New to Toyota's, need advice on 01 Corolla NZ New 1.8

[rollaglx]

Hey All

after many many hondas and a fast but unreliable VW Golf GTi I have purchased a 2001 Rolla GLX Hatch Manual. I have to say the 100kw ZZ122R engine is far from exciting, and short of replacing the donk with an imported 140kw version, what mods can you guys recommend for a little power increase? is it even worth it?

Not wanting to spend money I dont have but am keen to hear your opinions.

I am also the proud owner of an ivory interior model, looking to get rid of that and replace with the black/grey interior from a T sport or GL model if anyone knows where I can find a set. Mainly want to focus on changing the front and rear seats and centre console to start with. Then maybe the door cards etc

appreciate any advice

Cheers

David

[Bling]

I don't have experience with that engine / car. However, sounds to me like you just got a car which doesn't fit your needs / wants.

My advice (easy to give when it's not me in the situation) is sell it and buy the car with the better interior and better motor to start with. I just don't see the point in buying a lower spec car, and changing it into a higher spec one. Much easier to just start with a car the meets your requirements.

my2c

[rollaglx]

after rereading my post, I can see how this looks now

dont get me wrong, I like the car and it is extremely well spec'd and easy to drive, I just want to change a couple of interior aspects and maybe give it a bit more pep. I bought it because it was NZ New and had a full history, is chain driven and well looked after. It will remain relatively stock for its life, I just wanted some ideas on a couple of bolt on's that are value for money and make a small difference to improve the driving experience

[matt dunn]

Go for cosmetic changes then,

dollars for results, anything you do performance wise will be money wasted.

Modern cars are pretty well refined now so ther are usually no big easy improvements.

[Leon]

handling (springs, shocks, swaybars, tyres) is about the only thing you can do really without spending large money and getting microscopic gains.

[rollaglx]

thanks guys

yeah I think thats the path I am going to go down. Can you recommend a good spring/coil setup, do D2 have a setup for Corolla's?