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What a nice car wow wish i had one ! should be mint with the rebuild :D

all these cars that come from Japan have there ODO reading tampered with i had a mate that imported cars in NSW his like a car that's done 200+ in Japan will be 60 to 70 kms in Australia when it gets here .

I doubt that odo tampering goes on these days (considering you can actually get the Japanese service/rego details which lists the k's), it is more a case of poor servicing and lack of general care that makes a ~60,000km car have the engine condition of a 200,000km one (you'd really struggle to get 200,000km in 10 years over in Japan unless you were a taxi driver)

Cam it sucks that what looked to be a nice clean motor had a hidden demon inside, but better you find out now than in the middle of a road trip. In saying that though, just by changing the turbo you could have disrupted the oil system (as you would have removed/refitted oil lines etc), so there is a slim chance that you may have dislodged something that then found its way through the system - highly doubt it though as that is what the strainer and filter are for, but you never know (and I'm not sure where the turbo/s fit in the oil circuit of a JZ)

This handsome kent.

handsome? lel.

his car is prettier than him even though its already ugly.

As long as he showers more often than he washes his car :P

Update:

On the weekend I changed the sparkplugs for the first time in 7 years.

Oh and timing belt and stuff, but the plugs are the headline.

Ever miss the AE102?

Even a complete numpty can tell that's the standard Ford straight-6, if he's trying to say it's a V8 (unless those are old pictures) then he's a fool.

Nah, Was a stock xr6

put a V8 engine, and turbo charged it

V8? Does not compute...

Carriageworks at Everleigh

I think you'll find that there is a big difference between fakes and copies. Fakes pretend to be the real thing (badges and all, often with pretty shocking results especially if you get tricked into thinking they are the real thing) whereas there are plenty of imitation/copy-style wheels made by relatively reputable companies (whilst the style might be copied/imitated, they don't put fake badges etc on them). You do get a lot of elitist JDM fanboi ****ers who think that you're not a real enthusiast unless you spend $4000 on a set of genuine rims, but in reality most of the population don't really need a featherweight uber-quality racing wheel and an imitation style from a well-known manufacturer is perfectly fine for everyday use.

In short, I really love BBS LMs. I really want a set of BBS LMs. I can't afford a set of genuine BBS LMs, but I'd rather buy a set of LM-style from a company like Rota/Lenso/Linea Corsa etc than buy a set of fakes with BBS badges.

Would you prefer to buy a real Rolex, a fake Rolex from a dodgy street vendor in Chinatown, or a JAG that looks pretty much the same as a Rolex for a tenth of the price? The JAG will give you years of trouble-free operation, as will the Rolex, but the fake will be junk in no time flat. Elitist horologists will get butt-hurt if you don't own a genuine Rolex, but most people have no need for a real Rolex and cannot justify the cost.

so i machined the rotors and put the red stuff pads in..

after initial bed-in... WHAM! brakes stop even better than the remsas. looking forward to even later braking on the track.

Glad you went for the Redstuffs then?

Also, I know it is a little late notice, but we are also having a couple of "side" events

1) Go-karts @ Eastern Creek, Saturday 1pm, and we will be doing a mini grand prix which includes:

- warm up

- 4 heats

- grand final

Session is approximately 3 hours in total. Price is $180, numbers need to be confirmed for this so either post in the Toymods thread or message me so I can tell Vito

Also, a few of us will most likely be going to see Rush afterwards at Blacktown Hoyts, session time 6:30pm

2) For all those wishing to socialise further with like minded Toyota nutters after the show, we'll be feasting and drinking at...

The Hillside Hotel

273 Old Northern Road, Castle Hill (approx 6mins from ToyotaFest / Home Hub Castle Hill)

Google map directions

Sunday October 6, 7pm

No need for deposits this time, just pay individually on the night.

Prices and what's on offer;

http://www.hillsideh...-march-2013.pdf

Be great to see you there!

*Just so we have a rough idea on numbers, if you intend on joining us, please post below

Friend has a toyota hilux dual cab 2007 4WD, i have a toyota hilux SR dual cab 4WD 2007. Is there anu difference between them?

Thanks

Yes there is a difference. The SR belongs to you, and the other one belongs to your friend.

Seriously, it is like you are saying "I own a 2007 Commodore, and my friend owns a 2007 Commodore SS, what is the difference?", we need more information

I wonder what has happened to stop the sales of Touring SE? Were they limited edition only?

Well, SE does stand for "Special Edition" so not exactly ground-breaking. It is an almost certainty that Toyota will roll it out again in a year or two's time to try and boost flagging sales as the model gets older, happens all the time (look at the endless special-editions of Commodores/Falcons etc that roll out towards the end of a cycle to try and flog off remaining stock)

Hmm, that silver strip is the electrical contact for the socket in the glovebox, yours might work slightly differently then...have you checked the glovebox yet?

As a pre-check, does your central locking remote look like this?

Vienta are the V6 models, whilst Camry are the I4 models. That being said there are some Camry badged V6's along with some V6's badged as Camry Vienta(these are generally the base models). Generally speaking though Vienta = V6, Camry = I4.

In the United States and other countries, the Vienta badge doesn't exist, it is an Australian badge only(I am yet to see otherwise).

I think the idea behind "Vienta" was to try and do what they currently do with the Camry/Aurion 4-6 cylinder split - have the Camry as the "medium" car (to combat the Magna/Sonata/626 etc) with the 4cyl and the "Vienta" as the large car (to go up against the Falcon/Commodore) with the V6.

Hi :)

I have a 2000 model AE112R corolla, with remote control central locking, it is a great car but every time I unlock the car it beeps twice and beeps once when I lock it, I was just wondering if there is some way to turn the beeping noise off as it is very loud lol, I know on some other car models you can turn it off by holding down the unlock button while starting the car and things like that, I don't have the owners manual and I can't find an Australian one online, any help would be appreciated thanks :)

I'll bet it is the same as my AE102, check the glovebox for a small socket which you can plug the central locking remote in to, this disables the immobiliser and allows you to set certain security features (horn beep on lock/unlock, single-door unlocking on first press etc etc).

Can't remember the exact sequence, but I can check the user manual when I get home, it'll be something like "insert remote, wait for security light on dash to illuminate, press horn twice, press central locking switch etc etc" (note: not likely to be actual sequence, just an indication of the sort of steps that you might have to do).

Only milk and Orange juice come in 2Liters.

And cask wine comes in 5L boxes :P

Hi guys,

I have a 1994 Camry csi. I changed the interior light and now the deck,cigarette lighter, interior light and boot light do not work... I have checked the fuses, and i found one fuse was blown, so i replaced it and now only the cigarette lighter will work... Help???

I do not understand where i went wrong.

Did you check both the in-cabin fuses and the engine-bay fuses?

Cluster whore...

So they skip from the AE92 with Soundgarden to the ZRE with some trendy dubstep...are they implying that both the 90s Corollas and 90s music had no style? :P

I wish they had a AE92,it went from your model to the 2014 one. Nice to see those mint old schoolers in it

So they did...I wasn't looking at it full-screen and it looked like the slightly rounder AE92 FXGT front end....plus Badmotorfinger came out in 1991 (Rusty Cage itself was a single in '92 though) and the 10x didn't start here until '94 so my brain didn't quite make the connection

So they skip from the AE92 with Soundgarden to the ZRE with some trendy dubstep...are they implying that both the 90s Corollas and 90s music had no style? :P

Ah Ben Yip, sorry, I meant the 2ZZ-GE, my mistake.

I know the car only produces about 80KW at the wheel, but I'm looking at gaining around to the 160kw mark with a safe tune.

Please tell me that 160kw involves some kind of turbo.

I highly doubt you can get anywhere near that number NA on a "safe" tune, especially with a PowerFC

got another cluster and changed the colours to this...

white or the previous blue? when i feel like white i'll change back to white :P

Neither, needs more green (although then it would look like a VT Commodore dash...)

Nah got the 50 seperate, depending on where you look you can sometimes get the 35 1.8 in a triple-lens kit.

If you just want to get a body you can have my 18-55 and 55-200 for cheap :P

Less than a month to go now, time to start polishing and fixing those last minute mods