AcoustiK

I think the KW/Tonne is the measurement you should be asking urself if your on the legality side of things, Though Im sure some police wouldnt know the kw/tonne or many cars that a re hipowered and let you get away with some.

Like on that list an S2K is not mentioned and that goes way past the ratio.

Id like to know the new Accord power to weight though...

Surely the Police would know that a car like say the Aurion is packing 200KW, It was like a mate who drives a BA XR6, he got pulled over one day and the police asked for the cars manual so they could check power/weight. The Aurion is like 124kw/tonne I think thats correct if i'm right in saying it weighs 1610kgs?

As you said the police didnt know the the weight of the car. And likewise you dont always carry your manual with you in the car.

and as per jonbays, different models weigh differently so cops tend to go 'errrmmm' in this area unless the car is blatently obviously a HiPo car.

I think the KW/Tonne is the measurement you should be asking urself if your on the legality side of things, Though Im sure some police wouldnt know the kw/tonne or many cars that a re hipowered and let you get away with some.

Like on that list an S2K is not mentioned and that goes way past the ratio.

Id like to know the new Accord power to weight though...

* an engine that has been modified to increase its performance

Does this mean that modifying the air intake / camshaft / ECU / etc will render a car undrivable by a p-plater??

Errr..... yes...

Lol!,

All these problems we read on the forums are a good indication of poor Australian Assembly or cars built here. rattles, squeeks, dropping doors....

Id rather wait till one day, they'll have JDM style headlights (black internal plastics). Would be safer and looks part of the car instead of tinting the headlights.

Perhaps people have started to realise how crap falcons and commodores really are and Toyota have had an abundance of orders. 5 months seems a long time since they are assembled here in Australia. I mean it not like it's on a boat somewhere . . . unless it's one from an overseas plant.

Its probably more that we have a bigger export program than either ford or Holden, especially ford. How many countries do we export to? almost the world, Holden perhaps US and Middle East.... Ford probably at most NZ lol. So yeah get in the queue!. Likewise with the new lancer, crazy the waiting line on those especially the fact they come here by boat.

Thanks for the pic,

Yeah im my circumstance it has to be 30mm at most, (got some driveway problems) so if pedders only have that size then its a oh hum from me. Also I want to keep my springs in original shape and intact so compressing them or chopping them is out of the question.

The TRD would have a matching damper and spring set from what I believe built for that ride height. I dont think they would have gone all out and replaced all connecting bits with performance parts.

Yeah good mate, .5-1mm thickness? to which regard?

To the spring thickness. Slightly heavier. My main aim is to just close the gap I have that is seen at the top of the tyre to the guard IE not be able to see thru ... if you know what I mean. I don't particularly want it down over the top of the tyres

So you wanna close the gap but you don't want the wheels to "tuck" in under the guards...

I think he means he doesnt want it that low that the tyres go under the guard ala lowrider.

Yes heavier and thicker means stiffer it wont compress as easily as the originals which is natural because you dont want to smack into the bump stops.

Lookn hot, love the rims too, go the spokey design!

What height did you ask to lower it to? 42mm? or something else?

You got a pic from the side?

As for warranty yes its all suspension to even control arms castor rods, bushes, dampers, struts etc.

Hopefully not, but they can even be more of a ***** and can claim any damage are due to the more vigorous movements that the stiffer springs provide over the stock ones.

Welcome aboard mate.!!

Thats good that you notice improvement, Though im selling the car in a years time im going to avoid putting on an exhaust.

What I would like to know is what is the stock fwkw and power/torque curves compared to with having an exhaust done.

How come your selling your car in a years time? :o

looking for a differnt car?

A house, thought the Aurion was going to be an A to Ber but getting fond of it whilst having it, but I gotta stick to my plans!!! Grrrr

Thats good that you notice improvement, Though im selling the car in a years time im going to avoid putting on an exhaust.

What I would like to know is what is the stock fwkw and power/torque curves compared to with having an exhaust done.

U hv to know, different people tends to have different taste, for example, i HATE chrome, but some loves it?

any rim size tat goes over the original size by 3+ will definately be much harder to drive(steering)

Hey on an Aurion, chrome is just what it needs, but I don't like it when people put heavy chrome wheels on a WRX... its like slapping the engineer who designed the race bred car across the face. It's all about power to weight ratio and not bling factor.

This is one sexy Aurion/Camry though... in my books, those wheels are so sweet, might be harder to drive but well worth it.

If u like Chrome, U can just order it in Indonesia...

It has become cheap..Since it's not the trend anymore..

If u want..I can intro u to some1 i know...Trustful.

It is nice, but the best thing is that it means soon there will be more parts for Aurions. Which is good if we can get them shipped from Asia for cheap. Just need more Camrys over there to be modded to create the demand.

Most of them went customizing things...Especially Body parts. There are lots of parts already...U just need to know the best place to look for them.. In Asia...I reckon Japan and Indonesia are the right places..Besides..Shipping isnt that expensive anemore. Like

whats the deal with the first photo, there's a Lexus badge on the a$$ end of that thing?????????????

Yep... Lots of people say that Camry's model is very similar to Lexus.. So they changed the emblem to Lexus... =P

Looks good but the front lip makes the car fat not Phat lol! just my opinion tho.

But.... Dont really want to burst your bubble, but are you living in Aus?

If so... Do you realise it would be on the unroadworthy status if you made the car like that, especially here in Victoria. going to teh 21-22 inch size means how low profile are your tyres going to be and easily become cop bait. And remember u will need to be able to clear 100mm off the ground

But in terms of the TRD bodykit, go for it if you have access, but only if the price is right, otherwise going custom would be a fresher look, but make sure the material by the customiser is good, otherwise a slight nudge and *snap*

Also Asian countries are usually not regulated, I have a mate in Indonesia with a Peugeot 206 and its on full RACE gear,looks almost identical to a WRC one, loud as fck and beastly as anything, cops dont give a damn lol! luv it.

That's ok man.. Yea..I do live in Aus, Sydney studyin in one of the Unis. I seriously want a TRD Body Kit..Ill try askin my Salesman again..Wonderin if he would help me out with this TRD kit..

Haha...In Indo, there's no such thing as "Defect" as such, including speed limit.. On the highway, You can just drive as fast as you want..lol.. Pretty Reckless and irresponsible aye?

It's not Usual for Asian countries...It's only for some Asian Countries.. haha..Try it in Singapore...U'd be dead.. =P

True, my cousins in malaysia average about 190km/h in his dad's merc when he goes on road trips. The cops caught him twice but he paid them like 50 bucks each time and they let him go.

So True...LoL

Reckless and irresponsible, but the quality of driver far exceeds here in Aus, with no lane markings, people merging into other people lanes without notification is all second nature.

1.5 size lanes for 2 way traffic but people can easily do it with like centimeter apart from each others side mirror.

The cop cars are shyte rebadged 4cyl 1.6ltr protons cant keep up with anything, always speed over there. but be weary cops are corrupt as, no money to pay off could mean problems if caught.

Some rims that i want are "Sizes: 20x8.5" your having problems with 19.. should i get 20's then? im not expert. but i really want the 20" but dont want theses problems

Dun worry. Mine's also 20", havent put them on thou. But I'm sure it's gonna be fine. Fyi, There are even sick people sittin on a 22" aurion... Havent seen one in Aussie thou..

Im on 20x8.5 all round and no problems at all, although im sitting on 225 rather than 245's. I was hoping they had a staggered fitment so the rears would be 9.0 but to no luck.

Also check the offset of your rims.

Change ur rims again then..

I just got mine with rear 9.5 and front 8 or 8.5 . Forgot the front

Haha lol, I'll live with it..... for the time being.....

Spags, see if you can get a spacer.

Looks good but the front lip makes the car fat not Phat lol! just my opinion tho.

But.... Dont really want to burst your bubble, but are you living in Aus?

If so... Do you realise it would be on the unroadworthy status if you made the car like that, especially here in Victoria. going to teh 21-22 inch size means how low profile are your tyres going to be and easily become cop bait. And remember u will need to be able to clear 100mm off the ground

But in terms of the TRD bodykit, go for it if you have access, but only if the price is right, otherwise going custom would be a fresher look, but make sure the material by the customiser is good, otherwise a slight nudge and *snap*

Also Asian countries are usually not regulated, I have a mate in Indonesia with a Peugeot 206 and its on full RACE gear,looks almost identical to a WRC one, loud as fck and beastly as anything, cops dont give a damn lol! luv it.

I'll sell you my MTEC's same as ZZ's - $20 working fine.

Get what I get OSRAM Nightbreakers. 90% more light + 10% more whiter, its as bright as some bmw hid's already and very excellent in rain. Its bright enough for people to think your on highbeams until u flick th HBeam switch and they just get shocked haha.

No one is really going to do well drifting in an Aurion.

I can't think of a worse car for it FWD single spinner with foot parking brake. Just hopeless.

Drag racing maybe be a bit better but without a LSD the launch with TC off is tricky and with it on it's reasonably controlled and probably hard to do better with it off even with lots of practice. I just found the front wheels spin and bounce up and down something shocking while the other guys drive past you quietly. FWD is not much fun for drag racing. Certainly I am not used to it which is half the problem maybe.

yep, FWD drag takes practice, Ive seen HiPo civics do 12's on the qtr so its not all bad. But naturally a FWD is worse than RWD when we talk about serious power. The natural clockwise body torque when having crazy power means less grip on the front tyres as the weight is pulling backwards e.g. to the rear wheels.

I think around +42 +45 should do it,

Spags: Get your rims checked for the actual offset, you may also get spacers to attach to the hub so that the rims stick out a bit more. Im guessing your rims are not dish style?

Or you can measure them

offset = Length from rear lip to the backside of the hub mounting part - (rim width / 2)

FINALLY FINISHED! Ended up cutting out the res. and the cat!!

the guy cut it all out, put a straight pipe, flange it...

it's got bolts so i can change it back whenever i want with ease!!

Danny man, you will love this!

It's not loud at idle, but you can tell the difference, has a low rumble... no droooning sound AT ALL!

and a nice tight scream in the high revs!

sounds beaut!

here are some photos, sorry that they're upside down guys... you can flip them around yourselves...

Danny, the toyo boys are meeting up for a photo shoot in ferntree gully i think!!!

let's meet up there! compare mods, and cruise from there if your free???

i won't be free for a while after that man... so hope you can make it friday! check for details on the car club/ cruise

part of the forum!

Looking good, hopefully you get some gains also out of it.

When are the toyota boys meeting and where, might come by for a bit, hopefully in a while so I can get my sub/soundproofing/lowering done.

@V8toy

Thanks for the reply m8. As to the rolling circumference that was one of my main concerns when I bought the wheel tyre combination. Was told I would have a slight decrease in speedo reading with a slightly different rolling circumference. That I can live with. As I mentioned the only concern was bottoming out. Mind you it's not like I'm dropping it on it ar$e completely. Apart from looking better ... performance is a big PLUS

@VF-X

Cheers mate and thanks for the info. I did ask the guys at Pedders if the spring diameter was greater, thinking how the ride would be, and they tell me there is only .5 - 1mm difference in the diameter. So I guess it'd off to Pedders I go.

@DKzr6

Like your car m8 ... looks real nice you have done a good on it. I had looked at it a few times and did notice it was pretty low. Kinda thought your wheel diameter might have been 19 or even 20 for some reason ... maybe cause it's low and the wheels appears to fill the guard area. Lucky you having a client in the suspension area. Chassis rails over some bumps ouch. Thanks for the input

@AcoustiK

How u doin ... thanks for the input. Not too sure about the leak you mention. I do understand your thoughts on the slight comfort in ride cnage but with the .5 - 1mm change in thickness I'm not thinking it's going to make that much difference. I did, understandably as I knew I would, notice the change going from the lil razors I had on to the 19's and a much bigger foot print. All in all though I'm more than happy with the out come so far.

Still just a little skeptical about dropping it ... I probably will ... I think LOL

Yeah good mate, .5-1mm thickness? to which regard?

@ AcoustiK

No, I do to much open road driving to really be compatible with lowering, though I can see that 30-40mm would really look awesome!

@ saintly

It is the Gold. It was just late evening and overcast rainy skies when I took the photo. The Gold does have the ability to change from yellow/beige right through to sparkling Gold. I like that!

I had some very positive compliments today about the wheels and the overall appearance of the car. The handling is hugely better. Grip is outstanding and cornering now what it should be. The steering is a little heavier, and more torque steer but all well worth it and infact the feel from the wheel much more reassuring.

The one negative is the mileage it has gone up from very respectable high 8's on a trip to 9.9 - 10.5 round town to currently 11.0 but dropping. I expected fuel consumption to rise because of the greater friction so when it comes down to inside 1l more, say 10.5l p/100km I will be very happy with that.

I have put the original wheels and tyres online for sale and hope to get a bit more than $1000 which will make the upgrade about equal to what Toyota quoted for an upgrade to 18" wheels.

Next upgrade is 4x 16x9 speakers.

So, Toyota *Feedback*

Put more rubber to the road, this car needs it

Better speakers. A lot of buyers will be sales people like me, on the road for long trips. The sounds are very important.

All this week I have been happy to wake up and go to work. Man, I hope that wears off soon, it just ain't right

Yep effeciency drops, slightly more weight, more resistance ala more tread on the road, and also you going down from Michelin Energies.

Also have you checked ur tyre pressure, im on 38psi on 35's wall height tyres, any higher and it will get uneven wear in the middle treads.

If your into drifting then why would you want TCS on!, defeats the purpose.

And dragging, if your serious about going to the strip to drag, burning old rubber to get to the fresher layers and heating them up is a good method to increase your grip... helps the takeoff times and maintains traction when the torque/power builds up, If you *know* how to drag you can achieve better times with TCS off than on, its all about controlling the power delivery in the first few gears.

But to drive on roads, you would be silly to turn it off as its a safety feature for the environment you are driving in. any other acts of turning it off and taking advantage of it being off is plain Hooning and dangerous.

Im on 20x8.5 all round and no problems at all, although im sitting on 225 rather than 245's. I was hoping they had a staggered fitment so the rears would be 9.0 but to no luck.

Also check the offset of your rims.

When you lower your car you will have a natural negative camber effect so the tyres will snug in a bit.

Im on 20's and should be ok for 30-40mm lowering,

Also remember using lowerered springs (designated for the car) usually are stiffer so, yes your comfort will go, but in the process you wouldnt go as deep on bumps as your normal springs would do.

Also know that your suspension is more likely to leak after awhile because of the more jolted movement, if you are willing to go for a suspension kit then thats a better yet more costly alternative.

hmm, last time i got quoate 180 for Sumitomos HR's each, 190 for Hankook Ko4's, but then its all depends on the place you get them from i guess... and then again i haggled with them pretty much...

Personally, I wouldnt go with Nankangs...