There's certainly good and bad to being here hahaha But it's absolutely worth a few days to come visit the Toyota Heritage Garage. I'm here for at least another 18 months or so, mostly because of my apartment contract haha. But I do try to come back once or twice a year. If you don't yet, you shoul...

That is a gorgeous Levin, man; great find! I'm living in Tokyo at the moment and there's one near my apt I see 2 or 3 times a month that looks almost exactly like yours...pretty jealous ;) Anyway, always awesome to see another addition to the KY community...mine's been off the road since 2012, so t...

So ... Tried to get it aligned this past weekend and turns out my inner tie rods are worn and need to be replaced. Unfortunately it took 3 different trips to 2 different shops for this to be confirmed. Whats even more unfortunate is I am no longer bringing my vehicles to my own workplace and letting...

I might have to pick your brain about the JDM automatic climate control. I bought one because I like the gauge face better, but I doubt the USDM Corollas come from the factory with the plugs for this... I'll be working on the 86 this weekend so I'll try and snap some pics while I'm at it. Just had ...

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Just spent $450.00 on a 5th gear.... https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0273/1491/products/img_1207---copy_grande.jpg?v=1471583863 Got Mfactory's taller 5th gear, as I'll be rebuilding the tranny and do not want to feel like I'm driving a miata on the freeway when all said and done -_-. By the way, ...

I think you work at the dealer, right? Just go through the AW11 (1st gen MR2) steering rack parts diagram. Also asassin1000's write up really helped. Lots of digging on the internetz... Honestly, most of the parts should be fine. There are 2 radial bearings that don't normally go bad, a spring, a r...

I saw those on their website! haha I almost bought them but was unsure on how much lower I could go in the rear. Thats when I saw the Fortune Autos for sale on their website and later found that review from a few years ago. Also another thing I should add, I'm kind of weird when it comes to organiza...

^^ Agree with this dude. Awesome job man.

How did you go about rebuilding the rack? Did you source all new OEM stuff or just a ton of digging?

Love the car man! Low key jealous about the car and the experience of RHD, but not jealous of the what it takes to get one lol. Please make as frequent updates about the coilovers as possible. Im on whats possibly my last 86 and Ive always had greddys, but seeing as theyre discontinued i need to lo...

Nice write up! Is their any way you can take a pic of the rear bump stop area you mentioned? I am now leaning toward these. I wonder if I can get only the rears and go with t3 weld on front coils for the diy goodness lol. Hmmmm decisions, decisions....but great write up, thanks for posting! Man, id...

Installed my coilovers this past weekend. and remember my previous post about how I decided to buy all new Pads, Rotors, Wheel bearings, etc.? I spent about 250$ for all of that stuff ... and I didn't use ANY of it Lol. When changing the suspension, noticed the pads were pretty much brand new, took ...

I did some extensive searching and was only able to find one review of the Fortune Auto 500 Series coilovers for the AE86, which was a few years old. I know these are popular in the s-chassis drift crowd, and I have a good buddy with these on his IS300 and they felt really good, so I decided to take...

More like this then ?? http://i984.photobucket.com/albums/ae328/jondee1/Hachi01_zpsg5txvzbz.jpg Cheers... jondee86 Yea that looks like it, that color isn't listed on the AE86 paint chart... Pretty sure that picture AND the one in the video is the 2C5 silver/black I had mentioned before. And yes, it...

I think that 3C7 was one of the colors offered overseas because its not showing up on the database here at work, but its found on the internet. And it doesn't seem to be offered in a two-tone scheme either.

Holy Jesus lol. If anyone tries to tell you they can get an OG white 86 from Japan in as good condition as yours under 10k they are lying. These cars are very hard to buy. Skylines, FD Rx-7, and many other popular chassis are 10x easier to source. Being an importer I'm sure you know this. So, even ...

Sooooooooo... How much is too much? :D LOL. I paid 13.5k for the car + shipping. I have about 20k in it thus far, but thats a grand total of everything from insurance (premium insurance through Hagerty), car parts, to the cost of gas and a trailer to pick it up. No loans or anything either, this is...

shagymc wrote:Absolute beautiful car man, looks stunning

Thanks man!

I just read this entire thread from front to back. Killer stuff dude.

its happening to all BBS style forums. Forums are a ghost town these days.. Social media is much more easier and efficient, with instantaneous response literally in seconds especially because its accessible from mobile smartphones. Ehh, easier and efficient is not always a good thing :p All the goo...

It was not that tan of a color, in fact it's mostly silver. I just heard people refer to it as champagne so that's what i'm doing. Here is a picture of one. http://i1383.photobucket.com/albums/ah303/zem86/random/DSCF0297_zpscdd00628%201_zpsdfn94uq9.jpg What further proves they existed is most have ...

I did a quick little search and this is what I came up with. I work in the parts department at a Toyota dealership, so I used the list provided from our little website / database and cross referenced it with the internet (List from our database) https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4245/34319222694_c2caa36...

Coilovers have been put on hold due to the weather. Its been awful these past few days, so I got bored and started tinkering with the 86. I ended up taking out the speed limiter chime :p The Initial D fanboy side of me thought it was so cool, until I got on the highway Lol. https://c1.staticflickr.c...

:lol: :lol: I need to get it done! Bodywork this weekend, no excuses haha. Yes!! If you ever need an extra set of hands dude let me know and I'll make the drive up there. Can't do it this weekend or next, but I got nothing going on over the summer. I've been craving Spinelli's anyways 8-) :ugeek:

Been toying around with the idea of going with coilovers, since I already have everything torn down. I was looking at T3's weld on option, since it would make for a good DIY option. These coils look great, i'll be curious to hear your thoughts on them after the install. Keep it up! No joke, I spent...

Hurry up and get this thing on the road so we can cruise around Louisville!!!

Rough around the edges, but all in the right places.

Looks like one hell of a good time to me!

The Fortune Auto coilovers FINALLY came in last Thursday. Hand assembled in the USA babyyyy. People compare these to the level of Stance or BC, but the build quality is better. Wayyy better than the BCs I got on my tC. I'll do an in-depth write up on these after I get them installed. https://c1.stat...

businessinuse wrote:How much was it? To ship and price from japan.

Too much.

If you're looking to import one yourself just contact a legitimate importing company. they will do the dirty work for you.

jdm86gtz wrote:Rear end vibration is most likely due to an aftermarket lsd. If you feed in a bit more power the lsd should lock and the inner tyre will slip instead.

Very valid point. I hadn't really considered that!