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The Celica, in particular the Castrol rally car, was my dream car when I was young. The Prius is being passed on to my wife, and I finally purchased a "new" GT. While it won't be a perfect replication, it'll make me happy, and that's all that matters, right? The goal of my goal is to make sure the car DOESN'T become a ricer and stays classy as close to the GT-Four original as I can with my abilities (and my wallet )

The car, including the hood, will all be repainted white as the car is heavily oxidized. Many parts including the air intake hose, radiator, exhaust, ect were replaced. Lots of dry rot, but the car is rust free (except where she was hit a long time ago behind the tail light, which we'll fix). It's been shipped from Texas, so lots of sun damage, no rust. Tomorrow begins the last bit of the repair work (bondo door dings and fix rust) before we get it painted. All that, and then the removal of the ugly country blue pinstripes convinced me to dive head first into this project.

The mods so far:

Castrol decals custom made (a few Sega ones as well, in homage of Sega Rally )
VIS carbon fiber hood (installed)
OEM white allow wheels (refinished in front of the car.. the ones on the car now are horrible steel ones)
Cold air intake and cone filter (the original air intake hose was rotted, so why not upgrade for the health of the car)
New headers
New drilled rotors and brake pads
New spark plugs
New wires and clamps
New performance radiator
25th anniversary seats
DVD/GPS 4" screen player
New speakers
New side mirrors
New paint job
New exhaust
New antenna


Car when I got it for only $2800:












So far (the replacement spoiler came with the mounting holes for the spoiler blocks bondoed closed...yay. Now I'll have the refiberglass the crack in the old spoiler I wasn't planning on using). Most of the car's trim has been stripped.. which is why the doors and headlamps look funky :











I'll take more pics of the body work, and of the engine by Tuesday before it gets sent off to be painted. Of course, stripped, it's ugly right now.. but it'll be nice soon. The Castrol decals I had made will be installed 30 days after the paint job is done. Enjoy guys, updates soon.

This post has been edited by CastrolCelica: Jan 8, 2010 - 10:24 AM

I just realized waxing is gonna be a pain for you.

Very nice though, very nice.

Haha, yes. yes it is

Also, still waiting on the red mudflaps . But yea.. I don't really care about those so much right now... wonder why haha.

Looks awesome!

Now that you have experience you can come do it to mine haha, I wonder if the novelty would wear off though?? I suspect some people would think it's the real deal (ex-rally car) and try to race it all the time.

PS. I want red mudflaps

People already tried to race it all the time when the decals weren't even on . I'll give them the same response I always do. Nothing. I did this for me, not "street cred" lol.

Yea, the red mudflaps are insane in price ($5-600!!!). I feel I did very well at about $75. As far as the decals go, I'd of course help you.. but you're a bit of distance away from me .

This post has been edited by CastrolCelica: Nov 10, 2009 - 10:12 AM

are you gonna do the headlight stuff??

Nope. First off, my red swooshes weren't the right shape (you could tell this as the guy who made the decals, his examples looked like mine, not the car pictured above), and I need my brights to be operational. Besides, the green you see in the brights is actually ontop of an uncut part of the bumper where the lights would have been. Since mine are obviously cut out, it wouldn't look right.

Like I said before, I'm not going for supreme accuracy here, but I'm just doing something that works for my car with the materials I have, that does justice to the car I idolize .

it still looks good, i was j/w. I did notice your red squigglys wouldnt line up ... but i didnt notice the bumper was uncut til you just mentioned that.

Yea, trust me.. I've looked over this damn rally car to the point I'm almost sick of it HAHA. I noticed that they didn't cut out the bright light holes a while back, and figured that's why my decal kit didn't come with green bright stickers... simply because it wouldn't be able to be applied . And no worries, I know you were just curious bud. Trust me, there are things about the car that I know aren't quite right.. or about certain decals that we didn't lay perfectly..but considering I had no previous knowledge about how to do any of this, I'm amazed it's come along as well as it has. Haha, trust me.. I've never claimed I'm a pro at this, and I know someone can do better than me. I'm just proud that I used to be a typical car owner who didn't know how to do much more than change oil and fix a flat tire, to someone who knows how to take a good chunk of this car apart and put it back together.

This post has been edited by CastrolCelica: Nov 10, 2009 - 12:02 PM

Honestly, I have always hated cars with stickers, labels, vinyls, etc. I'm all about cleanliness. But I would be lying to you if I said I didn't think your Celica turned up to look beautiful. Oh, in the driver's name, I would put "Rick Astley".

Post of the day...holy



This post has been edited by SwissFerdi: Nov 10, 2009 - 1:00 PM

Spoiler is on! Man that was not fun...

The spoiler really makes the car though, just as it did before. Without it, the car looks quite dull.

how did you do it? i had not seen pics, what i did is insert long screws and use that super glue like cement, cannot remember the name....

My holes were too big in the spoiler itself, so I had to use those clip on nuts to make new holes. I simply screwed on the 4 bolts extremely tightly, then bolted the other 4 bolts to attach it to the car. No glue required .

Pics soon

Spoiler is on. Just need to let the paint cure till I can do the last Castrol logo on the spoiler.. but for now, pure awesome:

Cool....VERY nice....you just need the swooshes for the trunk lid to finish off the rear end a bit more....I`d also paint the number plate surround black but thats down to personal taste.

This post has been edited by Nial: Nov 11, 2009 - 12:39 PM

Looks great! That could pass as an original Castrol car.

wow that looks fantastic! good job

Thanks guys . Yea, the swooshes on the trunk would be nice looking. Or maybe just something on the hatch on either side of the toyota badge. We'll see .

I just can't wait for those mudflaps to come in haha.

just curious, how did you get the spoiler on? i just got my blocks yesterday and have read a few things on how to put it on. just wanted some advice