Greetings from Finland

[silveR]

Hello all, thought I'd introduce myself before I start posting more frequently.

I bought my first AE86 last week, an '83 Sprinter Trueno JDM import which I'm going to build for street and occasional light track use. Mechanics wise the car is in perfect shape, purrs like a kitten with only 145 thousand km on the clock. Underneath the car is like new, couldn't believe my eyes when I lifted it up for the first time. The bodywork and interior are in a bit of a project shape though, the car has been painted over twice in Japan but I'm planning on restoring the outside with the original red color during the wintertime. Plans also include converting the steering to LHD.

For now I'm just making small repairs to get it registered, did a basic service with new oil and filter plus changed the headlights to new LHD ones yesterday and today I fixed the solderings inside the light switch to get the cluster lights working again. Oh, and I need proper wheels to replace the 13" steelies asap!



The car is really fun to drive despite low powers (I'm used to racing with 400-500bhp on tracks), so I've kind of figured out why some people like these little cars so much.

Regards,
Markus