World's worst Tercel

[R2dmax]

It's cool. I think its low enough. I'd like to see the "Diana" kit on it, but I want the bumpers to match. Either both unfinished or both body matched. Not sure why, but that is really bothering me... lol

You aren't having any Ball Joint or Control Arm issues with that much spacer?

[rice4life]

As for this, I personally really like the wheels, but I'm not a big fan of the spacers either. I'll change it up eventually. Thinking either RPF1s, or Equip 01s

Would love to see some 17" Eurolines on this if you finish off your kit.

You can get a set for under a grand, just not super low offset.

[CDeez5]

The path this thing is going sown is awesome. Maybe with the oil cooler some Honda CBX mirrors to mount on the fenders?

[nishy]

I've always loved this generation Tercel. I almost bought a white coupe for my first car back around 2003. I wanted to do the Wings West body kit, a Weapon-R intake and some white Motegi MR7's....lol. I'm actually contemplating selling my '97 Civic HX coupe and seeking out a Tercel as it's replacement. The Civic is pretty rough around the edges on the exterior and has 215k on it so it might be time for a replacement. Keep it up man, I like the direction this thing is heading in.

The main problem I have with my tercel is honestly that I can't go as low as I want without custom raised engine mounts, and that it has a solid rear beam instead of IRS. Other than that, it's an incredible little car albeit not very fast Mine has 207K on the engine, tranny, and body. Thanks for the compliments



A while back I bought this Hayden oil cooler off of amazon for like $35, and it sat in my living room for three months until now... but the thing is, I didn't have enough hose to properly hook it up and run everything like I wanted to so, for now AS A TEMPORARY THING it's sitting there not connected to anything. Yes, I will hook it up and have it as a fully functioning external oil cooler, but I just really really wanted to see how it would look and I love it



shoutout to my view counter for being broken af and not changing

[OSSHWA]

I've always loved this generation Tercel. I almost bought a white coupe for my first car back around 2003. I wanted to do the Wings West body kit, a Weapon-R intake and some white Motegi MR7's....lol. I'm actually contemplating selling my '97 Civic HX coupe and seeking out a Tercel as it's replacement. The Civic is pretty rough around the edges on the exterior and has 215k on it so it might be time for a replacement. Keep it up man, I like the direction this thing is heading in.

[nishy]

Would look better if you had headers, or the heat shield on and painted light silver. You might also pick up a few hp with the heat shield as it will keep engine bay temps down. A battery relocation and an aluminum coolant overflow would do wonders for that bay. Moving the battery would make it easier to make a cold air intake as well. The cover looks great though, reminds me of the color of the gold top sr20's.

Yeah, engine bay definitely isn't close to done. I took the head shield off because it had a huge crack in it and it was rattling. I'll eventually fix it and relocate the battery too...
You have any specific recommendations on a overflow tank? I would assume nearly any universal one would be fine. The plan the whole time was to relocate the battery and then extend the intake to an actual cold air, or just a longer tube that would be farther away from the engine. I still have a lot in mind for this car , fear not

i dig your ambition but you really should look for some different wheels. they look good but you say "good fitment"....youre running 2" spacers. anything over 1" (25mm) is to much to me. just some constructive criticism. not trying to be a dick.

As for this, I personally really like the wheels, but I'm not a big fan of the spacers either. I'll change it up eventually. Thinking either RPF1s, or Equip 01s

[storey618]

i dig your ambition but you really should look for some different wheels. they look good but you say "good fitment"....youre running 2" spacers. anything over 1" (25mm) is to much to me. just some constructive criticism. not trying to be a dick.

[rice4life]

Would look better if you had headers, or the heat shield on and painted light silver. You might also pick up a few hp with the heat shield as it will keep engine bay temps down. A battery relocation and an aluminum coolant overflow would do wonders for that bay. Moving the battery would make it easier to make a cold air intake as well. The cover looks great though, reminds me of the color of the gold top sr20's.

[nishy]

I would love to see you make a custom body kit for this out of the stock bumpers and an s13 coupe vertex rep kit or something.

Fuck. That actually looks amazing. I'll see what I can do

Here's what the valve cover looks like in the car if anyone cares

[rice4life]

I would love to see you make a custom body kit for this out of the stock bumpers and an s13 coupe vertex rep kit or something.

[nishy]

I've never associated ducktail spoilers to the RB crap hahahaha. More like a Diana style ducktail. That ES300/windom I posted has a Diana kit, it's old school VIP stuff.


Here's the spoiler I'm talking about on a Primera.


Oh, I wasn't sure about the wheels because they were in the post about guessing what wheels you were getting

I definitely dig the pie faces though, looks great!

Oooh that's so much better than RB. Whatever I end up getting I'dd have to modify down in width so it doesnt really matter on application, more the shape.

Next up is some skirts though... I don't like how high the sides look.

And yeah, those are OEM wheels from a first gen Honda Mobilio I've never seen a set in the US and I really love how they look. I'm definitely starting to turn heads haha
Specs are weak at 14x5.5 but I'm running 50mm spacers up front, and 35mm out back. The fitment is so good and I still have 2" of oil pan clearance... sadly that is the lowest part of the car besides the exhaust in the back.



The front is really low... the rest of the car is ehhhhh low

[rice4life]

When you say ducktail, do you mean like a RB 240 type?

I've never associated ducktail spoilers to the RB crap hahahaha. More like a Diana style ducktail. That ES300/windom I posted has a Diana kit, it's old school VIP stuff.


Here's the spoiler I'm talking about on a Primera.


Oh, I wasn't sure about the wheels because they were in the post about guessing what wheels you were getting

I definitely dig the pie faces though, looks great!

[nishy]

Looks good man. I see you got some of that clear effex shit
There never
Can be
Enough
FLAKE. Haha

Hahaha nope! Can never have too much flake

[jalenda9]

Looks good man. I see you got some of that clear effex shit
There never
Can be
Enough
FLAKE. Haha

[nishy]

So I bought another valve cover off of ebay for $35 and I was working it up because the current stock one is ugly and beat up. This is the result.



It's just some engine primer, a couple coats of gold metallic engine enamel, almost a whole can of Duplicolor Clear Effex which gives it an iridescent look in direct light and then clear on top. I'm so so happy with the result. I'll put it on on Saturday, but I was just so excited I wanted to post it first lmao

Here's a better pic of the effex. It's subtle because it's made to go over a single color and not metallic, but in person its just eye catching enough to make you stop and look a couple times.




And shoutout to this being post #100