My 2003 V300 Aristo

[EVLC36]

Name: Tom
Where your from: Auckland, North Shore
What you do: IT Pre-sales
Car you own: 2003 Aristo V300
Mods and future plans: Planned: BPU mods, 18" wheels, suspension upgrades and supra 4 pot brakes
Next car you want to buy:
Why you joined JZX NZ: SimonMKII told me about the site.

Hey Guys

Here is my 2003 Aristo V300 I just picked up today, 126000kms, Silver w Grey leather, immaculate condition - even has full service history. Completely standard at the moment.

Here are some pics I stole off Trademe

[PowderJZX]

welcome to the club!

[FLAWLES]

find a TOM's ecu for this, you will thank me

these respsond oh so well to basic mods its not funny
dont ditch factory airbox keep it


mmmmmm vvti 2jzgte

[PSIBRG]

These have grown on me alot lately, very nice!
Any plans to manual it sometime in the future?

[Max Power]

Nice choice, I have always liked the V300s.
If I hadnt come across the IR-V I would probably own one

[EVLC36]

Nah, will keep it auto, its my daily driver and spend a bit of time in traffic, besides its a largish cruiser, more suited to auto IMO, and autos mated to a largish turbo engine are pretty good really - no loss of boost between gears - just a relentless surge of torque , the steering wheel shift buttons work well enough when I want to play around a bit.

First order of business will be to de-cat and open up the exhaust, thinking 3" downpipe splitting off to dual 2.5" with 3" rolled tips.

[shweatypox]

Nah, will keep it auto, its my daily driver and spend a bit of time in traffic, besides its a largish cruiser, more suited to auto IMO, and autos mated to a largish turbo engine are pretty good really - no loss of boost between gears - just a relentless surge of torque , the steering wheel shift buttons work well enough when I want to play around a bit.

First order of business will be to de-cat and open up the exhaust, thinking 3" downpipe splitting off to dual 2.5" with 3" rolled tips.

be careful at WOF time if you remove the cat

[EVLC36]

Have never had an issue before, and removed them from 4 of my prior cars, but all my older cars were 1995 or prior.... I don't foresee any issues though

[shweatypox]

Have never had an issue before, and removed them from 4 of my prior cars, but all my older cars were 1995 or prior.... I don't foresee any issues though

I tried to do the same thing on my JZX110 and was told Id fail the WOF, something to do with the year of the vehicle

[EVLC36]

Hmm, not sure that info was accurate TBH, I know 2001+ cars now get emission checked at the border, but still nothing at WOF time.

Either way, would be simple enough to create the system so you can bolt the cat back in at WOF time if its going to be an issue.