New Corolla With 1st MOD!!

[jthessin]

Well here she is!!!
2009 Corolla S
Sport Package
Leather Package
Out the door at 20,722

My first MOD was to paint all the interior silver pieces Blue.
Found some Metallic Blue paint at PEP BOYS that was a spot on match!!!
Next mod will be to install my Footwell Lights as discussed earlier in a different post!
I would like to do the folllowing but need help on where to start:
3" drop out back with 2 up front
Cat back exhaust
True Cold air Intake
Thanks!!!

[ericgu22]

The blue looks nice bro!!

[jthessin]

Anyone know how to get the Pieces off the Steering wheel??
I tried prying off but didnt want to put too much pressure and have the airbag go off!!!

[MrSo0h0o]

Originally Posted by jthessin

Anyone know how to get the Pieces off the Steering wheel??
I tried prying off but didnt want to put too much pressure and have the airbag go off!!!

If they are anything like camry's, they are just clipped in place.. and i doubt you will apply that much pressure to make the airbag go off

[LeanBurn]

At first I thought WALL-E was your mod, which is pretty cool. The painted trim is nice too.

[sok]

that looks good. i don't care much for the silver trim either

[RollaRed]

Thats pretty sweet. Looks very good.

[bennijai]

nice, how similar is the color to the exterior?

[jthessin]

Originally Posted by bennijai

nice, how similar is the color to the exterior?

Actually its spot on!!!!!

[andys09xrs]

looks very good.

[got-rice]

the blue trim actually looks decent...personally, i'm against any painting of parts in the car, but it looks all right. The leather package you mention, looks like it's probably dealer-installed.

[jthessin]

Originally Posted by got-rice

the blue trim actually looks decent...personally, i'm against any painting of parts in the car, but it looks all right. The leather package you mention, looks like it's probably dealer-installed.

Yes it was dealer installed. When we first started shopping around we found 1 at one of our local dealers that had leather with no sunroof and the sport (the Leather package LAAT is the package name it's 1500 extra if I remember correctly) and included heated seats, Sliding center armrest covered in leather, leather wrapped shiftknob and leather door panels. However we found out that the leather package was not available to Southeast Toyota Dealers (SET Dealers). So we ordered it and made the dealership knock off 500 from the package price since it wasnt factory installed and we just went back on Friday to have the center armrest and Leather shiftknob installed.
All in all we were pretty happy with it.

[MXs]

Wow, looks really nice! I would get some wheels and lower it myself first, that has the most significant impact on looks.

i will paint the interior trim pieces blue now after seeing this! How hard is it to paint that material? Alot of sanding? Priming?

[cabur]

Did you paint your dash too?
Mine have 2 tone.

[jthessin]

Originally Posted by MXs

Wow, looks really nice! I would get some wheels and lower it myself first, that has the most significant impact on looks.

i will paint the interior trim pieces blue now after seeing this! How hard is it to paint that material? Alot of sanding? Priming?

I took the pieces off and wached them with Dish detergent.... Wet sanded with 1500.... Dried Painted several coats (3 i think) then allowed to dry and put them on.. you can clear it if you want but it gets a shiny in the car and sticks out like a sore thumb..... Oh i also wet sanded 2000 grit after the paint dried just to smooth it out.. Thats the hardest part cause the flake in the paint wants to turn a silvery color if you go to far..
Lowering is next if i can find a system that will lower 3 inches in the rear and 2 up front