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I stand corrected on the tyre sizing. It has been sometime since I have researched tyre sizes. For the record there are 215/40/17 tyres available that meet the required Load Rating. My apoligies for this error.

Also just to clarify a point I made earlier, my comments about the Yokohama A539 not being available where about the size not the name. I have used this tyre before in a different size on another vehicle & have found them to be excellent & were actually my first choice of brand. I was advised that they were no longer available when I made my last purchase by a close friend who owns a tyre shop & to cut a long story short this is how I have ended up with the Bridgstones that I currently run which are also an excellent tyre. I'm actually happier in the long run as the Bridgestone's are better wearing & with the extra size in profile a little more comfortable, this is important on Sydney roads.

Thank you for your comments shaohaok I appreciate the information. To let you know I have been driving for 15 years & through my connections in motor industry I have had the opportunity to own & drive many modified cars in all kinds of situations. I have a good understanding on how to set up a vehilce & how to get the most out of it.

I'm pretty sure the Yokohama tyres you have mentioned are no longer available anymore & the Michelins, well if you have the money than great.

I run Bridgestone Potenza G111 in a 215/45/17. These tyres have very square look & as I said previously I have minimal problems. I would recommend these tyres to anyone.

I have given my shocks hell with 35mm kings springs for just over 20k & they are still holding up. Than again I have always crawled over speed humps more to minimize shock to the car than anything else. I appreciate that changing your shocks is a good idea & they will give you improved handling I have experienced them in the past as well as coilover units but it your budget doesn't allow for it in the beginning than thats O.K. you can change them later as I'm sure I will be doing sooner or later. As for know my first child is about to be born so he/she is priority No.1 :D :D :D :D :D

I believe some of this advice is inaccurate.

215/40/17 is the ideal tyre size, but be careful because to my knowledge there are no tyres of any brand available in this country in this size that meet the required Load Rating which is a legal requirement. Remember if your car is not legal it can be defected or worse still void insurance policies. Please correct me if I'm wrong & if there is such a tyre please let me know.

215/45/17 will scrub but only in extreme driving situations. I push my car pretty hard daily with this tyre size & just 35mm King Springs & the only time I getting scrubbing is when I'm driving hard through the Nasho. Most people in the Sydney club will tell you that while this is great road for corners it can get rough in sections. I have no problems with this size tyre & suspension set up & everything is legal according to the RTA & therefore insurable even with the Big Boys including NRMA who I'm with.

I find the standard shocks in the Sportivo suitable for daily driving with 35mm Kings. I know they won't last forever but for now, no problem. If you have the money for aftermarket shocks than great but don't be to concerned if you don't. You will still notice a dramatic improvement over standard with just the change in springs.

Also to Nek, as far a different ride heights are concerned check out your other thread for the photo's I posted. You will see low certainly looks alot better. If you decide not to lower your car it will still feel a little better with just the rim & tyre change you have talked about. More direct turn in & less sidewall movement.

Here are some pictures for you.

The silver one has the 17" Stalkers B) B)

The black one has the 17" RP03. :D :D

http://www.miata.net/garage/tirecalc.html

Try using the link above to calculate the tyre size you will need. I found that a 215/45/17 will suit your requirement. The difference in overall tyre diametre is very minimal threfore it won't affect your speedo enough to be a problem & difinately will still be legal.

205/40/17 would be ideal but if cost is an issue than save your money.

Also, you will need to stick with a 7" width for the rim you choose. I'm sure the rim on the sedan is 6" wide, correct me if I'm wrong & in NSW anyway you can't go for more than 1" increase in width without an Engineer's certificate. It may be different in other States. Alot of 7" width rims with a P.C.D. of 4/100 have an offset of 43, this should be suitable for your car.

Take what you want from this information but make sure you double check with a professional.

Wheel Opinions:-

Advanti - Disributed by YHI, same as Enkei but I'm not sure where they are made. I owned a set of 17" Stalkers in Shadow for 3 years. They were a well made wheel with a great finish, although not the lightest wheel available. I got lots of comments on them for their sleek style. My brother has a set on his Sportivo at the moment, I will take a picture & post on the weekend.

Speedywheels - Australian made, excellent quality & good price as there are no import cost added to the bottom line. The Holotype R is a classic wheel that many other manufacture's have copied. Because of there simple design they will be very easy to clean & therefore always look great.

ALT - Not sure where they are made - There are some great designs to choose

HR Racing - Not sure where they are made but according to their website they are manufactured to Japanese standards. There are some great designs. Stick with an unpainted finish & I'm sure they will be fine

RJR - Not sure whether these wheels are manufactured in Australia or not. Could not find many designs to choose from.

I hope there is some useful information in there for you somewhere

Oh yeah, maybe you can help me. What does =P & =D mean????

hahah anyway from my findings i reckon that stock for stock, a 1ZZ will beata stivo 0-100 if the driver missing lift on the 1st-2nd changeif he drops out he wont catch up till around 120km.h

Hey Dylan have you got ur brothers pics up yet??

I would have to agree! But then again if you raced yourself in a stivo the stivo would win.

So in theory it should win on paper but it all comes down to the driver!

Sorry boys, I must disagree

Just went to the tyre shop to get some prices for a Enkei RP03 + Toyo tyre package.... approx $1500~$1600.

http://www.enkei.co.jp/en/p_detail_rp03.html

Click to view full-sized image!

However there are few things that worry me.

1. I asked the guy about the Enkei RP03, he shows me a some similar looking one, when told him i wanted Enkei, he replies "they are all the same". :Paranoid: But i made him find out how much the Enkeis were.

2. I ask him what tyres are going on it, he says Toyos FZ4's.

I had a look at the Toyo Australian website, and the only FZ4's are 16,18,19"

The 17" dont exist on the Australia Toyo website.

He showed me a 205/40/R17 (Product code 189710), even though i said i wanted 205/45/R17

Looked on the american site, and the ones he was pointing out were on there

(205/40/R17).

Would it be safe the say that these are more than likely to be parallel imports because if they were made in Australia they would appear on Toyo's australian website?

Wouldnt getting tyres made for the US and using it here in Australia be rather dangerous considering its not been design for australian roads? (Ignoring warranty issues and stuff).

I then went to Australia's best and inquired about the same thing, the guy says to me about $3100 with Toyos T1R's (he didnt call or check, but said I would be looking at $500 for each rim for Enkei's).

Why is there such a big difference between the two? Is it possible that the first store i went to can get it cheaper? Or is more than likely they got fake Enkei's?

Hello Nek. First off I don't want to encourage you get the RP03 beacuse I already have them on my Sportivo & it is nice being the only one :D

The first price you were quoted is way to cheap. Either they are giving you the tyres for free or the wheels are not genuine. The comments made by this dealer, "All wheels are the same" is not true. Enkei rims are manufactured in Japan using the best materials & manufacturing processes making them very strong unlike Chinese rip offs. Enkei are the supplier of wheels to the Mclaren Formula 1 racing team which speaks volumes for there ability to make high quality wheels.

I suggest staying away from the first dealer you mentioned.

I would expect to pay around $400 dollars per rim for the RP03 in 17". You will need to be careful though with your tyre selection. I can't tell you much about Toyo tyres as I have never had any experince with them myself

A good tyre shop will refuse to fit anything that is illegal, once you've found a shop like this then stick with them.

Anyway, nice selection.

Sounds like I missed out last night boys.

I recommend Ignition-X, I know a good bloke who works there. :D :D

I have been to Carmate twice now & both times I stood in their show room for over 20 mins & no one would serve me, very rude.

If the FTO where available through Mitsubish In Australia it would be a lot more expensive than the Sportivo

The recall doesn't affect 05 model.

The gear box will loosen up a little & you will be able to find the gears easier. Reverse just takes a little getting used to, after a while it will feel natural.

If you are still having problems with crunching ask your dealer about it when it is having it first service.

I recommend getting your springs fitted by a suspension specailist. They will do a proper wheel alignment that involves Camber adjustment as well as adjusting the Toe. They charge more but you will get better tyre wear.

I can recommend Greg Selby or Roadholder Suspension in Kirrawee, Sydney. He has been in Business for a long time & has heaps of track experience in all kinds of vehicles.

4 Rolla Sportivo's in my family, various ages.

Never miss a beat, fantastic car, geat value for money

I have read about a French develpment hydrogen powered car that will be available from next year at around 15 000 Euro. It has a range of 400km and it produces its own hydrogen using electricity from a 240v socket, not sure how but apparently it works. It also has a top speed of 110km/h. These figures aren't impresive until you take in the fact that the car is almost free to drive & I'm sure within a short period of time with further development things will improve.

One other thing, it was pretty damn ugly.

Its amazing that the Lotus with our ZZE engine is compliant to new Australian emission standards, its amazing that our engines and automobiles are Euro III and Euro IV compliant overseas, but not in Australia. mmmmmmmmm...... interesting.....

I'm sure the 2ZZ is finished everwhere not just Australia, correct me I'm wrong.

Hey Xoom,

You know I want some, 2 x small please, silver or white, whatever is easiest. I will give you cash on the weekend

Thanks for going to the trouble to organise this.

A long distance trip is the best thing you can do to a new motor!

wears everything in and the motor is under less stress!

Sorry to disagree with you Corzza but a long highway trip is not good for running a car in as the car tends to stay at the same speed for long periods of time. For the first 1000k you should varying your driving as much as possible. I wouldn't hit lift if I was you either because until your first service at 1000k the car has a thinner oil than the norm specifically for running the vehicle in.

Can you tell me how fast I have to be before I can use race style rims. If I'm not fast enough I will have to sell my rims.

Gold. :D

Be careful that the rims are strong too, last thing you want is a cracked rim. sometimes its worth paying that little bit extra.

Cheers :D :D

Thats why forged are better than cast

I think the tyres are more important than the rims...

ill definately be getting quality tyres......

Bridgestones......cos the Toyota F1 team uses them

I have Bridgestone Potenza GIII 215/45/17 & on Enkei RP03 Light weight forged rims. I think these tyres are excellent. On top of giving good grip wet & dry they wear very well. They may be twice as much as cheaper tyres but they last twice as long & give better grip.

Also, if you are serious about performance then your wheel choice is just as important as your tyre choice. My suggestion is you find the lightest wheel you can in the style you like & if you can afford it I would buy forged rims over cast. I also think that a race style rim looks far better on the Corolla than any type of Bling Bling rim. Chromies only really suit expensive Euro's done in Pimp Style.

Rims are very personnal choice for your vehicle & everyone has there own idea of what looks cool.

Mate, IMO those wheels are not cool, too try hard race style. If your car was actually really quick, it might suit, but otherwise...

Also, i would be wary of Tempe tyres, they look like top deals...but the wheels they supply are generally mediocre quality and the tyres the supply with the packages are $hit.

You are better off paying a few hundred more, getting some decent, long lasting, rice free 17's with a good set of tyres, personally i think the tyre is far more important than the wheel, the wheels are just for looks, don't forget this. If you want something you can jack off over, then buy some 19" chromies (if that is what floats your boat) and some piece of $hit budget tyres that will send into the first telegraph pole you come across once you drive out of the tyre joint.

Are you serious, I didn't realise that your car had to do the quarter mile in a certain time before I could put light weight race rims on my car. Here I was thinking that if I lightened my car than maybe I would get a bit better performance, maybe the secret to better performance is putting a 6" canon out the back of my car & then weighing it down with a whole bunch of doof doof gear. Or maybe I should spend $100 dollars on spark plugs, now that's the way to increase performance

Can you tell me how fast I have to be before I can use race style rims. If I'm not fast enough I will have to sell my rims.

I guess this just shows why we need radio's cause it's quite difficult to lead a convoy of 15+ cars. I thought everyone was behind me as I was leading & I was going pretty slow. I did take of from the lights at Bunning quickly but only so as many cars as possible would make it through the lights & then I slowed right down in the left hand lane.

One Black Corolla went flying past me, not sure who it was but they turned right just after the bridge & didn't stay with the cruise.

Other than this mishap the meet was great. It was good to see some new faces.

dat was me grahame, as we where waiting to turn right at the traffic lights, i realized i ddint have my license with me and when i saw the cops coming i got out of the convoy and just turned right into villawood and the cops were also dooing the breath test , every single time i get pulled over i get asked for my license, didnt wanna get fined and ****.... :(

Cool, maybe next time. The weather turned ordinary anyway.

By the way your exhuast sounds pretty dam cool, what kind is it?

I want to try & get a thread going that is just soundbites of different brands of exhausts to help people with their decision when they are making a purchase.

Hey guys,

just got home .... good cruise all in all ...

The links 2 ur pics arent working though the website is giving a whole bunch of php errors.

Oh and peter .... u never make it to the natio run with us ..... I mean 1st it was the cops and now .... i dunno wat happened ? I mean u could have told us and we would have gone a bit slower for ur 93kw to keep up j/k

But seriously were u comin to the natio or did u just go home ?

cheers

Bill

dammit .. ok .. working on the links now ..

I was following pete ...but some of the lead guys went way too fast ahead .. obviously red lights split the group .. and then the RBT which we all slowed down for ..

then there were no other rollas to be seen ... We saw KT HAHA for a bit and we lost him too ..

I think some ppl got a got too eager and took off without thinkin of the others who didnt know how to get there ..

but glad you guys had a good drive .. and was great to put some face to the names !

Bill - We should have followed you .. rather than the lead group .. we might have made it there

So bill thats the story! everyone took off i could see bill doing like 120 in a 80 zone lol! cops everywhere the last thing we wanted was to be pulled over on a sat night.

You guys must wait up for the 93kw! :) no but seriously if you can see some guys getting trapped at a traffic light slow down. Im not familiar with the area and so i dont know what to type into the sat.

Hey guys

just got back from the natio. Got a bit wet and slippery in there though.

Pete i guess ur 93 KW couldnt keep up with me hahahah

nar overall good night thank *** no cops in the natio park.

-Bill

LOL! yeah you meant to wait! :)

not but everyone just took off! we got stuck at traffic lights and no one waited! cops all over !

Sorry Corzza, we did wait for about 10 minutes just on the other side of the mecano set. Me, Bill, Dennis & Sunny.

I guess this just shows why we need radio's cause it's quite difficult to lead a convoy of 15+ cars. I thought everyone was behind me as I was leading & I was going pretty slow. I did take of from the lights at Bunning quickly but only so as many cars as possible would make it through the lights & then I slowed right down in the left hand lane.

One Black Corolla went flying past me, not sure who it was but they turned right just after the bridge & didn't stay with the cruise.

Other than this mishap the meet was great. It was good to see some new faces.

Would anyone be interested in a daytime meet for a photo session at the Toyota head office. If people show enough interest I may be able to arrange this.

Hey there GUys "SORRY FOR BEING LATE"!!!!!! Definately a good trun out though!!!! Man it just goes to show that commo's have big motors but are scarred to go through the nasho!!! Man my mates can be little B1TCH3S at times!!!! :D But yeah whos up for another one!!?????

*Friday night "TOYMODS" meet (maybe we can turn up for the atmosphere and then go on our own cruise)

*saturday night "our monthy meet!!!"

Well lets hope we can get more cars and more people that want to go for a drive!!!!LOL :D :P

Maybe we should meet up before going to the TOYMOD meet so we all can ROLL in together, what do you think

The Sportivo was the first factory performance Corolla available in Australia since the demise of the AE92 GTi which was 13 years ago. I wonder if we will have to wait another 13 years for another performace Corolla, I sure hope not.

its not the discs, they have been machined and itd do it all the time, its not tyres cos they r brand new and even with the old ones it did it, the car has warranty still but i was just asking if any one else had it happen

If you are confident that it is not the Disc than I would just take it back to Toyota.

I hope someone has some good advice for you. :D :D

Hey Guys and gals

Was wondering if anyone else has had problems with their ABS pulsing under light braking, and what was done to fix it?

My stivo (well dads) is doing it occasionally and its really annoying..... sometimes itll be good and not play up, others (most the time) its there and really annoying

Thanks Briony

How many KM's has the car done?

Is it still under ner car warranty?

You may need to get you disc machined.