My '06 Toyota Aurion SX6 Sportivo

[vr2turbo]

Using Bendix General CT stealth only?

 

[Kiwi-Corolla]

^ Yep, Bendix CT Stealth front and rear.

The Aurion got some new wheels today. They're Vertini Magic (concave) 19x9.5 front and rear, +32 offset and wrapped in 235/35/19 rubber. They get custom drilled for the stud pattern and shaved for the offset you want so I had to wait about a week for them to get machined, but it was worth waiting for :). Being concave they bow in the middle, giving that very dished effect.

The rear guards needed to be rolled as there was slight scrubbing around corners, but apart from that the fitment was pretty straight forward. I just have to get some camber bolts for the front so I can give it some negative camber and tuck the wheels in a bit more, but apart from that the fitment is great and I'm loving the new look :D

 

[Kiwi-Corolla]

Threw some camber bolts in the front tonight. It's evened it out nicely now, so no more strange poke at the front.

 

[Kiwi-Corolla]

New photos:

 

[Kiwi-Corolla]

Fitted some slightly larger tires up front to fill up the guard gap a little better. Other benefit is that it brings the lip of the rim further away from potholes and is a bit more comfortable since you don't feel every dip and crack in the road. Fronts are 225/40/19 and the rears are 235/35/19. The old tires are only a few weeks old, but the wheel-well gap was bugging the hell out of me, so for now I'm happy :)

 

[Kiwi-Corolla]

Some more new photos:

 

[e-jump]

Good job bro..
Thats very mint work.
Not so low and VIP flush to be practical.
(i think this platform being big segment, people tend to go VIP style ultra big wheels and go flush)

 

[Kiwi-Corolla]

Thanks man. This is very much a practical family car, so the goal was to enhance it aesthetically, but still keep it as something I can drive to work daily and that can haul the kids around in the weekend :)

I had been thinking of a way to fill the void in the engine bay where the factory intake used to be and ended up killing two birds with one stone by settling on this large oil catch tank. It's designed to catch blow-by oil from the PCV valve during full throttle and turns the vapor into a mist that settles in the bottom of the catch tank instead of getting sent back into the intake manifold.

Radium Engineering made a catch tank set-up for the Lotus Evora (which uses the same 2GR-FE engine) and owners have reported quite a lot of oil being caught, so they sound like they could be quite beneficial on this engine. I had one on the Corolla and it worked well, so I figured it'd be worth a shot in the Aurion. Ended up putting my factory silver engine cover back on at the same too, as I prefer the cleaner look compared to my carbon fiber wrapped cover (which I'll still keep to mix things up every now and then).

Will be interesting to see how much oil this thing collects :)

 

[Kiwi-Corolla]

 

[Kiwi-Corolla]

 

[vr2turbo]

Does not look Unker anymore.....hhahahhahah

 

[Kiwi-Corolla]

Quick Saturday mod - I pulled off my old foam EZ Lip and installed this glossy carbon lip in it's place. Was difficult to photograph due to the glossiness but you get the idea :)

 

[vr2turbo]

Nice......

 

[Kiwi-Corolla]

Some new pics:

And this photo I took the other day:

 

[Kiwi-Corolla]

I installed these*LED bumper reflectors today. I haven't see this particular style on any Aurion before so when I saw them I knew I had to have a set :). They're designed to be 100% plug-and-play with no splicing required and mount the exact same way as the stock reflectors.

The worst part about the whole job is that you have to remove the rear bumper in order to get to the screw on the back holding the reflector in, but it didn't turn out to be as difficult as I had imagined.

After fitting them I found that they were really quite bright, in fact too bright, so I put a layer of tint film over each light to dull down the light output a bit. Not 100% sold on the tinted look however, so time will tell if I pull the tint off or not. Either way, the lights are here to stay.

The lights come on when the park lights are on and get brighter when you brake. They also have the ability to flash when you indicate, but this looked tacky in my opinion so I left that particular plug disconnected.

All in all it's a nice simplistic mod that looks like it was there from the factory. Below are a series of photos in their original form and then tinted.

Also, these carbon fiber vent stickers arrived in the mail today so I figured I'd chuck them on and see how they look. I'm not normally a fan of dull/matte carbon fiber designs but these were nice and cheap. I traced around them before sticking them on so I can try and make my own ones out of glossy carbon in future:

 

[Kiwi-Corolla]

Something a bit different from me - Night shots!! We decided to take the kids into town last night since they've never been before, so while we were there I took the opportunity to take some night shots of the Aurion with the Auckland Sky Tower in the background.

 

[6UE5t]

Nicely done indeed! :top: This is the same engine as the 3.5ltr Mark X, 312ps, so very good power. Is this car AWD or still FWD? If FWD, can easily wheel spin?

I like the previous rim fitment though, coz the front rims were still inside the fenders. The design of this last rims is nice but the fitment of the front rims already come out a bit of the fenders plus make the tires stretched already, hence does not look as nice & clean as before. To me rims must stay align to or just inside the fender lines and no stretched tires, so the car looks nice & clean, just classy and not ricey.

Good job an the photography to I must say.

 

[6UE5t]

vr2turbo : Our local camry doesn't have 3.5L displaced goodness....

Nice car mate!

Thx to stupid Malaysia road tax regulation!

 

[Kiwi-Corolla]

Nicely done indeed! :top: This is the same engine as the 3.5ltr Mark X, 312ps, so very good power. Is this car AWD or still FWD? If FWD, can easily wheel spin?

I like the previous rim fitment though, coz the front rims were still inside the fenders. The design of this last rims is nice but the fitment of the front rims already come out a bit of the fenders plus make the tires stretched already, hence does not look as nice & clean as before. To me rims must stay align to or just inside the fender lines and no stretched tires, so the car looks nice & clean, just classy and not ricey.

Good job an the photography to I must say.

Thanks. The engine in the 3.5L Mark X is similar but not the same. They use a 2GR-FSE (direct injection) whereas the Aurion uses a 2GR-FE. The difference being 311hp vs 276hp. This is FWD. The wheels will easily spin in the wet if you take off quickly, and also in the dry, so it's not a car you want to floor it off the line with.

I guess we'll have to agree to disagree on the wheel/fitment choice :proud:. The wheels sit dead flush with the fenders, whereas before with the stock wheels they sat very far in, which didn't give an aggressive look whatsoever. You'd probably have to see the car in real-life to see exactly how it sits, but I assure you that there's no poke, crazy camber or anything else that looks out of the ordinary

 

[6UE5t]

Thanks. The engine in the 3.5L Mark X is similar but not the same. They use a 2GR-FSE (direct injection) whereas the Aurion uses a 2GR-FE. The difference being 311hp vs 276hp. This is FWD. The wheels will easily spin in the wet if you take off quickly, and also in the dry, so it's not a car you want to floor it off the line with.

I guess we'll have to agree to disagree on the wheel/fitment choice :proud:. The wheels sit dead flush with the fenders, whereas before with the stock wheels they sat very far in, which didn't give an aggressive look whatsoever. You'd probably have to see the car in real-life to see exactly how it sits, but I assure you that there's no poke, crazy camber or anything else that looks out of the ordinary

Ah ya, it's 2GR-FE so not GDi so a bit less powerful but still pretty good nonetheless.

What's the size and offsets of the rims? What tire sizes? Tires surely stretched a bit already. I prefer square fitment tires as it's better for cornering and comfort too.

May I suggest 1 more important thing though, your front brakes, it's still just 1 pot calipers! Toyota stock brakes are usually not good. With this size and power better upgrade to 4 pot calipers, plus stainless braided hoses and dot 5.1 fluids. I think you can use either from old Aristo, Lexus LS, or GS350 4 pot with some mods or brackets.