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Offline gt4matt

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New boy
« on: June 22, 2007, 01:43:19 am »
Hi there  :)

Just thought I'd introduce myself, my names Matt, I'm 23yrs old, I'm an apprentice carpenter by trade, and I come from Maidstone in Kent.
I bought my 96 Preg gunmetal grey ST205 gt4 about a month ago and havent looked back, what an amazing car!!! I'm loving every minute with her!  ;D

Heres the (small) list of mods as it stands:
HKS sequential dump valve
Custom made exhaust with heat wrapped de-cat pipe (Hope to get a Blitz Nur spec R eventually)
Aussie downpipe also heat wrapped
Blitz panel filter


Tein sports supension (hope to upgrade to coilovers in the future)
Blitz speed limit defencer (My 1st mod to the car since I bought it woo hoo!! lol)
18"compomotives in matt black
Blitz turbo timer which is yet to be fitted

The previous owner informed me that in its current state of tune it should be making around the 290bhp mark, so Im gonna be buying a boost controller asap to get her over that magic 300bhp mark.
After that theres a couple of dents and marks that spoil her otherwise immaculate condition so I'm gonna be booking her into the bodyshop in July to get her looking like new (any suggestions of good bodyshops in the Kent area are greatly appreciated), I had her professionaly detailed last weekend with fantastic end results, Ill put up some pics to show you all.
My future plans really lie in getting an apexi power FC and an uprated fuel pump then a rolloing road/mapping seesion to hopefully boost the bhp up a bit more but its easier said than done when your on an apprentice wage!! lol

Anyway apoligies if i've waffled on a bit, but hopefully you can all see its because I'm so enthusiastic about my car its like nothing I've owned before! Hopefully there are some other GT4 owners in and around kent on the site if so make your self known! :)

Thanks for reading
Matt
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Offline Driveby

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Re: New boy
« Reply #1 on: June 22, 2007, 06:50:21 am »
Hi Matt, welcome to the club :)
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Re: New boy
« Reply #2 on: June 22, 2007, 07:48:11 am »
Waffle away :) You'll soon see thats quite common on here :)

WTTC

Cheers
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Re: New boy
« Reply #3 on: June 22, 2007, 07:59:20 am »
WTTC mate - hope you enjoy those horses and the cameras dont nab you ;-)
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Re: New boy
« Reply #4 on: June 22, 2007, 08:28:26 am »
WTTC Matt 8)
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Re: New boy
« Reply #5 on: June 22, 2007, 08:34:10 am »
welcome along lad, enjoy
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Re: New boy
« Reply #6 on: June 22, 2007, 11:24:23 am »
hi mate i live just outside maidstone!
nice to see someone local on here.
u didnt get the car from Maidstone autos by any chance??

im in a red ST165 always in an out of maidstone so see you around maybe
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Re: New boy
« Reply #7 on: June 22, 2007, 08:11:01 pm »
Thanks every 1 for the kind welcome!  :)
And in reply to ST1650KE its good to know theres another local on the site, Ive posted some pics of my car in the "pics as promised thread" above this one so take a look and keep an eye out for me mate! I bought the car privately from a guy called Ian in Rainham, seemed to be a real celica entusiast and knew his stuff!
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Re: New boy
« Reply #8 on: June 22, 2007, 08:17:10 pm »
welcome fella.
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Re: New boy
« Reply #9 on: June 25, 2007, 05:57:06 pm »
Welcome and enjoy Matt ;)
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Re: New boy
« Reply #10 on: June 26, 2007, 10:21:34 am »
Hi Matt, welcome to the club. Bring ya 4 to JAE so we can have a closer look ;)

Cheers
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Re: New boy
« Reply #11 on: June 28, 2007, 06:44:57 pm »
Welcome to the club :)

Get some pictures of the four up, I love the grey ones!
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Re: New boy
« Reply #12 on: June 28, 2007, 07:44:04 pm »
I've got the time off work and I'm bringing the beast to JAE so game on!  8) Have you guys got a stand up at the show?
And Rob I've posted up some pics on the 'pics as promised' thread so check it out!
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Re: New boy
« Reply #13 on: June 28, 2007, 07:58:13 pm »
Sure do have astand.... look in the meet section and get ya name down :)
Look forward to seeing you there :)
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Re: New boy
« Reply #14 on: June 28, 2007, 08:38:54 pm »
The more the merrier for JAE!!
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