celica body work thread!!!, first daytime pics PG 11!!! Options

[presure2]

well, took a few pics today with the doggy clear turns installed.
i really like the way they look against the white.
these are the last few pics ill be taking of the car before she undergoes some major changes to the exterior.
first, a couple pics of the doggy clear turns.



pics can NOT descibe how nice they really are.
for those of you who have DCW products, you know what im talking about.
for those who dont, if your thinking about getting somthing from him, DO IT, you wont be dissapointed.

the last 2 pics of the car in its present state:





plans are:
fix rust & rot @ rear wheelwells,
replace doors (bottoms rotting on mine)
repair all chips and dents
remove lotus skirts, and repair rivet holes
remove SSIII extensions
test fit and adjust OEM rear extensions
test fit authentic JDM "TRD" skirts
paint entire car an alternate of 8L5 (royal sapphire pearl) with some extra blue pearl and silver metallic, including jambs (engine bay will be done in flat black)
install extensions and skirts
install oem raingaurds
redo tint on rear quater windows
have rear window tinted
replace door mouldings
plus a little clean up and re-organizing of the engine bay, as well as some re-routing of lines, new intake, ect...
damn...writing it all down like that makes it seem like a LOT of work!! hahaha!!
THEN, ill be able to start working on the INTERIOR!! hahahahaha
thoughts and comments welcomed.

[Culpable04]

wow ! It'll be a brand new car after all that.

[Defgeph]

haha what are you doing up at this hour ? lol

[lagos]

when does the project start?

i got to admit, ill miss the white. i liked it on the car.

[azian_advanced]

those last few pics remind me of the 2005 STIs for some reason....
the car will look more jdm with those trd bodykit pieces on... can't wait to see the outcome.

[shin]

can't wait to see it evolve once again. but yea. i agree with art, i'll miss the white. since that's wat made manny.

[HaRv3sTeR]

what are TRD skirts? are they OEM 96-99 skirts? if that's the case, i think it will flow better with the car than the lotus... i would keep the ssiii rears over the OEM though, but that's just me


I ordered DCW clear gt4 turns also (for future gt4 front end)....so excited!

[WH95TE]

NOOOOOOOO Keep the white

[massbrandon]

Go for it man. How long do you plan on the whole process taking?

[hitcachi]

I dunno Manny, Im hesitant. I love the way your car looks now, but Im sure that you have been planning this for some time and you have another good look in mind. Go for it!

[doGGy]

what are TRD skirts? are they OEM 96-99 skirts? if that's the case, i think it will flow better with the car than the lotus... i would keep the ssiii rears over the OEM though, but that's just me


I ordered DCW clear gt4 turns also (for future gt4 front end)....so excited!

TRD skirts are the one what Dustin (batman) has on his Blue GT

[presure2]

thanks guys.

when does the project start?

i got to admit, ill miss the white. i liked it on the car

the project begins in the next couple weeks, im just waiting on the skirts to arrive.

Go for it man. How long do you plan on the whole process taking?

im expecting the whole project to take place over the course of the next couple months, and being ready for the begining of the 2007 meet season!

can't wait to see it evolve once again. but yea. i agree with art, i'll miss the white. since that's wat made manny.

NOOOOOOOO Keep the white

I dunno Manny, Im hesitant. I love the way your car looks now, but Im sure that you have been planning this for some time and you have another good look in mind. Go for it!

i hear you guys,..i 've always really liked the white and black contrast of the gt-4 front end and the C/F blade on the spoiler...but jenn and i have always wanted to go to a color with more depth...the white is just so....well, WHITE. it has no depth of color.
we thought about trying a pearl over the white, ( i made several test panels) but couldnt get the effect we were looking for, so, we went back to the color we've always wanted.

what are TRD skirts? are they OEM 96-99 skirts? if that's the case, i think it will flow better with the car than the lotus... i would keep the ssiii rears over the OEM though, but that's just me

heres a pic of the "TRD" skirts:

the oem rears are made to flow perfectly with the trd skirts and oem fronts...thats one thing that has always bugged me about the car since i got the oem fronts ...the lines from the fronts, to the skirts, and rears were all off...this will correct all that

[Deezz_Nuttz]

Hey man the white is definately right on that car. but you are also right when you say no Depth. I just think white is so pure, like the motor you got running under there. I would love to keep the car white and as clean lookin as possible. but then again thats me. Be sure to keep us posted on the progress. Cant wait to see it when its all said and done.

[shin]

sweet. i'll definitely roll up to RI one of these days to visit you manny. i just gotta see that beast again lol.. now with navi, chances of being lost should be slimmer..

[97lestyousay]

My Lotus skirts are still in my closet. I am real hesitant about
drilling my car. I need the clear turns also.

I can't wait to see how it looks after you finish it.

[spolski07]

kinda off topic... but are you gonna sell the side skirts?

[97lestyousay]

I don't know if you were talking to me or Presure2.
I will put mine on just nervous about drilling it,
the holes can always be filled later as Manny is doing.

[FORGMANN]

hey,

since your car looks just like my 205 (almost) glad your repainting ..just joking..


i would reccomend getting US sidemarker light shaved and get some oem style side repeaters in clear from uk ... lexus is200 has them in europe in clear .... i think all US 6g's would look way better with euro/jdm side repeaters .. vcan get on ebay uk in many tints as well

i was going to go all TRD but i want only real TRD stuff and wing was just to salty so going all oem JDM/euro parts on 205 ..


good luck

[presure2]

kinda off topic... but are you gonna sell the side skirts?

sorry, skirts are spoken for.

[presure2]

a couple pics of the new color on a "test panel"

[OOBE]

I'm so excited, Manny...and a little envious that you get to overhaul your Celi before I do. Oh, and now I have to pick out a new color combo, LOL. That was exactly what I was going to paint mine. Congrats and keep us posted.

[presure2]

so, today i took the car into work, and had the rot on the rear wheelwells fixed!
since i couldnt afford to buy 600$ea quater panels, i had my friend roland cut and patch the spots on each side. here are some progress pics!!
passnager side before:


drivers side before:


grinding back the passanger side:


grinding back the drivers side:


test fitting a patch for the passanger side:


welding in the patch:


the adheasive we used to tack in the inner side patch:


clamping in the inner patch after marglassing the outside:




test fitting the drivers side patch:


marglass on the drivers side patch after welding:


roughing out the marglass on the drivers side:


same on the passangers side:


by this time, it was just about the end of the day, so we primered over the work to protect it:

drivers side:


passanger side:



a little more sanding, and a skim coat or 2 and she'll be back to how it should be.

[lagos]

wow, that came out really good.

[Defgeph]

Looking good man. Really nice work

[Batman722]

dude that is f*cking awesome !!!

[hurley97]

niiiiiice

[doGGy]

Manny - skirts are not yet in? Btw - nice job fixing your babe

[Silver94CelicaOw...]

Lookin good Manny.

[presure2]

Manny - skirts are not yet in? Btw - nice job fixing your babe

thanks all!
romas,
no i havent gotten the skirts yet...

[doGGy]

Manny skirts where shipped on 8, so you should be getting them pretty soon. Let me know once you have everything on your hands.

[x_itchy_b_x]

Sweet manny!! i had no idea you were gunna change your color!! i like the white :X now i wouldn't feel that bad if i painted my car white
that fender looks flawless now.

[playr158]

nice work manny keep it up

[shin]

wow really nice work.

[Coomer]

Looks awesome Manny!

[Bigmeanbulldog55]

Good job, I'm impressed.

[Nibbe]

And now we all just wait for some more progress pics. Good job with fenders though.

[presure2]

well, time for a couple more progress pics..last weekend, i painted the inside of my rear wheelwells with POR15, a rust preventive paint.
i also recieved the OEM TRD skirts from doggy, unfortunately, they were broken in shipping, but i was able to repair them. the OEM rear extension replicas arrived without any damage.







i really REALLY like the way you can see the muffler abit in that first pic...it was more hidden with the SSIII rears.
looks like ill have to keep up more on polishing it from now on!! haha
ahhh...finally...the look i've been wanting to have on the car for a LONGGGGGG time, is finally comming together.

[j0e_p3t]

looks awesome. get it done already.

[Defgeph]

looking good man

[snapshotgt]

would recommend getting US sidemarker light shaved and get some oem style side repeaters in clear from uk ... lexus is200 has them in europe in clear .... i think all US 6g's would look way better with euro/jdm side repeaters .. u can get on ebay uk in many tints as well

I 2nd this thought. Anyway, really looking nice Manny.

[97lestyousay]

Nice work Manny, this thread is motivating me to do something.

[lagos]

that looks a million times better! everything just flows perfectly now!

[presure2]

thanks guys.
art, yea, thats exactly what i though when i saw it...lol

so this weekend, the project was painting the engine bay..
i just pulled a few things off the firewall, and cowl, taped off the fenders and windshield, and went to town, pretty much..lol
i didnt want it totally flat, or super shiney, so i went with a semi-gloss black.





i like the way it came out...much better than the super dirty looking white!!
haha


::EDIT::
adding in the pics from page 2 for easier browsing.
test fit..see page 2 for details

[Culpable04]

good work !


the car is coming pretty nice.

good work Manny

[midengine3sgte]

did you have to do any modifying to the front add ons and if not where did you get it from? also where did you get the front clear turn signals and how much for them?

ohh by the way the looks like its coming along great.

[azian_advanced]

did you have to do any modifying to the front add ons and if not where did you get it from? also where did you get the front clear turn signals and how much for them?

ohh by the way the looks like its coming along great.

there's this one person in uk where i got mine from, he (or she, i dunno) has them for cheap and already comes with the corner cut for the gt4 bumper, the person can paint it to match your car as well if needed.
otherwise you can get a set from doGGy or chrisc and just cut them yourself

[presure2]

did you have to do any modifying to the front add ons and if not where did you get it from? also where did you get the front clear turn signals and how much for them?

ohh by the way the looks like its coming along great.

since they are the real OEM extensions, not copies, i had to trim them to fit the GT-4 bumper myself.
if you can get a set of copies that are precut, that would definetly be the way to go. fiberglass is not as easy to cut and shape as the OEM material.
the turns are from Doggy.
close ups of those are on PG1

[midengine3sgte]

I have the real kit at home and wanted to know so I would not have to cut up the front. well guess I'll have to start trimming

[x_itchy_b_x]

looking good buddy!

[94st_santos]

Where'd you get the skirts and how much? Those are something I have been looking for depending on the price.

[massbrandon]

WOW Manny she's looking good.

[Fate]

it looks awesome manny.

[presure2]

Where'd you get the skirts and how much? Those are something I have been looking for depending on the price.

i was lucky enough to get a set of the real deal ones, from Doggy. he makes copies of them.
IIRC it was ~300$ for the pair.

brandon, fate,
thanks.

shes getting there.

[Fate]

manny, what'd you do with the sideskirts in the middle?

[kcizzle]

The new skirts and extensions definitely looks much smoother and better. On the rear extensions, did you remove that black plastic/rubber lining that is also screwed on the bottom of the bumper side? I am in the process of putting on my rear extensions too and debating whether I should remove it or not.

This post has been edited by kcizzle: Mar 14, 2007 - 3:05 PM

[GMan]

Looking Good !

[doGGy]

manny, what'd you do with the sideskirts in the middle?

He did nothing to them. Then i first got the skirts - there was no chance to ship them from US to me, so i had no chance just to cut them in 2 half just to get them shipped to Lithuania from USA... So basicly i got the skirts in 4 parts. After i sold them to Manny (cuz i thought i will just keep the originals and replicate them (make a mold), but plans changed and i no longer will do the replicas...) i had to fix them, so i did... But the fix wasnt good enouth to witchstand another travel to US, so Manny got them in 4 parts too... so yea, basicly this is the story.

[Fate]

^thanks doggy for clearing that up. i thought maybe he cut them in half to reinforce them with foam and what not. again, the car looks great.

[Negative]

Manny - as always I am in awe of your impeccable work. Your car has been my main insperation for a long time.
Keep it up.

[presure2]

The new skirts and extensions definitely looks much smoother and better. On the rear extensions, did you remove that black plastic/rubber lining that is also screwed on the bottom of the bumper side? I am in the process of putting on my rear extensions too and debating whether I should remove it or not.

yea, you basicly have no choice but to take them off.

fate, like doggy said, i had to re-repair them when i got them from doggy, that section in the middle is where the repair is taking place, its still not 100% done, that was just a fitment check.
thanks for the kind words, guys!

[hurley97]

this is the first step in my photoshop attempt for Manny and Jenn.
not much yet, got rid of all the cans and junk holding them up and made the rear extensions a more similar color so you get a better idea of everything.
that's the easy part, I'll work on the color later



original picture on pg 2 and 3

This post has been edited by hurley97: Mar 20, 2007 - 11:39 AM

[Chanh55]

Looking good so far.

[presure2]

this is the first step in my photoshop attempt for Manny and Jenn.
not much yet, got rid of all the cans and junk holding them up and made the rear extensions a more similar color so you get a better idea of everything.
that's the easy part, I'll work on the color later



original picture on pg 2 and 3

hehe thats really cool steff.
you roxors!

[hurley97]

sorry Manny, I've been slacking
I did this a few days ago. sidemarker is shaved. tell me how that color looks, I'm working on matching the rest of the car to that color. its kind of hard though cause the white doesn't have the same kind of highlights as the skirts/extensions did so I'll have to add them myself to make it not look flat. I need a good picture of where the highlights should be

[tomazws]

While I'm at it... might as well....

[purepunishment]

i dig the pink

[doGGy]

^^^ Hello kitty GT-2 ???

[presure2]

sorry Manny, I've been slacking
I did this a few days ago. sidemarker is shaved. tell me how that color looks, I'm working on matching the rest of the car to that color. its kind of hard though cause the white doesn't have the same kind of highlights as the skirts/extensions did so I'll have to add them myself to make it not look flat. I need a good picture of where the highlights should be

damn steff..that looks pretty damn cool. cant wait to see it finished!
tom...my wife HATES pink...
she's not your typical "chic".
fo shizzz, the d diiizzzoo double g be MADDD pizzimpin, yo!! hahaha i didnt even notice him till the 3rd or 4th time looking at the pic!!
anyway, ill be painting the jambs of the doors, and the underside of the hood tommorow.
pics to follow soon!

[lagos]

steff...photoshop the rest of the car that color.

manny ... you should take this time to shave the side markers and get a set of the gt4 ones!

[snapshotgt]

manny ... you should take this time to shave the side markers and get a set of the gt4 ones!

would recommend getting US sidemarker light shaved and get some oem style side repeaters in clear from uk ... lexus is200 has them in europe in clear .... i think all US 6g's would look way better with euro/jdm side repeaters .. u can get on ebay uk in many tints as well

I 2nd this thought. Anyway, really looking nice Manny.

^Trying to tell him the same thing!

[presure2]

steff...photoshop the rest of the car that color.

manny ... you should take this time to shave the side markers and get a set of the gt4 ones!

thats what shes working on art.
its pretty close to the actual color it will be too.
i wanted to do the gt-4 ones, but theyre set in on the fender, it actually has a rolled in edge on the fender, which is not exactly easy to replicate.
dustin threw out the idea of just totally shaving the marker, since i do have the marker in the headlight, so i asked steff to shave the marker to see what it would look like.
to be honest, i dont like the look of it shaved.
if i ever did that, i would have to shave EVERYTHING. doorhandles and all.
with our winters, thats out of the question.

[brianforster]

kind of reminds me of ghostdogs car but he had a coupe and ssIII splitters so i think youll be ok. but looks hot manny, cant believe you work at a maaco, maybe ill come to you to paint my car

[Batman722]

anyway, ill be painting the jambs of the doors, and the underside of the hood tommorow.
pics to follow soon!

yo Homeboy, me and Steff have the day off tomorrow, give me a ring in the morning when you plan to get things rollin, we'll be there.

[azian_advanced]

i think those shaved sidemarkers make the car look even cleaner..
shaving door handles would be cool too.. i've had my door handles shaved on my old 89 celica and i didn't have too many problems during the winter..

[presure2]

i think those shaved sidemarkers make the car look even cleaner..
shaving door handles would be cool too.. i've had my door handles shaved on my old 89 celica and i didn't have too many problems during the winter..

not too many...lol
this car is a daily driver....my wife gets up @ 3:30am every morning and drives this car to work.
the last thing i wanna hear @ 3:45am is MANNYYYYYY....I CANT GET IN THE DAMN CAR!!!!!!!!
not even once.
while i agree shaving things makes the car "cleaner", i didnt like the way having just the marker gone looks. the doorhandle throws it all off.
i dont wanna shave just one thing. like the markers. then its just looks like another unfinished project.
D ill give you a call a little later, im sure you dont wanna be down @ moms @ 9am

[doGGy]

Shave those USDM markers Manny - place some EU / UK / JDM ones instead - it will look atleast 10 times better...

[presure2]

Shave those USDM markers Manny - place some EU / UK / JDM ones instead - it will look atleast 10 times better...

i wanted to do the gt-4 ones, but theyre set in on the fender, it actually has a rolled in edge on the fender, which is not exactly easy to replicate.
dustin threw out the idea of just totally shaving the marker, since i do have the marker in the headlight, so i asked steff to shave the marker to see what it would look like.
to be honest, i dont like the look of it shaved.

thats from 3 posts above.
if i was gonna do the jdm ones, i would get the jdm fenders, and do it right, like all the other front end stuff.

[Coomer]

Looking great Manny...those extensions and sideskirts look much better than before IMO.

Oh, are you gonna shave your sidemarkers? Haha, j/k.

[presure2]

so today, i painted the inside of the doors, and door jambs, and underside of the hood.
im so excited to finally be putting color on the car!!! i cant wait till its all done.
here are some pics that steff and D took for me as things got done.
big ups to my cousin joe, as usual and d and steff for theyre help.
and of course, the wifey! after all, it IS her car..lol

heres the extra doors i got from D, i used POR15 on the inner skin and on the lower part of the outside of the door to prevent the rust that is so common on our doors.


big D, the taping MASTER...BWAHAHAHA




putting on the sealer. i tinted it with indo blue to get it as close as possible to the basecoat.





continued


time for some color!!




with clearcoat.. this is the finished look.



next week will be the hatch, sunroof, and then a couple weeks later the outside!!!!
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i am SO pumped right now!!

[WannabeGT4]

That's gonna look freakin' nice.

[Valo666]

looks good manny. that the same colour batman has?? or close to it?? bit of overspray eh???.lol

[presure2]

looks good manny. that the same colour batman has?? or close to it?? bit of overspray eh???.lol

thanks.
not even close to battys color.
the overspray will get sanded when i prep the outside of the car.

[presure2]

here are a few more, larger pics to get a better idea of the actual color.
pics REALLY cant do it justice. you just cannot capture are the nuances and highlights of the pearls in the color in the pics.

[tim86]

very nice, reminds me of a brighter version of jared's (phat_99CeliGT) color when he had it... i really like it

[IdiotStick]

That is one hell of an amazing color man.

Can't wait to see the whole thing all done.

[doGGy]

Ok im gonna be the ass and say this:

WHY THE hell you aint removed all the stuff out from your door jams? like door switcg, and door lock?

Manny - you are doing one of the hell job - so be sure you will get this job done 100% right. Cut your side windows to make the painting look perfect, remove all the rubber seale holders from your door jams too!

Its really not that hard to just remove as much parts as its posible before pinting, and this does helps a lot to make a perfect paint job...

Btw - you should now go for the Gold wheels Celica STi

[presure2]

Ok im gonna be the ass and say this:

WHY THE hell you aint removed all the stuff out from your door jams? like door switcg, and door lock?

Manny - you are doing one of the hell job - so be sure you will get this job done 100% right. Cut your side windows to make the painting look perfect, remove all the rubber seale holders from your door jams too!

Its really not that hard to just remove as much parts as its posible before pinting, and this does helps a lot to make a perfect paint job...

Btw - you should now go for the Gold wheels Celica STi

because its the door jams. its rarely seen, as long as there is no white paint seen, im happy.
i cannot afford to have the car down for more than a coupe days at a time, so removing windows and stuff wont happen.
the front and rear windows will be replaced after paint, so right before it goes in, im going to cut the mouldings back, so that the new window moulding will have paint under them.
the wife dont like gold.
no gold wheels. lol
99% of the stuff that is removable from the car, will be right before paint.
all the lights and stuff will all be taken off, the bumpers, mirrors, hood vents, extensions, wing, skirts, ect will all be painted off the car.
trust me romas, when its done, there will be NO white left that is visable at all. lol at least till i pull the motor and paint the engine bay..but lets hope i dont have to do that for a LONG time.

[macavely]

Manny thats great work your doing so far.. can't wait to see the finished product .. might have to take a driver up there one of these weekends to see the finished work..

[Defgeph]

freaking sweet dude That color looks great.

[doGGy]

Manny - cutting side windows DO NOT requer nothing special, and time isnt a problem at all - Gluing them back - is easy job - i can give all directions HOW and etc - and this will give you the perfect job around the side windows...

[presure2]

Manny - cutting side windows DO NOT requer nothing special, and time isnt a problem at all - Gluing them back - is easy job - i can give all directions HOW and etc - and this will give you the perfect job around the side windows...

thanks guys.
romas, PM me the info on that

[97lestyousay]

Hey I have some stuff that needs paint.haha
Looking awesome Manny. I really like the color you chose.
I love these project threads I need to start one soon.

[tomazws]

Wow... that's a nice blue.

[Defgeph]

I'm going to email you 30 bucks so you can buy a mask.



I'm going to call you Mr.Blue lung

PS, Angel stated. Derek Jeter always says "Safety first"


Nice work dude

[presure2]

I'm going to email you 30 bucks so you can buy a mask.



I'm going to call you Mr.Blue lung

PS, Angel stated. Derek Jeter always says "Safety first"


Nice work dude

BWAHAHAHAHAHA ya...i had sent my wife to go buy one at that point..i was just waiting for her to get back..lol

[hurley97]

I like the other pic of you in the mask... the one D took

[WH95TE]

Gonna miss the white

[presure2]

I like the other pic of you in the mask... the one D took

HEHEEH i was actually GOING to post that one...lol jenn made me think better of it.

Gonna miss the white

not me. not at all

[6strngs]

that looks sooo good! pretty much the same color I hope to paint my car one day... one day...

[Silver94CelicaOw...]

Looking good!! I can't wait to see this thing all done!



PS - Teach me how to paint, my car looks awful.