Ok I seriously need as MANY oppinons as humaly possibly for this.. I just got home from Hot Import Nights, and my car would have been put to shame with all those nice cars there.. I need to know if turbo is good for my AUTO tC, what kind of headers, exhaust, racing seats, neons, and good led's for my car.. i want to at some point have all of this but in this case I have to do it in stages.. I really need some good feedback some pros and cons.. Bc im not an amature.. Im just somewhat ignorant.. I really wouldnt want to mess my car up, so Please HBO (Help a Brother Out) !!!

Thanks !!

 

From the wound of it, you are an amature. You don't know anything about turbo's, led's, intake, headders, or exhaust. There isn't anything wrong with admitting that your a noob. But don't try to hide it. Everything you need to know is located here, at scionlife.com. LOOK IT UP! There are pros and cons to everything. RICE is one of them. That's a good place to start. Look it up. THEN decide what you want to do. Also, what is is that sparked this feeling in you........to "pimp your ride"? Look, if you haven't don it yet, there probably isn't enough reason to do it. Take the time, and decide what YOU REALLY want. Whatwhould you do with a 3-5 thousand dollar turbo? Is it really worth it? How far are you willing to take it? Gonna take it to the track? Gonna be a DUMBASS street racer? Worth paying for the ticket? Gonna "GO FAST" on the highway? Worth a ticket? Dude, it's up to you!
Just so I make myself clear.......what i'm saying is that your probably not THAT into cars, so don't be a poser. Don't fake the funk dude.
If you want advice..............here it is.
led's - cheap- off ebay
cold cathodes - oznium.com
stereo - crutchfield.com
turbo - turbonetics.com
intake - injen.com
headers - dcsports.com
exhaust - greddy.com

led's and cold cathodes are cool, but there rice, - if there overly done
stereo - loud, but if it's too loud, you get distortion - wich sounds worse then ANYTHING!
turbo - injects pressurized air into your engine - adds hp, but too much boost without proper precaution could blow your engine.
intake - adds hp (5-10 at most) -expensive, and may void your warranty,
headers - adds hp , imo looks cooler then the stock pipes with or without the shrowd. no real drawbecks, but it is kind of expensive.
exhaust - DONT RICE IT OUT! there isn't much sense in getting an exhaust unless you have headers. You won't be doning much. (yes it will do something) -but there will be a bottleneck.

pimping out your car could cost ALOTof $$$!
anyone can go out and buy something. but the real mods are custom...........there ORIGINAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Just make your car yours dude.
Sorry if I was a dick. I just don't think that everyone needs to have 600 horse, and a super cool car. remember, if it's worth doing, it's worth doing RIGHT! Cuz ____ty mods make your car give the impression of ____ty work!

 

From the wound of it, you are an amature. You don't know anything about turbo's, led's, intake, headders, or exhaust. There isn't anything wrong with admitting that your a noob. But don't try to hide it. Everything you need to know is located here, at scionlife.com. LOOK IT UP! There are pros and cons to everything. RICE is one of them. That's a good place to start. Look it up. THEN decide what you want to do. Also, what is is that sparked this feeling in you........to "pimp your ride"? Look, if you haven't don it yet, there probably isn't enough reason to do it. Take the time, and decide what YOU REALLY want. Whatwhould you do with a 3-5 thousand dollar turbo? Is it really worth it? How far are you willing to take it? Gonna take it to the track? Gonna be a DUMBASS street racer? Worth paying for the ticket? Gonna "GO FAST" on the highway? Worth a ticket? Dude, it's up to you!
Just so I make myself clear.......what i'm saying is that your probably not THAT into cars, so don't be a poser. Don't fake the funk dude.
If you want advice..............here it is.
led's - cheap- off ebay
cold cathodes - oznium.com
stereo - crutchfield.com
turbo - turbonetics.com
intake - injen.com
headers - dcsports.com
exhaust - greddy.com

led's and cold cathodes are cool, but there rice, - if there overly done
stereo - loud, but if it's too loud, you get distortion - wich sounds worse then ANYTHING!
turbo - injects pressurized air into your engine - adds hp, but too much boost without proper precaution could blow your engine.
intake - adds hp (5-10 at most) -expensive, and may void your warranty,
headers - adds hp , imo looks cooler then the stock pipes with or without the shrowd. no real drawbecks, but it is kind of expensive.
exhaust - DONT RICE IT OUT! there isn't much sense in getting an exhaust unless you have headers. You won't be doning much. (yes it will do something) -but there will be a bottleneck.

pimping out your car could cost ALOTof $$$!
anyone can go out and buy something. but the real mods are custom...........there ORIGINAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Just make your car yours dude.
Sorry if I was a dick. I just don't think that everyone needs to have 600 horse, and a super cool car. remember, if it's worth doing, it's worth doing RIGHT! Cuz ____ty mods make your car give the impression of ____ty work!

 

Everyone here would love to help you, but you need to decide what you want to do with your car first. Do you want it to be a show car? Do you want power? NA or FI? There are so many routes with our cars.

Here's my opinion on some things, since you're in the drivetrain and power forum:
1. If you're staying NA, I recommend Injen Intake, DC headers (unless you want more power and are willing to spend the money, in which case, MMW), and doing a full cat back exhaust with a 30" resonator or else your going to sound really raspy. That should be a good start, and most of that stuff you can do yourself. I/H/E seem to be the staple beginning of an NA build.
2. If you're going FI, personally I'd wait. You can now run the supercharger on an auto, but people have been having oil leak problems if you plan to mod it (pulley, headers). Keep in mind that currently there is no supercharger intake, you'd have to hack one up to make it work. Also, swapping the pulley or putting on headers would void the warranty on the supercharger. If you plan to go turbo, headers and an intake would be unnecessary anyway. If you want to go turbo, ZPI's stage 0 is the only kit so far that really works on an auto, and there's no way I'd run a turbo w/out injectors, some sort of engine management, or an intercooler, just my opinion. Plus, after reading PeteyD's saga in the FI forum, I'd stay away. I think Sciondad may have the only auto turboed tC that runs decently. Turbonetics I believe is doing some R&D on making their kit work for an automatic, and I think a few other companies are trying to get it right too.

I don't know much about lambo doors, body kits, stereo equipment and the like. I suggest you figure out what you want to do with your car, and establish some sort of budget. When you have a purpose, then go to the appropriate forums and search for topics that would help. People would be glad to help you if you have specific questions, but it's hard to make suggestions when we don't know what you want out of your car, and how much you have to spend on it. Good luck!

 

OK I really appreciate that there has been some response.. But I really dont appreciate the Criticism.. Im not a noob I know more than you allow yourself to know.. Please dont make judegments about someone you dont know.. I was simply asking for advice on what other tC owners think I should do.. Just please dont be a smartass about it... I want to do my car right, and not crappy.. If im willing to spend 3-5 k than thats my perogrative, not someone elses oppion.. this is My car and MY hard earned money. .So please dont make judegements about me.. I really like this industry and would like to be apart of it.. I want to make my car go fast and at the same time look extremely nice ..

 

OK I have an Overall Budge of 10k... and I want some power but not Massive power.. Just enough to make me happy..

 

Well if you have 10k to work with and want to go turbo and do it right over half your money is going their. If you go turbonetics you will still need to purchase gauges, a wideband, new clutch, new flywheel, new pressure plate, get some tuning done, an exhaust, and potentially new tires. Right there is atleast 6k already spent. If you are looking to stay NA I only say this becuase you mention headers which are only for supercharged or NA cars, then you will have potentially less power but be able to do more body mods. I would pick what you want to do with your car as its primary function and then decide what to buy. Just look at my examples for getting a turbo. if you want a turbo car to run right it'll cost more than just the kit.

 

um so yeah....


n00b

go to the websites posted above, you should pick up a few things.

 

I agree with the noob comments, sorry, but the way you're coming off, is that you want us to tell you what to do with your money.

You're either a tuner, or you're not. The only middle ground is rice.

Like you said, if you want to spend your hard earned money on upgrades, then yes that's up to you to do so and no-one else can tell you any different. But when you have no clue what to spend your money on, no direction on what YOU want, you come off as clueless.

This site has a wealth of information, available at a few mouse clicks and keystrokes, it's your car, do what you want. If you have a tough time deciding between what rims to get or what mod looks better, ask. But we're not gonna put together your whole car.

 

wow man, you have 10k and you dont know what you want? if i were in your shoes and not knowing much about my engine i would do some research before you buy something that you dont need. On the turbo your probally gonna need a new tranny so that will be a pretty penny and ZPI is currently working on that.

This is what I would buy!
-TRD Supercharger + auto fit kit (since you have an auto and so do i) $3000. +$500 for install
-HKS Exhaust $350
-TEIN Basics $900
-Hotchkis Strut bar $150
-Hotchkis Sways $275
-New rims and tires $1500? (price depending on what you get)
-LED Gauge and center console swap (white) $100
-HIDPlanet Retrofit, S2000 projectors and all that good stuff (quoted me around $900)
-My System which im getting next month
Alpine CDA-9857 w/iPod nano
CDT EF-61CF 6.5" Components
w/ JL 300/2
JL 10w6v2 ported
w/ JL 500/1
Stinger Connections! Around $2000?

Total around 10k but im leaving out the install price for everything so it will be a little more. Im not telling you to buy these things but these are things that I would buy if i had that type of cash to drop on my car. But please do some searching before you buy! There are plenty of topics on here about all types of things. Before i came on here i had no clue about my tC. I bought it cause it was a reasonable price and i was able to afford the payments. Now i can install all audio on my own and some power mods too! Ive learned alot on here and you will to but just do some searching! Good Luck!

 

I'm going to have to agree with the others, you do come off not too knowledgable in the tuner world, but that's fine as long as you know it. Take the advice and do the turbo right since you've got $10k...you'll be spending upwards of $6k for everything and then even after that if you want "show" mods like you probably saw at HIN then that'll be the rest of your money spent. A body kit and paint will cost you at least $2k for a GOOD paint job. Then the rest of your budget will be spent on typical underbody and other lighting and audio, racing seats or whatever else you wanted. There is a lot of info on this site if you know where to look. Browse around and you'll fine what you're looking for.

 

just search. how hard can it be?

 

f'n nukes...

 

you mentioned that you have an automatic. wouldn't the auto make your car kinda slow from the get go. i mean your a step behind from a manual tc in the first place as far as speed.

i was wondering if it's really hard to make an modded auto tC to be as fast as manual by spending in the same price range.

i have an auto, but i don't think i want to dump anymore money onto my car then the day i purchased it. call me boring but i like my car to remain stock since i see myself trading it in for something else in the future.

good luck to you with the auto tC. does auto trannies make that blow off noise when shifting gear if it has a turbo? or does it only make that sound on the manuals b/c the pressure is reliefed during shifting?

 

I hope you weren't talking to me, because I think I came across pretty polite. Now that we know what you want to do and your budget. I'd say go turbo. Either wait on a auto fit kit for another company or ZPI stage zero + intercooler, emanage, injectors, and gauges. When all that is done, install + tuning that's about 5k. After that it's pretty much up to you. I'd budget probably 2k for a sound system. That should get you an in-dash dvd player w/some solid subs to match, and then with the 3k left that's up to you. You could do a fully body kit, you could do a nice set of rims w/some good rubber. Either of those should allow for some cash left to do some LED swaps in the gauges and whatever else small stuff you want to do. I know it's one big post but I'm drunk, what do you expect. Good luck!!

 

OK I like all the ideas... Keyword there all I wanted was ideas.. not for other people to tell me what to do.. just ideas.. theres not harm in asking what other people would or could like to be done to there wonderous tC.. as A Matter of fact I know what kind of turbos I could purchase I HAVE done my research.. I was asking other ppl on this site what they thought was good, hey you never know theres soo much stuff out there someone could have mentioned something that I didnt think of.. I really appreciate the feeedback and The more the better, This is all a concept for right now, Im going to have to earn my money then put it towards my priorities then, but for now I just need some ideas to get me on the right path to making my car somewhat descent.. Thank you everyone

 

lower the car then it will already look decent.

 

ok you know what.... each of your questions can be answered if you searched around here. You may not be a n00b with cars, but you are a n00b on ScionLife.

Please search before posting. It will save many of us a few headaches.

Thanks

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