Prophecy

Michaels ridiculously fun 911 :)

YEEEESSSSSSS

Oh jeez no way? I love his work, thoroughly enjoyed all the games he's been a part of, and Rainbow 6 is one of my favourite novels. So young, what a shame... RIP.

Gave it a pretty thorough clean inside and out on the weekend- plus a little half hearted attempt at a buff on the roof. I dont think the whole roof will come up well... Interior is much nicer/better than I thought though! Excuse the bad quality. Taken with camera phone (my brand spankin' Nokia Lumia 925, mind you) with bad lighting. Found even more adjustment on the driver's seat. Why anyone would want to swap these with aftermarket buckets is beyond me, and its now glaringly obvious why EVERYONE who knows anything wants these for their corolla. I'll give you a run down... Whole seat forward/back adjustable (obviously), back rest angle adjustable (obviously), leg bolsters adjustable in/out, seat... erm... part you sit on? tilt adjustable, back rest curve/flat adjustable, side bolsters adjustable in/out, head rest up/down (obviously...). Needless to say, i've set it up to be the bucketiest, tightest, coziest I can fit in. Its so god damn comfortable and supportive, holy crap. Found out what the red button does! It locks it in park, you have to hold it in, and hold the lock button on the gear stick to get it out of park lol. Going to get annoying... But yes, after a very thorough vacuum, and a good clean with a Meguires/comparable interior spray and a good cloth, it actually came up reeeal nice, much better than expected. Not a whole lot of fading, no tears in any fabric, not too many marks, not tooooo much in the way of interior panels not lining up (theres a couple here and there where its obviously been taken apart and then forced back together). Discovered that it had an amp once... 2 x RCA cables + that thick cable running under the carpet under the passenger seat. Might have to get an amp wired in. Hadnt planned on it, but if the wiring is already there... Also found that a 2DIN head unit will NOT fit! The cup holders take up about 10-15mm of the bottom of the compartment, making it impossible to fit a 2DIN anything without removing the cup holder piece- and it is not going anywhere. Its ok, theres plenty of nice 1DIN units out there. Has anyone been in one of these before? How crazy is the leg room in the back??? And I dont mean good. After washing with a proper good wash/wax solution it came up realll nice outside too, apart from the fading on the roof but what can you do, besides respray. Didnt realize just how much metallic fleck there is, its gorgeous in full sun light, comes up a dark grey rather than black. Very cool. Oh, and the stickers have begun... hehe. More to come soon. New radiator should turn up this week, along with the top hose, already got a new bottom hose so it'll be ready to go back on. Then we can run it AGAIN (so we can truly check how it runs before we pull it apart), THEN the pull apart of the head shall begin. Lets hope its not too bad in there, huh. --- Post Updated --- HA. Just after writing this entry, my head mechanic/mechanically talented mate informed me that he's got the new radiator on and has ran it this afternoon. Bottom end too noisy, pulling the engine for a rebuild. Dropping another 16v (just that, no manual box, that'll come when the current engine has been rebuild) in it when I can afford one, just to get it running. Then we have to worry about the bushes, ball joints, rear hubs (3 of 4 studs on both rears spin...)...

yeah a range of ae92s had them. cielo (jap/euro spec seca) has redesigned headlights with foglights built into them like the levin. sprinter sedan also, it has the same front end as the cielo. hm. thats about it actually.

are you JOKING? Cant have non yellow fog lights on a jdm car ryz, surely you know this. but seriously, no. yellow fogs ftw.

Woah woah, you guys are seeing the fog lights lol- yellow bulbed fog lights in the same housing as the headlights, thats the yellow, the headlight bulbs are 4000k xenons, slightly blue :P Upgrading to a Nardi Gara asap. The standard ones, especially in good nick are worth close to 200 bucks. Pretty sure some of it has been resprayed, like the bonnet, hence it looking so good- I havent polished it, only that spot on the roof and a spot on the spoiler.

Nah I knew about the overdrive button, seca has it as well, they are 2 other buttons. i'll get photos of them on the weekend. Its not at my house, at a mate's, as he has room to store it and work on it, which I dont lol. Tint FOR SURE. Dont mean to ruin the illusion, but the paint isnt that great everywhere. Look at the roof in the third photo. Theres a patch on the drivers side that HAS been polished. Luckily the whole roof should come up like that. It'll get a full buff and polish soon enough, that ought to sort it out. The rear spoiler is pretty terribly faded in a couple of spots too. Easy enough to respray it though :) Those ARE brighter headlights! I put them in today lol. Parker lights will be changed to match later on.

Noticed the PWR and MANU buttons, along with some obscure red button that isnt labeled on the gear selector trim today. Can anyone shed some light on what they do? (Obviously 'power' and 'manual') Pulled the radiator out today.+ new headlight bulbs (I bought new ones for my seca early this year, forgot that I got 2 pairs, found the second pair in a drawer yesterday :D ) + domo (not really visible in this photos. Sitting behind the rear vision mirror)

SLAYERRRRRRR

Thinking allllll about car parts... Looking for a set of corolla sportivo 16" alloys, because theyre really nice wheels (possibly made by enkei? very enkei styled), and I need something for the Levin to roll on when I restore the watanabes on it -- OLD IMAGE REMOVED (imageshack) -- The steering wheel is ruined, so I'm looking straight to aftermarket, the natural choice being Nardi lol. Seriously considering the Nardi Gara 3. New head unit, thinking about the Kenwood DPX- not sure whether I want to shell out another 50-100 bucks for the bluetooth variant? Super rare OEM option digital gauge cluster *drool le sigh*... what fun it'd be to have money.

My Levin. Wrong model, but close enough lol.

Ehhhhh seems it. Its not, really, lol. To be fair, the seats are! Doesnt look like anyones ever sat in the back seat, front seats are stain and general wear free, no tears, still very supportive. I'm really happy about that, the seats are epic

Wow, the paint is epic.

Cheers man, its a pretty different experience to le rollamobile, didnt go very hard in the carpark, due to it being a carpark, and the engine being broken, but it feels nice and responsive, cant wait to take it on a twisty run. That is indeed Paolos hatch, how long ago did you last see photos of it? Its been like that for at least 6 months lol. Exhaust note vids MAY come with this engine, maybe not though, dont want to blow it up. I am genuinely concerned for it, it seems very unhealthy.

Still got it, my license got taken back off me for a points technicality, get it back in November. Was looking to sell it, but I think im going to keep it as a daily, its needs rego anyway to sell, and the Levin still has rego, not going to cost me any extra to have both. Will sell the seca at some stage.

Hey guys, long time no see. Took ownership of my first proper car today :D Its a 1989 Toyota Corolla Levin Apex (not GT Apex, unfortunately), 280xxx kms. Working electric sunroof, windows (sorta...) and mirrors. Oh, and TEMS! Black, pretty faded, but you get that. Genuine 14" Watanabe F8s, apart from that its stock. Does have a blown head gasket. Not sure what else is wrong with it, probably going to pull that engine out and drop another rebuilt 16v 4AGE in it. 20v 4AGE from a series 2 AE111 might come in the future with a manual box.] Over the moon, I've wanted one of these for a long time now, cant wait to get stuck in :) With a mate's 20v hatch :)

AM selling my corolla, AM buying a rare black AE92 Levin Apex with a whole bunch of issues thats probably going to cost a lot of money :D HD would be nice though Diablo, cant read a damn thing in any X360 games- PS2 is fine though lol.

Nice ones mate- we should do this again soon ;)

Live updates?! Whaaaat?! Ok thats really it lol. Edit: In unrelated news, i'm probably selling my relatively unknown AE92 Corolla liftback, to buy a rare AE92 Corolla Levin GT Apex :)

Ohai Tduck >.> Yep. Possibly back again, lol. Got ridiculously busy and uninterested because of work. Got my license back (WOOOOOO). Then the RTA (Roads and Traffic Authority- same as USA's DMV) took it off me for another 3 months. BOOO. Demerit point related, dont worry, I didnt do anything silly. Stupid technicality, unfortunately... Oh well. 2 weeks in, almost half way there! :D But yeah. As I said a while ago, I broke my monitor, i've been using a crappy 4:3, 17-18" CRT TV for a few weeks now. Not the best, but its something... Decided to try some photos on it. Eh, you be the judge :) (When i say photos, I mean just one photo)

...so whats going on

I will be buying a PS3 in a few months.

k, i highly doubt I can make it, as my monitor broke and I cant afford a new one or a tv. Sounds great though :(

Any idea on when this'll be starting?