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    Sorry mate - long time no see........they're recaro's that I had custom skinned in a te27 style finish. They came with the car so not 100% sure but maybe from a surf??? they have solid headrests, not the fish net style
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    Yeah cheers mate all done
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    I've seen fibreglass bumpers are available.....there's a slowly increasing amount of aftermarket parts for these comping at our Asia at the mo so there could possibly be something out there....
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    If a screens been replaced before the urethane is usually easier to cut than the original so feeding through a special cutting wire and attaching handles is the best method....but you have to be so careful getting started or around the edges as any little knick can start a crack. You have to pull down and away from the edges so the wire isn't being lifted into the screen. Heaps of places have these....glasscorp, glass tools ltd..... The beauty of the wire is that it does the work, you don't have to saw, just pull/lean on each end alternatively and your away. I rarely use a long knife as a) the risk of cutting/damaging trim and or yourself increases, and b, the scratching on the aperture needs to be throughly wired back and primed. I can't tell you how many screens I've pulled out here lately, that have been installed by the major franchises, and they're rusty due to not dealing with the scratches. S&S provides all their fitters with a great wire tool for removing screens safely and cleanly so there's no excuse for it really. If there's minimal room between the screen and the frame, or it's an old nissan with too much urethane (true story) I have a new fangled tool with a fibre line that I feed around the whole screen and cut it out from the inside....it is operated by a cordless drill.
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    Found a ke25 shell today.........salvaged the windscreens, a few plastic clips and the door chrome. Local engineer still hasn't sorted my diff and struts etc......and still a little boy waits...... Check out left to rot to see the two other wrecks hiding under the trees......
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    Ok so it's Wednesday tomorrow.....maybe I'll drop all those parts off in the morning My rear panel arrived via ML Racing! it looks like it's been a newish panel stitched on to a rustier car. It's been hacked off the back of the donor so thankfully all those rusty bits like the remainder of the boot floor etc can just be removed as I only need the actual face of the panel. It's got a bit of pitting along the bottom valance and a few small holes, but it's miles better than the bent swiss cheese on my car at the mo. Inner tie rod ends arrived too.......just waiting on one last delivery of gaskets and other small bits and we'll be in business.
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    aargh!! Looking at the old pics of this!! Better bloody get a hurry up on and get this finished!! Few more bits arrived to get it on it's wheels. Toyota diff gaskets and a few seals etc, cusco camber plates, front bushing kit ex eBay Thailand, AE86 discs and a replacement for a bent suspension arm (cheers Daz at Oldscool....eventually ha ha)....I'll get the bits off to the engineer on monday for a professional steel glue job.....then it's paint and assemble.
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    Howdy - looks like you probably have an abundance of parts now, but I have a mate in Auckland with an imp van, coupe and fastback? - all three versions anyway. I'll get you his details if you need them?
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    I was just going to post about this too......I need my ke25 rust cut to somehow appear in the Waikato/Otorohanga if anyone's making a trip??
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    yeah mate cheers! - got some good time in over the last wee while to order parts, plan and prepare to get it down to the panel beaters. Do you have a press up at your place? I'll definitely be needing a hand to put in all the bearings and balljoints and gaskets etc when it all gets assembled.....
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    Gave the leaf springs and brackets etc a wire wheel and a coat of rust converter What's the best top coat on all this stuff.....steering arms, strut bars, diff, blah blah...........powder coat or paint (special kind)?
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    Jig made! It's a bit rudimentary and the welds probably belong in design & disasters thread but the Leaf Spring perches in pretty much the exact right space - tape measure measurements agree with the chassis repair manual. Just need to make a little bracket to keep the face at exactly 90 degrees, but after that everything is you see is ready for some professional cutting and welding. Also had a big stash of bits arrive ready for all the reassembly. All genuine Toyota except for the eBay bushes....didnt really want to go down the nolathane/urethane etc path. Included with all the bearings and shims etc were 2 little ae86 pedal cushions.....I took a gamble to see if they would fit my te27 pedal box....ah yesssss. OCD satisfied. Before.... After.......perfik
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    So the wiper motor is all cleaned up and fitted to the te27 pedal box and I may have solved the grommet issue using some ae86 ones (if they arrive - that's another story) Got some wheels - 14x6 SSR Mesh. I need it on wheels for the panelbeater so these are good placeholders until they get a refurb or something else could pop up. The lips are a bit scuffed and one is a bit bent, but they'll be getting widened once the car is done if I use them. I'm going to hold off on the final decision about rack and pinion coversion until the very last minute. I need to get all the subframe and steering etc back together to get it rolling so can't be stuffed getting tied up in all that conversion and maths shit (blahblah time $$ and frustration). I've ordered a truck load of bits to get this ready (plus found some NOS outer tie rod ends and Pitman arm I had stashed away) SW20 rear struts for coilovers Idler arm, ball joints and outer tie rod ends T3 RCA's Cusco te27 Camberplates Full set new rubber bushings AE86 front & rear bearings and seals Diff gaskets Caliper rebuild kits AE86 Rotors Brake fitting kits and shims........theres more I've forgotten to list too....such a mission finding out all the parts you need and ordering them from all over! and some box section to make up a jig for transferring the leaf spring perches to the AE86 Diff housing - which is hopefully this weekends job.So theres a bit of welding, painting, crack testing and assembling and hopefully by the end of Feb she'll be other wheels again.
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    Labour of love on the roof there mate. what paint did you use for your diff? I've got to redo all mine and steering arms etc...
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    Look up the one on rollaclub, it's pretty thorough, just different parts compared to my setup. The pic above is from another rollaclub post from a guy in Dunedin, he used all the bits I mentioned in the first post.
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    I'm thinking I might put it in the "Meh" pile....... As a first build i've already got my hands pretty full. I found a pretty detailed break down on rolla club of a switch but it's using completely different parts (struts, LCA's, steering arms, non factory column and top end etc). I'll set it up as standard for now and if it ever gets finished I'll drive it a wee bit and assess again then.
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    Last time I drove one was about 17 yrs ago so I can't say...... I assume a rack would be better than the standard set up, but just not sure if the gains will be worth the effort you know?
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    No idea....have no reference for this unfortunately Would that be the only real difference? the amount of turns of the steering wheel? Pic for reference
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    Hey folks, So I have investigated the option of fitting Rack and Pinion steering to my KE25 Corolla. With out delving uber deep into the science, I have ascertained that a AW11 MR2 rack, with KE70 brackets to mount it to the cross member, a KP starlet steering shaft and uni, and possibly some starlet outer tie rod ends.....it should work. I'm at the point where I need to make the decision in my build to do it, or lose it and keep the standard recirculating ball set up...... Is it worth it to convert it? what will the benefits be for a road car (with 20v Blacktop 4age)......is it worth doing it? Yeah nah?
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    Thanks for the advice mate, I can proceed with the plans
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    Hey Guys - sorry for the Noob question but I've read and seen a lot about people widening wheels. I'd like to buy an old set of SSR MESH to sit on my ke25 build while its at the panel shop, and have lined up a set that need reconditioned...and I may want to widen them when they get reconditioned depending on how the car sits after the panel work etc. I saw on PINE engineering that their barrels etc are only for race use........what's the rule around this?
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    last year an old barry drove his lawnmower into a power transformer and shorted out the street......right when I was doing a computer backup. I replaced my spa pool control board and the munted portable hard drive and wrote off the loss. A bit later I had to do a system restore from a backup to clean it up a bit (after watching a dodgy All Blacks live stream), but I had lost my recent ones with crashed hard drive so used an older one, thought nothing of it and moved on.........until I went to re-assemble my freshly blasted/painted/plated TE27 pedal box etc on the weekend. All my "dismantling" pics were lost in the process, my caliper ones were in there too......Bugger!! So I've put it all together the best I can remember. There may be a few washer or spacers out of order but meh we'll get there. I need to replace a couple of rubber stoppers/grommets that sit in the pedal and cushion them when inactive......all 4 of mine were worn and split, and I need the boot that sits over where the accelerator bracket meets the cable through the firewall.....anyone know where I can get something similar from? Yarns here:
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    2 weeks solid ha ha 90 - 100. He needs a few mods for better mobility, but thinking of putting him up on Trademe.....
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    Needed a costume for a mates action hero party a few years back.......had a few weeks between contracts and whipped this up....... just because.
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    Yup as said above - Superglue on the joins is the go......you can get the join looking seamless with some accurate guts and glueing. As long as the thicker glass still sits nicely in the rubber without it spreading the channel you should be all good.
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