Hiro's AE102

[juvenile]

Lights look great, but I did like the previous parkers...You forgot to mention"and then my wheels are going on" :D

[Hiro]

Alright, shopping around for tyres for the new rims, seemed like my only options were to go cheap and nasty ($100-150 no-name brands), less cheap and less nasty ($150-200 Kumhos and Falkens), or heaps expensive and decent ($250-300 S-drives, Adrenalins etc)....until the guy at Bridgestone said he's got 6 RE050As left from when he bought out remaining stock before they stopped making them.....retail ~$450+, wants $220 each :D

There are times when I really hate shopping for tyres, because 205/45/16 and 205/40/17 are such pricks of sizes to find good cheap tyres in. Not this time :D

[httttt]

Alright, shopping around for tyres for the new rims, seemed like my only options were to go cheap and nasty ($100-150 no-name brands), less cheap and less nasty ($150-200 Kumhos and Falkens), or heaps expensive and decent ($250-300 S-drives, Adrenalins etc)....until the guy at Bridgestone said he's got 6 RE050As left from when he bought out remaining stock before they stopped making them.....retail ~$450+, wants $220 each :D

There are times when I really hate shopping for tyres, because 205/45/16 and 205/40/17 are such pricks of sizes to find good cheap tyres in. Not this time :D

That is a sweet deal!!! I have them in 19"s. You will love them.

[Hiro]

Tyres are now fitted to rims, just wish this bloody weather would fine up so I can test fit them...

[SuperDave]

Wet weather = tyre testing without the wear

Front end looks good too, but then again I didn't think the old front end had a problem either. They both have their positives.

[le.vinh.zr]

looking good mate!

[jeffy]

laggy net dbl post >:/

Edited July 22, 2011 by jeffy

[jeffy]

the front end looks like its sad, :P

but it still looks damn good ! :D !

[Hiro]

They see me rollin', they ain't hatin'...

Down at the local oval, ground was a little uneven so the arch clearances aren't all even nor indicative

Out the front of home, better idea of stance

Strut-to-sidewall clearance is a little tight on the rears, can still fit a few sheets of paper between so probably 3-5mm clearance, might look at rear spacers further down the track (plenty of room to fill out in the guards) but happy with it for now. Overall damn pleased with the wheels and the way it sits, yet to test the tyres out though...

[Lawz]

new wheels looks good. Needs to sit little more lower :) twincam.org reppin' aye. Needs a TOCAU one ;)

[Hiro]

new wheels looks good. Needs to sit little more lower :) twincam.org reppin' aye. Needs a TOCAU one ;)

That's on Lows, Super Lows are an option for the future but it already scrapes in places. Half the problem is that the AE10Xs have massive wheel arches, so it is hard to fill them neatly and still keep the car off the ground.

I've been meaning to get rid of the twincam.org sticker for ages too (got a .org.au to go in place) but I'm going to wait until I change the windscreen, no point wasting a sticker. And I do have a TOCAU sticker, it's one of the oval ones in the rear driver quarter window (you can just see the outline of it in the 1st and 3rd pics) :P

[deejay500sl]

Show pic of your rear end please

[Hiro]

Show pic of your rear end please

What about it? Only thing different about it is the exhaust tip, Toymods sticker and the Conquest sticker has worn off, apart from that it is still factory.

[Hiro]

Another year, another TOCAU annual meet done and dusted....

Only got one decent photo myself, waiting on all the Vic guys to upload their photos so I can trawl through for some better ones...

[Kenshin X]

very impressed when u saw u at the top of the pack chasing andy through those twisties ;)

i think i heard that ur drive belt needs replacing? :D

other than that, its a fine example of an ae102 :)

[Hiro]

Cheers, both water pump and power steering belts are due to be replaced, not having the splash guard on for so long probably didn't help either...

[Hiro]

And since Little Pete finally posted his pictures from this year's '12 TOCAU meet, I've got another one to add

Got a few little surprises lined up in the next coming weeks, need to get my wedding out of the way first though :P

[dwee.]

Congrats Ian! :)

[trentmeyer23]

Man I love this car. So damn clean.

[Hiro]

Some shots from the TOCAU Kiama cruise on the weekend

[Hiro]

A present arrived in the mail today...I wonder what it might be...

[jeffy]

a turbo kit ?

[Hiro]

Nah, this thing will never see a turbo (maybe a supercharger though)

[4ABHGE]

Defs a supercharger... no doubt.

[Hiro]

Well, I couldn't wait until the weekend, so when I got home from work last night I decided to install said mystery item. Only took me an hour but by the time I finished it was pretty dark so photos aren't great..

Spot the difference

Before

After