Corolla E12 project thread

[Noedel]

My name's Jonas, living across the sea, in Belgium.
For the moment I'm 21 years young.
I have bought my 1.4 D4D Corolla in august 2008, when she was exactly 2 years old.

Here a list of all the mods on her:

Performance:
K&N air filter
Straight exhaust piping
Japstyle muffler

Interior:
Sparco pedals
Sparco seatbelt harnesses
Changed all green interior lights into blue led

Ice:
Pioneer AVH 3200 DVD radio
Kenwood amp 800W
2 extra Sony Xplod speakers
Zeuz subwoofer 400W

Exterior:
Lowered with KW v2 coilovers
Volk replica alloys 17x7 ET 42 with 195/40/17 dunlop tires (summer)
BSA Top racing 16x7 ET 38 with 205/50/16 dunlop wintertires (winter)
Gold D1Spec lug nuts
Cleaned Toyota Corolla T-sport front bumper
TTE roof spoiler
Rear window wiper hole and rear keyhole cleaned
Yellow foil on the foglights
8000K headlight xenon
3000K foglight xenon
US module (US/Japanese front indicators)
Custom working pre-facelift taillights
White LED citylights and numberplate lights
Blue brake calipers
No more logo's and stickers on boot and doors
Tow bar removed
Rolled rear wheel arches
2x20mm spacers at the rear
Sunbelt on windscreen
Gold Password:JDM tow hook
Japanese number plate for meetings
etc etc...

And now it's picture time


In 2008 (original)




Summer 2009, the old setup (lenso rs5 wheels 17x7 + 50mm lowered + tinted windows)



Summer 2010:







T-sport bumper, with cleaned numberplate gap:






September 2010, rear window wiper hole and key hole cleaned, with pre-facelift custom modified taillights:




Begin 2011, on the lowest which is possible for a daily drive:












Sanding and painting some interior parts:










Blue interior lights:












Bought a cheap winterset to fix:






Original front bumper is now on during winter, and I've put a seat cupra bumperspoiler on it:



Put the car 3cm higher during winter, and I've mounted my winterwheels this week:



Since this week there's also 3000k xenon in the foglights:





Video of the modified taillights and the US module:

You Tube

You Tube

And for the "fans", a video of the rolla in in 2011:

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You Tube

Hope U like it!
Tips and comments are more than welcome!

Grtz

[pb_alex]

Man that thing is sick! I wish I could have that here in the U.S, Im so jealous...

I have a question, I like how you painted the interior dash parts. how did you do it? sand, primer, paint?

[Noedel]

Originally Posted by pb_alex

Man that thing is sick! I wish I could have that here in the U.S, Im so jealous...

I have a question, I like how you painted the interior dash parts. how did you do it? sand, primer, paint?

Thanks man, really appreciate it
Yes, I've sanded them with sandpaper thickness 250 (rough), then 500, and 800 (with water).
Then I've sprayed some layers of a 2 component plastic primer, sanded again with sand paper thickness 1000 (also with water).
And then it's painting time, with varnish on.
But a tip if you want to repaint them yourself: If u can use a matte varnish, because now there's alot of reflecting inside the car, because of the varnish

Grtz!

[pb_alex]

Thanks for the info I wanna do that to my car since their mostly scratched and fading from 8yrs of driving.

[hardtopte72]

Wow that car is beautiful. While I like our Matrix I would have much preferred this hatchback in this country. I love the Auto A/C option on a Corolla. So very nicely done.

[Noedel]

Thanks guys

[Josh.Chaos]

Looks really good.

[Noedel]

Thanks

This morning I received my new 3000k xenon bulbs.
Tested them first by quickly connecting them onto both ballasts, and they worked fine.
So I began replacing the 8000k bulbs with the 3000k ones.
Once everything was done, I switched them back on to adjust them to the correct height again.
But then I noticed that the left bulb wasn't as yellow as the right one
I've switched my ballasts from left to right too, but the left one is still not so yellow as the right one.
Is there anything I can do about this?
Or should I just ask the seller for a new set?



(In real the colour difference is harder)

Grtz

[andycam06]

hi noedel, how are things?
i thought my eyes were deciving me when i seen the thread heading as theres no E12s in canada/US.

anyway as for the lights, how do they look as you look at the from the front of the car?
mine look a few shades off up against a wall but when i get out and look at them they look perfect

[Noedel]

Originally Posted by andycam06

hi noedel, how are things?
i thought my eyes were deciving me when i seen the thread heading as theres no E12s in canada/US.

anyway as for the lights, how do they look as you look at the from the front of the car?
mine look a few shades off up against a wall but when i get out and look at them they look perfect

Hey man!

Everything's going well so far, thanks
When I look in front of the car, the difference is also noticable, so I really want new bulbs

And next update: 18 inch alloys!
18 inch this time.
Inovit ST6, 18x7.5, ET 38, gunmetal with polished lip.
Here's an example, only difference is that I will get smaller tyres (205-35-18)



Grtz!

[Noedel]

Still waiting for the wheels, so I started photoshopping...

Original picture (stock E12 with 18")


With the new wheels, first silver, then gunmetal, and yellow/gold.






The yellow seems kinda nice to me
What do you guys think?

Grtz

[andycam06]

i think if you want 18s you should think about changing the wheel.
its a lovely wheel and i was thinking of getting it myself for a while but nobody will notice that the wheels are an inch bigger if you stick with the same wheel, they will just think you sprayed the first set.
but its totally up to you, iam sure it will look class either way

[Noedel]

Hey man,

Thanks for your opinion.
U have got a point there actually, but it's ok
The reason why I'm going on 18s is to keep a nicely filled arch, but get the corolla a little higher from the ground if you understand what I mean.
By going an inch bigger, the rolla should go a half inch higher :P

Grtz

[Noedel]

Hmm, the wheels have finally arrived.
But guess what, I received the wrong wheels!!!
I ordered grey wheels with a polished lip, and I received complete grey wheels, WITHOUT polished lip.


I've already contacted the seller, and seems that the last set with polished lip has been sold last week.
I've got 2 options: send them back (he pays for return shipping), or keep them.

But I guess I will hear around, to see if I can't get the lips polished in a wheel repaint company.
If I get negative responses, I will return them.


Here are some pictures, but because of the light they seem bronze, they are pure grey actually.
Don't mind the text on the pics, I've done that myself, could be useful sometime.
Stickers will also be removed from the spokes if I keep them.

















Grtz

[Noedel]

Here 2 pics of the 3000k xenon, with headlight level on -2








Grtz