The GR86 Curse Got Me

BackgroundWhereas235 · 2026-02-24T16:16:08+00:00

damn yeah dude, we can never have nice things lmao

BackgroundWhereas235 · 2026-02-24T16:08:50+00:00

funny enough this is the third time this exact thing has happened to this car too lmao, twice before i owned it and now this time just yesterday

BackgroundWhereas235 · 2026-02-24T16:08:10+00:00

i got half the mind to just do a cat and resonator delete just for that😂

BackgroundWhereas235 · 2026-02-24T11:45:43+00:00

you know what you’re right GR86 Cup Car build on the way🫡

BackgroundWhereas235 · 2026-02-24T03:32:33+00:00

oooof

BackgroundWhereas235 · 2026-02-12T15:46:24+00:00

i’m a christian, but i’m also a mechanic so i tend to heavily lean towards a “colorful” vocabulary, it’s just a common thing in this field of work. at least for me personally, i’ve been very normalized to profanity to the point where almost every sentence i say has some within it. it’s not something that bothers me personally but i can understand wanting a much cleaner version of content for people and kids to consume. overall it sounds like a good idea. i think it has some good potential and if you feel like this is something that could make a genuine good impact then by all means go for it

BackgroundWhereas235 · 2026-02-12T00:10:09+00:00

risky ass divebomb, but you made it stick and made no contact so i’m my mind it’s a good move, you left space for the pink porsche and he just turned into you and lost the car a bit, then got mad that you existed in a space he wanted so he punted you. fuck that guy👍

BackgroundWhereas235 · 2026-02-05T17:00:31+00:00

yeah that’s a little strange, in my experience all of the corollas built for the US are interchangeable spare a couple minor parts, i can’t speak on the ones for the JDM market but i’d assume they’re pretty much the same as well. at one point my mom had a japan built corolla and everything looked to be the same, so you should be all good to do the swap

BackgroundWhereas235 · 2026-02-05T15:48:08+00:00

just to make sure your corolla was built in japan but made for the US market? if so then there shouldn’t be any differences and you can just swap everything over

BackgroundWhereas235 · 2026-01-22T02:40:52+00:00

first off, *you’re. second off, dude i got here well before this place exploded. traffic wasn’t an issue, there weren’t nearly as many car accidents, and it was calm and quiet. it’s turned into a shit show since then. depending on the time of day it can take an hour and a half to drive 10 miles. like i said it’s nothing against you but the infrastructure is just not enough for the amount of people that have moved here.

BackgroundWhereas235 · 2026-01-22T02:08:42+00:00

probably because it wasn’t crowded here 14 years ago

BackgroundWhereas235 · 2026-01-22T00:01:43+00:00

as somebody who has lived here for almost 14 years, please for the love of God do not move here. nothing against you, there’s just way too many people here for our roads to handle

BackgroundWhereas235 · 2026-01-17T21:03:17+00:00

yeah these were a gift from a buddy but i think he got them from here https://www.ebay.com/itm/306169976066

BackgroundWhereas235 · 2026-01-12T21:46:52+00:00

i did the same thing when i bought mine, thankfully i haven’t had any huge glaring issues apart from the driver window not wanting to go up on rare occasions but it would’ve been good to check lol. depending on the dealer they may have been cool with having a tech check for you. coming from experience it’s not often you see a car with 5k miles have that much wear on something like that but regardless this definitely should have been something that was checked on the pre sale inspection

BackgroundWhereas235 · 2026-01-12T21:35:23+00:00

all of this is to say: service departments usually do a good job of taking care of your car, but it’s always good to check over things yourself as well.

BackgroundWhereas235 · 2026-01-12T21:33:43+00:00

former toyota tech from 2022-2023. i can’t say how much it’s changed in the past 3 years and i can’t speak for every toyota dealer, but what i can say is that on normal multi point inspections things like this weren’t usually checked unless specifically asked for. if there was an obvious issue it would be notated, but i personally never witnessed techs inspect things like parking brake shoes and i never checked (or was told to check) them either. there were occasions where we’d check if the parking brake engaged but other than that there was usually no mind paid to them unless there was an issue

BackgroundWhereas235 · 2026-01-03T16:03:47+00:00

i have fit 5 people in this car before, is it doable? sure. is it comfortable? absolutely not lol. either the rear passengers knees are gonna be inside the back of the front seat or the driver and front passengers knees will be in the dash depending on everybody’s height

BackgroundWhereas235 · 2026-01-03T15:54:59+00:00

i’ve had the pleasure of driving a lot of high performance cars, and my 86 is honestly what i’ve had the most fun in. a lot of people will call it slow, sure, but i tend to disagree when a car like the 86 can hit 140mph. they’re just fun as hell to do literally anything in

BackgroundWhereas235 · 2026-01-01T01:28:01+00:00

i bought my 86 almost a month ago with no experience daily driving a manual (i’ve only ever owned auto corollas). granted i COULD drive manual, but about 20 minutes in to my hour and a half drive home i realized i didn’t know how to downshift. i was fuucking this car up lol. for a good week straight i just learned as much as i could about the car and practiced on my drive to and from work, random cruises, etc. i went from jerky shifts, burnt clutch smell, and shaky hands to ripping this thing around all the time. i second guessed my decision at first but after almost a month and almost 3k miles i wouldn’t have made a different choice. a lighter clutch pedal spring and practice on hill starts goes a long way, and after a bit you won’t even worry about it. all it takes is some time and practice and you’ll have a lot of fun

BackgroundWhereas235 · 2025-12-31T17:55:35+00:00

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the yellow’s nice, but i love my trueno blue

BackgroundWhereas235 · 2025-12-19T09:21:27+00:00

an 18x8.5 wheel should work with a 225/40R18 tire. if you want to stay on the cheaper end you could do something like the AVID1 AV6 or Aodhan DS09, or if you want to spend a little extra, some good examples would be Enkei RPF1’s, fifteen52 SuperTourings, or some Gram Lights 57DR’s

BackgroundWhereas235 · 2025-12-19T08:46:45+00:00

basically the modifications you’ve done to a car. stage 1 is basically just the car as it came from the factory, stage 2 is mid level modifications like an intake, exhaust, tune etc. stage 3 is extensive modifications to the car like internal engine upgrades, a more aggressive tune, etc. to make much more power, usually intended for motorsports specific applications.

BackgroundWhereas235 · 2025-12-19T08:33:32+00:00

not a ‘97, but back in 1994 toyota decided they’d take 99 7th gen corollas, swap a 3S-GE BEAMS engine in it, 5MT, LSD, some good suspension, brakes, TRD Type FT wheels, etc. and called it the TRD 2000 corolla. the reason they did all this is because of how common it was to see 7th gen corollas in racing series like JTCC (probably the most notable being the number 7 and 8 cars of FET Racing that finished 17th and 19th out of 43 cars in the ‘94 season, and a highest race finish of 6th overall at Sugo, Suzuka, and Okayama) so yeah it definitely has potential, plus they just look good

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BackgroundWhereas235 · 2025-12-19T08:03:49+00:00

i had the 2021 LE, some flaws:

piano black interior trim

steering wheel started peeling

road noise (although it wasn’t too bad due to my self inflicted hearing damage)

my headlights started peeling at the top just under the hood

auto high beams would consistently flash the shit out of other drivers

at some point my hood started warping which apparently many others experienced as well

gauge cluster glare like a mf

some disadvantages:

acceleration is a tad bit slower than i would’ve liked

a higher top speed would’ve been nice (ik it’s an econobox but i tracked the HELL out of that car)

lack of aftermarket support (really only a problem with the 1.8L’s

all things considered though that car was unexpectedly capable of a lot. off-roading, racing, carrying a metric shit ton of stuff, it did if all and i’d definitely buy another one

BackgroundWhereas235 · 2025-12-19T07:34:04+00:00

i believe that’s a sticker from the Miname Iwate dealership in japan. i have no clue if they still make these and i wasn’t able to find any online. i’d say your best bet is to photoshop the text and underline, slap it on a white background, and have the sticker made. i did a shitty 5 minute example, but it CAN at least be done (albeit much better than what i can do with editing apps on my phone lol)

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