Category: my carina

My Carina: Celica Supra seats upgrade

I have always fancied the Toyota Corolla AE86 or Toyota Celica Supra seats as they are quite comfortable for OEM factory seats and still give enough support at the thighs and back when cornering. In contrast the OEM Toyota Carina TA60 seats feels more like sitting on a buck of a carriage: too high and…




My Carina: current state double headlights

Just a quick update on the state of my Carina: Yes I’ve almost removed the single headlights from my Toyota Carina TA60. However there is one nasty discovery I made today and it is clear in the photo below:…




My Carina: Carina AA63 double headlights assembly part 1

After being silent on the subject of my Carina for a while I’ve finally made some more progress: I’m assembling the Carina AA63 double headlights (after stripping and repairing them first): This is only the right side assembly and unfortunately the left side has to wait a bit. And yes I know: it is definitely…




My Carina: new goodies arrived!

Yesterday I received some goodies from the US for my Toyota Carina TA60: A set of camberplates and a full set of Prothane AE86 poly bushes. I’ll trial fit the poly bushes to see which ones match and which ones don’t. I’ll probably end up with half the set used and some that don’t fit…




For sale: My JDMish Toyota Carina 1.6 DX TA60

I made a tough decision last Monday: my Carina is for sale! The reason why? Well I got an offer for a (project) car that I can’t refuse. 😉 My goal is to sell the whole as one lot, but if some buyer decides not to buy all the parts/JDM stuff I’ll put that here…




My Carina: Progress on the rear inner fender!

Finally I can post up some progress made on fixing the inner fenders: on the left rear inner fender all rust has been solved and it just needs a little skim with the angle grinder before it can receive its new coating. But during the fixup the welder kind of set the rear seat belt…