blak_tivo_roket

I got gold standing tickets for the Sydney show (9th Feb) with 3 of my mates. Gonna absolutely go off!

oh crap! i was trying to sheath off one of the wire on the passenger side. (the red and white one) next thing..poof, smoke came out and burnt me finger. i looked up, my dome light doesn't work and the clock is dead!!..arrgghh! what do i do? i've blown something!

Yes, i checked my fuse box, pulled out the fuse and the dome fuse was blown. i tried to swap the EFI fuse and placed it on the the dome. it works, i see light! but my car won't start coz there is no EFI fuse. anyone know where i can purchase these blue (15) fuse?

PS. I used a blade to sheath off the wire. would using a soldering iron be safer to melt off the wire? also, do i need to disconnect anything (battery) or any way of preventing this in happening again? those who installed theirs? sorry i'm a noob when it comes to electrical.

thanks heaps guys.

There should be a spare group of 3 fuses (all dif colours) in either the engine bay box or under the glovebox fusebox.

There should also be a white set of pliers to help remove the small blade fuses, this is in the engine bay fuse box.

When i did it i didnt disconnect the battery, but maybe u earthed the wire by accidentaly touching the body too?

Are the plates silver or black? the first page showed them black but blak stivo had silver ones. I like the black ones.

Cheers

Yes the door sills are all Silver with either Red or Blue Corolla written on them which lights up

Here's a bit of notes that I took down today while we were installing the sills:

As you lift the stock door sills, you can see a bunch of wires inside, the transformer for the door sill lights should be connected to a 12V wire and to the door sensor.

The door sensor connects to ground as you open the door and stays at around 9~11V when the door is closed. The wires for the four doors are color coded as:

Front right: Red Green

Rear Right: Red Yellow

Front Left: Red White

Rear Left: Red Black (There are 3 red&black wires, only one of them will work properly)

The 12V wire is blue yellow in color and it runs from the passenger side door to the rear left door then across to the rear right door. So the driver door will need an extra connection from the rear right, this can be done with an extra piece of wire linked to the rear right 12V wire and just run it to the front.

On the transformer, the red is to be connected to the 12V and the black is to be connected to the door switch.

below are some pictures to give you an idea.

I have just installed my door sills yesterday! Woo, they look awesome and add to the already silver and red theme in the car.

I followed the above instructions pretty much but it is probably a whole lot easier to melt or cut a section of plastic off the wires that are needed to be tapped into rather than cutting the wire completely. this method will help if you have chosen the wrong red/black wire in the rear right door. Not that i did though

Some help with the rear right door where there are 3 possible wires in the loom, there is a y section for the loom, cut into the straight section of the y (closest to the back of the car) and there is then only one red/black wire! And i found this wire right next to the Blue/Yellow wire which you need aswell.

Here are some picks of the sills.. Very nice..

Goodluck with the installs guys!

im interested in some blue ones :)

sorry can i change that to red?

so hard to make up my mind, but red it is

im interested in some blue ones :)

mine has gone to 3 degrees but i live in the blue mountains :D

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im in

is this stil happening? im defintaley up for one of these

im in too

LOL me and silverB did it once

Does anyone have a DIY link that works for spring install?

Hi ,

just wondering if it is posible to change springs on my tivo without a spring compressor?

and also does anyone hav a diy?

thanks

Hi,

I have just recently got a set of dba slotted rotors aswell as green stuff pads, and they are squeeling on slight touch of the brake pad.

One thing though, the place where i got these installed did not use the brake shims, will inserting these fix the noise? The place reckon they never use them but only use the special anti squeel compound???

Any help would be appreciated,

TIA

Mofos! I just called up Toyota service and they quoted $49.95 just to unlock the PIN. :o

try the last 3 digits of your vin number, that worked for my tivo

welcome to the club

enjoy the stay, most people dont bite, hard! :P

Hey Pete i think he has ur car :P

Welcome to the club, happy modding

you could always buy a set you like and get them powdercoated black for about $40 a rim.

what places would be able to powder coat stivo rims?

Will the finish last more than one wash? Lol

ill be there :)

ill be up for a set, depending on price, are they a direct bolt on replacement? Do i need to change my calipers or pads?

nar dude just the normal corolla, not the sportivo. Mine is a corolla Levin

1zz Power Yo!

what mods are done to it? Intake exhaust?

i saw you the other week at the drags, i was in the stockish black sportivo (ran 15.6) with a TRD intake, since i have joined the forum :)

i get a rattling noise sometimes but its inside the car from down near the passengers feet somewhere,dont know what it is but it starts when the revs get higher, very annoying on a nearly new car

I got the same thing, I pulled half my dash apart trying to find, but sonds like its coming from the airvents or something around the passenger side. Its really anoying when in lift.

But yeah I dont think its the gear cables if its from the passenger side then.

i tightened that kik panel with the plastic screw where the left foot would be and that seems to stop the noise, but it always come back.I think it gets loose as i drive but not really sure see how you go

Could also be your 6 cd disc changer, i think that is what mine is, and they gear selector noise will come in 6k plus, but the radio/air vent rattle comes in round 3k roughly. very hard to pinpoint where the noise is because the noise bounces of everything in the car :S

It should be at the full level, and if it's a few mm over it ok too (probably better), if its half way up your dipstick that's a problem.

what would happen if this was too far up out of curiosity? Burn oil? over stress the pump?

What sort of fuel are you using?

The rattling sound could possibly be the engine knocking under load (pinging).

im using 98 octane - usually mobil 8000 / caltex vortex 98

Try using a cable tie around your gear selector cables, this fixed mine.

Tie the cable where they come out of your firewall (Enigne side), (2 silver foil lookin tubes), tie these together with a single tie and you are done, no noise from gear cables :)

hope this helps

indexing your spark plugs... its an old trick... actually has produced proven gains on a corolla. remember neils corolla that went to Germany??? made kw gains at the wheels from indexing the spark plugs... not much but still a gain.

SFA??? Sweet F*ck All

How do u index ur plugs?

21 :)