My Humble Toyota

Make : Toyota
Model : Starlet EP71
Engine : 2E-FTE 12 Valve Turbo
Color : Lamborghini Murchilago Orange
Mod : 4E-FTE 16 Valve Turbo, Exedy Racing Clutch, Blitz SuperSound B.O.V., Tial 38mm Wastegate, Denso Iridium Plug, TRD Plug Cable, Sard Fuel Regulator, Cusco Oil Catch Tank, 2.5inch Stainless Steel Exhaust to mid, 3inch mid to rear with 3inch RSR Muffler, Tein Adjustable Absorber, Volk Racing 15" Rims, Bridgestone Tyre, Pioneer USB Headunit, Kenko 4000W Amps, Soundstream front speaker, Rockford rear speaker, BM Boschman 10" woofer, Apex-i Turbo Timer, Auto Gauge White/Amber Boost, Water Temp with sensor, Apex-i RSM, Recaro Fishnet interior.

This car I've been driven since 2002, it was a family car before Im driving it. When the car been handed over to me, it was in Blue color.. Been driving alot, to college, fetch friends, saturday night out, girlfren, and so on. Then in 2004, I started to modded this car bit by bit, by starting with engine transplant, from a 12 valve turbo, to a 16 valve turbo.. Then I failed the inspection cause of the front disc is'nt big enough. So I changed it to a Perdana V6 front disc, and the inspection was a success. Since the car was driven everyday, the car has worn out, lotz of things broken, people starting to break the car and steal all the gauges, my RSM, all of the gauges on the dashboard were stolen.. And since that day I just maintain 'look standard' on the car. So I dont have to worry so much when I parked my car anywhere. There wasn't any picture during this time, until I transform this car to its final beauty.. I had plans of throwing a purple color, but since this is a hatchback car, it wont look so nice.. So I changed it to Pearl Orange, which is an original Lamborghini color. The cost of the transformation is quite alot for a car that 24 years old. And since it have a new color, I tought it would be nice if I changed the interior as well. So I did changed to full black leather interior, new roof lining, new carpet, new door panel.. all be done during the car was in workshop for respraying.. There's a few pics of it during the changing part, so enjoy.. Thanks!

This is the 1st 2 weeks of the car in workshop, lotz of rust to be sanded... Lotz of parts to take out.. And only when the sanded done, they can plaster the car and apply the undercoat..

After the undercoat is done, the real challenge begin.. Applying a pearl color isnt an easy job. Need alot of experience and time.. Lets see how it turned out..

Looks unfinished.. Still lots of bitz to be installed such as the side skirt, side mirror, and all the interior..

Well, that is all that Ive done to my car.. After this transformation, I still drive it for 2 years before I sell it off to a friend. After all the effort, this car was sold for a RM12k.. But the transformation cost is RM9.7k.. Most of my friends told me not to sell the car, but for me, driving a same car for almost 10 years, it is abit boring.. And this car is nice to drive in town and long distance, good fuel consumption, full tank of RON 97 can get me a 420km of town driving, and 510km of long distance driving. The reason I sell it off is because im going for a bigger car, more space.. and for a car, more space = comfort.. Thanks for spending your time reading. Hope to post it again soon for my new project.. A BMW 5 series..