Restoration of Corolla 1994 & 7afe Swap

[humayun.chughtai.7]

I am using spacers & the car is perfectly smooth even without passengers at the back.

[humayun.chughtai.7]

@shoaib657 bhai you should also consider using these jdm springs with 0.5 or 0.75 inch spacers (packing) ... Believe me they are hell soft.
And if your car has 14 inch stock rims, then you also dont need to get any spacers. And they will not hurt the ground clearance of your car much.
The tire rubbing issue started to occur in my car after getting 7jj 15 inch alloys.

[rajaahmed96]

You should have gone with 185/65/14 and would have enjoyed your car with jdm shocks springs, these desi springs with packing really make your ride quality not that good. And you are using very wide rims in 15, 195/55/15 shouldn’t scrap fenders unless wide rim is used.

[humayun.chughtai.7]

Bss g ... One have to compromise between looks & comfort. Looks k baghair maza nhi ata na phr

[rajaahmed96]

Genuine jdm springs pe gari wesi hi lower ho jati hai and 185/65/14 pe achi lagti hai. Fuel avg b theek rehti hai.

[humayun.chughtai.7]

Fuel avg is not an issue. Alhamdolillah, I am getting 13kmpl in local with AC & 17 to 18 kmpl on long with AC. So chill mahool
Baki I was unable to get that feel without alloys. After alloys I felt like mehnatt rang ly ayee .

Baki you are right, with 14s it was like makhan malaeee ...

[humayun.chughtai.7]

First oil change after the interval of 1400 kilometers.
At the time of swap, mechanic poured 4 litres oil in the engine & now after driving for 1400 kilometers it came out 3.75 litres.
So little bit of the oil consumption issue is there in mine 7afe also, like any other 7afe out there.
Koi ni, seh leingay thora sa

[humayun.chughtai.7]

Cleaned the doors from inside to avoid any chu chan type weird noises.
Rearranged the wiring to its stock position.
Cleaned & lubricated the power window channels with wd-40.
Before.

After.

[abdkhan2]

Going good

[shoaib657]

First oil change after the interval of 1400 kilometers.At the time of swap, mechanic poured 4 litres oil in the engine & now after driving for 1400 kilometers it came out 3.75 litres.So little bit of the oil consumption issue is there in mine 7afe also, like any other 7afe out there.Koi ni, seh leingay thora sa

Oil burning issue in 7afe is common but what is the reason behind

[rajaahmed96]

Oil control rings.

[humayun.chughtai.7]

The lights of AC panel was dim, so replaced the bulbs with LEDs & cleaned the panel from inside. Although it was a tricky job, not as simple as I thought.

Dont have before pics, here are some after shots. The improvement is like 60%.

[humayun.chughtai.7]

Also did some detailing of speedometer & installed LED's in it. Its bright & beautiful now.

Applied some compound on the speedometer cover/glass to remove some swirls.
Also used some alcohol swabs before fitting the cover/glass to remove any oils from the surface.

[humayun.chughtai.7]

After shots of the speedo ...

[humayun.chughtai.7]

Guys I am facing leakage of air from these AC vent pipe. AC cooling is leaking from both the highlighted joints.
What should I do to stop these leaks ?

This is AC evaporator wali side

This is driver's AC vent side

And this is the pipe connecting both joints. Air is leaking from both the joints.

[humayun.chughtai.7]

Due to sticking of oil control rings according to international forums.

[muradiqbalyousafzai]

Salute to you brother. Just completed the same project. And i am like, what the hell was i thinking of restoration. The workshops and mechanics drove me crazy. It was too much tiresome.my car ended up like this.Uploading...

[shoaib657]

[Hassan1991]

does your one is equipped with ABS? what are the front and rear measurements of rotors?
255*22mm front and 266*9mm rear?

[afarooqi]

Use foam to pack them.