Levin coversion

[Akira101]

Me and my friend are working on two 86's... We're going for trueno hatch, and a levin coupe. Unfortunately levisn do not come in coupe in Toronto... at least to my knowledge. I've seen a coupel of 86 sedans, fwd, but with a Levin-looking front end. What I'm wondering is, would it be possible to put the front end of that car onto an 86 coupe? And, is it really a levin front end?

[MR1]

No it's not a Levin front end

Look CLOSER and you'll realise that there's a HUGE difference between the front end of the AE82 corolla (aka Chevy Nova) and the AE86 Levin front.

Fitting the AE82 front onto an AE86 will proceed to make your car AND the owner of that car look like ass and a retard respectively.

The above is soley my own humble opinion.

[SLY Mantis]

"Unfortunately levisn do not come in coupe in Toronto... at least to my knowledge"

Levins did not come anywhere in north america. We only got truenos. And just fyi doing the levin front end conversion cost a couple hundred dollars ($1000-2000 i think, maybe even more). There are better things to spend your money on than looks (unless your a ricer)

[Dicipleofthelie]

*points at car in sig*

like that?....for one thing the front end on mine slopes alot less that on a ae86

it would take severe body and frame alteration to do such a conversion

[hachi_slow]

My suggestion to you would be to do it. Post up pics of the finished product and then we'll tell you if it's really a levin front end.

[Akira101]

[points to that pic] That's the car i'm talking about.. this is not the Levin? :s
besides spending A shtload of cash, is there any other way...?

[Akira101]

BTW we're working on the two cars' looks, even if it takes scrap parts... so, I'm just looking ofr that front end.

[mr_sinister]

re-read the responses a little more carefully.. levins were never sold in n. america, so if you want a levin front, you'll have to get the parts imported: fenders, front bumper, hood, lights, grill, etc

and what do you mean "is there any other way to do it"?

if you want a levin front, buy a levin front. that's how you do it.

[MR1]

Originally posted by Akira101
[points to that pic] That's the car i'm talking about.. this is not the Levin? :s
besides spending A shtload of cash, is there any other way...?

the only other way would be

not doing it at all

[Spunky~AE86]

there's no cheap way to import parts from japan, if you care about how the car looks that badly you better be prepared to fork out some cash.

Unfortunately for you, doing a levin front end conversion means you'll have to source either a front clip (easiest to do but expensive) or painstakingly find each part from any number of resources.

As for scrap parts, there are none in north america, I think the reason is obviously stated above.

good luck.

[Akira101]

Well, guys, thanks anyway... I'll try. And thanks for telling me about importing and all, I was all ready to buy that 86 sedan, too.

[arminschnell]

Akira101,

It is possible to do that project, but you'll need some $$. I have a person whos deals with Import and export and he recently brought a Levin RHD front clip for someone in Vancouver. I was thinking of doing the same thing to my 85' GTS Hatch. PM and ill give you some links!

[REN69]

ahem.. speaking of levin conversions.

http://jae.ca/upload/TRD_kid/SatMay2...f-IMG_0204.jpg

[project trueno]

what a waste of AE86s

[Plex]

Meh.. to each his own i guess (though I do think that too on occasion)