Hi TN,
It's been over a year now and my interior paint is holding up great.
My Corolla was vandalized about a month ago. You see that CD player in the early pics. I had that installed for my birthday gift to myself two years ago. I ask them to install the most budget one available. Anyway, some idiot thought they could make a couple bucks off of it, which I highly doubt. They broke my rear passenger quarter window to get in. Then ripped up my dash and snatched up that PoS stereo, which had already begun to occasionally malfunction. (btw, he left his tool in my car, so I filed a police report...I don't expect anything though.)
I was pissed about the stereo, but so much more about the window I needed to replace, all the broken glass I had to clean up, and my wrecked dash assembly. What did all this add up to? Well, it's junk yard time. (I was recently introduced to some local yards by friends. OMG CANDYLAND!)
I went on a 50% off day, got the glass, got the dash pieces w/clock, a passenger side mirror (mine never came with one). Found a GT-S and picked up a front strut tower bar and front sway bar, all for about 50-60 bucks.
Reassembly was cake. I installed the strut bar. Had to remove the wipers and the panel to get access to the other side of the firewall. Then I had two holes drilled into the firewall. I think originally the factory bolts were self threaded. I used a nut on the other side just to be safe.
The driving experience went up a notch or three. Who would have thought that a little bar like that would make such a difference? Yeah, I'm a rookie.
As for the sway bar, it's back to the junk yard for a few additional pieces I didn't realize I needed. I plan to replace my entire suspension with the GT-S suspension and I'll get the brake package while i'm at it.
1988 Corolla DX Project
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