Nice surprise

So as I’m heading down the route of making my car nice and clean again, I had to source some new parts from club4ag. I thought I was ordering some eyelids and corner lights for the 86 but this is what I got:

Wrapped in Korean newspaper, from Cali.

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I got TWO SETS of untracked eyelids! Ones pair seems to have some overspray, but that shouldn’t be hard to clean up.

From that time I hit a tree, both of my eyelids have been destroyed. Passenger side has a huge crack and the driver side disintegrated. Hahah. Now I have a clean set and a spare set!

car peace usdm ae86

If you didn’t catch the speedhunters post they did on an ae86 at Hellaflush Japan, you need to check it out.  Hands DOWN, it’s my one motivator for my 86 build.  It’s absolutely the cleanest 86 I know of.  The engine bay is spotless, the body is clean & oem.

I mean, look at this bay!

Absolutely gorgeous.  Wire tuck (which is definitely easier when you’re running carbs, like here), tucked the brake lines, relocated battery, relocated fuse block, welded up holes, brake booster delete, etc.  SO NICE.  It’s perfect.  And that high rise header?  OMG.

future of the 86

So, recently I’ve been contemplating where I want to go with the 86.  Do I want to turn it into a drift car?  A grip car?  A missile?  A clean daily?

Here’s how clean my car was, two years ago.  February 2010, at the NST 5th anniversary car show/drift event.

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A huge part of me wants to finish my widebody and start prepping my car for some body work, etc etc.  Get it all clean and repaint it again, like I did before.  I know it’s going to take a lot of time and effort to do that.  I’m going to take on the task of learning bondo work and prepping all the car myself, so that when it comes time to take it to a shop, all they would have to spray it.  I’m hoping to have it looking as clean as this one:

In due time… there’s a lot planned for my 86, I need to get going on it!

oem parts

I dunno if any of you guys have heard, but rumor through the grapevine is that Toyota is seizing shipments on jdm bumpers from Japan. Something about how they are not dot legal and unsafe…

Anyways, basically what that means is that the prices from people stateside for jdm bumpers is going to dramatically increase…

I was able to pick up this bumper from a guy in Ireland, on club4ag, who has a bump of jdm parts. Considering the price, shipped, I thought it was a great deal. I’ve been eyeing a kouki bumper for years, but the price always fluctuated, so I never pulled the trigger… Until last week!

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So all you 86 guys that want a jdm bumper, now’s your time to buy!

dad goes for a ride

can you spot my dad?

So just a couple days ago, my dad asked me to drive him to the shop to pick up my brother’s car…  So of course, since I was driving the 86, it was only obvious that I would’ve taken my dad in that car.  I honestly don’t think he’s ridden in that car more than ONE time since I’ve owned it.  He drove it back from Houston when I first bought it and MAYBE rode in it one time after that.

Before I picked him up, I asked myself Continue reading

a little intro

my eight six

Welp here’s my baby Oksana. Pictured above is the very first day of the car in my possession. We had just driven it back from Houston and gave her the very first wash. And to think, I didn’t know how to drive stick?? Few people know this, but when I went to check this car out, I had no idea how to drive a manual transmission car. My dad test drove it and HE was the one that drove it all the way back to Austin. Continue reading