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Cheers, just a couple before the weather turned to shit. Yeah I'm all for super low cars. But I spent many days in the garage looking at what was needed to go lower than it is. There is enough allowance in the coilovers to go much lower. That is the easy bit. I even purchased new longer bodied shock inserts as it was too low. One of those learn as you go things. Probably could go 50mm+ lower in it, more with the shorter shocks. But then everything else becomes a problem if you want to actually drive it. That's ignoring the geometry side of things that would be in the toilet without spending another bucket of cash on adjustable everything. I'm old, I want something that is relatively comfortable to fang.

Yeah that looks pretty fucking tasty! I wasn't quite ready for the trip, but hopefully we'll have another before the weather turns to shite.

Got this thing down to local garage and it got itself a sticker it hadn't worn in a while. So then it was time to put some rego on it, was going to chuck six months but forgot it's old as fuck now, so 12 months is cheap anyway. So did that, then called up another crowd to organise getting some plates pressed for it. I purchased them off trademe a week after getting the car, really good timing. They were going for dirt cheap so I offered for them to send them to me included in the dirt cheap price, they agreed. The single bashed to buggery plate has been hanging on the wall (it came off a trailer), taunting me for over four years now. Was tempting to go for the Jap plate style, but I ain't got money for that AND a tank of gas these days. Took it for a nice backround trip, the roads are all over the show, but it soaked it all up nicely. Low as possible is nice, but it would have been scraping most of the trip if lower. So a good compromise of low and actually able to drive it at pace over shit rural roads. Quite good being able to hit the sharp corners without slowing and it just sits flat with no roll. Wasn't harsh at all on the undulations in the road either. Overall, very happy with it's ride quality. I'd loved to have had it another 30mm lower, but the compromise needed to achieve that isn't worth it. Plenty around that are MUCH lower than mine, but low isn't everything (cop out lol). I wasn't willing to cut the body / guards to get it lower than it is. Just a short update, but an important one as it's finally back on the road. Will get myself some AA membership going on so i'm not so anxious driving it around. Still needs a carb fettle, likely new jets. So when the weather turns proper shit, i'll whip the carb off and see about sorting that out. Next on the to do list is some deadening and installing the speakers. Will update when I work on the 3D printed mounting hardware for those, but it won't be for a while. Will swap off the Levin badge too for the Corolla "C" badge I have. It's what it had factory, i've just left it on there because lazy. Some pics for proof.

Just go to a different WOF place, if they failed it on that too, investigate it further. It's really the easiest solution IMO. If the car didn't have it from factory, then I don't see how it can be expected to have one installed now. If you can't see evidence that it has been removed, and it has been passing WOF checks it's whole time on the road... My gut says aftermarket stuff will not be allowed without cert. OEM is at least known quality, aftermarket can be a shit show, thus needs to be checked / approved / certed. I looked up brake proportioning valve on aliexpress for the lol's, this was on the first page. https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32989771506.html?spm=a2g0o.productlist.main.21.59cca9a8j5UTNa&algo_pvid=9cecc3d3-72a9-4379-b52f-6f2c04a3afa0&algo_exp_id=9cecc3d3-72a9-4379-b52f-6f2c04a3afa0-10&pdp_ext_f={"sku_id"%3A"66792891068"}&pdp_npi=3%40dis!NZD!37.96!37.96!!!!!%40211bd4cd16795348344407871d0745!66792891068!sea!NZ!116624700&curPageLogUid=31RAH62HUUlj i'm not saying buying it for a second, just thought it was funny. As you were.

Was it the same guy? If there is nothing listed there, then i'd be pretty confident it never existed. If you ask @GuyWithAviators nicely he might be able to check the system to see if that part was ever available for your car. I'd just take it elsewhere for future WOF checks personally. My Corolla looks to have them installed below the master cylinder. Look more complicated than plain tees anyway. My only experience with bias valves is on more modern cars and having to clean them out. I don't know exactly which diagrams will match to your car, but a quick looks suggests there is a load sensing proportioning valve? Which appears to be on the diff and something installed below the brake booster. Like I say though, only guessing off YN130. And depending on spec i'm sure they can vary too.

Look your car up on amayama.com check diagrams etc Will list parts like that, so that should tell you if there was one or someone is smoking the good stuff. Print off the diagram if it shows none from factory. Then start using someone else for WOF's.

Garage doors are a common false trigger for K band from memory.

Bit of a ling post, but when i'd touch up gas fires, i'd just clean the surface and spray away. A few light coats. It either worked fine, or people never chased me up to say it didn't last. Should be pretty similar temps i'd say.

Yeah just make sure you get the right standard hose, I think they had a thing about it in the LVVTA newsletter at some point.

For booster or something else? Booster will need to be the certain spec one. Is 10mm not suitable? I got all my hose from Blackwoods

Hey m9, what are the vegan options? /sounds rad, have fun lads

If you modify something, that if you do it wrong, you die, then you need a cert. A rough guide. Probably have a look at #14 https://vehicleinspection.nzta.govt.nz/virms/in-service-wof-and-cof/light-psvs/brakes/service-brake-and-parking-brake#tab3 Doesn't appear to be listed as a modification that is exempt in the table.

Cert now live, rather than edit the above figured i'd do a quick post as update. WOF time I guess!! That said... as part of recheck I had to modify some parts which aren't shown as changed in the photos. Can only assume that will bite me one day so better look into that. Not sure if lag or my phone was playing up, but shows as popping in a few days ago.

Will see what I have to coat it with, good idea. Was going to put it in shed, but zinc change and hook on my engine crane are starting to corrode... so I think the shed is a bad idea.

Cheers, sounds like a plan. Something to use up the part bottles of oil with.

Rust in A pillar under screen reminds me of mine. Can only see so much in photo, but I imagine that's a window out job. Rust is fun! As for fixing now vs later, i'd do now so it can't get any worse and potentially pop the screen.

What do people do with engines that will sit for a while. I'll have a mostly stripped engine that I plan to leave in the shed. Do you add more cheap oil? Oil in the cylinders? Blow out all the coolant lines? I could google, but you lot will have engines under your benches, so what do you do with them.

I wouldn't want to rely on a typo for any mods. I'd start by calling up NZTA without providing them any info on the car itself, but question the situation.

Pretty pathetic update this one, but figured i'd post it to keep things going in here. Drove down to Timaru to pick up a spare 3AU. Such a boring road with all of the people trying to become statistics. Current plan is to potentially swap the carb from the spare engine into the car as it may be easier than fixing what is currently breaking my balls on the current carb. The rest of the engine will be wrapped up as a bare engine, with spares like alternator stored in garage to prevent rust, which my shed seems to grow. Spare engine has always been on my want list. Running two of them, I figure it makes sense to have a backup. It's out of an AE85, so i'm not sure if that changes much, but some of the carb numbers seemed to match up. So it's mostly likely all the same shit with maybe a few small variances. Only one photo as I don't want to put people through excessive boat anchor exposure. After loading and unloading it, I can see why they do make such good anchors though. Excuse the blur, I had just taken the skin off the knuckle of my thumb with a really greasy part of the engine. Apart from that, not much has happened. My cert still isn't live as certifier, for some reason, won't finish my paperwork and send it in. I mean it's only been 10+ weeks now, with xmas break. So perhaps i'm just expecting too much. Three times the paperwork has been nearly finished and was going to be sent in shortly. I've never once been contacted in regards to any delays, i've had to chase each time to see where things are at. So yeah, no WOF, no driving it for most of summer and all that boring stuff people tend to do with road legal cars. Not much I can do though, just eat up the shit sandwich. Certainly sours the whole cert process. As you can see, i'm passed the point of expecting much to happen anytime soon.

Is it a typo or did it get modified at factory for that rating? Mainly asking out of interest I guess. Is it common?

I laughed a bit too much at this, even heard him say it.

Plenty of people on here look after their rides enough that a clean sheet on an old car isn't a challenge at all.

Pro tip, fix problems before WOF. If they have to write a short story to list the failures from inspection, you're in for a bad time. I doubt the rust rules have changed that much over time. People just tend to get hurt feelings more these days.

Not sure what the situation is, but could you "tee in" a petrol water pump? Might be cheaper, might also be useless for your situation.

Still waiting to get my car on the road. But that's a sweeeeet drive for sure, keen for a future one.