-DAvo

sounds good so far fellas... any more keen??

Thanks everyone and thanks to the TOCAU team for passing on the position. . Hopefully we can bring back a regular meet and I'm excited about doing whatever I can to help increase the number of swirl free, reflective, water beading cars around!! :P Please feel free to contact me if you have any problems. Thanks again :)

OK guys and girls lets get something happening here in WA.. meet n greet / catch up with mates / cruise / anything! EOI here, lets get the ball rolling again... time and place to be determined once we have some numbers.. Keen to have a mini show n shine as well as a photoshoot as i now have some good locations we can visit with good lighting for photos.

try your local toyota dealership?

what i found to help in drying your car is... "using water to dry your car" :P basically once u spray off all the excess soap, remove the nozzle from the hose and turn the water power down till the water "streams" out of the hose... then start from the roof and gently allow the stream of water to collect all the droplets and sheet the water away.. do this from top-down on the car and watch your car almost fully dry itself! doing this i can dry my whole car using one meguiar microfibre cloth (wont scratch the clearcoat)... but ill still use my compressor to blow water out of annoying gaps.. which the aurion tends to have plenty of!! and then a final wipe with the same microfibre (twisted as dry as possible) and AG rapid detailer. taadaa! heres a link if i made no sense whatsoever :P

love it! when we gonna meet up again and take some pics of this beast???

Id agree with Adamsy on this, ive got them in my fogs purely cos i had a spare kit laying around.. i dont use it unless its country driving or REALLY bad weather..

yeah that was me.. had to go back and forth 3 times today! lucky i only work down the hwy :P sorry i didnt spot you at the same time thou!

new items up for grabs 1. Slim LIne visors to suit Aurion (possibly newer Camry??) Condition: Brand new, test fitted without adhesives, then removed and placed back in package Reason for sale: Decided the slimline look wasnt to my personal taste.. Price: New on Ebay for 75 with shipping.. i will sell for $70.00 with free shipping australia wide. Extra Info: taken from the ebay seller: *Color:Light tinted(light smoked) with silver stripe *Material:High quality ACRYLICS,not black PVC. *Helps Keep Rain out of car with Windows Partially Open and lets Fresh Air in Also Helps to Reduce Heat Build-up in Parked Vehicles by Allowing Windows to be Partially Open Custom-built for a sleek look that fits, and great looking. pictures: also see private numbers Camry, he is using the same visors.. these look identical to the OEM slimlines and are made to the same standards. 2. Genuine Aurion Sportivo grille (diamond white) Condition: Brand new, fitted for 1 day, then removed and replaced with my custom grill, been sitting in the garage ever since. Extra Info: SAme as what you will find on any pre facelift aurion sportivo, no marks or scratches. has a nice layer of autoglym extragloss protection to give it uber shine :P price: $210.00 posted to your door Thanks for looking and please dont hesistate to PM me if you have any questions.

looking great there mate whereabouts in WA are you? great to see more aurions from WA on here :)

Spotted one on beach rd a few weeks back ;)

Thanks for all the comments! In regards to the aurion badge. I was thinking of what to line it up with a decided last second to go with the tail light. Im going to remove it soon anyway as i prefer the debadged lOok. Couple of mods underway and ahould be done soon. One is new tires and the other is a suprise :) Thanks again :)

These pics were taken tonight after a quick wash with Megs Ultimate wash/wax, and a wipe down with AG rapid detailer. IMG_8955 by DavidChaiPhotography, on Flickr IMG_8954 by DavidChaiPhotography, POW! IMG_8950 by DavidChaiPhotography, on Flickr Thanks for looking and please feel free to comment.. -DAvo's Aurion .Pedders XA coilovers .EQUUS 19x8 Geneva rim on 245/35 .Genuine Aurion Sportivo front and rear skirting kit, aftermarket ABS side skirts .Lexus style chrome grille custom painted .Roof Spoiler .Bootlid spoiler .Painted boot emblem and badge .HID 6000k lo beam/fog light, 4300k hi beam .LED ; Parkers/interior door/footwells/dome light/maplight/rear number plate/boot,bumper reflector LED .Pioneer 4150DVD headunit, MB quart reference component speakers front, eclipse 3 way in rear shelf, Alpine s-type 12inch sub, Alpine mono block and 4 channel, a LOT of dynamat :P .Lukey rear stainless mufflers with stainless angled tips .K&N panel filter .Ultra Racing front strut bar and rear sway bar

IMG_8914 by DavidChaiPhotography, IMG_8913 by DavidChaiPhotography, IMG_8935 by DavidChaiPhotography, rear LED replacements for the standard reflectors.. had these in for ages now but been too lazy to photo them. IMG_8930 by DavidChaiPhotography, installed a brand new 6000k into my low beams so transferred my older philips kit into my fogs... now have 6000k fogs and low beams, and 4300k hi beams... 6 ballasts in total! :S IMG_8924 by DavidChaiPhotography, Also recently redid my Lexus style grille. left the chrome surrounds, but had the middle part of the grille painted flat black to match the skirting kit.. IMG_8918 by DavidChaiPhotography, love the fisheye :) more below!

Ok, so couple of small updates happening. car came back from panel beaters after being rear ended by a landcruiser with a tow ball :S so i took the opportunity to do a mega detail. IMG_8896 by DavidChaiPhotography, The main players for the paintwork detail, missing is the LSP which was AutoGlym Extra Gloss Protection. IMG_8892 by DavidChaiPhotography, Super Resin Polish applied using my Mothers Wax Attack palm polisher with a Meguiars 8006 polishing pad IMG_8890 by DavidChaiPhotography, While I had the car garaged for a few days, decided to remove the toyota emblem to prep it for painting! IMG_8885 by DavidChaiPhotography, Mmmmm nice even application! and now for the results! IMG_8904 by DavidChaiPhotography, went to my local toyota and picked up a rear "Aurion" badge, and decided to paint that as well as the badge.. note that it is not just gloss black.. we mixed up a lot of silver flake into the paint to go with the white/black/chrome theme of the car :) IMG_8903 by DavidChaiPhotography, sparkle! continued below...

if i were you i would leave it badgeless at the front.. trd.. well everyone has their own opinion regarding that so we wont go into that. by the looks of the picture you could do with a remesh for a few reasons 1. to make it darker so you dont see all the radiator etc 2. it seems that the top of the grill is sagging a bit. you can use new mesh to prop the framework of the grill up. i had to do this with my previous sports grill and it worked a treat. looking good thou, will have to get you out for a photoshoot sometime?

stupid question, but are these prices per rotor?

Pictures can tell a thousand words right here.. it really depends on how bad your swirl marks are.. general rule of thumb: use the LEAST aggressive product to acheive what you want.. why? the clearcoat on your car may or may not be very thick, so you want to avoid removing too much of it if possible. id point you in the direction of this threadregarding removing swirlmarks from car paint work. read it and your efforts will make a lot more sense. :) if your still stuck after that then post your questions here and ill do my best to help you out :) good luck mate!

1. Dez 2. private (07 camry) VIC 3.Spillzee 4. stock (05 rolla tivo) NSW 5.-Davo (08 Aurion ATX, rear LH/RH only) Perth WA

Since when did Philips produce HID kits that come with a lamp base other than the D2/D4? As far as I was aware, Philips only truly produced these design HID lamps for automotive use. Anything else is either a copy, or a disassembled Philips lamp then placed into a traditional automotive bulb base. yep, ive been running genuine philips kits in mine for a while now.. no complaints.. i have run the "philips patent kits" before and found they did have a bit more flickering after a while, even with relays installed.

Hey Perthies Been a while since we got together to check out the cars and have a good chat, so wanted to put a EOI for those who would like to catch up for some photos with a cruise between locations? perhaps when the weather turns good again, (which according to BOM is next Tuesday?) would be a evening meet up, so lets see whos interested?

you'll generally find the 6000k performance in rain to be weaker when compared to the 4300k.. but definately not horrible.. (i travel up and down reid hwy most nights without any problems, even in the crud weather) ive been using 6000k for a while now and have no complaints so far... what brand HID kit did you get?? i did go 4300k philips for a while, however i missed the white/blue look and went back to 6000k..