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hahahahaha dude i just got new wheels, and the bonnet is painted like that for a reason

Nice shots mate. The more I see that front lip, the more I want one, haha. Interesting what you've done with the tail lights. Dare I say, it almost looks a bit like an Opel at the back now. Keep it up

cool thanks dude , im a fan of your car to mate, nice and clean

cute car (;

Well today i got stuck into restoring my front bumper after 2 many side swipes
And taking the front bumper off was as easy as i thought or what the fukcing hanes manual said ( stupid peice of **** , roll you up and smoke you).
anyhow heres some pics

i used a combination of power sander with 120grit to get rid of the ruff stuff and some clear


and so with the front bumper off i could see what to do with the resonator box , what a peice of crap it just sits there waiting for nothing, so i ripped it out literally after the bolts were undone you just got to grab al pull with all your might and bang it comes out .

all primed


then came the paint


heres a pic with out the rsonator

and this bumper support dont look the same as the other side, its all twisted, is this normal , anyone else come across this before

and all done just drying

and then this hapened the clear bubbled a bit so i dabbed it to pop the bubble and then sanded it only to take the whole thing off all the way down to the bare plastic
EPIC FAIL so dissapointed in my self, any way i know how to fix it and its only a small section

all back together again

Nice work, a shame about that small imperfection though. Yeah that resonator box is a piece of crap. Was glad when I ripped mine out. You should route a CAI in it's place . I can provide you with a DIY from when I did mine if you want.

As for that twisted bracket, that occurs when someone tries to undo the bolt under the bumper. The bolt gets rusty and doesn't want to undo, so the whole bracket twists instead. The same thing happened to mine when I was removing the resonator box, so in the end I just manoeuvred it out.

Here's a pic:

wow so its not just me , i was going to put the filter and a pipe down there but since removing the resonator box the intake pie picks up air from there anyway so the car now pics up colder air anyway , and the car fill so much more resonsive now too
Added: Jan 3, 2011 8:24 AM
wow so its not just me , i was going to put the filter and a pipe down there but since removing the resonator box the intake pie picks up air from there anyway so the car now pics up colder air anyway , and the car fill so much more resonsive now too

yeah how did you find paint that just matched your car?? lol toyota dealer ship?

yer i just went to the auto shop Auto1 in Australia they mix paint there and gave them the code mine is ( YHD) and they mix it up. Your code should be on your build plate inside your engine bay. As you spray the first coat it appears to light, cause of the colour of the primer underneath, but as more coats go on it appears darker and richer. This was done all by rattle can, ive always used it and you learn the technique to get it even.

Haha, sounds like mine. Since I got my sideskirts painted you can kind of see that they're a slightly brighter white than the rest of the car when looking at it in direct sunlight. I was going to respray my mirrors, but they'd stand out like dog's balls.

I would try rubbing a Meguires Clay Bar over your old painted surfaces as it will remove grit and dirt in the paint work that makes the car dull, try a section near some fresh painted section to see the differences, ill be hitting my front guards again then polishing them up after a week or when ever it stops raining

yer i couldn't beleive it the first time id used it, as i chamoised the car i clay barred it and was like wtf look at the dirt and shit
ill have to do it again soon
Added: Jan 4, 2011 8:47 AM
yer i couldn't beleive it the first time id used it, as i chamoised the car i clay barred it and was like wtf look at the dirt and shit
ill have to do it again soon

Just a small update , ive started getting rid of all the blue inside my car, first was the electric blue seat covers,
from this

to this


the old one's stiching was coming apart and that fake airleather stuff disintergrates over the years from sweat and dirt goes abit crusty and hard.
Plus im over the whole blue thing, next up is the pedals maybe go back to the old rubber ones or find a decent set of silver ones aparently is200 ones fit, ill have to take a look.
Also i know your not going to like it but before you comment , would you have the balls to do it i painted my stockies green




Added: Jul 25, 2011 11:29 AM
i need to find some centre caps and paint them black or maybe paint the centre of the rim black and leave the green lip , i have to see first about the caps cause it looks unfinished plus i want some shinier lug nut too

^what he said. i actually like the color of the wheels.

Yep, the Lexus IS200/Altezza RS200 pedals fit. I've got some on mine. The best part is that they actually slide over the pedals like the stock ones, and the accelerator pedal uses a split pin, so none of them ever come loose like a lot of the aftermarket pedals do. Corollas came with two types of accelerator arms - One that had a bend in it and one that was straight. If yours has a bend then I'd highly recommend getting one that's straight, or else the pedal will move back and forth when you put your foot on it. Anyway, if you have any questions when the time comes just let me know

Here's a couple of pics of mine:





P.S. really not feeling those green wheels. Steelies are made black for a reason

yer i know im starting to get over the green wheel thing, i might just paint them the same colour of my bonnet or the car, to tell you the truth im lots as to which direction i want to go with the car, i thought i was going more jdm racer but then i thought she was lacking some real colour so i painted the wheels green, but now im lost. I rang around to get the wheels widened to 8 inches about $175 a wheel that would help with some more flushness but id need to lower it more and i dont have coilovers. i dunno .

do the wheels and coilovers!!! im thinking about doing this myself

do you have a problem mate, did i just call your peice of shit (is-slow300) just a supra wannabe, if people laugh at my car do you really think i care , i laugh and joke about it , but it's my car my style i dont follow trends nor do i start them. People got to start thinking out of the square a bit more instead of being to scared to try new things, if it works great, if not try something else. So if your going to bag someone else ride take a look at the heap your driving first and make sure there's nothing that stands out cause your going to get criticised.
By the way by the looks of your sig you drive a bland buisness womans car and its an auto (fail)

Personally I don't think we should look at anyone's ride as "just a Corolla", as each persons vehicle is a representation of themselves. Regardless of what sort of car it is and/or how common it is, I think we should respect each others tastes and preferences. I may happen to think that green wheels look like shit, but if you like it who am I to judge? Lets all get along and put this whole misunderstanding behind us

I don't want to add fuel to the fire, but both Australia and New Zealand also got the IS300 . I do however agree that it has a lot more power than a Corolla, although the Corolla was designed for economy, so it's like comparing apples to oranges

Oh, we got the RS200 Altezzas which were the equivalent of the Lexus IS200. There was no Altezza RS300 equivalent of the Lexus IS300, but the Altezza Gita (liftback) has the same engine as what's in your car. Hope that makes sense, lol.

I think that's where to the confusion lay, for me at least. It seemed strange coming from you since you were (and probably still are) a hardcore Corolla fan/owner, but now I know you were saying it hypothetically in regards to what other people who have no knowledge of Corollas might say, it all makes sense