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thanks guys and girls.,,, think that i'll get dad to chuck it on the policy, when its all done... Peekay,, yeah i'm more than certain that i am listed as the secondary driver question for Brisbanians,, anyone know of a good place ie. panel beater and/or painter to paint the car and fit it,,, and will there be any problems with paint as it is a black MICA thingy.. :D your help was great thanks alot :P

ok ok ok,, lets just say a young guy wants to know the following .... 1.) say this young boy is to put a front bar and a rear skirt on his "sportivo" would his insurance company tell him where to go.. 2.) the front bar comes from carmate.com, and the rear skirt comes from some German crowd..(its hot- not stolen,, but hot...) :D 3.) finally say for instance his car was in his dads name would they investigate since his dad really wouldn't put these things on his car..(his dads got an MG) :P

i've got 2x12" pioneer subs boxed in the cargo space,, just with a quick release system such that i can get the box out to get to my tyre,,, if i knew how to post pics.. i would.. greg

blue sportivo: woops, my bad thanks for that hehe, yeah i was just looking closer and i do notice that the rear mesh is black aswell maybe that also plays tricks on our eyes.. and ts507r told me that the car has been lowered 30mm Elibach springs.. very nice car neither the less. thanks guys i think i worked it out with the current exchange rate $648 or around that mark just for the rear.. greg

ts507r: there are other options, J-racing where im getting the front bar from are in Melbourne.. can anyone answer my question.. whether or not the carcept rear skirt looks bigger in the posted pic compared to on their website, just because of big wheels and lowering... i don't know how to add pics in the post sorry guys,, but check out page57 of the gallery and the front bars there...

im thinking about putting that carcept rear skirt on and matching it up with the "supra"ish looking front bar it was posted somewhere else its from J racing,, and with thier permission $500 for the front bar ,, cheap hey.. we'll see how i go though. im i seeing things though,, in the pictures off www.carcept.com the rear skirt doesn't quite sit as low as the pictures posted in this forum,, hmmm or is that because the silver car was put on big wheels and lowered...??? help.. greg anyone know any dealers???

:P sorry a bit of the topic,, but where can i get that rear skirt,, that is awesome.. :D . please help.. i will be buying it if i know where from after thinking about it for a good ten minutes now,, i must know where to get this,, i think i have fallen in love... thanks

how good is that car sounding in the second dyno test,, very very hot

got the letter today, hey i get my car serviced at a lexus centre, will they have the parts or will i need them to get the parts sent in, and also do i just ask them to fix my gear selector cable with the new gear knob,, cos i don't know if they will know about the selector cable as it is not mentioned in the letter cheers greg

i have a question for everyone out there,, if i want to replace my exhisting i guess you'd call it exhaust pipe,, the bit on the end, and change it to a cannon, what size inlet would i need ?? :) its for a stivo sorry in advance for my stupidness.. cheers

have now got another concern,, im going to take it in.. next weekish.. i notice that say im driving about 80+km in 5th and now when i put my foot down sometimes there will be dead set no response.... any answers

hey guys.. i know we have all gone through this a million times but i was yet to experience the pain that some of you,, or all of you have gone through.. at 15,000km i can honestly say my stivo is driving like ****!!!! i have done no modifications as of yet bar putting a sound system in.. problems i am facing: 1. start with the infamous gear selector cable.. yeah,,, hmmmm 2. my car is now wanting to not drive in the middle of the road, ( i do tyre pressure pretty much every week,, and there all the same... ) y is it moving to the left.. :( 3. sitting inside the car with no music on or anything just driving along,, the inside cabin is so so so loud,, the rear hatch i believe may have something to do with that. :( 4. further more only today i notice that when i turn a right corner it feels as if my front left shock has died,, it feels like the whole chasis is bending over the wheel.. (tough to understand) ok now i ask for your help... since the 20,000km is coming up can you advise me on what i should be asking to get done, cost is now not an issue i just want my car to drive like car,, and later on like a rocket.. please help..... any assistance will be better than none.. :D

heya,, i remember reading in another post that we might be getting a new exhaust system, apparently the stock part is too loud for a stock standard car, and ontop of this a new ECU to try and raise the kw's to the right figure... :D does anyone know when we will get this fix,, i don't want to do anything until we have the fix done.. so for now i just have parts sitting in the garage..... ;)

why do you say only use low king springs if you have a sportivo,, i was thinking about leaving the stock 16" tires on and using super lows do you guys advise against that.. cheers

Im just starting this topic to really find out the difference in the two advertised chips' can someone who knows about the two tell me and the owner's club the differences and possible provide dyno readouts with a stock or near stock sportivo with both chips... big ask i know,, :P the differences is really what i am looking for.. any help would be appreciated.. cheers greg

Danthuyer, where abouts on lytton road i went looking for it today, and seemed to be driving no where... ended up on wynnum road,, can you give me a rough guide to where abouts on lytton..

,,hows it going,,, these kits all of them i have to say look sweet,, B) but i have one question,, WHERE, ?? AND HOW MUCH,?? i am still not a fan of the rear end on the stivo and looking closer at the rear skirt you can buy from toyota,, i think i'll go for an aftermarket one,, but i want something different, something like in those pictures,, some body please tell me where and for how much cheers greg lacking$$$$$$$

gentlemen of the jury,, the great working team from southside toyota placed new modified cables in my car at the 5000km service, did it fix the problem NO... they then proceeded to put new cable in at the 10,000km service,, and yet again didn't fix the problem wow these guys are working so hard to fix the problem.. <_< but what i have heard is that toyota in South Africa are finally getting around to a final fix and resoloution for this problem,, when it will be finalised i don't know but within this year is what i have been told... i used to live in Africa believe it or not... Turn the music up and try to ignore the noises for now.. cheers greg

hows it going,, just trying to work out what we have reached to be the end result in this discussion,, are we saying don't mess around with the exhaust piping,, instead if you want some broom broom noises,, (which is always good) just change the tail pipe... ?? thinking about chaning the stock sports muffler bit, to a cannon pipe just like everyone else,, but with all this talk about noise problem,, now i don't know what size cannon i should get if any all advice would be welcome in this situation cheers guys greg QLD stivo owner

black sportivo... Brisbane,, Bellbowrie neare kenmore

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shaohaok im from brissy,, abou 15mins west of the city heading to ipswich, in a place called bellbowrie, :D only problem with this is all the driving involved especially in peak hour trafic on coro drive,, not impressed at all when adding the springs to the car is there any modification needed to teh wheel pressure to make the car more stable,, and not hard on the ground cheers

how's everyone going. i'm a new member to the club, and im looking into getting a set of lowering springs, everyone speaks about what kind of springs are out there,, can anyone tell me from personal experience if there is a huge difference in Standard King springs (35mm drop) to the (40-50mm) drop from the Super-low King springs.. other than the drop is there much difference in the ride... cheers