Smithy

Rather than start a new thread i thought i'd ask away here. I'm looking at getting a pair of the black real tail lights off Ebay. One pair note the socket is a single row of six. Now my Levin has the double row. So few questions... Assuming the one i do get are the single row when wiring, the loom attached to car itself, what are the wires as to their function? ie whats reverse, what brake, and what are their earths etc. otherwise can someone point me towards an answer !? thanks guys... yes.. i searched and couldnt find an answer, and i'm yet to be succesful downlodding a working service manual

i was admiring your rims and brakes whilst parked next to you in Garden City carpark several months ago... any more pics/details of the brakes upgrade ?

I went to local Autobarn (Crapalaba, Brisbane) , they quoted $330 to supply the same rear lights listed above. Those ones you link to are over $100 cheaper...bargain!

I think a deisel corolla would go down well over here. my dads got a Pug 307 2L turbo deisel. Chipped, with chrome wheels, "altezza" style lights, retrimmed leather interior. Handles great as standard. pulls amazingly think its about 370nm ? maybe Im wrong but seems right... looking under it for a screw the other day I noticed its driveshafts too ...thick as a elephants schlong! Maybe a tough upgrade would be driveshafts from the euro deisel corolla onto F/I modified Aussie corollas. I imagine the gearbox certainly would have different gear ratios though.... On topic. I'm now considering some of those black tail lights they look schmick in the "gEneric auction site" posts. :)

I pay little less than that on my 03 Levin, and thats with a 25% staff discount through RACQ. For market value, with tinting, lowered, sunroof, and rental car. No traffic offences, no criminal history and no insurances claims, or at fault accidents, me (30yrs old) as the ONLY driver... think I save 20/25% with discounts on my Ultra road side service and biulding annd contents insurance discounts too :) think I pay under $500 a year for the car all up after discounts. yay me.

I usually use Caltex Vortex or Vortex98 if the station stocks it, depends on proice too, use to always be V98 (or VPower if what was there). Mostly cause I worked at a Caltex casual when I save for our hosue deposit and I would be able to then check for consistant results, plus just conveniant. Get over 600 klms easy from every tank. most I got was about 670+. ThoughI just fill up once a week now so usually by about 350-450 klms.

hopefully not a stupid question here guys. Regarding CAIs. if I was to go to the effort, not expecting big power gains of course, though if I should replace the standard feed behind the headlight with something into the lower section of front bumper can/would I expect to get the "induction" sound from a flexible hose into here? Or would a solid pipework result in better "sound" (resonance) , ie your aluminium/steel pipe work?!? I was contemplating making a fitment in fibreglass into the lower bumper of a solid thicker construction expecting more results (sound) compared to a flexible pipe. ideas? comments? surely solid contruction will sound better than a flexible pipe?

Mines a 2002/3 Levin purchased 2007 nov with about 145K klms. not spent anythi gon it other than maintenance of course. compared to my last car a 1993 RVR with 200K on the clock which cost me just under $8000 in repairs and maintenance in the 18 months I had it ..well im absolutely impressed by the Corolla. Only problem is due to the last owner or installer of the CD player as now the fascia around the cd player and airvents there refuses to pop entirely backinto the dash. oh also under light braking they feel a little , odd, considering the kilometres its probably pads or worn/warped slightly rotors. But under emergency braking the 6 year old ABS and EBD are awesome in the few times I've had to brake hard. 10/10 !!

The port diameter size is smaller? is this at room temp? ie it shrinks slightly with heat or the cylinder head/exhaust manifold adjusts with heat ? Would these modifications to a standard manifold gain same or similar results to an after market one?

" get the lenso type-m they look pretty hot on white or black corollas " I agree they are my choice , should I ever have the finances to throw away on different rims... My brother had 18" Koya's on his 2000/1 TypeR (the last good ones not the rebadged TypeS's we got here). He was v.happy with them, can't say where he got them up here in Brissie but tyresplus does sounds familiar.

Hi guys. I've now downsload the 500+ Mb file, and only get out of the .rar file three single pages of corolla manual, only two of which work and are also only indexes. none of the hyperlinks take me to other pages... Any idea whats up with it, I installed Adobe Acrobat reader 8.* the latest one... surely any acrobat reader after 6 would work... Any ideas? if someones willing to post me aworking manual on Cd/dvd I'll check ten dollars into your account once it arrives for you rtime, costs and postage !??!

keep photos coming!!! do you intend to add th front cut as one whole piece or add the chassis bits/crumpley bits first, then engine, wings bonnet etc, , what about the window , dash etc?

hmmm. its finished downlaoding the 500+ Mb .rar file, which it seems has a folder contained in it, with three pdf. files. when extraceted there were now only tow pdf files and they were rather small in size. I'll update our acrobat reader and view them.... no ISO image in sight?

Visually (for me anyway) it draws the roof line down a bit so windscreen isn't so huge. But it does help keep the intensity out of the sun when driving in morning or evening. Initially I bought a strip from SuperCrap for about $15. but the film is SO fidly, I had it cut roughly to size and window cleaned, detergent solution mixed and sprayed, was just about to apply when it started raining, not wanting the door trims to get damp and moisture into the power windows I decided to try and do it with the doors closed, of course it started fogging up, so I turned on the air.... big mistake, teeeeny little breeze and the tinit film, folded over itself and stuck instantly.... "tinted windows would also look darker if your interior trim was of a dark colour aswell" (Yuro). Very true. Levin interior is dark apart from the roof and pillars. the sun roofs tinted too. ;) I've used Tint-a-car for all my previous cars but mainly for convenience and consistent results from car to car. Though don't get me wrong theres many others out there that significantly cheaper, but of course cannot speak of the results. Pretty sure if a dealers offering to get it done for you they are bringing in a mobile contractor anyway. Maybe try and establish who the car dealers use and contact the contractor yourself and save on the mark up... if your in brisbane and want it done for much cheaper, PM me and i'll point you towards somewhere you may be able to get a decent price, but cannot at all vouch for the quaility or finished product of course...

you might kinda get an idea from these...hope they work...have resized them already so hope not to big...

Mine are all darkest legal tint, with a strip of about 6-8 inches I guess along the top of the windscreen. , the strip across the top cost abotu $50 alone, though might be cheaper if done whilst whole car tinted. I'll try and post a pic up off mine if you want I idea how it looks....

Of those two, I prefer the top wheels also. What Honda do/did you have ?

My Levin has the same effect minus the CAi though, just a K&N panel at the mo'. I can only guess, if this makes sense, its the VVTi adjusting for "higher", (more spirited driving ) revs ? maybe the programing puts a step in there ad majority of working revs, idle and cruising don't call for such a step ? ...

I got 502 Mbytes downloaded when it stopped.... nothing would restart it , beleive we must havea daily downlod limit ?!? I WAS FURIOUS. I'll try it in the two parts it was provided above tonight . . . ;) thanks guys.

c'mon give him a break. <_< Whilst modern CATs flow extremely well and are required for legal reasons and for correct engine management , many people believe they are still better off being removed for performance reasons. Despite this I think you've been treated abit roughly nice pic ! B)

Before I take the time and download limit to downlaod this can I caonfirm if this like a Haynes manual or the little booklet thing you get wwith the car itself !??!

thats what I asked (eventually) , yes. What activates it though?

These "gas saver" or power increasing devices, etc. -are pretty much all cheap nasty things that makes various claims based on statistics that could be effected one way by your driving style or purely imagined. I mean the gains they claim to provide are usually that minimal you likely wouldnt get much noticable differance that couldnt be explained away with , your driving style, the fuel quality/age/type, the weather, etc etc, etc.

So any pre-facelift Corollas yet done this ? What about for an idea diy new AUDI TT/A* LED style lights? huh? huh ? Simon.

Ok, so in the back of my coin cupboard (ashtray) I have, what I assume every corolla owner has, is a green plastic window and what appears to be a LED situated behind it in the dash. It doesnt appear to be activated by the headlights being on or off, I was wondering if this is standard for all aussie delivered Corollas? My two previous cars, 1994 mitsi RVR, and prior a 1986 Honda City Turbo2, bith also had this same light ,being a LED attached inside the "ashtray", though each had the wires snipped close up to the LED and the rest of the wiring removed :( I could only assume at the time something to do with when the private imported cars go through the compliance process ? ;) Any ideas or info on this? It seems a bit strange they wouldnt have it connected up for a aussie delivered cars and still keep the fitments there. Unless its not a LED, but some kind of smoke/fire/heat sensor alarm? cheers Simon.