[Riq G]

I've installed mud flaps yesterday. Red flaps on black looked better than expected. I've also dropped off my car at the paint shop to get my CE hood painted and installed.

 

[rawr]

I've installed mud flaps yesterday. Red flaps on black looked better than expected. I've also dropped off my car at the paint shop to get my CE hood painted and installed. View attachment 8440

How was the installation process?

 

[Riq G]

How was the installation process?

Pretty easy tbh. No drilling required. The front flaps takes like 10 minutes to install without having to take off the wheels. For the back flaps, you'll need to take off the rear wheels to peel off the back liner. Then you'll just clip it to the liner and put back the wheels. That's pretty much it.

 

[BenZion]

Break in is finally over with 💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽
Man that intake turbo sounds to red line is addictive 🤤🤤🤤🤤🇯🇵🇯🇵❤

 

[ijuswannaride]

Today I discovered that you can do this with the load floor to get it to stay up by itself.

 

[Rise]

Today (yesterday actually) I went in for my 1000-mile break-in oil change, and...banged my shin on that driver's side dash outcropping that everyone jokes about. My first Corolla shinbang. Remember folks, sit, then turn in. Don't just leg in first.

 

[thereggierock]

Quoted for $2500 to have it done. Not exactly painless. But to each their own!

$2500 for full front ppf is way too much IMO. Shop around. The first shop I found quoted me around that price. I managed to find one to do it for $1600. Oh, and ceramic tint should not be more than $600. A lot of shops quoted me $1k+ (including the windshield).

 

[GR_Johnny777]

Anyone thinking about doing their own ceramic coating, I've read good things about this product, supposedly it's very easy to apply.

 

[Altezza99]

Anyone thinking about doing their own ceramic coating, I've read good things about this product, supposedly it's very easy to apply.

Don’t use that shit. Lol It’s a bog standard, relabeled Chinese coating.

 

[centerpunch]

Installed two Hella horns.

I have no idea why I did this. As an old guy, I have developed a lot of patience, and I'm also never in a hurry, so I use my horn maybe about 2 seconds each year, in four half-second beeps. I saw other guys talking about louder horns here, and I guess I needed something to do today.

I blame peer pressure.

Anyway, pretty straightforward. The plastic cover under the hood comes off easily- just seven plastic pins, pull up on the center pin of each.

I found locations for both horns that didn't obstruct the radiator. One I used a new bolt through an existing hole on a vertical support, and weirdly, that metal part doesn't seem to be grounded, so I had to run a little wire from the mounting bolt over to the other horn mounting bolt. For that one I used an existing bolt that holds the hood latch.

Here's what I used- seems plenty loud.

Amazon.com

Amazon.com

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[Ryecon]

1st wash.

 

[marsh1]

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I also got my subwoofer installed today. It didn't look like it was going to fit very well under the passenger seat, due to a floor duct that exits out under the front passenger seat. I figured there's never going to be anybody in my backseat, and if they are, it won't be for very long. So I removed the rear section of the duct, plugged the front section with a microfiber towel, and had plenty of room for the subwoofer. When the seat is in a normal position now, you can't even tell it's there. It came with a little manual gain controller which I had a hell of a time finding a handy location for. I finally stuck it to the driver's seat belts latch with some two-faced tape. I pulled the back seat out, and ran a wire straight to the battery underneath everything else and then pulled it out through an opening in the carpet under the passenger seat. Likewise for the ground wire and speaker inputs as well as the plug for the gain controller. It was definitely more work than I bargained for.

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How did the sub install go? Are you happy with the JBL?

 

[ijuswannaride]

How did the sub install go? Are you happy with the JBL?

It was a little more work than I bargained for since I had to take all the seats out to run the wires under the carpet and out of sight. I also had to remove the floor duct that runs under the passengers seat and blows hot air on the right rear passengers feet. Otherwise there wasn't enough room for the sub to fit under there, but it fit easily once I removed that duct. I also had an issue with the remote turn-on for the sub since I had no low level outputs from the stock head unit or amplifier. I found that I had to crank the volume up pretty high before the sub would come on, and then I could turn the volume back down. It was certainly less than ideal. I ended up buying a line level converter from crutchfield for 25 bucks, and that solved that issue, so all is good now.

I'm pretty happy with it overall, although I don't think it sounds as good as the JBL in my wife's 2020 RAV hybrid limited (which came with a factory sub). I totally understand people's complaint about the speaker fade front to rear and the heavy bias to the front. But I played with the settings quite a bit, and got it to where I'm actually very happy with the front to rear bias. There's definitely a sweet spot in the front to rear fade that's ideal, and one click one way or the other definitely makes it worse. But at that one perfect spot you just have to increase the volume a bit more than you would with the fader centered. Then it was just a matter of getting the tonal quality where I was happy with it since the dash speakers and pillar tweeters are a little overpowering for treble and mid-range. But I am pretty happy with the final outcome.

 

[marsh1]

It was a little more work than I bargained for since I had to take all the seats out to run the wires under the carpet and out of sight. I also had to remove the floor duct that runs under the passengers seat and blows hot air on the right rear passengers feet. Otherwise there wasn't enough room for the sub to fit under there, but it fit easily once I removed that duct. I also had an issue with the remote turn-on for the sub since I had no low level outputs from the stock head unit or amplifier. I found that I had to crank the volume up pretty high before the sub would come on, and then I could turn the volume back down. It was certainly less than ideal. I ended up buying a line level converter from crutchfield for 25 bucks, and that solved that issue, so all is good now.

I'm pretty happy with it overall, although I don't think it sounds as good as the JBL in my wife's 2020 RAV hybrid limited (which came with a factory sub). I totally understand people's complaint about the speaker fade front to rear and the heavy bias to the front. But I played with the settings quite a bit, and got it to where I'm actually very happy with the front to rear bias. There's definitely a sweet spot in the front to rear fade that's ideal, and one click one way or the other definitely makes it worse. But at that one perfect spot you just have to increase the volume a bit more than you would with the fader centered. Then it was just a matter of getting the tonal quality where I was happy with it since the dash speakers and pillar tweeters are a little overpowering for treble and mid-range. But I am pretty happy with the final outcome.

THX!!

 

[dixxon]

1st wash.

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Nice wheels 😁

 

[thereggierock]

ppf + tint with a view 😎

 

[JimsGarageToys]

Today (yesterday actually) I went in for my 1000-mile break-in oil change, and...banged my shin on that driver's side dash outcropping that everyone jokes about. My first Corolla shinbang. Remember folks, sit, then turn in. Don't just leg in first.

I always wondered how people hit it as it never bothers me. Then it hit me, I always sit in every car and then turn in. 🤣

 

[JimsGarageToys]

Don’t use that shit. Lol It’s a bog standard, relabeled Chinese coating.

I've used R1 Coatings on several cars with excellent results. I just applied 2 coats to my GRC. And it's made here in the USA, not China.

R1 Coatings

r1coatings.com

 

[JimsGarageToys]

Installed two Hella horns.

I have no idea why I did this. As an old guy, I have developed a lot of patience, and I'm also never in a hurry, so I use my horn maybe about 2 seconds each year, in four half-second beeps. I saw other guys talking about louder horns here, and I guess I needed something to do today.

I blame peer pressure.

Anyway, pretty straightforward. The plastic cover under the hood comes off easily- just seven plastic pins, pull up on the center pin of each.

I found locations for both horns that didn't obstruct the radiator. One is bolted through an existing hole on a vertical support, and weirdly, that metal part doesn't seem to be grounded, so I had to run a little wire from the mounting bolt over to the other horn mounting bolt. For that one I used an existing bolt that holds the hood latch.

Here's what I used- seems plenty loud.

Amazon.com

Amazon.com

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Nice. I ordered some new PIAA horns for mine. I'm just waiting for my pigtail to arrive.

 

[JimsGarageToys]

After work last night, I installed the PIAA "superior bass" dual horns I ordered. Definitely worth it.

I ordered these too!