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Aussie's 2005 Stivo


Aussieakito

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I was never really happy with the way the yellow tint on the fog lights turned out, so the other day i ripped off the tint.

Everytime i looked at the front it just seemed to be missing something without the yellow.

So today... in the rain i decided to take them off to re do the tint properly.


Cleaned them up

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This time im using a heat gun to stretch the tint out and put it over the glass.


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This worked perfectly, i managed to get a completely wrinkle free/bubble free tint!


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Excuse the in house pictures (The garage is currently getting a massive clean out)

Also excuse the iPhone pictures

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So, i removed the factory air box and intake to fit a "cold air intake" with a pod filter.

i kept it on for 1 day before removing it and refitting the factory airbox.

Now i ask... whhhhhyyyyyyyyy do people like pod filters?

it sounds TERRIBLE!


Have a terrible iphone picture of the car back to normal.

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So as you may of seen i had my drive shafts reconditioned.

They are now clicking so i took the offending drive shaft out today so that tomorrow i can drop them off to be fixed once again.

Luckily they are covered by warranty

The fluid was still perfectly clean which was nice to see


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This means i need to drive my SS to work which scares me as i dont want to get in any trouble so close to getting off my P's.

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Forgot to post an update once i was done.

Had the drive shaft all sorted the next day, they tried to tell me that i cracked the housing on the outer cv.

After a little bit of an arguement they agreed to fix it for me under warrenty.


Today how ever i bring you another update, i could smell coolant this morning so i had a look around the engine bay and spotted a drippy waterpump

Removed it today, will fit the new one i have on order tomorrow after work.


(was leaking from the welsh)


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The heater hose that i had to remove to be able to bleed the cooling system decided to leak (****ty spring clamps)

So had to replace it with a worm drive clamp...... and bleed it all over again.

Anywho gave her a polish today


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Installed a relay into the Headlight switch circuit so that the headlights turn off when you turn the key off, was used to the calais/SS doing that so wanted this to do the same.


also installed a kill switch while i was at it, cant tell you where though.. or what its disabling :P

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Alright so got my service items for the weekend, also needs a set of wiper blades and going to machine the front rotors as they are looking a little worse for wear.




****ty Iphone pic

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Nice Sportivo man!

I recently had a leaky water pump after buying my car (buyer advised me beforehand about the pump needing replacement).

cheers man :)

this weekend i need to do a sump reseal and oil level sensor seal on this to make it completely leak free

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I was going to machine my front rotors at work today since they were looking a little scored and glazed but when i measured them they were undersized.

So i got straight onto the phone to BrakesWest who always look after me with some new front rotors and pads.


Turns out sportivos have 30mm larger rotors than a standard corolla, and slightly thicker too.


List of things this car is getting this weekend

-Mobile 1 oil

-New oil filter

-New iridium spark plugs

-New front rotors

-new front pads

-new oil level sensor seal

-Sump re seal (due to having to take it off to unbash it)

- Fresh coat of paint on the calipers

- Rotate wheels

-New pollen filter

-New Air filter

-Brake Fluid Flush

-New wiper blades


In the last few weeks its already had

-New clutch, along with machined flywheel and clutch fluid flush

-new driveshafts

-new waterpump

-coolant flush

-new gearbox oil


So fair to say i take care of my cars ;)

I find it hard to ignore a problem.... call it OCD


Random iphone snap of brakes.

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