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come out on the friday night even if it's just for a chat :)

Just been asked by a mate, will it look good on the camry though. Is it the car (m3, ferrari, lambos) that makes the paint "wow" or does the paint make the car "wow"? Hmmmmmmmmmm

KU36s are noisier than the RE001s, but immensely more grippy than the bridgestones in the dry. So depend on what you want to do in the car.

I changed the ecu to a manual one so that you don't get shift solenoid faults which will bring a check engine light and go into limp mode. However the loom must be slightly different too so that's why I still have that code. Secondly although manual is fun and slightly faster. If you aren't going to mod it then i'd just stay auto unless your box is about to break. As I said I would rather spend that 5 k on something else eg suspension, wheels, tyres, or spend 5k tosards making boost. Also selling your car + 5k will give you a manual v6 which would be heaps better and worlds apart performance wise.

Ok spoke to Adrian. Gave him the paint code to try and test out on a random panel. He said about 6k for a colour change and that includes behind doors, under the bonnet edges. But not the engine bay itself. And at least a quarter of that price will be taken off due to insurance paying for the repainting of the whole left side. But he will give me the proper quote for the insurance and then how much to add on for if I went with Satin black, and if I just did the silver. Btw I've been told by people to get Frozen grey because if I go Frozen Black, it'll end up having lots of white stuff on it after the first thursday meet it goes to from a certain someone. :P

Nope it is not worth it. It is always cheaper to sell your car and buy the manual version. This is coming from someone who has done it. It cost about 5k. The only time you would think about doing this is if your gearbox is about to die (mine was) and if there is significant amount of work done to it (mine has). So selling your car + 5k will give you a better car than swapping yours to manual. There are also less issues in the future too, my ecu will give me a "where is the auto gearbox" code but luckily this doesnt trigger the check engine light or the limp mode. Also after seeing what the "mechanics" at the wreckers do and how they treat cars, I would never let them put a finger on my car.

Yup it should since it is an alcohol based cleaner

Unless we are returning from a Nebo run and we happen to drag at a set of lights past a cop car... But you do *don sunglasses* quite often though :P And Ash how many times did you *sedately* drive by us last week?

Well I guess me and Andrew aren't hoons then. We just drive boring camrys. Nothing special over here officer :P

Hey D, can you remind me to give you the balance next thursday. I pretty sure I'll forget lol

I think he said $6k if we wanted glass out like the other car in there, and $5k without taking the glass out. Hmm but yeah I'll ask him all about it next week and options. The bad part is that the lsd may have to wait a little bit longer. However if I were to just "fix" the damage, the car will probably never change colour. Also lawrence, is this a secret plan for me to get all the cool stuff done so you can buy it perfect in the future :P hahaha jk :P ps. Car most probably will not be fixed by the meet, not going to risk it not being ready for the meet and also the paint when it isnt fully cured when flying up and down mountains :P

Ok I think I have decided that if I am going to change colour, I'm going to use the BMW Frozen Black (U91). http://www.m3post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=521374 And yeah I have to speak the the guys again next week to give him the insurance claim number and grab a quote off him.

Lol So with the respray, since it's base colour is silver, When you open the doors I'm guessing there will be areas where it will still be silver ? Have to wait till next week before I am free to contact the shop again because of work.

And I know someone who has everything that for the gen6 brake upgrade too. You will need to move the alarm part of the horn, as it is up in that corner too for the gen4. AND you should definitely run the EBC for the fuel cut. (4psi worth of air + little to no fuel = extremely lean = bang) The other bad thing is unless someone has the plate off the car, it'll be hard to get someone to measure it as there is quite a bit of work trying to get it on/off. Best bet is to ask the US guys for dimensions.

Since the car has been reversed into and taken out the front and rear doors on the drivers side, it is getting an insurance job to fix it. This means the 2 doors and the front guard and the quarter panel will also be sprayed to get the colour blended back in. So pretty much the whole side of the car. I will probably get them to spray/touchup a few other panels too. Which is not far off having the whole car resprayed. The shop said $5k to do a full respray - taking out the trims inside to get to the doors and such. Now depending on how much the insurance part of it will be, it may work out a pretty good price to get the car redone completely. Question is what colour should I go if I do get it done. 1. Satin Black - easier to keep clean and still have a fairly matt finish 2. Matt Black - hard to keep it in top shape though 3. Gloss Black 4. Stock silver 5. 2 tones, satin black on top stock silver on the bottom. Pretty much windows up and the crease line that runs down the car + a few silver highlights on the bootlid and bonnet (where the creases are once again) If I redid the whole car one of the blacks, would it be weird with the engine bay since I'm not going to be stripping it back to a shell, so there will be silver bits? [edit] 2 tones, - from the bottom of the windows up

Unfortunately torque converters aren't cheap and they dont fix themselves, it'll just get progressively worse. And to fix it you have to take to box out which means $$$$. What are the exact codes that it is pulling? If you want to do the "just reset" solution, if you have an iphone, just get the code reader pack on ebay and keep resetting it. But there will be a day where it wont work or other things will be taken out as well.

I think you should call/email toyota dealerships in sydney. They'll be able to get it in for you and tell you how much. It'll cost you though

No intake will give you hp unless your current filter is clogged completely. It'll sound cooler though.

TS01. BUT what I reckon you should do is... Print that photo in high res, give to body kit shop, give them a suitcase of money, and swap it for 4 big pieces of plastic/fibreglass :P

Forgot to give you money last night. !!!

Nope no one makes right hand drive aftemarket lights for our cars. The only way to do it is to put projector lights in them like what I did. My wheels are 18x7 225 45 18s. had 18x8s on it before but the coil overs adjusting knuckles got in the way.

Isn't northy going go karting? Might be the only chance of us beating him in something car related lol.

I have no helmet, and its State of Origin night lol.