Banpei's new TA60 family cruiser
11-15-2014, 09:42 PM
Post: #191
Banpei's new TA60 family cruiser
Nice work, still got a lot of wiring to do on mine but keep avoiding it like the plague.

AE86 ex-daily
Visit this user's website Find all posts by this user
11-15-2014, 10:59 PM (This post was last modified: 11-15-2014 10:59 PM by banpei.)
Post: #192
Banpei's new TA60 family cruiser
Haha! Thanks for the compliment and I know the problem: once I'll do the 4AGE swap I'll have to rewire a lot of things and I'm not looking forward to that *at all*. Wink

BTW: the reason for doing the extra harness is because at first I wanted to splice the original loom and join it with some TA40 loom I had lying around. But with no power in the garage to solder it properly this would be a far more elegant solution. Tongue

1982 - TA60 Carina 4dr sedan - fun cruiser
1983 - AE86 Sprinter Trueno - import project
2013 - Honda Civic sport - daily driver
2004 - AEU86 dot ORG - daily domain

Support our forum, buy from the AEU86 shop:
[Image: AEU86 AE86 - Banpei's new TA60 family cruiser]
Visit this user's website Find all posts by this user
11-15-2014, 11:47 PM
Post: #193
Banpei's new TA60 family cruiser
(11-13-2014 11:18 PM)banpei Wrote:  Yes, but according to him they are bumping kangaroo brown and not almost-black-pete-dark-brown... So I would expect it to look a bit like

Yeah, they are, and they sit lovely in his Starlet now! Big Grin

"It's all about the heart, the people who focus on parts, turbo's and all that stuff...they're just losers."
-Shinji Minowa
Find all posts by this user
11-17-2014, 11:21 PM (This post was last modified: 11-17-2014 11:21 PM by banpei.)
Post: #194
Banpei's new TA60 family cruiser
I saw the photo today. They are not exactly the shade of brown I was looking for... But they do look lovely in his Starlet! Wink

1982 - TA60 Carina 4dr sedan - fun cruiser
1983 - AE86 Sprinter Trueno - import project
2013 - Honda Civic sport - daily driver
2004 - AEU86 dot ORG - daily domain

Support our forum, buy from the AEU86 shop:
[Image: AEU86 AE86 - Banpei's new TA60 family cruiser]
Visit this user's website Find all posts by this user
06-16-2015, 09:24 PM
Post: #195
Banpei's new TA60 family cruiser
The Carina sailed through the APK (MOT) yesterday, so that means I can do the headlight conversion now. I had some sort of a problem as everything was depending on each other and the APK was nearing so I postponed that till now.

That means I have the following todo list:
1. Unmount current headlights and make template for brackets
2. Take new fenders home and cut the single headlight unit brackets
3. Make brackets from the templates and trial fit
4. Prepare fenders and front air dam for painting
5. Paint the fenders and front air dam in the same color as the rest of the car
6. Mount fenders and front air dam
7. Fit double headlights

I'm a bit worried about 5 as the last time I painted something on my car the result wasn't that great. However I have learned a bit in the past 8 years so I might actually dare to try it. And I can always rub it down using wet 1600 grit sandpaper as I have witnessed in an MCM video. Wink

1982 - TA60 Carina 4dr sedan - fun cruiser
1983 - AE86 Sprinter Trueno - import project
2013 - Honda Civic sport - daily driver
2004 - AEU86 dot ORG - daily domain

Support our forum, buy from the AEU86 shop:
[Image: AEU86 AE86 - Banpei's new TA60 family cruiser]
Visit this user's website Find all posts by this user
06-16-2015, 09:41 PM
Post: #196
Banpei's new TA60 family cruiser
Best of luck with the lights, hopefully I'll get the car sandblasted 'till the end of the month - no worries for colour then Big Grin.

Sent from my SM-T800 using Tapatalk

AE86 ex-daily
Visit this user's website Find all posts by this user
07-16-2015, 04:07 AM
Post: #197
Banpei's new TA60 family cruiser
http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/car-part...750729.htm
Find all posts by this user
07-17-2015, 04:38 PM
Post: #198
Banpei's new TA60 family cruiser
thanks!
I think I sold 50%of those parts last year to someone in New Zealand. Wink

1982 - TA60 Carina 4dr sedan - fun cruiser
1983 - AE86 Sprinter Trueno - import project
2013 - Honda Civic sport - daily driver
2004 - AEU86 dot ORG - daily domain

Support our forum, buy from the AEU86 shop:
[Image: AEU86 AE86 - Banpei's new TA60 family cruiser]
Visit this user's website Find all posts by this user
07-30-2015, 08:47 PM (This post was last modified: 07-30-2015 09:09 PM by banpei.)
Post: #199
Banpei's new TA60 family cruiser
This happened today:
[Image: AEU86 AE86 - Banpei's new TA60 family cruiser]
I moved the Celica to another place that is only 12 minutes away from my home. Much saner than 1 hour 20 minutes. Wink

I was surprised the 4AGE fired up immediately after not being used for almost a year. Usually when I start the Carina after a month not using it takes a few starts, but then again the Celica has a fuelpump and injectors while the Carina has a mechanical pump and is carbed.

[Image: AEU86 AE86 - Banpei's new TA60 family cruiser]
After reversing my mighty weight reduction mods by reattaching the doors and bonnet the car was ready to be moved on a trailer and towed to the new lockup.

Coincidentally at the same time I had my last day at work yesterday and from Monday onwards I'll be a freelancer with a side project if I'm without a database related project. Wink

1982 - TA60 Carina 4dr sedan - fun cruiser
1983 - AE86 Sprinter Trueno - import project
2013 - Honda Civic sport - daily driver
2004 - AEU86 dot ORG - daily domain

Support our forum, buy from the AEU86 shop:
[Image: AEU86 AE86 - Banpei's new TA60 family cruiser]
Visit this user's website Find all posts by this user
07-31-2015, 02:13 PM
Post: #200
Banpei's new TA60 family cruiser
Shame to see the car gone, it has a lot of history in the barn!
Hope to see it's guts relived in the Carina some day! Big Grin

"It's all about the heart, the people who focus on parts, turbo's and all that stuff...they're just losers."
-Shinji Minowa
Find all posts by this user


Possibly Related Threads...
Thread Author Replies Views Last Post
  Family man's ae86 fantapants 90 53,397 11-12-2023 01:06 AM
Last Post: fantapants
  My Carina TA60 crxman 17 17,196 01-09-2016 10:17 PM
Last Post: nyberrg
  Project "Roku-ju" TA60 Carina Motax 24 35,676 03-05-2014 10:21 AM
Last Post: Motax
  Carina TA60! evanger 7 14,370 10-23-2012 10:18 AM
Last Post: Lightning
  MCNSPORT: Carina TA60 MCNSPORT.com 9 10,594 10-23-2012 10:15 AM
Last Post: Lightning

Forum Jump:


User(s) browsing this thread: 1 Guest(s)

Contact Us | AEU86 | Return to Top | Return to Content | Lite (Archive) Mode | RSS Syndication