all im missing now is AWD, the dream has come true! Options

[lagos]

im probably the 1st one to go from a 3 post 97+ spoiler to the gt4 one...woot!





This post has been edited by lagos: Oct 12, 2005 - 2:21 PM

[Silver94CelicaOw...]

Looks awesome Art! Did you ditch the Eibachs up front because it seems higher...?

[lagos]

naw its still eibachs all around but i got new shocks for the front...so good eye!

[Silver94CelicaOw...]

Oh I gotcha. That second pic definately makes the difference noticable though.....beautiful car dude. I love it!

I better see that at the meet....

[jgreening]

Looks great (as always)

[vangSTa_celica]

Looks awesome Art.

And are those paint chips I see on your front bumper?

[lagos]

yeah...i hit the garage door pulling in . its funny cause i parked on the street for years and never had any chips.. then as soon as i get a garage, the front gets damaged. nothing that a little touch up paint cant fix tho

[lagos]

before i forget... doggy made and painted the blocks the way i wanted with the lettering hand painted. he did an awesome job!

[frosty]

I like risers, very nice.

I want risers but with half that height.

[Chanh55]

How'd you paint the riser blocks like that?

[lagos]

How'd you paint the riser blocks like that?
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i told doggy thats how i wanted them and he did them for me.

[Defgeph]

What ya do with the hole in the middle ?

[lagos]

i got a little round plastic covers form pepboys and used it to cover any exposed holes. then i had to drill 1 new hole on each side to mount the spoiler

This post has been edited by lagos: Oct 12, 2005 - 5:20 PM

[Bigmeanbulldog55]

Get you some JDM tails, projectors, and side marker up by the mirror and you'll have it done. Looking good man, I've always liked your car.

[redtcel]

cant wait to see that bad boy in person when i get over there. looks good man.

[Driveby]

Looks nice man, the high level wing makes the GT4 look for me, but some may say Im bias

[jgreening]

Art:

I think both your car and mine can benefit from some nice coilovers. My car has the exact same stance as yours with the rear slightly lower than the front which really (I know I am picky) bugs me.

Also, I am going to go to a two post spoiler in a couple weeks...

Jay.

[Manta5x]

hot stuff , I like the white letters

[lagos]

Art:

I think both your car and mine can benefit from some nice coilovers.  My car has the exact same stance as yours with the rear slightly lower than the front which really (I know I am picky) bugs me.

Also, I am going to go to a two post spoiler in a couple weeks...

Jay.
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yeah i agree. i really want the tein SS setup.

[Drocay]

Art:

I think both your car and mine can benefit from some nice coilovers.  My car has the exact same stance as yours with the rear slightly lower than the front which really (I know I am picky) bugs me.

Also, I am going to go to a two post spoiler in a couple weeks...

Jay.
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U going to Trd curren spoiler? if so its SO hot.

[mark_426]

I went from 96+ 3 post to a 2 post, which has the same holes as a GT4/TRD wing...

Plus, my holes are shaven cleeean

[lagos]

nice... how much did it cost to shave the existing holes?

[Silver94CelicaOw...]

Probably got it done when he got the whole car repainted by Christina....which looks very nice by the way. As far as cost goes, thats not my business.

Oh and also, you DO want Tein SS coilovers. I love mine, but now the next step is swap......

[jgreening]

Art:

I think both your car and mine can benefit from some nice coilovers.  My car has the exact same stance as yours with the rear slightly lower than the front which really (I know I am picky) bugs me.

Also, I am going to go to a two post spoiler in a couple weeks...

Jay.
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U going to Trd curren spoiler? if so its SO hot.
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No, wings west mid spoiler - keeping the modifications subtle and stock looking. Here is a pic:

[toyotatech]

mines a 97 put the gt4 wing on a couple months ago. i filled in the holes myself with the mig welder i bought at the time.

[95gtschick]

i've always wanted my raiser blocks to have different coloring in the gt-four letters.... my car is being painted white diamond pearl (2005 acura tl white) this winter, what color should i get the letters painted?? my wheels are bronze, if that helps you any...


edit: Very attractive car Lagos... your car has always been a favorite of mine, and now it got even better cause the gt4 spoiler is just freakin hot... nice, very very very nice work

This post has been edited by 95gtschick: Oct 13, 2005 - 10:33 AM

[CelicaZR]

Nice work Lagos
I like how doGGy painted the raisers, it matches the car.
Like Bulldog said you'll need JDM projectors and tailight to finish it off.

[doGGy]

Finally

[lagos]

call me crazy , but was was riding around wingless for the past few months and now after installing this, the car seems more stable. its probably just in my head, but i swear i can feel a small difference. anyone else notice that after installing a gt4 wing?

[Driveby]

Your not crazy mate, the GT4 wing was designed for the WRC models to aid in high speed manouvering and iirc adds 50kg of down force at 60mph + but knocks a few mph off top end due to this.
Also the small spoiler fitted to the rear edge of the GT4 WRC bonnet (hood) and many subsequant models stopped the bonnet flexing at 100mph+
This wing is not just for show!!! form and factor all in one awesome package.

[jgreening]

call me crazy , but was was riding around wingless for the past few months and now after installing this, the car seems more stable. its probably just in my head, but i swear i can feel a small difference. anyone else notice that after installing a gt4 wing?
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You're crazy...lol. j/k man! Logically, you have two sides of the coin. On one hand, down force on the rear wheels will not do anything for traction since the car is FWD. I tend to believe that is the right answer. On the other hand, forcing the car down on the road, even if its not the drive wheels could show some beneficial effect. RWD cars often have a front spoiler to plant the front of the car in the pavement, so why not?

[Bigmeanbulldog55]

I've heard this tossed around a lot on this site. Saying that a wing on a fwd car doesn't do anything. I've always taken it as, well, not worth argueing about. I think there's something to this though. If your running at higher speeds, why wouldn't a wing do anything on a FWD car? I mean, if it's said that it's only for downforce on the back wheels, that doesn't make sence. Becuase RWD cars wouldn't need much downforce by the time the car would reach enough speed to creat significant downforce. I think it's just for stability at higher speeds, be it FWD or RWD. As always, I could be wrong, but I doubt it.

[lagos]

I think it's just for stability at higher speeds, be it FWD or RWD

yeah i agree. toyota wouldnt really put a spoiler this big on a car, just for looks, and like u said, the spoiler would be most effective at higher speeds. so i think its just a matter of it making the overall aero dynamics of the car better.

[jgreening]

I think it's just for stability at higher speeds, be it FWD or RWD

yeah i agree. toyota wouldnt really put a spoiler this big on a car, just for looks, and like u said, the spoiler would be most effective at higher speeds. so i think its just a matter of it making the overall aero dynamics of the car better.
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Well, they put the big spoiler on the AWD version of our cars so I am not sure your logic applies.

That said, I did some more research and the concensus at honda-tech.com is that a spoiler (or, more appropriately, a wing) can be beneficial for FWD cars. There is alot of information over there if anyone wants to read up on it. The short version is that s wing, like front air dams, is primarily used to prevent the car from lifting at high speeds rather than assisting with traction. I stand corrected.

[mark_426]

Above 120 my car gets pretty light.. all over. I have the small rear spoiler, and an ST205 hood spoiler too. My hood doesnt flex though

[Drew-887]

All you need now lagos are some JDM Tails.

[Shigexile]

looks nice. never really seen your back end of your car.

[elvasoshexai]

so was the gt4 spoiler wind tunnel tested and stuff? if it's fully functional.. how about the trd spoiler? is it fully functional?

my camry feels like it's floating once i get up to 160km/h... at 180 it's pretty scary... wonder if a wing will help since i'm up at those speeds about 2hrs a week...

[Bigmeanbulldog55]

I think the GT-4 was actaully. I remember talking about this somewere back. Might try a search if your really interested. I think since it was up higher it helped defuse the air off the roff better or something.

[madmods]

very very wicked!

[lagos]

ill tell you guys this... i noticed a big differnece in how stable the car is. i drove around with no spoiler at all for a few months and the car felt really crapy compared to how it is now.


i remember reading an article about the gt4 that had some info on why the added the spoiler, but now i cant find it.

This post has been edited by lagos: Oct 16, 2005 - 8:59 PM

[elvasoshexai]

I think the GT-4 was actaully.  I remember talking about this somewere back.  Might try a search if your really interested.  I think since it was up higher it helped defuse the air off the roff better or something.
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i'd like to know if the trd spoiler would work as well since i like that one better... but i think the wrc one used the stock gt-4 one... so many the trd doesnt' work as well