Show that interior!, Stock & Custom seats, dashes etc

I'm thinking of swapping to the cable type -
The buttons are unreliable and the motors are starting to play up.

Wiring it in will be a complete nightmare, over 30 wires and the manuals don't
help much (my JDM's colour codes are different?)


The "climate control" never works properly either, it's either waaay to cold or too damn hot.
Fark knows how the "Economy" button works - never seen it make any difference on any of my cars

There's even a "daylight sensor" on the dash and an ambient sensor below the bonnet catch,
still have'nt a clue how or what they do as disconnecting them makes no difference.

Also my two "identical" cars differ in that one has the rubber pipe to the room sensor from the airbox and
on the other car it was sealed - both are climate control models?

 

I saw a car yesterday with the cable system and now I'm kicking my ass I just put my dash back

The cable system is foolproof, if something sticks, it's either the cable or something jammed somewhere

With the electronic system it could be the control panel, bad connections, relays, fuses, the amp, or the motors??

I'm not trying to put the electronics down, this is just from my experience and as a lifelong car restorer
I like to keep things as simple and reliable as possible

87-89 models, different panels & different wiring! There is also a black version which I think is the 86 version - yes different wiring also!


The JDM's have automatic aircon switching when the AUTO button is pressed, when the ECON
button is pressed the aircon switches off if the motor is under load

These NADM versions lack the "Economy" mode found on JDM's


The nightmare I inherited- all the colours where the same and nothing worked! The auto electrician would'n't even look at it(JDM's have strange wiring codes)
My JDM had the control panel cut out, I tried wiring it back in - 2 yrs and 4 panels later I gave up. The kid I bought it from probably thought it would be fun to make the wires the same colours

He also lost the key - so "removed" the ignition lock with a sledgehammer and didn't bother removing the column covers either.
Kiwi ingenuity?

 

The servo motors sometimes stick, you have to open the flaps and heat valve manually
Sometimes it's the contacts on the heater control

Check the archives, there's heaps of how-to's as it's an ongoing problem area

 

And now for something completely different!
I finally got my interior functional again

Before - stock blue interior



During - Rustproofing, new dash vents, new wiring, alarm, tints etc




After - It's a Gen 5 (ST182) interior in the Gen 4 TEMS, both seats are electric and more comfortable with better
support than the Gen4 items. 4 Gen 5 seats - $11 courtesy of ebay! (gotta luv it)
Black/grey is not a JDM option



New aluminium boot cover, light & strong





Carpet not yet fitted till I sort the wiring problems


Here's the ashtray insert someone was asking about

 

Cover I cut from 5mm ACM (Alu Composite Material - offcuts from any sign shop) and fitted the old brackets from my rotten cover
It's covered with felt, you could use fleece, towelling etc. More pics of it on my car page

Rear seat and door inserts come from my 1st Corona 162 coupe, for some weird reason they released
a few with the same material as used in later ST182's. I think the convertible (JDM) is the same.



I still have the grey Corona front seats but they are boring in comparison. Comfy as, but no lateral support or electrics


Fitting the seats is a PITA, the 182's rails are closer together and the rear brackets are the same height. It meant cutting off all
the brackets and swapping them out, you can't use spacers etc. Good news is I was able to create more legroom for my 6'4" self
by moving the seat back slightly on the mounts.
Interior space is the same as it's a 162 rear seat and the fronts are actually slightly narrower than the stock seats

I've been wanting to do this since my spares car came with modded 202 seats, they had "CELICA" emdroidered in them
but the blue/pink material was impossible to match

 

You have to strip them from a Corona, you need the bumper, grille & bonnet as well because the shape is curved,
not flat like the Celi's.

That's strange - did you re-locate the fusebox on the passenger firewall? Where's the heater/blower/aircon
units? Never seen that interior here either

 

I'm probably the only one with access to the Corona stuff, it's rare and expensive now.
I can get but it's like $250 per side 2nd hand

Dunno why you want no air/heat? that stuff has almost no weight.
That black blanket weighs a ton though