AASBO/TRA Kyoto GT 86: part 1

Boom. Here comes the new project. This should be the most awesome one I have by this moment.
Tamiya Gt86 body + custom fenders (previously trashed Yokomo BMW) and a custom paint job.

CVD mod. The hard way.

Now you all remember the previous post, about the easy way. Today I tried something more hard.
Basically, I had 45mm square wide angle dog-bones. They did not fit the CVD cup, because the ball joint was too big. So, I had to widen the cup, and also widen the pin holes.
Everything turned out great. No play, very smooth, and stiff - almost like a factory CVD. Angle increase is significant, as you can see from the picture below. Now I will have to find a way to increase Steering rack travel to handle these nearly 60 degrees of lock.

Stock (left) dog bone compared to Square wide angle (right) dog bone

ARD CER torque rods

It's not a secret, that ARD has some play in front suspension arms and C-hubs. Not critical at all, but still a bit frustrating. 

Some time ago, I saw this mod on one of Malaysian (or somewhere in that Area) forum. As I was explained then - it increases the stiffness of the whole front, and removes all of the play. I was surprised, how stiff the chassis became. 121 Spur clearance is pretty tight.

 And it almost does not influence the suspension work at all.

Onevia pop-up lights. Finally done

Well, it's been almost a year since I cut the holes for these pop-up lights. And now they are finally done.

I was in a real hurry, so I messed up some parts, but I really like that it works, and it is finished at last.

This body holds a total of 22 LED's with working turn signals, stop lights, rearward movement lights, and blinkers, as well as an intercooler (which i don't have yet) light. ALl thanks to this magical thingy.

Here is a small video of how it works.

Pop up lights

Well, this technique is not a secret, but I heard a lot of my mates asking "how can I do the pop-up lights".
That's why I decided to make a small DIY post.