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Carina Sightings: My German Carina TA60 twin!

My Toyota Carina TA60 isn’t unique by itself. But over the years I have tweaked it a bit to my own liking by adding fog lights at the front, 15 inch Celica Supra rims all around and a few more bits and pieces as well. I was browsing earlier today through some photos taken by…




Smallish 9 year Toyota Carina update

Actually this is a big Toyota Carina update! The title is an understatement and was a bit of irony as there has a lot happened in the past few years. I should first briefly explain the the things that happened and go into those things later in depth in additional posts. So what happened to…




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…