Looking for a AE86 Corolla GTS

I cannot find a cheap one, thinking about paying 2000 or 2500, less would be great but i want to build a drift car and i love these cars. If anyone knows of a good car importing place or can find one of these online for an ideal price that would be awesome!

All i gotta say is good luck this is like the rare jem everyone wants on but getting your hands on one here that is in decent condition aint easy

dont you have an engine that needs a rebuild ? and a stroker kit planned?

Good luck finding one here that isent wrecked or rusted to shit and isent over priced. Maybe importing a rhd is a good idea? I dont know

Bahaha ahahahahahahaha

ha.

a JDM one will cost you a pretty penny. iv seen lots that are around the 10+ mark landed.

the ones that are locals are pretty badly beaten up, rusted, falling apart, really high kms and people still want 2-3 or even 4 grand.

big market for them, and the sellers know it. If you started your search.....oh lets say 5-6 years ago, you would of found something no problem.

dont get your hopes up to high

This isent even a hatch and its expensive

http://www.usedvictoria.com/classified-ad/5933240


What about a 240sx, Rx7, Supra, Celica rwd, 5.0 mustang(just throwing that out there)

All of those cars can be relatively expensive, the sad fact is that if you wanted to get into drifting your chosen car would almost have to be your DD.... Unless you have a lot of cash. Most people are aware if their cars can be used in the sport and charge accordingly. The reason I laughed earlier because if the AE86 was that cheap alot more of us would be driving them. But for the money you would pay for one now.... it is not worth it. They are slow and not much can be done to fix that as it messes with its perfect weight distribution. I guess the bottom line is, if you are looking to get a decent rwd than you are looking at 4500 at least, and to me that is even pushing it. Whatever you save on the bottom end is going to have to be put into make it drift worthy.

Other cars you could look at are toyota Soarer, maybe an Aristo or an old Datsun. (This is just me brain storminng0 and no go on the mustang.

Anyway, if you find an AE86 don't let me know as I will try to out bid you on it.

1eightySX wrote:

Other cars you could look at are toyota Soarer, maybe an Aristo or an old Datsun. (This is just me brain storminng0 and no go on the mustang.

Anyway, if you find an AE86 don't let me know as I will try to out bid you on it.

ooooo. way outta his price range

raboyto2 wrote:

1eightySX wrote:

Other cars you could look at are toyota Soarer, maybe an Aristo or an old Datsun. (This is just me brain storminng0 and no go on the mustang.

Anyway, if you find an AE86 don't let me know as I will try to out bid you on it.

ooooo. way outta his price range

Oh I know maybe I did not make that clear anyway it may be a little cheaper than a S13 ,RX7 or anAE86. You sold cars or somethng like that..what is in his price range for a decent drift car? I am going to say nothing worth having!

i dont know anything about drifting.

im gonna say a decent drift car will run you ATLEAST 6000$ . but what the fuck do i know.

That is fair guess, like I said you could go cheaper but the car would maybe problamatic.

the only way to go cheaper is to buy a cheaper car. when buying a cheaper car you start dealing with rusted frames, high kms engines (sure some hold up, but lots wont) , lots of "little" things that need to be replaced like wheel bearings, seals, gaskets , ball joints, bushings etc

like ryan said, if they were that cheap, we'd all be driving them. your not the first person to come up with this wonderful idea.

theres a few spots left on this little red wagon, seats are going fast! get yours toDAY

haha well i understand, I was hoping for one in a canadian/japanese auction, and i found an auction in canada that has some that are beat up, I could buy something like a 240 i dont even think that i will plate the car anyways so who cares about a saftey, I plan on buying something for cheep, little or no rust, strip everything , little fix up and perhaps a motor swap after a while, I have found some cars for cheap so you can't tell me there are non

Some of us did and now they need new engines.

Japanese auction are great but it is the shipping, tax, duties and all the other fees that get you. Like I said at this point most people have these cars for a reason or at least understand they can be sold for a decent amount if it is in decent shape. Don't believe me make an offer on Project_S13's car. the cheapest 240 I have seen as of late was the one Adrian sold to Corey. Or ask Corey how cheap his new car was. The thing is you buy a car cheap you are going to need sink a few bucks into before it is track worthy. If you find one far away you are going to pay shipping plus repairs.

It might be cheaper just to become one those people who believe in the myth of drifting a FWD... at least this way your Type R will see mods you have discussed prior.

Our civic can drift! it was Mad Tyte!

Bert can testify to that too! he was there!

mr.bellamy wrote:

haha well i understand, I was hoping for one in a canadian/japanese auction, and i found an auction in canada that has some that are beat up, I could buy something like a 240 i dont even think that i will plate the car anyways so who cares about a saftey ....

lol, what are you talking about? Canadian / japanese auction? Lets see this "auction" in canada.

good luck finding one. This is pretty much every guys dream who has ever watched Initial D. You want a cheap RWD car with near 50/50 wieght distrobution? Seriously consider a 1985-1991 BMW 3 series( and I'm not saying that becasue I have a shit load of parts I need to unload). You can get a decent one for around $3000. it has a straight 6, with a fair amount of torque, they love to rev, they came with a factory LSD, and you can swap in a DOHC m50/m52 6 cylinder(out of a 1992-1999 BMW) for around $2000, and ///M3 motors are a direct swap. The engine bay is large enough to house EVERY BMW engine ever made, yes that includes the V12.. And parts aren;t that expensive, yes they are more than civic parts, but you get what you pay for. Plus they are boxy, and you get to tell all the ladies you own a BMW. But apparently that doesn't help?

Hey David, I knew this day would come. I'd say if your going to get something like this you want it to be street worthy, you will get very sick of having to purchase permits for track days and you will want to drive it around on the streets. Plus you most defienlty don't want something that is rusty and beat to shit, after awhile you will want it not only to be a bad ass track car but also for it to look somewhat pretty, right?

That being said, don't buy a 240sx. Plain and simple they are not only gay, but very ugly cars and drive like shit. I like where you would be going with the corolla idea maybe you will just have to wait out and keep checking even over the winter months who knows prices may lower a little?

I don't know if you've thought about this but selling that Type R would give you a rather large chunk of money that you could sink into not only a functional track car but something that will turn heads, in a good way of course.

corey wrote:

don't buy a 240sx. Plain and simple they are not only gay, but very ugly cars and drive like shit.

Truf

lol

get your dad to sponsor you, and make a miata drift car!

Fiorante wrote:

miata drift car!

FTMFW!!!

FlyingBrick wrote:

Plus they are boxy, and you get to tell all the ladies you own a BMW. But apparently that doesn't help?

lol oh poor marshal

Corey WHAT!!! 240sx drive like shit, you know there is a reason like a million people own them still, and a ton of people drift them.