and what happened to the chrome roof rack? wagons cant not have roof racks.

a saying i made for my ramcharger is "i dont care about shiny paint or fancy interiors. i just want to be low enough that a roof rack is cool" lol

 

supra wheels came in 14x6, 14x7, 15x6. 235 was the stock width for the 14x7.




i plan on bagging the **** out of it, want to lay pinch welds with 16x7 chrome on chrome 60 spoke daytons.



still got the roof rack, just nervous to drill holes

 

weird. i could have sworn they said 14x8 on the backside. was there a similar 4 spoke wheel from a different car, like the corolla rwds that spec? i should have taken a picture. did they come in that design in a 5 lug? stupid 78s are way narrow and hard to find cool tuckable wheels. especially ones not made by ford. haha. did that already.

 

a lot of people mistake startion wheels for celica wheels.


hell i know people that mistake starions for 82-85 celica's.


and if i remember correctly starions came in both 4 n 5 lugs with a ton of different sizes and widths, up to a 9in wide wheel i think.





i really like my ford wheels, the unmarked center caps hide the blue oval stamp

 

Haha. I had chrome ovals on my caps. But I don't think they were the 5 spoke starions. Probably just were 7" wide. I don't think starion offset would work for me anyways. LOL

 

working on the supra brake swap



car status at the moment is:

dead alt - upcoming alt upgrade
dripping radiator plug-fixed
dripping oil plug-fixing
zip tie throttle linkage needs to be metal or something

and the whole front suspension is torn apart at the moment.


did i mention the spindles from a 87 supra with 11.5in vented rotors and 5lug


turns out the ball joint diameters are not as close as id hoped


so im gonna hit up the parts store and see how much bigger a later truck balljoint is. i believe they mount the same, we'll find out. or ill attempt to use the stock ball joints, the lower (above left) looks pretty easy to mod to fit, but the upper is pressed and the arm is way wider then the corona arm



heres some gratuitous comparison pics




9.5in for those counting at home.


and a couple random pics of my stock suspension






and a shot of a hilux spindle for comparison



now i really cant wait to bag it, front looks easy to lay it on the ground, trim some and weld some, cake.

 

mmmm.... cake

 

if this wagons a knockin...he must have throw a rod bearing

 

Gee, those suspension components look familiar

 

curtis-
my mom made me home made coffe cake for my birthday last month. with butter cream coffee frosting



standard-
this motor is tire fryin A O K. jus a dead alt. the wheeler killed all 4 rod rod bearings and maybe some other crap



toydatto-
really?


i got to peak at a 510 all naked, and i swear my celica front suspension is the same.


are the wagons that close too?




or do ya mean that the wagon looks like a hilux, cuz ya, pretty much the same $hit. no strut rod, and there is a built in 1in lift on the wagon spindles, which incidentally seem to have the same spacing as the supra spindles, and supposedly the supra spindles are a 1in drop for a truck (have to mount them upside down i guess). so i guess a corona spndle would be a viable option for hilux owners to get 4lug up front and a 1in spindle drop.

 

turns out im completely wrong about the swap, wont bolt up, but is possible with a lil fab im not willing to do atm.


here's a catchup copy n paste from www.bodydrop.org

 

your radiator fan secret should be zipties. comon 'Nuff

 

ryan are the stock uppers and lowers identical to the trucks for sure?

 

cin- was zipties, upgrading to bolts.





bernie-

there is nothing the same as a truck, ball joints have a much smaller shaft and taper, the upper does have the same bolt pattern tho, lower isnt even close and would require welding up the stock holes then plating it and re drilling.

both arms are 100% different, tho it looks like it might be possible to put truck arms on the wagon, only about .5 in difference where the pivot bushing is, but on the wagon it has a bushing like a leaf spring pressed into the arm, more like the supra upper.


i just wanted something quick n easy to put my 17's on, instead im gonna sell em to help fund other projects. dont have money for bags right now, and i dont want to build the arms twice.