My Corolla... Back Again

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Re: My Corolla... Back Again

Postby Rue » Sat Jun 29, 2013 9:37 am

Getting ready to shorten strut casings

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Re: My Corolla... Back Again

Postby marley4us » Sun Jun 30, 2013 6:36 pm

keep up the amazing work!!! I cant get enough!
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Re: My Corolla... Back Again

Postby grappletech » Sun Jun 30, 2013 9:15 pm

Nice welds
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Re: My Corolla... Back Again

Postby dr.occa » Thu Jul 04, 2013 12:45 pm

Another admirer here of Aaron's fine work. Thank you (and McKenney too) for helping me with locating and securing that diff.
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Re: My Corolla... Back Again

Postby Rue » Thu Jul 11, 2013 7:05 pm

LCA's almost finished...

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Re: My Corolla... Back Again

Postby Rue » Sat Jul 13, 2013 3:21 pm

LCA's finished and getting installed today along with the 60mm RCA's

Bead blasted

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Re: My Corolla... Back Again

Postby joel23 » Mon Jul 15, 2013 9:39 am

looks good.... :mrgreen:
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Re: My Corolla... Back Again

Postby joel23 » Thu Jul 18, 2013 4:27 pm

pm sent :mrgreen:
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Re: My Corolla... Back Again

Postby Rue » Sat Jul 20, 2013 9:34 am

Made a fixture to aid in setting pinion backlash

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Re: My Corolla... Back Again

Postby 4doors » Fri Jul 26, 2013 11:36 am

nice to actually see pics again. those RCAs are BEEFY.
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Re: My Corolla... Back Again

Postby tchybrid » Sat Jul 27, 2013 8:32 am

wow... i wish i had the resources to do everything you are doing. awesome work and can't wait for the final product!!! :mrgreen:
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Re: My Corolla... Back Again

Postby Rue » Tue Aug 06, 2013 7:20 pm

New Hood...

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Had to cut off the little hooks...

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And a few pics from the Texas 86 Day weekend...

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Re: My Corolla... Back Again

Postby TeRRoR » Wed Aug 07, 2013 3:11 pm

that hood looks great, link me the site you got it from
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Re: My Corolla... Back Again

Postby grappletech » Thu Aug 08, 2013 1:39 am

Thumbs up on the hood! its proper to assume you didnt need to do anything fancy because of the beams tall valve cover. looking good!
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Re: My Corolla... Back Again

Postby Rue » Fri Aug 09, 2013 4:36 pm

Oh no... it definitely hits the valve cover but so did the oem hood. I still need to do some adjusting to improve fitment but I'm happy with it so far
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Re: My Corolla... Back Again

Postby Toy86 » Mon Aug 19, 2013 11:57 am

Hey Rue,

Love you build homie! Hey man, do you still have ur build thread? I know you had the thread on the old C4AG, site. Just curious if you reposted it up. If you did, can u please link that for me. I'm currently working on getting all my ducks in the road to replace my trusty/reliable 4AG for this more powerful BEAMS engine. Thanks man.
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Re: My Corolla... Back Again

Postby Rue » Mon Aug 19, 2013 4:10 pm

http://forums.club4ag.com/zerothread?id=83210

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Re: My Corolla... Back Again

Postby Wrodz1980 » Fri Aug 23, 2013 4:42 am

Awesome build! Very inspirational!!!
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Re: My Corolla... Back Again

Postby marley4us » Fri Aug 23, 2013 6:59 am

dammmmnnn!!!!!!!!!!!!!! that hood looks great man!!!!!!! I have not checked ur thread in a min, and look at all this cool stuff! You are crazy! I love it, keep up the good work bro! and hit me up today or tomorrow so we can catch up some more!
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Re: My Corolla... Back Again

Postby RuizXIII » Sun Aug 25, 2013 9:02 pm

Looking good, Boss! The hood really does look good and the car is amazing.
Keep up all the good work and sweet parts making =)
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Re: My Corolla... Back Again

Postby Rue » Tue Sep 03, 2013 9:31 pm

Passenger side strut tube/coil over conversion completed. Picking up some Koni Yellows to finish this off.

Welded in an extra gusset

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Re: My Corolla... Back Again

Postby Rue » Tue Sep 03, 2013 9:40 pm

One more with the Cressida ;)

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Re: My Corolla... Back Again

Postby Rue » Sun Sep 08, 2013 10:28 am

Coilovers finished and installed...

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Re: My Corolla... Back Again

Postby marley4us » Sun Sep 08, 2013 3:30 pm

thats bad ass!!!!!
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Re: My Corolla... Back Again

Postby joel23 » Sun Sep 08, 2013 7:12 pm

good update looks good... :mrgreen:
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Re: My Corolla... Back Again

Postby EvoSolley » Wed Sep 11, 2013 4:36 am

So clean! great job on the coilovers!
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Re: My Corolla... Back Again

Postby carbd7age » Wed Sep 11, 2013 5:17 pm

How about another pic of that Cressida? I am on those wheels man.
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Re: My Corolla... Back Again

Postby Rue » Wed Sep 11, 2013 6:35 pm

That was just a well taken pic of my ugly project. The cressida still isn't running yet. Just finished making my own front suspension setup and I'm working on 5-lug converting the rear and replacing all of the rear bushings at the moment. Not sure what pictures you'd want but here are a couple...

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I cut 60mm out of the strut tubes just like I did on my corolla coilovers even though everyone said 60mm was too much and used sw20 struts with some donated HKS coilover springs. I machined my own lower spring perches, top hats, and camber plates.
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Re: My Corolla... Back Again

Postby Rue » Sun Sep 15, 2013 4:31 pm

Time to get the celica-supra rear end done. We are making new 4-link mounts to weld to the rear end housing. Ordered material on Thursday and picked it up on Friday.

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Re: My Corolla... Back Again

Postby FUNKMACH1NE » Mon Sep 16, 2013 10:36 am

bad a$$ build man...
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