Wildbear's kit up!

Pop by Audio Concepts today for a quick lunch with Teddy since his Wald Sport Line body kit is going up today.

Here's the TRD emblem on the back of his car. Looks very nice! Too bad I don't have anymore space on the rear door.



He did the full works, spoiler, bonet spoiler, G square bonnet garnish, AMS front bumper grill cover, eyelids, etc, etc. Big project!



And of course, how can we miss out Sidney's fierce looking ride. Turbo charged and now with a vented fibreglass bonnet.



Oh.. not to forget the Wilwood front brake upgrade too!



Fierce ah!!

Cheers,

Door Garnish up!

Went to GP Motor to look at some GARSON DAD accessories with Yeo today. Saw this fully Garson DAD kitted Honda Stream and it was like WOW! I think Yeo will be heading the VIP way soon! Hee Hee.



Anyway, went to Audio Concepts and since I brought my door garnish, might as well fix them up. By the way, it's door garnish, NOT door protector. Serves no protection to the door in anyway. Purely ornamental and decorative.



Had these for a while (as usual), and they are original Toyota parts for Wish. However, only for Taiwan specs, covering the indent at the lower portion of the doors. Forgot to copy down the part numbers for those interested. But I doubt there will be much interest, especially at the price they are charging. Brand new for Toyota cost more than S$500. Even lobang price is slightly more than 50%. Jeez.



As you can see, putting them up is a bit tricky if you want to get the alignment right. Need two pairs of hands, a piece of string and a lot of adjustments. Obviously the guys at AC had plenty of experience with these type of application.



Up in less than 40 mins. About 20 mins on each side and in perfect alignment.



Final picture on how it looks like. Click on the picture for a 1024 pixel size image.

Now I have to find my eyelids. Where did I put it?

Cheers,

Wald EX Line Kit up!!

Ok. Today is the day. The Wald NFL Executive Line kit is finally going up. Had it sprayed at Yap Lee for about S$370, together with the AMS bumper garnish and Side signal marker. Called up Audio Concepts and they were free to install so I drove straight down.



Then I realise that I left the side skirt at Yap Lee. Great! Another trip back to collect it.



Front lip when up very quickly. Fit is very good. No lining.



Side skirts took a while more as I did not choose to screw it in to the chasis of the car. As per Justin's advice, I silicon it instead. In the unlikely event that it does not hold, then I will come back to screw it on.



Since I had the AMS Front bumper garnish with me, might as well fix it up.



Not too obviously in the shade and in body color. But I'm okay with subtle.



Here's another picture against a red Aerosport to get a feel of the shape.

Total cost of installation is S$100. Since the guys were accomodating and was careful with my kit, I gave them another S$50 for coffee. Everyone was happy.



And the finished product! So now, my car is officially no longer stock looking. Aye!!

By the way, even though I did not 'jio' anyone, in the end, Justin, James, Francis, KC, etc was all there, albeit at different times!

Cheers,

New Japanese bodykit

Here's a 'new' bodykit from Firesports Japan for the new face lifted Toyota Wish. Launched on 20 July 2007.

This is the front lip.




This is what the rest of the car looks like.



If you visit their site and look at the rest of the profile, you will realise that the side skirt and rear bumper lip is almost exactly the same as the Wald Sports Line kit. Strange. But at JPY48,000, it's one of the cheapest 'Japanese' aero kits around.

An interesting piece of information. Fire Sports products are made in factories from Shanghai and GuangDong.

Cheers,

Side marker options...

Hmmm.. .Should I change my side marker?

This is the one that I have in mind. Quite different from the rest and certainly hell of a lot bigger.



This is taken from Ken's ride. Since I don't have a wide fender kit, it won't cut so near. Also, I will have mine sprayed to black 209 body color for a better match.

But.... does it look nice? Will it match with the Wald Executive line? hmm......

Cheers,

Lowered is nicer?

So John,

What do you think? Is it time you lowered your ride?




Hee hee.. Tempting isn't it?

Cheers,

Turbine style rims

Andrew has new turbine rims and it looks good. Found another Wish with Chrome turbine rims!!



Perhaps it's something I should consider. By the way, Aerosports with Package B kit. STYLO!!

Cheers,

Hokkaido Wish!

Saw this black Toyota Wish from Hokkaido's Wish Club. Wide fender and custom body kit!!!



Very aggressive look and the chrome rims are so shiny!!

Cheers,

New Rims up!!

Ok. The new rims are up!!

These are my old rims from League. Loved them, but alas, they are too small for my new brakes. Teddy (wildbear) took them over.



And here are my new rims from Garson D.A.D!! Ok. Ok. I know they look exactly the same, but hey! I love this design! And so does Teddy!



D.A.D + less!

Cheers,

Maximum Bling!

Garson D.A.D impresses USA.

These jaw dropping pictures speaks for themselves.





Oh!! Here's a special version of my rim!!! It seems that nowadays, Dimonds, or rather crystals are a man's best friend too!



Detailing these pimped up rides would be a nightmare!

Cheers,

Carbon Fibre trimmings

Robson Design has a few new items for Carbon Fibre fanatics to make your car look really 'busy'! These are the Toyota Wish New Face Lift front and back trims that cap over the original chrome parts.




These are obviously not by TRD. I wonder if these companies ever worry about trademark infringements.

Also available are Carbon Fibre eyelids, spoiler and bonner as well as carbon fibre laminate on most exterior and interior parts.

One man's meat is another man's poison. For me, it's poison. No go! There are much easier and cheaper ways to make my car ugly.

Cheers,

PFL Z model Wish

Hmm.. Not a rational thought, but I was remotely considering the original wide body kit. Since my wheels are now wider than before due to the spacers that were added, perhaps it's something I can consider.

Here's a JDM Pre Face Lift Z model with with Original wide fender. Notice now the 17" wheels and rims are slightly recessed?



The back is even more obvious. I suppose with spacers and spring retainers, you can flush the entire look and it will be quite good looking.



By the way, original window visors too. It's translucent grey.



Whilst we are at it, here's the interior. Look at the shift gate panel. Nice huh? Also, the original steering wheel controls for Head Unit and the tweeter holder beside the inner door handle.

Cheers,

Angel Eyes Ver 3.0

Raymond's installed the revised angel eyes on his ride!

These are also CCFL, but enclosed in a hollow acrylic tubing. Shelf life of CCFL is about 12 months. For continous and extended usage, it may be less. Here's some close up pictures.



Compared to all the other previous version, this one seems very well fitted. The smaller angel eye ring sits just outside of the lens holder, unlike the other once I saw earlier which sits inside the indent.



From the close up, we can see that for the fish eye len, the light is held in place by 3 clips. Since there is no internal reflector, I suppose this would be the best and most secured way. Notice the position of the ring creates another fish eye inside the projector lens!

Will try to get a day time picture one of these day for a better comparison.

Cheers,

Orange alert!!

Well...this is orange. So it's obviously going on Raymond's car. Present from my Taiwan friend, Grant, to the Orange/Blue marque.

Anyone knows what is it? Hee Hee.



Will post up a finished picture later, but it's going to make Raymond's car more European in outlook. Watch for it.

Cheers,

Twin exhaust modification

Was at Lao Pi's place again this week and obviously he did something new to his car again. Center twin exhaust modification!!



From the above, you can see that it's not just a cosmetic program. It's the real stuff.




I think the overall workmanship is very good and the styling works well. However, the rear fog lamp seems to take a bit of attention away from the exhaust.

Cheers,

How to make your Wish ugly 3

Yup. More ugly options.

These should be in Singapore for a while already. Saw them at the Taiwan Autoparts show too. Suitable for quite a few Toyota models, including Camry, Wish, and even the LEXUS LS430!!




Being external light fittings, they are obviously illegal in Singapore too.

Cheers,

Wald Emblem

Hmm... Wald emblem would be nice on my car....

There's two version, but I think this one is a lot more simple and elegant.



The older version is a copy of the Mercedes AMG logo. Very sporty look.

Actually, I don't have space at the back of my boot door for any more emblem. If this goes up, then either the "X Limited" or the "TRD" has to come down. Too many emblems makes the car looks like a cheap wannabe.

Cheers,

Side mirror LED marker Ver 4.0

There is quite a variety of side mirror LED marker on the market. Besides the 2 original Toyota Wish version. There are at least 3 other types. But interestingly, those from Japan rarely make their way here. Probably due to the high cost.

Anyway, this is one of the other executive styled type in the Japanese market. This version is already the fourth generation in terms of design. It uses 5 LED bulb and angled reflectors.



Simple, but nice. Still, I prefer the Original Toyota New Face Lift version.

Cheers,

Original PFL Rear Door Garnish

Here is the original rear door garnish from Toyota for the pre face life Wish. It is a one piece replacement for the current garnish with WISH wording and extends over the number plate.



Available for JPY 12600. Made of ABS. Can fit new face lift wish.

Cheers,

Angel eyes for NFL Wish

Seems like the angel eyes for the new face lift will be here soon.

Hopefully, it will look like this version. The bigger ring will be with the parking/pole light and the reflect will help set the light back out. As it is recessed in, the look will be quite neat.

For the projection headlight, the ring will sit in the groove between the protection lens and the chrome headlight cover. There will be no reflector to help throw the light forward. As such, it will not be as bright/impressive as the pre facelift version.



Tempting... so tempting...

Cheers,