got a couple warm days over the weekend and got some work done to the patch! It is getting there, but I still need a bit of work to look perfect. Specifically I need to work on the body line and wheel well arch (gotta get them nice, straight, and smooth) 8-) I started by grinding down the welds a bi...

^^ Hope you figure out the paint situation on the Ipad mount, such a nice idea and it looks really good. So are you re-painting your car? Panda scheme or something different? Goodluck and keep the updates coming!

*cough* ......updates?....... *cough*

Awesome job man the final product looks great! Thanks for the write up, I'll be doing this soon for sure!

I'll do a write up of this tonight but my finished product is pretty great! http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640x480q90/540/iGgqO8.jpg http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640x480q90/901/D5FqLw.jpg looking forward to your write up! It turned out awesome, looks OEM, great job!

Love this build! Things seem to be moving along quite nicely. I LOVE the door cards, very sleek and professional looking. I saw you were having some problems keeping the cards flush on the door in some places. This is a very general suggestion (if you haven't fixed it yet), but maybe you can incorpo...

Well, its been a while and sadly, not many updates for you all. Its been so friggin cold here lately that it takes some HUGE determination and motivation to get out of warmth and fight the cold :cry: (I know I'm a baby, suck it up and get out there!) I did however make a lot of progress on repairing...

Wow this car is amazing! great work!! I love all the progress pics as well, can't wait for my car to be done

Small Update, With the cold temperatures and the rain, progress has been sorta slow on the corolla. It was warmer this weekend so I decided to finally paint the interior. I scuffed, cleaned, and vacuumed till my arms went numb. No matter how hard I tried, I could not completely get all of the dust a...

I love the updates to this build! Keep them coming!

holy crap! i can't believe that my last post was April of '13! Actually I can, because that's when I took a new job a began working 80 hours a week. luckily, that didn't last long a life has slowed up a little. Great news! the car is running and driving. I'm working on uploading photos with descrip...

Some more slight progress. Finished epoxying the underside of the passenger fender, trunk, and also started on the drivers side fender. I Will be epoxying the backside of the drivers fender today, along with finishing the removal of the old seam sealer inside the car. http://i16.photobucket.com/albu...

^^ Wow great job, the finish product looks stock. Looking forward to more updates!

Wow your body work really does look great so far. :D Sorry about your windshield. That's exactly why I would have mine professionally removed; I always screw stuff up like that. I have to do some similar rust repair with my right rear fender area too... I bought the panel that wraps around the rear...

I've got to say, this is a pretty high level project for a broke college kid. Sorry if I come off as rude, but how could you afford to build it? Time, patience, an understanding girlfriend, and my fair share of borrowing friends tools to do certain things. Also, I started this thread back in June o...

Some progress has been made. I got the whole windshield out and pretty much ditched the wolf steel patch panel. Instead I was able to scavenge the lower portion on my stock rusty front fenders. I had to cut out some rust out and weld in a piece to more or less fix it, but it looks and fits A LOT bet...

Tackled the worst of the rust on the car. Have it all cut out for the most part. Was a little worse than originally anticipated. Hopefully I can weld it all up without issue. I bought a patch panel piece from wolf steel but the fitment was less than ideal. I'm trying to find a right side passenger f...

How's that Harbor Freight hvlp working out? Can't beat $16! Honestly it works great, however I took mine completely apart and completely removed all the cheap silicone adhesive. Once removed, I used teflon tape when putting it back together. It was very time consuming, but well worth it! There is a...

First reply! love this build and car, a real inspiration! mine will be like this eventually, great work!

.....So this happened tonight..... First if all it is NOT done. This is only the firs coat of very light epoxy primer on the parts I have been working on. The area under the taillights are gonna need ALOT of work It got to late for me to run the compressor so I could only do one coat :( Ill put anot...

Its these build threads that make me wish we could permanently delete the facebook page and push everyone back to the forums. I love this build. Makes me wish I had a garage and the time to really tear into my car myself...instead of having to pay people. Your build is amazing dude, keep it up. I l...

DO WORK! Pulled the rear seats, rear windows, rear side windows, and mostly stripped the drivers quarter panel and the rear taillight panel. I Ordered a patch panel to replace the rusted portion in front of the rear drivers side wheel well. Upon stripping, I found and welded up some holes that were ...

Candybeef wrote:Looks sweet so far bud, keep it up!

Thanks man, I appreciate it!

The car looks great! Did you decide to go ITB with your 4ag or stick with EFI? Thanks for the kind words. I actually haven't put the engine in yet. It's on a engine stand awaiting this project to be done so i can then spend all my money on a rebuild of the engine. Once that is done, I plan on going...

more amateur welding! Deleted the drivers side rear side marker 8-) Unfortunately, I had a problem with grinding to much the first time around, and ended up burning through most of the middle patch panel :( It's a learning process I suppose. Ended up having to cut the whole thing out and weld in ano...

Welded up my first ever patch panel!! WOOHOOO!!! I dont care if it looks like butt, I'm proud of myself for picking up a welder and taking a crack at it. I used a Lincoln Electric MIG PAK 10 welder with gas. Next up is deleting the rear side markers 8-) Unfortunately all is not well. Even though I t...

Quick update for anyone interested. I have started stripping panels. The Drivers fender and trunk are 90% of the way done. still have to remove remaining paint and then fill where needed. I also got my hands on a Lincoln Mig Welder! time to delete the antenna hole and rear side markers! It will be a...

More Progress pics. The corolla is 90% stripped and is just about ready for the paint stripper, filler, and epoxy prime process. http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b2/katanaweapon/AE86/IMG_8725_zpsdf3a9f88.jpg http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b2/katanaweapon/AE86/IMG_8727_zps41d0faeb.jpg http://i16....

**UPDATE FROM THE GRAVE!!!!** It's been a hot minute since I last updated this thread. Since the last update,I have been toying with the idea of stripping and painting my car myself. I have never tackled a job like this before, but I figured it would be a great opportunity for me to learn the basics...

idreamofdrifting wrote:Only 1 AE86 in the show?

Well that one and mine, but yup that's all i saw. AE86's are pretty scarce out this way.