My 93' Corolla From New Zealand

[Kiwi-Corolla]

Your car is 18 years old.....can't believe it! Looks new, overrated, awesome. Love your work mate!

 

Thank you mate. It has been well looked after over the last 18 years, particularly over the 3-years I've owned it, so it's not all dinged up and dented like a lot of the other ones out there. It's hard to believe that she's 18 sometimes, particularly with the new front end (headlights and bumper). Could swear it looked 10 years younger after those two mods :D

 

I took some new interior photos today as the last shots I took were back in February, and a few things have changed since then:

 

 

 

 

 

Edited July 24, 2011 by Kiwi-Corolla

[Kiwi-Corolla]

Decided to take my Corolla for a few photos at an underground parking lot today. Then when I got home I noticed that the tide was in across the road from my place, so zapped over there and took one more photo :)

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Kiwi-Corolla]

Found out yesterday that my Corolla has made 'Showoff of the Week' on CarDomain this week, which was very cool to hear :D

 

Here's the link: http://www.cardomain.com/sotw

 

In other news, my spare roof-mounted Air Purifier arrived from the Philippines today. I bought it just for the plastic filter cover because the one I have currently installed was missing that piece. Planning on keeping the rest of the unit for spare parts in case I ever need it. Here's some pics of my air purifier now 100% complete:

 

 

 

 

[Kiwi-Corolla]

My OEM optional extra 'Burger Tray' arrived from overseas this morning. Took me ages to find one in plum to match the rest of my interior plastic. They're hard to find at the best of times, but getting one that was plum in colour was a mission. Got there in the end though :). Here's some photos - The first one being from the original sales brochure and the rest of the actual item:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Kiwi-Corolla]

This arrived today :D

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

P.S. First post now updated with all of the latest photos and mods :cool:

Edited August 18, 2011 by Kiwi-Corolla

[Kiwi-Corolla]

This arrived a couple of hours ago - An OEM multi-box (optional extra). I swapped it with a friend in Indonesia for my 'For Your Life Scene' storage compartment that I had in there previously. Was eager to install it straight away so here's some pics:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Kiwi-Corolla]

Here's a couple of photos that I took today:

 

 

[Ben-89]

No other Corolla the same model as this could pull it off like you did. The age is just a number as the condition is absolutely perfect :y: The accessories are fantastic. I am into all the genuine accessories for my cars too but yours got me excited. And air purifier, burger holder :huh: love it, and especially that front bar which looks really good and veleuor interior. This has certainly earned the JDM look and is the great example of this vintage :y:

 

Where there sports model wheels available when this was produced?

[Kiwi-Corolla]

No other Corolla the same model as this could pull it off like you did. The age is just a number as the condition is absolutely perfect :y: The accessories are fantastic. I am into all the genuine accessories for my cars too but yours got me excited. And air purifier, burger holder :huh: love it, and especially that front bar which looks really good and veleuor interior. This has certainly earned the JDM look and is the great example of this vintage :y:

 

Where there sports model wheels available when this was produced?

 

Thanks! That's a huge compliment! :happy:. It's nice to meet a fellow member who is into genuine accessories/optional extras. Sports wheels were available on the GT models. The extremely rare TRD2000 model also had sports wheels, but finding those these days would be like finding a needle in a haystack, literally, as only 12 TRD2000 models were ever produced.

 

Here's another rare optional extra that I installed recently - An optional extra Clean Box:

 

 

 

 

 

 

And here's some of the latest photos I've taken:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Evan G]

man your photography skills are amazing!

[Kiwi-Corolla]

man your photography skills are amazing!

 

Thanks mate. Much appreciated. It's nice to be able to combine two of my passions :happy:

 

 

My latest addition - A rare OEM (optional extra) under-seat tray. It has a bracket which gets mounted underneath the passenger's seat (screw holes were already there) and allows you to store various items, such as tools, a first aid kit, map books, hand wipes, cleaning cloths etc. It could also come in useful if you're wanting to hide your GPS, radar detector, stereo face-plate etc when leaving the vehicle unoccupied. First one I've ever come across and I got it for a steal . Was hard to take photos of it, but here it is:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Also, I fitted some personalised plates today. Would love to know what people's interpretation of the word "whipped" means, so feel free to post your comments below :D

 

 

[abbott]

this car has you wrapped around its little finger.

 

every factory option it wants you give it :P

[Kiwi-Corolla]

this car has you wrapped around its little finger.

 

every factory option it wants you give it :P

 

LOL, that's the best interpretation I've heard so far! You deserve a prize for that one :laff:. The actual meaning I was going for was whipped as in whipped cream (since the car is white), but your one sounds much better! :happy:

[azza91]

ive said it many times already over on tc, but this is such a great build and car dude

[mike100]

looks good ,ive just transplanted 4age 20v bt into ae101 rolla ,put on jap style lights like your one ,found ae102x model got all the door trims, now have power windows ,my one one was a csi base model aussie spec (load of crap) i like the fx front bumper are these hard to source in NZ, and are there many of your spec corollas over there I'm ex kiwi living in melbourne now really like aus but don't have the cool cars like nz, also own jzx100.