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My car is due to have its 50,000 km in a week or so.

Ive read thru the thread and im more confused.

Which oil grading do i need, and what should i get?

Also will the dealer charge me more or refuse to service my car if i supply the oil instead?

Car is an AUTO btw.

Did the corolla really output that much emissions to begin with? Or is just Toyota being anal?

I always thought the corolla to be a environmentally friendly car. (What they should do is ban those 15 year old car that emit a hugh black cloud when the accelerate!)

hey all,

do you know whereabouts i can go to find good deals on rims and tyres in perth?

my tyres are just about gone and time for a slight upgrade :D

cheers.

Almost every tyre store sells rims, its just matter of find one that can get the rims and tyres you want.

Falken Ze326 ive been told are a crappy tyre so any store that promotes them I would staying away from.

I personally went thru the white pages and called up the tyre stores until i got the price I was satisfied with (good old work phone :P )

Do you have any idea what kinda rims you like?

Here are some wheel manufacturer websites.

http://altwheels.com.au/home.jsp

http://www.hrracingwheels.com.au/

http://www.yhi.com.au/wheels.htm (Enkei & Advanti)

If its hitting the inside of the "hub" then it actually sounds as though you have no wheel spacers but if you say that you only have say the stock Stivo wheels then it is unessesary you only need spacers if you have bigger off-set.........

arent spacers illegal?

$1149???

WTF?

Mines a 2003 corolla and everyone else (other than Justcars) wanted 1600+ for it!!!

And I live in the Canterbury/Campsie area.... (How can that be more expensive than Western Sydney )

Btw what year is your rolla JJCRU23R

Some websites to look at for 2nd hand cars

www.carsales.com.au

www.autotrader.com.au

and the buy/sell section in this forum :D

i reckon you could make a Corolla Sedan look like that :D

But i must admit its pretty hot!

Try Suncorp they worked for me and replace the car if under 2 years old and written off.

I was with National (HIH) and got my money on a 3 month old Golf write off 1 week before they collapsed

Tried them

Allianz

CGU

NRMA

AAMI

GIO

SunCorp

Shannons

RACQ

Justcars.

So far Justcars is the cheapest, its more expensive to insure a 2003 corolla than a 2006 corolla (and the 2003 corolla is insured for less... any idea why?)

Im with Vero part of westpac. I pay $84 a month

Actually Vero isnt a part of Westpac, its a company Westpac use as they dont provide that type of general insurance.

Vero is actually part of the Promina Group who also owns AAMI/Justcars

http://www.promina.com.au/dirp/promina/pro...iated+Insurance

http://www.promina.com.au/dirp/promina/pro...irect+Insurance

On another note, just wondering im currently with NRMA, and contemplating moving to JustCars, is there anything I should be aware of with Justcars?

(Just cars is about $500 cheaper per annum than NRMA, but NRMA has an excess of $500, and Justcars has an excess of $600).

looks better, its just a standard black & grey mesh type fabric (similar to the ones you find at KMart/AutoBarn/etc).

The fit quite well and dont slide around when you park your bum on it. (Which is the main reason i picked these over throwovers) :D

Look for one that was built before Oct05, those are still 100kw, the new ones are 93kw (excluding sportivo)

That had absolutely nothing to do with what was asked..

Now on a better note... There are no tax free areas? (never heard of them) in australia..

You pay tax on everything just about get used to it and move on... not worth worrying about..

if you want to save some money go 2nd hand but almost new.. but there will still be tax etc..

Depends on how you interpret the question, just cos you know the differences between certain corollas, doesnt mean everyone else does (hence the questions).

3- Do you have any useful advice on where and when to buy a brand new corolla?

Im sure aklobi would find this advice rather useful (unless they already knew previously) and they would prefer know before they've forked out their money on a corolla is that its 93kw instead of 100kw. (Im sure there are plenty of new corolla owners who have said "WTF" when they found out that info).

Also I tend to stay away from DEMO cars, for one simple reason, these cars are usually thrashed!

Why i say that is every test drive ive been on to date I have told by the dealers "floor it/gun it, demo cars are meant to be thrashed"

So not wanting to offend the dealer i complied and thrashed the fck outta it :P

Anyways on another note

thnx for the swift reply. would you explain in more detail please...........

The reason i have been advised the new corollas are 93kw instead of 100kw is because of emissions it outputs. (Does the corolla output such a bad level of emissions to begin with anyway? )

hey indcent, can you get a photo of your car with the throwovers on em?

just came back from the seat cover store.

Fitting the back seats are extremely easy.

For the sedan its held together by two clips.

The clips are actually in the same place as shown the diagram in the user manual for the hatch and wagon (except that the fact that the sedan doesnt have the two holders for you to pull up on).

However if you get your hand underneath and give it a quick yank it should come off without any hassles.

Putting the seat back on afterwards its easy, just lay it in place and hit it down, it should go "click" and your done.

Hopes this helps other corolla sedan owners.

(Btw i bought my seat covers from Ryan Seat Covers on the corner of Canterbury Rd and Fore St Canterbury 2193 - got from and back for $75 :D)

How much are we looking at here?

Ive got some wheels that need fixing.

These scratches are rather deep and are on the spoke (one of the wheels).

The other wheel has some typical gutter scratches.

And its fair to say that even Toyotas built in Japan can have their faults, and occasionally major ones ... my last car, a 98 Starlet, was about 10K old when the manual gearbox packed it in ... I changed down from 5th to 4th, not driving hard at all, and that's where the lever stopped. I could shift back up to 5th, but not back down lower than 4th. I was pretty narky about it, as you'd assume, but it didn't stop me buying another Toyota, because its clearly a one-off, and Toyota were quick to have the box rebuilt, not another issue to be had in the 150K after that.

Definately.

My mate bought his Corolla Ascent ZZE122 in Nov 2002 (brand new).

The fault started with left hand turns, when going into left turns the car would shake (the same shake when you are in the wrong gear and your engine is lagging - when we turned a left corner @ 30~40km). I found the only way around this was to force a down shift in a turn (the car was an AUTO).

Mine also had the same problem, but it wasnt as pronounced as his, but mines gone away since then.

The 2nd fault with his car was the cold start, the car would shake like no tomorrow, it turned out that one of the cables connection the spark plugs was kinda loose or something (thank *** we go Toyota to fix it under warranty, car was about 2 years 10 months old :P ).

Overall the car has been good, but not without its faults.

Got some back seat covers for my car.

Ive got the back bit of the back seat on, but the problem im facing here is that I have NFI how do get the back seat covers on (well the bit were you sit your bum on).

Mines a sedan and i dont think you can just pull the rear seat off like you can in the hatch and wagon (the manual doesnt show that its possible - and i tried and i couldnt pull it off yesterday).

Does anyone know how i can place the rear seat covers on? I can kinda slide them under, but it doesnt hold properly, i want to be able to tie the ends together so they dont slide out of place no matter how much you wiggle your bum on them.

Hi, i own a 05 stivo, its done about 2000km now and only recently have i noticed that when i start the car up in the morning and drive out of the street and rev it up in 1st, the hi cam wont kick in and instead the rev limiter will kick in at around 6.8-7.

Mental note, do not buy a 2nd hand sportivo off holim :P

I thought all the Corolla Sedans were made in Japan and Japan only (that was one of the reasons i got the sedan as well) and it was the hatches that got a South Africa or Japan build.

Anyways i checked mine and its built in JAPAN. YAY!!! :D

Hi Ken!

nice to see you here. :)

How's the steering wheels and stuff going?

hehe i used the steering wheel about 5 times and now its sitting in the box again. LOL

Use it once every so often.

How are you mate? Hows ya car looking? Gonna put on one them "excel" kits pictured above? :P

I remember hearing that spacers are illegal....

I was @ BobJane @ Bankstown on the weekend to get a wheel alignment and I was asking him about 17" rims the rubbing of the guards, he just said to me ti use spacers

Then he said if the wheels are rubbing the guard they can roll the guard. What exactly does rolling the guard do? And is it recommended?

ignoring the suburb part, but wtf is wrong with NRMA?

For the suburb im in (2193) a 25 year old costs more than a 24 year old!!!

(For JustCars another Suburb such as Ermington (2115) its more expensive than Canterbury (2193), yet NRMA has Ermington cheaper - I just dont get these underwriters!)

Look for one that was built before Oct05, those are still 100kw, the new ones are 93kw (excluding sportivo)

hmmmz i would have thought the Enkei RP03's would be lighter...

I came across this the other day when browsing for rim weights.

http://wheelweights.net/wheel-weight-weight.pdf

According to this, the RP03's (17x7) weight 16.8 pounds or 7.62Kg per rim.

No no no!

Not the first one!

Looks too much like the kits you see on Excels!

The white front? That one's nice! I approve! :D

bwhahaha

i have to agree with you on the excel comment.

Who would wanna downgrade a corolla to an excel :P

Syd, 25 yrs old male, yr obtain licence: 1997, max NCB:

stock Sportivo:

NRMA under $900

Just Car $125x

AAMI $993

GIO ~$13xx

lowered 35mm + 7" wheels

NRMA -not cover

Just Car ~$13xx

AAMI $993

GIO ~$13xx

Suncorp $13xx

thats weird, i was just doing some quotes on the NRMA/AAMI website and a person due to turn 25 in <3 months costs $1571, whereas a person already 25 is $1607... WTF? (AAMI was $1721 for a male 25).

And this is on a STOCK corolla Conquest 2003 auto.... is there something that im missing here?

Just cars on the other hand quoted $1121... (24 or 25).

License aquired 1998, with no driving offences in the last 5 years (ie 60~65 NCB).

Is there something that im missing here?