My 93' Corolla from New Zealand (JDM AE100)

looking great as always

Looking good Scott!

I fitted some new wheels yesterday. They're 16x8, 15p offset, 3" chrome lip with gunmetal spokes, slight stretch with 195/45 tires and sit flush as f*ck with the aid of some front and rear camber adjustment. Loving the new look

LOVE those alloys on your car scott,
amazing buy

It's about time!!!! The wheels I always wanted to see on there!

Nice. Really nice. They suit it perfectly!!

Thanks guys. I absolutely love them. One of the best mods I've done to date in my opinion


I went for a bit of a photoshoot a few hours ago. Been really enjoying these wheels since I got them a couple of days ago so thought I'd take some decent photos:

Wow!!

Great photos, love the side profile...it's sitting just right! Are they Volk CE28's?

look amazing scott

Thanks guys! I appreciate the feedback!!

My latest addition are these sweet looking velocity stack stickers I got sent over from Australia. I find they give the car a little bit more character and are a subtle way of indicating what's under the hood:

nice stickers!

looks awesome!

Looks good, little warning to people too

uffff simple clean!

hi, i just joined and will post a pick of my car asap.
now i noticed you are ruining 5 speed manual and wanted to know if it was auto first...as i want to convert my AE101 silver top with ITB to manual. the biggest issue is after allot of research i'm still unable to determine weather i would have to certify it, being we are both kiwi's is the only reason i ask.

any feed back can only help unless its negative.

your car is awesome and inspiring, but its a little big for me. i am a coupe man.

thanks...

oh my mistake your running a AE100 but not much of a difference i'm told...

Thanks guys

antzman.daley wrote:

hi, i just joined and will post a pick of my car asap.
now i noticed you are ruining 5 speed manual and wanted to know if it was auto first...as i want to convert my AE101 silver top with ITB to manual. the biggest issue is after allot of research i'm still unable to determine weather i would have to certify it, being we are both kiwi's is the only reason i ask.

any feed back can only help unless its negative.

your car is awesome and inspiring, but its a little big for me. i am a coupe man.

thanks...

Welcome!! My car has been a manual since the minute it left the factory in Japan back in '93, so I'm unable to give you any pointers in regards to swapping from auto to manual sorry, but it should be fairly straight forward if you gather all the parts. Now that you have a Pick-A-Part in Hamilton it should make the job much easier 

A few small updates from the past few days:

* I had the timing belt, water pump + rear hose, VVT pulley, tensioner, idler pulley and both drive belts replaced on Friday. The timing belt had been done in the past but when I got the engine there was nothing more than a faint outline of where the sticker used to be on the cam cover, so rather than lose sleep at night I decided to get it replaced and did the VVT pulley at the same time (no more rattly diesel noise at idle!). It was a pretty pricey exercise but for the peace of mind alone it was definitely worth it.

* On Friday I fitted some 'TWINCAM 20' stickers that arrived from Australia. After putting them on I immediately regretted not putting them up a little bit higher, so being as fussy as I am, I ordered some more and will have another crack at it once they arrive. All in all I definitely like the look though.

* Last but not least, today I installed a Pivot Speed Meter. This little device gets hooked up to the ECU's speed signal to remove the factory speed limiter and digitally displays your current speed, with the ability to measure the G-force under acceleration/deceleration and your 1/4 mile time.

Loving the new decals man,looks good!

loving the look scott. Hey quick ? I know you have the st215 lip with a lil modification on ur bumper. I got the world class touring bumper and was wondering if i could get the same lip to fit on my bumper? I found one on ebay for sale but wasnt sure

How much camber good sir?

Thanks for the feedback guys

mindbeats wrote:

loving the look scott. Hey quick ? I know you have the st215 lip with a lil modification on ur bumper. I got the world class touring bumper and was wondering if i could get the same lip to fit on my bumper? I found one on ebay for sale but wasnt sure

Hmm, hard to say unfortunately. It was quite challenging to fit to the FX bumper, so I'm not sure how well it would fit the pre-facelift or facelift regular JDM bumpers.

Currymeister wrote:

How much camber good sir?

I'm running -1.5 degrees on the front and just over -2 degrees on the rear 



I took advantage of the public holiday here and the overcast weather and went out to take some more photos:

It's so amazing you for those on with such little camber

Fills me with hope

oh wow those pics look amazing