What ever job you've got mate where can I apply ;)

Enkies look wicked!

I've never been hugely fond on RPF1's. But with 54.1mm centric bore and 14x7 +19 AND lightweight AND cheap!
How do you always find these gems Ross?
A gold set would look awesome against dark blue as well as your 'lil red. Maybe I might consider a silver set.
Please let me know how you go with tyres + fitment. Using a few online calc's if you've fitted 7.5 +29 with no scrubbing issues on the front, then 7 +19 *should* be okay. Rear's should definitely tuck in alright as well, depending on whether 205's or 195's are used. Even makes me wonder if you can stretch 185/60's on those, just so you can hand on heart say you are running factory tyre size ;)

^ why thank you kind sir. :P
You still have the MR2? Id thought you bought an 86?
 

s2d4

I killed the chassis of one so yeah, you and me both. Still, I bought a rolling chassis and is building it from ground up/transferring the goodies from the original BNR32. 

As for the wheels, love the watanabe's.. but they just don't come in the right size/offset I need, will need to have flares to fit the 15x8 watanabe's. 

RdS
But like my dreams of owning a BNR32, I don't have the self-control to have the right to. :(
But I'm still tossing up the idea of some some grey/black 14x6.5 F8 Watanabe's or 14x6.5 Equip 01's...
we'll see.. ;)

 
I meant more so because I cant not have fun in a car. I adore BNR32's.. but know the occasional shenanigans will be inevitable. :(
 
With the Watanabe's, there should be no reason you cant get ones that are spot-on? (I think even Otomoto distribute them nowadays).
You sure as hell dont need flares to fit 15x8's either! :)
 

majI've never been hugely fond on RPF1's. But with 54.1mm centric bore and 14x7 +19 AND lightweight AND cheap!
How do you always find these gems Ross?
A gold set would look awesome against dark blue as well as your 'lil red. Maybe I might consider a silver set.
Please let me know how you go with tyres + fitment. Using a few online calc's if you've fitted 7.5 +29 with no scrubbing issues on the front, then 7 +19 *should* be okay. Rear's should definitely tuck in alright as well, depending on whether 205's or 195's are used. Even makes me wonder if you can stretch 185/60's on those, just so you can hand on heart say you are running factory tyre size ;)

 
yep, almost made for the AW11! (*cough* NA6..)
Perfect centrebore, and caliper clearance is a non-issue. :)
 
As for finding them, you can buy them in black, silver, and gold right now, brand spankers, from Good-win Racing in the US. :)
 
The 7" +19 is weaker wheel-wise front and rear, but its the Tyres that are the troublemaker here. I want skinny 14" to run a tall, wide, tyre.
On the current 8.5" +29 rears, the tyre starts to pull in straight away..
I'm counting on the added height to help out - but If it starts looking too mexican...
 
Should have Tyres on them shortly.
The plan is to get some 195/60's, get it back to stock height, and see how they look. Unless I absolutely love it, I'll then use that as a base reference to order 5 14" Equips/Wats in the size that's perfect.
I may hate it back at the stock height anyway, in which case the CR01's wont be off for long!
we'll see...
 
 
 
 
 
 
Anywhey; I'll start pulling the front panels off in the next couple weeks. want to replace the hinges, and need to repaint the lip and lower front guards..
There will be no-doubt be pics...

If you don't go any wider than 7", you can get F8 style Watanabe's in ideal offsets for the adub.
 
The only issue here is the F8 style isn't deep dish or anything. Still a fairly light rim and obviously period correct.
14x7 +21 is available
15x7 +15 or +21 is available
If you fancy 16" with ultra low profile tyres, you might get these to fit
16x7 +25
16x7.5 +20 or +25
16x8 +25 or +30
 

A little over a month on, here's another update - on the continuing cleaning-up of lil reh. :)
 
I'd hit a wallaby/small kangaroo a couple years ago, which had damaged a lot of the bumper/front-lip area, and bent the lower radiator-support section back an inch or so. Nothing bad, but it made it all a bit tatty.
So off came all the front-end panels:



At the same time, I took the opportunity to remove the last of the aircon gear. The compressor and main undercar lines were removed a couple thousand KM ago (seals in the compressor finally had given up..), so was of no use.
 
It'll be a few weeks while I organize getting the front end panels redone, so on with other things.
 
Front coil-overs removed, with standard struts/springs back in.

So so much higher.. and softer..
Bit hard to see the radical height change on the front thanks to the lack of front guards; but the rear is bloody extreme.
 


Out came the rear coil-overs, and standard struts in.
The price you pay for 8.5" wheels on the back of stock body AW11..

I try not to think about it - Definitely hurt when the wheels first went on..
 
Photo of my exhaust while I was there..

 
After that, I redid the paint on the hubs/rotors/calipers. I had done the rotors in blue when i put them on, and had the front calipers in black. I wanted more of a stock look, so - since i unfortunately haven't got a sandblaster to make the calipers look original again - silver paint it was.
RR:

then RL:

..then FR:

and finally, FL!


 
Don't worry about the paint on the actual rotor face. The *hopeful* plan is the pad area will rub off the paint where needed, so i full paint coverage everywhere that doesnt get wiped clean by the rotor..
Anyway, not perfect - but good enough to look through the little holes on the wheels!
 
Another while-I-was-there thing (and while the rotors were looking so rediculously and artificially pretty in painted silver!), I put the RPF1's against the hub just to see how damn well they fit.
This obviously doesnt take into account the wheels sticking outside the bodyline somwhat; but damn do they fit well!

spot on caliper clearance on the +19 RPF1. AW11's need a good 12mm of clearance here!

Perfect, 54.1mm centrebore:

They miss the strut, tierod end, etc, perfectly. Just nice.
 
Not sure wether or not I'll run them; but yeah.. impressive.
 
Teardrop on - look at the horriffic non-coilover droop!



 
and on the ground..:

 
..yikes..

Genuinely goes up at least 3"
 
and done..

 
Anyway, gotta get those panels done.
in the mean time.. lots more cleaning to do. :)

Clean, stock, cars have much more of a universal appeal. While some people find it boring, no one finds it ugly.
On the other hand; you start modifying things, and you'll sure-as-hell get people who disagree with it.
 
The downside with stock cars is they lack some of the character/personality of the owner, that a modified car shows.
 
The horrible in-between is modified on a budget, where its no ones real taste. change for the sake of change.. with parts replaced with bits that were just cheap at the time, or things that were easy to do.
 
I like my car however it looks. Its goofy.. and I just love it regardless. :P

Couple more pics of how its sitting; as I really am starting to love this look again..!










love it.
more parts will be removed soon, so wanted to grab some pics while it was still looking complete from the rear. :)
Heaps of work to do, and a bunch of small pieces should be arriving from Toyota soon..
 
 
In other, slightly-more-random news; I managed to find the 1985 and 1987 HKS Power Catalogues. No idea how rare they are to find, but the first I've seen of them. They're awesome.
Now - interestingly..
I've had a tired yet complete HKS AW11 Supercharger setup for a couple years now. Its all written in this thread, but a while after i bought it, I found and purchased the original intercooler that was fitted with the kit (on the same car). Had no idea if it was HKS or not, but wanted to re-unite them regardless.

(main supercharger and intake section, other parts not pictured..)

(top of the intercooler. I have the original piping and joiners too (despite being as flogged out as the rest of it!)
 
Anyway, flicking through the 1987 catalogue, I find a heap of info on the setup - including that intercooler!

front cover.





So chuffed that its actually the original intercooler for it. Had never heard anything about it before.
maaaybe it does look a little dodgy in the engine bay, but what're you going to do..! :P
 
If anyone can read Japanese; I'd love to know what it says is included in the 1/2/3 Supercharger kits.
 
 
Although the car is currently set up with the ITB's for the moment, part of me is itching to get this stuff restored and added on..! ha.. argh..! :P
 
 
 

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