Lachlan H

Greetings all, After a short abscence from the corolla club, I'm back! I sold my AE92 last year and was upgraded to a Nissan Dualis. After a short stint in that car (due to many issues) i realized i had to go back to my faith and buy another corolla haha. I purchased a 2010 Corolla Ascent Sports in manual last weekend. Already i love it. But i have a few questions. - As with other models, the Ascent sport comes with the standard projector headlights. I was wondering, is it possible to buy the HID headlights off the Levin ZR and fit them onto my car? I understand how HID lights work, but i figure the lights themselves are the same size, i just don't know wether it would be to difficult electrical wise and do i have to fit a "ballast" i think thats what they call it. I like how the new Levin ZR lights have darker bits inside them compared to the projectors. -Any suggestions for improvements that can be made performance wise? I was running platnium iridium plugs in my AE92 and i really liked them, and i had an exhaust but I'm not to keen to do that to my new car just yet. Has anyone had any experience with K&n filters on corollas? Particularly the newer corollas. I put a k&n filter in the nissan and it increased performance but fuel economy was worse. -The only thing i don't like about the car is that it has the new toyota "generation y" audio system, it looks a bit weird and you have to use this knob to control it all. I think ill upgrade it to the 6 stacker CD unit with the small screen in the middle, the one that comes with the conquest model. Is it hard to change out the steroe? i was told you just pop up the facia and theres 4 screws.... Thanks guys!

Heres my exhaust, sorry for poor quality :)

I need new black strips, where can i get them? I was told they had clips that would break. The panel beater stuffed up he chrome on them :(

I've got same sort of issue, but i put the key in lock on drivers side and it unlocks all doors except the passenger side, the misses isn't very happy as I have to lean across. If I unlock the door from passenger side with the key it unlocks though. Whats happening? Dried out?

I've got AE92 running 2.5inch pipe from cat with single muffler on a 4afe, sounds amazing. Wouldn't go any diff. Was done by ace exhausts in melbourne $250

Ive been trying to upload the videos onto youtube for AGES, and i just got the new iphone which lets me uploaded directly from the phone, so the quality is the best, but ill upload more videos as i go. Hope you like!

I 2nd that, i wanna see some pics of the cold air intake! :bash: And i agree with D4NNYC, put some good castrol oil in it, I'm running castrol in mine, fantastic

Yeah i picked a quite one cause i didnt want it to over the top. but to tell u the truth I'm quite happy i did it, because on idle its quiet, rumbles, then when u rev it, even in neutral it sounds like its got guts. I hate it when you hear small cars and they put canons on them and crap and they sound like the engine has no go. Mine sounds like its got power. Yeah i work at a shopping centre so when i leave at night and its empty i always plant it :yes: Even outside its very nice, i was driving through melbourne CBD the other night and i was stuck in traffic, and i was getting quite a few people looking at my car, especially when i took off. When its in 3rd gear, thats the gear of love hahaha :) I drove through the tunnels in melbourne today and gave it a bit of a rev, its been 2 years and i still love it :) The only thing i would say that is recently i put castrol magnatec oil in it, and its gotten quieter :D and it did the same when i put iridium plugs in it. I WANT IT BACK LOUDER! hahaha Yeah their all bogans :D my car is 10 years younger and all theirs have had way more problems than mine haha. If i can work it out il put a video on youtube later and show you.

I used Ace Exhausts In Croydon. Prettty far out of your way, but the exhaust system them did on my AE92 is fantastic. Was $500 for full system (no extractors)

My AE92 Csi does about 3000rpm or just under while doing 100kmph on the freeway.....Thats with exhaust and some other stuff tho And i don't like that comment about thats what it does before the clutch goes, i think my clutch is dying at the moment :bash:

I got a 4af Ae92 csi, i put a full exhaust system on it, it LOVES it. And id agree they love to thrashed, i don't normally like doing it but it seems like it will never die on me! Drive it like its stolen!!!

How do you change the sender? I reacon mines faulty on my AE92.....when the guage shows off the scale empty and i go to fill up it still has bout 15litres left.... i wouldnt mind changing it

Hmm well i got a custom 2.5 inch exhaust system done on my AE92 csi as mentioned in other posted, when i got it done i noticed an increase in power and improvement in fuel economy. Its not a loud system, its fairly subtle, but all my friends are jealous of it cause they drive crappy Ford BA falcons and they got exhausts that sound CRAP compared to mine, when i drive into undercover car parks they love it hahaha!

Really random question once again from me :D I was driving along one night and suddenly realized, the button the right of my steering wheel for central locking, doesnt have a light behind it liek the two on the left for back window washer and demister. Did the central locking switch ever have a light behind it that lights up when you turn on the headlights? Or am i just imagining things, because it looks like it should be lit up.... Cheers!

Well as i said, it was reading under a quarter full when i pulled in, filled it up with 27litres, got in and it said full. Thats interesting about the fuel filler pipe. Can you remember what the fix was at all? It would be interesting to read.... As for the sender, what could be wrong with it? the rest of the car is in perfect condition, seems like a funny thing to die all of a sudden. I only noticed it when i saw how many litres i put in, then what the gauge said and i thought thats not right. Would i have to replace the sender? Where would i get one from i wonder.