15 Corolla S - Mostmint #38
Posted: Tue Jul 04, 2017 7:40 am
After the last track day I realized Rachel and Kurt need more practice with a stick shift. They learned on the Saturn but that is not practical for regular use. This is the car I selected for that.
The car is a 2015 Toyota Corolla S. It was made in Canada in June 2015 and has 5715 miles on it. I paid $5k for it + tax.
It was sold by a dealership in VA and resided in MD originally. The next step in its journey was to be repossessed by Toyota Finance after it was wrecked. I think the car got hit in the left by a van or SUV (maybe went too wide in a right turn) which punted it into a sign post in RR door and the sign came down on the roof. You can see it was a 4x4 white post. Car was from Maryland have no idea what sign posts are like in neighborhoods there. The specifics of why it was not repaired are not known to me.
The car has considerable damage which has created this opportunity. None of it affects the structural integrity of the car.
* Rear axle beam is bent giving way too much negative camber on LR. Tire was rubbing inside wheel well near strut. Axle beam Is unique to S model and not easy to find in junkyards yet, new is $1100 and used like $750 - so we will be fixing it. Two words: Kurt welding.
* LR hub has some free play from the impact.
* There is a slicing hole in the roof about a foot long over RR passenger seat. The guy tried to cover the hole but failed so water leaked in and carpet was wet - like there were puddles on the floor.
* The roof is pushed down some where the slice is over RR seat.
* There is body damage on LR door and some damage to door jam on wheel side or LR door.
* RR door also has damage that blocks window from going down and the rocker panel below has some damage.
* The headliner also took damage from the roof slice
* There is a minor dent on the LF fender.
* There are a couple minor marks on the bottom of front bumper cover where it may have hit a curb.
* The LR wheel has some cosmetic damage.
* Not sure the radio antenna might have taken a hit in roof damage.
All the doors work.
Activity so far:
* I pulled the rear seat bottom and lifted rear carpet and removed grommets to let out water. Drained a lot out that way. Propped up the carpet to help with drying. Also removed kick panels in the front to lifts the carpet and drain water out. Lots of parts removed interior looks quite disheveled at the moment.
* Removed rear axle beam to work on straightening it. Most of the problem is the LR wheel has way to much camber now and it hits the iner fender. Tried a couple things to straighten but still had -6 degrees negative camber and I need to get to -1. To do this I cut the support braces for the LR wheel and repositioned the mount where it needed to go, then made some plates 1/4" thick and had Kurt weld them back together. Camber now appears in acceptable range and while it has about 1/4" toe in this should be fine.
* Rachel cleaned up a lot of the mess from people getting in and out on a wet gravel lot and removing countless wax # s written on the windows.
* Fred32v loaned me his porta-power and I used it to move the front of the LR fender much closer to its original location
* LR hub was purchased and is on the axle. Moog part is the exact same part as the OE part - stampings and all are identical. I needed this to be straight to get all my measurements right.
Here is the listing from the seller (while it lasts): http://bestrex.com/2015-Toyota-Corolla/ ... tails.aspx
The car is a 2015 Toyota Corolla S. It was made in Canada in June 2015 and has 5715 miles on it. I paid $5k for it + tax.
It was sold by a dealership in VA and resided in MD originally. The next step in its journey was to be repossessed by Toyota Finance after it was wrecked. I think the car got hit in the left by a van or SUV (maybe went too wide in a right turn) which punted it into a sign post in RR door and the sign came down on the roof. You can see it was a 4x4 white post. Car was from Maryland have no idea what sign posts are like in neighborhoods there. The specifics of why it was not repaired are not known to me.
The car has considerable damage which has created this opportunity. None of it affects the structural integrity of the car.
* Rear axle beam is bent giving way too much negative camber on LR. Tire was rubbing inside wheel well near strut. Axle beam Is unique to S model and not easy to find in junkyards yet, new is $1100 and used like $750 - so we will be fixing it. Two words: Kurt welding.
* LR hub has some free play from the impact.
* There is a slicing hole in the roof about a foot long over RR passenger seat. The guy tried to cover the hole but failed so water leaked in and carpet was wet - like there were puddles on the floor.
* The roof is pushed down some where the slice is over RR seat.
* There is body damage on LR door and some damage to door jam on wheel side or LR door.
* RR door also has damage that blocks window from going down and the rocker panel below has some damage.
* The headliner also took damage from the roof slice
* There is a minor dent on the LF fender.
* There are a couple minor marks on the bottom of front bumper cover where it may have hit a curb.
* The LR wheel has some cosmetic damage.
* Not sure the radio antenna might have taken a hit in roof damage.
All the doors work.
Activity so far:
* I pulled the rear seat bottom and lifted rear carpet and removed grommets to let out water. Drained a lot out that way. Propped up the carpet to help with drying. Also removed kick panels in the front to lifts the carpet and drain water out. Lots of parts removed interior looks quite disheveled at the moment.
* Removed rear axle beam to work on straightening it. Most of the problem is the LR wheel has way to much camber now and it hits the iner fender. Tried a couple things to straighten but still had -6 degrees negative camber and I need to get to -1. To do this I cut the support braces for the LR wheel and repositioned the mount where it needed to go, then made some plates 1/4" thick and had Kurt weld them back together. Camber now appears in acceptable range and while it has about 1/4" toe in this should be fine.
* Rachel cleaned up a lot of the mess from people getting in and out on a wet gravel lot and removing countless wax # s written on the windows.
* Fred32v loaned me his porta-power and I used it to move the front of the LR fender much closer to its original location
* LR hub was purchased and is on the axle. Moog part is the exact same part as the OE part - stampings and all are identical. I needed this to be straight to get all my measurements right.
Here is the listing from the seller (while it lasts): http://bestrex.com/2015-Toyota-Corolla/ ... tails.aspx