Couldn't agree with you anymore John, at that point, you're just using the car for the chassis shell, and in my opinion there are much cheaper and better chassis out there. Honestly, as far as the track goes you just cannot beat an early gen Miata. I'd get another NA if it wasn't such a horrible DD ...

Ivan! Where you been bro??

Thanks! It really is. He's independent though, and it's only him in the shop.. So wait times can be rough. But worth it if you're patient. Update: Both front and real calipers, Hawk HPS pads, and Phase 2 rotors are installed and everything is torqued and ready to go for the most part. The front pads...

I agree, but it's also a catch-22. I love the AE86, and probably about 60% of that affection is for the 4AGE. And it really is a better performer as a naturally aspirated engine, so it's kind of a defeatist philosophy if you ask me. Honestly, the motor from the factory is a Yamaha, not so much Toyo....

ca18 was my lowest cost path to a turbo corolla. Good 'fit', already 1.8, strong 5spd, tweakable oem electronics, etc.. "Keep it toyota" tax = $$$$pend considerably more Fortunately, skills & brains can drastically reduce a 4AGTE budget.... down into the 'good performance value per do...

Supra motors too heavy. 3SGT is too much work and money. I'd just go 4AGT if you want boost that bad.

Have you messed with the pedals at all? Maybe you can adjust pedal freeplay/engagement height..

So I got those jet nuts in from Pegasus auto. Great company, Ordered Thursday night and they arrived early today.

Just wondering, do you recommend a washer with these style nut?

What was the coolant leak? Freeze plug? not sure if it has one..

No worries, I'm pretty sure it was like 50 a wheel. He said 60 per 15" is standard I think..

I use ProCustoms: http://www.allprocustoms.com/

But pricing powder coating is weird. I had a lot of stuff done at the same time, so It's cheaper.

https://s6.postimg.org/hzz6hf61d/20180127_124402.jpg https://s6.postimg.org/mlvaprjup/20180127_124434.jpg I was gonna throw the rewinds in a volcano, but my new powder coater gave me a stupid cheap deal on doing the rewinds in satin black. Mounting was free too with valve stems and weights. They ar...

I don't know what part number you're referring to. Is that generic?

Just buy this:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Trueno-Corolla ... Z8&vxp=mtr

Ughhhhh bro people always find these crazy deals! I never luck out lol. That's cool though, I didn't know it had those buckets from the factory.

Thank god I found the bolts. Apparently I packed them in the box with the front willwooods lol. And thanks to acepanda for helping me with rattle springs :) https://s6.postimg.org/hrfdwlush/20180125_162857.jpg Moving on to the backs and re-installing the rear axles. Gonna be a lot of finessing since...

I would also use di-electric grease on the plug pins and contacts. That solved my no backlight issue.

You can get new LHD cables from a couple of sellers. Ebay, BG, etc. I've never even seen a Cruise throttle cable for sale. People just throw them in the bin .

Yup, that s what I need (in.black).

OP needs these as well.,

I fucking lost my caliper mounting bolts. I think I'll just kill myself now lol.



Calipers looks great though. Done in "evo gray".

Good luck dude. I've been trying to get the speaker grilles forever (I have one, need another). You'll need two of those speaker buckets/pods/whatever you want to call them, then there are two square speaker grilles for each side. The pods are left and right specific, the grilles are not. http://par...

Lol very true. Do you run Tauntalus?

By the way, did you find out if there was a common ground between the three readouts?

Honestly, I don't think you should go any further. Anything that is degraded would be before the point you're at.. The MPH thing is really interesting. AFAIK, that trim was only available in Japan, with no export. So.. Anyway, I really wish someone would chime in with a factory schematic. There is a...

I agree, pretty much the OG of DIY write-ups. It's a pain to access the old threads!

FYI, you can still look up the pics if you use a way-back machine.

Why people delete rear wipers is beyond me. I love having a rear wiper. Being on Oahu you should know alllll about those subtropical down pours :). Windows fogging up cuz it's humid as hell. H1 backed up to infinity and beyond. Also, I'm glad to come across this thread. I figured the flanges were sy...

Umm, don't they mount the same way?

It's just two/three holes on the shock tower. Orientation left or right doesn't matter?

Everything for a LHD GT-S is ****. Your best bet is to find an authentic TRD. Or you can get the Martellus (sp?) from some guys in the Euro. Pacesetter is trash, I had one before. Don't know about OBX.

Whoops my bad dude, I don't know what I was thinking lol.

Can you re-host images? Thank you!

So much cool stuff to do in NZ. It's like the culture grew around cars, not the other way around lol.

Just FYI, lawyering up can be an expensive and tasking process. For something as cheap as 1-2k, I wouldn't even bother with it. Lawyer fees aren't cheap. Although if a business sees you are getting serious, they usually just settle out of small claims court anyway. I think I misread that you have th...