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Back from the dead to finally answer your question njccmd2002






Here is the only specific photo I could find of my custom wiper linkage, I think you can get the idea. You can see I drilled several holes to find the right geometry, you will have to figure out the right length of the arm because beyond this picture I have no idea. The wiper is attached about 180° from the moment arm pictured, and the wiper is at its resting position on the passenger side of the car in this picture. As you can see I remounted the original wiper motor linkage under the moment arm at just under 180° if 0° were the blue arrow. Therefore when the wiper motor does its 360 degree rotation (pulling the linkage away in the photo) the Red arrow pointing down will travel up to the second red arrow and back. It ended up being 150°-160° I think.

A couple things you should know before attempting this:
1. If you screw up your car, It is not my fault, modify at your own risk.
2. this does look cool but there are a couple downsides to it:

a. Since the swing of the linkage (red arrow to red arrow) needs to be as close to 180 degrees as possible, it is possible for the linkage to hyper-extend and if the wiper is push too far down onto the cowl. I decided to solve the possibility of this happening by added a spring to provide a force in the direction of the second blue arrow. This extra force made sure that the linkage would always pull the arm around to the left in the picture rather the around to the right and jam it into the firewall, which did happen.

b. Since I added a spring at that location and shortened the moment arm, the wiper has mechanical advantage on the motor (it is possible to back drive them) so at high freeway speeds (75+ for mine) the wind would start to push the wiper up the window 4°-6° this was kind of annoying, but just flipping the wiper on once would put it back where it was supposed to be.

c. Lastly the shorter moment arm means a lot more work for your motor to move the wiper. I didn't have my car for very long after this mod (a year and a half) but I would expect you would have to replace the motor eventually. Not a big deal (40$ at a junk yard) but still.

If I did it over again I would probably try using a hardware linkage made of some heim joints and bent all-thread to increase adjust-ability so I could dial it better and remove the need for the spring, it was a band-aid fix. Anyway hope this helps

- Michael Quintin

Lol I knew this was coming, sorry I made you wait several years. I will look back through my old pictures and see what I can find. I can tell you it involved welding up the existing hole in the linkage arm attached to the middle wiper and re-drilling the hole closer to the pivot to make the arm effectively shorter. creating more rotation with the same stroke from the wiper motor. It also involved lots of trial and error to get it just right.

Bummer! It was a sad day for me yesterday when I read this. I called the wrecking yard but I'm a few months too late, lol. Oh well. Thanks again for all the props. It was a fun project.

Sorry guys i was never notified on my email...

um as far as the tires go they're not worth putting on another set of rims... theyre pretty much bald

i'm lowering the price to $100

Sorry every one I guess my email no longer is attached to the site so i got no notifications that I had PMs my bad. i still have some of the stuff...

As for the valvecover and tails Im sorry they're gone now.

Michelle (griffgirl) I sent you an Email.

Im asking $40 for 4 stock floor mats great condition just worn under gas pedal a little.






Im In Portland OR, Not interested in Shipping

Im selling an old set of Mag aluminum wheels they come with a set of well used Toyo Proxes 4, These would make great track tires for messing around.. they're pretty sticky tires just have no tread so dont mix with rain...

5x100 16"
225x55x16r

Asking $200 for all 4
four steelies at Les schwabs is $240


heres a pic back when they were on my old car.
They look pretty good when cleaned up





They are in Lebanon Oregon but i would be willing to get them to portland for you

I still have lots of misc. parts left over including

roof skin/moonroof
shifter/linkages Gone
2 pairs of stock liftback tails Gone
5sfe Valve cover Gone
1 high beam Gone
Stock Air box/silencer Gone
Stock springs
Lots of misc. bolts and brackets Gone



All this is free if you Pick it up, I will not ship...

Im in Portland Oregon but This stuff is at my dad's place in Lebanon.. its about 1:30 south.
He's tired of it laying around and is going to throw it all away, unless some of you want it.
Let me know...

Sorry guys I dont have the car any more, Maybe in a couple years after school I'll get another.
Thanks for thinking of me.
have fun...

Mike,

http://salem.craigslist.org/cto/783534986.html

yep never out of the bubble wrap

hatch

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for front and rear probably not if you want one or the other for 150 sure.
I just put prices on them so I dont have to deal with people lowballin me, if still interested let me know

Fronts are gone but Ill sell you the rears for $150 shipped

no i have a VW passat right now....

I did Sell it, but as far as advice goes, I hope you have experience with fabrication, because everything I did, was completely from scratch. So if you have good problem solving skills, go for it I think these pics could get you going in the right direction.

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Welcome to the northwest. Hope you dont mind rain
Wanna buy a car?
http://www.6gc.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=55458

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I guaranty this Is one of the cleanest and best taken care of Celicas you will ever see.
No body on here is interested?

sold

Im thinking of moving on, And was wondering if some of you more experienced members would give me your
opinion of what you would think this car is worth.

Celica GT 5spd 116,000 mi. not much else is original

Here are some pics of its current state






And here are the treads that show everything done to it
all the modifications
after exterior overhaul

If your going to say its worth 6000 or less don't bother posting, if i wanted that answer I would have
asked Kelley blue book.

Anyway please let me know what you think. Or if Your interested shoot me a PM

well my car also has four round headlights does that make it look like a tiburon?






since the third post is in the middle of the hatch, (which is just flat sheet metal) it doesnt really change at all, whatever flex is there now was there before, if that makes sense.

ok I see it is a repost,
http://www.6gc.net/forums/index.php?showto...yundai&st=0

but Your discussion? Sorry, didnt know you owned it, looks like its doggy's to me.