"NiNo's AE101 Story - Indonesia"

This is going to be a long story guys, hope you can enjoy it

I'm gonna start off with the first pic I took when I bought this car back in late 2004...

All stock, depo headlights, honda wheels...



Even the rear lights are non-original



And so the journey began. The first parts I found was the:

The JDM 92-93 grill


And the SE Limited/Sprinter Marino front seats


I re-trimmed the whole seats with black semi-leather just to give a clean feel inside the car...



Then I sold my very first mobile phone and save more money to buy this

Sparco NT 16x7" ET 42 - repainted white


Voila!



Was pretty happy at that time

To be continued...

very nice so far bro.. seats look awesome

very clean bud, love the sparco's

very nice mate

Can't wait to see the rest of this story! . I don't think I've ever seen your car in standard form before, but based on what it looks like now, we have a lot of updates to look forward to

Looking forward to more.......


i want one of those jdm centre armrests....

i should be getting one soon... talk to scott (kiwi-corolla).
he sorted one for me....

wow, those seats are super awesome! I would have done anything for those in my Corolla LOL.

nino please post recent pictures of your corolla
one of my IDOL corolla, two thumbs up nino

AE102GXI wrote:

i want one of those jdm centre armrests....

PM sent

CLK700 wrote:

nino please post recent pictures of your corolla
one of my IDOL corolla, two thumbs up nino

thats what I was thinking, i know this from the asian forums and its a lot different now...always wanted to know where the leather seats originated from, at least now I finally know you got them re-trimmed

Thanks to you all. This type of seat is actually best for daily driving IMHO.

I went a little bit wild and overspend for parts...

Found a Personal steering wheel...


An OEM AE101 cup holder, TRD shift knob & fuel cap...



A friend visited the US and help me in getting this USDM Depo Headlights...


Don't have a clue on where to buy the EUDM rear plate holder so a friend offered a custom one...


AAAAARRRRGGGGGHHHH!!!! These parts made me ate instant noodles for months

Is yours an SE Limited model? What year is it? I just noticed that our push button air-con control panels are slightly different. I wasn't aware that there were two different types until now. Mine has an 'ECON' button next to the A/C button, whereas yours appears to have a blank there. The heat selector graphic is different too. Does yours have light bulbs by the fan speed graphic, between where it says LO and HI? If it does then that's pretty cool. Here's a photo of mine for comparison (before the Air Fantasy was installed) and a pic of one from the net:

nino those seats are aweesomee bro those look comfortable i dont think i would want to get out after sitting in those seats

i wouldnt want to sit on them, fear of damaging them lol

Kiwi-Corolla wrote:

Mine is a SE-G and actually yours is better cuz it has auto and ECON. There's another type which is the SE (2E - 1.3 litre carb engine) with all-slider control.

topnotch wrote:

nino those seats are aweesomee bro those look comfortable i dont think i would want to get out after sitting in those seats

Haha.. You can sleep on it too and got aches in the morning But yeah it is comfy.

miib14 wrote:

i wouldnt want to sit on them, fear of damaging them lol

LOL!!

those alloys look aweseome though....

ninoxious wrote:

Mine is a SE-G and actually yours is better cuz it has auto and ECON. There's another type which is the SE (2E - 1.3 litre carb engine) with all-slider control.

Ohh ok, so yours would have had the electric driver's seat before you changed to the Marino seats? Haha yeah I see the triple slider version all the time at the junkyard. The base models have those here.

Looks wicked mate!!!

Moving on...

I've always been a wheel-whore especially wheels that were made in the late 90's.

I bought this Sparco Cromodora 16x7 ET38. Like any other gravel type wheels, its heavy but supertough




And got this Remus tail-pipe for a while.

love them wheels mate, look really good and suit the car

looking good mate, prefered the NT though

Good job, it is subtle touches like that, details that set it apart and break away from the norm.

Some nice bits and bobs there chap