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Awhile ago Jeff told me to consolidate my crap so here goes

Spec:
1996 USDM ST


Stage 1:
-invader body kit, custom bumper scoop, Velox VX-6 18" wheels, Arospeed Coilovers, GT4 rear strut bar, several different exhausts, JDM tails, 5th gen power folding mirrors




Stage 2:
- supra front end conversion (only 75% completed at any given point)


all in all, it got the whole deal of under glow, interior neon, subs, amps, dual/single exhausts, CAI, SRI, TWM SSK, and most things under the sun you can do as a ricer.

now......that stuff comes to an end and the story starts over

Step 1: remove horrible front end


Step 2: remove motor (note you can see missing "sub" frame here



Step 3: power wash clean the empty bay


Step 4: Jack stands on 4 corners and remove suspension





Step 5: pointlessly tape up and start stripping






Step 6: black primer




Step 7: ditch the interior internals



Step 8: drive to jersey in overheating truck to get a bare clip (don't forget to remove excess)





Step 9: remove donor firewall



9b: remove my firewall


Step 10: replace with donor wall


Step 11: find Ultra super dooper mad JDM elephant tite Curren parts, drive Ghetto nascar van to get it


Step 12: install Ultra super dooper mad JDM elephant tite Curren parts




Step 14: ditch the sunroof its way too heavy


Step 15: ditch spare tire well, make more room under car smooth out floor board


Step 16: remove glass from doors (heavy, and you can't have windows up while racing)

Step 17: paint engine subframe hot pink because you can



Step 18:
Realize your garage sucks so put up ceiling: only partially finished, gotta get more and clean out the crap a lot more
(its a temp garage so we make do) car modification pictures will come soon



Step: 19 Carbon fiber license plate trim


more to come soon as I get more done

This post has been edited by playr158: Jun 3, 2009 - 9:56 AM

I don't hangout with celica/toyota people in the MAR. I'm around the Euro scene every once in awhile.
Only time celicas get together is if some of us really old members get dinner or something (maybe 1 celica shows up, the rest of us have other cars)
But you are always welcome to come out

This post has been edited by playr158: Jun 25, 2009 - 6:32 AM

correct me if im wrong... (not asking to get roasted here) lol... and no offense, and im not tryin to be a d*ck, but, our cars are unibody and cutting out that spare tire well might cause u some body difficulties in the future? ???

he will likely fill the hole with new goodies and then weld it in, or use some sik-o bolt action.

I don't think the spare-tire well is going to be a major harm in the rigidity or strength of the car, but w/ the amount of effort in this project I see it being covered.

no difficulties. It will be replaced with a welded in piece and not compromise any integrity at all

And i'll probably end up with a cage in the car so it'll be rock solid.

This post has been edited by playr158: Jun 29, 2009 - 12:40 PM

so when is the completion date around?

;p

Speaking of which we need to get some wings son!

Your pics make me drool. Very nice.

very very very unique......

i had been wondering for quite sometime how something like this would look.......

any updates.....

I should have some small updates this weekend

I'm going to retire before this gets completed!

How long did the firewall swap take you? There is a guy selling a halfcut nearby that I was contemplating stealing the firewall, dash, and all associated goodies out of.

i'd pick it up if you can.

Swapping the firewall is about ~10 hours of actual work. Achievable in a weekend of hard work no problems.

Bring on the updates slacker! Lol, jk, well, not really but am.......... I've been following this for a looooooooooooooong time and am ready to see some more progress.

Picking up parts this weekend in NC, then i'll be doing a couple of small things here and there.
I'll take some pics of the recent (very small stuff) that is going on in the next 1.5 weeks.

Creating a hybrid steering rack....not sure if it'll work or not but i guess i'll find out

the real question is, why?

because a LHD USDM rack won't work on a RHD car with mcpherson suspension

i tought of that too, why not get a rhd non gt four, should be what you need,

cause if I have both already in my garage it makes financial sense to check and see if it works
if not i'll just buy a rack....if it does...i have a rack and money to put towards another mod

damnn that things gone thru alottt!!!!

Uupppdattteee

can you post more pictures of your supra frontend conversation? was the conversion hard?