UPDATED 8/22/10

Here you will find a complete documentation of my Corolla as it has evolved over time (never finished).  I have gone to painstaking efforts to relay as much information to you as possible with pictures and descriptions.

When you will see a blue bar with a Toyota logo in the middle, the leftmost button takes you to the top of the page, the "TOC" button opens my off-site table of contents in a new tab/window (this TOC is very detailed; it lists when each of the sections on each page was updated and it has a search so that you can easily find information on my pages), and the right buttons take you to the previous or next blue bar/Toyota logo.  In addition, hover the mouse pointer over any of my buttons to get a "tooltip".  

You will also see text buttons surrounded in blue and separated by white bars at the top of each page.  These jump you to a section on that page.

If you decide to do something to your car because you saw it here, please give me credit where it is due (link to my page w/ my name or something).  Thanks.

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August 22,2010

I'm in the middle of a bunch of stuff, but I'll put up a couple new pics since I haven't updated this site since last year lol.  Latest changes include OEM mirrors, new CF hood, OEM fenders, JDM head/corner lights, JDM grille, Subaru Impreza bumper, BMW m3 e36 tail lights, and finally lowered on Tein S-Tech springs and KYB GR-2 struts.  It needs a paint job bad lol.

Click here to see the last update on my Corolla (page 2) 

Click here to see my future plans (page 2)

Click here to see my stuff for sale (Page 3)

OLD!!!  I wish I didn't change it though lol.  As the car sits with no lights on:

Pictures with various lights on:

Pictures showing off the custom head light retrofit with 4 FX-R bixenon projectors:

Check out these videos that I made!

(Click on pic)  This video puts you in the passenger seat of my car as we go for a joyride to show how the new head lights work.  It is very awesome, so check it out!

(Click on pic)  This video shows how the projectors flicker with sharpness and color.  The camera is placed 1-2' off the ground to maximze the effect (normal driving hieght does not see this lol).

(Click on pic)  This video shows how my front lights/LEDs work, because it is too complicated to explain with words or pics LOL.

Current Exterior Modification List

• -- Subaru World Rally Pearl paint job
• -- 35% window tint
• -- Drag DR-9 17" gunmetal wheels
• -- 205/40/17 Nitto NeoGen tires
• -- Carbon Fiber OEM hood
• -- 2002 Corolla custom front bumper with lip and black chrome trim, black chrome mesh and relocated license plate
• -- Erebuni side skirts and custom non-extended rear bumper with LED license plate strip light
• -- Z3 fenders with functional air scoops
• -- Filled/shaved pinstripes, door moldings, gap between front fenders and roof
• -- Super smooth trunk and doors
• -- M3 lip spoiler with custom LED third brake light
• -- Custom chrome/black chrome head lights with 4 FX-R bixenon projectors and BIXENON emblems, white LED corner/inner lights (signal, parking light, DRL), 3 pairs of CCFL halo rings (parking light), chrome reflector, 5000K Morimoto D2S HIDs
• -- black tape eyelids for the head lights
• -- Blacked-out JDM 2004 Corolla fog/driving lights
• -- Custom mirrors with white and amber LEDs (signal and parking light)
• -- Black/Clear custom LED tail lights with white LED backup lights, ELEF amber signal bulbs, and red DRL rings and clear LED spoiler brake light
• -- Chrome window trim
• -- Painted window trims and wheel wells black
• -- Color-matched door handles

Previous Exterior Modification List

• -- Purple rear license plate lights
• -- Chrome spinner hubcaps
• -- Chrome euro-clear halogen head lights
• -- Custom LED bumper lights 1
• -- 3 piece red/clear tail lights
• -- 3 pairs of GP Thunder 7500k head light bulbs
• -- Lots of drop-in LED bulbs
• -- Custom LED Diablo-style mirrors
• -- Custom LED third brake light
• -- Custom LED tail lights 1
• -- High beam DRL mod
• -- 93-95 custom painted grille
• -- Color-matched door moldings
• -- Custom 96-97 grille (no emblem)
• -- Custom LED side markers
• -- Blue fog lights (non-projector)
• -- Chrome door handles
• -- Chrome LED mirror covers
• -- Chrome tail pipe cover
• -- Chrome hubcaps
• -- Custom LED projector head lights and corner lights
• -- Custom LED front turn signals
• -- Projector fog lights with CCFL halo ring and 8000k HID kit
• -- 2 sets of 1-piece LED/halo head light with 5000k HID low beams and 6000k HID high beams (black or chrome)
• -- 5000K HID kit in the fog lights

Future Exterior Modification List

• -- Remove the z3 fenders and instead build a custom wide body for the 4 fenders from a Subaru Imprezza 22b
• -- Space the wheels more than an inch wider to match the wide body, or get wheels with a lower offset (deep dish)
• -- Carbon fiber trunk?
• -- 96-00 Civic spoiler?
• -- New OEM carbon fiber hood w/ Impreza OEM hood scoop (already have in garage)
• -- Replace current side skirts with the Bomex ones (already have in garage)
• -- Subaru Impreza front bumper with fog lights?
• -- Full body coilovers for a 1-2" drop
• -- MOAR??????

Some older pics (no wood dash):

The LEDs behind the temperature controls turn on with the key turned so that I can see the symbols while I drive:

I know the trunk looks terrible..... this is an old picture.  Now that the seat covers are removed, I can actually fold the rear seats down (lol).  So, I'll be redoing the sub; turning it around, so that the amp is hidden, and I will rerun the wires so that they are not visible.

And some old night pictures with all of the on: the parking lights, key/ignition lights, and door-open lights, trunk lights.  The lights all still look like this though:

Shut all of the doors, and the lights turn off to this for the driving night mode:

Hopefully I will take better pictures soon!  Probably after the floor carpet is installed.

Current Interior and Audio Modification List

• -- 1st-ever complete 93-97 Geo Prizm interior swap, 100% painted black
• -- Black leather OEM 2005 Celica/Corolla S steering wheel w/ chrome emblem and airbag
• -- XOVision 7" double-din touchscreen w/ DVD, CD, MP3, SD card, GPS, Bluetooth, etc.
• -- 5.25" 4-way Sony Xploids in the front doors
• -- 6.5" 2-way Pioneers on the rear deck
• -- VR3 200 watt amp on sub
• -- Scosche amp wiring kit
• -- Bose home-theater subwoofer
• -- Prizm tachometer cluster w/ blue LEDs
• -- Dark wood Prizm dash kit
• -- OEM Prizm mirror switch added
• -- OEM fog light switch added
• -- Carbon fiber automatic shifter and e-brake insert
• -- Tinted A/C control symbols
• -- Tinted automatic shifter symbols
• -- All lights switched to LEDs
• -- LED strips to flood the inside with light
• -- Painted everything black
• -- Painted headliner blue
• -- Painted door jams black
• -- Painted the inside of the trunk black
• -- Chrome/black shifter

Previous Interior and Audio Modification List

• -- 93-97 stock tachometer gauge cluster
• -- S7 AC Autotechnic 3D glow gages
• -- Chrome ring trims around each gauge
• -- Carbon-fiber gauge bezel
• -- Chrome dash sticker accent kit
• -- VR3 MP3 head unit
• -- OEM Corolla mirror switch
• -- Blue/black steering wheel cover
• -- Manual blue/chrome pedals
• -- Chrome gauge cluster bezel (non-tachometer)
• -- Portable CD player with tape adapter
• -- Blue/Black seat covers
• -- Black floor mats with a blue rim

Future Interior and Audio Modification List

• -- 1997 Corolla door panels front & back painted entirely black w/ blue LEDs
• -- Tinted gauges w/ blue/red/white LEDs
• -- New blue floor carpet (not spray painted)
• -- Sound deadening throughout
• -- New blue/black rear seat covers
• -- Blue/black racing seats or seat covers
• -- Rework sub and amp for a clean install
• -- New leather shift knob, shift boot (manual look)
• -- New pedals

I really haven't done ANYTHING to the engine itself... just trying to keep it running lol.  I haven't painted it blue under there because it would be way too hard to remove the engine... and for what?  I never attend car shows or open the hood for anyone... so it would be a waste.  You just get to see it in all of its stock glory.  That WILL change one day.  But for now, I have added a couple of mods to help the engine perform better, and it does.  I drive this car 30 miles a day, so I am happy to get 40 MPG on this motor.

(Engine Mods) Custom cold-air intake, NGK platinum spark plugs and wires, OBX header and down pipe, OBX high-flow catalytic converter, Tsudo cat-back exhaust (3 pieces) 

I also added a chrome strut bar and carbon fiber gas hood lifts.  I also cleaned up the battery area by removing the dumb bar thing that was supposed to hold it in place (but I forgot to put the radiator overflow back in place for the pics lol... and the windshield squirters were not installed).  I reran all of my wiring so that it was hidden.  You can also see my custom brackets to hold the projectors in place:

Hopefully I will take better pictures soon!  Probably after I install the new hood.

Current Engine Modification List

• -- Custom cold-air intake
• -- OBX 1.8 L chrome headers/flex pipe
• -- OBX high-flow cat converter
• -- Tsudo/N1 cat-back exhaust with silencer removed
• -- Blue NGK spark plug wires and platinum spark plugs
• -- Chrome strut bar
• -- Carbon fiber hood lifters (removed the stock lifter bar)

Previous Engine Modification List

• -- DIY flexible cold air intake
• -- Ebay short ram intake

Future Engine Modification List

• -- 4azge engine swap w/ pulley kit
• -- Front-mount intercooler/piping
• -- Engine dress up/paint so it isn't so ugly LOL

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