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kokopuffs
7th August 2010, 04:48 AM
Just picked up a st141 today
nothing special stock for now until I have more money and also become better at driving it

http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/5/5/5/1/50433.jpg
http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/5/5/5/1/50434.jpg

blake.
7th August 2010, 07:52 AM
vey big images :(

nice car tho.

Jdm-Mcc
7th August 2010, 08:38 AM
Sick plates uleh

corknose
7th August 2010, 01:22 PM
holy resize batman.

kokopuffs
8th August 2010, 12:19 AM
lol my bad
heres some smaller more eye frinedly pics

day 2 stripped
http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/5/5/5/1/50477.jpg

money i found in the car... bought myself a drink with this =P
http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/5/5/5/1/50478.jpg

kokopuffs
9th August 2010, 03:24 AM
ok day 3
stripped the trunk and finished taking of most of interior... minus front dash rear seatbelts cause my shitty ratchet lost a fight against a tough nut... ( buy good tools guys >< )
also did some cleaning of most of the stuff i was able to take out
http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/5/5/5/1/50548.jpg
http://a.imageshack.us/img686/5717/08082010036.jpg
http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/5/5/5/1/50550.jpg
sorry pics arent great to see

kokopuffs
9th August 2010, 03:27 AM
how do i remove it? I cant seem to find the nuts to remove the rest of my front dash... i took off the parts I could figure out but the rest I got stuck with

any help would be appreciated

ae71ness
9th August 2010, 09:22 AM
hey fella nice car good to see some work going into it.
i had problems with the dash too the trick is to take the glove box out then take out the screws behind that and the screws undernearth. youll also have to take the cluster out. its a bitch of a job im so glad i didnt have to put it back together.

i cant really see the stuff your talking about but id say its just excess sound deadening. though i havent finished removing my sound deadening yet so i couldnt say for sure but ive been using a chisel and intend to try and use turps/petrol to remove the excess deadening. maybe use a strong thinner if your gonna paint it again?

good luck with your build.

kokopuffs
9th August 2010, 12:46 PM
hey man thanks
ya im gonna have another go at the dash tonight after work
and yes foudn out the stuff is soud deadening and a good way to remove it is dry ice and hammer
http://www.toymods.org.au/forums/showthread.php?t=1708&highlight=removing+sound+deadening
might try hammer and screwdriver first though since its a cheaper method... im on a tight budget =P

I tried removing the cluster but I couldnt get it far out enough to disconect the connections and speedo cable ><
arg ya it definitly is a bitch to do

kokopuffs
17th August 2010, 03:20 AM
meh cause of work and school I havent really touched the car much except for random drives around the parking lot at night after studying =P
but I really need to do something about finishing removing the front dash and cluster and then soud deadeing... ive been loafting on this too long.

unfortunately, I cant seem to get the whole dash off or the cluster out... fuckkk are there hidden screws or do i just have to give it a hard yank?

and with cluster same problem as last time... cant get cluster out far enough to disconnect everything im only managing to pull the cluster 1 cm out or so.... am i forgeting to disconnect something?

Pidgey
17th August 2010, 09:03 AM
Spend time on the dash. Don't yank it out, it will break (~20y.o plastic is brittle as fuuuuuck) Why are you taking it out anyway?
Don't bother with hammer and screwdriver with sound deadening, it is thick thick sticky shit and you will want to neck yourself after about an hour. Go to BOC gas and gear or happy gas or a sperm bank (no shit, i got mine from there) and get 10kg's of dry ice, it's hardly expensive and will save you so much time.
What are your plans for the car?
cough *beams* cough. :)

kokopuffs
17th August 2010, 11:29 PM
haha well I havent thought too much of engine swaps yet because its abit of a stretch for my wallet right now.
But once ive got more cash then forsure some new powerplant will be going in... cause there are problems with my clutch and engine and the occasional tranny grind ><.

I was oringinally only removing cluster to replace a bulb... or try to figure out why my cluster lights dont work now
I figured since I wanted to strip the soudn deadening I might as well take the whole dash off to make things easier
haha ya ive heard ice is best method.... btw sperm bank??!! why the fuck do they have dry ice lol

plans are to finish strippin sound stuff
getting some rear shock/springs
rear disc conversion
and possibly s13 fronts

too be honest dont have many solid plans besides the ones stated above.... but this is just gonna be a slow ongoing project for me
it will give me time to save up more money and learn to drive it stock better first

TOHMEZ
18th August 2010, 10:27 PM
i has a corona aswel :D

roadsailing
19th August 2010, 01:42 AM
The thing holding the cluster in ist he speedo cable, to get the cluster out get under the car and undo the speedo cable from the gearbox, then unclip it from the clips so it will slide out when you pull on the lcuster. when it gets out far enough you will be able to unclip the speedo cable from the cluster and remove the cluster completely. To put it back in repeat these steps in backwards.

also if you are thinking of removing the stupid green "bulb condoms" don't as the corona doesn't use them, just green plastic in the cluster.

kokopuffs
19th August 2010, 02:03 AM
oh ok thanks man
uhh im not really sure what im doing with the cluster to be honest my cluster lights just went out so im taking it out and seeing where that takes me


So I couldnt resist and bought a steering wheel abit ago.... dont need it yet but ya just couldnt resist
im really struggling to get the damn wheel off.... ive just been applying wd40 to the spline everyday... but its still not budging yet
how many days of wd40 does it take to move this thing??!!!!

blair
19th August 2010, 11:28 AM
Just use a very large hammer. Or a puller if you can find one that fits properly.

Instead of a screwdriver for the sound deadening, use a chisel - took me an hour or so to do half my car (without ice - the main problem is you end up with little annoying bits still stuck to the metal which take a bit extra effort to remove)

Just make sure you dont punch it through the floor haha!

roadsailing
20th August 2010, 12:51 PM
im really struggling to get the damn wheel off.... ive just been applying wd40 to the spline everyday... but its still not budging yet
how many days of wd40 does it take to move this thing??!!!!

grow some muscles, then do this:

undo the steering wheel nut but not all the way, make sure there is 5-10mm gap between the bottom of the nut and the steering wheel

bash the wheel with the bottom of your fists, towards the centre of the wheel and back and forth

yank the wheel off, the nut still on the shaft will stop it coming off al the way and breaking your nose. usually a combination of banging and yanking will make it come loose. steering wheel puller helps but it can be awkward to get a good place for it to pull on the wheel.

kokopuffs
20th August 2010, 04:50 PM
ya thats pretty much the approach im gonna use cause im too cheap to buy a puller just to take the wheel off anyways =P

ok for the rears ive got some suzuki sierras
anyone got some spring recommendations for the rear?
im looking at ae92 rears but im not sure if theyll fit gonna try to search that

kokopuffs
26th August 2010, 11:01 PM
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shocks came in the mail the other day and I went to fit them tonight......
then what i saw put me into ragingbull mode
my passenger door was slightly open and my service manual was on the ground and after inspection i realized all my tools were stolen from inside my car
fortunately whoever raided my car didnt know how to take my shift knob and i guess old stock corona parts are no use to them

Pidgey
27th August 2010, 11:29 AM
FUUU. That would suck man.
Oh, just a heads up, DO NOT do S13 front in this. It will be quite wierd to steer as S13 have way different geometry to anything Toyota.
Just get a coilover kit and do it yourself, it's really not that hard. And it will feel so much better. If you want more camber/ track, get MX62 cressida LCA's and cut them down a bit and box them. Will feel much better to drive and will cost much the same.

kokopuffs
28th August 2010, 03:25 PM
hmmm but wouldnt the xt130 coils route cost more?
cause cambertops for the rona alone are 330 or 50 from ajps dont remember the exact price.
Ive heard I can pick up RCAs to correct bumpsteer Im not sure about the steering though.
I was leaning towards s13 because ive read quite abit of good things and price isnt too bad.
Itll cost around 700 for used front setup plus coils but yes ive heard about the fucked up steering isnt there something I could do to fix it?
I havent made any purchases for front stuff yet since id like to save up some more and get most of it in one go (hopefully better price =P)
plus I dont have any tools for now until I go buy some next week... repco fathers day sale =]

RRX-007
1st September 2010, 04:49 PM
s13 camber tops. cheaper and just need to redrill the holes out a bit.

kokopuffs
1st September 2010, 06:55 PM
Edit
im probably gonna find a more simple setup for the fronts for now