Finally, second time lucky, it was time to replace the old four-spoke wheel with my three-spoke.
Category: Rolla
One thing that bugged me since I got the Carib was that the ignition barrel had been damaged, both making it hard to accurately insert the key, and making it look somewhat dodgy.
One difference the Pre-Facelift Carib has is that the taillights are big solid colour blocky things. I didn’t really like them, so off they came.
With WOF day looming, I had a few more things to get ready, starting with a wheel alignment.
I swear Deferred Maintenance should be the title of all my posts, because sure enough, here we are again.
The final task on the original Rolla was to stick the Carib suspension into it, and basically revert it back to the car as I bought it, but slightly better.
Today was a big day, spent turning two average cars into one good one.
Well, it was a good run with the Liftback Corolla, but unfortunately it’s become unfeasible to keep it going.
The manual swap wasn’t the only improvement on the cards for this car. Whats a sporty weekend/track car without some handing and braking upgrades?
As part of the manual conversion, we noticed that the inner CV boot on one side was cracked and leaking. Since it’d never be easier to do, I did it.