My first Corolla

[1stKill]

Nice work Troy...was that Slipknot i heard?...was a little hard to hear with the sound dropping in and out

maybe a cap will sort out the little light show your car is now playing

[benji4138]

Looking good. Can't wait for the next meet to check the system out properly and possibly a sound test :) Video sound just wouldn't do it justice.

[TroysRollaSX]

Looking good mate, nice to see you have top gear playing on the dvd...

You should carpet the parcel shelf IMO

Big fan of Top gear here, I have all their current format here on DVD. That DVD is actually a Jeremy Clarkson one - The Good, the Bad and the Ugly - where Jeremy goes over to the US to see if they can make a good car yet?

Thanks mate, I'm happy with how it sounds now. I've got a few friends who compete in DB comps, who have said they are impressed with the setup I have, in particular saying I have a great headunit and a decent amp.

And yes, still deciding what to do about the parcel shelf, carpet in the same colour as the rest is one of the options I'm considering.

Not bad mate, :)

Thanks mate!

Nice work Troy...was that Slipknot i heard?...was a little hard to hear with the sound dropping in and out

maybe a cap will sort out the little light show your car is now playing

Hahaha nah, Disturbed. Most of the music I listen to is Disturbed, Fear Factory, Metallica, that sort of thing, although I also listen to Eminem, and occasionally more popular stuff, hahaha

Looking good. Can't wait for the next meet to check the system out properly and possibly a sound test :) Video sound just wouldn't do it justice.

Thanks mate! I'm up for that. I wish I could have made it to the Winton meet, but oh well, maybe next time :(

[TroysRollaSX]

I've moved to SA now, just over the border from VIC, about an hour from Mt Gambier, so I guess nobody is likely to spot this car in Melbourne again any time soon, hahaha

[Random Hero]

Awesome man, love it.

[TroysRollaSX]

Awesome man, love it.

Thanks mate.

I should update this topic, I'm back in Melbourne, have been for a month or so. Reason I had moved to SA was to live with my girlfriend, and then she decided it was over (long story, doesn't matter now, I can hold my head hight and say with my hand on my heart that I did nothing wrong), anyway, I'm back in Melbourne now...

Not much has changed, asides from me adding a rear louvre.

[devza121]

nice car man, from what ive heard the sx models go pretty well, and nice mods

[TroysRollaSX]

nice car man, from what ive heard the sx models go pretty well, and nice mods

Thank you. I'm aiming for it to remain practical, reliable, tasteful (although some of my friends HATE the louvre, haha) and most of all, what I like, seeing as it's my car.

And yeah, the SX's with the 4A-GE engines do go pretty well.

I've now clocked up nearly 50,000 kms in this since I got it (it had JUST over 200,000 kms on the odometer when I got it, it'll clock over 250,000 in this next week).

In those 50,000 kms, other then a dead battery, the only trouble it has given me was when the hall effect sensor in the distributor died while I was driving to Melbourne and I was about 70kms from Melbourne, near Ballarat. Engine diagnostics reported "NO RPM", which meant the sensor in the distributor was not picking up that the engine was rotating, thus the ECU got no signal and cut both spark and fuel signals. Once the distributor was swapped for another one, it was back on the road again.

Not bad for a close enough to 20 year old car that has done that many kilometers I think.

Edited September 25, 2011 by TroysRollaSX

[Troy Wilkins]

I lost my login details for my old account, and I no longer use the email address I used to use, so forgot password didn't do me any good, so I made up a new account.

It's been a long time since I've updated here, and a lot has happened.

I'll post a proper update later, but for now, here's a recent picture:

[Troy Wilkins]

Finally lowered the old girl...

[Troy Wilkins]

And this Sunday just past, I showed the old girl in the devonport motorshow:

I actually had a surprising amount of people have quite a good look at it and then ask me questions about it, I got a lot of compliments on it, which was an unexpected surprise!