/LG/ - Lada General

The tires on this make me hard.

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What's up with all of them putting stickers on the rear window?

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Basically new russian style is to buy a classic Lada in condition from trash on wheels to semi-new and turn it into a snow drifting car with a few common mods as:
Blocked rear diff, lowered coils, wide wheels, fishbowl and some stupid stickers

Respectable desu. Wonder where they get the money from to do all that shit.

Cheap cars owned by young drivers. They like stickers because they are adolescents. I dunno. What's wrong with stickers?

Lada 2107 turbo. A special model by Finnish Lada importer Konela.

Nothing, it's pretty cool. It just stood out to me that they all put it on the same window.

Long wheelbase 2017 also by Konela.

You act as if there is no money outside of [your country]. Plenty of people live a comfortable lifestyle in Russia.

Ok I have to go wash my car. More Lada girls later.

I know many Russians have a fine life but lowering the coils on a car is probably just as expensive as the car itself.

Good condition car can be found between 400-800$
Rear diff is often welded, you can do it by yourself witch a basic welding skills
Coils are often simply cut with a electic saw

2107 turbo with nice two tone paint

What about rust and cracked panels in the car? It's a pretty common problem but hard to get away in a cheap manner.

Lada 2105 VFTS, a legit group b rally car. Not very competetive, but still a good rally car in lower classes.

Rust are often dealt with by simmpy getting a body donor
Or just more welding
Old lada platic is quite soft and rarely cracks

Skoda 130 RS, in track form.

More of these? I feel like old Skodas are underrated

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how the fuck do i import one of these? i've found a handful of shady JDM importers, but nothing for commie cars.

Where do you live? Your best bet is probably just buying it from a guy selling his own personal Lada and doing all the paperwork yourself.

Zapo a cute!
cute!

i live on the west coast of the US. i've been through seattle and see all the import cars rolling off the docks and i wonder why i never see eastern euro stuff.

>Your best bet is probably just buying it from a guy selling his own personal Lada and doing all the paperwork yourself.

if i was going to do that, i'd have to actually travel to eastern europe to make sure everything went smoothly. thats problematic because i'd rather not get murdered or robbed in russia because i'm an american with a wad of cash looking for commie shitboxes.

The only actual problem of the stuff you just mentioned is probably travelling there, since the ticket is probably more expensive than your future car is.
It won't be hard to find a decent seller who speaks English or at least a guy who speaks English and could help you. Regarding the bullshit you mentioned about criminality it's probably safer than your 53% country.

what country tho
in georgia niva swapped lada sedans are pretty popular

>since the ticket is probably more expensive than your future car is.

the shipping is already more expensive than the car. vladivostok to seattle is like $1500-$2000 for RO/RO. whats another $2k in travel expenses to make sure i get what i want?

thats why i'm looking for an import company.

>It's a pretty common problem but hard to get away in a cheap manner
No it isn't. Got my Starlet's rocker panel cut out, welded with new sheet metal and painted for 60 euros. It's probably even cheaper in Russia and basically free if you can do the work yourself.

Baltics, what do you mean by 'Niva swapped Lada sedans'?

That's p ebin :DD

engines from newer nivas going into old vazs and few simple mods

I have Lada 2107 1700i from 1996.
Just installed some audio equipment today.

Oh it's not actually a conversion, the engine is 21011 if I recall correctly.

Post pics and experiences lad

Sorry for the bad pic. The seller had painted the wheels so ugly that I cant stand it.
Theres pretty much nothing bad to say. Sometimes theres some lil problems, but nothing big. Really good car for drifting and it can go fast too. If you can trust the speedometer (and I do,) it can even go 200km/h.

How long have you had it for?

About a 6months I think?

>Lada general
>Posts a Moskvich

What did he mean by that?

>>>>

Good shit. I honestly don't know where the meme comes from that Ladas break down all the time when I hear stuff like this.

My father has had 6 or 7 ladas which all of them have break down at some point in time. Its just that you need to check your now and then which is necessary in older cars. Doesnt matter if youre driving toyota or lada.
Most soviet cars were shit and lada just got the label by norm.

How often would you check up on your Lada? And you let professionals do it, I presume?

I check it myself like once in a two weeks or a month. Just a quick look. Once a year or two by professionals is a good thing to do. If you dont have lada already, but youre getting one, then after buying you should let professionals check it. There were some medium issues with my car, but the seller was the biggest issue. He really didnt seem to care about the car at all.

What are you looking for exactly when you are taking a quick look?
I think an annual technical checkup (sort of a MOT) is obligatory, you think that is sufficient for this sort of stuff? I know they mostly just check lights, brakes etc. but still.
Sorry I'm asking so much but I want everything to go as good as possible for my Žiguli~

Just checking under the hood by eye. Testing the breaks and checking the lights. Just basic stuff that normal car drivers seem to forget to do.

Alright lad, thanks.

Holy fuck, user, that car looks amazing. I'm actually jealous. Is it 1.5, or 1.6?
Btw. i'm the guy, who wrote that wall of text in the previous thread, i'm really glad, that you bought one. I wish infinite fun, and accident-free kilometers with your Lada!
And i saw, that you looked for english repair manuals, and somebody recommended a Haynes manual. If you don't like it, or want more, you could find english manuals from the U.K, because Ladas were exported to there (mainly in the 80's, i think).
Oh, and don't worry, the export models were not that different, maybe some extra cosmetics, or some engine combinations, that weren't available in the Eastern-bloc, like the 2105 with the 1.2 engine.

Pic related: Lada Nova Junior - It was an export model to West-Germany, 1.2L engine, 4-speed gearbox, aluminium wheels, chromed front grill, headlight washers, plush seats, and automatic seatbelts

If you get the Haynes manual, they give a guide for how often and how to do maintenance on the car. You can base your schedule around those recommended

Since this is a Lada general, i think, i should mention the great amount of rally Ladas here in Hungary. They are massively loved by the crowd, and there is an unwritten rule, that if you rally with a Lada, you should go sideways as much, as you can.
These cars have an average 160-180 hp, and it's maybe not so much, but keep in mind, that these engines have like 75-80 hp stock. And there is no turbocharging, only NA engines (at least in official rally events)...
Here are some videos, get /comfy/, and turn the volume up!

>Some of the best Lada rally moments from 2016
youtube.com/watch?v=BKwyZxeOhTA

>Rally Ladas having some fun
youtube.com/watch?v=U5zRByvCAPs

>One of the 3 Ladas from Rally Legend 2017
youtube.com/watch?v=u3R9RYVux78

Fiat 126 guy from the last thread btw. Honorary Eastern Bloc car

Damn, this is classy as fuck.

Thanks so much man! It's a 1.5l.
I've been looking into the Haynes manual but I don't seem to find any for sale anymore (an affordable one that is, since I suspect they were printed in the 80s?) and my efforts of finding a .pdf guide somewhere didn't work out- all of it was just for the Niva. Where do you get your manuals from?
That Nova looks gorgeous btw.

I think, we don't even have manuals, because
>My father's Lada just don't have any problems, so he doesn't need to fix it
>In my country, almost every older car mechanic can work on a Lada, because they were so common
>I don't have a car, not even a driver license. I just finished with school, and (hopefully) i'll start working next week, so i can start collecting money for my license, and my first car (it'll be a Lada, for sure)

I'll try to find an english manual for you, maybe i'm gonna have more luck

Found some!
Just search "haynes lada" on ebay.co.uk (NOT ebay.com)
You'll need the "Lada 1200, 1300, 1500 & 1600" titled (the blue ones)

Jesus Christ, i almost sent this reply, but then i found this:
>ebay.co.uk/itm/NEW-AND-SEALED-CLASSIC-CAR-HAYNES-LADA-MANUAL-1974-1991-1200-1300-1500-1600/292305538458
THIS ISN'T EVEN OPENED YET
I think it's worth the 10 pounds

I really, really, really want a Volga, specifically the 1974 model year. Too bad these are about $10,000k in the US. Most I'll pay is $5k. I wonder if its cheaper to import one. But I hear they still go for $5k+ in Eastern Europe

Go for it. Haynes manuals are usually a lot more for a used one

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What was bait in that reply exactly?
Well, i can't speak for other Eastern European countries, but in Hungary, the first decent one is $8,300

almost everything

uhm... alright then, i guess...
yeah, might gonna pick one up, maybe it'll help me learn more about those cars, before buying one

Most of these guys have access to their dad's or grandpa's garage that is typically full of tools and almost always has a service pit. And lada parts are stupid cheap. It's not hard to make simple modifications.

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Fair enough. Same to where I live, though. But having a professional mechanic check it out everytime something is wrong would be pretty costly and I don't want to rely on my family (in-laws know their shit around cars too).

That's great! I hope the free shipping also applies to the rest of Europe, though.

There are Volgas going at like 3-4k€ in where I live. 900€ if you feel like fixing one up.

That color isn't original, is it?

Nope, it's a Ford fleet colour.

speedhunters.com/2015/12/unusual-suspect-lada-attitude/

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It's really fucking hot.

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>I feel like old Skodas are underrated
Well, they well the best cars of the eastern block. Still shit compared to anything you could get in the west. And they weren't particularly cheap even for western standards.

The only reason people bought them was because even the shittiest Fiat Uno or Ford Escort 3-door were 3 times as much as the cheapest Skoda. And the shittiest Skoda 105 L was 20 months of average wage.

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This one looks like the cover of a grunge CD.

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Let's round it out with another Lada. That's enough for today.

Love these. You got some in 1920x1080, for a wallpaper? A-asking for a friend

>tfw I walk by a Volga like that every time I park my car
>mint condition, all chrome intact, original black plates
>thick layer of dust, all wheels are flat
>owner probably died many years ago but nobody cares

You mean peace of shit without suspension general?
They are made like tractors.

>Fiat
I learned to drive a 1972 Fiat 128, 1.1L 49hp, 4-spd.
Can't imagine how much crappier the same vintage Lada must have been.