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TRD Altezza In official retirement

Postby JIZRAG » Wed Jun 06, 2007 8:07 pm

Anyone read the artice in NZPC mag stating the retirement of the TRD altezza?, seems i was correct in my original post about a certain mishap in it during testing.

Seems a waste considering it had nearly an entire catalouge of TRD gear in it.
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Re: TRD Altezza In official retirement

Postby matt dunn » Wed Jun 06, 2007 9:14 pm

JIZRAG wrote:Anyone read the artice in NZPC mag stating the retirement of the TRD altezza?, seems i was correct in my original post about a certain mishap in it during testing.

Seems a waste considering it had nearly an entire catalouge of TRD gear in it.


Yeah, I had it confirmed thru a Toyota source that it was damaged beyond repair, so looks like it wont be seen again.
I'm sure some of the gear will end up somewhere else though.
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Postby AE82 FXGT » Wed Jun 06, 2007 9:14 pm

What happened to it?
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Postby Dragger_Dan » Thu Jun 07, 2007 12:27 pm

AE82 FXGT wrote:What happened to it?


Seconded. That thing was pretty cool.
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Postby Leon » Thu Jun 07, 2007 1:10 pm

That is extremely disappointing to read.
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Postby postfach » Thu Jun 07, 2007 2:13 pm

i was speaking to the guy that did the cage in it, car was crashed during testing and badly damaged, apparently the cage was the only thing holding the car together.
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Postby Defective » Thu Jun 07, 2007 2:24 pm

postfach wrote:i was speaking to the guy that did the cage in it, car was crashed during testing and badly damaged, apparently the cage was the only thing holding the car together.


that sux.... was one of the few altezza's i actually liked. :?
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Postby Mr Revhead » Thu Jun 07, 2007 2:25 pm

yes :cry: and went very very well too!!
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Postby gurutasker » Thu Jun 07, 2007 3:45 pm

RIP to a thing of beauty.. Atleast I will always have the poster on my wall *Memories of spending long hours sitting in it at Autosalon 05*
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Postby thegreatestben » Thu Jun 07, 2007 4:03 pm

pic of said car?
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Postby Mr Revhead » Thu Jun 07, 2007 4:04 pm

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Postby thegreatestben » Thu Jun 07, 2007 4:11 pm

should have said, Pic of said car showing why its worth this thread...
Just looks like any other altezza covered in stickers.

Brakes look chunky though.
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Postby Mr Revhead » Thu Jun 07, 2007 4:14 pm

as mentioned above, had most of the TRD catalouge in it
plus turbo kit.

was anything but any other altezza
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Postby 2jayzgte » Thu Jun 07, 2007 6:29 pm

tgb.mr2 wrote:should have said, Pic of said car showing why its worth this thread...
Just looks like any other altezza covered in stickers.

Brakes look chunky though.


There Supra 4-pots...TRD high performance brake kit apparently...

Mr Revhead I thought they would have gone for the 4-pot Monoblock kit like I am...... 8)
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Postby gurutasker » Thu Jun 07, 2007 7:09 pm

Mr Revhead wrote:as mentioned above, had most of the TRD catalouge in it
plus turbo kit.

was anything but any other altezza


Yeah, definately had some real special stuff under the bonnet.. and probabley had much more put into it since I saw it last, was being made into a track weapon last I heard.
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Postby JIZRAG » Thu Jun 07, 2007 8:16 pm

Ya wont find any pics of Car in the state its in now, its all very "hush hush" at Toyota NZ about it. From what fire crew have said it was lucky no one was killed let alone injured.
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Postby Ard Righ » Fri Jun 08, 2007 3:31 pm

Damn would have been nice to see that car before it was roasted :?

Full TRD kit, damn such a shame. Wonder if any parts will go for sale 2nd-hand ? :lol:
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Postby Jet_boy01 » Sun Jun 10, 2007 12:00 am

Ahhh... this is still my favourite Altezza, my mate owns it now. 2JZ power FTW!

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Postby B1NZ » Sun Jun 10, 2007 1:02 pm

tgb.mr2 wrote:should have said, Pic of said car showing why its worth this thread...
Just looks like any other altezza covered in stickers.


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