1986 - Daihatsu Charade 1.0 TS Daimatic

love the then and now picture dude, thats awesome!!!

good luck with it all, the plans sound great

it's deffo 4x110, i've had the Corolla wheels on it before, but i know that the 1mm difference per stud isn't a problem. I ran Ford wheels on my Corolla before as well.

I think later Charades are 4x100, but i think these are very nice design for steel wheels and suit the car as well

i think i'll stick to banded steelies. Allthough i can try to make the wheels from my Corolla fit, as they are 4x110 aswell




allthough that's going to be quite challenging i guess ;D

cat-eye, means the older style? I can get a new front and rear bumper for a pre-facelift G11. I found that out, because the new bumpers i have are pre-facelift as well, and the front isn't a 100% fit.

Technical parts aren't a huge problem, bodyparts are, but that counts for every older japanese car. Daihatsu will also stop selling cars overhere at the end of 2012, so we're going the same way as you in Finland.

Had 2 days in the barn, of which one day was spent on the little Charade to get it through it's APK.
Before i bought it, my mate put it through a pre-APK check and got a list of fails, consisting of:

- front tires worn
- front brake hose cracked
- front brake pipe corroded
- front brake pads worn
- rear brake imbalance (probably wheelcillinders leaking)
- rear brake pipes corroded
- balljointcover not fitted correctly
- headlamp aim wrong
- sidelight not working
- exhaust manifold leaking

As of today, i can cross off most of that list, except for the headlamp and the tires.

This is how i left it today:



Need to investigate in a HUGE oilleak which came up after an oil service. I found out today that i probably cracked the oil pressure sender, because that's where the oil looks like is coming from.
The sender is very close to the oilfilter, so i probably hit it whilest removing the filter.

Also had some fun with the roll of brake pipe...



If i get it through the test, i'll use it as a winter beater, and have a little look in modifying it a bit, even though it's very nice as it is right now! I think it will look very good with 'the treatment' ;D

gtti engine would be nice, but first need to finish other things

Removed the oil pressure switch yesterday and it is deffinatly leaking, so ordered a new one, €5 and it's in tomorrow, that's not too bad

Also had a play with some tires I had and a tape measure.
I think i'll have the rears banded by 2" and the fronts by 1,5", hopefully get it lowered as well, have to look into suspension stuff, because there's not a whole lot of info about a G11, sadly.




If I can get it looking like this, i'll be happy, but offcourse it's just the tire sitting there, so the axle is at it's stock position, it will be lowered properly so the scrubline won't be a problem

Those 1st two pics are awesome!
And the car look great.

Recognise a couple of those 300s too.

ever since i've had it, the temperature wasn't staying constant and last week when i drove it for a longer time on the motorway, i had a big white cloud, no new pope, but probably a BHG. ;D

Used the car last week, and no big problems, but still decided to look in to it, and after 1,5 hour i saw that the headgasket had indeed gone between cilinder and a waterway. Monday i'll bring the head to a specialist to be refurbed and then refit it and drive it again!