My AE82

[bballmo2]

I want to modify my 1987 Toyota Corolla LE Sedan...Starting with the body kit.

Eventually I want to upgrade the engine performance to racing quality but not too extreme... I'm a chick I don't know too much about cars but my family does and I just need a step by step guide of what to do. Any ideas on where to start?

[4agetercel]

well first place to start is the fact that there are no body kits for this car, second youre faced with the fact that if you want one, you have to buy one for a car of similar width and adapt it to fit your AE82 sedan, third i honestly think these cars look best with wide rims and lowered, a car this boxy looks wrong with a body kit, buy i suppose if you really want one, try a J-blood body kit for an AE86, theyre around the same kind width/style of car

[Corolla85GTS]

any chance on getting a new pic? maybe in the daylight? as for help, box cars do look great lowered with the wide rims, the body kit not so much, if you take the Jetta off The fast and the furious, thats a great looking box car, (not sure on if there was a body kit), and to be honest, performance SHOULD be top priority, then visuals to back it up, but your a chick, so of course looks come first (NO OFFENSE)

[bballmo2]

Originally Posted by 4agetercel

well first place to start is the fact that there are no body kits for this car, second youre faced with the fact that if you want one, you have to buy one for a car of similar width and adapt it to fit your AE82 sedan, third i honestly think these cars look best with wide rims and lowered, a car this boxy looks wrong with a body kit, buy i suppose if you really want one, try a J-blood body kit for an AE86, theyre around the same kind width/style of car

Yeah the box look its what's annoying...love the way the car has driven. I am sure this will be a huge project but I wanna see how it will come out.

[bballmo2]

Originally Posted by Corolla85GTS

any chance on getting a new pic? maybe in the daylight? as for help, box cars do look great lowered with the wide rims, the body kit not so much, if you take the Jetta off The fast and the furious, thats a great looking box car, (not sure on if there was a body kit), and to be honest, performance SHOULD be top priority, then visuals to back it up, but your a chick, so of course looks come first (NO OFFENSE)

Yeah I will take a picture in the day light... So where do I start with performance?

I am interested in the look...yeah probably cause I'm a female but I don't like the boxed look. I want to see how much I can alter the look of the car. I've seen some with kits that don't look too bad.

[Rolla88]

If I were you I would follow their advice and just get wide rims and lower it and then worry about the performance...is the car manual or automatic?

[bballmo2]

Originally Posted by Rolla88

If I were you I would follow their advice and just get wide rims and lower it and then worry about the performance...is the car manual or automatic?

Manual 5-speed

[4agetercel]

Originally Posted by bballmo2

Manual 5-speed

Thats all you need, trust me once the wheels are on it it changes the complete overall look of the car, toyota never should have put wussy narrow wheels on their cars,

[bballmo2]

Anybody got a picture of what that would look like?

[4agetercel]

From the looks of it this one has Japanese bumpers on it, or maybe FX-16 Bumpers, but no body kit, this one looks great but the spoiler needs to go, stupid usless things

[REN69]

Here's a couple of nice pics I found.

[bballmo2]

Those are not too bad... Here are some day time pictures of my wonderful car.

[4agetercel]

yeah definatly lower that and put a chromie exhaust on it and it'll look good, if you love the car so much why mess with the way it looks?

[bballmo2]

I think what I really don't like is the front bumper and the back bumper...its black and faded and seems like it can't be painted because of the type of material it is. Also new headlights...

The black strip on the side needs to go too...

[4agetercel]

well get some Jap bumpers then or get yours painted,anything can be painted