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Most likely for an aftermarket alarm system.

In addition to the cleaner, I would use SEM plastic adhesion promoter before, then spray them using a plastic paint, or prime them then use any automotive paint if you want a custom colour. I used SEM adhesion promoter and SEM grey metallic bumper coater (made for plastic so no primer needed) and it held up very well for years while I had my car.

Degrease, scuff, degrease again, spray adhesion promoter, then paint.

I'm not able to vote anymore...when I try to log in now it says my account was either blocked or not activated

True...although my old Celica is up on stands again so I think I'm better off right now

What ever could it be?

Hopefully with a better ballast yours will last a little longer. I opted for their ballasts which I probably shouldn't have lol. The kit came with a relay though which in not using but I might add it in.

I don't really have anything to compare them to but the cutoff doesn't seem too bad. Took the car up to the lake last weekend and didn't seem to blind anybody

And I'm curious too. When I got them my friend said he bought the same kit for his civic years ago and one ballast and one bulb died within a month lmao so let's hope for the best.

Haha thanks Keith! Wouldn't really call it a "build" thread haha just doing little things to it to make it a less boring daily. It is only an auto 2.5i after all

And yeah I'd rather stay here than try and start up on another forum, especially a big one like Nasioc where nobody will even care about what I do lol.

Ouch, right in the feels

At least I'm not a Pontiac owner

Just kidding

Sold the Camry...no longer a Toyota owner

My thought process on doing one set per side is that you won't see both sides at once so it's not as noticeable

Small update, just minor things.

I got bored of the ugly shift knob and surprisingly it just threads on so I got a cheap one off Amazon and threw that on. It looks so empty like that though...almost needs a shift boot lol but I wouldn't want to put one on and get called out or it. Not too sure what to do with it. I was thinking of picking up a spare shift rod and experiment with cutting it down so that the knob sits just above the trim, might look better.




Installed a sub I had sitting around since my first car before the Celi. Built a crappy box for it and threw it in just for sh!ts and gigs. Still need to carpet the box and secure it in somehow but it sounds pretty good. I also picked up a hatch cover off somebody because I didn't like the fact that people could see directly into the hatch at my sub. Put a decal on the back window for an extra 20hp.







The headlights were pretty hazy so I borrowed a 3M headlight polishing demo kit from work that comes with all the sandpapers, polishing pads and polish and a 3" air polisher and went to town.

This is essentially the kit I used:
http://3mcollision.com/products/featured-p...-kit-02516.html

Before:








After, much clearer and better light output:







Next I washed, claybarred, and detailed the car inside and out. The paint is so smooth now







Now I'm starting to think about prepping it for winter. So I picked up a set of 5 wheels off somebody that were on a couple Outbacks. Didn't realize until I was cleaning the wheels off that they were actually 2 slightly different sets of wheels lol . Oh well, I'll throw 2 on one side and 2 on the other.




These ones are in pretty decent shape, but the other set in the second picture are pretty badly chipped and scuffed. They're just winter wheels though so I'm not too worried.





Decided I'd give them a coat of paint to freshen them up a little bit. Cleaned them off with thinner, and pressure washed them. Then I scuffed them all up and prepped them for primer. I wasn't too worried about cleaning up the chipping or curb rash as they're just going to get abused during the winter anyways. If the paint peels off right away I'm not too worried.




Primed them





"Zero f*cks given"




Scuffed the primer up and laid down 3 good coats of paint. I call this colour "random colour that was mixed wrong for a customer and that they brought back" haha. It's actually a very nice colour.









Just need to get a set of winter tires for them and they're good to go! I also ordered a set of Rally Armors to protect my paint during the winter.

Since the headlights have stock projectors in them, I figured I might as well upgrade to HIDs without fear of blinding everybody. So the other day I ordered a PnP 5000k HID kit from a site Colin (jordisonjr) recommended. They were really cheap so we'll see how long they last lol.

Before:







Passenger side in:






And both done:






Pretty happy with how they look and the colour, not too obnoxious. Let's just hope they hold up alright.

And that's pretty much it for now.

Well I was very wrong...ignore me

Not sure on the Celi but in my Camry that's where the ECT button is. If you're doesn't have that then it's just a blank switch there. You'd have to measure it and find a blank switch that fits would be my guess.

Meh.

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The name of the paint doesn't matter. Toyota will call it one thing, the dealer will call it another, DuPont another, etc...

The paint code will be inside the driver's door, either in the jamb or on the door itself. There's a tag in there and the bottom left will say C/TR which stands for Color/Trim. The first code to the right of that will be the color.

Bring her and get her some BDI

Gonna look sick dude! Get them on before FNL tonight

Even though this forum is pretty slow, I like it the most because it's such a small community and everybody knows everybody. A lot of other forums are just too big and it's just not the same.

Yeah gotta get some tint ASAP lol


How are they different from the seats I have now? I'll keep a look out for some. Also any idea if there's any tail light overlays available for the wagon?

If anything I'd get the overlays like these, not really a fan of tinted tails. I don't think these would fit the wagon though.

Installed a new Pioneer deck on Saturday. Haven't been able to listen to my own music since I sold the Celi so it's nice lol.




And here she is sitting pretty