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My '93 Corolla From New Zealand

Discussion in '7th Gen' started by Sharpshooter, Apr 5, 2010.

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    Those are hella hard to find.
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    man that's a sick engine bay.
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    Yeah, its really clean without the mess of cables and tubes everywhere. My engine bay looks like a bowl of spaghetti.
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    not only that, but each of his mods look OEM, and that thing is clean enough to eat from!!
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    Yeah the 3 point like he has is basically impossible to find here, he may be able to find one, but it's like 3cm too long to ship.
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    Cut it in half, then weld it back together.
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    I wouldn't say in half, that would be too hard to get a clean weld there. Maybe just cut the ends off where the bolts go. That way the bar keeps its structual integrity but it'll be short enough to ship.
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    I was totally kidding dude...
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    I know but I'm not lol.
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    Yeah those TRD strut tower bars are extremely hard to find. They were discontinued by Toyota years ago so you can't buy them brand new anymore unfortunately. I can get you an OEM 2-point one, but the TRD 3-point one is virtually impossible to find these days.

    Some pics from today:

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    I was wondering when you'd post new pics here! Thanks.
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    My pleasure :). They were fun to take :cool:
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    **moves to New Zealand
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    how much can you get a 2 point one for? and can it be shipped in one piece?
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    168 shipped from USA dude, you don't gotta go through him.
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    See you soon ;)

    $120 NZD ($95 USD) + shipping (about $30 NZD/$24 USD) for the 2-point one. Yep, can be shipped in one piece. Have sent a few to the states before.

    The 2-point one I'm talking about is the OEM Toyota one that came on the Ae101 Corolla GT etc, not the TRD brace. The TRD one goes from strut tower to strut tower, whereas the OEM one goes from strut tower to firewall to strut tower, which is a much more rigid design in my opinion.

    Here's a pic of the one I was using before my TRD 3-point brace:

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    Oh that one, yeah those are cool, hmm, I'm kinda interested lol
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    Dosent fit on 8th gen, you noobs...
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    7th and 8th gen have the same suspension, noob. How does it not fit?
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    That strut bar? It will NOT fit.. dude those are the same ones as the celicas, i've tired. Unless you guys are talking about something else.
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    Yeah that's what we are talking about, hmm well I've always heard that the 93-02 Corollas have the same suspension layout, so I assuume it will fit our cars oops forgot you're a hondaboy :)
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    No that strut bar will not fit no matter what you do, its too wide and the holes dont match up. I had a picture of me jerry-rigging it onto my corolla though.
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    The strut bar WILL fit the 8th gens. It is different to the Celica one. The design looks the same but it is a different fitment than the Celica. I can assure you that it does fit. The AE101 (7 gen), AE110 (7.5 gen) and AE111 (8 gen) strut bars are all the same.
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    I really doubt this, I have never seen a celica style strut bar (like yours) mount up to an 8th gen. Got any pics? If mack does some searching which he apparently is so good at, you will find that strut bar on my car not fitting. But if you say its a different strut bar from the celicas, I believe you :)

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    Dude, it's Mr. OEM talking here... You think he's gonna put something on his car unless it came from a Corolla? Come on lol
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    You have my word that the bar fits an 8th gen. The Celica ones don't fit at all, as you know, but the ones I sell do. The AE111 Corolla GT (4A-GE 20v Blacktop) uses the identical bar to the AE101 Corolla GT (4A-GE 20v Silvertop). They are 100% interchangeable. In fact, I test fitted the bar on my Dad's old AE110 Sprinter (5A-FE) and it was a direct fit also, and still had the indentations in the firewall that was put there from factory. All three generations are the same ;). Even the AE101 Levins/Truenos and AE101 Marinos/Ceres use the exact same bar.
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    Explain to me how that bar ^^^ is different than his old one.
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    Huh? Who's old one? Isn't the whole point in him buying a bar because he doesn't have one right now?

    Here's a perfect comparison between the Corolla bar and the Celica bar: In your photo, look at the centre of the bar where it bolts to the firewall, and compare it to the centre of the one in my photo. As you can see, the bolt holes are much further apart on the Corolla one. The Celica and Corolla do not use the same strut brace, I don't know how I can make it any clearer. The 7th Gen strut brace will fit the 8th Gen and vice versa, end of story ;)
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    Gotchya, lol I just NEVER seen anyone with that strut bar on an 8th gen. Must be a YO NEW ZEALOND SO JDM OEM COOL YO thing. :)

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