Toyota Corolla G6

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There's a bit of history to this little purple Toyota.
It was the first ever new car bought by my parents, it was me Mothers pride and joy, then made its way to my sister, she had it for a few years and I then sold her my 2009 avensisvand took this as a bit of a p/x as she had no need of it. Idea was it would go to my wife to replace her first car, a fiat scietento, as the fiat was definitely looking a bit worse for wear and had been written off following someone reversing into it in a petrol station.

So only 3 lady owners all with the same surname.

Unfortunately lady Borednow likes driving the narrow twisty back lanes of Cornwall, let's just say some old person had parked on the exit to a blind corner to extract another Werthers Original from the glove box and it was either him or the tractor coming the other way.

So a bit of panel damage and a Cat C write off. I say a bit.......bumper, bonnet, two wings and both headlights. luckily no damage to SWMBO. So the car is now considered unlucky and alternative transportation was sourced. So it's now mine!

After raiding scrap yards I've managed to find all the bits except the G6 lip spoiler. Of course they were all the wrong colour. Front end is now stripped and panels are being prepped

Photos to follow once I figure out why the iPad is being a pain and not letting me upload on 3G!

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As you can see she's been a bit neglected over the last few months! The wife used her as a dog transporter hence the seat covers and she's been stood for the last 6 months as I've tried to decide what to do with her. I did a quick refurb of the wheels about 3 years ago for my sister and they're definitely due another or replacement. The wings have had their first coat of paint but both need sanding back, doing again as this is my first attempt with a spray gun, lacquering and final fitting.

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A bit more progress today

Final coats of paint and laquering as well

[smiffiekiller]

is this gona be up for sale?

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Oct 20, 2015 23:15:18 GMT smiffiekiller said:

is this gona be up for sale?

Alright mate, nope, well not immediately anyway. It's gonna be my daily.

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A bit more completed.

Bonnet and wings on, sanded, compounded and polished.

Lights grabbed from 2 different scrap yards

Pixies to follow

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Found a bit of rust popping up at the bottom of the drivers door



I think I might need to do a bit of a clean up under the arches too!

[smiffiekiller]

looking much better matw

[uncleterry]

This is pretty cool, you've done a good job at getting the panels matching up again!
Bit of a sucker for these, as I had an E100 corolla (previous model to this) for a few years and enjoyed it. Always keep an eye on the slightly higher performance models of the later ones. They can be surprisingly good fun to drive!

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Cheers chaps

She's getting there, although I must admit to being sick of sanding!

It's been my first time using a spray gun and I've learned a lot during the process
Mainly that when I need something sprayed I need to go to a professional ?

New wheels are sorted so the next bits are to tidy up underneath where everything is rusty and replace the fuel lines out of the tank as they're pretty much rusted out

Wish me luck! Hopefully I won't shear all the bolts this time

[smiffiekiller]

iv slapped some 17 inch lenso that were sittin in my garage for 10yrs check it out!

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Looking good mucker

How's she ride on 17's? I've gone for some 15's that I had lying around. Strangely enough they're Lensos as well

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A bit of work done under the bonnet with some heat proof paint to tidy up all the rusty bits









I de badged the back ( to match the fact I'm not putting the bonnet badge back and installed a number plate light covery thing obtained from a scrappy as the original had been wrenched off, can't decide if to leave it black or do it body colour as it was originally.
I've also found the paint is faded on the rest of the boot lid except where the badges go so I'm contemplating black badges and black plinth thingy.



Installed the biy racer exhaust tip obtained during a scouting mission to a scrappy too

Then set about the door, more flaming sanding and stuff, be done soon hopefully though







That's about it so far
Just got to
Tidy up under all wheel arches
Fit new wheels all round
Change out fuel lines
Waxoyl underneath after a bit of de rusting and painting
Complete stereo install
Full valet inside and out

Not much then?

[smiffiekiller]

iv ripped off my rear logo badge looks much smooth now...and the front badge iv replaced for a dark grey...the 17s are alright looks good just a lil sluggish

[smiffiekiller]

and your car is looking good man!

any wheels are better than 13inch
I feel 16inch are the best but oh well something bigger is better than the standard curse word lol

[skozra]

You should put a bugeye Impreza hood scoop on that !

Car's looking great, I do like those Corollas.

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Nov 12, 2015 21:27:44 GMT smiffiekiller said:

and your car is looking good man!

any wheels are better than 13inch
I feel 16inch are the best but oh well something bigger is better than the standard curse word lol

Cheers chap, getting there. Maybe......

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Nov 13, 2015 0:11:17 GMT skozra said:

You should put a bugeye Impreza hood scoop on that !

Car's looking great, I do like those Corollas.

Hmmmm, interesting thought. Hmmmmm

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Finally got around to tidying up under the arches and got the arch liners in, thought I'd go with white calipers for a bit of a change.