Toyota Starlet EP91 Restoration! Field Find!

[@Marcellus-Wallace]

Love seeing others that are as passionate about this gem model of a car as I am. I bought my EP91 a little over a year ago. It wasn't in the best condition but Ive been fixing her up over time whenever I get the money to. Just bought her new rims and new tyres yesterday. Ive laughed, cried, slept and dined in that car. I love it and would never sell it for half the world ❤

[@engineboymedia]

They are just amazing wee cars! I’ve owned plenty over the years, glad to hear you’re keeping that one going! Gotta save as many as we can!

[@Starlet_Laaad]

Class lad, long live the starlet!!

[@engineboymedia]

Can’t beat a proper starlet they never die!

[@sandwichbar8226]

Just found your channel. I bought my S reg EP91 13 years ago on eBay as a stop-gap car for £350! 97k when i collected it, just about to click over to 211k! What a brilliant car. Love your work. 👍

[@GerardNess-r5o]

Wow mate you have done amazing job on the car 👍

[@MeneerHerculePoirot]

Loved your video.😊 In 2018 we purchased a red 99 Starlet LX 3 dr hb. It's New Zealand new and we're the 2nd owners. The original owner won it in a dealer's raffle. The paint's a bit wonky, but some rubbing compound and several coats of wax got that sorted. At purchase it had 94,000+ miles on it. It's now up to 108,500+. After getting the rotors, loaded calipers, rr shoes all replaced it was just oil/gas filters, cambelt, pulleys, waterpump, belts, hoses, battery, radiator flush, wiper blades. The weather here in Wellington is mild, so the rust is minimal. This is easily the best car I've ever owned. Because of its age it requires a bi-anual WOF. New 155x13 tyres w/parts store plastic wheel covers. Painted the rim flat black, so it looks pretty good all around. The mechanics at the WOF garage cal it The Red Warrior. lol

[@DJGamesHD]

Absolute brilliant job, well done ! I love these cars to bits and watching you restore this gem was quite therapeutic. The alloys really suit it well I think and it’s true what you said about them in the end they handle fantastically and they are so much fun to drive along with great visibility! Has alot of character too which you don’t get in new cars , looking forward to seeing more !

[@engineboymedia]

Thanks so much! Yes you’re right no modern cars feel that playful or engaging its all very isolated.

[@Bengkelmobilkudus]

😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊

[@Jmsborland97]

I bought one of these almost a year ago, needed a daily driver and this car was a bit of a novelty to me. it's fair to say I fell in love with it. I have just as much fun in my starlet as I do in my JDM civic type R

[@engineboymedia]

Something nimble and eager to drive is so under appreciated! Don’t need all the power to have fun! Is your civic a jdm EP3? Those are a rare motor

[@Jmsborland97]

@@engineboymedia It is a JDM EP3, got it brought over from japan early last year. superior to the UK model in every way, some say there's barely any difference, but I think they're just trying to convince themselves of that more than anything. My EP3 and starlet are the best 2 cars I've ever had, starlet was supposed to be a daily and now its turning into a project car, it's slow but so much fun to drive, unless it's 30 degrees outside, it's like driving a frying pan 😂

[@engineboymedia]

@@Jmsborland97 unreal, yeah everyone I know thats been around a jdm ep3 said they’re a totally different beast to the UK models, I think because it was the first type r made outside japan that the local japanese engineers had a point to prove that they could make the car better 😆 if you’ve got pictures of it hit me with a follow on instagram there, I’d love to get a look at them “@engineboymedia”

[@Jmsborland97]

@@engineboymediayeah I'll give you a follow, I've only just started my profile so not many pictures just yet

[@4kh7l]

Beautiful work bro👌💯, and that's some nice headphones you got there!

[@Carnold_YT]

These are such great cars. Very rewarding to work on and very rewarding to drive. Good job!

[@surveillanceworldwide593]

Watching this gave me so much more motivation to work on my ep82 starlet, currently waiting for me to grind back all the rust and respray the engine bay 😅 great video mate ❤

[@engineboymedia]

Grinding back rust never goes well 😂 EP82 is a lovely one still yet to ever own one! Went straight from EP70 to 90. Best of luck with yours!

[@picartdesign]

So nice to watch, thank you. My mom had that car when i was a teenager.

[@ArmySigs]

Starlets are the BEST! Bought mine for $400 8 years ago and it hasn't needed anything other than normal service items since. That makes it about ten million times more green than a Tesla. Yeah.

[@Eesa472]

These never die😎😎😎

[@epwiring]

Nice wee car man, well done rescuing it

[@MrPolskaXboxNL]

Yup, starlet is one of the best first cars to get in western Europe. Cheap, fun, 'punshy' 16v engine reliable, easy to work on, rather practical with folded seats

[@HobTecCars]

Nice video and channel. Keep up the good work!

[@engineboymedia]

Thanks! Appreciate it! You seem to have some nice Toyota’s as well! 😁

[@ColinvanWaardenberg]

I agree with you on the way it drives, it's not actually that fast but boy does it feel fast! Steering is fantastic, respectable mileage, cheap tire size, most of the basic parts are user serviceable with minimal elbow grease and if you flip down the back row of seats you have a surprising amount of space back in the boot, and that's still excluding the fullsize spare tire that fits below it Put on 15.000 km on a 1996 starlet last couple years(fantastic gift). just had to drive it up to the garage and the head mechanic diagnosed the problem in a single move, he poked the clutchhose (or the helper part near the end?) and fluids came gushing out. "Shouldn't even be fluid in this part", hahaha. I had some trouble with the clutch where i couldn't get it in gear at stoplights, and i needed to pump the clutch pedal to get it to respond to input. He told me it's not that hard to replace, aprox. 1 hour of work. Do you think it would be hard to get to the cabin fan intake ducts? My starlet is 25y+ old and I don't think that part has ever been cleaned on the inside. That sentence's conclusion makes me shudder just typing it, i'd really like to get in there en clean the shit out of it! I don't have an owners manual or repair manual and couldn't find one online for purchase but i'm pretty new in the car world.

[@engineboymedia]

Sorry for late reply, yes ive had to do a clutch cylinder before! Easy enough job they tend to leak but thankfully replacing the whole unit is pretty cheap! As for the vents, the proper way to do it would be to lift the whole dash out but thats a pretty big job for some cleaning! Maybe hit them with a compressed air gun and a bit of cleaner? 😬 might do the job lol

[@thejteam6249]

The elusive autotrader starlet for £500 beat us to it :) shes looking nice!

[@engineboymedia]

Unfortunately that starlet cost quite a bit more than £500 😅 I daren’t think how much we’ve got into it now 😂

[@Jack-f2k6t]

It will be nice to know how much it cost so we have an idea..

[@engineboymedia]

Will bear in mind for the next one! For this we bought the car out of the field for £900 delivered. I haven’t totted up how much was all spent on it but I’d say at least 4-500 in parts and consumables but thankfully lots of the parts I had squirrelled away like shocks, rad, wheels and tyres etc

[@fikz3d]

nice job!

[@geraldstiling3735]

Had to store up a Starlet 🚗😢in Field for Two Years.. All it needed to pass the MOT. was the tyres pumped⚙️ up and petrol⛽

[@GeorgeHaynes-h2d]

What cause the headlight to blinking when hold the brake bfore starting

[@NazimShah-y2r]

What are the size of the rims and exact profile of the tires??

[@danvirnarine6561]

Hi where can i get a light switch

[@comicorgs]

Thanks for the video scrub Daddy

[@eoink8219]

i have a Starlet Sportif automatic 1996 same colour as your one. My car is really mint too low in the miles and drives like a new car. Could you tell me where did you get the trim for the grille ? cheers !

[@engineboymedia]

The trim came off another starlet, one of the luxury spec ones (i think cdx) they also had chrome guages and door handles but the grille trim just pulls off. Best of luck with yours, sounds lovely!

[@eoink8219]

Cheers ! It drives like a new car 100% original paintwork. Thanks for the information !

[@charlotteoakes8566]

is this the one thats for sale on fb for like 3 grand logvely motor mate have one myself in blue

[@engineboymedia]

No clue to be honest, haven’t had the car about 3 months now lol

[@charlotteoakes8566]

@@engineboymedia yueah matem saw it up for sale haha this is my mums acc i have a light blue one and a green one

[@SeruiX]

yes

[@engineboymedia]

Yes

[@lesklower7281]

I do like old Toyotas l own one and these Starlets have seen a couple driving around were l live in Sydney Australia still going down the road with no problem like a lot of old Toyotas and there are plenty of them l will mention in South Africa you can buy brand new Toyotas Starlets guess what they are rebadged Suzuki Belenos and we own a Suzuki Beleno so that confirms the fact that the Suzuki Beleno us a reliable car and everybody knows about Toyotas great reputation for reliability and there are plenty of them around in Australia new ones old ones and really old ones and they just keep on going maybe as some people say boring but how boring is it with your british or European car broken down on the side of the road and Toyotas Hondas Suzukis Mazdas Australian built Holdens and Fords just drive past you whilst you are waiting for a tow truck

[@M9K2D3]

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[@elevatorvonstuck59]

Daihatsu Charade update pls🥺

[@PlanCPlanC]

Only just put mine on ebay because of our f'ington 'mayor' and ULEZ. 96k, 1997. Gutted tbh.

[@engineboymedia]

ULEZ is pure robbery ffs. Shame you’ve had to sell yours on, sure just go buy a v8 Range Rover, they’re ULEZ compliant… much better for the planet 😂