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JDM tails are the simplest yet best mod for any 6GC, good choice!

Feel free to help a Victorian member out then

Little mod but it is a must!

love your car man, so nice!

Makes sense to do it all at the same time then I suppose, thanks mate!

Is doing the springs but leaving the stock struts a bad idea?

Thanks guys, anyone else have recommendations?

Had a quick search but couldn't find anything, looking to lower my celica I was wondering if someone with experience could give some advice/recommend some springs, also how hard of a job is it to install them yourself?
Thanks

Pretty much stock with just a few touches of leather with red stitch!

tiny little update: clear side indicators have been ordered

Yeah my side skirts came from Queensland (I'm in Melbourne) for $240 shipped and I got the front and rear SS-III from a guy in Japan for $360 total or something, he was selling front and back separate but when I purchased both at the same time he bundled them and shipping wasn't that bad actually! I was lucky enough to have a mates dad who has all the equipment to spray paint and used to do it professionally so I helped him out with it and it only cost me paint + a slab of beer

I couldn't find any tails locally, think I paid about the same shipped from Japan as well, wait until you look for splitters and skirts (if you want to in the future), shipping cost an arm and a leg for those...

JDM tails are a must, good choice! Also not surprised, shipping may be less but people charge more for everything here...

I myself ordered clear side indicators as I'm sick of my orange/ugly ones

I'll be sure to take some next time I give her a wash, thanks mate!


Here is a picture of my celica alongside some of my mates cars (skyline,skyline,celica,impreza hatch,lancer) at a car meet which was on over the weekend

Yeah shipping would be a killer, appreciate it!

Nice car man, good to see some more Australian members!!

Love your celica man it's so clean! I've been looking on gumtree for ages and haven't come across any 7th gen rims in Melbourne, let me know if you find any!

UPDATE:
Side mirrors and door handles back on after a respray


Front splitters have been attached


Back and sides are on, how it currently is sitting

quick update! fitted the side skirts today all looking good! pictures will be up over the next few days

Thanks mate, it has been garaged for 90% of its life so pretty good shape!

The leather on the handles is just a velcro piece that go over the normal ones so they aren't actually attached

(moved introduction here so I can keep it updated)

Hey everyone, first of all I would just like to point out that yes i've had an account on these forums for about a year, however i've mostly been lurking and am looking to become much more active now!

My celica: Red, 1996, ST204R, manual, 70,000 km's (as of April 12th 2013)


So i'll start with a bit of background information, I received my celica in December of 2011, after a family member decided to have an upgrade after owning this car since new. Since the age of 10 I was always told that just before I turned 18 the celica would be mine but I didn't really believe it until it happened! Car had about 61,000 km's when I picked it up and is now sitting on about 70,000 km's.

When I got the car it came completely stock, even with the original celica car mats, a perfect base to start changing it to suit me. My first thing was rims, went for a gun metal 5 spoke rim (considering plasti dipping them black soon), following this I re-did the shift boot and door cards in black leather with red stitch due to they having a bit of wear and tear. Along with this I added a hand break cover and matching door handle covers following the same theme of black leather with red stitch. About this time I also had the spoiler resprayed along with minor detailing.

Being from Australia getting parts here isn't easy or cheap, for that reason it has taken me a better part of a year (ordered them in January) to find a genuine SSIII kit with front and rear splitters as well as the TRD side skirts that can be shipped here for a decent price. Following this all the parts have been sprayed, with the front and rear splitters on and the side skirts being fitted when I get some spare time.

Before you ask why I haven't touched the engine or any other performance aspects I'm on my Red P Plates which means I'm very restricted to what I can do, as well as this my parents aren't to keen on me upgrading anything performance wise for a while!

Here is the progress so far in picture form (expect more soon!)

Soon after getting the car and with the new rims.


JDM tail lights arrived from Japan



Tail lights swapped


New interior leather pieces arrived from England



Splitters and side skirts arrived and ready to be painted



Removing door handles and side mirrors for a respray




Picture of reupholstered doors and interior

Haha good to find someone else in the same situation! I'll pass on the spree kit at this stage a few other things I want to get done first

It's a long shot for a newbie but here it is haha!