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Nice, glad to see some work is being done. I haven't touched my blue one in forever. Red one needed more maintenance. Hopefully I'll find time but we'll see, now that I got a baby time is... not there lol. Sorry to hear about the lay off, congrats on starting the business though! I hope the best for you.

hahaha trying to keep it alive as long as possible. plus it's easier to track what i've done when i put it on here.
yeah the G2 red when i painted the calipers years ago still held out pretty good. For a cheap paint job it gets the job done.

Big post update: mainly just maintenance really.

I started having bogging issues again, and this whole time I've never replaced the fuel pump since last time I tried I couldn't get it loose.
But luckily my brother was willing to give me his spare so I gave no remorse to the original one.
Bonus pic of the what Carl and Speed Source did for the 1MZ swap (since camry/solara guys don't have return line)


Don't hate on the cheap G2 paint lol. It's my daily so I couldn't care too much about powder coating or whatnot.
But I finally got around to painting the calipers to match. I thought about going red; but decided to go gold.


Since I'm on parental leave for some time, I was able to replace essentially all the AC components. AC WORKS NOW! FINALLY a true daily hahaha.
But for real, I'm just glad the AC lines I got form the junkyard didn't have any cracks or anything.
Bonus pic of the difference between the AC compressor from the 1MZ and 3S/5S (the lid, or port lid? idk what it's called)


I was fortunate enough to grab a ton of parts from Tao (3rd gen 3sgte stuff + oem); but that also included a red gas lid so now I don't have to run the black one anymore.
And since I was at it, got around to installing the 3-spoke steering wheel again. Horn doesn't work so I'll have to go back and rewire the horn real quick.


Ever since I've had this car there's been water leak through the windshield sealant. I regret not solving it sooner than now.
Going to have to do some patching. I don't want to spend so much money so it'll be a quick job; since it'll be covered up anyways.


And lastly, speaking of Tao. I was able to convince my brother to purchase his celica that needs some work.
- So now there's four 6gc's in the family (tan one not here lol).
- My brother is leaving it at my place for now since his place is full.

now that the forum is back up, what's the progress?

lol i need to get to my blue one. nearly 3/4 of a year since i got my own place but the red one keeps needing maintenance.
might need to sell the red daily to get something newer and less maintenance heavy.

Sadly... I just keep acquiring more parts w/o actually doing something to it haha.
- THIS YEAR IS THE YEAR THAT IT SHALL LIVE AGAIN... I hope

Other acquired parts for the car:
- AE90 master brake cylinder (since the 205 strut bar hits oem braker cylinder)
- GT4 calipers
- Better armrest
- Metal door sills
- RECARO SR2 F/R seats
- OEM window visor
- All from Derek N (except the AE90, rockauto ftw)



- (The other set of oem visor and trd strut bar will go to the daily)

Been a while since I've had an update. Finally got around to doing things after cleaning my garage.

For a while I didn't have rear speakers, so during cleaning the garage I opted to put in working speakers (from when I bought it from Kurt).
Found out the post models actually had plastic sound deadening compared to the pre models.

Black speakers are from the daily, Silver one's are from the project.
Luckily I ended up having a spare set of pre model brackets so swapped them over to the daily.

At the same time I thought I had sub/amp wiring; turned out it was all cut.
But I figured if it's my daily I mind as well throw the sub/amp in there for fun.
Another day and then some with trying to figure out where to hook GND cause the kit wire is so short

Turns out the sub/amp fits under the rear strut bar (w/o cover, haven't tried w/ it on).

My cup holder was cut, so I stole the one off the project (it's okay, the project car got a better arm rest).
Also my cig light wasn't working so I took that one off the project too, probably plan to make the project one w/ usb or something instead.

Found a surprise to know that part of my center console was cut in half.


I was having a lot of issues since last year w/ the passenger front side. Not sure if axle or brake or w/e.
But there was a well defined scraping around the rotor. I'm thinking axle again since it is just Oriely stuff.
Since I had bought GT4 calipers for the project car, I decided to swap the avalon calipers to the 986 boxster calipers.

I also had a set of 5mm studs that I wanted to put on for the longest time since the wheels are short of flush in the front.
You probably could go 7mm spacer but 5mm will do for now.

The 986 caliper setup requires:
- Bill Dan's adapter (or an adapter of your own)
- Required bolts for the calipers and bracket
- 7gc rotors
- 986 boxster pads/hardware

High pitch screeching issue:
- The 4 pot is actually staggered, I totally misread the instructions when I first put it on
- So instead of having the smaller pistons "on top" by the bleeder, it was swapped around for me.
- This lead to a lot of high pitch screeching when lightly braking at lower speeds
- Currently despite the correct piston arrangement I still get the screeching.
- Thus I would suggest if you go this route also shave 1-2mm off your new pads

Fitment alignment issue:
- You'll notice that if you put the bracket on the rotor doesn't seem to fit exactly in the middle
- Thus when adding the brake pads in, one side doesn't actually fit.
- I had to put a washer between the hub and bracket (1.5mm) to fit both pads in even though it was not exactly even.
- (Even as that both pads didn't have the same amount of play room)
- Adding two washers (3mm) just swapped the fitment around so for future self a 2-2.5 washer might be necessary.
- I would think this could cause the high screech sound too; but that's to be determined atm.

How it feels:
- definitely more stable at higher speeds compared to the avalon calipers
- more "sensitive?" idk if that's the right word but you don't have to press on the brakes as hard to get equal brake power
- haven't done any aggressive driving yet so i'll update you another day on that

What to do to improve:
- realign the rotor, I think I'll eventually give the 2mm washer a try to stop the screeching
- put on the other adapter to run Audi A6 rotors (312mm); but that requires re-drilling which it seems no shop wants to do that around here
- (i've done one rotor myself; but that took forever and was a long time ago)

What's next?
- I have a brand new front window rubber piece that I need to put on as the old is stripping away and you get a lot of wind noise
- Alignment after I diagnose the vibration issue
- (Still have to paint the plastic valve cover back to red
- Scored myself some pretty nice stuff so finally putting on OEM window visors to watch the OEM moonroof and rear window visors
- And of course, getting myself a TRD front strut bar to complete the "OEMness" of the car.

- And no, those recaros are not going onto the daily lol

i feel that, rarely do we ever get 6gc here in mn in the local upull. one did show up like a few weeks ago but before that it was like a year ago.

Yo welcome!

Sorry big pic but yes, 17x9 +38mm. You'll probably want like 5-10mm spacer in the rear depending on your setup.

Never purchased from partsouq.com but I heard others have w/ no issue.
I did buy from amayma back in 2022 for E153 stuff (synchros, etc) and they're legit.

oh well it's not that hot on the daily operating temp. but i know the problem w/ the supercharger is the eventual heat soak (after hard driving) so having a vented hood should help out with it. Plus I also have a small dent on the hood due to the battery holder being a little too tall. Still need to re-locate that as well one of these days the the rear.

speaking of heat, i also ordered parts for the A/C system minus the lines for both the daily and this car. $1300 give and take for oem + whatever there wasn't oem for. man denso compressor at $340.... so expensive.

It is indeed the st205 version. Collin had it installed when he had the car. He did actually cut into the hood to make it fit. So it shouldn't be an issue for me right now... Until I get a different hood. Am thinking about a CF hood though just to help with heat temps.

Yeah the intake was actually well tested by CPE with their own black-box computer. Not as good as getting a sacfii; but I also got it cause it does look better and is a rare piece hehe.

Haha perhaps one day when I "complete" the car but for now that that's not the case.

She currently has been sitting like this for a while now.


I kinda got distracted since I last worked on her and suddenly I'm married now haha.

But I'm about to start on her again, I have been busy since then stocking parts.
- TRD Supercharger
- 2MZ/3MZ cams
- Shimless buckets
- AFR 1:1 pressure
- Jspeed 3-point strut rear
- Beatrush 3-point strut front
- Beatrush strut rear-mount
- HID ballast/bulb conversion so I can run both low and high on the outer headlights
- CPE Intake (rare 1mz intake)

Not sure if I'll get to installing everything as I had hoped but if my brother allows another year I should get the stuff on.
I just don't feel right to not finish the build.

Don't do it, the salt be too much. We're about to jump back up to 40's for two days then drop again in MN. Snow and ice is still there.

Lol I almost thought about going Gun Blue as well but given these were for my other Celica that is already Dark Blue I decided Gold was a better all-arounder.

I bought the visors on eBay (https://www.ebay.com/itm/153862435457) but it was pre-Ukraine war. The seller is from Russia so you may need to find another seller on eBay that sells something similar.

These are the 57CR in 17x9 +38mm.

Yo yeah if you still have them I'm down.

Alright time for another update, probably the last one for a while as the car is nice and smooth. Plus it's been a year since I worked on the project car so I should get to that one.



Funny enough I didn't take a lot of photos but after some terrible shaking in the front I opted to replace a bunch of stuff up front.
Many of the parts were either ripped, rusted, or missing bolts (like my axle carrier was missing one bolt, hence the shaking).

New inner + outer tie rods, axles, wheel bearings. (Sorry for the insta images, forgot to save images for myself.)



I also had to replace my end links as they were rusted. Ended up grinding them off and taking the ones off my project car for these.
All is good though, bought replacements already. I added back the A/C lines. Was lucky to be able to get the lines from a junkyard vehicle.
Tried replacing the condenser with two used ones (project car and brother's car) but no luck.
Ended up ordering a new one. Did I get A/C? No, turns out (of course) it's the compressor.



Not a lot pictured but I ordered some new calipers on rockauto for the rear. My rear right was seizing a lot (ended up replacing the EBC pads).
But I figured I'd replace the project car rear with the new ones and give the old working ones to the daily. However I ran into issues with rusted bolts.
Nothing like a yellow torch and extractor screws to help though. Used a power tool and brush kit to scrub off all the dirty stuff.



I ended up going w/ some cheap G2 paint (red). Quick review: it looks fine from afar and is a simple enough job to do.
But it has the rubber-paint feel to it and requires more than just what they give you for a nicer finish. Didn't matter to me as it was my daily.



So about one year ago when I first got the car (excuse the photo editing).



To what it is now.



Bad angles, I was in a rush those times. I opted to run my project car wheels on here as the rear need replacing so I mind as well burn the front up before replacing all four tires.
I want to go w/ Pilot Super Sport later so I don't mind. Plus I was too lazy to put on extended studs in the front so the car looks nice (my own OCD).
And I want to see what my project car would look on the 5zigens now that I have coilovers to lower it.

So what's next? Hmm nothing for now, I want to get back onto the project car as it's been almost a year since I lost motivation on it.
But I need to get it down so I can have both cars up and running again.

The car still needs the audio put back in, an used non-painted engine head cover, and probably A/C compressor.
I want to torch the seized Ksports to see if I can get them free; but again another day.




I forgot I also bought the rear OEM strut brace.
Didn't come with the covers so I just cut up the flat ones to make room for it.
(Kinda janky but it works).

Some new stuff to the daily:

Updated the ebrake shoes, rotors, pads, avalon calipers, and then an oil and transmission fluid change.
EBC rotors and green pads, Penzoil 5W-30 and Redline MT-90.





Also got new rubber, Continental DWS06 as I need some all-season for the bipolar weather here in MN.
Went from 235/40 to 225/45 for some more comfort, testing waters as I might do the same (-10/+5) to the project car as well.
But then I realized how rusty unprotected rotors are so.... Gonna be cleaning them soon when I get the chance.
(Please don't comment on the wheel gap... Or front fitment lol)


Also my window visors finally came in, ordered two so my project one gets one too.
HIGHLY recommend to replace the double sided with a better double sided (3M).


Got around the replacing my interior lighting so I can see now. Realized to NOT swap out some of the indicator bulbs w/ LED as you need a load resistor or they'll stay on.
Good thing I realized this later as they also show up on my project car and I thought it was the gas/airbag system.

Still waiting for weather to consistently stay around 70/+ before painting the front spats. Ordered some G2 Red so will paint the calipers too. Audio will come later when I find time to take them from the project one.
Other plans include installing the AC lines that I took from the junkyard and find my 15mm spacer and extended studs so I can get good fitment: 15mm to the rear and 5mm to the front.
Probably will also send my wheel to the repair shop since the bend really makes the car vibrate.

Nice! Won't it get hot though in the sun? I remember my brother had something similar in his prelude and he always kept a beanie around to cover when it was summer outside cause it'd be hotter than a pan cooking eggs.

Sorry man never got back, I'll have to pass on that offer (for now?). Trying to research and very little amount of people used the DET3 with the 1MZ that I saw.
I ended up going a different route with URD/SS FTC since I'm not doing too much to the car atm.

which piggyback do you have? originally if i could i probably would want to keep the oem as long as possible but who knows what might happen. getting into diy tuning sounds tedious, dangerous, and a good learning process.

I didn't, I was under the impression that the new Fidanza flywheel matched the stock step height (as indicated on Fidanza's FAQ).

Agreed on either, but it's probably best to wait a few years if it's the GR Corolla to sort out the small things. If it's the GR Yaris then I think they would import w/ the latest fixes.

Oh... and I sold my FRS and eventually bought another Celica: TSZ Beams
Alright which other celica veteran is selling their car? Gotta get one with a 3SGTE and then a 2GR, then lastly a K-series.
Then I'll have the ultimate celica swap collection.