Noobie - whats up?, good to be here Options

[lil_lissa]

hey everyone

i just joined because im looking at purchasing a 1997 Celica GT convertible. I currently drive my parents 2001 Celica GT all the time, but don't know much about this generation. Obviously you guys must know quite a bit. I'll be asking some (maybe stupid) questions, but i just wanna know everything you know about this gen. My name's melissa, and i'm from ontario, Canada.. is this site primarily americans, or are there some people north of the border? I'm a member of C7Performance right now, but thats primarily 7th gen celi's.. so i figure i should come to the experts

anyways, good to be here, hope to learn lots of stuff and get my car pimpin.. haha

[dstrbcelica]

welcome. i hope you learn alot here. i <3 my 6gc.

-dstrb

[Digndoug]

welcome to the boards. you'll find and see that everyone here is most of the time very nice and very helpfull. There are people on here from everywhere. from just the us to germany and such.

[lil_lissa]

nice, thats cool. Does anyone have any idea whether or not 7th gen seats would fit in a 6th gen?

i think i wanna change the interior to leather first.. then possibly a clean looking, simple lip kit for it.. any suggestions?

[thedevilmaycrie]

they can fit .... but you need to cut and weild a lil... or alot

-DMC

[Digndoug]

nice, thats cool. Does anyone have any idea whether or not 7th gen seats would fit in a 6th gen?

i think i wanna change the interior to leather first.. then possibly a clean looking, simple lip kit for it.. any suggestions?
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they can fit ....  but you need to cut and weild a lil...  or alot 

-DMC
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they will fit, with just some drillingm new bolts and spacers.

[pr_caralho]

hey everyone

i just joined because im looking at purchasing a 1997 Celica GT convertible. I currently drive my parents 2001 Celica GT all the time, but don't know much about this generation.  Obviously you guys must know quite a bit. I'll be asking some (maybe stupid) questions, but i just wanna know everything you know about this gen.  My name's melissa, and i'm from ontario, Canada.. is this site primarily americans, or are there some people north of the border? I'm a member of C7Performance right now, but thats primarily 7th gen celi's.. so i figure i should come to the experts 

anyways, good to be here, hope to learn lots of stuff and get my car pimpin.. haha 
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Nice to see some more canadians! And from Ontario! Come to some meets, you'll like this place it has everything you need to know about the car, it puts any other toyota celica site to shame....

[CheesyLobster]

hola! welcome!

[Jaws4God]

Sup Girl... Welcome to the site....

Great to see another Woman who appreciates 6GC's

Now if only i can find one to date

[lil_lissa]

hahaha
thanks for the welcomes..

yeah a lot of people are surprised that i'm into cars, but i love it for some reason.. this will be my first one, so i'm gunna enjoy it to the max.. plus make it purrrdy while i own it

so anyone have any 'simple' kit/lip suggestions for me to look at??
or maybe a site where i could go that has good dealS??

[dstrbcelica]

i'm too lazy..someone show her the post a pic thread in OT...

-dstrb

[lil_lissa]

here's a noobie question.. whast the engine in this celi?? a 97 convertible GT..? i assume its got around 140 HP like the newer GT's?

[Digndoug]

this will show you every body kit out there. kits
As for what looks good. I think the 404 looks the best.

[946thGenGT]

here's a noobie question.. whast the engine in this celi?? a 97 convertible GT..? i assume its got around 140 HP like the newer GT's?
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Well completely different engine from the 7th gen GT but yeah it's got 135hp/145lbft... It's the 5sfe engine. Since you're Canadian I guess you should know that the 6th gen GTS (only released in Canada) has the same engine as the GT.

This post has been edited by 946thGenGT: Feb 9, 2005 - 12:12 AM

[lil_lissa]

ahh really? i never knew that.
thanks for the info guys, i like this site already..

ohh and dstrbcelica - i found it and posted

[lil_lissa]

hey whats the bolt pattern and offset and all that stuff for rims on this gen?

[95gtschick]

i'm from canada and i'm a girl love my 6gc to death.. my first car too

[popstar]

Morning lil lissa

enjoy your car when you get her, she'll look after you well

Popstar, live from Moscow 'russia'

[x_itchy_b_x]

Saw your pic in OT so i figured id post welcome.

[Akimbo]

the bolt pattern is 5x100. Dunno the offset off hand. Umm. Let's see...the most simple lip kits you can throw on are front and rear extensions/splitters. More noticeable would be the Erebuni 404 lip kit. Someone give this lady some pictures.

SSIII front extensions

Hiro rear splitters

OEM rear extensions

A few noteable convertibles:
http://www.6gc.net/index.php?action=members&itu=2671
^ Erebuni 404 lip kit
http://www.6gc.net/index.php?action=members&itu=2513
http://www.6gc.net/index.php?action=members&itu=536
http://www.6gc.net/index.php?action=members&itu=3142
http://www.6gc.net/index.php?action=members&itu=2410
http://www.6gc.net/index.php?action=members&itu=2162
http://www.6gc.net/index.php?action=members&itu=2122
http://www.6gc.net/index.php?action=members&itu=910


This post has been edited by Akimbo: Feb 9, 2005 - 1:08 AM

[Mynzeyes]

nice, thats cool. Does anyone have any idea whether or not 7th gen seats would fit in a 6th gen?

i think i wanna change the interior to leather first.. then possibly a clean looking, simple lip kit for it.. any suggestions?
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check out my profile. i have 7th gen seats in my 6th gen. if you need any aid, lemme know, i've aided more than a couple people with this. there are a couple more people on the boards w/ the 7th gen seats.

btw, welcome. .

-John-

[BBoYRuGGeD]

welcome! hey i use to live from there... great place, very clean

[LatinKraze]

Welcome to the forums.

[Mr_E]

'lo

[Ale_lock]

Welcome & enjoy the boards, alot of useful information here, well most of the time.

[hs2g]

Hey welcome to the site. I have a 97 convertable for sale with leather seating and everything. Get back at me if you are interested.

[CelicaBuddy]

yo

[lil_lissa]

thansk for all the welcomes

i can't wait till friday, thats when i go see the car... i'm so excited

onyl ****ty thing, is that its automatic and i'd rather a 5speed, but ah well.. it will be good for cruuuuusin'

[madmods]

Welcome aboard, and its good to see another vert on the site. As far as a good site for parts, I recommend cyberbestbuy.com, as I very rerently bought a kit from them, and have been quite happy with them. they do have alot of parts not listed on their site though. Do a search for some of my recent post, and you will see it. I want to see some pics, so post some, especially some body shots........celica......yea celica body shots.........thats what I meant! J/K

[lil_lissa]

lol.. riiiight

hey anyone know the bolt pattern and measurements i need to look for for rims?? i assume its 5x100... offset??

[hs2g]

If you really want a 5spd then you should just wait for another one to come along. I'm not trying to be like a parent, but you might regret buying an automatic in the future.

[lil_lissa]

thing is, there are barely any in ontario.. i did a search on our autotrader, and didn't find any... its not that big of a deal, just if i had a choice, i'd get 5spd, but it doesn't make that much difference anyways..

[Mr_E]

lol.. riiiight 

hey anyone know the bolt pattern and measurements i need to look for for rims?? i assume its 5x100... offset??
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Yes. 5x100.

38 offset I think - but mine might be different, so check that....

[95gtschick]

i wanted a 5 speed badly, there were like 3 automatic's in manitoba when i was looking for one.. but i waited til there was a 5 speed one, and i'm very very very happy i did

[NYCelica]

Whats up?

[Akimbo]

thing is, there are barely any in ontario.. i did a search on our autotrader, and didn't find any... its not that big of a deal, just if i had a choice, i'd get 5spd, but it doesn't make that much difference anyways..
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He's got a very good point. I regret my auto a lot. I would wait if I were you. Do you want a vert more than anything?

[maikl]

welcome