My Corolla... Back Again

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Re: My Corolla... Back Again

Postby tchybrid » Sun Nov 10, 2013 10:25 am

Holy crap, so sorry to hear bro. Hope you are okay tho. Cars are replaceable, regardless of how much blood sweat and tears you poor into them. I'm sure the next project will be better, faster, and stronger. Good luck sir!

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Re: My Corolla... Back Again

Postby carbd7age » Sun Nov 10, 2013 11:39 am

Dang.
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Re: My Corolla... Back Again

Postby Rue » Sun Nov 10, 2013 7:30 pm

The most positive thing I can say about the whole thing is quoting Mark (mandm177)... "You did drive the shite out of that car."

I did... I put it together to drive; not to look pretty.

I was butt-hurt about if for the first day but I knew it was always a possibility.

Here's a couple of ugly pics of the new ugly chassis...

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Re: My Corolla... Back Again

Postby Clouds » Mon Nov 11, 2013 6:09 am

Well, I hope something good can come out of this. :(
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Re: My Corolla... Back Again

Postby Dustin » Mon Nov 11, 2013 2:51 pm

Let's not forget that his last Corolla came from humble beginnings. I'm sure to expect great things from this new one.

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Re: My Corolla... Back Again

Postby Dustin » Mon Nov 11, 2013 2:56 pm

From that to this.

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Re: My Corolla... Back Again

Postby Rue » Mon Nov 11, 2013 8:34 pm

I'm already getting a ton of help from my fellow ae86 owners. Joel23 is sending me a JDM Kouki Trueno grill and Thaison is setting me up with a JDM Kouki Trueno front bumper setup. I'm a happy guy!
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Re: My Corolla... Back Again

Postby kendallspower » Mon Nov 11, 2013 9:32 pm

Ohno!
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Re: My Corolla... Back Again

Postby kendallspower » Mon Nov 11, 2013 9:33 pm

Hope you're okay pal!

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Re: My Corolla... Back Again

Postby rekik » Tue Nov 12, 2013 6:26 am

you got this!!!

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Re: My Corolla... Back Again

Postby Rue » Tue Nov 12, 2013 7:27 pm

And after tonight's work...

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My source of inspiration for the new project ;)

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Re: My Corolla... Back Again

Postby Dustin » Wed Nov 13, 2013 6:39 am

That is without a doubt the most perfect drift car I have ever seen!! You best put some wheels on that bish and go for a drive.

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Re: My Corolla... Back Again

Postby 4doors » Wed Nov 13, 2013 7:19 am

stage 3 weight reduction. might be a little cold for the commute to work though.

i knew you wouldn't be wasting any time on that ****. glad to know you're back on the wagon so quickly, wish i could have convinced you to stay levin front on the coupe though. lmk if you want help, i'm about to get rid of the engine hoist i have sitting in my yard because it sucks so hard for big engine stuff. would be perfect for a smaller, lighter 4 cyl though. i'll even deliver it, free of charge! it could use new casters and the ram leaks but it works.

if you need anything, just let me know.

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Re: My Corolla... Back Again

Postby Chris-pee » Wed Nov 13, 2013 8:40 am

A few more throwback pics. RIP.
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Postby marley4us » Wed Nov 13, 2013 1:32 pm

**** aaron you ok? what happened? I am about to head to work, but I am going to give you a call!
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Re: My Corolla... Back Again

Postby Rue » Sat Nov 16, 2013 5:53 pm

Joel sent me the Kouki grill...

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Thaison is pulling the Kouki front bumper off of one of his cars and meeting up with me to do some swapping...

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Re: My Corolla... Back Again

Postby grappletech » Sat Nov 16, 2013 6:52 pm

Sorry to hear all of this! LMK if you need anything.
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Re: My Corolla... Back Again

Postby Rue » Mon Nov 18, 2013 7:54 pm

Steering rack cleaned and repainted. Bought new bearings and pinion seal from Toyota. Need to pick up grease and the correct rack boots and it'll be finished.

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Re: My Corolla... Back Again

Postby rekik » Tue Nov 19, 2013 6:20 am

awesome work man... keep it up!

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Re: My Corolla... Back Again

Postby Rue » Tue Nov 19, 2013 8:10 pm

Made a trip out to Mark's house today to drop off my Levin DMax hood, Zenki Levin grill, and Levin fog lights as a donation to his project and he made a contribution to mine...

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Re: My Corolla... Back Again

Postby 4doors » Wed Nov 20, 2013 2:42 pm

black limited badge? super cool. did you guys get the rest of the car cut up Saturday?

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Re: My Corolla... Back Again

Postby Rue » Wed Nov 20, 2013 7:29 pm

Yes... black limited badge. And no... we didn't get the car cut up all the way yet. I'm gonna see what I can get cut up tomorrow night and shoot to have it all finished over the weekend. Picked up one steering rack boot that was the correct size today along with the moly lithium grease. Both racks are assembled and I'll have the other 3 boots tomorrow. I'll post up finished rack pics tomorrow.
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Re: My Corolla... Back Again

Postby Rue » Thu Nov 21, 2013 6:54 pm

Steering racks finished

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Re: My Corolla... Back Again

Postby Rue » Sun Nov 24, 2013 8:29 am

Met up with Thaison yesterday to do some trading. Picked up the Kouki front bumper, corner lights, and eye lids. Trying to decide whether to use the black limited emblem...

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Re: My Corolla... Back Again

Postby Rue » Sat Dec 07, 2013 12:04 pm

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The red coupe is now sitting in the garage and it's going to be more work than I anticipated.
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Re: My Corolla... Back Again

Postby Rue » Mon Dec 09, 2013 6:04 pm

Turns out the previous owner of the red coupe did a TON of butchering to the sheet metal. They cut out the entire front radiator support. Including the part the headlight brackets and motors attach to. They cut a hole in the spare tire area to accommodate a fuel cell. And they cut the taillight panel in order to fit Kouki taillights onto a Zenki chassis. I already have parts to fix the front radiator support and spare tire area but the taillight panel I haven't sourced yet.

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A HUGE thank you goes out to egjoe for sending me black sr5 rear interior panels...

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Re: My Corolla... Back Again

Postby Rue » Sun Dec 29, 2013 7:14 pm

I'm so hood!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Re: My Corolla... Back Again

Postby marley4us » Mon Dec 30, 2013 3:03 am

nice work man, keep up the good progressive!!! Stay motivated!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Re: My Corolla... Back Again

Postby c4ptiv3 » Tue Dec 31, 2013 1:41 am

Nice to see it getting back together Rue. I hope to come visit you soon, just gotta get this move out of the way. Hopefully it will be in my rolla.

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Re: My Corolla... Back Again

Postby 4doors » Fri Jan 03, 2014 1:26 pm

while you're on corolla downtime, thought i'd share this with you. could be up your alley:

http://oldschool.co.nz/2011/forum/index ... -finished/