97 e10 xli plus

Subject: 97 e10 xli plus Thu May 05, 2011 1:51 am

Well here is my pride and joy in all her glory. I got it almost 7 months ago when my uncle sadly passed away. My brother who is a mechanic said he would use it for the time being as it would be quite a while before I was on the road. I agreed because it would have been just sitting up and that would be a shame not to have the car in use. So anyways I know the paint is a bit shot but thats nothing a good bit of g3 wont sort out. Im not going mad with mods just yet because I know my uncle wouldnt be happy if I did anything stupid to it and tbh I dont plan on putting anything mad on it as it would be a shame to ruin such a perfectly good car and only 139k miles for a 14 year old car aswell. My brother done all the work to the corolla whilst my uncle had it so I know its in a1 condition bar the faded paint but that isnt anything major. For a 14 year old car there isnt a single spot of rust I had it up on the lift in my brothers garage and couldnt get over how clean it is for its age. I still only have the drivers side 1/4 panel compounded & polished as when I did it the bad weather struck and I couldnt get near my brothers garage for weeks and I fell ill but Ill get cracking on it one of the days this week for sure

My plans for it are:

15" tsw stealths -got-
jap rear tailights -got-
cd player -still to be got-
bzr levin front seats -still to be got-

Any other ideas for cheap mods oh and no backboxes or the likes I hate them with a passion.

Thats the story of my car. All coments welcome both good and bad I dont mind.

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Subject: Re: 97 e10 xli plus Thu May 05, 2011 1:53 am

Nice work bud... Very Happy

Subject: Re: 97 e10 xli plus Thu May 05, 2011 1:58 am

Cheers appreciate it its great when I get comments like that makes it all worth while

Subject: Re: 97 e10 xli plus Thu May 05, 2011 2:02 am

i take that its a 1.3 4efe?

Subject: Re: 97 e10 xli plus Thu May 05, 2011 2:04 am

indeed it is for the next few years anyways Cool

Subject: Re: 97 e10 xli plus Thu May 05, 2011 2:17 am

lol.. cool.
is it the first gen 4efe or the 2nd gen 4efe?

Subject: Re: 97 e10 xli plus Thu May 05, 2011 2:30 am

1st gen i think it has a different intake mani to the 4efe e11's so id assume mine is 1st gen ?

Subject: Re: 97 e10 xli plus Thu May 05, 2011 2:32 am

the 2nd gen has a different mani to the 1st gen too..

will get some pics up to show the differnce between them...

Subject: Re: 97 e10 xli plus Thu May 05, 2011 2:37 am

think there is sort of a rounded shape on one side on the 2nd gens aint there mine isnt like that ?

Subject: Re: 97 e10 xli plus Thu May 05, 2011 3:45 am

Who's is the mk2 escort buddy?? is that finished?? i wouuld love to know about that.

Subject: Re: 97 e10 xli plus Thu May 05, 2011 3:53 am

it belongs to one of my brothers hes it almost finished just a few interior bits and its road legal hes using a 16v 4age out of his old ae82 corolla rally car

Subject: Re: 97 e10 xli plus Thu May 05, 2011 3:59 am

mr_oconbhui wrote:: it belongs to one of my brothers hes it almost finished just a few interior bits and its road legal hes using a 16v 4age out of his old ae82 corolla rally car

Nice one mate, i take it all the rust has been taken out? affraid

I would love one of the mk2 escorts.. the first thing i would do is drop the cosworth engine in there... Twisted Evil

Keep us updated mate please. geek

Subject: Re: 97 e10 xli plus Thu May 05, 2011 4:21 am

its been fully restored every nut and bolt its been full resprayed inside and out when i said a few interior bits i just meant some panels on the inside its got a full carbon fibre dash and seats out of a 05 hyundai coupe

Subject: Re: 97 e10 xli plus Thu May 05, 2011 6:25 am

Nice little project you've got there Very Happy

. Looking forward to seeing your updates Cool

Subject: Re: 97 e10 xli plus Thu May 05, 2011 7:20 am

Good stuff man, love to see people taking care of there motors. happy moding Wink

Subject: Re: 97 e10 xli plus Thu May 05, 2011 7:26 am

nice bro ill be keeping an eye on this project.

Subject: Re: 97 e10 xli plus Thu May 19, 2011 4:30 am

Nice original XLi model bro! Here people want to convert body parts to this model...

Do you have the interior photos? I'd love to see em'

Subject: Re: 97 e10 xli plus Thu May 19, 2011 6:09 am

nice choice of wheel,id have stealths on mine but could park it no where round here cause they would take the caps Evil or Very Mad

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i envy you sir... Very Happy

very nice EDM sedan...

Subject: Re: 97 e10 xli plus Fri Jul 01, 2011 9:36 pm

looks well kenny keep up the good work

Subject: Re: 97 e10 xli plus Sat Jul 02, 2011 4:36 am

You have a nice car there! Im sure it will look awesome after it is fully polished.

Subject: Re: 97 e10 xli plus Wed Jul 20, 2011 4:17 am

Whoa! Nice! European original... What a Face

Subject: Re: 97 e10 xli plus Mon Aug 01, 2011 7:55 am

yes european model inside out.... I like it! Very Happy

Subject: Re: 97 e10 xli plus Tue Aug 30, 2011 7:36 am

I aint been on here in ages tbh I had forgot about here but I haven't really done much with the car as I'm saving up for insurance in a month but I was in a scrappy and spotted a set of 5 gxi corolla wheels and I asked how much they were and for the price I got them for I couldnt say no I've one on so far I sheared a stud on the back drivers side so never bothered putting on the rest until I fix it

and I'll have a set of these thursday evening all going well

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Subject: Re: 97 e10 xli plus Tue Aug 30, 2011 10:01 am

nice work mate...
are the seats from a levin or a corolla g6?