Corolla T-sport

by nathjh, 30-04-2019, 05:02 AM

Hi guys, i shall be documenting everything i do with my T-sport.
unfortunately, I'm unable to do any real mods right now, I've been driving for less than a year, my insurance for the t-sport is £1100. It would have been around £900 but I was a good boy and told them that my windows are tinted! the buggers!! So i'm not lowering it just yet unfortunately

anyway, enough talk!! more pics.......


Untitled by nathjh1, on Flickr
sorry, its a dodgy hdr....anyway, this is pre anything i believe, it's also the first time i've ever cleaned a car properly lol!


Untitled by nathjh1, on Flickr
the windows were tinted when i bought it, the wheels were also painted before i bought it.


Untitled by nathjh1, on Flickr


Untitled by nathjh1, on Flickr

I think these were taken a couple of days after i bought the car...

anyway, now for a few of my modifications...
I'm not going to put all the pictures on, but just to name a few things i've done....

HID lights,
Smoked side repeaters,
LED sidelights
LED number plate bulbs
aftermarket head unit (jvc kw-avx840)

IMG_0293 by nathjh1, on Flickr
for the head unit i also have an official ipod/iphone cable to play videos from my phone.
I have also installed the microphone to use the bluetooth module.


things i have that are yet to be done...
parking sensors
reversing camera (awaiting delivery)

and things for the future....
on monday the car is getting mopped, also all badges are being removed, the emblems painted black and put back on, i'm also going to keep the t-sport on the front.
the side bump strips? are also being removed (because polishing around them annoys me!!)
and my centre caps are being painted black to match the wheels

I think thats all for now....if i remember any more ill update.

Well hello there....

by nathjh, 29-04-2019, 07:29 PM

Hi guys, I'm Nath, 26 from cambridge, i drive a black toyota corolla t-sport. and you will find out more about me as time goes by....

new wheels on the lexus today

by jay_russell, 29-04-2019, 12:58 PM

got them on the car today.

I'm in too deep - HELP!!!!

by jimxms, 28-04-2019, 06:21 PM

SO today I attempted to fit the intercooler and piping to the car. I thought it would be quite simple...cut a couple of holes...bolt a few things on. MAN WAS I SOOOO WRONG.

Front bumper comes off. Not too difficult.

Crash bar comes off (coz intercooler is so large). Not too difficult.

'Bar' going from the hood latch to the floor comes off. Not too bad.

Then I hit problems.

There's this 'pipe' running down the right of the radiator. Its got a plug on it which has to a harness that seems to be part of the horns. Cant hurt to try and move it out the way can it? So I unbolt it, pull on it and... PSHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHTTTTTTTT. A large quantity of refrigerant gas blasts out in my face from the air conditioning. Sh*t my pants and plug it back up super quick. Lesson learned.

Next up there is a U shaped bar that runs across the left of the radiator near the bottom. Text Phil01 - he says its for power steering. So after getting a few more facts, I drain that off, attach some longer tubes and give myself some freedom to mount it elsewhere.

Then I see that the headlight sprayers will foul the intercooler piping, so off they come!

Then its on to the washer bottle which is also in the way of the intercooler piping. But by this time I've lost all sanity, reasoning and what little intelligence I have. For some reason i think that the bottle is just for the headlamp washers. So I proceed to go apes*it on it when it refused to come out nicely and end up breaking a few tabs on it.

Finally its looking like everything may fit in so I go and try to put the bumper back on. EH ERRRRR!!!!!!!!!! No go, the intercooler pipes foul the bottom mesh part of the bumper.

So I get the dremel out and cut the meshed area down to about half its original thickness. Still no good. Trim a bit more. Still no good. Now I'm wondering if I really need to cut horrible holes in my beautiful and recently sprayed bumper?

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But anyway. to cut a long story short. I need fnarking help. I've dug myself into a hole. My beautiful car is in bits. I cant get the bumper back on to drive it anywhere. I'm useless at cutting/doing stuff neatly so there's no way I can attempt the mods to the bumper.

Help *cries*

Jvc kw-avx710

by clossie, 28-04-2019, 05:13 PM

So I just treated myself to an ipod adapter for the jvc-kw-avx710 in my sportcross.
The ipod plugs in, and works fine i can select forward and backwards through the tracks, however when i go into the menu screen, i can scroll through the various options playlists, albumns, composers etc, but for the love of god I cannot figure out how to select the option i want. Its driving me potty...and with Abba as my first album and 60gb of music to scroll through, i need the option to select by album or composer or playlist. i'm about to go mad. Can anybody help me pleeeeeease... Help!!!!

Is your cat the boss

by Lexusboy, 28-04-2019, 01:02 PM

a Brave *****

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5sAF8gMN9...ded#at=121

Is there any hope for this one?

by Stoney, 28-04-2019, 01:01 PM

I have a nice set of wheels that I was hoping to use again. However one of them is... (trying to thing of a word that would be censored by the filter!)... uhm, let's just go with BENT!

Despite many websites offing these for sale, in sets or as singles, it turns out none of them actually have them for sale, as they have been discontinued by the manufacturer, and everyone seems to be out of stock.

If anyone can find one Rota Subzero Lightweight wheel in 18x7.5 and 5x114 fitment, any colour, I would be amazed, but also very grateful!

I have seen others posting about having wheels straightened as part of a refurb, and seeing as I cannot source a replacement, I thought I would ask if anyone thinks I have any chance of ever getting this one straight again?







This one really shows the extent of it......



I know, it's bad! ad:

But what do ya think?

hello from bush

by halostu, 28-04-2019, 04:24 AM

Hello I'm stu from shepherds bush .
I drive a 93wrx import

FlyEyes Kit

by dodgydave, 27-04-2019, 05:12 PM

Well I ordered some Flyeye material a couple of weeks ago to do the rear lights on my daughter Emma's Yaris and I've just got around to doing it at the week end.

Before...




The sheet smoothed on and ready for trimming



and the finished item



with both done




and with lights on



the lights will obviously look brighter when it's dark.


What do you think?

Info on these:

by Fry-Up, 27-04-2019, 03:45 PM

i've seen this style on a few different cars, does anyone know who makes them (or very similar)??