yekim

1 was a black, preface, stockish with eyelids and a grill parked at the front of food for less canley heights.

that was probably me :)

I'll be getting some blue LED's to replace the green ones later, I reckon blue on red will look nice, and when I really have some time to kill, I'll do the radio too.

looking good :) , you gotta do the radio...looks MUCH better ;)

Had a fun time, thanks Dylan for organizing everything :)

Had some nice corners (when the sunday drivers weren't around), really enjoyed the swamp road too :D

i'll try to make it :)

wow i thought i was going to need to wait another month for the translated version...great stuff! =)

thats a new episode, just came out this year

i think 4-6

WEll takumi beats the fully loaded type r with Pro driver

cause his turns off his headlights and uses the blind spot overtaking move

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My car has an annoying rattle that sounds like its under the dash. As I hit lift it gets more pronounced. Without the radio on it really freaks me out, I cant stand it. The funny thing is that a friend of mine says he has the same problem in his new Rav 4.

Is this noise present in your stivos? It has been there from as far back as I can remember. I dont know where to look. If any one know what causes this please share the solution.

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we have that annoying rattle as well, mine came from the stereo region. There's a toyota fix here which changes the gear selector cable and gear knob, haven't heard a rattle from that area ever since :)

mikey

There are are a Total of 5 lights that would require replacement with Leds and 3 Condoms of your colour choice. LEDs Are prely directional so you cannot replace the Aircon and Clock units with LED (they do not disperse light in all directions). Also LEDS are polarity sensitive so you must get them around the right way once installed.

My advise is if you have no idea get some one to do it who knows how to or has done it before because you can cause damage if you were in Melb I could help but.....

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I'm sure about getting LEDs and I got no idea about the resistors.

Can I just buy those "condoms" instead? What's the difference between them??

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if you want to put leds on, all you need is a multimeter and ohms law (V=IR)

the voltages around the console very by a few volts. you should vary the resistor values so that each led runs with the same current and hence have a similar intensity.

I've got all my centre console and head unit changed to red leds...the climate control and clock backlights need a bit of tweaking and wide angle leds to get the backlight consistant. The head unit is a different story...

if your unsure about leds, then just go with the condoms, however, i do recall some people mentioning some fading...?

Another alternative is to simple colour the condomless bulbs the colour you wish, may fade over time tho...

ok y take out the surround 4 ur stereo, once theat is out go 2 the mouldind around ur gear knob put ur fingers under it were it meets the cup holder, like get ur fingers underneath it and gently pull it up it should unclip. now go 2 the top of the climate control and gently pull it 2wards u the top should unclip when it does move ur hand down 2 unclip the middle/bottom clips. wwhen its un cliped genlty un plug the 3 (i think) plugs at the back and whoala!

y do you need to take out the stereo surround for the centre console?

anyway, everything comes out from the shifter upwards, each part (the shifter’s surrounds and centre console) should click out by simply prying it with a screwdriver (gently) just make sure you do all four corners a little bit at a time, otherwise one of the clips might snap.

should be able to make it :)

there haev been professionals stealing sportivos from sydney for a while i thin kthat puts the total up to about 11 stolen in sydney

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wow 11? really? hmmm should keep an eye out then...

where did you get that figure from?

thats why they come with air..............

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hhahah, thats right!

hmmmm silver is just one behind black atm...GO THE BLACKS! :P

those pix look great! :D

Yea it was pretty cool on the way back home...i was like where the hell am i...oh well the gps lady says turn right...i obey...

was nice to meet you all today :)

was a pretty nice drive, thanx screaminrolla! ... was a nice drive home too

Sydney Meet Link

Sorry mr mod's, just letting ppl that don't look at the club meets section know

hahah yea i just noticed LOL and just modified

maybe you can come just for the meet @ homebush?

5pm @ Homebush carpark on the 16th October (today)

confirmed ppl:

yekim

qkslvr

Screaminrolla

Blue_Sportivo_VVTLi

ZEEROLLA

KoroLa883

ok i'm not sure if this is a good location but its a start...suggestions?

*BUMP*

can ppl please confirm to see whether this thing is still gonna be on?

5pm @ Homebush carpark on the 16th October

I noticed that when i drive with the A/C on i occasionally get this high pitched squeel like a door hinge that needs oiling. now i get this atleast once in a drive with my A/C on and its something i cant replicate as it happens under different conditions. Anyone know what it could be ?????????   

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Hi Bill,

Yep you are supposed to get this sound as is everyone alse from what I have researched. Both Peekay and myself had this from day one so thoroughly had it checked out. It seems it is just one of those strange noises our cars make from time to time. I have also seen it mentioned on other overseas forums too with no one having any adverse effects from it and some of those guys have done 100,000 miles. So I stopped worrying about it a long time ago.

cheers mate

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i get that noise as well, but i've had it under all sorts of conditions, not just with the AC on...tried to pinpoint the condition when i first got the car...no luck

btw. ne one wanna buy some *genuine toyota* smd leds and bulbs off me? one user only...as new...will make your sportivo have a funky original green appearance...

update :)

So i was driving home from work today and i looked at my red dash..then at the centre console..i was like *cool* then i looked at my radio...dam green thing! so i decided to mod the radio :o

long story short had some problems, fixed them and now i have a red HU as well well mostly red..u'll see when i post pix...i took some pix during the mod...when i get time i'll show ya guys..but for now i need some sleep...

i really should stop impulsively doing these things (especially after work) and plan a whole day for mods...oh well heheh just part of the fun...

I'm cool with 5pm...guys?

left work early today and had some time free...so i decided to finally change the console lights to red leds...bout time..

my intention was to change the stock radio as well...

took it all apart and was ready to exchange the green smd leds with superbright red ones...

........then.....i noticed that the ones that illuminated the rings around the volume and multifunction knobs were located under the digital encoders...freaken......cr@p. That would mean i'd hafta desolder the encoders off as well....not to mention take apart the lcd housing to change the backlight of the lcd display.....

in the end i put everything back together (actually just an hr ago) . so now only the console lights are red

just letting ppl know that its not an easy job to change the stock radio lights...even if u don't mind changing the smd leds like me :o

maybe its a sign for me to get a real sound system ...too bad my wallets a lil dry atm.. <_<

all in all i'm happy with the red console look, looks coool B)

Mikey

i think homebush carpark would be a good centralised spot :)

I think earlier would be better...in fact i wouldn't mind checkin out some cars in some light ..

::Update::

1. grimlock (stivo) ??

2. yekim (stivo) 16th

3. qkslvr (stivo) 16th

4. Frogger (echo) 16th after 9:30pm

5. Screaminrolla (stivo) ??

6. KoroLa883 (stivo) 16th

7. iNdCeNt (stivo) 16th, 23rd, 30th

8. Blue_Sportivo_VVTLi (stivo) 16th

9. EGG80X (echo) ??

10. grimlock's friend (echo) ??

11. xTiGeRx (stivo) ??

12. influx (stivo) ??

13. ZEEROLLA (stivo) 16th

14. gravityfreak ??

15. ??

the 16th seems like the consensus...

location guys???? its commin up...