Well, might as well make my first post here a Members Ride thread, some of you may know me from Twincam, Toymods and Rollaclub but for all the others, I'm Hiro (not my real name) from Newy, and this is my girl (well, one of them, but the other one my g/f drives)
Anyway, here is what she is:
Specs (as of 05/04/17):
1997 AE102R Conquest - "Charlene"
Engine-related
7AFE 1.8L, 178,000km young
TRD ignition-leads
Painted cam cover
HPC-coated 4-2-1 extractors
2" engine pipe to stainless 2.5" hiflow cat
2.25" mandrel-bent stainless exhaust through hotdog resonator
Stainless Lukey Ultraflow rear muffler, 3" dump tip
Combo dyno'd at 71.7kw ATW on Dyno Dynamics dyno in Shootout mode
Suspension/driveline
C52 5-speed gearbox w/ custom short shifter
KYB Excel-G shocks
Lovells low springs all-round
Stock sway-bars (rear Ultra Racing sway bar waiting to be installed)
AE101/111 TRD 3-point 3-piece strut brace
Exterior
JDM AE101 FXGT front bar with lip extension and foglights
Hella grille (2x high-beam lights, yes it was a factory-option in Europe)
17x7 Speedy Lite-5 wheels
Interior/ICE
JDM AE101 FXGT factory-option Momo 4-spoke leather steering wheel
JDM AE111 BZG Levin front bucket seats
TRD leather gearknob
AE111 G6R leather shifter boot
JDM Centre console with flip-out cupholders
AE102 Sprinter dash clock instead of dummy air vent
Kenwood head-unit
VDO Dayton MPS-1300 5-1/4" front splits, tweeters on the side-mirror covers
JL Audio TR600-CXi 6" rear 2-ways
Still to be fitted/re-fitted
- JDM Clean Box
- JDM CleanAce roof-mounted air purifier
- BZ Touring-copy black crystal headlights w/ clear parkers instead of indicators
- Ultra Racing rear sway bar
- AE101 Levin Superstrut 275mm twin-piston front brakes
- Power folding mirrors
- Genuine JDM slimline weathershields
Picture time:
What I started with
Lights going in....
Many frustrating hours later...
Lights really go well with the white paint
Down at the lakeside with my KE55
Close-up of the wheels
Cam-cover in the process of being painted..
Installed in the car
