Holy shit, the Toyota corporate rep made the same mistake the dealership did. Notice how the guy said Corolla not GR Corolla. The Corolla indeed has a 10k oil change interval.
Also my name isn't even Stephen Thomas lmao.

 

What's up y'all! Checking in from SF. Picked mine up from City Toyota 3/13 and love it more and more each day. Been having a field day ordering mods, can't wait to get it all put together.

Do any of you have a trusted mechanic in the area that would be capable and willing to swap cams and springs for me?

Would also be down for a meetup, I'll keep an eye on this thread for the next one 🤙

 

Hey @npicks! Welcome to the community!
Please join the NorCal GR Corolla Club on Facebook - Log into Facebook

We have meets every month. Check out our page for the upcoming ones.
The next one is in Dublin at K1 Speed. Here is the event link - Log in or sign up to view

Please follow the instructions in the FB post if you want to race. We have 24 slots open. There will be prizes for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place, we are racing in 2 groups, so 6 prizes total. 1st place prizes are worth well over $400 .

Hope to see you there!

 

Right on! I joined the group and will add the event to my calendar, I'm a maybe for this one but will keep in touch!

 

My reaction reading through this is that you're clearly much more tuned into the sound than I am and, for me, ignorance may be bliss. I don't have any complaints with the stock exhaust besides that I want a bit more volume and aggression when I'm stepping on it. This is the first car I've owned worth modding so it's the beginning of my journey, I may eventually understand where you're coming from and in the meantime I'm just going to enjoy it def curious to see how the magnaflow sounds tho

 

Hah, totally fair, I wish I wasn't this annoyed by it! Definitely shoot me a DM once you get the MF installed.

 

Ok so MF is loud lol. Sounds awesome but loud. I'm not sure I can drive around my neighborhood with it in good conscience, especially considering I leave for work at 6am and my landlord's bedroom is above the garage 😅 I installed the OTL downpipe at the same time and I'm not confident I have a sealed connection between them which could be adding to the volume. Curious if you have any thoughts.

OTL came with non-springed bolts with short threads that pass all the way through the two flanges rendering them useless. The ridge on the springed bolts don't pass through the midpipe side so can't tighten it down enough. So I put the springs on the OTL bolts and tightened it down as far as I could but it doesn't look sealed. Thinking I'll just go get fully threaded bolts so I can tighten down all the way, I'm just not sure if the joint is supposed to be allowed some movement. I've also reached out to OTL for feedback.

 

How much is Magnaflow?
I'm super happy with Milltek. It's voluminous when you need it and tame when you don't.

 

how's the milltek drone? I put on my RK and the drone is actually unbearable w my 2J midpipe...

 

If anyone wants to hear the two versions of the Milltek - primary resonated and primary non-resonated - come to Concord (we live 5 blocks from each other) or to our May 19 meet. @Kong_grz and I have these versions and you can do side by side comparison.

 

Amazing, was thinking about being at the meet. Might have to ask yall for an in cabin ride!

 

Anyone have the Apexi exhaust?

 

My neighborhood has a 25 mph speed limit. Coming home with everything at full temp at lower speeds generated pretty bad drone. Don't remember the exact RPM anymore, but I remember having to rev up or shift gears to get out of the drone zone. It was at lower rpm.

I also noticed it in traffic, especially with AC on. Drove me nuts. My NA Miata went through 5 or 6 different exhaust setups until I found what I liked. I'm so glad I found Milltek on the first go with the GRC.

 

Gotcha. Sounds like that is the same boominess/resonance I'm talking about, around 2000-2500 rpm when valve is open. I've heard a handful of exhausts "get rid of it" but the two that I tried certainly did not. If I'm ever over that way, I'll ping you to hear the milltek.

 

Hello! Ice Cap 24’ premium. February 28 purchase.

San Jose,Ca 408

 

I KNOW THAT ROAD!

 

It’s so nice that everything’s Been replaced with fresh Michelin/road tarmac. Does anyone remember when c-130 was carpet bombed and Calaveras was still choppy and still gravel.

 

Hi! Just found this thread. Picked up my 24 Ice cap CE mid-June! Any owners in the San Joaquin/Sacramento County area? Folks live in the east bay so I’m in that area every now and then too.

 

Hey @JDM_arc, congrats on the purchase! And welcome to the club.
We have several members in the Sac area. Join our Facebook group. We host events monthly.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/811684390581053/?mibextid=CTbP7E

Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/norcalgrc?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

 

Shot from our June BBQ.

 

Hey all,

Hailing from the Vallejo Area. 2024 Ice Cap premium I got in June.

I've done some small cosmetic stuff but since this is my first brand-new car I'm trying to maintain the warranty and just commute with her.

The miles will go by quickly as I do about 25-30k miles/year.

Plan is to lift and put bigger tires to do rallycross things after.

For now here she sits

 

Welcome to the club!!

 

Spotted a newer Gen corolla HB in Antioch today. It was parked in front of Kinders and Starbucks. YOHB?!

 

Wtf is with those mirrors...

 

Hi all. Waiting for delivery of my 25, hopefully at the end of the week. I live in Marina (just north of Monterey) and spend time driving all over Nor Cal. Parents are in Shingle Springs, brother in Paradise. Spouse is from Grass Valley. I lived in Reno 12 years so I explored all the roads between here and there.

 

Hey! I'm also waiting on mine, current ETA is Nov 15-23. I live down in the South Bay, kind of West San Jose area.

 

Welcome @Depreciated and @spike021!

Join our NorCal GR Corolla Club Facebook group for all the fun activities, meets, and events:

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Thanks! I will whenever the car arrives.. I think I tried joining recently and the group owner wouldn't let me in unless I physically have the car 🤣 I understand it's to keep out spammers/scammers but yeah.. a bit strict haha.

 

Mine came home today. It’s exactly what I wanted.

 

Congrats, guys!
Check out the club Facebook page for the invite to our December event. It's our 1 year anniversary meet.

Looking forward to meeting you!

 

Thanks for the invite! Unfortunately I've got some work stuff that day so won't be able to make it. Hopefully the next one!

Also, I'm organizing a south bay 86 meet this upcoming Saturday. I used to do it since I had the brz before and people have been asking me to keep doing them lol.

If you or anybody is interested it'll be next Saturday 11-2pm in north San Jose at the north first street plaza across from target.

 

Hi all,
It's time for my GRC's first oil change, and I was wondering if anyone has had any experience with the Stevens Creek Toyota in San Jose. I saw the earlier messages about the Sunnyvale Toyota which would be an alternative, if there have been bad experiences with the Stevens Creek dealership.

 

I took my GRC there once for an oil change and alignment. No issues at all! Just have your service manual ready in case you need to show them the oil change is in fact every 5k miles.