CorollaGT

I dailied dunlop 225 45 17 02g's (medium)on my evo for a bit, they were sweet in the dry and much better than i expected in the wet given they look pretty slick with only 1 radial groove.

Driven near near NT01's in the rain on the road and they were just as good as RE002's. Car had ample grip acceleration/braking and corners. Worn I can't imagine they would be anywhere as good in the rain haha

Have a set of 205/50R15 NT01's which have done 8 or so trackdays and over 1000km on track and still have tread left (mustn't be driving hard enough!). Kept them in a dark shed out of sunlight and try rotating them front to rear (FWD so the rears are there only for the ride) every couple of trackdays. They aren't as grippy as they were when new but am still really happy with how long they've lasted.

In the middle of summer I could get a good 4-5 fast laps of Taupo track 1 before they go off

Will they not screw up angles/geometry? ie need to be used in conjunction with longer arms?

If you want something soon-ish Toyota NZ have a Denso equivalent (W27ESV) and they're $4.60 each rrp

Maybe

Double post

4ages never break. They only ever need more oil and water..

And the odd bearing

Needs more genuine Rotas, fake Bride seats and miss-fitting fake uras kit Mitch

Looking forward to seeing (read: hearing it) being driven in anger with those ITB's

Hey Clint, stupid question I'm under the impression when getting removing air bags you need to remove everything (including wiring?) - can i still keep the spiral cable so that indicators will self cancel though?

Yeah sorry, I bought the last ones in the country.

 

Not interested in selling, but try the wreckers myk00l recommended, or drop Ewan @ Stacked an email as they may be able to order direct from Toyota in Japan (who I'm pretty sure still have stock).

 

They're obsolete now, so unless a dealer over there has one loest8 is out of luck as far as new goes.

Have both driven and been passenger in a friends Runx circuit car which has a set of the 500 series I believe. Car felt more settled under brakes compared to the old Bilstiens that were in the car when he brought it. Ride comfort wasn't bad on the road either (runs 205/50R15 tyres) with springs more suited to circuit use.

For a KP Starlet?

the requirements for cats were relaxed a couple of years ago to line up with the WOF rules

A buddy is in the process of turboing his '98 Supra and building a new exhaust is one of the things he is doing. Will it most likely come down to the certifier as to whether or not he needs to add a cat when building the new system? From factory it had one.

Whats on the 26th? Road and Track is on the 20th then Trackday Xperience on the 27th iirc

My limited experience with webers is to go for one that is still easy to get parts for (32/36's are still being made) I would ring up weber specialists or local dealer and ask if they still have parts for it to make it work on a 4k

/I came across a weber, took it into the shop and was told I had an "orphan" very hard to find parts for, spend money on one that's still supported

 

Rodney at Roskilda would be the local guy to speak to.

You can get a KZ - Rseries if thats an option?

If he's young he's probably never seen one... I'm not sure many KP owners will be having them serviced at a Toyota stealership!

 

Up to a few years ago we had an old lady bringing her mint KP in for WOF's and servicing. Also one that use to bring in her RA40.

Yea pipe after the muffler helps with deep sound for sure. Go 3" or bust haha.

Was worried about this as I didn't bother putting a longer pipe after the rear muffler (is about 2" long) and am still left with a decent deep noise with no real drone.

Hey Sparkle the zorst on my Corolla is 2.5" with two reso's and a straight through Magnaflow oval muffler (offset inlet/centre exit). You're welcome to have a nosey/go for a ride to get an idea of noise level. At this stage am real happy with the quality of those, will be pretty much the same as the AdrenalineR oval mufflers.

mark@manawatu.toyota.co.nz

 

His name is Mark Ireland. Tell him that Matt Woodard (XSVWGN) said to message him and he will sort you out with a trade price.

 

Matt

 

<<< this guy

The lights changed so I hooked it in first and gave it a boot full of wheel spin up to the limiter. By which point he was hanging halfway out the window pulling gang signs in appreciation.

 

Gang signs are the new thumbs up?

Is it the small clip next to the rear view mirror that's broken?

Oh don't worry, the EX Lancer was slow. Real slow. I think the only time I've struck a slower car was when I drove a customers 2E Corolla that wasn't running right. I was pretty nervous trying to pull out into traffic and get up to 50km/h on that drive back to work haha

The Corolla goes relatively unnoticed (its a white Corolla after all). Some random guy earlier in the year said I had a nice Honda.

When I first got it I took it in for a wheel alignment and the dude asked if it was an Altezza because it was 6 speed. Said nope, its a Corolla. Got a "oh so its basically an early version of an Altezza right?" wtf

 

Back in the school days with my poo brown EX Lancer I was pulled up on the way home from school (I looked 12 and had a passenger). Cop would have been rubbing his hands together thinking of the possible fine but was actually pretty good once he saw I had a license then proceeded to say how good it was to see a tidy old car still around.

Also had one kid yell out "your car is slow!" no shit Sherlock

Looking good Rhys

I don't know if the Toyota O2's are the same but the Innovative widebands have the same thread as a Toyota gearbox drain plug (the bigger ones iirc)