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Ok....sooo....I know it's a bit late for me to start it but might as well do it now. Lol. I bought my 1997 Toyota Celica GT for $4,500 on February 27, 2012. It had 175,000 miles on the cluster. It was in very good condition. The only problem I had on it was it had a CEL light on. Which was just the speed sensor in the cluster not working. Replaced that and the CEL was cleared. Also my car didn't pass emissions test but I eventually had that fixed after running on premium and Lucas Cleaner. Overall I was more than happy to pay the overpriced $4500.

Winner of May 2014 COTM

"This car is not about racing, this car is not about power; performance, it's purely about being cool."

Previous Owner: http://www.6gc.net/members/9609
Very ricey and not my flavor.

Here's a link to my FB album of my car. It has all of my pics of my silly97.
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.2...0238&type=3

Here some things my car had on when I first bought it:

Bone stock performance
7GC GTS Rims
AG Lowering Springs
JDM Tail lights
Stock side skirts
2post spoiler
Rear tinted windows
Window stickers




Here's what I've done to it so far:

Performance
Injen Short Ram Intake


Suspension
Megan Coilovers


Ichiba Spacers 15mm and extended lug studs all around


Eibach Camber Bolt


Fender Rolled All Around



Exterior
3k Hi halogen bulb


8k Lo HiD conversion
3k halogen fog light bulb
Amber turn signal bulb


Clear side lights


TRD Roof Spoiler REPLICA(Hi-C)


OEM SSIII front grill
Tom's Front Lip REPLICA(Zonz540)


Enkei RPF1 17x8 +45Front +35Rear
Nankang NS1 205/40/17



Interior
TRD Shift Boot


SpreeLED White Gauge Lights


GT4 Rear Strut Bar




I do have a set of GT4 splitters that are waiting to be painted.



The rest of my plans for my car is to get it repainted and installed with the gt4 splitters. I want to go wit the Supra Limited Edition Silver code 1B9. I also want to get a custom exhaust. I really want the JDM projectors also. We will see what else will be added onto my list as days goes by. Lol. Also I'm planning to keep my silly FOREVER!!! XD

How it looks before:



How it looks now:



This post has been edited by ILoveMySilly97: Nov 25, 2018 - 6:13 PM

Trust me. If I could. I would. Lol. I'd like to keep my car smog legal. Don't want to be one of those people who pays 200-400 every two year plus DMV vehicle registration. Plus what will you do when you can't find some one to do the smog for you anymore? Your car will then be behind in tags or you'll need to sell it with no smog and no one will want to buy that. So in the long run. I rather have a nice looking car than a fast car that's a b1tch to keep. Lol. Plus it's a DD. Not a race car. Just like what my sig says.

1MZ would be smog legal.

Yes it will but that's not a project that can be done over the weekend. Lol. Like I said. My car is a dd. So I need it to get to work and school.

Excuses.

I'm just waiting for the right time to do the swap. Lol. Most likely waiting on either another car or when my 204k miles 5sfe gives out. Lol. These 5sfe engines lasts forever but one day I'll eventually swap the engine out.

Good.

I've decided to not do the bolt conversion. It's too costly since I'll need to buy new set of wheels along with the conversion. I might as well buy custom 5x100 wheels with that 2k. Lol. In other words I found a couple wheels that I'm looking into getting after I sell my rpf1s or my fnor1c.

Avant Garde M240:


Avant Garde M220:


Rotiform Nue:

I vote for the ones on the orange car. In my opinion they would look amazing on your ride.

Btw, you have one nice looking celica !

Out of those three I say the meshes, the others are atrocious.

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This post has been edited by Box: Nov 8, 2013 - 12:55 AM

I agree. The mesh would look much much more appealing than the 5 spoke. The only thing is that mesh wheels are a pain in the ass to clean. Lol. But then again. The mesh one doesn't come in 17s which means I'll have to get the 18s which is fine but it's something new to me that I'm debating on getting. Lol.

Mother's PowerCone for the win, so no excuses there. Do they come in 16's by chance? People have done 18's before, but it seems 17's the sidewall is thin enough as it is. That and the weight....

Yea that's what sucks. If I do get the mesh I'm planning on running 205/40/18 and 215/40/18. Only the m240 comes in 17s and up. So if I end up wanting 17s. Ima get the m240 instead.

Just means you need to swap it to carry the weight.

that type combo would be perfect

^bbs rs are too common. Lol.

or too expensive? Price at us is rocketing even for the beaten up bbs rims anyway, I loved the enkeis!

ILMS97, Your car looks great. I'm in the bay area too so I deal with the same issues. A smog passing 5sfe is not a bad engine to tune, imo. Hit me up if you ever want to exchange ideas about what mods are go and no-go with smog.

Let me rephrase that. I meant bbs rs REPS are too common in my are in the Honda scene. Lol. Plus it costs too much for me. I'd rather get the OZ futura with that money. Lol.



Only possible performance mod I've thought of is just the Carbd Injen SRI and the custom 2.25" exhaust piping.

Those won't get more power. Are you interested in more? It's known that mild cams and tune get results. 6G96GT was telling me about his experience with the colt cams. Very positive. The cams and tune are technically not okay for smog. However, I think the car would run clean and throw no codes. I don't expect you to be a guinea pig for my hypothesis. I'm looking for an engine now. If I end up with a 5sfe I'll try the cams. I can see you are not one to worry about horsepower, but if I get a 5sfe and tune it I can keep you informed about the resources I use in the bay area and valley.