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99 Corolla work in progress

Discussion in '8th Gen' started by MacktasticSlick, Jan 24, 2010.

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    MacktasticSlick TRD whore with 36,000 posts, bitch

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    Time for an oil change, I got a great deal on this Royal Purple:
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    Really is purple lol:
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    So I know the mileage and when to change it, also to show off the low miles for an 8th gen save for Roach:
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    MacktasticSlick, May 17, 2012
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    Wow for a second I thought you had a 4afe lol, because of the red valve cover.
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    lol don't you remember me painting it?
    MacktasticSlick, May 17, 2012
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    Its been a while since i've seen your engine bay. Props on the mad tyte pic of you pouring oil and taking pic @ the same time.
    Hummer, May 17, 2012
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    i need me a oil change. almost a year now!!
    roachrolla, May 17, 2012
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    Mad tyte JDM red spray paint on the engine cover FTW yo. The only thing that could make it more mad tyte JDM yo is a rising sun.

    I still haven't changed the oil in the IS lol.
    Goldy, May 17, 2012
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    nice strut bar
    MovieSTAR, May 17, 2012
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    MacktasticSlick TRD whore with 36,000 posts, bitch

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    I posted pics not too long ago when I got the strut bar, I figured you had seen those pics. But yeah that pic was hard to take without spilling it haha. And corollagt has the rising sun, so I'm not gonna jack that style.
    MacktasticSlick, May 17, 2012
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    Yeah, your not asian anyways.
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    I think I did, just forgot. I miss it =[ I miss the corolla. My neighbor digs it though. He's got a 40 mile commute both ways and he used to have a Tundra. I have like a 5 mile commute so I rarely drive anymore unless the weather is bad.
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    Well the posting pics part was to hummer, he's saying he didn't see my engine bay recently. But I'm def not asian lol
    MacktasticSlick, May 17, 2012
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    At least you get to see your Corolla all the time with your neighbor.
    Goldy, May 17, 2012
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    *sees update on my thread, yay
    **sees it's from gold, hoping for a brofist
    ***sees gold isn't even talking to me, gets sad
    ****leaves, uploads new pics of mod done yesterday to share
    MacktasticSlick, May 17, 2012
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    [IMG]
    Goldy, May 17, 2012
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    Ok I'll take that one.

    So as some of you may know by my post in hondaboy's thread, the shroud kinda popped off the projector in one of my lights:
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    Kinda hard to see how bad it was off. It wiggled its way in front of the light, reducing my light spread. No good:
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    Ready to go in the oven:
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    Remove lens:
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    Whatever the dude used to hold these in wasn't good enough. You can also see how much of the shroud had to be removed to make it fit the housing:
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    Since I already had it apart, I used this time to switch out the OEM 13 year old lens for the 3 year old aftermarket ones I had. You can see it is much more clear than the original on the right:
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    The new lenses and fixed shroud make it look better. Plus they are so much brighter at night, I was very surprised:
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    Like a boss:
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    Next up is to smoke the housings, but I'll do that another time:
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    MacktasticSlick, May 17, 2012
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    So, now do you have to do the other lens to match?

    And of course it's a lot brighter without the plastic covering it all up! Good job.
    Goldy, May 17, 2012
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    Well yeah I did them both at the same time, but I focused my pics on the driver's one, since that had the issue. They are both now with clearer lenses. But judging from your sentence you made it sound like I might run the lights with no cover at all?
    MacktasticSlick, May 17, 2012
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    Why would you run the lights with no covers haha?
    Goldy, May 17, 2012
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    When I read that the first time I thought you were talking about the lens covering the front of the housing, but I now know that you are talking about the shroud being in the way hahahaha
    MacktasticSlick, May 17, 2012
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    Yeah, I'm not sure how any light could have made it through the shroud lol.
    Goldy, May 17, 2012
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    Slow Corolla:
    MacktasticSlick, May 27, 2012
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    i don't think they had that in mind when they built our corollas, they assumed grannies would be driving no faster than 35mph
    roachrolla, May 27, 2012
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    Made that as a type of "before" video for when I swap out the IM/TB, want to see the diffeence.
    MacktasticSlick, May 27, 2012
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    That was painful to watch.
    Hummer, May 28, 2012
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    I know you can hear it like "Why are you wanting me to go fast??!!!" haha
    MacktasticSlick, May 28, 2012
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    ive never driven a 98-99 non vvt-i but does not having vvt-i make a huge difference? like when i step on my corolla the rpm jumps to 4-5k but still does 0-60 in 9sec:( can the 98-99 do that?
    cBass, May 28, 2012
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    x2 I would also like to know
    SEIGE, May 29, 2012
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    The VVT-i system selects the ideal intake and exhaust valve overlap under all engine operating conditions. VVT-i virtually eliminates the traditional compromises between low-end torque and high-rpm horsepower. It also helps enhance fuel economy and reduces emissions so effectively that it eliminates the need for the exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) emissions device. I would rather have it than not, maybe if my corolla was equipped with VVT-i and a 5spd I would have liked it a little more.
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    ^makes it sound like our cars are racing machines
    roachrolla, May 29, 2012
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    I wonder where he copied&pasted it from?
    Goldy, May 29, 2012
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