In my line of work I am given the opportunity to get close and personal with many makes and models of modded cars. Even at times when they are from the same make and model, you can rest assured that after their tuning program, be it for body styling or performance, more often than not, the outcome of no two cars are alike. And this is one of the reasons that make my job interesting.
Even then, once in a while this interest of mine is push a notch up, like this very moment, coming face to face with a car that is seldom seen plying on our Malaysian roads, the Toyota Ist, and as an added bonus this featured unit is one that is heavily modded.
The owner of this featured Toyota Ist is a petrolhead by nature, whose previous rides had consisted of highly tune modified cars before deciding to settle down (or so he thought) and had thus bought this Toyota Ist as a daily commute. But like most performance car enthusiasts, this ‘settling down’ phase did not last, and his pang of hunger for speed was in dire need of feeding, and thus the journey begins …
| Specification | |
| Engine Mods & Upgrade | Holley NOS 50 shot wet kit, A’pexi Air Intake Kit, Racecraft carbon fibre engine cover |
| E.C.U | HKS F-Con SZ ECU |
| Transmission | TRD 1.5 way LSD, Ogura Clutch + Flywheel |
| Exhaust | Fujitsubo Exhaust system |
| Suspension | Cusco Anti-Roll Bars, Kei Office coil over suspension set, TRD Front Strut Bar, TRD Rear Strut Bar, TRD Chassis Underbody Bracing |
| Brakes | NA |
| Rims & Tyres | Ray Engineering VOLK racing Limited Edition TE37 17x7.5, 17X8.5 Offset 0, Ray Engineering Aluminum Lug Nuts, Goodyear Eagle 245/40/17, Advan Neova 215/40/17 |
| Garage | NA |
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