Banpei's new TA60 family cruiser

[banpei]

More maintenance done today. I didn't do the boots as I didn't feel like taking apart everything once more and I do want to get MOT done.

So things done today:

• Replace oil
• Replace oil filter
• Top off other fluids
• Rust inspection
• Clean and swept the shed
  

Especially the rust part was important as I already have quite a lot on the surface of the car:

But on the underside things weren't worse than last year.

Things I couldn't do today are:

• Replace rear shocks
  

I wanted to replace the rear shocks, but I don't seem to be able to get the top part loose. I forgot to take a photo, but it has a slotted shaft with nut on top. I tried to keep the shaft from rotating while trying to undo the nut, but I failed. Anyone got an idea how to get these things loose?

Last week I bought back my old Black Racing rims from r.ave. I tried fitting them to the Carina a few years ago and for fun tried once more today. So here's the Carina on Black Racing versus Celica Supra rims.
Front:


Rear:


I do like the fact these rims are black and it really suits the white/black theme of the car. However the gap is way too large!
So maybe time to throw in the set of Apex AE86 springs I bought years ago? My rear springs are rusty as heck, so it wouldn't be bad to replace them. I would need KE20 top hats to fit the AE86 springs on the Carina front struts. Anyone got a spare set of KE20 top hats?

And I also need a new set of tires on them as these cheap Chinese tires are the worst tires I've driven on. They really scared me as they have no grip at all! Besides that, r.ave used them on a drift session and managed to get the rid of the thread when drifting on a wet surface.


As I was cleaning up and sweeping the shed, I came across my Carina A60 spoiler set by Foha. For fun I tried it on the Carina as the last time I did this was over 10 years ago:

I like the rear spoiler, but I'm not so sure about the front spoiler. I much rather have a subtle chin spoiler like this one:


So I'm trying to book a slot for MOT next week. Keeping my fingers crossed.