My Ride

[olorin]

Hi there,

Here are a few pics of my car, taken yesterday. Mods:

• OEM roof mounted spoiler
  
• 40mm drop with Koenic springs
  
• 17x7J Lenso RS5 rims
  
• 215/40ZR17 Falken Ziex ZE512 tyres
  

[Adubb]

VERY NICE!!! I love the way it looks! You need to tint the windows DARK black! and lower the hell out of it! and get dual exhaust..

[ae111sr]

If you would like to see what can be done with one of these take a look at Fensport Pretty impressive I think you'll agree.

[olorin]

Thanks Adubb! I have been considering tinting the windows, but I want to stay legal, so I would go for a 35% tint. Other than that, I don't really want to do much more to the car. I'm fitting the original springs and wheels when I sell it.

I've seen that car before, ae111sr--quite hectic. If I had any more than 23% of the power of that thing, I would consider going for the skirts, bumper, 60mm drop with sports shocks, et al, but unfortunately I only have 95hp (71kW) to work with...

[gordypix]

Hi Olorin and welcome to Toyota Owners Club. Nice pictures - excuse my guess if it's wrong but were the mountain ones taken near Table Top mountain.

Gordy.

[olorin]

Thanks Gordy. Table Mountain is just to the right of the third pic.

[yaristpot]

Looks sweet, welcome

Dan

[gordypix]

Aha, great place - Capetown. Never been but hope to get there early in 2004 and will take loadsa pictures I'm sure....

[System~G]

Nice car mate

It's a pity they are only available in SA at the moment... Are the Conquests not being made anymore?

Nice pics ;)

Can't wait to come home for holidays early next year :D (budget pending of course <_< )

[olorin]

Thanks System~G. The Conquest lives on in the shape of the Toyota Tazz, which is their entry level car in SA. It's basically the base model Conquest from 1990 with a slight facelift in '01, and it is only available with a 1300 carb motor. Up until about two months ago, the 1600i motor was available, but sales were very poor. The Tazz competes against the VW Chico, which is a recently facelifted MKI Golf.

I'm not too sure, but I think the "Conquest" name was dropped in 2001.

Although, if you remember the days of the Conquest RSi (4A-GE) , you might be happy to know that the RunX RSi has the 141kW VVTL-i motor from your T-Sport. Before the RuNX took over the RSi nomenclature, the Corolla had it, with the 20V VVT-i 4A-GE motor (115kW normally aspirated). Unfortunately the VVTL-i has received bad press over here resulting from poor performance. For instance, Car magazine tested a Corolla RSi in '97, and it achieved a 0-100km/h time of 7.71sec. A few months ago, the RunX RSi (with a higher power to weight ratio) got 8.48sec.

I've rambled...

[Carlgolsby]

your RunX looks great olorin, welcome to TOC and thanks for your information!

[System~G]

Cheers for the history lesson olorin

I have been away for just over 6 years now and wasn't really into (performance) cars then like I am now. The figures sound pretty impressive. I remember the Conquest RSi very well as I really wanted one badly :P

Now I'll try calculate how kW transforms into bhp...

[olorin]

RunX RSi 1.8i VVTL-i = 141kW = 190HP

Corolla RSi 1.6i VVT-i 20V = 115kW = 155HP

Oh, and thanks Carlgolsby. :)

[olorin]

Oh, forgot to post a pic of my rocket boosters!

[olorin]

Some updated pics:

[Fizz]

Amazing looking car and I agree with the other guy who said get the windows tinted... and that would finish off the clean look to a tee..

I don't know what im more amazed at.. the car or the scenery! You look to live in a beautiful place mate...

One of my Uncles lives in Jo'burg and has been gettin at me for ages to go down and visit... I really think I should...

[Antd4agze]

Hey Olorin,thanx for making me homesick...especially as its summer over in SA now .I used to have a red Conquest RSi[89/90 model] as a student when living in Capetown and soon got the equivalent when I came over here

Your car looks great and I have read a few threads about it on other forums. Seems your'e tapping every little ounce of power out of that 1.4 . Hope you enjoy it a lot more before you sell it.What car are you getting next?

Cheers

Ant ;)

[olorin]

I'm really not sure about my next car. I bought her in May, so I still have a long way to go with her. If I had to replace her now I would probably go for one of the new A3s, or a Golf IV GTi. But I'll first wait and see what the next RunX is like.

[System~G]

Hi Mate definately like the scenery shots (Car's not bad either :P ) Also making me homesick :( Were those taken up Chapmans peak or is it still closed?

[97paseo]

Nice pics, especially this one: :D

Car's looking good.

[olorin]

Actually System~G, Chapman's Peak Drive opened just this month. However, I took the sea pics somewhere between Camps Bay and Hout Bay. The first pic was taken in Constantia, and the second on the back of Ou Kaapse Weg.

[Antd4agze]

Olorin,have you any idea then of when the RunX will be facelifted/updated in SA? As far as I can remember Toyota didn't change their models in SA as frequent as over here.I remember the Conquest having a really long run with basically the same shape. BTW ,I'm still homesick last time I was in Capetown was Dec2001/Jan2002. I'm hoping to go for Christmas 2004/2005. Geez! Its still a long way to go .

Its nice seeing guys from my hometown on this site though...and if I didn't say it b4,a hearty welcome to you!

Cheers mate

Ant :D

[olorin]

Antd4agze, my source at TSA (Toyota South Africa) tells me "late in '04". But it's still very much a secret around here. It's only a minor facelift apparently; I think we're getting your headlights. The RunX was launched here in Feb, so a pre-facelift run of 1.5 years isn't too bad.

[Antd4agze]

Yeah, I know the guys in AUS don't like the wide-eyed look of the RunX[their Sportivo]. Apparently their rollas are all imported from SA. The facelift should make the X look more aggressive.

[Foxy]

Heres a pic of my babe..Got it about 2 weeks now RSI Standard