alexC
December 9, 2008, 5:59 pm
[quote name='Andz' post='830049' date='Dec 9 2008, 05:40 PM'][quote name='alexC' post='830019' date='Dec 9 2008, 01:30 PM'][quote name='Andz' post='830004' date='Dec 9 2008, 02:48 PM'][quote name='kristof-auris' post='829982' date='Dec 9 2008, 11:20 AM']the last mod i have done is the japanese front logo[/quote]
Nice mods, Kristof! Looks much better now - those rims have it!
Mine is in tuning process - I added some parts but there are many others left to go... Maybe next year will be almost done. Now I'm waiting for the TTE bodykit... Once it's done, I will post some pics.
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What have you done so far, and what else are you planning to do?
Give us some foretaste!
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Already installed: Auris roof spoiler by TTE and some "one of a kind" rims by Toyota - they're a five-star design with matte silver & matte black - they don't list them anywhere on newata website or on TTE home page. I'll have to take pics of them and even so I don't think the pics will do them any justice. They're on stock size - 16x7, I'm using them as Winter rims (w/ Dunlop SP Wintersport 3D tires)... I had great luck to get them from someone who bought them for his Auris but didn't use them because he chose to go for a buy-back... he got the new Prius instead.
For Summer tires I was already set on Enkei FD-05 on black gloss & silver finish on 17" (don't want to go on 18" because of the nature of our roads), but those Toyota rims changed my mind... I think I'll have another set of those on 17" for summer.
On its way will be shortly the new head unit for Corolla/Auris from www.autodvdgps.com (tomorrow I'm making the payment)... and I'm waiting for the TTE body kit parts - front, side and rear skirts - www.tte.de/cm_auris_E15_TF1.htm - but with a single exhaust.
Once everything is done (body kit is due for January), I will move to exhaust - maybe just the final silencer and tail pipe - for sound performance. I'm thinking of Sebring since they have some interesting models that seem to fit Auris. Magnaflow would be another option - I understand they make good quality exhaust systems. There are also sport springs, but I wouldn't go lower than 30 mm coilovers because the nature of our roads. Even so, I'm quite leery of mounting the lowering springs for the time being.
Upon finishing the visual tuning, will go for performance tuning - first with a piggyback computer from Dastek - Unichip, tuned on dyno... but I'm not sure of that yet (it's a matter of gained power vs. lost reliabilty on stock parts). I know the company representing Unichip here and they're really great tuners - they're doing lots of performance mods, so I'm not doubting them, on the contrary
. After it goes out of the three-year warranty, I'm very tempted to upgrade on the turbo and others - stage two. This will also require a braking system upgrade, as well on suspensions. Stage two depends on the budget at that time and on how long I will decide to keep the car.
That would be all for now
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Sounds like a very good plan, I think your car will turn many heads and you'll get a very pleasant drive
after those mods. Good luck, and remember to send some pictures when you can
Will love to see
the progress!
Best regards, Alex
you can always try to use a hairdryer. Warm up the sign
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