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Double post

Awesome turn out at the show and shine. Great to see so many peeps

A big thanks to the guests from toymods and jdmst.

Big up for Castrol and Mothers for sponsoring the event.

And who could forget Castle Hill Toyota for the location and awesome sunny day :)

AWESOME TURNOUT!

Pancakes did well, shame about the orange lights everywhere :blink:

Still got some final prep then 6am start tomorrow. I suggest if you have a heater with a timer, USE IT :)

5 days left

:yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo:

spotted a very clean silver ZRE in south hurstville in an underground carpark.

I did notice it didn't have the have a rear wiper :P

The cruise will be all good terra-firma :)

no humps, just take it easy is all that can be said really :)

firstly,

we Don't need an underground car park. IT WILL NOT RAIN. All this talk about doesn't help and last minute reactions dont help the new comes and the out of towners.

Until further notice, the Friday meet will be the normal Villawood location. Either myself or mish may change that at a later time. This has already been discussed and will be posted by mid this week IF it rains.

I might sound like a hard ar$e for saying it, but all the worry over something which can be simply fixed is just not worth it.

On a positive note, the weather looks to be awesome high 10's to low 20's the whole time with high cloud and sunshine This will be good weather for our CRUISE Sunday.

Suggestions for cruise:

- all weather gear (just in case, lets not tempt it)

- CB radios

- Full Tank of Jungle Juice

- Digital camerea

Also, a request for someone to help with photos along the cruise route (prefer a DSLR user). PM for details.

ouch.

OK .... Might need a lift from airport on Friday morning or noon .....

As it stands, I have some transmission issues that needs sorting out :S

Yippie!!!!! <_< <_< <_< <_< <_< <_<

Guni,

Let me know, i'm free all day friday. Just name the flight and time and i'll be there :)

Firsty I would make sure it fits the current zre's in Australia. Reason being is the face looks like it might be too big for the current shape.

It looks like it might fit the current shape auras in the uk. There dash is a lot bigger for the stereo. The ones in aus only take a double din with some spacers on the side.

Also, judging by the picture, there are no mounting holes for the stereo. The aus ones have 4 screw holes ( 2 each side) of the stereo to lock it in.

If the above check out, the wiring should be fairly easy. So you don't screw up you wiring, get an Toyota to oem connector which you can hack to bits rather than touch the stock wiring

If your in sydney, I can help with the install.

Send me a PM.

sorry, but the 64 GB wi-fi for me is great.

the cooking apps are pretty good and free if you know how to use a search function.

Pocket tunes ($9.95) is great (web radio from here and around the world)

All the good world newspapers

Oh and lunch breaks, sit outside and watch youtube in the sun :yahoo:

just awaiting the camera connection kit for the meet :)

/my 2 cents

me likey :yahoo: :clap: :clap:

Not really a joke, but worth a laugh.

This is for you Corey :)

i hAs FuLly HekTIc RyDe?

Classic example? :o

Um behind hooters there is a car wash about 160m away from where Andrew is staying :P

NEWS FROM OPTIMA

Optima Yellow Top - good for after market stereo ~ APPROX $ Just ask

Big Pete the weather man here,

Just looking at the long range rainfall outlook and we are looking good :)

No rain for the week before or after the meet :)

Big Pete the weather man....out ;)

I would learn towards the alpine for sure

10 working days left :)

zainy,

Please remember these are personal views and other people experiences may differ :)

This will all come down to your budget and if you want something that will just do the job, or provide some future proofing.

I always look at the latter. If you spend a bit more now, there should be no reason why it doesn't last a few years.

From personal experience, I would stay away from the cheap brands. They might have the price and look OK, but the quality is just not there.

I would look at brands like:

Head Decks :

Clarion, Kenwood, Eclipse, Apline

Cabin Speakers :

Clarion, Rockford Fosgate, Hertz

Subs:

Rockford Fosgate, Hertz

Amps : Rockford Fostgate, Clarion, Hertz

This will come down to your budget.

Hope this helps :)

Here is how it works on my ZRE:

Turn power on and set counter to "ODO"

Turn power off

Turn power on, within 5 seconds, press and hold the trip-reset button

After 10 seconds, fasten the seatbelt (the interval has to be exactly 10 seconds)

The display will show B-on

Release the trip-reset button and press it again.

The display will show B-off

Turn power off and release the seatbelt.

DONE!

I've so gotta do that

bright idea :P

/me likey

/ ok, delete dad joke now

A fix would be to get dynamat put in the piller. Might cost about $150 and some careful time, but it would put your mind at ease. :)

Hey all,

I'm about to do my first oil change on my '93 Camry Vienta (3vz-fe) since I bought it and I'm curious what viscosity oil I should be using. It's got around 230,000 kms on the engine and in the 6 1/2 months I've owned it I've had to put a litre of oil in it all up so it does burn oil. Would it be wise to avoid 10w-40 and should I stick with 20w-50? I have no idea what sort of oil is in there now (forgot to ask the previous owner when i bought it). Any brand recommendations too?

Edit: Forgot to mention, I'm on the South Coast NSW, and it usually gets around 6 degrees at the very coldest in winter (which had me wondering if that's too cold to be running 20w-50 even if it burns oil)

Thanks :)

Firstly, welcome to TOCAU.

My old car was a 96 3VZ-FE and I only ran 20w-50 in it. The car had 320,000km and burnt a little oil on start-up. I lived in the blue mountains at the time (so the temps are similar). I would just use a good brand. personal fav's Nullon - any type (spelling) and Castrol GTX3 or mangatec. Forget shell, get too black too quickly for our cars and any of the premium stuff just isn't worth it.