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Tom Nicol
Tinkerer
Vic
JZZ30 TT

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 Saturday, April 08, 2006 - 11:37 pm, by:  Tom Nicol (Goosemonger) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
The answer to this might be bleeding obvious, but what is this red thing (pic from a tute on reepa.com) in the clips under the glovebox? i've got the same clips in my car and I always wondered what they were used for.


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Peter Nitschke
JunkFilterer
South Australia
GT4.0 V8

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 Saturday, April 08, 2006 - 11:55 pm, by:  Peter Nitschke (Pen) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
There used to be an emergency flare there. Being 15 years old now, you really don't want one. Picture a flare accidentally discharging inside the car!
Ronny Jeremy
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Vic
T

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 Sunday, April 09, 2006 - 12:01 am, by:  Ronny Jeremy (Ronnie) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
Emergency flare! And all this time i thought it was used for Pap smears
Hayden Miller
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QLD
Soarer TT

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 Sunday, April 09, 2006 - 06:21 am, by:  Hayden Miller (Zero) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
Has any one used those clips for anything else... i have them too and was thinking of ways to make use of them?
Peter Nitschke
JunkFilterer
South Australia
GT4.0 V8

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 Sunday, April 09, 2006 - 06:24 am, by:  Peter Nitschke (Pen) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
Torch holder :-)
Peter Nitschke
JunkFilterer
South Australia
GT4.0 V8

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 Sunday, April 09, 2006 - 06:24 am, by:  Peter Nitschke (Pen) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
Ronny could probably stash his favourite toy there too.
Katrina Bruns
TryHard
SD
Cobalt LS 2.2 L

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 Sunday, April 09, 2006 - 06:52 am, by:  Katrina Bruns (Katrina) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
In Japan it was mandatory for us to have a flare in our car at all times to pass JCI..
I attached a slim small folder type deal to hold receipts for all my purchases. I never used cheques, only my check card.. so thats where I kept my receipts.
Tom Nicol
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Vic
JZZ30 TT

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 Sunday, April 09, 2006 - 03:28 pm, by:  Tom Nicol (Goosemonger) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
Wow... that wasn't the answer I was expecting. A flare?!

I think I might actually use it for a torch holder. Or a small umbrella, or bicycle pump or maybe a tyre iron for when someone dings my car.
Katrina Bruns
TryHard
SD
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 Sunday, April 09, 2006 - 03:57 pm, by:  Katrina Bruns (Katrina) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
tyre iron hahahaha.. love the creativity
Adam Underwood
TryHard
Victoria
V8

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 Sunday, April 09, 2006 - 05:01 pm, by:  Adam Underwood (Adam_underwood) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
"Ronny could probably stash his favourite toy there too"

LOL
James Harris
DieHard
QLD
TT

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 Sunday, April 09, 2006 - 06:49 pm, by:  James Harris (Haro) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
ahh yes, the trusty flare.

most of them are just flogged from the cars when they are sold at auction in Japan, but ive found two in past cars i imported. They really do go quite well at parties / soccer matches and the like !
Ronny Jeremy
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Vic
T

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 Monday, April 10, 2006 - 12:16 am, by:  Ronny Jeremy (Ronnie) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
Peter Nitschke wrote on Sunday, April 09, 2006 - 06:24 am:

Ronny could probably stash his favourite toy there too.



EDIT PICTURE: sorry morgan,It's probably best not to have that pic posted
Morgan Cross
Goo Roo
Melbourne
Soarer TT

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 Monday, April 10, 2006 - 12:32 am, by:  Morgan Cross (Morgan) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
Haha, lets see Pen ban you now! Perhaps you should have picked Ron "Chopper" Jeremy :P

& Yes, the clips are used for a flare, I've still got mine, haven't really been bothered to use it.
Mark Paddick
Goo Roo
ACT
UZZ31 V8 Soarer , JZZ30 TT Soarer

Posts: 2290
Reg: 07-2005

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 Monday, April 10, 2006 - 09:27 am, by:  Mark Paddick (Sparks) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
The Jaycar 5Watt Luxeon LED torch is a perfect fit (expensive but a great torch). It also fulfills the function of the tyre lever, it's a big, heavy tough sucker!
Hesham Hammoudah
Tinkerer
Victoria
JZZ30 factory manual

Posts: 18
Reg: 04-2006

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 Friday, April 14, 2006 - 01:53 pm, by:  Hesham Hammoudah (Iverson) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
i say keep the flare spark it up at night and it looks pretty hahaha. did it with my mates skyline one..but when i bought my soarer i didn't get one
Daniel Lee
DieHard
Victoria
Soarer GT Limited UZZ31 V8

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 Friday, April 14, 2006 - 05:08 pm, by:  Daniel Lee (Son_gokou) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
I didn't get the flare too when i bought my Soarer

Anyone know where I can get one from?

Will I able to get this from Toyota?

Cheers!!
Jose-Antonio Castillo
DieHard
NSW
Soarer VVTi single turbo

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 Monday, April 17, 2006 - 12:57 pm, by:  Jose-Antonio Castillo (Ahh_soarer) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
Highly doubt you'd be able to get a flare from Toyota. I can't think of any new car that comes with one from the factory in Australia.
Ben Socratous
TryHard
SA
JZZ30 GT-TL

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 Tuesday, April 18, 2006 - 06:38 pm, by:  Ben Socratous (Socrates) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
James Harris wrote on Sunday, April 09, 2006 - 06:49 pm:

ahh yes, the trusty flare.

most of them are just flogged from the cars when they are sold at auction in Japan, but ive found two in past cars i imported. They really do go quite well at parties / soccer matches and the like !



Try military signal flares! Popped a few about 6 months ago at a barbeque in the back yard as we'd just had a blackout. Lit up like a christmas tree, cops weren't impressed though, especially as they had emergency homing beacons in them that I wasn't told about
John Jantzen
TryHard
Tasmania
V8 UZZ31 Limited

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 Saturday, May 13, 2006 - 10:20 am, by:  John Jantzen (Taslex) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
A useful (handsfree) torch which fits the flare clips well is this military-style one. Comes with a set of colour filters (in the end cap), so could be used as a warning light etc. About $10 at your local "disposal" or camping shop. Takes 2 AA batteries.
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Don Bagnall
Moderator
New Zealand
I have LESS Soarers than Hayden :-(

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 Saturday, May 13, 2006 - 10:41 am, by:  Don Bagnall (Baggs) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
Good idea John
Adam Peterson
TryHard
Western Australia
V8

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Reg: 04-2006

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 Saturday, May 13, 2006 - 04:31 pm, by:  Adam Peterson (President) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
I had one of those flares in my old civic. It earned me JDM points at Autosalon
Chris Anderson
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Vic
Looking for a V8

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 Wednesday, April 25, 2007 - 11:58 pm, by:  Chris Anderson (Piston_broke) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
Hahaha! I was looking at a Soarer for sale the other day with a friend, and he pointed the red cylinder out to the owner asking what it was. The owner didn't have a clue, and said it was there when he had bought the car.

I (not having read this at the time) said half seriously that it looked like it could be an emergency flare, but was scoffed at and given the 'As if...' by both the owner and my friend (who I later had a $10 bet with over it)

I was going to ask on the forum but the search function came first. Got my $10 today!

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