cruzers ae82

[cruzer]

hi guys

i have been here for a while and decided to do a build thread for my ae82 1986 toyota corolla hatch twincam i have had this car for over 2 years now i got it for $200 which to me was a bargain at first when i bought it i put it up the back and just couldnt be bothered to do anything then the day i got my L's i decided to start

she was quite rough but i saw potential

Edited February 4, 2010 by cruzer

[cruzer]

so after i decided to start working on her me and my dad had to shuffle all the cars so i could have space to work on my the rear spoiler

once i had her out there was no stoppin on this car i would come home from school and go downstairs and start work

at first i started from the inside so i would start on the minor parts like repairing dash and chairs and stuff like that my dad and i pulled the chairs apart and found out the rear supports were ruined they had caved in

[cruzer]

the interior was quite easy all i had to do was unscrew the dash and stuff like that it was all simple little tasks that was after i had cleaned it all and fixed all the major cracks

Then my dad stripped the seats so we could clean them. the inside of the chairs were ruined

[cruzer]

so after all the interior was done i was stocked to move onto the front the first thing i had done ws pulled all the front guards off and start to clean the inside of the guards before

after

[cruzer]

that silver plate is to cover where the airbox goes as i did not have one on it originally

[cruzer]

so after all this was done i did a giant wash and tried cleaning the engine bay it turned out alright. The best part was when my rims arrived they were free but by far the most faded rims ever when i got them i preeped them and got them ready for paint but when i got to paint my uncke had a corolla in his backyard and all the guards were straight so i took them because my car was quite rough

[cruzer]

it was a few weeks after i got my rims back from paint but it didn't really bother me cause at the time i was working on school and not worrying about my car but when i got them back they looked like new all i had to do was wait to find some cheap tyres which i did a set of ebay cheap and they were new i was so stoked

[Guni]

Wow, good j0b mate!!!! Keep it up!

[cruzer]

Wow, good j0b mate!!!! Keep it up!

thanks man yeh i have been workin on her for a bit but being my first rebuild i am happy with what i've done

[Speed]

that cool car

[eviltwin]

Well done mate , you've done alot of work to get it to the state it's in now , any future things for the car? love the wheels what are the dimensions?

[cruzer]

@vvt-i

thankyou

@evil

um they are just 15's not really sure about the rest don't really have any future mods till i can afford stuff so prob future mods are suspension

now for more pics so after i got the parts back i decided to put the short blinker guards on cause it suited my car and i also changed the front bar

before after

some random pics

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[Chrono Trigger]

nice work man! impressive...

i wanna see the end result

[cruzer]

nice work man! impressive...

i wanna see the end result

the end result will turn up soon

[cruzer]

so once i put on the new guards i looked at me car and thought that the side strips (moulds ) were out of place and just looked really weird so id ecided to take em off which suprisingly was an easy task

so once i took em off i decided to take a photo of my engine

A few days later we loaded my car up and took her off to paint

that was the last time i saw her for a few months

[cruzer]

double post :(

Edited September 23, 2009 by cruzer

[cruzer]

so once i put on the new guards i looked at me car and thought that the side strips (moulds ) were out of place and just looked really weird so i decided to take em off which suprisingly was an easy task

so once i took em off i decided to take a photo of my engine

A few days later we loaded my car up and took her off to paint

that was the last time i saw her for a few months

[cruzer]

so i haven't been doing much but i will continue i was in the snow when my phone rang i picked it up and when i opened the message my dad had sent me a pic of her finished

[jaderd]

How awesome are dads....gotta love em

[cruzer]

dads are quite epic

i shall post picks of new stuff when i get em off my camera

[eviltwin]

woot , looks sick man

[cruzer]

a bit more stuff to put on eg red calipers need more paint i ran out the other day

[Evo7]

hey cruzer, your restored ride looks EPIC! :D

Congrats man

Evo

[cruzer]

well some new stuff i got off my nan in qld gotta pick it up in october sometime

Edited September 25, 2009 by cruzer

[cruzer]

well i decided to paint the calipers red

Edited September 25, 2009 by cruzer