I have some questions [New to AE86 land]

[McLeod63]

Hi all,
I will be picking up my 86 Levin tomorrow and I can't wait to get stuck into it. I want to just clean it up for now until I get myself some more money.
1. [Answered] First off, do the side strips have holes underneath, or are they glued on? Because they're going.
2. [Answered] Where do I find me a bumper from the newer 86's? I have an 84 with indicators in front (newer ones continue around sides, yes?)
3. [Answered] Will the bumper bolt straight on?
4. [Answered] Where can I get clear indicators for 'wrap around' bumper?
5. [Answered] I have the ugly blue interior. I can paint most of it, but what about the door cards and such. I think I just want it all black and dark grey, did 86's interior ever come in that colour combo?
6. [Answered] I read somewhere in internet land that coilovers are only good for the front of an 86, how true is that? Because I want some adjustable front and rears for mine.
7. [Answered] Camber! I know rear camber cannot be achieved with a stock rear end because it doesn't have independent suspension, but if I were to do a complete rear end swap, what would be the best option? ...and how much would it hurt the pocket?
8. [Answered] I've seen this wicked 86 from Hawaii named EVADE with some awesome Levin eyelids. Just wanting to know, where on planet earth do I find me a pair? Or are they custom?
9. [Answered] If I can't find me a pair of eyelids, how much do you think it'd cost me to get some custom made?
10. What are some grilles that will fit a Levin? Pictures preferred.
11. Where in the North Ryde (or close by) area is best to go for some FREE drifting practice? Hehe.
12. [Answered] I just received my after-market pedals today and soon realised the accelerator pedal isn't as simple to remove as I thought. Do you guys just place your after-market pedal over the top of the stock one or remove it?
13. [Answered] Really stupid question but, how the hell do you remove the head light bulbs!? I just assumed you twisted them out, but I twist them and nothing happens! Now one of the lights aren't even turning on (yes, it's plugged in...)
14. This is a long shot but, do ma61/xx boot lid's fit an 86? They seem like the same shape, but I think the 61's are a little wider and longer.
15. Thinking of buying an alarm system, plus immobiliser, will these work without a computer? Looking at a 'Warlock', they any good?
16. What's the difference between a Zenki and Kouki 'slat' grille?
Never fear, more noobish questions for you to roll your eyes and shake your head at to come shortly.

[Nikkojoe]

This really belongs in tech questions but...

1. Glued on
2. Come on mid 85 onwards JDM 86's (kouki) as we stopped selling them here before that date. Can be found in other countries that got late model 86's. Yest they do have wrap around indicators, also the same indicators found on local FWD AE82's. **THE BUMPER FROM AN AE82 DOES NOT FIT**.
3. Will bolt straight on providing you have mounts to suit the later front bar.
4. From ebay or yahoo japan
5. We only got blue and brown combo here (zenki ae85 colour scheme). You can get the black interior from late model kouki 86's from japan.
6. Front and rear are good, however the way the rear is designed on an 86 (seperate spring and shock combo) you need to beef up your rear shock mounts if you run a rear coilover setup as they are not designed to take the full load of the car. You can buy a seperate adjustable spring and shock combo found on some of the coilover kits on ebay. Site sponsors also make a seprate adjustable rear spring perch.

[Intense]

Hi and welcome.

1) Glued on, easy to remove
2) Best bet would be to look on the forums or find a place that wrecks toyota's, might get lucky. 83-85 = older model known as zenki, 86-87 = later model known as kouki.
3) Not too sure but I think the brackets are different.
4) Ebay, or just search around here or toymods.
5) Black and grey interiours are common on many jdm ae86's. The door card's can be sprayed and actually look pretty good when they're done, search up harley / ukato here or on jdmstyletuning to see.
6) Ae86's have a solid rear diff with the shocks mounting directly to the diff and the springs sittng on a spring perch, apparently it's not a good idea to use coil overs on the back because the shock mounts aren't engineered to take that sort of weight. But if you want adjustable rears you can get adjustable height rear spring seats from AJPS.

Hope this helps

[rthy]

buy JDM

[SEXY 16]

buy s13

[Juturna]

buy a kia

[sun_moon]

best advice ever. sexy16 knows his shit too, so go with this advice.

[McLeod63]

Thanks Nikkojoe and Intense, that helped a lot.
I don't have the money for a JDM and I don't like s13's. I'm sticking with my ADM 86, does the job fine.
By the way, I picked up my 86 today, had a little scare! I was travelling up the M5 when it started bunny hopping, then wouldn't accelerate at all. The previous owner told me this had happened to her the day before. Looked in the glove-box and found a new fuel filter, changed it and it was all good. phew.

Here's another noobish question. It being a leaded car and all, I have to add stuff to it. My brother in-law says it may still be able to take unleaded (I can't see how), is this true?

[McLeod63]

Haha! Just saw this.

[shift_rook]

i've always just chucked 98 in my 4acs and they love the shit and yeah for all interior bits you're best off contacting craig at just jdm imports on here

and the clear wrap around indicators on yahoo go for around 50k yen so yeah aroudn $70-80 once they're here, that's for the quality ones that are new, also the later model front bar craig can supply