I saw this on another forum and thought it was kinda interesting...

This is a place to just post exactly what it says... what you did to your car today. Anything from just washing/cleaning to mods or whatever.

today I listen to my favorite Sweetbox's new albumn from my beloved stereo, and gave my baby car a bath, seems totally new borned now!

Done nothing to the orange car since Jan when I blew the motor lol...

Picking up some subs tonight for the runaround Rolla, waiting on another amp and I can finally get that stereo system installed...

pondered, realised my mate broke the plastic around the bolds that are attached to the center console the other night. dont no how to fix it.
wheel alignment tomorow and survice on monday

Drove it? Started doing system on a 3SGE BEAMS converted Hachi, nice little package the guy has there.

put a refill in the Ambi Pur air freshener today....Pacific scent.

also cleaned some bird sh!t off the 1/4 panel...freakin birds.

Yesterday i went and brought a wingless bootlid and debadged it, weilded it, bogged it, painted and sanded it. one more coat of clear and its ready to go on Soarer

I did some driving, still getting used to the sound the rotors make. Took the front wheels off and inspected the rotors to make sure everything is still going fine. Gave it a good wash inside and out. Played around with my sub settings, then parked it in the garage waiting for dinner and meet tonight.


I swear you've been mentioning it needs a service soon for quite a while. Ever since you first mentioned it to me, I managed to get my 60,000km service, and in another 5,000km, I will be due for my 75,000km service.

i kissed mine goodnight.

Ignored it completely today.Hope its still there

today drove my car, for some reason, when i drive and talk on the phone ( with headset off course), i dont tend to speed!
so thats what im trying to do nowadays, is drive and call someone using a headset, so yeh, save a few demerit point, as i have 1000$ to spend on my phone cap anyway ROFL

today gave the car interior a clean! cant do anything on the outside, its been pouring down non stop here in WA for the whole day T_T

Filled her up with tender loving juice.

Washed it... It was so filthy!

haha, grub

Evo

Car has just been sitting outside. Hasn't had any attention today

i parked mine outside so that the rain would wash it

My car is away for while (on a holiday) wont be back for a few more weeks but when it is back i will be sending the rolla away for a few days to get electrical and audio work done

Does this mean you are closer to getting the car up on our hoist? Man, my guesses for gains available with headers could be fairly surprising

That's must be a good bath from god's hand! Sometimes my car also washed by rain too! as long as it's raining.

hit lift multiple times and organised for him to get a new knob and bushings installed tomorrow (TWM with bushings for cradle and gear selector cables)

how do you know how to paint? by trade or just picked it up?

wht did i do to my car today............. almost kicked it in the ***** after my alarm wouldnt work.........

after 2 weeks in repair shop, finally got it.. and its soooooooo shinny after such big paint job.. i nearly peed looking at it..

Replaced front brakes pads and changed the oil.

bought new rims and tyres davinci rangos 19*8s for the camry see pic thread for pics of my car
sean

No car but gave the van a good thrashing.....

today, i drove my car to the meet! and cruise off coz!

Did my quarterly compression check, and is still perfect.

I drove to Hervey Bay from Logan and back this weekend.
I think I achieved better fuel economy than whitestivo too.

Gav.

Played Russian Roulette today,took the missus to Coles and left it parked for an hour or so...risky these shopping carparks.

today i swapped my interior carpet, connected my new injectors and put my tappet cover back on.

Gave it a wash!

Had a spirited drive home chasing a p plater in AUII XR6.....from his eyes looking in the rear view i think he was quite surprised by the old sportivo lol

(legal speeds....just windy roads where can push it legally)

Put air back in the tyre after having it repaired over the weekend.

took it to toyota but they didnt fix my problem, dont ever tell me mechanics at dealers know wtf they are doing cos they dont

Careful with the generalising champ!! There might be one good one there! You just may not have got him!!

well lets hope i get him when i go back tomorow, bast*rds charged me 200$ more for a 60k service than daryl ontop of not fixing my car

Finished my blue interior.

http://au.toyotaownersclub.com/forums/inde...c=22294&hl=

-Azza

Checked how much brake pad was left and measured the thickness on the front and rear rotors on the Aurion. 44k and front and rear rotors are at minimum thickness

New rotors and pads $1300 from Toyota

Had my 70,000km service on the Corolla and had TRD Springs fitted

Going to Toyota? Pfffft

After cleaning mine for the second time this week, I took it out for a drive and dirtied it up. Then I continued my search for things I can do to lighten up my car without making it look like a shell. Doesn't seem like much that I can take out. About the best I could think of today was changing the battery for a Braille No Weight battery.


Wow, I never really thought of measuring my rotors as part of my usual checks when I have my wheels off for rotation. I didn't think they would get eaten up at a rate like that. I guess I'll add that to my checklist of things to do in future.

You may be able to get aftermarket rotors for your ride, but I have had a good look and there appears to be no listings for the TRD Aurion! The closest to a front rotor is a Corvette rotor that will need the hub machined and the PCD redrilled. You cant get a slotted rear rotor for a normal Aurion even with DBA listing them so there is no chance of getting the vented rear rotor that is on the TRD. Pads is a different story, fronts I have confirmed as 7599 but the rears need a bit more research, either DB1354 or DB1376.



Toyota rotors are normal quite hard (compared to Ford/Holden rotors) so is not normally an issue, but the lip on the edge of the front rotor is big enough to see in the photos from the Tangcla shoot we had. It was a check to see if they had enough meat to be machined or if they had gone bellow minimum thickness. So unless you have a lip I would worry about doing it.

well swapping the engine and gearbox today and tomorrow so tiring then a nice good polish

I just gave my girl a nice warm bath (the water always comes out hot at the car wash) and cleaned her inside and out. This is the third time this week I have washed her. I also fed her some BP Ultimate.

I am keeping my baby sheltered as much as possible as it seems the seal around the rear window is completely hosed, letting in water all over the joint, going through the parcel shelf and down into the spare tyre well and drivers side pocket. That's getting redone on Tuesday.

Now that my dealer had to remove the rear seat and parcel shelf to follow the water line, I now have a squeaking sound from the rear end and I am unsure if the seats not in properly or the rear sway bars come loose again! :S But we'll see on Tuesday.

Also my rotors should be here soon, so she'll have some new stopping power.

Damn. That would suck having the seals stuffed like that. I know I'd be less than happy.


Question... did whoever fitted your rear sway bar apply lithium grease to the bushes? I made sure I gave mine a good coating to prevent squeaks.


Don't forget to get rid of the debris shields as well so you can keep them cool. They are a great rotor. I just can't believe how smooth the braking is since I put them in. You just need to get used to the rattlesnake sound if you like to drive with your windows down.

Unfortunately we didn't. I can only assume it might have decided to get some squeaking friction involved, it just seems to be coincidence that it happened straight after the seat was reinstalled after being pulled out to check for water leakage.

i had a small stone that was trapped between the inside of my front brake caliper and the rotor that i couldnt get out, so i had to take the caliper apart

only realised when i heard horrible metalic screeching sounds. now the front left rotor has a nice score mark all around it!

it's got me buggered as to how the stone got in there in the first place, because it was too big to fit through any gaps i could find.

i gave my new atx a wash and she looks real pretty now-lol,needs some nice shiny alloys though

oil change and new headlight bulbs.

Bought some new brake pads ready for the next service in a couple of weeks