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will these be MOT compliant?

My beige half-leather interior is looking extremely tired (W plate), has anyone had any success getting theirs reupholstered? I have been looking at a straight swap for an 05 plate interior, but £400 ish seems a waste for something 6 years old. So... Anyone know the best place to get it done? Any idea how much it would cost? I've had a few phone calls to some people but they won't do it in the same colour.

cool. 99% certain it's the pads. Cheers.

ok, rattling stops when I rest my feet on the brakes. Anyone got a new-ish set of calipers for sale?

quick question - how much harm will it do if I remove those rusted to death guard plates on the back of the disk brakes at the front?

a grand won't get you very far. You could replace the 1gfe engine for a much lower mileage one for that, but you'd have to fit it yourself. A 2JZ engine will cost you more than a grand, plus an R154 box on top of that will be another £300 - £500 or so, depending on which one it is.

Haven't had it apart yet, will take a look at the rears at the weekend. I'm fitting angel eyes to it anyway so I might as well sort the brake guard at the front and check the springs at the rear.

life saver! Thanks.

Not done much work on brakes, how exactly does one check for such a spring?

just out of interest, how have people with turbo setups found the MPG? A friend of mine running the old supra engine of the same family (I think?) said he saw 5-6% better mpg after lowering the compression ratio slightly and boosting it.

already tried that, they are making a bit of a noise, bent them round before which seemed to solve the problem for all of about 5 minutes. They are rusted to ****** and a bit wobbly tbh, would it be worth sourcing a replacement?

Ok chaps, I need a bit of help here, when going over bumps or rough road surfaces, I'm getting a lot of clattering and rattling sounds from under the car. It seems to be present when the drivers side of the car is going over bumps, more than anything else. I've had the drivers side wheels off and had a look, can't see anything obviously broken or loose. There is a tiny bit of play in the wheel bearings, but nothing that could cause it to rattle. The noise is a sort of metallic clattering sound whenever I go over a bump. The car seems to be handling fine, I've not had it that long but it's a W plate that's done well over 100k miles. My first thought is a new set of bushes, but if anyone else has had a similar problem, please enlighten me!