DeBuGti

Hey all, Some of you met me at the show last week, I brought up loved Corolla GTi. Since i've been browsing on the forums, i've noticed you have a project thread page... So I thought i'd post up my cars restoration I took it through around 3 - 4 years ago.. The story started when I was 17 and I bought a very rusty old 89 Corolla GTi off a friend, unfortunately due to a lack of money and experience I sold it too a scrap yard and ever since then I haven't wanted any other car... So when I got married just over 3 years ago I asked my wife if I could buy an old Corolla GTi as a weekend toy... I also promised her I'd find a mint one for £600 that needed no work doing to it.... Bahahahahahahahahaha This was the first time I had ever done anything like this, and would do it differently when I come to sort her out in a few years down the line, but I really love the car, and taking it apart and putting it back together just made me love it even more! So enjoy the story! The car when I first bought her. First few things I had to do, was mainly strip the car out and start taking note of all the MANY holes it had around it, also when I bought it off a very kind dealer it had, 2 bald tyres, a smashed windscreen, all 4 arches were a different colour and the entire roof was rotting. The rear arches were gone beyond repair and also once taking the rear bumper off too I found some nice treats that needed to be sorted. Notice in the next picture there be something odd looking about the rear quater by the brake light... I uncovered a nightmare tbh! Unfortunately it looks like A LOT of water had gotten between the mouldings and the glass, and because my old garage had no power I had to take all the rust and crap out by hand with sand paper... It did take a long time and was very, VERY tedious. New rear panels ordered and I was new to welding... eek So as mentioned previously, when I started taking away this side panel, it became obvious that the previous owner had made a god awful attempt to patch it up.. and the car had been in a read shunt at some point. Mad to believe all these little gremlins I found. Got me some wings from the toyota dealerships! ohh my god!!! More to come!

Toying with these...

ooo I haven't seen those before.. not sure if they're too new looking for it... It's a grey GTi by the way

I'm looking to get some new wheels for my Toyota Corolla GTi... Any ideas? I'm looking for 14" or 15" wheels

I already said to Hou.... Portable hot tub? Mwahaha... On a serious note, thanks for making me so welcome again! Was epic to meet you all and had a great time, looking forward to next year if i'm welcome

Guys and girls, amazing weekend! Thank you so much for the great hospitality!! Here are some pics!

You got slut dropped!?!?!?!

Superman will save the day...

I'll be there in the old GTi mate.. i'll have to clean the dust off her now ;-)

AAAAAHHHH Not long to go

Can I get a tent spot next to yours... maybe a glory hole.

I'll be there around 18:00-19:00 on the Thursday Happy to help with whatever is needed.

Dark.... What time... I feel a 2 car convoy ;) we could meet on the A1 or something? I finish work at 4pm that day... possibly earlier... So I could try and get over?

I'll be going over Thursday evening if anyones coming from the south coast?

Thanks guys appreciate your commends looking forward to meeting you all!

I haven't played since last year either.

Hi all, Stand pass and tickets purchased... Who's up for helping me take Hou down in beer pong?

Hi all, Thought I'd introduce myself as I'll be hopefully meeting a large number of you at JAE this year. My names Andy I'm 29 I live in Worthing, West Sussex. I've been to JAE for the last 2 years with the Track Ninja's and AE92 OC. Unfortunately this year I think due to numbers we're not having a show stand, so Hou who I hope some of you know has advised we're coming with yourselves I have a 1991 Toyota Corolla GTi which recently around 3-4 years ago was restored, since then I've used it to it's full.... However lately she's gathered allot of dust in the garage and i'm sure will enjoy the 3 and a half hour journey up to see you all I've only done some light mods to it. She's lower on 35mm Koni springs and shocks, a Mongoose stainless steel exhaust system, Stripped in the rear, had other various things done with it. I love it and the Toyota brand!

Hi all, Thought I'd introduce myself as I'll be hopefully meeting a large number of you at JAE this year. My names Andy I'm 29 I live in Worthing, West Sussex. I've been to JAE for the last 2 years with the Track Ninja's and AE92 OC. Unfortunately this year I think due to numbers we're not having a show stand, so Hou who I hope some of you know has advised we're coming with yourselves I have a 1991 Toyota Corolla GTi which recently around 3-4 years ago was restored, since then I've used it to it's full.... However lately she's gathered allot of dust in the garage and i'm sure will enjoy the 3 and a half hour journey up to see you all I've only done some light mods to it. She's lower on 35mm Koni springs and shocks, a Mongoose stainless steel exhaust system, Stripped in the rear, had other various things done with it. I love it and the Toyota brand!