03MikeSportivo

no decibel reader, but he did get me to rev it to 3000rpm and then asked me to back off, started writing up a ticket..

He used a wooden mallet, and slid it under the car.. meh i dunno I got 14 days to fix it... Super Low's Front and back, I believe their the super lows for the standard corolla (50mm drop) and isnt the the corolla sportivo 25mm higher then the standard? therefore its roughly 75mm from stock? The top of my tyre is just flush with the guards? 17"

Was driving yesterday afternoon and was stopped by a highway patrol. he insisted on examining my car and issued me with two defacts, "height not comply" and "exhaust not comply". Im happy to change the exhaust as its loud but im stumped on what im gonna do with the height as I have Koni's adjustables front and back, king springs and it sits so lovely. I also have to have it examed by "HVIS (Heavy vechile inspection station)" so I need to fix it legit. Is there anyway I can bump the height up a touch without removing the springs? I wish i had gone coilovers now!! grrr

If you lower on kings lows expect about 20 000k's before the inevitable. On super lows you can prolly allow about 15 000k's if your lucky. This also depends on how many k's your car has already done. I got superlow's, my fronts went about 2000km .. rears are still quiet good, maybe 30,000km. i replaced the fronts with koni's, planning to change the rears shortly

far out that looks smick as... damn puts my 03 to shame...... my stivo looks like a KE20 in comparison now i hate u =)

exactly lol be like a turbo'd car shifting before spooling. no fun :P i just love hearing the beast open up and waving as i cruise by :D

who cares how dodgy it is? lol we all know ...... its just a corolla which is no pagini zonda quality. just do wut i do :P if it breaks sell it to a P plater :D -mike

damn i wud of bought that and sold it again for 20+

saw a nice black sportivo today on cumberland highway! black, clear tail lights, wing, WT-823 Looks good !!

saw this add in the trading post.... is this a joke? Ad Details MAKE/MODEL: Toyota Corolla SPORTIVO YEAR: 2003 PRICE: $15,500.00 ODOMETER: 36,000 BODY: hatchback Toyota Corolla 2003 Sportivo, 5 door hatch, black, full options including sunroof, 36000kms, AWF05N, $15500 or near offer WENTWORTHVILLE 02-9636 6773 or 0425-363604. STATE: NSW FIRST PUBLISHED: 06 Sep 2006 SOURCE: Private Classifieds (Weekly Trading Post (Sydney)) WTF?

how much did you pay? as my mate is selling his one too

Supercat man! cost me a fair bit actually but am more then happy with it! Bought a cheap cannon on my last car and for the first 1000km it was sweet but after it sounded tinny and ****.......... swore to never buy a cheap one again.. cant remember how much but this cannon still sounds as awesome as it did the day i drove out.... love it!

just some vids i found laying around.. this is hard to see, hard to hear properly and yeah... very ordinary lol another one....... meh meh

saw this baby the other day and couldnt resist taking a video.. check it out :P 120km out of first .. lol num plate : Galrdo haha he almost gets cleaned up...

I have an Asus 636 with copiliot in my sportivo and i use the suction cap on the windscreen and thir is no marks, doesnt fall off etc... if you dont want it on ur winscreen u will need to find/make some bracket to mount elsewhere

you all seem as if you dont enjoy the tingling sensation :P keeps me alert !

I dunno if anyone else has faced this issue but be aware of all induction systems. I've had my TRD CAI since Sept 03, apparently was the first one in AUS.. anyhoo, i installed it myself (3 friggan hours.... dont ask!) after 56,000km i removed it the other day when i did a service... was dirty, thought id give it a good clean out! I noticed in 3 spots i have wear marks, almost through the thin pipe. in 1 spot in particualr seriously thinner then paper thin. I've removed the CAI because im not gonna risk the damage associated with having a hole in it. I dunno how this could of happend because i espically made up 2 extra supports for the CAI when i installed it and it is extremely tight inside the engine. Im thinking of changing to maybe an AEM system or something similar. maybe next time you service your car, pull it out and check... cud save ur engine!

I use my car daily, usually for work.....maybe 50km there... 50km back, usually putt around (fuel saving) and i find come the weekend when im all edgy bout going out i find hitting lift fairly poor for the first few times until i guess the cobwebs are blown out! Toyota service tech told me once that if you dont use lift often its possible they may seize up... and truth in that peoples? Every 5000Ks?! :o Serious? i love my stivo too, only do high reving street driving n no track work but i can't afford a service for every 5000K....i'd be doing that like every three months!! Wen u say hard...how hard is hard? when u say service every 5000km i assume you are implying, topping up fluids and oil change + filter. I have 56,000km on my sportivo and use mobile 1 fully synthetic since 1000km run in. and i've checked my oil after 9000km and has still been golden. now i dunno a great deal about engine oil but from wut i understand is this, if its gold keep it in, if its black drain it out. surely there coudlnt be an outstanding difference between the two, i mean obviously the fresh stuff is always gonna be better but if its barely even changed colour.. just dont see the point

foggies are not allowed to be used in suburban areas, only outback country areas. Been pulled up before in my n14 sss pulsar and so have i in my sportivo.... thats why i took em out..

ill be willing to part with my plates... custom tho....

I dunno if they specialise in bushes and that but their business is driveline equipment and they are usually really good at chasing things down.. sydney driveline service at greenacre

Damn i don't recognise any of you people in those photo's.

good cruise last night?

I'll take the twin charger kit,if you don't mind me using ur phat tax cheque :D

just done an oil change on mine, Mobile 1 GOLD 10w30....... alot smoother, better power delivery. More then happy! anyone else use it? 5L Mobile 1 gold 0w40 $90 5L mobile 1 gold 10w30 $79 5L Castrol edge 0w40 $70 4L Motul chromo 300 10w40 $89 <--- why so expensive?