go mad and do it - sadly i dont have A: the time - B nor the space to play funs anymore

PS - heres a pic of the reo bar in question in all its boring black glory :



cant see much but it is different to the normal one on the st185 .. it seems to be a little curvier , and has more drill holes for starters .. i cant fit the minor details in the picture very well

On a secondary note - my bonnet and intercooler setup arrived today at the importers ( yay ) minus the heat exchanger , half the brackets , and piping ( boo ) which i wasnt very happy about ..

Luckily justen came to the rescue yet again and had the heat exchanger and brackets i needed - but i still will need to do the hosing myself ..

Shouldnt be all that hard to fabricate up something but it means im stuck at 15 odd PSI till it goes in

[Updated on: Fri, 30 January 2004 10:21]

trust me - i dont have the cash either but the banks happy to help me there while sucking my body dry of life..

the bumper swap was budgeted in the loan - because it needed respraying anyway - was my first priority of repair .

Ill take a front on now - but alas it really isnt that much different ..



though for $70 dollars and a phone call- i was willing to save an afternoons farting about makign the other one fit

Shit pic again - i cant get it in frame very well - noticed the side brackets - the bits that point up - seem a little longer on this one compared to the one on the car ..

Subtle differences here and there

[Updated on: Fri, 30 January 2004 11:28]

[Updated on: Fri, 16 September 2005 06:30]