AE101 Doors

[bigbaz]

I have a 99 model AE101 hatch, seems to be a fair way out of your year guidelines, however that is what it is.

Anyways, i have been told that the doors are interchangeable between the sedan and the hatch is this correct for the AE101 models, cheers,

Baz

[Kiwi-Corolla]

Hi Baz, welcome to the forums! It's raining here at the moment, but I just quickly ducked outside and took some quick measurements of the passenger door on my sedan. It's approximately 1050mm high and 1010mm long (taken just above the door handle). I can provide more precise measurements (including the dimensions for the rear door) as soon as the rain clears . I've got car covers on it at the moment and they're difficult to get on and off.

[Hiro Protagonist]

Front doors should be interchangeable between the sedan and the 5-door hatch, rears definitely won't be (they are a completely different shape around the rear quarte window)

Oh, and the reason why your model year is out of whack is because Australia tends to get Toyota models a year or two after Japan and the US - here the AE10x ran from 1994 to 1999 (although they started to sell the imported AE112 from 1998 or so alongside the 101/102)

[bigbaz]

Originally Posted by Hiro Protagonist

Front doors should be interchangeable between the sedan and the 5-door hatch, rears definitely won't be (they are a completely different shape around the rear quarte window)

Oh, and the reason why your model year is out of whack is because Australia tends to get Toyota models a year or two after Japan and the US - here the AE10x ran from 1994 to 1999 (although they started to sell the imported AE112 from 1998 or so alongside the 101/102)

Thanks for your help guys, i think that description of how toyota models were sold there is much the same as here, the model AE101 i have was the only one sold in 99, all the rest were AE112, but without starting a war AE101 looks better.

The panel shop was saying that the rear doors were the same, looks like it is time for me to find a new panel shop

[Hiro Protagonist]

Originally Posted by bigbaz

Thanks for your help guys, i think that description of how toyota models were sold there is much the same as here, the model AE101 i have was the only one sold in 99, all the rest were AE112, but without starting a war AE101 looks better.

Don't worry, I think the 101/102 is a much better looker than the 112, although I am a little biased (seeing as how I have one)

The panel shop was saying that the rear doors were the same, looks like it is time for me to find a new panel shop

Definitely different, the base of the door may be similar/the same but the window frame is completely different - hatch is sharply angled at the rear whereas the sedan's is curved
Hatch


Sedan

[trife96]

^ now compare the rear doors on the hatch to the US wagon rear doors...I think you will find they are the same

[Hiro Protagonist]

Originally Posted by trife96

^ now compare the rear doors on the hatch to the US wagon rear doors...I think you will find they are the same

They're not - wagon doors are straight along the top, the hatch doors slope down