Couple of Corolla T-Sport questions!

pepsilol · 31 Aug 2015 at 17:22

Crikey that must have been rear ended.

Dis86 · 31 Aug 2015 at 17:23

pepsilol said:
Crikey that must have been rear ended.

To get that bad a colour match must be intentional!

kona786 · 31 Aug 2015 at 18:02

Looks ok in the other pics - just camera/lighting.

Also I would get the oil changed sooner rather than later for peace of mind. Who knows what's in there unless its documented. Could be the wrong grade and/or cheapo oil.

And renewing the gearbox oil wouldn't hurt. Made my cold shifts smoother.

rallyfan1986 · 31 Aug 2015 at 18:48

A length of hose and a funnel makes changing the gearbox oil very easy

Akagi · 31 Aug 2015 at 20:01

I can assure you that the colour match is fine, and that is just the lighting.

Hyburnate · 31 Aug 2015 at 20:07

The calipers look good silver, red is overdone

pepsilol · 31 Aug 2015 at 20:25

I don't buy that on the basis that the bottom trim parts are bang on the correct colour as the rest of the car

Akagi · 31 Aug 2015 at 20:40

I just went out there and had a look at it, even shone a bright light on the crossover and examined it closely. It is fine.

Janesy B · 31 Aug 2015 at 20:44

Pictures exaggerate any paint defects, you can always tell in pics where my part of my door, rear quarter was blown in but you would never be able to spot it just by looking at it IRL.

Akagi · 31 Aug 2015 at 21:13

The VIN in the tailgate matches the rest of the car. *shrug*

rodenal · 31 Aug 2015 at 21:21

It was less than 2 grand - so long as its straight underneath i wouldnt give it asecond thought

Diddums · 31 Aug 2015 at 21:26

It's because getting the paint to match precisely on two completely different materials would've put the car in a considerably higher budget range. You see it with lots of cars, it's purely down to one side being metal and the other plastic. Nothing to worry about.

Akagi · 31 Aug 2015 at 21:28

I wasn't really worried anyway.

acemastr · 31 Aug 2015 at 21:29

Are we now saying things to make Acme paranoid?

Alloys look buckled and the chassis looks bent, bought a lemon I'm afraid.

Akagi · 31 Aug 2015 at 21:31

harr harr

pepsilol · 31 Aug 2015 at 22:49

Diddums said:
It's because getting the paint to match precisely on two completely different materials would've put the car in a considerably higher budget range. You see it with lots of cars, it's purely down to one side being metal and the other plastic. Nothing to worry about.

No, this is not what is happening in this case as otherwise that bottom trim would match the bumper.

geekman · 31 Aug 2015 at 23:03

Shock horror as cheap 10 year old hatchback may have had the rear bumper resprayed

Akagi · 31 Aug 2015 at 23:23

Yes I agree Pepsilol, but I really couldn't care less, it looks absolutely fine in person. :rolleyes:

One of the front quarter panels has been re-sprayed too. (you can tell from the paint lip on the inside of the wing) Oh the horror!

One of the front windows is also a tiny bit loose in its runners. Oh the drama!

One of the headlights has gone a bit cloudy. Oh lawdy lawd!

There is a bit of curbing on one of the alloys. Oh sweet Jesus save us!

There are some stone chips on the bonnet. Oh ****!

One of the window rubbers needs replacing. Oh my heart!

pepsilol · 31 Aug 2015 at 23:29

Oh I know that, I was just clearing up what I was trying to say with a picture

All second hand cars have had paint at some point.

Akagi · 31 Aug 2015 at 23:33

Sorry, I understood what you meant.

Despite the few little niggles, it is a very tidy car for the money, and despite the few little things I've uncovered, I'm still happy with what I paid for it. I did after all buy it fully expecting it to need a little bit of work!

Project for next weekend, getting a wire brush/some sandpaper to those hubs and calipers, and painting them with high temperature silver paint, and also finally do that headlight restoration.