zainy

So an update, got the new front bar painted :) and put on today

feeling good the car looks brand new now.

Unfortunatly like planned i didnt get the sportivo lip , heres why

as quoted by castle hill toyota

front bar- 248.25

Fog covers- 21.37 each

foglights left- 226.50

foglights right - 226.50

and front skirt- 299.04!!!!

i just dont have that type of money right now. so i screwed all that and just got the front bar just so the it would look good at least. luckly enough there were spare fog light covers lying around at my mates panel beating shop so we chuked them on, and it was alll goooood :)

the pictures show b4 and after.

Zain

check if your corolla has the foglight wires hanging behind the surrounds. if you do then just buy the lights and surrounds from him, micro relay and toyota levin/sportivo headlight dimmer switch. "Kenneth." has a guide on how to install it in a prewired corolla/yaris.

what if it isnt pre-wired what do you do then :(

This used to happen to me aswell, i bought an blue led globe from ebay.

i had the same issue as you where the globes were the same size as the original one but it still was a tight fit and it didint work, what i did was that i wiggled it around a little and make sure its in the sockets. i just kept wiggling it around and it finally worked :)

if you feel like its the fuse, its the small "5" sized one in the fuse box

hope that helped

Zain

MUST VENT

Yesterday was a really good day i graduated yr 12 and we were all planning on going to the beach with 4 car loads of people everything was going great

till around 2 pm i was driving around eastwood on my way to manly folowing a mate and he all of a sudden locked up and i ended up smashing into his towbar my front bar was raped hard, no 1 was hurt thats the main thing, so yerh we both pulled over and talked bout what had happened, and apparently he had to lock up because of an idiot in front of him turning right with no indication into a no right turn st, my mate had to lock up and then so did i , i unfortunatly was the unlucky one

OMG how good does it feel to have finally finished Yr 12!!!

Have you finished your exams yet? mate when you do, best feeling ever, don't have to take crap from any teachers ever again, Uni is so much better, everyones on a first name basis and the Lecturers/Tutors there treat you as adults.

Nothing like celebrating graduation with a beach party :D

Enjoy it while you can, later on the stress of waiting for your marks will start to sink in lol

haha yerh its great :D i ended up stil going to the beach that day, had a pretty sweet day

nah my final exams start oct 14th, so just trying to study n keep focused after it will love to come meet you guys at a meetup :)

Bit confused... If you were keeping a safe distance (ie a distance great enough to stop safely in an emergency), and driving safely, how did you manage to rear-end your mate? You don't need to be going fast to leave tyre marks on the road, but hopefully ABS prevented your brakes from locking up on maximum brake pedal pressure, hence no "skid" marks. ABS means longer stopping distances but allows you the ability to steer around objects, or so the system is supposed to work...:(

As you say, most important thing is that no-one was injured. Cars can be repaired, but death is kinda final... You will learn and improve from the experience, and in a while this will be nothing but a bad memory!

Bring on more driving and modding...

Adrian

I believe i was at the right distance, i do believe my reaction time played a part of this.. but yerh just trying to learn from this experience.

After these exams are over gonna go moddn crazy :)

yeh as kenshin said, atleast ur ok and everyone is safe...

better to get the stivo front off a person wrecking, toyota won't give u a good price... are ur headlights damaged too?

nah the headlights are fine just the front bumper needs to be replaced, but yerh i'll look around, i'm going to make sure to get genuine front bar no fiberglass :)

MUST VENT

Yesterday was a really good day i graduated yr 12 and we were all planning on going to the beach with 4 car loads of people everything was going great

till around 2 pm i was driving around eastwood on my way to manly folowing a mate and he all of a sudden locked up and i ended up smashing into his towbar my front bar was raped hard, no 1 was hurt thats the main thing, so yerh we both pulled over and talked bout what had happened, and apparently he had to lock up because of an idiot in front of him turning right with no indication into a no right turn st, my mate had to lock up and then so did i , i unfortunatly was the unlucky one

the car who turned was never to be found cause he was out of there

now as soon as that happened i started blaming myself for what had happend, but i kept trying to think of what i had done wrong, ( i know i am a p plater and some of you may think i am lying or was driving like an idiot) but i was legitimatly driving safely

- i wasnt speeding

- i kept a safe distance

it was just that my mate at front locked up on the last minute and then i couldnt have done anything, we went back to check on the road there werent even any skid marks, so we werent even going fast at all

it was just my bad luck

but now about the car this is what has pretty much happened at the point by bar was dented in hard cuz of the towbar which obviously dented in my reinforcement bar into my fan a little bit - the radiator was kind of damaged aswell

and if i tried to start my car , after a while the fan would try to start working but it would get on the reinforcement bar causing it to make a real nasty noise whihc would make me cry. but fortunatly enough i called up my mate who has panel beating experience and he helped undent the front bar and same with the reinforcment bar, and for some reason he had a new radiator for corollas hanging around so he chucked that on with a condenser aswell and it was good as new..( well nearly lol) n drivable

also in the accident the two plastic covers for the foglight area had disappered :(

so pretty much this is what is going to happen, everything happens for a reason i say, and i stick by that

My mate in front car is willing to go half in the payments because he felt really bad bout what had happened and wont have "clear conscience" if he doesnt pay for anything

so money wise im covered

but what i had in plan was actually going out and buying a sportivo front as my one was just the normal ascent one

i was planning on doing this way out in the future , by buying the front lip and attaching it onto the front, but seeing this is happened i thought i might aswell go out and get the actaully sportivo bumper, so yerh hopefully on monday im getting a quote.

but yerh the main thing was that no 1 got hurt and that i really couldnt have done anything to prevent it.

but yerh feels good venting

take care

Black wheels and black headlight mod would look sick.

But she still looks sweet as she sits now loving the but shot. I need some wingtips asap.

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/TOYOTA-COROLLA-01-04-C-ONE-SPOILER-TIP-EXTENSION-RUNX-/260655676704?pt=AU_Car_Parts_Accessories&hash=item3cb049fd20

:)

i never knew the face lifts have all windows auto

gay.....................................................for us

well you learn something new everyday don't cha?

I never you guys had bright silver console and window inserts until I saw your one.. LOL! Nice and shiny! I think I'm gonna go respray mine.

Who wants cheap plastikie looking silvers when you can have carbon fiber!!!!! FTW !!!

:toast: :toast: :toast:

AHHH THAT LOOOKKS SEXXY!!!

i was full thinking bout doing this.

now im really set on saving up n buying chickens power windows set and doing this!!

nice stuff dude

did the LED console mod now im blueeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee :)

though would be a little more happier if they were a bit brighter.. ah well

and also need find out the size of the cig lighter bulb

:D

interior looooks

sexxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxy

great looking car mate, and congrats on getting your RED P's :D

Evo

Thanks Evo

appreciate it.

soo excited right now!!

take it easy

Zainy

I put a red p plate on my car today fk ye!

Just a Bit of an update i GOT MY RED P's!!!!!!!!!

finally can drive to school n back and everywhere else

cant wait till hsc is over then can start comming to the meetups,

will be great to meet u guys

take it easy

Zainy

The seller has a lot of feedback , thats what i look at when i shop from Ebay.

In saying that , there are a lot of cons around.But thats how the world goes around.

On the subject of ABS Plastic VS Fibreglass kits , i must agree the ABS is more forgiving and versatile.

Some years ago i bought one of the 1st Carmate.com Corrolla Bodykit and F****** my Front Bar on the 1st night.

Mind you it was only 6odd inches off the ground and an amateur driver doesnt help.

Now i remain scared for life and always drive sideways on humps and leaving car parks or un-even surfaces.

My fibreglass kit cost me $1200 supplied and fitted so $450 is really sus for the whole kit.

BTW - i wouldnt recommend Carmate.com to anyone after my experience with them.

I've heard alot of bad things about carmate.

would it be a good idea to buy parts from them, and get it installed at places such as x racing or concord customs??

your thoughts would be welcomed :)

hey just wondering if u still have those power window switches n motor?

hey just wondering where you got your system done. looks good and u still have space in the boot

i wanna do something like that one day

damn corolla boots for being so small :(

just came across this. lol havent posted enough to show you guys on the buy n sale page so my bad moderators

2 left

but yerh the've got only a couple of hours left so check em out ppl

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Right-Hand-Front-Toyota-Corolla-Head-Light-04-05-/220634669433?cmd=ViewItem&pt=AU_Car_Parts_Accessories&hash=item335ed9e179

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Right-Hand-Front-Toyota-Corolla-Head-Light-04-05-/220634668545?cmd=ViewItem&pt=AU_Car_Parts_Accessories&hash=item335ed9de01

sorry agen for posting in the wrong place.

take it easy

zainy B)

Hey guys, due to a forum mate convincing me, i've decided to put up my ride for sale... opps i mean for you guys to view :D

Background and "some" useless information:

Model: June 2003 Toyota Corolla Sportivo 1.8 VVTL-i, 6 spd man

Colour: Black Mica Metallic (Ink) paint code: 209

ODO (when bought 02/08/09): 73,XXXkm

ODO (as of 22/06/10): 95,XXXkm

Condition: few dings and some scratching underneath by previous owner :( otherwise very good. No deformed panels etc.

Mods when bought:

King Springs Super Lows on standard struts

Custom CAI tubing from bendable plastic to fit the original induction box

Debadged and added "TRD sports" badge on the front grill

3 inch muffler tip on the original sportivo exhaust

TRD Quick Shifter and solid metal bushings

Falken fronts ZIEX tyres 205/50 r16

Pioneer HU with infinity front speakers + tweeters and clarion rears + tweeters

alpine ampliers (1x4 chan and 1x2 chan)

13inch sub in custom box free rolling in the boot

genuine corolla sportivo mats

4250K HIDs

Left rear stock Bridgestone turanza 195/55 r16 (ok NOT a mod but was swapped when bought due to other tyre being not road worthy)

Right rear Milanza 205/50 r16

DBA front left disc (changed because left was undersized, left the right front stock rotor on though <_<)

installed voltmeter to the light switch control (yes very useless until light turns on)

I think there was some kind of a front strut on as well as the bolt in the chasis are a bit rounded off and has some round marks on the paint around it

also had a bigger rear vision mirror and slimline wipers on the car but took them off before the sale

Ryco oil filter Z432 with Mobil Semi Syn Super 3000 10W-30

Genuine Toyota coolant, brake fluid, power steering fluid

Was bought off a honkie name Wing Chun Lai (Wilson Lai) (if anyone know him rego number UXG487). He bought it off a mate who also had to return to HK as he finished his studies and got PR here. He said to me that if he knew i wasn't gonna look after it, he would sell it to me :)

This car was on the car sales website for 20 mins before i called him up scooped it from him :P

Pictures when i first bought the car

interior and some mods pics

Looks so clean man, im loving it. B)

hopefully mine will be something like yours one day

So just a bit of an update on how things are goinn...

Tryed to go for my p's last week, made sure to check everything was working b4 i went... but my frkn tred on my tyres.

especially my front left one, the instructor had one glance at it , and told me the test was canceld. tryed arguing with her to see if i could just change my tyre with the spare one, but she was been a real *****

had to book for another one.. meanin i had to pay for another one aswell, killed my life but yer oh well **** happens.

But yerh so now back to business the spoiler has been painted and connected .. finally

Just recently also bought blue door sills off ebay got em for a very good price of $60 with free postage :

started up the wiring.. took me a real long time cause i was a jackass and wasnt reading the instructions properly which were posted up on this forum, but yerh finally in the end got the wiring done , havent stuck em on yet, cuz i just dont feel confident by leaving em on with only double sided tape. so looking for a good adhesive for it but yerh here is a preview

With my LED's on :)

i love this picture

By the way, tried doing the console mod, with just changing the silicon covers to blue.. not so great. so later on down the track once i get my p's

going to hopefully go buy sum LEDs from somewhere.

but yerh thats about it for now.. hopefully next time i post i'll have my p's and finally be able to come to those meetups

Year 12 is G A Y.. thought i just post that too.. cuz thats how i feel right now..

Take it easy

Zainy

Looks great man,

would love to see some interior pictures esp the sub

zainy

Is there anywhere in australia, in particular sydney to get these headlights?

thankss

hey can i still get a pair of front eyelids?

4.Then connect every negative from each of the sill panels to thier corresponding door switch

Hey,

I know this may be an old post but I was just wondering how you managed to tap the door switch wire for the rear doors. I managed to find the wires for the front doors by locating them under the kick panels (where the sills attach) but I couldn't find the wire for the rear doors. I tested the bundle of wires located under the kick panels but none of them seemed to be the correct one, unless I'm missing something.

Hey mate,

have a look at this thread:

Illuminated Door Sills - Instructions

Evo

Hey just wondering if some one could take a picture with them on cuz i was wondering what would happen with the curved part which covers wire n carpet?

4.Then connect every negative from each of the sill panels to thier corresponding door switch

Hey,

I know this may be an old post but I was just wondering how you managed to tap the door switch wire for the rear doors. I managed to find the wires for the front doors by locating them under the kick panels (where the sills attach) but I couldn't find the wire for the rear doors. I tested the bundle of wires located under the kick panels but none of them seemed to be the correct one, unless I'm missing something.

Hey mate,

have a look at this thread:

Illuminated Door Sills - Instructions

Evo

Hey just wondering if some one could take a picture with them on cuz i was wondering what would happen with the curved part which covers wire n carpet?