World's worst Tercel

[nishy]

Small, but very nice. I picked up a $75 Mishimoto coolant reservoir. Fit in the stock location, and all I had to do was drill one hole for the bolt to mount it, and break off the lower plastic "shelf" that held the bottom of the stock one on the side of the fan shroud. It's underneath the new one though so you can't see it at all. I'm very very pleased with how it looks, and the quality of Mishimoto. It's a small change, but Definitely helps it look not as old.
Ignore how dirty everything is. I didn't clean anything in the bay either before or after the install haha
Before:


After:





I'll eventually get an all black or aluminum radiator and clean up more of the wires and all that, but I'm not in a rush lol.

I did also order a battery relocation kit so adios to that guy, going to be banished to the trunk.
HKS muffler should be here tomorrow and I'm pumped for that

I don't really take many pics of my car anymore. I have yet to capture a single photo of how it actually looks irl, so I usually just get annoyed. Here's a decent one, still looks much better in person. Still a very fun to drive, fun to look at car. I **** how much I flip flop about my feelings for it haha



That's all for now

[BozoBubble]

I have to agree with the treatment of the wheels-they fit the Tercel body style so perfectly. As far as the exhaust goes, my buddy had one of these on a 2.5" straight pipe with a resonator, sounded sweet but had some serious backflow issues. That car was so much fun because the exhaust was all that was done to it- otherwise, it was dead stock. People's reactions to that car were gold .

[nishy]

Are you doing a full exhaust from the header back or just having the muffler replaced? If I were you I would have 2 inch stainless pipe from the header back to that thing, keep a little back pressure while having good flow, these tercels have 2 liter motors in them right?

Just the muffler fow now. They barely have anything on the exhaust (just a small cat and the muffler) so I want to see how I like the sound before going to a full 2" no cat setup. If it's already real raspy, then I'll just get a resonator on there and call it a day.

I also fkn love these wheels and how it sits right now. They fit the car so well. It could be like 1/2 to 3/4" lower, but it still looks really good and tbh looks a lot lower in person. I'll be at import faceoff in Ennis, Tx on Sunday if anyone wants to see it and draw on my roof

[190Evan]

Are you doing a full exhaust from the header back or just having the muffler replaced? If I were you I would have 2 inch stainless pipe from the header back to that thing, keep a little back pressure while having good flow, these tercels have 2 liter motors in them right?

[nishy]

See last page for big updates lol


I ordered an HKS Hi Power muffler. I am excited every review I've seen and every video I've watch sound really good.

[DUTCHswift]

cool

[nishy]

Oh my goddddddddd I'm in love with this look. I need to lower the car about another 1/2" and it'll be the perfect daily. The 155/55 Achilles don't rub at all even full lock, and for some reason I barely scrape on anything. It feels like I'm driving a stock car almost with no body roll and I absolutely love how the wheels look. Probably need to be refinished cause honestly the paint is pretty rough, but for now I don't care. I'm sure after I wash it and get the wheels and tires decently clean, it'll be even better.

[Jlyons617]

So glad the BBS's are going. Looks good man.

[nishy]

Oh. Car pictures. That's what's supposed to go here











Thread stuck at 13423 views for all of eternity

[nishy]

Not really an update but kinda. I sold all four 13" wheels to a guy whos gonna put them on his drift corolla. Ordered a set of old 14x6 Advan Rally wheels like these because I'm tired of constant rubbing with the BBS's. Also ordered a set of 155/55 tires for them so the car will drop another 10mm without me doing anything. I'm probably done with it after the wheels are on and RS's are sold... I'm kinda bored with it with the whole not being able to run low offset, or wide wheels and having no camber, and it being nearly impossible to lay on the ground. Thinking about possibly picking up another LS400, idk



Here is an update on my windows though. I know everyone cares about that haha

[Greasy63]

Wow I love it, I love it all

[nishy]

Teaserrrrrr



final specs are going to be 13x6 -12 on the longhcamps and 13x7 -0 on the MK-II's

[leaferiksin]

that last slap is great

[190Evan]

currently thinking gloss black lips with silver/raw alum centers and silver hardware. Thoughts?

Yes that would be perfect on the longchamps

[nishy]

Bumper still not painted. It's been raining a lot I reeeeeeeeeeeally want to do it though. Hopefully it clears up this weekend

Anyway, I bought more wheels this morning. 13x6 XR-4 Longchamps, and 13x7 MK-IIs. Gonna run a 175/50 tire on them so I'll be a full inch lower than my current setup, and hopefully will rub a lot less. Only fear is I might have some wheel gap in the front when they're on. I'm debating on how I should finish them... currently thinking gloss black lips with silver/raw alum centers and silver hardware. Thoughts?

OH! I almost forgot! Update on my sticker window. I'm really starting to like it. Replaced some of the bad ebay ones with some better quality. My favorite is the custom Poppy sticker on the right I had made :P



And This custom sticker on my fender just so people know where I stand on the issue of my poor fenders