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The brakes are on there are just standard AE86 ones though they are slotted rotors. That place definitely has some good stuff, though I found the air con cover for almost 2/3 the price brand new on Yahoo! Japan. There's some really good deals on there if you ever find any. I use http://jessestreeter.com/ for my exporting agent. He's a top dog

Yes please, would love to get the AE86 on there!

Kinda makes sense, I can see the logic however he could have fixed the rust in it before he filled it with 'blow up juice' haha. The time that I had the car going for with the sub in it, it sounded really good back there so maybe it works a little bit.

Well she has been in the Panel Beaters for a few weeks now with some good progression. The guy doing the work reckons one more week and should be all done (they are doing this in their spare time as apposed to main priority to save me a little $$$) The chassis was straight in the front, but out in the back so needed to be straightened up. Such an awesome bit of technology how they can measure up a car, tell that it isn't straight and pull it back into shape. We had this section here which was all bubbly under the surface Which has turned into something which looks like it hasn't seen a particle of water This section here turned out to be nothing more than surface rust which was relieving. From initial inspection it looked horrible The most peculiar thing about this all was.... the entire hollow section of the hatch was filled with pink foam... WHY?!! What is the purpose of all the foam!! The panel beater spend an hour and a half picking it all out because it is extremely flammable. And finally the front right bumper mount has had a little bit of work done. Overall there is no where near as many problems in terms of rust and bent bits as I was expecting with the car. Apart from a new replacement front quarter, and a replacement rear quarter (I've got 3 cars in one, YUSSSS) it's all been pretty straight forward. Once this is done, Cert for adjusties and then on the road she is.... That's the plan anyway

You aren't after a polished RWD intake manifold are you? cut/shut manifolds give me all sorts of funny feelings

Didn't know that they were different, that'll be something to add to my 4A-GE encyclopedia. I had a look on Yahoo! japan and didn't see any on there either.

I've got a spare one of the early style valley covers (AE86 etc), or are you looking for the later ones which covers over the entire section with a little hole at the end for the leads to go through?

Right. So I imported some 14" Enkei Mesh rims from Yahoo! Japan a few months ago. They're 6" wide all around. I think the offset is +15. The rear has about 20mm of extra room in there so if I do seem some more negative offset ones I might pick them up. But will probably get 20mm spacers in there to move it out a bit too. Will probably run 175/60/14's but will see how we go. The front looks a bit fat due to having 195's on there at the moment. I just got some tyres from out the back that aren't wofable from Discount Tyres until I sort some decent ones later in the year. Have also started collecting my wood grain dash collection with this here. Slow foot steps when trying to find these... Next update will be a while away realistically as will be getting the 7A-GE built up slowly while I seem to poor all of my money into my AE86...

The base price for the lid was $40, plus commission and bank fees etc it was $50 + overall shipping of everything. Here's the link of the auction if you were interested, http://page24.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/q87312509

I got some parts in from Yahoo! Japan. Mainly just interior bits to replace broken or the stupid hydrodipped carbon fiber panels. But wow on shipping from Japan, 4 days to the door?! Also got some new feet rubbers too, the clutch one is quite worn out... heavy previous track abuse? Still have to get an ash tray, no rush though. The main piece is sorted Broken flap on bottom, genuine Toyota replacement fitted genuine Toyota water piping. Not sure if I will use this for replacing my current one or to chop it a bit to work with my newly formed 7A-GE Probably my happiest buy. My current one is split horizontally bleating out white light into my delicate eyes at night time Love seeing the Toyota labeling on there so I know it's not some chinga-lau replica I also bought a new sway bar and tension rod setup. Just a stock setup with relatively new urethane bushes all round. I would have gotten my current rose-jointed tension rods certed but they are both just cut and welded on pretty horey so wouldn't be confident in saying they would be good for cert. I might turbo this thing one day so will do more with it later if I go for a recert, for now i'll just get the front suspension certed for now. It'll be years before I poor a large amount of money into it Converse with me: //oldschool.co.nz/index.php?/topic/49929-pbaines-1985-ae86-corolla-levin/page-2

Right, so everything is done on the list apart from the cert for the adjusties and the rust repairs. Got the tints re done to 35% but they didn't put the back screen back in due to this beautiful amount of rust in the back hatch. The car has been stipped out and will be off to the panel beaters next week. I'll make sure that the guy takes lots of photos as it would be good to see everything that gets done with before/after etc Have also got a big list of things coming over from Yahoo! Auctions including original trim (replacing all the carbon dipped stuff), stock front tension rods as the ones are there are rose joints but don't look like they've been done the greatest. Have got a new heater control valve setup, hard to find the auto-air model unit, then a few bits and pieces (i've forgotten all ready).... oh. Black carpet to replace the browny/reddy one that's in there at the moment so should look a lot nicer in there Looking forward to getting it back so I can put the sideskirts on and the chin spoiler, looks so much better!

I love your choice in music

the AE is missing it's hatch as it's full of rust and in with the panel beating... Hopefully it's all good to go next time around

The repair cert fella went over my car in depth and is sure that the car has had a rear half skin replacement, so there is going to be a lot of work involved in mine. Oh the joys of importing an 80's drift car!

I feel like you and I are going to go through similar issues when I start getting amongst the AE86. RUST

Kinda swinging both ways. I want to get the Type S Greddy suspension in there and be done with it, but could get it certed with the coilovers that are in there now and then just swap them over. But could slap some original ones in there and worry about getting the type S Greddy ones later. They're a pricey object. Realistically once I get the car pack from the panel beater, I'll probably just get the car certed and then will just swap the Greddy ones in there at a later point with no hassles.

Ahh right. I've ordered some original ones from Yahoo! Japan just in case they pick it up through re-compliance, as I am not wanting to get anything certed just yet (bought some original hubs too)

You sure? are these adjustable are they?

All the mechanical site of things is done, left to do is get a cert for the adjusties (if they can be), get tints on that are 35% and then off to the panel beater. Question, (this isn't a pic of the car, but same sort of thing. Are you allowed adjustable tension arms? Mine have ones like the pic but mechanic reckons you aren't allowed to have them for a road car.

Just in regards to my current import of the AE86, it requires removal of the tints that are on it (hatch and rear windows) If I get a cert that will include things like the strut braces, front adjusties etc, and get that it has tints on the cert plate too Will I be able to re-comply with the tints still there? Or do I have to remove them? Bit stupid if I do, because once it gets complied you're allowed to get them put back on...

See you there with the AE86!

I myself am going 7A-GE in my KE20 but that's because I all ready have one built up from someone previously so can jig everything against the other one I am building. As someone who drools over KE25's. Looking forward to seeing this progress

We'll see how I get on... Diff has a pretty bad whine above 50kph so need to rip it out to see what the go is there first

well for the track it would be bliss, to cruise around the country side... not so bliss.

Not yet, they didn't touch any of the paint. Taking the car to get 3D scanned, for structural integrity or something? I'm not sure how I process that bit about the damgae to front. Soooooooo it's had a repair. Sooo it's fixed? it's good? The repair cert dude has recommended me a panel beater to use and has had a big yarn with him about what needs to be done so will get taken there in the coming days hopefully