mars786
New Member
- Joined
- Nov 21, 2024
- Messages
- 8
- Car(s)
- 98' EK9 CTR CW
Hey everyone, new to the EK9 life and really my first “enthusiast car”. For reference I drove a run of the mill toyota for most of my life most recently a prius 
I’ve had it for a month now and I absolutely adore it. It’s a 1998, imported last year around summer. Completely stock(what I wanted), didn’t come with a stereo(think it’s normal for it to be removed before imported).
I actually had to pick this up from Dallas, and drive back down with it and it did it like a champ! Small japanese battery and all.
Some things I’ve started addressing and others I look to once budget and time allow:
Looking forward to interacting with y’all

I’ve had it for a month now and I absolutely adore it. It’s a 1998, imported last year around summer. Completely stock(what I wanted), didn’t come with a stereo(think it’s normal for it to be removed before imported).
I actually had to pick this up from Dallas, and drive back down with it and it did it like a champ! Small japanese battery and all.
Some things I’ve started addressing and others I look to once budget and time allow:
- Squeaky noise from the clutch pedal after some driving, believe that’s the throwout bearing or a slave cylinder.
- Paint correction and sealant
- recondition the wheels
- small leak out of the valve cover or cam seal, seems like a mist haven’t really taken a look to diagnose
- stickers are cracked
- small chips/scratch, and stretch marks around the headlights, don’t know about this.
- some dings
- seat bolsters, classic!
Looking forward to interacting with y’all