New Cuore owner from South Africa

Good morning from a not so sunny day in South Africa.

Purchased a 2002 Daihatsu Cuore 1.0 (5 door auto) last week. Been looking for one for a while, was hoping for manual but they are very scarce over here. Car has 11900km on the clock, interior is near perfect. It was an old ladies car apparently (what the person i bought it from said but cant be 100% sure). Prev owner had a slight run in with a gate, the bonnet and grille have 2 small dents where the gate bent them, other than that it is not in bad shape for a 23-year-old car.

Any advice on lowering springs from different models that will fit. And steering wheels or steering boss kits from other models that could fit. As i said before, they are very scarce here and after-market parts are literally nonexistent.

Anyway, will post a build thread when i get started on the modding. First up is an upgraded sound system, i sit in a lot of traffic on my daily commute and i need my music to keep me sane LOL

Sup, I’m usually buying another steering wheel and cuting off the spline. L700 wheel has steel inner frame, L250 has aluminium. Is much smaller, not much space for sport wheel screws.

I’ll post pics in my build thread later

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