Corolla Sound's 97 DX AE101 On-Going Project

got a deep but hollow tone

I didn't rev it too hard (sorry lol). but yes, it does have a deeper sound. I like how its still silent though.

I still need to take it back and have them adjust my heatshield. Sounds like something is vibrating off the heatsheild. You cant hear it in that vid but it does it sometimes

All this rust....
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the brown patch on the right?

Not sure whats going on there! Any chance that could just be really dirty welds? That O2 sensor port was welded into the pipe. I cant see it rusting already, that would be ridiculous! Im just gonna pretend its not there lol

But I do need to get my heatsheild adjusted to stop it from vibrating

Though the more I look at that pic, it looks like rust

well when you do go back to adjust the heatshield, get them to check it over....
if it is, scrub it down and paint/weld over it, could be just surface rust

Yeah, that's definitely rust on the welds, at the resonator, and really all over the place lol.

Sonar Altezza Taillights Black 3 Piece Set

I just got my taillights today and installed them not long after admiring them. My old stock lights were a bit tight coming out but with a bit of force and fines, i got them out. Then it came time to insert the bulbs into my new taillights. Luckily, I just happened to have a new set of clear 1156 bulbs to replace the amber 1156 bulbs from my stock lights. So I only used new bulbs for the signals and all other bulbs are from my stock lights.
The new lights fit in perfect I just had to make a slight adjustment to the wiring boot to give me more slack to connect the plug, which was a bitch of a job. Plus the boot was a bit to big to fit.







Im not sure what to do about the trunk yet, Ive got the centerpiece to put on but, I think I want to paint that bottom part of the trunk black before I put it on so it matches and follows the lines

in all honesty i prefer the OEM look, facelift red/white looked way better.

Yea, its a tough call! I like the stock look too! Im going to swap it out some time this week to see how it looks

did you not get the centre garnish with the lights?

Yep, I got that..


I dont like that weird football shaped thing in the center of it, seems weird lol. But I will throw it on some time this week to see how it looks. I think it would look better if I painted the bottom of the trunk black so it blends in, but I dont know, maybe it will look good just green

why not unclip the bottom of your original lights and clip them to these lights?
and i agree, the centre does look abit ...

you could get it painted the same colour as the car?

abit like christopher's corolla

I do like the look of his car, but I think I want to show my taillights off, plus dont want to copy his idea lol...Gotta keep it Original! Ill think of somethin. Im more excited about when Im going to get my headlights and how theyre gonna look, Ive already got my bumper lights

Oh yea, I installed my SRI again

Option Racing Air Intake

nice, what headlights you got?

These babies

http://www.ebay.com/itm/93-97-Toyota-Corolla-JDM-Amber-Black-Head-Lights-Corner-/260826114071?pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&fits=Make%3AToyota%7CModel%3ACorolla&vxp=mtr&hash=item3cba72a817#ht_6302wt_1270

oooh nice

I also bought these for some engine dress up

http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-JDM-98-10-TOYOTA-COROLLA-MR2-TRD-FORGED-ALUMINUM-OIL-SILVER-CAP-RADIATOR-CAP-/220861434581?pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&fits=Year%3A1997%7CModel%3ACorolla&vxp=mtr&hash=item336c5e0ad5#ht_5136wt_1270

nice...

but I need to get this fixed or remove it so its not hanging loose! What exactly is this hose? For AC? My heating system still works fine, but I havnt switched it over to cold to see if it works (not that I need it right now). Just dont like the fact its hanging loose.

yup it does look like the ac pipe

I went back to put my car up on the hoist (forgot camera) and to find what my exhaust was rattling off of. We found that the header flex pipe was rattling off the sub-frame. It rattles upon start up and when in Drive from 0-30 km/h, and when decelerating.

So in attempt to lift the pipe up off the sub-frame, he put a few spacers (or one large spacer) in the flex pipe mount which did lift it a bit. It seemed to solve the problem, but when I left the shop, it seemed it was doing the opposite. It now rattles once I get up to 75-80 km/h and it rattles through decelerating.

I dont know what to do, theres not much play left in the flex pipe and the spacer has already lifted it alot



After Adjustment

i had the same problem, took it to the exhaust place and they raised it just around the sub-frame bit so it was quite abit away from it..

Do you know how they raised it? I watched my mechanic work on it today. He just used those spacers and a pry bar to lift the flex pipe up by prying it up from the sub-frame, but it didnt seem to go much higher than shown in the pic.

not sure mate. left my car there and when i got back they said they had raised it