7th (93-97) Gen Showoff - Megathread

for some reason i want buddy club wheels in white

lmao i remember him telling me in the car it was driving him crazy, but it feels so good! hit me baby one more time...

damn,clean ass engine bay.

and gimmi your rims!!!!!!!!!!!!

im going to smoke them a lil bit

find me some gold wheels

I'll do a straight trade, I'm even getting them freshly powder coated gold here in a few days.

yeaa! idk if i want to install one of my Apex mufflers or sell them /=
Have N1 non turbo and WSII non turbo...hmm...think think

Here's some pics of my Dad's 1993 Sprinter AE100 (facelift). He bought it a few weeks ago as a run-around car so that he doesn't have to get his main car dirty when it rains and to keep the mileage down (you can see where I inherited my fussiness from, haha). It's the highly spec'ed SE Limited model (same model as mine but in Sprinter form) and was built in Japan (JDM). It originally had a 5A-FE (1500cc) engine in it, but the previous owner swapped it with a 4A-FE (1600cc). The transmission is a 4-speed auto.

It shares the same chassis, interior, suspension etc as the Corolla, except the body panels are different. It's basically the JDM equivalent of the USDM Geo Prizm.

this may be a dumb question but why do car companies play around with the names and badging of cars? Its a geo prizm here and a toyota sprinter there...why not just keep it the same name all around? same thing with the look. whats with the minor differences in the front/rear of that version and the geo prizm version? im just really curious about all this

cause chevy was in need of $ during this time. lol

dude, REALLY want that front bumper, grill, and headlights

it just look like a third gen camry....

I guess it's their way of getting a wider variety of vehicles. Chevy gave Toyota the Cavalier in return (which was NOT a fair trade I might add). Holden, who is also owned by Chevy, brought out the Holden Nova, which was just a re-badged 7th Gen Corolla. In return, Holden gave Toyota the Commodore, which was re-badged as the Toyota Lexcen.

In the Sprinter's case, there were a few noticeable changes that set it apart from the Geo Prizm. The first being the interior layout and the second being the tail lights, headlights, bumpers and grille. It's strange why the two companies even bothered to pair up, but I guess it worked as they continued to bring out Geo Prizms based on the JDM Sprinters for quite a few years.

Here's a shot I took about 10-minutes ago. Just happened to walk outside and saw a rainbow (was actually a double rainbow but the second one wouldn't fit in the frame), so ran inside and grabbed my camera. Didn't have enough time to grab my keys, push the button and unfold the mirrors so they're folded in the photo, haha:

cool pic! now go get me the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow haha

Haha, will be long gone by now

P.S. Press F11 on your keyboard to view the photo in full

Hahaha, I can honestly say that over all the years I've had that account, you are the first one to pick up on the account name. Nice catch. I made the account in 2005. Was a bit of a pothead back then

someone find me Fx bumper /=

^ I can find you one no sweat, but shipping one is another story.

They said FIND me an FX bumper, didn't say nothin' about shipping one

Test fitted my front lip today. Needs prep work and painting, but it seems to fit well with no cutting required: