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kickfli12
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| | Subject: Re: AE 101 newbie from California! Wed Oct 24, 2012 12:47 pm | |
| You can buy that grill on ebay as its not an oem part and the trd grill emblem can be bought there too all for around 40 bucks. the only own mesh grill that I know of is the jdm bz touring wagon grill | |
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frankie41992
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Location : Los Angeles, California, USA
| | Subject: Re: AE 101 newbie from California! Wed Oct 24, 2012 4:25 pm | |
| Yeah I found all that on ebay! But Ive never ordered anything from there, and it may sound dumb, but its kinda nerve-wrecking to try it out lol | |
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MirrorEyes
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| | Subject: Re: AE 101 newbie from California! Wed Oct 24, 2012 6:10 pm | |
| eBay is fine, just don't buy from dealers with awful rep lol. I generally take all with reps in the 99's as pretty good, then when they're in the 98's I look at the reviews to see which items have been negative or whatever to see if I still wanna order from them. I've never had an issue and on my current eBay account I have over 150 purchases. | |
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frankie41992
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| | Subject: Re: AE 101 newbie from California! Wed Oct 24, 2012 6:25 pm | |
| Ima give it a try soon! I got my eyes on a mesh grille and a TRD emblem, Ill start off with small items and work from there haha | |
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ROLLAenthusiast187
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Location : Imperial,California
| | Subject: Re: AE 101 newbie from California! Wed Oct 24, 2012 6:35 pm | |
| nice post pics to see progress  | |
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frankie41992
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Location : Los Angeles, California, USA
| | Subject: Re: AE 101 newbie from California! Wed Oct 24, 2012 6:47 pm | |
| Forsure bro! what part of Cali are you located at? Im in the SoCal 323 region! xD haha | |
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ROLLAenthusiast187
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| | Subject: Re: AE 101 newbie from California! Wed Oct 24, 2012 6:49 pm | |
| haha i not sure what region but im 2 hr away from sandiego! im right across the border from Mexicali! haha do u know where thats at?  | |
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frankie41992
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| | Subject: Re: AE 101 newbie from California! Wed Oct 24, 2012 6:59 pm | |
| Damnnn youre far away lol yeah Im closer to the LA area hahaha, so why havent you posted up a pic of your car man?? Lol | |
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frankie41992
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ROLLAenthusiast187
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| | Subject: Re: AE 101 newbie from California! Wed Oct 24, 2012 7:31 pm | |
| yeah were prolly like 4 to 5 hrs away XD but hey who knows maybe well kick it one day when we wanna brag our corollas after were done if were ver done haha! i posted one pic i havent taken any other ones its un my first car i beleieve its in the saloon section | |
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gold94corolla
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| | Subject: Re: AE 101 newbie from California! Thu Oct 25, 2012 2:38 am | |
| Hey, welcome to the site over here too Your best bet is to see what other people have done to their cars (we've got lots of picture and build threads, especially the Car of the Month contests) and decide what you like to do. I would highly recommend AGAINST a fiberglass body kit, they are cheaply made and don't fit right or look that good most of the time (with exceptions). But if you put in enough work, you can make ANYTHING look good (just ask me, I know lol). | |
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ROLLAenthusiast187
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kickfli12
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| | Subject: Re: AE 101 newbie from California! Thu Oct 25, 2012 12:11 pm | |
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frankie41992
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Location : Los Angeles, California, USA
| | Subject: Re: AE 101 newbie from California! Thu Oct 25, 2012 2:26 pm | |
| Thanks for your suggestion! Ive always been against fiberglass for exterior, it just seems to be way too fragile! I'm considering looking into Subaru bumpers to see how it looks | |
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ROLLAenthusiast187
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| | Subject: Re: AE 101 newbie from California! Thu Oct 25, 2012 6:09 pm | |
| - kickfli12 wrote:
- ^^^ and wheels
true!!!! i cant believe i forgot haha | |
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gold94corolla
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| | Subject: Re: AE 101 newbie from California! Fri Oct 26, 2012 3:55 am | |
| - frankie41992 wrote:
- Thanks for your suggestion! Ive always been against fiberglass for exterior, it just seems to be way too fragile! I'm considering looking into Subaru bumpers to see how it looks
Yeah I've had fiberglass parts, and unless you're spending hundreds of dollars on an ORIGINAL (not replica) part, then it should be good (until you hit something). OEM polyurethane or aftermarket poly is the best, and that's all I use on my cars anymore It's so flexible, almost too flexible, but let me tell you, it was the only part to survive my accident! | |
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frankie41992
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| | Subject: Re: AE 101 newbie from California! Fri Oct 26, 2012 1:09 pm | |
| That pic of your Rolla on your avatar, what bumpers do you have on it? They look like Subaru's to me haha | |
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gold94corolla
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| | Subject: Re: AE 101 newbie from California! Fri Oct 26, 2012 1:37 pm | |
| I assume you mean my signature pic? Yuppppppps that's a Subaru Impreza 2.5RS bumper from Malaysia!! Cost $650 though, and I had to cut it in half, so now all the Impreza people trying to buy it from me now can't lol  | |
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frankie41992
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| | Subject: Re: AE 101 newbie from California! Mon Oct 29, 2012 3:26 pm | |
| Yeah that, my bad lol And how did you patch it back up, bc from the look on the pic, you can't see where you cut it man | |
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gold94corolla
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| | Subject: Re: AE 101 newbie from California! Mon Oct 29, 2012 3:47 pm | |
| Of course you can't see it lol. I used fiberglass behind it and Bondoed the front.... though if I were to do it again, I would plastic-weld the back of it, like I just finished on my side skirts. | |
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frankie41992
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| | Subject: Re: AE 101 newbie from California! Mon Oct 29, 2012 3:52 pm | |
| Ohh ok nice, I really like how those bumpers look on your Rolla dude, props | |
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gold94corolla
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| | Subject: Re: AE 101 newbie from California! Mon Oct 29, 2012 3:55 pm | |
| Thanks Frankie I did it because it seemed to fit the Corolla style nicely, plus I did not see it done almost ever. | |
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frankie41992
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| | Subject: Re: AE 101 newbie from California! Mon Oct 29, 2012 6:51 pm | |
| Yeah it looks super legit bro! Did the front bumper already come with those corner lights, or did you install them seperately? | |
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gold94corolla
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| | Subject: Re: AE 101 newbie from California! Mon Oct 29, 2012 7:19 pm | |
| You mean the lights on the bumper? Those are the turn signals, just like stock But it came with orange lights, I put the white ones in | |
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frankie41992
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| | Subject: Re: AE 101 newbie from California! Mon Oct 29, 2012 7:25 pm | |
| Yup, those. I was checking out your pics of your Corolla on CarDomain, sure looks like u spent a whole lot of time, money, and dedication man haha. Sucks that you werent able to finish it completely at the end | |
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