Popular Post Fresh Posted July 24, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted July 24, 2014 Discussion thread here! I did a deal on the Corolla and got something much more my style, basically a car I have always dreamed of owning. The opportunity arose to accomplish this dream and I did it. This is it, a 91 VG45 Toyota Century (L Shape). Its the long wheelbase version, powered by a 5V "Toyota Hemi" 4Litre V8. Now I know its 1991 so probably not classified as Oldschool but this thing has kept almost the same shape since the late 60s so I may be forgiven. The car has done 110,000ks, is in very good condition. Hard to find a single fault with the interior, everything works except for 1 window which I have a replacement reg coming from Japan already. List of features is pretty ridiculous, too lazy to list now. Has 2 dings down one side that I will get fixed, apart from that everything is mint. Pricing up airbags at the moment, bag it on factory rims for a starter and then look into the horrors of adding wheels. Also going to get tints redone. Have some plans on replacing some of the older tech with modern tech and integrating it nicely. Like replacing the Tape player in the arm rest with a tablet. Wifi in the car, redoing the speakers and stereo etc. Need to do a photo shoot, here is a taster: 26 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fresh Posted August 17, 2014 Author Share Posted August 17, 2014 I need to start taking more pictures of things. Yesterday and today consisted of replacing the old aftermarket headunit with a new one and replacing all the speakers. Managed to get 2 pairs of Soundstream 4 inch components to replace the components in each door. Removing door cards and replacing speakers ended up being the most insane mission. The amount of electronics in these cars is unreal. Came across the Fibre Optic system that runs throughout the car while digging under the door cards. Crazy right?! Removed the factory amp and with the help of a mate managed to trace the speaker wires to each door. The headunit I installed was an Android based one from China. Actually pretty awesome. Does everything that a tablet can do but has the addition of Radio/DVD/iPod input etc. Works well for a car like this with a double DIN slot. Need to find some speakers to fit in the rear parcel tray, and probably a 10inch sub to put in the boot, then an amp to power them to finish the ICE. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Fresh Posted November 16, 2014 Author Share Posted November 16, 2014 Decided to drag this thing out of hibernation and get it looking like a real car. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fresh Posted November 25, 2014 Author Share Posted November 25, 2014 Tried some wheels, now I need to find some to buy! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Fresh Posted November 26, 2014 Author Popular Post Share Posted November 26, 2014 Got side pipes made up by the wonderful Simon at Surfab. Sounds radical. Heres a video: 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Fresh Posted November 26, 2014 Author Popular Post Share Posted November 26, 2014 Also finally got some interior pictures sorted, my dog Toto loves to hang out on the leather. Anything that looks wood is real walnut veneer, anything that looks leather is leather and yes it has red carpet in the back haha. Dash, driver has heated seats, control of all 8 electric windows, door locks, 8 way electric seat, digi dash with maintenance computer, cruise control, TEMS, auto dimming headlights, electric boot with soft close, and electric fuel popper: Headunit: Rear control unit, wireless air conditioning remote and stereo controls pops out: Century logo: Dash, swinging air vents with adjustable speed, full climate control with separate zones: Toto chilling, his legs arent long enough to go through the seat: Centre console, has a writing surface with cupholder, storage for tapes, comes with factory Toyota headphones and built in tape-deck with recording features: Technics tape-deck: Rear door controls, main window and smokers window. Heated seat control and recline controls, every door also has its own ashtray and lighter under the metal slider: Coolbox, airvents and air purifier: Light controls, one aims on your lap and other aims more broadly into the footwell. Massaging seat controls, one switch turns on and off and the other changes the intensity: Vanity mirror or rearview mirror for the rear passengers. Controls for the front passanger seat so you can adjust the angle and distance when the footrest is down: Footrest: 30 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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