86 Factory Project Car

This was how the car loo#ed li#e whe $ purchased it from pre!ious ow er. Welcome to 86 Factory Project Car Gallery. This page will the detail the buildup of The our pai t loo#s reaso able a d all the rust project car. Si ce we do ot ha!e a huge budget" our buildup is really slow so please to ha!e bee remo!ed. $t is a #eep comi g bac# to chec# for a y ew seemed updates. prefacelift %&8' Toyota Spri ter True o (apa ese import. $ dro!e the car arou d for a while a d i oticed that the carpet smelled especially after a dece t dow pour. $ i spected the car a d fou d that the hatch" although loo#i g pristi e" was lea#i g arou d the cor ers. That was arou d the same time whe i decided to get a fiberglass hatch made to replace the factory o e. ) yway" $ co ti ue to strip the sou d deade i g o the car i my *uest to ma#e this car as light as possible because $ thought a lot of people go the more power way but e d of the day its the power to weight ratio that matters a d reduci g weight seems li#e a more reliable way to go. )fter remo!i g the sou d deade i g" while dri!i g arou d the bac# roads a d hilly roads" i oticed that the chassis of the car fle+es a lot a d i figured i could seam weld it or put a cage i it. To seam weld it properly li#e a race car" i was told $ eed to acid dip it a d put the whole stripped out car , o e gi e" o pa els a d o dri!e trai " basically empty chassiso a rotati g sta d a d tac# weld together the seams. $ also fou d out that acid dippi g will lea!e residue i the car.s chassis ca!ity a d whe it gets wet" the corrosio process is accelerated. $ chose the cagi g method si ce it loo#s the busi ess a d its a lot safer should $ roll dow a hill ,there were a few ear misses as whe dri!i g arou d the hilly bac# roads" sometimes dri!i g arou d %am/0am" i te d to see ra dom people sta di g arou d certai cor ers of the twisty roads" i the middle of o where i the dar# a d i ca .t figure out how they get there i the first place as i did .t see a y cars a d there.s ot much housi g arou d the area which i test my car.. but that.s a other story o its ow -

1!ery remo!able body pa el is remo!ed to chec# for rust a d for prepi g before pai ti g. $ am luc#y because the was ot much rust o the mai chassis of the car behi d the pa els.

The pi #2red fi ish o the car is a mist spray used by my pai ter to chec# if the pa els of the body is straight. )s you ca see i this $ had also ta#e my rear differe tial out as see the i wi the dscree tech ical d $ ordered picture" a pages d the a whole dash a ; way 0 Pi io <S8 from (apa a d they are yet to arri!e. $ will co ti ue the was remo!ed to e sure we do a thorough buildup of my car o ce $ sort out the rear differe tial as $ wa t to test the <S8 out job. o my sta dard car.

The car was the pai ted i Toyota Super white $$ 343 because this is the whitest white a!ailable i the pai t shop.s catalog. $ really li#e the white simple clea loo#.

This is the e d product of a few mo ths of labor. $ts ot bad if $ do say so myself 5-. $ lear t a lot duri g the rust remo!al a d pai ti g of the car. 6ow $ ca be certai that i ha!e a !ery good base to start my other modificatio o .

7efore starti g a y modificatio " $ am a #ee belie!er i impro!i g myself a d # owi g my car because if i just cha ge parts because that.s what others do" the i would ot # ow the effect of my mod a d he ce would ot appreciate it as much. $ we t to 8rift School orga i9ed by 8%6: early ;334 to test the car out. To my disappoi tme t" despite ha!i g a tra smissio code o the firewall that says my car has a <S8" it did .t a d it was o e wheeli g all day lo g" #illi g all they joy of 8rift School. = e thi g $ really appreciate is that 6ic# Teeboo " a 8%6: competitor showed me how to drift my car a d it was i deed a eye ope i g e+perie ce. >e ma age to drift my car despite it ot ha!i g a <S8 a d he said my car fro t e d was fle+i g a bit. $t was ama9i g how he e tered the s be d after the fro t straight of Pu#e#ohe at about %63#m2h a d flic#i g the car sideways" with o fear show o his face. ) yway" after drift day" $ i !estigated ways to impro!e my car si ce $ # ow what my car was lac#i g. $ we t to ST hitec to get some T?8 rubber bushi gs as $ read that polyuretha e bushi gs are *uite oisy , $ already had polyuretha e o my rear 0 li #s a d e!ery time $ go o!er judder bars" they s*uish !ery loudly i deed.- $ am cha gi g these to T?8 rubbers to see if they ma#e a y differe ce. $ was also pla i g to lower my car to impro!e the ha dli g of the car. Whe loweri g a rear li!e a+le car" it is imperati!e that you get a pa hard rod" or lateral rod as some may call it as this bar adjust the