The average 86 owner nowaday is a much more mature and informed owner and honestly of all the other car forums, 86 owners are the most humble, respectful and knowledgeable people...i never think twice about doing business with a forum member but i cant say that about other car communities lol True ...

lack of activity may eventually lead to unplugging all of these forums, one by one. Sad photosuckit doin its part too - lol Thats why we need to keep this one alive!! Forums will make a comeback as these cars become more collectors items vs toys. Firm believer that if you build it, they will come. ...

Yep, only LHD. Toyota Japan in those days had the Vista Store or Boutique where you could buy the Trueno nosed models and the Corolla Store for the Levin nosed models. Weird but interesting 8-) . By the front grill of Mr Cris's AE86 it looks to be like the early (Zenki?) model, a 1984 model. I coul...

The radial bearings are highly recommended on AE86 applications. We noticed the steering effort and feedback is improved with the radial bearings as well. Car looks amazing man, keep up the good work. Thank you!! Kind of funny you mention that though, because I literally just got mine in the mail l...

Only the US and some middle eastern countries got the Trueno (pop up headlights) AE86s. The rest of the world got the Levins. Know your hachi-roku history my young padawan. ;) ;) I knew they existed, but never actually seen one. Factory LHD Levins were Euro-spec only. You forgot Japan, btw Lol (unl...

some 'quality looking' stuff right there Personally I'd look for results before diving in performance-to-dollar ratio usualy very low on small displacement normally aspirated street setups ...get ready for; the noise, narrow/peaky powerplant, header heat, etc. for sure ... this is more of me dreami...

This doesn't look good.... not only is the one pair of ports longer, and more oddly shaped(more drag??), but they are narrower as well??? Can't tell for sure until I get this on the bench... but I do not expect equal results...... :( http://ost.ebeans.ch/albums/userpics/10005/port_width_difference....

Thanks fellas! Anytime I see something that's coming from Malaysia I try to stay clear of it, but this guy might be the only exception. This header looks too sick. https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4332/36920606426_6d095405b0_b.jpg Seriously considering buying their Version 2. Stainless steel, tig weld...

Has anyone ever used or heard of Speed Master Racing? http://www.smr2u.com/ ?

They look like they have a good selection of all sorts of 4age goodies, especially an ITB kit and a sweet looking high-rise header for rhd ae86s.

Only thing, they're based out of Malaysia ........

Anyone interested in trading wheels? only interested in 14 or 15 4x114 wheels. Vintage Volk Racing mesh Front: 14x6, 175/65 tires Rear: 14x6.5, 195/65 They could use some restoring, but there aren't any bends or rash. Tires are old and bald, and fronts have quite a bit of camber wear, but they're al...

If someone is interested in another T50 rebuild kit, I'm going to have 2 more available soon. I have pictures available upon request. Text me your number to send you pics. My info is at the bottom. Thanks UGGGHHHH I want one so freaking bad but I literally spent all my cash on tuition this semester...

It actually kind of amazes me he's not on here hahahaha Man, that car has evolved so much since when I first met him at Parkette back in like 2009 I was a freshman / sophomore in highschool in 09 Lol. I only know the car. Even then, I've only seen it a handful of times. I've never met the dude! Any...

EvoSolley wrote:Is it Matt Moore?

Haha I wish he was on this forum.

You know whats funny, I remember seeing his old 86 around Lexington back before I even got my drivers license. its like a local legend

Looks like a very solid start!

I vote keeping it. The chances of finding a solid GTS for under 5k these days are VERY VERY slim.

I used an '83 Trueno GT Apex chassis number and my '87 Trueno GT Apex chassis number for comparison on the Toyota EPC. 45503-19015 is 83-87 manual racks and 83-85 P/S racks, both are quantity 2 so no left or right. 45503-19025 is 85-87 P/S racks also quantity 2. Then for the outers it seems that no...

Sounds like a solid plan! BTW, I would definitely recommend at least swapping your crank pulley for a T3 or NST one...4AGE's have a bad habit of wearing out the keyway that centers and locks the pulley onto the front of the crank. Seen it happen so many times in various AW11s... Also, on the off ch...

You sir, are correct. Early models with PS used the 45503-19015 + 45503-19045 Manual steering inner rods were the 45503-19015 (x2) Later PS models used 45503-19025 (x2) Take note of the dates in which each part was made. You can see where the 45503-19015 and 45503-19045 were both produced from 83-85...

https://s6.postimg.org/ce9f9f2gx/20170825_180559.png The Cusco ones were wayyy too long to work with the coilovers. Once the springs would move up, and weight placed on them, it would have been a disaster. I guess with the shape of the conical hat I purchased first, the extra threads didn't touch. ...

Yeah...even clean sr5's are getting some big coin. They are ae86's still after all. I absolutely love mine and I'm still not even driving it on a regular basis yet until I get all the kinks out. "They are ae86's still after all." That right there is the one thing I have to keep telling my...

a little side note, a friend of mine just bought a GTS conversion the other day ... for almost 9k. Watanabe wheels, lots of goodies, etc. a year or two ago I would have been like, you're stupid. but now with how rare these cars are, and how good of shape this one in particular is, I think it was a g...

So ... school has started back up again which means its almost time to put this thing into hibernation. In a perfect world, I will now focus on fixing all the little things to get it 100%. This post is more for me to get my thoughts in one place so I stay on track. Laundry list: 1) trouble shoot and...

A factory left-hand-drive Levin ... now that is cool!

Another update! If someone does decide to get these, make sure you pay attention to the pre-load specs that are given in the little instructions book. The fronts require exactly 1/4 inch of preload from uncompressed. If not, you might get tons of spring noises when turning. I know it was the springs...

Man, that is a perfect looking car on those wheels. Although I actually really liked the old meshies. Keep that thing safely indoors for Lexington winters ;) LFUCG needs to justify how many salt trucks we have... Thanks dude! And yeah they definitely grew on me. I still have them, and I would like ...

Anyone ever happen to install rails onto old bride seats? The "MO" rails didn't come with all the necessary bolts (I'm assuming you recieved these when you bought the seats new), and it gives some dimensions on the sheet, but only lists them as Metric 8, and length at 25mm.. Nothing about...

aukword1 wrote:looks very clean and came out nice. good choice on the wheel color too.

Thank you!

I feel like this wheel/color combo is the equivalent to cookies and milk. It just works.

After a busy few weeks I finally found some time to finish these fenders and put the wheels on! Took it for a nice long test drive around town to make sure there's no rubbing, and we're all good. I rolled and pulled the fronts, and took a flapper wheel grinder to the rears. My fender roller was too ...

I flew from KY to Mountain View CA to visit some family. You have no clue how badly I wanted to go to that event Lol.

If we didn't have to leave so early this past Sunday I would have tried to go.

CloudStrife wrote:
Found myself a nice beater 5spd Tacoma for 1000 bucks... Can't go wrong with that especially here in boondock FL

That will probably be the best $1000 you'll ever spend Lol.

Your coilovers look sick too btw!

Thanks for the responses fellas! All very good points and stuff definitely worth considering. Oem crank pulley does have rubber so there is prob some damper affect. This has been much debated and is prob negligible. Its down to the end user using a solid pulley. Other than that t3 uses and underdriv...