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today was awesome guys...it was great meeting all of you..hope to see ya again later today

tech for a pharmaceutical company that's going to be outsourcing our jobs in 2 weeks..also a student studying communications and i also work at my schools career development services office..

I got mines not too long ago from carbon_innovation off of ebay..i got it installed at a shop so i'm really sure how much work is needed to get them to fit perfectly although mines aren't 100 percent perfectly aligned

First pic of my car after 3 months out of commision..new front bumper, fenders, and lambo door hinges

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!!!

1. 1bwilson - from MD
2. Frosty - from AL
3. 6gcboost- from FL
4. dabazied- central(Raleigh area) NC
5. illneversellmycelli statesvile nc just north of charlotte
6. Culpable04 ( New Jersey )
7. JDG371 - Virginia Beach, VA
8. Supershannon77 New Jersey
9. Presure2 MA
10. DistrictYMotorsports- VA
11. dagreat1- FLORIDA
12. purplegt4 - Northern VA
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14. Defgeph - NY
15. Tigawoods - PA
16. CelicaChick96- FL
17.UnEcodeMiAlma - NJ

Unfortunately for me, according to the cop that filed the police report, even though the other 2 people made the abrupt stop, since i hadn't left "enough" space between myself and the car in front of me, i'm at fault...



thanks man..my car had been in a pretty bad accident couple years back but got fixed..never thought it'd happen again..


thanks bro..and sorry to hear bout your celi

So on my way to work today a girl in front of me decides to make an abrupt stop just seconds after exiting the acceleration lane onto a local highway. I tried to swerve out the way but due to traffic was forced to stay in that lane and by then I didn't have enough time to come to a complete stop so needless to say, I hit her. My bumper, fenders and hood were smashed along wit my passenger side projector headlights that were only 2 months old Sadly, i don't believe the cost of repairing the front would be worth me keeping my Celi, but I do plan on getting another one because I had a lambo door kit being shipped this week...
..on a more positive note, the girl, myself, and a third driver involved (an older woman who was actually the original driver to make the sudden stop causing the girl in front of me to stop) were all ok.

Sorry for taking so long to post up the pics guys, I was able to get a mechaninc to come take a look at the car and it turns out that I needed to replace the ignition coil. Got that done on Wed and couldn't have been at a better time, because my projectors came in the same day (sorry about the last part going off topic)

It does crank and it sounds as if its about to turn on but then it just doesnt, even though the amount it cranks appears to have been getting weaker over these last couple of days. And it was in park when i tried turning it on, but i tried turning it on while in neutral today but same result



I'll go to the autoparts store tomorrow and try looking for that



by the rotor, do you mean the black box that turns when you try to turn the car on? i'm not too familiar with all the terminology,sorry. But if that is what your referring to, yea it does turn. and what are is an 'ht lead.'

I'll also try removing the cables on the battery, but that doesn't seem to be the problem though i'm getting worried that with all this time of not turning on the car, the battery might be getting weaker

I checked inside the fuse box and everything is dry there.



i actaully hadn't noticed whether the break lights came on or not, i'm actually at work now until 4a.m. so i'll have to check it out tomorrow along with the other things you mentioned. But if the battery isn't charged enough, would it have been able to have started through a jump start?



I spray painted the engine to make it look like this one that i saw on the site, except i did blue for my engine


When i start the car, the engine light does come on, but for as far i can remember, it's always come on until i'd actually start the car, then the light would turn off.


Thank you so much for all your replies everyone.

yea, actually there was some liquid in there..i think it might've actually have been some of the engine degreaser that i used, and i tried drying it all out, but its been almost 6 days..how long would it normally take to completely dry?

oh yea..i forgot to mention that i also tried that..

So basically the topic title explains my issue. Last Thrusday I sprayed my engine with an engine degreaser named Engine Bright. I made sure to cover the alrternator, distributor, battery, and any other wiring i could see, with plastic bags when i did it, then afterwards i dried off the engine and sprayed painted it. I decided not to drive the car to work that day to allow the paint to dry, but the following day was unable to start the car. when i turn the key, i hear the cranking sound, but it just doesn't start. I checked the spark plugs and they were initially wet, so i dried them but nothing. I then tried buying new ones but no luck. Through advice of some people, I've also checked the air filter and nothing appears wrong there and i also removed the distibutor cap to see if any water was there, but everything appears to be ok there as well. Bascially, what I want to know is if there's any other thing i might want to check out before i tow it over to a mechanic to have it checked out. I know my initial mistake was undertaking the task of trying to clean the engine with not knowing much about it, but i thought i had done my research and now i just wish i had left it alone.

I'm at 224,000

I've been coming to site this since mid january but i just signed up earlier this month. The reason why I decided to actually sign up was because I've learned quite a bit from it and the atmosphere has been so warm and friendly. I'm proud to be a Celica owner and even moreso of being part of this community.