Making my ZRE Sedan Hot

[Jazz926]

Hey Guys,

Just after some advice and tips on doing some mods on my Graphite 09 Corolla Sedan, which I will take some photo of later.

Lol, what I noticed is there isn't much mods done on the 09 Corolla Sedan except for Shire.ZRE, its mostly the hatch around

Got this car around October last year to replace my Camry, and so far I am quite happy with it, but it does look pretty bland as I got the Ascent

I got my eyes on a set of 17" wheels which I saw at Ozzy Tyres, I was quoted $1450 for the wheels and tyres + fitting. The wheel's are made by Lavinhard, and they are replica's

Lastly, I would love to get the same body kit as the US Corolla XRS, as they are nice and subtle, however I have been looking every where, but can't find them at all.

So if anyone can point me into the right direction for those kits, that would be much appreciated.

I guess ultimately I want my Corolla to look like something like the photo's below.

Looking to start the whole process around mid March

Any tips or recommendations are much appreciated.

When eventually I get those mods done, I would love to take it out to one of the Sydney's meet

Cheers,

Jazz

Edited February 13, 2010 by Jazz926

[master.Cuong]

hey mate well come to forum, you have JE SS EA zre sedan aslo phat_azn aswell. Not a fan of a sedan zre looks more sleep with out it maybe just me :). Well good luck with ur mods !! let the game begin :D

[Kenneth.]

I believe phat_azn has that bodykit. And welcome to the boards! =)

[phat_azn]

Hey Jazz,I know of two places in syd that supply the kit your after.Talon bodystyling and ssv.I got mine from Talon coz they where abit cheaper.If your not from syd they do ship.The grill i cant help you with as i got it from my Thailand trip for about $30

Here is a shot of my car.Thanks to Kenneth for the shot.

[DJKOR]

It looks like a baby Gen 5 Camry.

[Jazz926]

Hey Jazz,I know of two places in syd that supply the kit your after.Talon bodystyling and ssv.I got mine from Talon coz they where abit cheaper.If your not from syd they do ship.The grill i cant help you with as i got it from my Thailand trip for about $30

Here is a shot of my car.Thanks to Kenneth for the shot.

Hi mate,

Awesome, ill get in contact with Talon Body Styling for the kit.

Out of interest, how much did the kit and painting set you back? and do they do installations as well?

By the way, thats one nice looking Rolla you got there.

Edited February 13, 2010 by Jazz926

[phat_azn]

Cheers mate.From what i remember the kit was about $1000 painted and delivered.its abs plastic so it doesnt feel cheap n flimsy.They do install but i decided to install it myself which saved me abit.

[Kenneth.]

Definitely the best kit available for the ZRE sedans.. simple yet aggressive! :P

[Jazz926]

Cheers mate.From what i remember the kit was about $1000 painted and delivered.its abs plastic so it doesnt feel cheap n flimsy.They do install but i decided to install it myself which saved me abit.

$1000 sounds good. Waiting on the email that I sent them.

So Wheels/Tyres + Kit is about $2500 all up which is damn good, as I was expecting to spend around 3k to 3.5k

I guess after Kits and Tyres are done I just need to get foggies which is cheap anyway.

Phat_azn, did you lower car at all? As I was considering some TRD springs, as I heard they provide a decent drop and at the same time it allows for a good level of ride comfort.

Once again mate, thanks for your help. I am currently using your car to serve as an inspiration for my own car lo. Too bad those TRD rims are a tad pricey for me lol

Which part of Sydney are you in mate? If your in the same suburb as me I will keep a look out for your Rolla.

I live around the Liverpool/Cabramatta area.

Edited February 13, 2010 by Jazz926

[Jazz926]

Definitely the best kit available for the ZRE sedans.. simple yet aggressive! :P

lol, you hit the nail on the head right there mate. That's one of my reason for like the XRS body kit, as they are not too over the top or ricey.

[phat_azn]

Cheers mate.From what i remember the kit was about $1000 painted and delivered.its abs plastic so it doesnt feel cheap n flimsy.They do install but i decided to install it myself which saved me abit.

$1000 sounds good. Waiting on the email that I sent them.

So Wheels/Tyres + Kit is about $2500 all up which is damn good, as I was expecting to spend around 3k to 3.5k

I guess after Kits and Tyres are done I just need to get foggies which is cheap anyway.

Phat_azn, did you lower car at all? As I was considering some TRD springs, as I heard they provide a decent drop and at the same time it allows for a good level of ride comfort.

Once again mate, thanks for your help. I am currently using your car to serve as an inspiration for my own car lo. Too bad those TRD rims are a tad pricey for me lol

Which part of Sydney are you in mate? If your in the same suburb as me I will keep a look out for your Rolla.

I live around the Liverpool/Cabramatta area.

No dramas at all,glad to help.

Im lowered on Eibach prokit springs like Dutchie.I didnt look too much in the TRD springs because at the time i was looking you had to import them.

Im in the Merrylands/Granville area but i hardly trek out that way even though im Asian.lol

[GTL05T]

Cheers mate.From what i remember the kit was about $1000 painted and delivered.its abs plastic so it doesnt feel cheap n flimsy.They do install but i decided to install it myself which saved me abit.

$1000 sounds good. Waiting on the email that I sent them.

So Wheels/Tyres + Kit is about $2500 all up which is damn good, as I was expecting to spend around 3k to 3.5k

I guess after Kits and Tyres are done I just need to get foggies which is cheap anyway.

Phat_azn, did you lower car at all? As I was considering some TRD springs, as I heard they provide a decent drop and at the same time it allows for a good level of ride comfort.

Once again mate, thanks for your help. I am currently using your car to serve as an inspiration for my own car lo. Too bad those TRD rims are a tad pricey for me lol

Which part of Sydney are you in mate? If your in the same suburb as me I will keep a look out for your Rolla.

I live around the Liverpool/Cabramatta area.

No dramas at all,glad to help.

Im lowered on Eibach prokit springs like Dutchie.I didnt look too much in the TRD springs because at the time i was looking you had to import them.

Im in the Merrylands/Granville area but i hardly trek out that way even though im Asian.lol

LOL @ the ASIAN part.... hahahaha

[juvenile]

Definitely the best kit available for the ZRE sedans.. simple yet aggressive! :P

Yes i agree but i think you should get this rear spoiler, genuine Toyota and rear will look alot cleaner :)

Oh and welcome

[Plytme]

Welcome, I look forward to seeing the end result. Once my cash reserve refills from my recent turbo spend i plan to get to have a kit like the one below for mine.

I went with pedders springs. They cost me $400ish (i think was a few years back when i got them) and i fitted them myself to save on labour costs.

[Jazz926]

Cheers mate.From what i remember the kit was about $1000 painted and delivered.its abs plastic so it doesnt feel cheap n flimsy.They do install but i decided to install it myself which saved me abit.

$1000 sounds good. Waiting on the email that I sent them.

So Wheels/Tyres + Kit is about $2500 all up which is damn good, as I was expecting to spend around 3k to 3.5k

I guess after Kits and Tyres are done I just need to get foggies which is cheap anyway.

Phat_azn, did you lower car at all? As I was considering some TRD springs, as I heard they provide a decent drop and at the same time it allows for a good level of ride comfort.

Once again mate, thanks for your help. I am currently using your car to serve as an inspiration for my own car lo. Too bad those TRD rims are a tad pricey for me lol

Which part of Sydney are you in mate? If your in the same suburb as me I will keep a look out for your Rolla.

I live around the Liverpool/Cabramatta area.

No dramas at all,glad to help.

Im lowered on Eibach prokit springs like Dutchie.I didnt look too much in the TRD springs because at the time i was looking you had to import them.

Im in the Merrylands/Granville area but i hardly trek out that way even though im Asian.lol

LOL @ the ASIAN part.... hahahaha

Lol, cool cool, I normally head down that way for uni, and also my grand parents lives around there.

Edited February 14, 2010 by Jazz926

[Jazz926]

Welcome, I look forward to seeing the end result. Once my cash reserve refills from my recent turbo spend i plan to get to have a kit like the one below for mine.

I went with pedders springs. They cost me $400ish (i think was a few years back when i got them) and i fitted them myself to save on labour costs.

Lol oh nice. I will give Toyota Spare parts a call to see how much they do the TRD springs for.

By the way nice kit. But thats too over the top for me unfortunately.

I am after the more simple yet aggressive styling.

@ Juvenile, hmmm I like the lip, but I am not too sure if those would go well with the kit I wanted.

Edited February 14, 2010 by Jazz926

[dutchie101]

Not sure if your keen on these but i thought i would share them with you :

Smoked LED tail light

Other Tail lights

[Jazz926]

Not sure if your keen on these but i thought i would share them with you :

Smoked LED tail light

Other Tail lights

Hi Dutchie,

thanks for the links mate.

I love those LED back lights. However they are pretty damn pricey.

Speaking about lights, do anyone know where to get those headlights like in the Corolla in the opening post?

[dutchie101]

No problemo.

Re the headlights, I think they are custom black headlights, you can DIY.

See these threads here

- i just checked the thread, seems many of the links are down.. I swear there is another thread re black headlight mod here somewhere... do a search for them.

Similar idea diff model tho here

And here

Edited February 14, 2010 by dutchie101

[Kenneth.]

No problemo.

Re the headlights, I think they are custom black headlights, you can DIY.

See these threads here

- i just checked the thread, seems many of the links are down.. I swear there is another thread re black headlight mod here somewhere... do a search for them.

Similar idea diff model tho here

And here

The black headlights in the opening post are standard on the Corolla XRS in the US. To get a similar effect, you'd have to open them up and DIY. =)

[phat_azn]

No problemo.

Re the headlights, I think they are custom black headlights, you can DIY.

See these threads here

- i just checked the thread, seems many of the links are down.. I swear there is another thread re black headlight mod here somewhere... do a search for them.

Similar idea diff model tho here

And here

The black headlights in the opening post are standard on the Corolla XRS in the US. To get a similar effect, you'd have to open them up and DIY. =)

Kenneth is right.You need to DIY.Ive done it to my spare set of lights but i havent started my retrofit on them so they wont be on the car for awhile cos im still gathering info on retrofitting and dont i dont have much spare time atm.

[Jazz926]

No problemo.

Re the headlights, I think they are custom black headlights, you can DIY.

See these threads here

- i just checked the thread, seems many of the links are down.. I swear there is another thread re black headlight mod here somewhere... do a search for them.

Similar idea diff model tho here

And here

The black headlights in the opening post are standard on the Corolla XRS in the US. To get a similar effect, you'd have to open them up and DIY. =)

Kenneth is right.You need to DIY.Ive done it to my spare set of lights but i havent started my retrofit on them so they wont be on the car for awhile cos im still gathering info on retrofitting and dont i dont have much spare time atm.

oh cool, thanks for that fella's.

May be I should buy another set of headlights so I can try DIY-ing on them, as I wouldn't want to ruined my original one

I honestly cannot wait to start this project, having said that. Unfortunately I won't be able to start anything until mid March due to money going to uni textbooks and what not.

[Jazz926]

Just got some bad news.

I have been informed by Talon body styling that the body kit is out of stock and there will be no ETA.

All they got at the moment is the spoiler.

[Jazz926]

Sorry about triple posting guys.

But since I can't get the body kit anytime soon due to stocking issue with Talon body Styling.

I have decided to get some fog lights for now.

I will be ordering these in a few days.

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Toyota-Corolla-Fog-...5#ht_2516wt_984

However I won't be installing them myself, so I was wondering who do you guys recommend in Sydney's West to get them installed by, as I don't want an dodgy install.

Also I assume any mechanic should be able to install them?

[master.Cuong]

Sorry about triple posting guys.

But since I can't get the body kit anytime soon due to stocking issue with Talon body Styling.

I have decided to get some fog lights for now.

I will be ordering these in a few days.

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Toyota-Corolla-Fog-...5#ht_2516wt_984

However I won't be installing them myself, so I was wondering who do you guys recommend in Sydney's West to get them installed by, as I don't want an dodgy install.

Also I assume any mechanic should be able to install them?

i installed it myself and with help on this forum and have not got a problem so far.