Corolla Sound's 97 DX AE101 On-Going Project

I don't know what to say... other than maybe some super heavy duty double sided tape would work?

My subs would probably just rattle it off lol. Ill see if I can come up with a way.

Oh and I finally got some coilovers.....


Ok Ok, Im just parked on an angle lol

!!!!! You had me fooled there for a minute!!!!

So you're saying that you wouldn't even be able to get one bolt on each side of the spoiler because the bolts are the wrong distance apart. Strange. Maybe take it to a body shop? Or cut new holes in the trunk from underneath?

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So you're saying that you wouldn't even be able to get one bolt on each side of the spoiler because the bolts are the wrong distance apart.

Yes. When I position the spoiler on top of the trunk, I can see just by eye that the spoiler mount bolts would not line up with the space in the trunk.

Im sure though if I took it to a body shop they would be able to figure something out. Id like to see how the spoiler brake light looks (assuming the bulb still works). The 3 screws for the spoiler brake light are rusted, seized and stripped so I cant change it lol

I don't think I've ever seen this spoiler, did you have pics of it?

I posted a few pics a while back, but heres some ones I took today:












I did notice that the Corolla I took it from was an SD model, but it was also a 97. Would the trunk lids be different between the DX and SD model?

I don't think so, but maybe that's not the OEM spoiler? I'm no expert on that though, since I never had a spoiler. You're either going to have to drill new holes in the spoiler, or drill through the extra layer of metal in the trunk.

I would drill through the extra metal as that would be easiest, and use urathane to hold it down as well.
To be honest that is most likely what the body shop would do.

i say take it to a body shop, or get a bmw lip spoiler like me, chris and scott

miib14 wrote:

i say take it to a body shop, or get a bmw lip spoiler like me, chris and scott

I have one too, but it's sitting inside my trunk

hahaha lol, get it on there

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I have one too, but it's sitting inside my trunk

You mean a spoiler like the one I have or a bmw lip spoiler? any pics? does it look similar to mine?

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hahaha lol, get it on there

lol I super glue it kidding, Ill mount it proper.

I got some pics from an open drift event I went to today. I was sad as there were no RWD corollas or levins this time, but there were some Crestas which really tore up the track! I want one lol
Heres some of the best ones of my car. Ill post some drifting pics in a seperate thread. There was a very nice IS300 there I think somebody might be interested in seeing lol (plus it happens to have the same bumper lol)


Readjusted my ridiculous parking..







Then I snuck out and went for the shade

lol, you parked next to a very confused looking car. I always love the upper angle shots like those! Neat.

Corolla Sound wrote:

There was a very nice IS300 there I think somebody might be interested in seeing lol (plus it happens to have the same bumper lol)

I wonder who that could be ???

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lol, you parked next to a very confused looking car. I always love the upper angle shots like those! Neat.

lmao I know. There were no Toyotas for me to park beside at the time I showed up so I just parked there in hopes some better looking cars would park beside me lol.
I was able to get those shots from the grand stands, it turned out quite nice

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I wonder who that could be ???

hehe Who knows lol

Corolla Sound wrote:

You mean a spoiler like the one I have or a bmw lip spoiler? any pics? does it look similar to mine?

Ah, haha sorry, I was quoting Ishaq, I have a lip one.

hmmm, could of swore I seen a thread called something along the lines of, "let us know who you are". I made a cool photobucket edit of me and my car I was going to post in that thread but I cant find it anymore lol (it disappeared from the latest topics section).

So Ill just post it here and talk about myself again. My name is David. I did work in maintenance but lost job due to Union bump and havnt found work since. I was on unemployment for 40 weeks which just ended last month so hopefully I find something soon. However it may be difficult as there are little to no available jobs in my area.

So hopefully my corolla can tough it out for another month so I can start throwing some money into it (before it completely rusts apart) lol


Sorry, Im not very good at having my picture taken lol

Here it is

http://www.ae101ownersclub.com/t626-let-us-know-who-you-are-name-photo-etc

Thanks man, ill copy and paste it to there

Good news! I finally got a job! Im a custodian again but Im not making what I use to and its part time hours. Aw well, its money.

It was a full moon tonight and I had my camera with me so I took some pics in the graveyard. Sadly the batteries were dying so it had troubles focusing, plus my car is filthy and I dont like my parking jobs!!! lol










Looks like the ghosts were checkin out my rolla

Good to hear you got a job again! Money is money eh. And I like the pics, most specifically the last one. Very eery feeling to them all.

Cool moon/graveyard shots! I've never seen anyone do that before haha. Congrats on the work, hopefully the tasks aren't too bad! You'll know that your job is always very appreciated.... when things aren't clean, ain't NObody happy! lol.

Oh, them LED bulbs come in yet??????!

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Oh, them LED bulbs come in yet??????!

Not yet, I suspect I wont see them for a while because I got a message from one of the ebay sellers saying that it could take up to 40 business days to get my item.

but in all seriousness...does anybody know what causes those orb like spots in the pics. It wasn't raining, but I noticed my camera lens was dirty, but that doesn't explain how only some of the pics have the dots. Heres a better example, took these pics when I got home

Ghosts!!! Or maybe... are you using a digital camera? I know that SLR and Digital Cameras both take very different shots at night. Digital cameras, especially with flash on, can pick up even the smallest particle of dirt and blur it into photos, and it will take other light sources and round them out, even as slight as they are.

Its a digital. It must be picking up dust/micorscopic particles

I think i have ordered the same headlights
Car looks good, i'm not a fan of your rearlights though.