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I already intend to put coilovers, new tyres and new rims on the car but besides that, is there anything else I can do to improve the handling?

The rims are really only for appearance but I was unable to find anything to do with strut bars or sway bars? Only heavy-duty sway bar links. Does it already have these parts as an OEM stock part?

Hi guys,

I've been eyeing this K&N Performance Air Induction Kit - KN69-8757TTK on Repco and Spareboxes.com.au, and it says that it would be compatible with my engine, in addition to fitting into the stock air box.

Has anyone had any experience with this and how does it fit? How does it sound? Does it provide any performance improvement or issues?

So, I saw quite a few older threads about how there was a turbo kit for the 2ZR-FE engine.

However, fast forward about 7 years later and there's no mention or link for it anymore. You can't even purchase it here from Monkey Wrench Racing anymore, as it seems to be out of stock or back ordered?

All I can find now are turbo kits for the 2ZR, so will they fit on my engine or even my car? Do they even manufacture them anymore?

1 hour ago, Hiro said:

The TRD axle-back exhaust formerly owned by Rattle Rattleson now lives on my wife's 2018 ZRE182 Ascent Sport hatch.  It bolts on 100% no problems, however the tip does sit a little lower than the stock tip so it looks a little out of place.  The sound improvement is more a quality vs quantity thing, it is barely louder than stock at idle and around town especially when cold but is more noticeable up top or if the exhaust has gotten nice and hot after a long spirited drive.

I would assume that any exhaust for the American 11th-gen Corolla would not fit, for two reasons

1) The sedan (as are Australia-market sedans) are technically a different chassis to the hatch - E170 vs E180.  The pipe routing and muffler design is also different between E170 and E180, with the Aus-spec E180 having a cigar-shaped tubular rear muffler and the E170 (US and Aus) sedan having a conventional oval muffler.

2) Exhausts for the US-spec hatch (Scion/Corolla iM) are completely different as they ran an IRS setup compared to the Aus-spec torsion beam, so the pipe routing is completely different

 

US-spec sedan exhausts may fit Aus-spec sedans, but not the hatch.

Thank you for your reply! You're saving me a bunch here!

Can I ask,

Would there be a difference in the ZRE182R and the ZRE182? I may have to contact Rattle Rattleson for more information for where he got it, how he got the exhaust and extra info so do you have any way to contact him? Is it just through DM here? May I DM you directly? And do you have any pictures of how it looks on the car, how it sounds and if you did anything more with it? This is my first possible breakthrough so thank you! To my understanding though, the 2018 Ascent Sport Hatchback has 2 different designs when I look it up online. One looks like my 2017 one and the other looks like a newer design so I'm still quite confused

Hi there,

I'm fairly new to the modding scene, however I was trying to find headers for the ZRE182R model, which uses the 2ZR-FE engine, and am genuinely struggling to find headers that specifically mention compatibility with the ZRE182R.

I was also interested in changing my exhaust and, once again, am quite stumped on my search for exhausts specific to the ZRE182R or anyone saying that they have tried so and so part and it works on their ZRE182R. There was a previous post nearly 7 years ago regarding E180 which I believe is close, if not the same, but due to it being a much older model, I'm looking for some help here. It can be found here and here.

I also had a look online and found this axle-back exhaust for the 2017 Corolla XSE and was wondering if it would fit the same too.

Lastly, I'd like a little more information on the vehicle noise limit in NSW for an automatic ZRE182R. Some places say its 90db, some say that according to ADR83/00, its 83db. With a lot of conflicting information, I'd like a bit more clarification please.