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Bulleen, Melbourne
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June 2002
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Welcome me to the GT4 club :)
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Thu, 23 September 2004 07:54
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Hi all, as of this Saturday I will be the owner of a nice shiny black ST185 GT4 Group A 
Can't wait to get it, needs a few minor things fixed, but is in otherwise very nice ORIGINAL condition! I am over the moon about it and am gonna have trouble sleeping the next 2 nights 
I'll post back with updates/pics when I get it!
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I Supported Toymods
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Sydney
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December 2002
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Re: Welcome me to the GT4 club :)
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Thu, 23 September 2004 08:10
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Hmm black Group A ay... I've seen one of those somewhere.
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Location:
Bulleen, Melbourne
Registered:
June 2002
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Re: Welcome me to the GT4 club :)
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Thu, 23 September 2004 08:21
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Haha nice
Any pics of yours?
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I Supported Toymods
Location:
Sydney
Registered:
December 2002
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Re: Welcome me to the GT4 club :)
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Thu, 23 September 2004 12:53
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Just a couple... whats your email address and what is the max file size you could handle on it and I'll send you a bunch.
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Location:
Bulleen, Melbourne
Registered:
June 2002
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Re: Welcome me to the GT4 club :)
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Thu, 23 September 2004 12:57
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t00ch@iprimus.com.au
No maximum file size, as long as they aren't absolutely massive as I'm on dialup!
Thanks man
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Location:
Geelong.Vic.AU
Registered:
September 2003
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Re: Welcome me to the GT4 club :)
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Thu, 23 September 2004 14:45
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lucky bastard....
one day in the next year or so I will be joining your club 
Or maybe I could be joining the aw11 club or the TT soarer club.
If only I had the cash now.
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Location:
South Australia
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July 2002
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Re: Welcome me to the GT4 club :)
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Thu, 23 September 2004 15:13
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Welcome...
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Location:
newcastle
Registered:
April 2004
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Re: Welcome me to the GT4 club :)
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Thu, 23 September 2004 22:07
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congrats
have fun with it when you get it 
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Location:
Perth
Registered:
September 2004
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Re: Welcome me to the GT4 club :)
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Tue, 28 September 2004 15:08
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welcome aboard
I think I'll never grow tired of owning one.
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Toymods member
I supported Toymods
Location:
Rydalmere, NSW
Registered:
May 2002
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Re: Welcome me to the GT4 club :)
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Wed, 29 September 2004 06:08
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Welcome d00d. 
If I don't have the Celica GT-Four shell but all that's required to run it, does that qualify?  It's worth a shot anyways...
Cheers.
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Location:
Brisbane, QLD
Registered:
February 2003
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Re: Welcome me to the GT4 club :)
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Wed, 29 September 2004 09:13
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| RAV-GT4 wrote on Wed, 29 September 2004 16:08 |
Welcome d00d.
If I don't have the Celica GT-Four shell but all that's required to run it, does that qualify? It's worth a shot anyways...
Cheers.
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I'm sure you more than qualify
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Location:
Brisbane
Registered:
September 2004
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Re: Welcome me to the GT4 club :)
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Wed, 29 September 2004 21:32
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Congratulations, I am onto my second Group A and couldn't be happier!
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Location:
Bulleen, Melbourne
Registered:
June 2002
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Re: Welcome me to the GT4 club :)
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Thu, 30 September 2004 08:39
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Thanks all
Just a quick n00b question, where the hell is the coolant drain plug on the block?! I can't find it and the diagram in the manual is as useless as tits on a bull
Cheers
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Location:
Colac, Victoria
Registered:
May 2002
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Re: Welcome me to the GT4 club :)
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Thu, 30 September 2004 09:20
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for your initialtion into the Gt4 club you have to blow a head gasket and rebuild the group A into a WRX eating EVO killing machine
* btw welcome *
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Location:
Bulleen, Melbourne
Registered:
June 2002
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Re: Welcome me to the GT4 club :)
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Thu, 30 September 2004 09:27
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It's all in the plans well....apart from the head gasket bit!! Does a knock sensor count?!
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Location:
Bulleen, Melbourne
Registered:
June 2002
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Re: Welcome me to the GT4 club :)
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Thu, 30 September 2004 09:30
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Here's some pics, there's better ones coming soon
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Location:
perth WA
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June 2004
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Re: Welcome me to the GT4 club :)
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Thu, 30 September 2004 09:34
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As I said before, sweet. Gota love the GT4's
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Location:
Colac, Victoria
Registered:
May 2002
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Re: Welcome me to the GT4 club :)
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Thu, 30 September 2004 09:39
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Ok - a knock sensor i can pass with
Sweet car tooch Nice to see another genuine group A in safe hands !
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Location:
Castlemaine Vic
Registered:
November 2002
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Re: Welcome me to the GT4 club :)
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Thu, 30 September 2004 12:01
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Looks nice! but its no rolla
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Location:
Bulleen, Melbourne
Registered:
June 2002
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Re: Welcome me to the GT4 club :)
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Thu, 30 September 2004 12:54
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Haha yeah, tho I believe my rolla is cursed, it copped it up the arse yesterday, for the 3rd bloody time! Maybe its lucky its going 
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Location:
Epping, Sydney
Registered:
April 2003
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Re: Welcome me to the GT4 club :)
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Fri, 01 October 2004 01:57
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coolant drain plug.. on the back of the block under the intake manifold
super pain to get to.. if you are only doing a coolant system flush I really wouldn't bother with it mate if the servicing is uptodate
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Toymods member
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Location:
Rydalmere, NSW
Registered:
May 2002
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Re: Welcome me to the GT4 club :)
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Fri, 01 October 2004 11:53
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| Classique71 wrote on Thu, 30 September 2004 19:20 |
for your initialtion into the Gt4 club you have to blow a head gasket and rebuild the group A into a WRX eating EVO killing machine
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Well that's me 100%. Coolant still bubbling on shutdown, and I'm not even pushing the go pedal that hard anymore. I'm making it so it's barely boosting, but it still doesn't like it.
I have 2 radiator caps - one for the water-air intercooler and the other for the radiator. Two separate cooling systems. Why is the one for the intercooler at a (normal) barely-touchable temperature when the engine is shut off after a drive, and the radiator's cap is only warm? For your info, both caps are 1.3kg/cm².
Also has anyone noticed a slipping belt noise before, like when you're in traffic conditions and you have to stop at a set of lights quickly... a squeal noise comes from the engine bay, and it's a belt slipping. Could it be the alternator belt? Also bear in mind that when it's happening it's in wet conditions and I also don't have a top timing belt cover on yet. 
Help appreciated.
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Location:
perth WA
Registered:
June 2004
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Re: Welcome me to the GT4 club :)
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Fri, 01 October 2004 12:01
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What ECU are you running? I heard the standard ECU has an engine braking type of system on it when you decelerate quickly
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Location:
newcastle
Registered:
April 2004
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Re: Welcome me to the GT4 club :)
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Fri, 01 October 2004 23:03
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| RAV-GT4 wrote on Fri, 01 October 2004 21:53 |
Well that's me 100%. Coolant still bubbling on shutdown, and I'm not even pushing the go pedal that hard anymore. I'm making it so it's barely boosting, but it still doesn't like it.
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andrew,
have you re - bled the system yet?
& did you end up getting it tested for a BHG?
whats the temp reading?
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Toymods member
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Location:
Rydalmere, NSW
Registered:
May 2002
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Re: Welcome me to the GT4 club :)
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Sat, 02 October 2004 14:20
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It's still running the stock ECU for now... this is a belt slipping, but I don't know which one.
I went to BEL Garage today and they did a pressure test on the radiator, and according to the results (pipes were still good, no leaks anywhere), they deduce that it's a BHG.  If this is the case, when I go to get a new one, I'll do what I planned on doing before, which is getting the head O-ringed and snagging a 2mm copper head gasket. Who sells copper head gaskets for the 3S-GTE?
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Location:
Epping, Sydney
Registered:
April 2003
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Toymods member
I supported Toymods
Location:
Rydalmere, NSW
Registered:
May 2002
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Re: Welcome me to the GT4 club :)
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Sat, 02 October 2004 14:32
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Mate I really don't know... but I do know this cat has a lot of teething issues.
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Toymods member
I supported Toymods
Location:
Rydalmere, NSW
Registered:
May 2002
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Re: Welcome me to the GT4 club :)
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Sat, 02 October 2004 14:34
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umm, small bubbles coming up from the hole for the radiator cap, to me says that the head gasket is gone.
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Location:
Brisbane, QLD
Registered:
February 2003
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Re: Welcome me to the GT4 club :)
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Sat, 02 October 2004 23:13
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atleast you dont have oil and water mixing...yet
worst BHG i had the car wasnt happy idling, she'd shake all over the engine bay. it really was quite nasty
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Location:
Colac, Victoria
Registered:
May 2002
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Re: Welcome me to the GT4 club :)
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Sun, 03 October 2004 04:07
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A BHG not long after rebuild - dude they either stuffed up or having no temp guage and flogging it straight after it being built didnt go down well at all ..
Hopefully when you get it done again - the temp guage is working + they give you the RIGHT run in procedures - i know as you do fixing BHG's in these arent cheap + are a apin in the arse ..
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Location:
Bulleen, Melbourne
Registered:
June 2002
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Re: Welcome me to the GT4 club :)
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Sun, 03 October 2004 09:27
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Just quickly, did the CS front bars come with any mesh in them? Mine has had silver mesh put in which looks kinda ugly I reckon, but when I pulled it out, it looked wrong? I am thinking maybe they had black mesh in them? If so I might just spray it black
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Location:
Colac, Victoria
Registered:
May 2002
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Re: Welcome me to the GT4 club :)
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Sun, 03 October 2004 09:51
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they did come with black mesh and possibly silver im not sure - youll soon tell if its genuine if the mesh has moulded brackets welded to it and doesnt look dodgy ..
Also if you have the genuine bits DONT CHUCK THEM OUT!
they are extrememly expensive and the top centre section is no longer available
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Location:
Bulleen, Melbourne
Registered:
June 2002
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Re: Welcome me to the GT4 club :)
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Sun, 03 October 2004 11:54
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Nah this doesn't look original, it has a few proper bracket things but the mesh looks like it's been cut out...also the small bits on the lower left and right are held in with some gluey silicone shit.
Looks like I'll be spraying it black
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Location:
newcastle
Registered:
April 2004
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Re: Welcome me to the GT4 club :)
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Mon, 04 October 2004 21:40
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| RAV-GT4 wrote on Sun, 03 October 2004 00:20 |
I If this is the case, when I go to get a new one, I'll do what I planned on doing before, which is getting the head O-ringed and snagging a 2mm copper head gasket. Who sells copper head gaskets for the 3S-GTE?
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Andrew,
got my copper HG through ridgecrest ( 2mm ) and had block o-ringed
still going strong
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Location:
Bulleen, Melbourne
Registered:
June 2002
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Re: Welcome me to the GT4 club :)
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Mon, 04 October 2004 23:43
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Hehe didn't realise you could make it do the 'sleepy eyes' headlight thing by quickly turning the headlight control back to the 'stay open' setting just as they are retracting! Thought you had to modify it or by a proper kit.
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