Kenshin X

100,000kms is just run in for a Toyota , ive owned two 400k plus corollas now with no headaches.

HOLY**** bearings and valve seals and gaskets etc all ok? what year r they? and whats ur secret? lol :P

EDIT: BTW, the only car i saw with 400,000 on the clock was a holden <_<

im pretty sure they didn't charge you 500 just for changing the fuel filter! :o

otherwise 500 sounds right, though i live in melbourne and the cheapest i've been quoted from a toyota dealer is in coburg, i think they charge 420 ~ 450. Course they deduct stuff if u already done them...

edit: my bad i meant the REST of the service costs 420 ~ 450... not just the fuel filter service

i don't feel confident about changing the fuel filter by myself after reading the manual... i will ring toyota today to ask for quotes...

correct me if i'm wrong, but i kinda thought that where the custom one is better becuz its sucking more air inside becuz of the poisition of the opening. the proper CAIs look like they are getting the heat from the engine + the outside air which can't be colder than pure outside air...

You're not confusing with SRI (short ram intake)? On the zze corolla the CAI places the filter behind the passanger side fog light, there is a bit of a pocket there away from the heat of the engine bay.

ahh cool cool, maybe i was confused, cuz i rememebered i saw some shorter and it was the SRI...

really nice work man!

maybe u should have sprayed it black? it might have given u extra 5 kw LOL jk <_<

correct me if i'm wrong, but i kinda thought that where the custom one is better becuz its sucking more air inside becuz of the poisition of the opening. the proper CAIs look like they are getting the heat from the engine + the outside air which can't be colder than pure outside air...

hey guys, yday i bought a cheap calcultor for $2 and i dismantled the lcd took the polariser off with a small kitchen knife and experimented with that

From my findings...

the polariser on the calculator is 45 degree polarised.

the polariser on the sunnies were vertical, (tested when sunlight reflecting off the doggy bowl full of water) (as u said DJKOR)

when i put the calc polariser across the lcd in the car at a 45 degree angle, its darker

when i put the sunny's horizontal to the lcd in the car, its darker

conclusion:

the TOP layer of the polariser on the screen is filtered horizontally, (like DJKOR said :D)

now its just cutting the sheets i have on a 45 degree angle (how annoying) to fit the LCD screen

but didn't toyota think about people wearing polarised sunnys make it harder for them to read the screen?

check this out LOL

http://displayblog.wordpress.com/2006/08/0...ved=0CCgQ9QEwBw

Eucalyptus oil is the win i debaged my car yester day and it got all the ***** off and if u leave teh rag in the boot your car smells nice :)

LOL

100,000 kms is pretty high ks, anything above is regarded as high ks... but if ur gonna just daily drive it then i guess its ok, hitting lift sometimes is good too. These engine were made for high rpms. 1zz also is for that matter too...

but i know ur not gonna drive slow now... r u? :P

if i decide to keep my tivo, i might rebuild (if needed) at 200,000 kms and give it a different colour lol... maybe green hmmm =)

wtfzors, u guys are insane LOL... put it on youtube if u get lift in reverse ROFL :D

yup, i vote on the eucalyptus oil, just do little circles with 100% cotton cloth, i used it to remove residual glue from the trimming i removed from my car.

also cheapest and easy to get, just go woolworths :P

Weren't u scared to scratch the LCD? Lol

Ahh I give up. Took off the first layer of plastic thinking it was the filter but it was just extra covering to protect it! I tried to take the second filter off but it's not coming off :( maybe give up and settle with what I got...

nah i always knew that i had to replace the original filter with a new one. i just tried it with my glasses over the top (w/o taking the filter out) to see how it works and to see how the filter (the one attached to the lcd) is orientated...

what i did thought that all lcd screens used the same polariser but as u said its the angle thats different.

but then u said it depends on the type of polariser used so im kinda stuck here until i try the ones im getting from taiwan

also, chicken what type of glue did u use? can i get it from like a hardware store? im guessing its a special type of glue... hmm

did you remove the original film from the screen?

no need to get another polarizer. i inverted my clock by removing the original film, ethanol to remove the glue and then reused it by flipping it.

sorry did u mean by flipping it so the back that was on the stuck on the lcd is now on the outside? or did u flip it 90 degrees?

i did try to but i didnt completely remove it becuz i was scared te dust will settle on the screen...

plus i thought there wasn't any glue on it... it easily came off by slowly peeling it with tweesers

Update. Ok this is really getting to me. I even wondered if it's even possible to reverse the lights on this thing... I took the electronics out to eliminate the plastic covering on the center console. But this time when I held my polarised glasses horizontal, the colour (blue) is filtered out! I was thinking it should completely black out like my laptop screen!

Any ideas guys, cheers!

Cause that one has cai, and chirpin 1-2 and 2-3rds lol

Oh yeah... I've got a custom made one. It's just a plastic tubing that extends around the inside of the chasis and ends just on top of the front lip haha. I wondered if it really made a difference or getting the proper one is better?

thanks prozak, although that one seemed to sound alot meaner than my car :P

...all people on here are enthusiasts and therefore biased towards the car...

I would say that most people here are enthusiasts, buti wouldn't say that they are ALL biased towards thier car... I for one prefer a honda over a toyota because of thier Type Rs but the prices are a little high... *sob*

but i couldn't pass the corolla sportivo becuz of the features and the engine reliablity... had all the important things i thought was the basis for my needs.

I think what u need to do it research more on the actual car (any car for that matter) before making a purchase... give it like 2 or 3 weeks and if the cars gone, big whoop, just wait for another one. don't rush...

I was looking at another black sportivo in my area and he was selling it for 15,000 but in the end, i found out that it had alot of wear and tear on it (its done 100,000km). it was gonna take an extra 2000 to fix...

the current i got fully checked by my uncle, and he said it was all good... this one i got for 15,500...

oh, remember to check the car with RTA too just in case there are any shifties :D

hope this helps

happy lifting :)

Can't put it better than sd but in short, although I've been paranoid at times, my TiVo hasn't given me grief so far... It's very economical (when u want it to :P) and gives u the fun when u want it as well

happy lifting :D

Apexi Power FC will set you back around about $2500 I think, installed and tuned.

Is your car stock by any chance? Sounds a bit muted thats all...

WOW! 2,500, looks in wallet and cries* pulls out 2 dollars LOL

guess i should start saving then :P

BTW guys, i thought if i hit the rev limit, the needle move anymore higher... in my case it makes that sound but the needle still climbs abit. is this the way toyota programmed it?

Suprathai - yeah its fully stock... the owner before did the muffler tip only. I very much DISLIKE the sports exhaust as i feel its too noisey for my liking and for a couple of KW, its not worth my money. <_<

Or MAYBE the camera was bad lol...

encounta - did you have the stock ECU as well?

BTW i just resetted my ECU (according to the TOC forums) and took it for a spin, there was a bit of improvement on gunning the engine. Also i dunno if it was my imagination, but the rev limit is a bit higher?

NFI seriously... <_<

who cares, i'll just keep driving it hard, hopefully the ECU is smart enough to know that I don't wanna gun it everytime and be easy on the fuel when i need it to be (ie looooong highway driving :P)

you cant set the rev limit any higher without an aftermarket ecu (e.g powerfc)... alot of people cant stay in lift between shifts, thats pretty normal...

but daddy! i don't want ot be normal...LOL,

how much would i looking for a good ECU? would it be a increase in power thru out or just like increasing the rev limit?

cheers

that my friend is limiter by the sounds of it.

your clutch still might be slipping, but that noise is def. limiter.

wow that was fast reply lol... but the needle still creeps up to 8... how do u set it higher? thrashing it high after resetting the ECU? when should u actually reset the ECU anyways? or changing the ECU?

can't stay in lift like this between shifts *cries* :(