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back in jap - Chri5 - 24-12-2020
well its be 9 long months and i cant say they've all been painful.
but i'e now sold my audi s4 and gone back to my beloved jap motors.
gone a bit different tho this time.
no turbo's or stupid powers with loud exhausts, but a more subtle approach of v8 beauty and automatic lol
i've gone out and bought the toyota soarer 4.0 v8 gt
in black (although resprayed from red) with the even rarer full on black leather apart from needing a new alternator i absolutely love it so far.
few things have changed inmy life since xmas time so i am travelling up and don the motorway a lot more. although i can't see this being cost effective at least it will be comfortable
![[Image: soarer1.jpg]](http://i531.photobucket.com/albums/dd351/chriss149/v8%20soarer/soarer1.jpg)
more pix will follow
back in jap - el_bandido - 24-12-2020
I like it, very much! Always been a fan of soarers
back in jap - Lexuspat - 25-12-2020
Very nice mate.
Can't wait to see more pics of this beast
back in jap - toxo - 25-12-2020
Nice choice Chris
Welcome back!
back in jap - Chri5 - 25-12-2020
Cheers guys.
John would you be able to source an alternator at all???
back in jap - toxo - 25-12-2020
Yeah of course, have you won the lottery recently?
Blueprint ones start at £250 I think, a genuine Toyota one will be more like £800. Those are both brand new though, I reckon a recon unit would be your best bet, or contacting the soarersanctuary - that's where I bought my spare V8 from and he's got a warehouse full of spares.
back in jap - purplewitch - 25-12-2020
Lovely, welcome back to Japcars
back in jap - Rabster - 25-12-2020
welcome back to the fold so which meets you coming to lol
back in jap - Sparkystav - 25-12-2020
Lovely motor mate!
back in jap - Chri5 - 25-12-2020
Rabster welcome back to the fold so which meets you coming to lol
I can now do a few shows now but not thought of which 1s.
@john just called garage. They reckon £350-£400 plus vat plus 2hours to fit.
So I've called soarer sanctuary who said £120 delivered and it will take around half hour to an hour for me to DIY.
hmmm which to go for lol