Hiro

Got a photo of the wheels? Good chance that the wheels can be found on another car, or the centre-cap is common with another wheel (Toyota's wheel design in the 80s was pretty standard/conservative)

Got the Celica up on the stands to take the front struts out and work out how rooted they are (front tyres are scraping the guards on bumps and corners even though it's at standard height), have to disconnect the bloody brake line to take the strut out, stupid design really (on the AE102 the bracket holding the line could unbolt from the strut)

There were Ultimas, Getaways, Intrigues and CSX as well, all different in their own way, and you may be right about the tacho I know there were other models, was implying after the facelift the CSi was the base model, as just before the facelift there were both CSi and Executive base models. And if the base model has a tacho standard, the rest of the range obviously will too.

Up here we have a chemical waste pickup every year (6 months really, if you include Lake Macquarie's one too), just fill your boot up with oil, oil filters, batteries, fertiliser etc and drive it to the council depot, pop the boot and they get rid of it all for you, at no charge. Means you need to stockpile during the year, and they won't accept more than 20L of any one product, but I don't tend to do 5 oil changes in 6 months so thats not really a problem.

After the facelift there were only CSi models, no Executives, and from memory they all had tachos

Doubt a V6 cluster would work perfectly (depending on how the tacho etc is signalled, as it'd be calibrated for a V6 not a 4-cyl), in saying that my parent's CSi SDV10 (facelift) has a tacho, so that cluster should in theory plug and play, Toyota looms generally are the same between tacho and non-tacho models to ease manufacturing

Yes, original clutch. My brake pads lasted at least 260,000km too (would have lasted longer had I not replaced them with Greenstuffs, they still had meat left). Treat your car well and standard components can last a LONG time.

AE112s don't have OBD, they still use the diagnostics port in the engine bay, attached to the passenger-side strut tower/guard. The panel is probably there for ZZE112s, which we never got in Australia.

100-150k Guess my AE102 clutch is still going strong at 315,000k.....

Yeah, the fairy tale seems to be fading for mine, seems like the front shocks have collapsed because the wheels/tyres scrape on any significant bump, the rust in the sunroof is getting worse (fortunately none in the rest of the car) and it is uses fuel like an Irishman drinks Guiness yeah, those are pretty standard issues with them... mine has some sunroof rust, and ****** front struts... and it loves petrol :( Wondering how much a fibreglass (or actual glass) replacement roof would be, surely there'd be enough interest here and Toymods for a group-buy...

Yeah, the fairy tale seems to be fading for mine, seems like the front shocks have collapsed because the wheels/tyres scrape on any significant bump, the rust in the sunroof is getting worse (fortunately none in the rest of the car) and it is uses fuel like an Irishman drinks Guiness

Is it the V6 model? Then I'm pretty sure that the wheels are the same as series 2 ST162 SX Celicas As a check, do the wheels look like this?:

To me, seat covers ruin the point of having leather seats in the first place, and I think will look really odd in a Lexus to boot. As I said earlier, spend $30 or so and get a sunshade, and don't park in direct sunlight if possible, and that will make a world of difference, and you still get to keep your leather seats and access to the electrics.

Myths or rules about leaving your car parked with the handbrake stem from Europe and North America where it often gets cold enough overnight to freeze moisture in the handbrake cables, thus jamming the handbrake on. Australia doesn't get cold enough to suffer these problems. Plus, since a large proportion of new cars use internal drum brakes for the handbrake (and a lot of small cars still have drums at the rear anyway) so warped rotors would be impossible (only way I could see this happening was if your brakes were _really_ hot and you jammed the handbrake on and left it there, leading to uneven cooling of the rotor (different dissipation through the pad or the air) and thus warping, but once again you wouldn't encounter this in normal driving.

Something as simple as a sunshade perhaps? Making sure you park in the shade (or where there will be shade) helps too

Takumi-in-training?

Finally got around to getting some of my photos up, picture quality is pretty crap because of the lighting (and wasn't putting in too much effort to correct it) but these are the best of the bunch

Only on series 1 though I believe - g/f's series 2 are silver (or at least severely faded)

the 3SGE would make it a standard SX afaik the ST was 3SFE Which would make it the top of the line of that era? (delivered to Australia that is) yeah I think so, only thing above would be a GT4, but i dont think there was such thing as a gen 4 AUDM gt4... hiro? There were only 3 different models of the ST16x sold in Australia - ST coupe, ST Liftback and SX Liftback (with a mid-life facelift for all). All ST165 GT4s are imports. And saying that the SX is the top of the line is a bit of a laugh considering there was only the ST and SX, and the SX was released first so for a year or so it was the only line :P To the OP - post up photos of your car + engine bay, that way we should be able to determine if it is indeed anything special

Series 1 ST162s have gold-ish cam-covers on the 3SGE, nothing special. Most have faded by now though.

I wouldn't be so sure, there's a good chance that if the weight sensor is tripped but the seat belt not on, the airbag still won't deploy as any object that is in the seat triggering the sensor (be it a passenger not wearing seatbelt, case of beer, whatever) will be propelled forward during a crash only to then be launched backwards quite dangerously (and deadly for people) by the airbag deploying. This is a big problem in America where a lot of people used to not wear their seatbelts (force of habit) and just assumed that the airbag would still save their lives - however headbutting the dash then having your neck snapped back by an exploding airbag proves to be quite fatal, so car manufacturers would only make certain airbags deploy if the seatbelt was connected- there is a reason why airbags are called SRS = SUPPLEMENTARY RESTRAINT SYSTEM - the seatbelt is the primary restraint system and the airbag compliments it

Spotted (well, parked next to) dark blue ZZE122 Levin at Toyotafest, talked to him a fair bit but never got around to introducing myself :P Had a TOCAU sticker along the side-skirt so definitely a member here

Drove it to Sydney for Toyotafest, parked it in the carpark for 7 hours, drove it to the hotel, drove it home :P

Quite nice (apart from the useless monster tacho), although calling it "rare-as" is a bit of a laugh, the GTi AE92 is essentially just series 2 SX hatch, there are heaps of them all over the place.

In general on newer cars the lights are secured on the inside of the vehicle - pull out any carpet or trim panels (usually held on by screws or christmas-tree clips) directly behind the tail-light and you should see everything. Sometimes you can change the globe without unbolting the tail-light, but it can be easier to unplug the wiring, undo the nuts and slide the whole tail-light out.