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Im still out buying Renaissance Red Celicas.
on my 5th one now i think

I'm doing well, just finished my studies and now im looking to get my celica back to its former glory (its become a bit neglected daily driving it) and also excited to continue with the new fancy bits to go in it.. like the 3sgte engine for one

Hows everyone going, I have no checked in here for a loooooooong time

"The Official 6GC Group" on Facebook amongst other celica groups

Sad to see this happening,

I got hit by it today and will be looking to transfer my photos over to another site

+1 for Projectors

I've owned my 6gc for over 3 years now and it's just about to crack 300,000 Kms (185,000 miles) and have been on a decent amount of long road trips though Australia and have yet to encounter any major problems,
these cars as long as you keep them serviced they seem to go forever!

With that being said I've had multiple friends now with 5th gen Celicas (same engine as mine, 5sfe) that have been trashed their whole life and all of them ended up with big end bearing failure and had to pay to be towed back home

Long time no update.. will write up a proper update sometime in the future, but replacing the fuel pump did not fix the issue, and by this point I started to have a girlfriend that was annoyed by me taking up both garage spaces and the driveway with 3 cars, so I just took the engine and good bits out and sent the car to a scrapyard, whereas the other Celica I cleaned up and sold,
actually felt good to park my own car in the garage again haha.

Since then stuff has happened, i kept hitting my splitters on kerbs and one fell off and was sort of hanging there, here is one of my most recent photos
I've just been driving to work and uni and enjoying some mountain runs in the weekend, and looking to give it some love again soon, especially fixing that floppy splitter.

I've sent you an email with my photo, hopefully it is high enough quality,
I have also contacted Jensens photography and he is all ok with using the photo (forgot to mention in email)
I'd also like to buy one

Committed to buy:
1. richee3
2. Cheela
3. 4-eyed-freek
4. Njccmd2002
5. keiri
6. smkr3w
7. jesse09
8. jordisonjr
9. sandusky1977
10. UndagrwnD
11. RoadRage
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14.
15.

well old poopy pump is out, going to empty fuel tank and put fresh fuel in, and drain engine fluids and hopefully have a go at starting it by the weekend!

hmm yeah thats what i'm thinking.. The seller sent me proof it started with starter fluid and send a compression test.. and came with a replacement walbro fuel pump

To fill in everyone quickly before the new celica:

I got a fart cannon from a Nissan
A detailing business in front of Uni was getting demolished, and they had a celica as their sign, I got dared to ask if they would give me sign, and they did surprisingly, so that lives in the garage
I changed my cluster colour from black to white
I went on a cruise







now that we are up to date:
A 3sgte swapped regular celica came up for sale 2,500 km away for super cheap and after some thought decided to buy it and have it delivered,
Car is pretty rough from sitting for a while and non-running at the moment (apparently fuel pump dead)

Now the question is.. do i just pull it out straight away and give it a clean or swap out the fuel pump on this car and see if i can get started and see what if it runs properly, then proceed to pull the engine out.

Either way with how laws work here in Australia, i want to return it to the stock airbox and pipe so if anyone has one for sale please hit me up

Here are some more photos, sold the bonnet already to get some of the funds back and then gave it a clean on the inside just to keep it tidy





But for now! going to give the guards a good buff and swap them out with the other-other celica and get that one ready to sell!

Thanks for the votes everyone!

How many? Not enough! If i line them up you can see the colour pallet of how Red fades over time

Srsly though, the panels are no good on both cars so I can't even use them!

Announcement time! Not going to write it all out right now, will write more detail later, but Box is a mind reading wizard!

Introducing the newest family member!



I need a bigger garage


More info to come shortly

Today I finalised (well actually more like 5 days ago) the purchase of my next project for the Celica
Will reveal when it arrives in about 5 days!

I'll let you keep guessing

announcement will be made this coming week!

Love the pics!

Now pls go get more dings so my car can keep up with it hahaha

I do not remember, I first enquired to Paul (PegGTS) about it, since he made one, and he forwarded me your thread from 2008, so thank you for the original idea
Also in case if you're wondering, the rear lip piece is called Rhino Lip that i got off eBay


Does this satisfy your needs?


In addition!


Have something exciting to announce shortly!!! (Granted it happens)
Stay tuned!

Since it's more than halfway though the month and no one has posted yet.. why not

May have gone overboard on the fresheners, haha
I'll let you know I've significantly reduced the amount

Have some small updates but nothing major, and will post some photos at a later date,
But for now enjoy this rolling shot of the last cruise I went on

Glad i could help

Cant waint to see them on the car

Mine does a sort of similar thing, but its sort of a soft clicking noise when I have it blowing air (either heater or ac) but only on the recirculate option, if i click fresh air, it goes away.

Undo all the red?! Never
A bit slack with the update, but.... I did manage to complete everything on time for the meet

The Prep:
The visor had a crummy Tom's sticker that was a total pain to remove so it was suggested to get some headlight lens remover to clear up the scratches, and surprise! It worked


It still left a mark in the visor so to try and cover that up, I printed a TRD sticker
Getting late late into the night (its actually almost sunrise) Feeling like I lost all sense of sanity I managed to attach the visor to the car and wait for the Sika to dry



Also finished up tidying up the boot, red door cards and fix rear splitters, but one side feel down again a few hours later anyway


Also got a better shot of the 'Galaxy' interior in the morning before the meet


The Meet
With everything actually tidy for the meet (and squezzing in time to wash the car.. badly) It was a blast!


We were allowed to go on the track for a few laps and one of the Photographers got a nice shot of the Celica


Celica No 2
Now having space in my garage, it was time to bring the ugly duckling celica over from where it was left outside in the front garden
..Looking a bit worse than before haha


The two celicas finally reunited


Now to find some time to work on both of them!

Other Stuff
Went for a drive up to the snow again, while visiting mum before leaving, I took this photo, which I thought was neat


Since it was the first proper snowfall of the year, there was actually a line to get up the mountain


But once though, built a snow man and found a nice spot to park in



In other news, PegGTS was nice enough to send me his ST204 vanity plate as a present


aaaand cats still like my car



The Future
For now, I have been working on the 2nd Celica getting that ready to go back on the road so it can go to a good home, while mine still has the strut mounts and camber bolts, aswell as some new bushes to be installed soon.
Thanks for reading. Stay tuned

I can't believe I'm actually on track haha i thought i wouldn't get half of these things done

THE GRAND REVEAL - of the so called 'galaxy' interior

My interior pieces have been through carbon fibre and brushed aluminium, which the cheap wrap bubbled under the Australian sun, and the grey Plastidip wasn't doing it for me anymore
Browsing Facebook one day, I saw one guy advertising doing the underside of bonnets in this 'galaxy' paint, that I found pretty cool and I messaged him if he would do my interior pieces.. He never replied
So i thought screw him and try it myself, so here goes

With everything out, did a coat of black then small patches of different purples and blues


Played around with it till i found a mix of colours that I liked, then sprayed some white on my finger and flicked it.. The final turnout out


And installed!


Only have night time photos at the moment, will get photos of everything with a better camera and with better lighting,
But here it is! Its not quite fitting with all the red on the interior but i really like it!

Moving on
I honestly have no idea why I installed these 'ghost lights', but I had them so why not haha, put them in the door cards with a switch to turn on and off
A bit rice I know thats why i put the option to turn them off


After that I went to bed and then the entire day I went out with my mum and girlfriend to a soup festival
Got to eat some soup and pet a baby goat so can't complain


Now finally home again, its back to work!


Checklist:
- Install rear visor
- Fix rear splitters
- Fix front rhino lip
- Boot re-design
- Service
- Galaxy interior
- Red door cards

Visors up next!