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Launceston, Tasmania
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May 2002
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Corolla AE92 FX GT - Now with pics! (even more pics)
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Thu, 16 September 2004 07:04
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My car is a Jap Import AE92 FX GT Hatch, for those of you who don't know, it is basically an SX corolla only heaps better  and only has 2 doors. Mine was imported through J-Spec and is basically all stock with a 4AGE bigport motor, it's only done 76000kms!
since arriving in Aus i have put on 16" CSA Predator rims, installed a cool 2way alarm system, tinted the windows, installed a decent sound system and basically cleaned it up a lot.
The 15 year old modifications were surprisingly simple, all that was required were the fitment of sash seatbelts in the rear and swapping the drivers mirror for a regular mirror. For some reason in tassie, intrusion bars arn't required along with child restraints and a dashlight brightness changer thingy. Total cost of compliance was $50 for mods and $200 for engineer cert, much less than the $800 - $1200 i was initially told 
Anyhow, please tell me what you think of my new car along with and recomendations!
[Updated on: Fri, 01 October 2004 04:38]
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Location:
Adelaide
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January 2004
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Re: Corolla AE92 FX GT - Finally in Aus and on the road!
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Thu, 16 September 2004 13:40
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kewl
for references sake, i saw a white ae92 fx gt on south road about a month ago, hehe
and a silver ae82 a few weeks ago in northpark shopping centre carpark, wanted to talk to the owner but i had to do a bank run, saw him drive out lol.
and my friend owns a white ae82 fx gt, nicest one ive seen
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Tasmania
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June 2004
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Re: Corolla AE92 FX GT - Finally in Aus and on the road!
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Wed, 22 September 2004 15:57
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wheres the pics cam? I would'nt mind having a look at it when the supras finished, meanwhile look out for me on the route with my new cressida, its gold with TRX wheels.
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Location:
Launceston, Tasmania
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May 2002
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Re: Corolla AE92 FX GT - Finally in Aus and on the road!
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Wed, 22 September 2004 23:54
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Sorry for not putting the pics up yet, my computer hdd died a couple of days ago and i'm waiting from a new one that i bought off ebay. The corolla is currently getting the windows tinted, i'll take my camera to uni this afternoon to get some pics uploaded from there.
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Tasmania
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June 2004
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Re: Corolla AE92 FX GT - Finally in Aus and on the road!
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Thu, 23 September 2004 03:54
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does it have standards still?
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Location:
Canberra
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September 2003
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Re: Corolla AE92 FX GT - Finally in Aus and on the road!
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Thu, 23 September 2004 04:08
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This the one
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Sydney
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January 2004
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Re: Corolla AE92 FX GT - Finally in Aus and on the road!
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Thu, 23 September 2004 06:04
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Are you going to change the front end cause the sx has a bteer looking front end then the fx does?
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Location:
Launceston, Tasmania
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May 2002
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Re: Corolla AE92 FX GT - Finally in Aus and on the road!
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Thu, 23 September 2004 07:43
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thanks 1200det! those pics are from when it was in Japan. Apparently i need admin priveledges to use my digicam at uni  i'll try a different Lab in a minute.
nico: I would actually prefer the fx gt front end, in the pics you see here it does look crap and that stupid parking pole thing has been removed.
MK2: if you are talking about rims, it now has a set of 16" CSA predators which look much better than the stock rims pictured here!
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Location:
Launceston, Tasmania
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May 2002
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Sydney
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September 2003
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Re: Corolla AE92 FX GT - Finally in Aus and on the road!
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Thu, 23 September 2004 08:11
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Nice car mate 
but do you really believe it only has 76000klms ?
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Launceston, Tasmania
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May 2002
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Re: Corolla AE92 FX GT - Finally in Aus and on the road!
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Thu, 23 September 2004 08:15
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condition seems to match the kms, interior is immaculate. Cars in Japan always have lower kms than here, although it has probably been idling in traffic for ages. It is common to see cars on prestige motorsport and J-spec that have 50,000 or less and are over 15 years old. Saw an 89 R32 GTR with 20,000 genuine kms recently!
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Sydney
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January 2004
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Re: Corolla AE92 FX GT - Finally in Aus and on the road!
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Mon, 27 September 2004 05:29
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Withn the 2nd set of pics you do get a better feel for the car. I rckon I nice set of 17inch or even 18s to make in a real cruisin beast would bo nice
How much did you pay and who got this car in for you? Casue it does look pretty awesome!
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Location:
Launceston, Tasmania
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May 2002
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Re: Corolla AE92 FX GT - Finally in Aus and on the road!
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Mon, 27 September 2004 05:59
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I imported this car with the help of Craig and Gareth at J-Spec. The total cost of getting the car including the cost of faxes, phone calls, trip to melbourne to pick it up, rego, rego mods etc was $5500. For states other than tassie the cost might be a little higher as we don't require many mods to 15 year old vehicles, this cost is gernerally $800 - $1200 although only set me back $250.
I ended up copping an extra bill from customs because they took too long to empty the air conditioning, this made the total cost of getting the car $6050. I hate those bastards at Ultimate Customs, the phone operator was a aggressive unhelpful wanker and their paperwork & invoices were all sent to me after the due date, unfortunately they can't be avoided.
The initial description given by J-Spec turned out to be very accutate (i was sceptical), the only problem that i have found was a small hole in th middle section of the exhaust.
Also, I already had the wheels from a previous car so they don't could in that price, neither does the alarm or sound system. but I still thought 6k was a decent price considering stock sx's commonly go for around that price! I didn't want to go any bigger than 16" as peroblem arrise such as high tyre cost and being illegal (unless engineered).
If anyone else is looking at importing via the 15 year rule PM me as i will let you know other costs involved and where i had issues.
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Adelaide
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January 2004
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Re: Corolla AE92 FX GT - Finally in Aus and on the road!
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Mon, 27 September 2004 11:33
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| cam_RA40 wrote on Thu, 23 September 2004 17:45 |
condition seems to match the kms, interior is immaculate. Cars in Japan always have lower kms than here, although it has probably been idling in traffic for ages. It is common to see cars on prestige motorsport and J-spec that have 50,000 or less and are over 15 years old. Saw an 89 R32 GTR with 20,000 genuine kms recently!
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The AE82 FX GT that my friend got had 90,000 kays on it and condition definately makes it seem genuine! its a great car
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Location:
Launceston, Tasmania
Registered:
May 2002
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Re: Corolla AE92 FX GT - Finally in Aus and on the road!
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Mon, 27 September 2004 23:47
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Do you have any pics, links or info about your mates ae82 fx gt? was it the one on prestige motorsport about 12 months ago? is it supercharged? how much did it cost him by the time it was on the road?
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Sydney (Campbelltown...!)
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December 2003
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Re: Corolla AE92 FX GT - Now with pics!
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Wed, 29 September 2004 12:49
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i seen this car on a few import sites just a while back
was seriously thinking about buying it and selling the sprinter...
power windows too no sx has that and the whole 2 door thing is wat had me...
nice car
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Adelaide
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January 2004
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Re: Corolla AE92 FX GT - Now with pics!
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Thu, 30 September 2004 14:20
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nah i dont have any pics sorry. he bought the car from a local, who had recently imported it. cost him $5k, most decent ae82 aus specs were about $4k back then..
i just found out from him he has recently had some engine troubles! not good...
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Launceston, Tasmania
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May 2002
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Re: Corolla AE92 FX GT - Now with pics!
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Fri, 01 October 2004 04:37
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is his a gze or just a ge? here are some more pics that i took this mornign and yesterday!
Yesterday's dirty engine picture
Todays clean resprayed camcover pictures
Factory fitted flair, will have some fun with this some time soon
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Location:
Adelaide
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January 2004
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Re: Corolla AE92 FX GT - Now with pics! (even more pics)
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Sat, 02 October 2004 03:19
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His is just a 4age..
Lol the japs are crazy! hahah
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I supported Toymods
Location:
Adelaide
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July 2004
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Re: Corolla AE92 FX GT - Now with pics! (even more pics)
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Tue, 12 October 2004 02:52
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You know i saw one of these cars about two months ago on days road and i couldnt pick what was different about it, then i saw it days later and i still had no idea, then i was driving with my mum in the car and i asked her what was wrong with that corolla and she said, it only has two doors...
I felt so ashamed, they look pretty damn sweet tho
nice work dude!
And ARCH i have one of those flares in the GB of the ute if youre keen one night 
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Location:
Launceston, Tasmania
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May 2002
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Re: Corolla AE92 FX GT - Now with pics! (even more pics)
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Tue, 12 October 2004 03:11
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haha, i didn't think it was that hard to pick that it had 2 doors where was the one you saw? i havn't seen another in the flesh yet, but that is good in a way, makes mine more unique 
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I supported Toymods
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Adelaide
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July 2004
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Re: Corolla AE92 FX GT - Now with pics! (even more pics)
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Tue, 12 October 2004 03:32
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The one i saw was on Days Road in Adelaide, I think some chick from croydon high drives it, i reckon ive seen her before and she is damn hot
sexy and good taste in cars, gotta love it
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Location:
Sydney
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November 2004
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Location:
Melbourne
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August 2004
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Re: Corolla AE92 FX GT - Now with pics! (even more pics)
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Fri, 26 November 2004 01:37
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looks good, like the rims
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Location:
Launceston, Tasmania
Registered:
May 2002
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Re: Corolla AE92 FX GT - Now with pics! (even more pics)
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Fri, 26 November 2004 03:44
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Sure was Although i actually imported it through J-Spec
Here are a couple of newer pics:
 Since the early pics i've replaced the 'GT Twincam 16' decals, new pin stripe, resprayed little bits like badges and windscreen wipers and generally tidyed it up.
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