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Yeah that is about the same as what I get rev/speed wise. 230km/h! what does it handle like at that speed, pretty flat or floats around a bit, I've only had mine up to about 180km/h and it is surprisingly comfortable, they just feel like they love speed, I am amazed a mine and how quick it can get to 140 or more just overtaking on the highway. I thought they would electronically limit it but 235 is not bad, clearly without the limiter it could do more, the speedo goes to about 260 I think. They (well a 2007 Sportivo SX6) are electronically limited at approximately 255km on the speedo. GPS speed when the speedo is reading that is 245km/h. That's all the discussion I'm permitting on that. There is no place that most of us here can legally achieve that speed in Australia. So if a 2007 SX6 Sportivo is limited to 255km/h then what is a TRD supercharged version capable of? Only the TRD is supercharged right, the Sportivo isn't is it? I guess it's not just top end speed, there has to be a limit, 230km/h is fast, I guess like you said there is nowhere you can legally do that in Australia (the Northern Territory has no speed limit doesn't it but I have no idea what the roads are like and with the heat and dust who would want to risk it) but it's all about how quick you can get there, even if you get 230km/p, I have seen a vid on youtube of an Aurion speedo going to 235km/p, it gets there pretty quick for a car that is what? under 60grand for the top model, at least our Aurions are value for money, honesly I have seen Ferraris, Lamborghinis and such in Melbourne when I have been there, what good is a car that you get booked everytime you go over 2nd gear plus the Aurion has so much more practical features. What is the sense of paying a 1/4 mill for a car that gets to 100 in under 4 seconds when it has practically no boot or sometimes the basic feature? Fine if you have a spare 250 thou in the bank, but is it value for money? unlike the Aurion that has looks, power and is practical, would rather an Aurion and a mortgage and not just a car for the same money.

Yeah that is about the same as what I get rev/speed wise. 230km/h! what does it handle like at that speed, pretty flat or floats around a bit, I've only had mine up to about 180km/h and it is surprisingly comfortable, they just feel like they love speed, I am amazed a mine and how quick it can get to 140 or more just overtaking on the highway. I thought they would electronically limit it but 235 is not bad, clearly without the limiter it could do more, the speedo goes to about 260 I think.

Addition question I thought of today, in regards to my poor economy in city cycle compared to others on here, my car does not go into 6th gear until I reach 70kmph, (I know this cause I have counted/watched the Tacho needle drops while taking off and appart from taking off in 1st, there is only 4 rev drops between standing and up to 60) is this because 6th gear is too high for speeds under 70, is that how it is meant to operate or is it not doing the right thing, does anyone's Aurion go into 6th at speeds under 70kmph? Even when I am in 'S' mode and I change to 6th at 60kmph there is no revs drop, it only works up to 5th. Nothing in owner's manual except not to exceed 198kmph in 4th, wow...how fast would and Aurion go??,

Techniqcally it should improve handling but it is just all show, If you look at any race car the kit scrapes the ground and bottoms out constantly and would be totally impractical on the street, race kits are desided to stop air getting under the car so they dont float at high speed. Mine is just a lip kit, the rear apron may cause extra drag from air coming from under the car out the back, the sideskits don't stick out that much and with the 4 mudflaps gone to fit it all on I think the mudflaps would have caused some drag but that is getting a bit picky, the front spoiler is not much lower than the original bumper, it sticks out further forward and is rounded so should really go throught the air without causing extra drag. I just meant I drive more sedately now the kit is on cause I am worried about potholes and anthing that could damage it like driveways and stuff, the car scraped before if I pulled into or out of a driveway to fast so I take it slower now and when coming up to speed bumps and driveways, I start slowing down a lot earlier instead of harder breaking before I pull in, makes for a smother ride also, wasn't really about fuel economy just the kit wasn't cheap with the painting and all so I want to look after it plus it makes the car look so much better (looked good before though) but don't want to thrash my car now, have spent too much and want to look after it and only drive it hard if the need arises, like overtaking on the highway etc. I just meant before the kit went on I had a bit of a lead foot, now the car looks a little more prestigious I want to preserve it.

It's not hard to calculate your average fuel economy yourself though... and is more accurate. The average speed function is pretty much useless as well. Yeah I have done 4 hour stretches on the highway with cruise control set at 110 kmph and the cluster computer will say my average speed was anything from 89 to 95kmph, also the outside temp can be affected if you park the car in the sun or if the engine is hot and you park to go somwhere then get back in a bit later like well within an hour and the outside temp will be high, think it's just heat transfering through the metal in the body to wherever the sensor is located.

Dash camera? you mean like the ones they have in taxis? If so Jaycar stock a couple and I have seen them on eBay if you mean those ones that attach to the rear view mirror, Jaycar call theirs an in car event capture camera or something close, just got to Jaycar's site and search 'car camera' on you can view the specs online of the ones they have.

Never considered white but it would match in and give it a good crisp look as you said.

Can anyone tell me the colour of the horn wire coming down the steering column? I'm fitting air horns for wildlife and inconsiderate drivers who pull out in front of me. I want to set it up so I can switch from the standard horns to the airhorns with a toggle switch, also is it a negative/earth contact swtich or positive power from the steering wheel pad?

I noticed a lot of wind noise but thought it was just the car as I had the weather shields fitted before I took delivery of the car so didn't know any different, then I got sick of it being so loud and had a closer look, Toyota had not fitted them properly and the drivers side one was sitting on top of the where the mirror meets the door and the wind was getting in under it, they replaced them under warranty and I did notice a big difference. I imagine the slimline ones would produce less noise not sticking out as far as the regular ones.

Factory tires and resurfaced damp road from light rain earlier, 100 meters is not that far, a human sprinter can cover it in under 10 seconds.

Thanks Barney for that, The builder who is working on my house says his son who is into Ford F250/350s with V8s in them says that he gets better economy overall using Caltex Vortex, I noticed going to Melbourne that some smaller servos didn't have the Vortex unleaded and when I filled up there was a difference in performance, those that had the Vortex Unleaded when I filled up I did notice the car ran smoother, had more power and got better economy. As for the last service, all of them since new have been through Toyota with the capped $130 service for the 1st 3years, but as I said since the bodykit went on before this service I am more sedate in my driving habits because of potholes and in carparks to avoid damaging the kit and this has also made me drive the car less agressively, I had a bit of a lead foot at first, but even back then when it was guzzling fuel I would take it easy but didn't make much difference, not sure what they did last service, was a big one, well they had heaps listed on the job sheet but doesn't mean they did it all but like I said the car is smoother, accelerates better though I have not given it much though I did the other day to beat some traffic, even with the traction control the wheels were spinning for nearly 100meters or so, not full on but I could hear the squealing as the traction control engaged on and off. Like I said getting around 14.5l/100 round town when I used to never get under 15s. bought it in Dec 2010 so it was it's 4th service I think. only has 13500ks on it. Want to take it on a good higway run and see how it goes to compare very soon.

What is wrong with my Aurion then, since it's last service around town I have been getting 14.5L per 100 which is good as before that it was always in the 15s since I got it new in 2010, the best I have got on the highway with cruise control on is down to 8.2L per 100km. Don't know what I would get now after the service but no matter how moderately I drive it still guzzles, like I said 14.5L per 100ks is the average round town but only since it's last service, it has 13500 km on the clock. Don't know if it's the heat up here or what, drove it from Townsville to Melbourne, was pretty impressed though it seemed to get better litres per km at 110 than 100kmph but even better at 140kmph. It's like it's built for high speed and crap around town. Since I put on my bodykit, I have been driving very sedately, but not much improvement over if I drive a bit harder, most of my calculations were before the last service but I connot believe the pic above, I have never seen mine get under 8L per 100km no matter how I drive. On my trip from Townsville to Melbourne, I limped into a town, fuel light on, gauge on empty, trip meter said zero k's left, got 717km out of the tank, it took 69 litres to fill, I was impressed with that having a 70 litre tank I should have been able to get another 100ks out of it though I have been told that Toyota have always had around a 10 litre 'reserve' after the gauge is on 'E'. Still can't believe how much mine goes through when I fill up. My last average was 14.7 litres per 100 varied driving around town but mostly moderate and not too much right foot. Hope my trip computer is ok, my km/litre calculations are about the same so it must be right but I see heaps of members on here getting better economy than me? Can't wait till it's out of warranty so I can put a decent air ram style pod filter on it with a cold air intake pipe and open up the exhaust from the 'Y' to 2.5 inch pipes with no rear mufflers, that will hopefully give better economy, more power and a nice sound both intake and exhaust.

Hi Michael, You might want to take a look at the link below also called 'Aurion Aftermarket speakers help me' if you haven't already. I got some advise on my rear speakers, you have to watch the depth of the speakers cause the tension rods for the boot can hit the back of the speaker if they are too deep, because of this thread I went with the Rockford Fosgate Punch series meantioned, as you will read in the thread they fit well in the rear but you still have to put rubber around the boot rods as they do touch the magnet, there is a link on there to some photos of these speakers installed and you can see the rubber around the rod, I have chatted with the member who's pics they are and he said the sound was good also, Rockford Fosgate Punch P1694C 6"x9" 4-Way, I got a mine off eBay for $129 delivered brand new. Have not installed them yet, the back seats have to come out to fit them but apparently they give good bass and midrange and are a perfect sounding speaker for the rear. As for the front I went with Jaycar Precision series 6 x 9 kevlar cone 2 ways with a 1 inch silk dome swivel mount tweeter. Appartently the Rockfords in the rear work excellently with just the standard head unit. Both the Rockford and Respose speakers are 75 Watts RMS. As for head unit I am sticking with the factory one, has the reversing camera screen and I am impressed with it's features. Can't afford to replace it even if I wanted to, have spend too much on other stuff on the car so far, time to rest my wallet. As you said though the critical mass speakers, SS69 and RS69 fit in without mods. Hope this is of some help. Cheers Graeme.

Hi GregoryB, I have a 2010 Aurion also, my mods are pretty limited as it is still under the 2nd year of the new car warranty and I have check with Toyota on a few things and some mods can affect the warranty, something as simple as an oil pressure gauge, I asked them about it, I have one I got to put in and spoke to the Warranty Manager, he told me that putting the 'T' piece in so I can keep my oil light as well as the gauge, because it is none genuine all the oil system warranty is voided, even if it's not related to the gauge, any oil leak or blown gasket would not be covered he told me regardless of where it occured, I have added DRLs, footwell lights, headlamp and interior light upgrades etc. as you will read on my signature, does that void all the electrical system?? techniqually by what they have said it should but you can have spot lights fitted or a none-genuine tow bar and that does not void the warranty on electrical. But sometimes I feel 'what the hell' and just want to go with performance mods, air intake & exhaust are first on my list. Cheers.

Hi there, sorry to butt in but I'm from the Aurion side of the site but a Toyota lover of all models, I don't follow the Corolla threads so excuse me if I am posting stuff you guys and gals already know but I was at Toyota on Tuesday getting things done to my Aurion when I noticed a black coupe being rolled into the show-room, I leapt out of the waiting room to have a look, immediately I see the '86' display plates on it so went round the back to see the badges, only the Toyota symbol on the word Toyota on the rear, asked the sales guy, is this a revival of the AE86? He said yes it was a Corolla, anyway grabbed some pics with my phone, sorry bout the quality but my phone is not that great, as far as I know this is a Corolla 86 two door, may be old news to you but it just says Toyota on the back and has an '86' badge on the side, didn't get to ask the dealer about it, I loved it. Anyway thought I'd post it on here for you to gander at.

Does it have the 2.4 EFI 22RE motor with a manual gearbox? Sorry, Hi there, Graeme here from the Aurion side of the site but I had an 83 Corona CS-X, fell in love with it and all the models and variations after it, studied the Avante a lot when my parents got an 86 model later on when I had an 84 Celica which was basically a 2 door Corona with pop up lights and a faster diff, even the later front wheel drive Celicas were considered 2 door Camrys, would love to help if you want. Have pics of my Corona in my album, still think they have a great look and heaps of potential. 1986...Independant rear suspension about a decade before Holden were boasting about the Commodore having it, rear wheel drive, great rack and pinion steering, comfortable, what model do you have, CS, CS-X or Avante or one of the CS-i Limited models?

Was at Toyota getting my overhead map-light console replaced due to a faulty switch on Tuesday, 400 bucks normally, they replace the whole thing, luckily it was under warranty but I digress, spotted this 2012 Sportivo in the yard, sorry the pics aren't that great, used my phone which is not that good for pics, new Aurions zr6, no offence but what have they done, tail lights look ok but rear apron has too much grey plastic around exhaust & in between to my liking and the front looks great but look at the fog lamp surrounds, again overkill with the grey plastic. Interior is nice, corbon fibre look is great, my Touring has silver on the centre console. worried about if it scratches or wears, really like the new interior though. Oh and I caught some pics of the new 2012 Toyota 86, (Corolla they said, I think bringing back a modern equivalent of the old 1980s AE86 Corolla Sprinter Hatch/Coupe, grabbed 2 pics of that also as they rolled her into the display room.

Age: 41 Sex: Male Status: complicated Reason for purchase: Went to Toyota for a look, saw it on the yard and wanted it, was the last 2010 Touring model in stock, got great deal as they had to move it and got heaps of extras thrown in. Just couldn't let her go, my 2003 Camry Sportivo was starting to cost a bit in servicing with things going wrong so seemed right. Was meant to be, I have had 4cyl mostly and 2 v8s but never a 6, V or straight but I am sold on the V6 in this, no wonder the cops use them. Awesome power.

On my 2010 Touring, I have not tried yet but on the battery side behind the airfilter box there is an ECU looking silver box that has a harness with a mass of wires that go into the firewall into the fuse and wiring plug box behind the glovebox inside, I am hoping to run my wires through there. There is even some black gromment looking things that stick out of the rubber boot that seals that ECU looking box's wires through the firewall, that's my plan of attack if it works for all the wires I want to run from the engine bay/battery to inside and inside wires into the engine compartment...Hope that helps.

I have a 2010 Touring in black, just put a Bodykits Kingdom lip kit on it, got it local/Australia/Qld, front lip/spoiler is ok, would show up more in white, have to get side on to mine to see it even then it doesn't look that fired up as some, the front spoiler above is wild and looks great in black, mine is tame compared but depends on how wild you want to go. Honestly when I bought mine from bodykits kingdom, they have a silver Aurion/Camry as their display model, looks really good and the front lips really sticks out but the front does not look as large/agressive in black on mine. looks sporty but factory sporty standard and not fired up like you want but who knows, in white it may stand out more, I thought it looked great in silver on eBay but once I had it painted was a little disappointed but then I don't have to be too carefull with driveways, speed bumps, gutters and concrete barriers in car parks, I think you would have to be careful with the one above but then YIN/YANG, looks wild and agressive but you may have to be careful parking or the kit I have I am still carefull but have more clearance. Will take some pics of mine and post soon. Depends on the light and angle as to how noticable mine is, like I said it looks standard/sports factory cause it doesn't appear to stick out much further than without it but could just be the colour as I said, stands out more in lighter colours. As for side skirts and rear apron.bumper spoiler it looks the same but more noticable in full sun as aposed to the carport but then I don't get to see the car out and about, only when I am coming back to it, the black is a hot colour but hides a lot of the lines on the skirts, apron and front spoiler, thought I will say it makes the back seen very luxury/prestige from the rear, not so as agressiveliy sporty as it was without it, trying to add some chrome to the back to basically add more to the clear tail lights, going to chrome the strip above the number plate, have done it partially and looks great similar to the rear pic above but going to try chrome around the tail lights,not buying the full piece ones, I find using chrome pinstripe works as good if you have the patience but it can be a pain to apply and get it right, just too much black at the rear with the apron as well so want to bring more to the rear, once I get the exhaust modified (2.5" press bent from the center resonator with no rear mufflers) I will get them to set the ehaust outlets further out to show off the chrome tiips. Like I said that kit above, the front spoiler is wild, skirts and apron basically the same but if I had the cash and they only sold the front spoiler, I would get one. Actually that kit is for 2006 to 2008 so would not fit 2009 on Aurions, facelife happened in 2009 so need to find an '09 on' kit which there was not much choice when I got mine but depends on how big your wallet is.

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My letters light blew just after 12 months, check out this video, should help, the shifter gate/slot's light is at the back of the shifter assy, a T5 bulb that just twists out, if is under warranty Toyota should fix it, here is a pic of mine, I changed to LEDs in red and blue but as above, see if it's a loose connection or blown bulb.

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Bodykits Kindom kit painted and fitted, will give it a washand polish then add some pics, looks great, being black makes the front spoiler hard to spot from the front but ok in side view, Carmate eyelids painted and fitted, have no headlight protectors now, they would scratch the paint on the eyelids, will think of some mod for any highway or long haul trips. Folding mirrors wiring sorted, backs painted, just have to fit and wire in, all day job, maybe all weekend so will see how I go next weekend.

I have looked a bit into this for the Aurion as i was looking into getting them for mine too. After a few hours searching around online, i came up with nothing. It seems there's not many places that do these aftermarket, and none at all that i can see for the Aurion/Camry. I hardly looked into the matter. Typed 'power mirror' into our forum search and: Folding Mirrors With that information in mind, a quick Google search: TOYOTA camry/solara power-folding signal side mirror SAE/07~2010 Well, bought a pair of folding mirrors off these guys. they are not in the USA as their address states, had heaps of communitcation probs with them till I finally decided to buy (took 6 emails to answer my questions). Got the backs of the mirrors painted this week with my eyelids and bodykit (pics to follow on that thread as soon as alli is fitted) to match but have not tried to fit them to my Aurion though they are for the US/Asian Camry so should fit, I forget who & please forgive me, but a member told me that when 1 of the 4 LED incator lamps blows you have to buy the whole indicator unit, good luck with that as you read on, I am hoping my factory ones will fit if that happens. Have emailed 3 times regarding a better wiring diagram for the mirrors, even googled Keylight Technology Inc. (which is a crock of s*&t) and got scary news from the US Lexus site for the equivalent of the this site but the forum post stated ' STAY AWAY,STAY AWAY, STAY AWAY.' always good to read after you have bought the item but, without including the rest they had the same probs I did with them, bad communication, poor English and they don't answer their phone, their address is San Diego CA, but when my foldback mirrors arrived to me they were sent from Taiwan, the Lexus site only ordered the LED mirror cover conversion, I got the folding mirror with LED indicatiors. Got a glossy A4 brochure type instructions, but it only tells you how to fit and wire the LED indicator covers which is irrelavant for what I got, 2 wires for indicator, big deal + & -, how hard provided you dont blow them. But I digress, they included a photocopied list of what coloured wire for what but it's vague and doesn't tell you what is negative or positive, about as useful as parachutes on the Titanic. But not totally useless. After playing around a bit (and some beers), out of sheer frustration I just went for it and hooked up power to the wires they stated in the photocopy, (with some electrical pondering of course), with some playing around with reversing positives and negatives as I asumed & expect on adjustable mirrors that also fold back, with just 2 motors and reversing polarity, I got the glass to go up/down/left/right, it's just a manner of swapping the positive & negative (work out the switch later), got the folding part to work & know the wire colours, one way for fold in and reverse to fold out just like the mirror motors. Although not used here in North Qld, they also have the wires for heating the mirror in cold conditions, not module supplied but not immpossible, works with the rear demister/froster but even here still handy 1st thing in the morning with the dew or cold or for travelling (it does get that way in the morning here in winter), Plus I drive to Melb sometimes, I just have to check with an auto electrician to make them work or go off the manuals on here, downloaded the circuit for the mirror heater, without short circuting (2 wires into back of mirror, both black with a white stripe). The inticators were easy, scary because they don't state what is positive and negative and LEDs don't like it around the wrong way as we know, got that working, basically got everthing working excepty the mirror heaters, will try to use the manuals I downloaded from here, thanks for that, if I can't safely work out the wiring with the rear demister then I will take it to a auto electrician, may need a relay or something like that to make sure it works with the rear demister without blowing it or blowing fuses all the time but up in NQ I may even have a switch to turn them off and on ( the mirror heaters), not like I need them all the time here as much as the rear window but will see if it doesn't really matter that the mirrors heat up with the rear window then why bother with a switch unless needed. with all the Lexus and European cars sold here that heave that feature. So will let you know if you want, if you see AURION TOURING 2010 FOR WRECKING AND PARTS on here you will know it failed big time.