My USA AE10.....2?? History, Lots of pics

Ok, so I don't have an AE101, but an AE102. Nevertheless, I got this car 7 years ago and have worked my heart and soul all over it. I have made so many modifications, most of which are not currently part of the car anymore (I didn't like them).

Here are a bunch of pictures going in chronological order from stock to now. All are taken from my cardomain page if you want to see more pictures, or read some of my DIYs (which will be uploaded sometime!)

http://www.cardomain.com/ride/801395/1994-toyota-corolla-dx-sedan-4d
















































































Sorry, so many pictures!!

Unfortunately, as of now, my car has blown the engine, see video:

http://video.cardomain.com/VideoPlayer.aspx?id=2218785

so now I am parting out the car and it is gone

Feel free to ask any questions you have! Everything is for sale, but I can't imagine shipping to UK

Great thread! It's the first time I've seen photos of your car when it was stock. It went from looking like a rice mobile to a thing of beauty . So sad to hear that you're parting it out though . Couldn't you have just replaced the motor?

lol, yeah complete rice! But remember, these pics span the last 7 years. Before the work "rice" was invented lol. It is kinda fun to see how both the car and I grew up over the 7 years.

My first engine died the same way before I had done any mods. So this is the second time now. I'm rather fed up with it, because all of these 7afe engines have this problem eventually at high mileage. And this car is rusting to death. I figured it was a better investment for a much better car.

Man you got long 7 years in building your AE! Nice!

I see many of us here has had the car for a while and built it along the way...

gold94corolla wrote:

lol, yeah complete rice! But remember, these pics span the last 7 years. Before the work "rice" was invented lol. It is kinda fun to see how both the car and I grew up over the 7 years.

My first engine died the same way before I had done any mods. So this is the second time now. I'm rather fed up with it, because all of these 7afe engines have this problem eventually at high mileage. And this car is rusting to death. I figured it was a better investment for a much better car.

Fair enough. I suppose there's no point throwing money towards something that's only going to depreciate due to rust. 7 years of ownership is very loyal, so at least you'll be able to remember all of the good times you had together. I just passed 3-years of ownership a couple of weeks back, so goodness only knows what it's going to look like in another 4-years, lol. I can't see myself getting rid of it anytime soon, so you're bound to see countless more pics of it popping up all over the place

shame to hear about the car, looked really nice with the impreza bumper and alloys

this car looked awesome.. i so want so many parts of that but got no $$$

darn amd sorry to hear about the motor died i so loved this car, but 7 long years is still a good lenght of time, so are you goin to go back with another corolla?

I was going to go back with another Corolla. A 1997 so that it was the newest AE102. But I was testdriving them, and they were just so boring and dry to drive. The dealers wanted too much money, and it seemed like kind of a waste to buy a car that I hated stock and then spend a lot more money making it into a beast street car again. So, realizing this, I just increased my budget accordingly and found the IS300! I am very happy with it. And, it is still part of the Toyota family, just a little more mature/grown up, so I feel that it is the perfect direction for me.

Honestly, if it was not for the rust, I would have replaced the motor for a 3rd time.

But I had to make a decision, and I can't go back on it now. I'm sticking with it with no regrets (the new car helps) so that I don't get depressed over it lol. 7 years is a long time, and you see what we both went through.

i say if you find a really cheap one, buy and keep it as a long term project and transfer everything over, then do a 4age 20v, 3sge or 3sgte conversion on it

yeah but why? I have the IS300 now, and that will be way more HP than the Corolla ever. Plus it is rear-wheel drive and 5 speed auto. That's the thing, I'm not looking to have a money pit for the sake of a money pit. I have no need for 2 cars. In fact, I am biking to work and places more and more now, trying to get out of needing a car at all.

fair enough mate.. would love a rear wheel drive family car lol...

such a shame to here about the motor mate, we had a 2001 ford mondeo in my family 2.0l duractec and the amount of money pumped into the engine was unvelievable was soo quick but unfortunatly everything just started to brake on the car so its had its day now

Holy shit dude, i just witnessed the birth, life and death of your motor!!! lot of hard work went into that. well done

Thanks Mate, yeah the car was pretty nice eventually at the end, so it died at a nice old age lol. It had a full life, and it will RIP.

gold94corolla wrote:

Thanks Mate, yeah the car was pretty nice eventually at the end, so it died at a nice old age lol. It had a full life, and it will RIP.

Amen to that! RIP

amen is correct i bet the car had the best 7 years under your owership.

haha, well the wildest to say the least! I didn't drive it like no grandma lol

lol.. manual would have been much better

very nice bro.....I wish I have airbag dashboard like yours!

The dash came out of a Geo Prizm here in the States..... not found across the pond!

hey mate was it hard putting on that front bumper..?

Nah, not really. I did end up cutting it in half and removing 50mm out of the centre then molding it back together. But it mounts up really easy!