The car was originally purchased by a guy in his mid 20s new from the dealership and he owned it in completely stock form until 1998 and sold it to a guy called Nick. nick owned it till ~2004? while he owned it he blew the original motor at 310,000km and fitted the 20V blacktop in 2001 through BD4's.
Around mid 2004 I found this car on Drive.com.au for my mate Andy and together we drove down to where the car was and Andy bought it. The car came with a THICK manilla folder with receipts for EVERYTHING and I mean EVERYTHING every single thing that was ever done to the car was in there as was every single service receipt majority of which were carried out by a toyota dealership. He owned it for ~12months during which time he managed to fuck the paint which was in decent condition bar a couple scratches. *sigh* LOL his attempts at resprayin the car himself in his garage resulted in the munted paintjob you see today.
I then purchased the car off my mate Andy ~mid to end of 2005 during the time I owned it, I fitted a stereo, and coilovers. I drove it on my Ls and then subsequently my red Ps. I took it down to the drags on 16th April 2006 and only got 3 passes, I had never been there even as a spectator let alone someone competing lol. I recorded a best run of 16.120@85.52mph with a 60' time of 2.720 (deadset shockin launch)
I then sold the car in the beginning of 2007 to MADROX from here. While he owned it the 20V died, so he had the 20V rebuilt, a new stereo fitted and also fitted the current suspension setup of kingspring lows and KYB struts along with a retint and alarm.
I purchased the car back off MADROX in August 2008. Since then I have modified the stereo, fitted superstrut brakes and different rims with many more plans in stock.
Below are the specs of the car as of today.
20Valve Blacktop 4AGE Jap Import
reconditioned at 375000 km's (4 june 2007)
new pistons, seals, pumps, head, radiator ect.
AE111 front rotors & Twinspot Calipers
AE111 ECU
AE111 5speed gearbox
Resprayed B Pillars (Metallic grey)
ICE -
Source: Pioneer DEH 8950
Front Stage: Clarion SRR-1028 4" 2-ways in factory locations
Rear Fill: Clarion SRR-1646 6" 4ways in parcel tray
Speaker Amplifier: Clarion APX-4240 4x60wrms
Sub Amplifier: Jaycar AA-0424 2x150wrms > 1x500wrms
Subwoofer: Pioneer 12"
Cabling/Interconnects: DNA 4ga, DNA RCAs
17" Osaka? Rims with Kumho Ecsta 205/40 R17 tyres
20% window tint
Kyb Exel G Shocks all round.
King Spring Lows all round. ( both installed at 377,000km's)
still standard plates RFP403
near future mods potentially include:
respray in factory maranello red
- sway kit
- proper mdf parcel tray for rear speakers
- bigger front strut brace
- custom CAI
- proper exhaust system
- ECU and tune
- 6 speed LSD gearbox (C160?)
- rear strut brace
- coilovers?
- power windows ( no gain in weight due to removal of old winder system)
- bucket seats
Here are some pics of the car over the last few years.
