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[RoadRage]

Hello 6GC'ers

My name's Tom, called Tj by friends and family, and after owning my 6gc for almost 2 months now and being part of these forums, I have decided to create my own progress thread.

I like reading up member's stories and how their cars came to be in the My Project section, so I thought I could contribute my own story, and I'd like to keep a collection of what I've done. [Long story ahead]
Every since I was little I always had an obsession with Celica's and I probably annoyed the hell out of my parents about how much I talked about them,
Come Christmas when I was 16 (Currently 19) A family friend was getting rid of his car and offered it to my parents as a Christmas present for me, it was a pretty big surprise for me to receive a car for Christmas, but I couldn't drive it independently until 1.5 years later, when I got my probationary license, not the greatest or safest car but it took me places and taught me a lot about car maintenance and care.

That was until November 2013, when on a rainy morning driving to work on a gravel road, I hit some pothole and lost control and managed to flip the car.
Car was wrecked and I was lucky to be even alive, let alone walk away unscratched.


I came back the next day to collect and sell the car to a junkyard, but someone stole all the wheels

This however gave me the opportunity to search the car I've been obsessing since childhood,

After constant search to find the 'perfect one' and feeling frustration that I was stuck inside the house, because here in Australia, its basically a 15 min drive just to the shopping store, or 30 min drive to a friends house, I think I was coming down with cabin fever, or just really really starting to hate public transport,

Until I was rummaging through newspapers at the girlfriends house, where I came across an ad of a celica for sale,
I saw it the next day and thought it was perfect, however the sunroof was completely wrecked, and the dealer that was selling took 3 weeks to fix it.
I cannot tell you the anticipation I was feeling then..
Finally came the day where I got my baby, and 1 year warranty


First night I got it.

I loved the car so much that since I've owned it, I've driven 7000 km (~4500 miles) in under 2 months already,
It came with missing parts where the cigarette lighter is, the dash has been drilled into for some phone holder, and all the panels for the driver's side were missing, so my first mod's were to make sure the car ran good, meaning do an oil flush because the amount of sludge I found was shocking) and change air filter, and usual maintenance, then get onto getting those panels.

Finding parts at yards was a bit difficult because there weren't many 6gc's anymore, until I got lucky and found 3 in one spot (even tho it was sad to see wrecked 6gc's )

My first proper mod was a full sound system upgrade. After receiving the car, and not playing the radio during the test drive, found out 3 speakers were blown, So I got myself this nice package



I did spoil myself, I decided since the car is red to go with a red theme, meaning get a head unit that has a red display, but then after seeing one of special that changes colours I had to get it.

Going from a cassette player and non working CD player (with missing buttons of course):


To:



I also cut out some of my own lovely mounts , turned out pretty well



For the sub wiring, had to rip out the back seats, but gave me a good chance to clean whatever dirt was there



The sub seemed to fit well in the back, (noticed I have no pics of sub, will take soon)

The weekend I spent installing all the audio, I reversed the car all the way back, because I choose the perfect day of 43 degrees weather, and theres no way I wanted to roast in the sun



Following the red theme, I put in some footwell LED's, that are door activated



During the night time when I open my doors people say 'wow that looks great' and now I've gone to install LED's in 2 of my friends cars

I have also whipped out my fancy camera, and tried taking some artsy photos,


Im hoping my camera skills will improve with time haha

I had the idea to plastidip my badges, I screwed up the back and couldn't get all the stuff off so I had to take the back badge off and the next day, either someone stole my front badge or it fell off, So I've been contemplating..


looks a bit ridiculous, so in the meantime I've gone badgeless, but I have put in so much effort in trying to rub off the glue residue, and theres still damn glue there

Some more photography while driving in the countryside



I do have to say the mod bug has bitten, and I am looking to do a bunch of things, im just waiting until my budget allows me,
For now I am waiting on new armest cover and trying to get headlight seals for the lowbeams.

My most recent photo, (and favorite so far) taken on the weekend



I think I'll stop typing now and head off to bed, and update later tomorrow with even more photos
I didn't realize I typed this much, but I feel so much passion for this car, Feels like I'm already driving my dream car and it feels great every time I walk out to the driveway to know that the car right there is mine, and how it great it feels to drive, I love working on it and If i'm not, I'm on these forums at least twice a day

And even if I'm not doing that, Playing Forza 5, guess what car I have?

Yup.. (taken when I glitched out of the showroom)



Thanks if you took time time to actually read all this, lol
Tj

This post has been edited by RoadRage: Sep 25, 2016 - 1:36 AM

[njccmd2002]

Welcome, nice progression

[MarbleFlame]

Shame you're not closer, I have no idea when it comes to wiring the subs, understanding ohms and that sort of stuff.. Anyway very nice thread!

[RoadRage]

Thanks,

I had no idea either, but watching a few helpful youtube videos made me learn how to do it

[Box]

Welcome! Make it more low, now.

[rentaspace]

Subs is easy... Too bad grafton is like 5 hours away... I drove through not to long ago as well >.<
At some point I will also be tracking down to Melbourne
Car looks good
I did the footwells on mine and 3 of my friends too >.< hahaha


Add me on xbox:
Rentaspace


I got forza 5 too

[RoadRage]

Thank you for the comments, theres more much more to come,
At some point I'll be tracking up to Sydney,

Ill add you on xbox as soon as I find where my controller went

For now small update..
Started with something small



And ended up like



Hopefully tomorrow I remember how to put it back together

This post has been edited by RoadRage: Feb 5, 2014 - 10:41 AM

[njccmd2002]

that is one sure way to change a tire...

[rentaspace]

And this 'small' work was? :S


Also if you need a place to stay you can stay at my house
It's only a fold out bed, but free accommodation

This post has been edited by rentaspace: Feb 5, 2014 - 8:08 PM

[RoadRage]

There is a big dent/hole under the car where the jacking point is, and I was trying to mould it back into shape, but it was too difficult so I started removing panels and then thought I'd do what I've been planning to do for the last 2 weeks, which was add my grille in the front and see whats wrong with my washer motor, because it didn't work.

Heres a better photo


Turns out the washer motor is blocked, so I'm off to the junkyard to find a new piece.
The grille turned out really well tho, but I've seen you painted those 5 vertical rubber pieces white, and makes the car look better. What was your process?



Next week, I'll get around to paint them, and im guessing the process was get a can mixed from super cheap or autobarn, then just spray it on?

[rentaspace]

There is a big dent/hole under the car where the jacking point is, and I was trying to mould it back into shape, but it was too difficult so I started removing panels and then thought I'd do what I've been planning to do for the last 2 weeks, which was add my grille in the front and see whats wrong with my washer motor, because it didn't work.

Heres a better photo


Turns out the washer motor is blocked, so I'm off to the junkyard to find a new piece.
The grille turned out really well tho, but I've seen you painted those 5 vertical rubber pieces white, and makes the car look better. What was your process?



Next week, I'll get around to paint them, and im guessing the process was get a can mixed from super cheap or autobarn, then just spray it on?

The black is a cover, pinch behind it and pull forward and it will yank off and underneath will be a smaller colour coded bar which is the support. No paint or parts needed!
What grille meshing is that and how did you hold it in? I am gonna re do mine

[JoshuaM]

No paint needed... Just take off the black covers and they should be painted underneath

p.s. Welcome I'm 19 too and in Brisbane (most of the time... In California atm)... But I got my car from Vic

Red is awesome... Looking forward to seeing what comes next

[RoadRage]

Well... I didn't actually think of that, I bought $30 mesh from Autobarn, but i used self tapping screws behind that cover to keep the mesh on, but I'll have a play around when I get back from junkyard and take a pic, but if im taking off those covers.. then I'll just glue it on I suppose

And you are welcome to stay at mine too, however I dont have any fancy fold out beds, just a mattress

And yes, red is awesome.. I've always had a preference for white, but after looking on the celica market, there was only 1 white one for sale, and it was too expensive, and I looked at others and in the end, I'm liking red much better.. Happy I went with it

[PegGTS]

I've been looking for something like that for a while, looks good!

[RoadRage]

Ok after much strain and effort



Installed fog lights and took the black covers off

Pretty happy with the result

[rentaspace]

Ok after much strain and effort



Installed fog lights and took the black covers off

Pretty happy with the result

Make sure that the rubber behind the light is sealed properly... Mine wasn't for a bit and it resulted in water getting in and fogging the fog lights up... lol

[PegGTS]

Ok after much strain and effort



Installed fog lights and took the black covers off

Pretty happy with the result

Wow looks awesome! Once it warms up that's exactly what I'll be doing, can't wait

[RoadRage]

Thank you, here are some more photos of it

After I took the first photo, my cat had to inspect the work and had to be cat-approved before I bolted the bumper back on



I then had to drive to the airport to pick up family friends, on the way back my right signal started going crazy and was indicating insanely fast and thought great, I must of messed up something in the fog lights that affected the indicator, so when I got back home (3am) I had a look and luckily it was just the front bulb has gone out, So I went and took these photos of the lights in the night,

But of course, It had to be cat-approved again



Here are the lights by themselves


Then all lights on



I'm loving them, look good and useful when needed

[rentaspace]

Cats:




got more somewhere of him claiming my splitters, computer and bed >.<

[RoadRage]

I have lots of photos of her in my old car



So fluffly, She hasn't really been around the Celica, but my girlfriends cat loves sitting inside it, so much after while he starts doing his nails on the seats... :l

Ok, now for a small update for whats been happening inbetween

before I put on the grille, had a car wash




but now its seriously dirty again and its waaay to hot to have a car wash anytime this weekend
Then we had a bit of a photoshoot with my friend's Falcon and Commodore



Celica lookin sexy
except the missing seals on headlight, but they are on the way


I also noticed un-used brake bulbs in the back so I hooked them up to work when I brake




I just ordered clear side turn indicators aswell and now waiting for them to arrive

Last week amongst all the heatwave of 40 degrees C, it actually rained a bit and took my camera out for some photos, but they are on another computer, so I will upload those too when I get home

And also, yes I did check the seals, they are all good. Just as I bought these lights my neighbour came around and saw I was installing fog lights and he said he has a pair he had on his car that were pricey ones, but when he replaced his bull bar (it was on a 4WD) he never put them back on and gave me them for free
They are pretty fancy looking, but I already cut out the shape of my foglights in the mesh, so now I'll have to decide whats gonna happen with them

This post has been edited by RoadRage: Feb 8, 2014 - 12:43 AM

[rentaspace]

In the near future I will probably be selling my Clear Lenses for my Front Indicators; This will only happen if I get the chance to install the GT4 front end. So will be later this year... maybe even next year...

[cjpost]

I really like the fog lights, how hard was the installation process?

I would love to see you put on the GT4 front end

[rentaspace]

I really like the fog lights, how hard was the installation process?

I would love to see you put on the GT4 front end

The fog lights are easy to install when you follow the many guides, I sent a wire up to roadrage when he did this:)
We have the exact same lights too.
I may be selling mine whenever I get around to installing the GT4 front end, since I have OEM GT4 fogs

[RoadRage]

I really like the fog lights, how hard was the installation process?

The fog lights are easy to install when you follow the many guides, I sent a wire up to roadrage when he did this:)
We have the exact same lights too.
I may be selling mine whenever I get around to installing the GT4 front end, since I have OEM GT4 fogs

I Pm'ed rentaspace about how to do it and his reply was very helpful and thought me how to do it, so If you are interested I can write up the way I did it, installation is fairly straight forward..

With that being said, 1 day later they stopped worked so I took the bumper off again to see what happened and turns out the relay wasn't grounded properly, So i had to fix it up.
I went out to take some photos and after reading through the forums and seeing the calendar that is made here, I'm making it my goal now to make it into the 2015 calendar

Also the car got washed yesterday

Photos coming soon

[RoadRage]

Ok photo update time

Continuing with the cats and celicas..

As I wrote last week about how my girlfriends cat loves climbing inside my car.. no surprise, he did this about half an hour later I wrote that



Me and my girlfriend went up to a lookout during the night, and then i snapped this pic



Then my cat stood guard of the car when we got home




I've been getting out and about on mini-road trips and been able to capture some photos and I think I've done a decent job
First was a drive in the mountains



Followed by some beach photos





I really like how they turned out...

Some real progress will be coming soon.. just waiting for parts to arrive

[rentaspace]

Some real progress will be coming soon.. just waiting for parts to arrive me to get off my ass and do stuff

^ This is my problems...

[RoadRage]

Some real progress will be coming soon.. just waiting for parts to arrive me to get off my ass and do stuff

^ This is my problems...

LOL same.. took me about 3 days to get these photos up.... actually no here is some real progress I did today

after seeing Richee3's thread, got some door strikers

[PegGTS]

That's a nice shot

[RoadRage]

Thank you! haha now I notice, its exactly same angle as your sig

Since its Valentines day, Ill be away with the gf for 2 days, as we are going camping 200km's away
Chance for me to get some more photos

Also, woo I found my xbox one controller
can play some more forza now

This post has been edited by RoadRage: Feb 13, 2014 - 6:14 PM

[RoadRage]

Back from our roadtrip

I took photos, but can't upload because I don't have cable with, but I did take 2 phone photos..

Before packing, finally took a photo of the sub set up, of course including my girlfriends cat
I really love the sub, adds a nice 'kick'



And the only photo I took on my phone during our road trip, on the beach.. all before we started heading off the main roads



More to come....

Also - JUST ORDERED JDM TAILS ... now begins the wait

This post has been edited by RoadRage: Feb 15, 2014 - 6:33 AM

[rentaspace]

My cat strikes again.
Gonna have to reregister it in his name

This post has been edited by rentaspace: Feb 15, 2014 - 7:13 PM

[RoadRage]

Ok, got the photos,

Our roadtrip included of this lovely little campsite






Then we decided to start heading offroad



and create some dust


and then I tried to take a shortcut.. which lead us onto this



.. It was a little bumpy.. I scraped on one part of the track and the grille came out of place, so I have to put it back in



By this time the celica was getting a bit dirty

And on the way home.. I needed a reminder on which side to drive haha



In total drove about 600km's, once we got into the more 'remote' areas I got to drive on The Great Ocean Road. It is a great road to drive on, route along the beach along with really windy roads.. I loved it..

[RoadRage]

Indicators arrived!
Now to install them..

[rentaspace]

Indicators arrived!
Now to install them..

Put sealent on them or they will
Leak..

[RoadRage]

My brand spankin new Headlight seals have arrived too!



Now all the bits are ready to take my front bumper off once again and put everything on

..when i get around to it

[rentaspace]

My brand spankin new Headlight seals have arrived too!



Now all the bits are ready to take my front bumper off once again and put everything on

..when i get around to it

Looks good!

What was that website that had the hood latch again?

[RoadRage]

http://www.amayama.com

I'm getting the parts numbers from http://www.toyodiy.com

but looking up the hood latch is confusing because of the different euro, jap and 'general' models on there.. but i think its the jap one..

This post has been edited by RoadRage: Feb 19, 2014 - 7:34 AM

[RoadRage]

Small Update..

I've had my gear boot cover on, but didn't have photos of it, I've also had a play with photoshop of making easier before and after photos

What came with the car was pretty awful, pretty happen with new one


My armrest cover also arrived, of course using red thread, Once I stretched the leather I took the thread out so I could use the cup holders, because the screws once put together would keep it in place..

[Tomski]

Looking really good mate. Also nice too see that you are enjoying your Celica to the fullest with all those road trips away . I am thinking about ordering the red stitched leather centre console cover as well. Where did you get yours from? Cheers,

Tom

[RoadRage]

Thank you! I'm loving my celica.

I ordered mine on ebay from topgaiters

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/FITS-TOYOTA-CEL...=item51b9566adb

but there is also a member here named vincent_doggy who sells them.

http://www.kamikaze.com.hk/product.php?id_product=68
There's a bunch of variety too, not just black with red stitching, on the ebay one you have to find the listing..

Also, A package arrived today

[MarbleFlame]

JDM tails?

[RoadRage]

maybe

also got these printed today

[MarbleFlame]

Reckon you could make a set for me? Lol

[RoadRage]

If you wish

The sticker place is only open Wednesdays and Fridays, so I can get them done Wednesday

This post has been edited by RoadRage: Feb 21, 2014 - 6:21 PM

[RoadRage]

Ok update time, been working away on the celica today and made quite a bit of progress

First was the JDM Tails

Before shot:


After:


One and one


Finally got around to put badges back on, plastidipped the back one


The tails and badge



I put the low beam seals on and happy to see what a big difference it makes


Then came most important of all
6gc stickers


And last of all.. Indicators went from.. bland


to crystal clear


They look great in the night.
Today has been a big day, very happy with what has been done

This post has been edited by RoadRage: Feb 22, 2014 - 9:26 AM

[PegGTS]

Looking really nice man! Personally I'd remove the Toyota Celica badges. I think it looks cleaner but maybe that's just me, maybe I'm biased

[Lil-Joe101]

Looking really nice man! Personally I'd remove the Toyota Celica badges. I think it looks cleaner but maybe that's just me, maybe I'm biased

Or go with the cursive "Celica" badge, dont see to many of those around. Your build is coming along very nicely though man, keep it up.

This post has been edited by Lil-Joe101: Feb 22, 2014 - 11:11 AM

[Poonicus]

I have that same Sony radio in my celi too haha and I'm doing a lot of what you're doing to mine what did you get your jdm tails for it you don't mind me asking I'm debating whether or not to go curren or jdm.

[richee3]

I have that same Sony radio in my celi too haha and I'm doing a lot of what you're doing to mine what did you get your jdm tails for it you don't mind me asking I'm debating whether or not to go curren or jdm.

Curren tails will only fit a coupe/convertible where the JDM facelift tails will only fit the liftbacks.

[kurt95gt]

I have that same Sony radio in my celi too haha and I'm doing a lot of what you're doing to mine what did you get your jdm tails for it you don't mind me asking I'm debating whether or not to go curren or jdm.

Curren tails will only fit a coupe/convertible where the JDM facelift tails will only fit the liftbacks.

Lol Dan beat me to it
Was gonna say by he same thing

[Syaoran]

I think JDM tails are singlehandedly the best mod for the 6GC...

[kurt95gt]

I prefer curren myself

[JoshuaM]

I prefer curren myself

Yeah... but you have a coupe

Great job TJ Now.... I wonder what mods will be next

[kurt95gt]

I prefer curren myself

Yeah... but you have a coupe

Great job TJ Now.... I wonder what mods will be next

We have both lol.

[Poonicus]

I prefer curren myself

Yeah... but you have a coupe

Great job TJ Now.... I wonder what mods will be next

We have both lol.

^Show off XD

[RoadRage]

Looking really nice man! Personally I'd remove the Toyota Celica badges. I think it looks cleaner but maybe that's just me, maybe I'm biased

Or go with the cursive "Celica" badge, dont see to many of those around. Your build is coming along very nicely though man, keep it up.

Ha says the other guy who paid a hefty price for a shiny new badge
After rolling badgeless for a while, I decided I'll go back to badges, plus I couldn't be bothered filling in the holes

I am looking to get the cursive badge.. Still thinking about it

I have that same Sony radio in my celi too haha and I'm doing a lot of what you're doing to mine what did you get your jdm tails for it you don't mind me asking I'm debating whether or not to go curren or jdm.

Cool! I love my head unit, so many colours
I got my set off eBay as a lucky find for $100 plus $100 shipped

I think JDM tails are singlehandedly the best mod for the 6GC...

Why yes they are

I prefer curren myself

Great job TJ Now.... I wonder what mods will be next

Well your from words of persuasion, looks like it'll be the riser blocks

Thank you all for the nice comments

[The_enD]

I prefer curren myself

Yeah... but you have a coupe

Great job TJ Now.... I wonder what mods will be next

Trailer hitch removal

[RoadRage]

Josh advises me not to...
The car came with it, I have no intention of using it

Only reason I'm keeping it on is as a 'form' of protection
If someone rear ends me that hitch leaves a nice surprise for their radiator

I was going to remove it but a 7 car pile up of someone rearending someone else, then rearending someone else... Etc happened today right next to me, made me uncertain

Also seeing what happened to PegGTS doesn't help

[The_enD]

It's a not going to save your ass (your car's ass to be specific) as it's not the full setup. It will just go through whatever hits it. Just hope it's not some SUV as your new JDM tails will be victims.
I have made a habit of looking at the rear view mirrors before braking to see if someone is coming too fast.

[RoadRage]

Been to the back to the beach and got some photos of my new mods





And my lovely girlfriend nice enough to pose for a photo

[PegGTS]

Looking really nice man! Personally I'd remove the Toyota Celica badges. I think it looks cleaner but maybe that's just me, maybe I'm biased

Or go with the cursive "Celica" badge, dont see to many of those around. Your build is coming along very nicely though man, keep it up.

Ha says the other guy who paid a hefty price for a shiny new badge

Haha yeah wish I didn't have to go through the dealer to get the front badge, so expensive at least it's shiny though! Well not anymore because it's plasti dipped

And I meant just remove the badges that say "Toyota Celica", not the actual Toyota logo, I like the way it looks with just the logo in the middle

This post has been edited by PegGTS: Feb 24, 2014 - 2:06 AM

[RoadRage]

But then how will people know I have a Celica

This post has been edited by RoadRage: Feb 24, 2014 - 2:24 AM

[MarbleFlame]

[RoadRage]

Haha, thats cool..

In the meantime I've seen the I love my Celica sticker that has the Gen 7 Outline, done search and didnt find one with the 6th
So I went to create my own



Turned out pretty well
Still needs some work refining some sharp edges

This post has been edited by RoadRage: Feb 24, 2014 - 9:13 AM

[PegGTS]

Haha, thats cool..

In the meantime I've seen the I love my Celica sticker that has the Gen 7 Outline, done search and didnt find one with the 6th
So I went to create my own



Turned out pretty well
Still needs some work refining some sharp edges

Pretty sure Silly97 made a batch of those not too long ago (the I<3mycelica and third brake light vinyl s)

[MarbleFlame]

Yeah he did. I bought the third brake light vinyl off him and it looks awesome

[PegGTS]

Yeah he did. I bought the third brake light vinyl off him and it looks awesome

So did I, waiting to get a clear lens though before I put it on

[RoadRage]

I Contacted Silly97 and there isn't any anymore, So I'll just be touching up mine..

I also prefer the cursive Celica break light


Also Timmyface has taught me some photography and Photoshop tricks
not bad for first attempt haha



This post has been edited by RoadRage: Feb 25, 2014 - 11:21 PM

[RoadRage]

Met up with a 5th gen

[RoadRage]

Got riser blocks on their way thanks to Josh
Gonna need some work on them

[PegGTS]

Got riser blocks on their way thanks to Josh
Gonna need some work on them

Oooh they're not replicas

[RoadRage]

Thing have been quiet lately, however I have 2 things to update..

Anyone who has seen my topic on the exterior thread knows I've run into some trouble with the spoiler blocks, however they are making progress and are very close to be done

I drove around spoilerless for a few days (until I saw raining coming and put original spoiler back on)

blocks are filled and primed, now I am just weatherproofing the bottom with some rubber and sealant,
fits the car no problems they just need to be mounted


Today I was just about to continue work on risers, I decided to check local Junkyard list and saw that a new celica was in! It also had sideskirts
I rushed over and surely they were there!
I started removing and once one was off..
The amount of dirt that fell out of was unbelievable!


The drivers side one was slightly bent from the rims that held the car up, however I managed to remove it and fixing it will be easy..

I got home, I was too excited and tried fitment on my car.
Help up courtesy of 2 rocks


I then washed and cleaned them


Pretty happy about them. I've been scouring yards for celica parts and as hard as it is to find a celica in a yard, sideskirts are even harder because either the car is a different trim model, the car is completely neglected and the skirts are broken/cracked all over or the junkyard doesn't care and break them when moving the car into the yard. Overall.. great purchase for $60 and another project for me to do

[RoadRage]

Also! New gear knob!

[RoadRage]

^^ that knob broke and faded in 2 days.. it was awful, learn my lesson on why not to buy cheap fake ones..

In other news..
There is a BIG update coming very very soon!

[JoshuaM]

^^ that knob broke and faded in 2 days.. it was awful, learn my lesson on why not to buy cheap fake ones..

In other news..
There is a BIG update coming very very soon!

And by BIG, he means BIG!!!

[rentaspace]

^^ that knob broke and faded in 2 days.. it was awful, learn my lesson on why not to buy cheap fake ones..

In other news..
There is a BIG update coming very very soon!

And by BIG, he means BIG!!!

Not BIG!!! enough

[mkernz22]

^^ that knob broke and faded in 2 days.. it was awful, learn my lesson on why not to buy cheap fake ones..

In other news..
There is a BIG update coming very very soon!

And by BIG, he means BIG!!!

Not BIG!!! enough

Can't wait for this HUGE update!

This post has been edited by mkernz22: Apr 28, 2014 - 7:19 AM

[Box]

Must be an engine swap then.

[RoadRage]

haha I wish!

[RoadRage]

BIG update is here! (sorta)

I took photos while I was installing and it was getting dark so all I have for now is phone pics

I plan to go out and have a nice photoshoot sometime this week

So, A rather large package arrived at my door only after 4 days it shipped from japan

it consisted of front splitters, (however the condition of them wasn't as great as thought, no big problem, just gonna require more effort to fix them up, so they aren't going on the car for a while)

And as resistant I was to rear splitters Josh sent me them anyway lol and suggested to just 'try' them on and see how I feel.

And.. well I do like them, so they are staying


and now the BIG!! part,

PROJECTORS!!



Yup, they finally happened




So shiny
best purchase ever!
Installation was fairly straight forward and I think it enhances the cars look greatly

More photos to come later during the week
I need some rest haha

also: I got a new grille and I've hid the foglights behind the grille so the mesh in there will look more 'flush' with the bumper

This post has been edited by RoadRage: May 5, 2014 - 5:26 AM

[JoshuaM]

Woooo

[PegGTS]

Make me want to get my lights in right now

This post has been edited by PegGTS: May 4, 2014 - 3:30 PM

[RoadRage]

Gonna update this since it hasn't been updated in a while

Quite a few things have happened and I have a lot more things that I have in the garage that need to happen!

Not going to write it all now, but will update it all tomorrow hopefully

[RoadRage]

Ok!! Update time!!

Been a bit lazy with keeping this up to date so lets get started --

I got my strut bar in, but the way my sub was set up, the bar couldn't fit so I went down to my hardware store and got a piece of wood and cut it to shape so I can lay down the sub and fit the bar,
Then I tidied my boot up



I went back to finishing my Raiser blocks, the bottom piece was missing so I got creative and made my own mounts


Then proceeded to paint and weatherproof the bottom, this is everything that went into it


pretty much ready to install



And Finished!! First photo after they were on



Only about 2 days after the spoiler, I reached in my passenger side to find it basically filled with water from a leak somewhere, I ripped the passenger side apart and couldn't find the cause, because water was everywhere. ....... Eventually it was found out that the windscreen sealant had completely come apart on the passanger side so off I went to get a new windscreen



I always love spotting other 6gc's and taking photos with them


6gc's aren't the most common sight where I live, but i was pretty surprised to see one when my girlfriend and I drove about 2 hours up to see snow in the mountains and behold, there was one



I then got clear turns finally! the last piece of the puzzle for my clear turn singals


I also got a set of TEIN lowering springs from rentaspace, but i am holding out on the install, till i get around to buying some new shocks along with it.

After this it was pretty much quiet for a while as I was back at uni and it was keeping me busy, however I notcied 2 new celicas showed up at my local wrecker so I went to check them out and found that the first one had a white cluster, and I thought why the heck not, ill grab it, put some contrast in my dash


Also ordered some carbon fibre wrap and its on its way, hoping to spice up my dash a bit since I find it a bit plain

The other Celica however! At first I didnt notice, but it was a personal import from Japan, it was in serious rough shape and didn't have much to offer so I was about to leave it, until I noticed it had Power Folding Mirrors!
Then i spent the next 2 or 3 so hours taking apart the whole interior and try to get as much wiring out as possible
Not bad for 50 bucks


That is pretty much up to date..
I got plenty of things in my garage waiting to be worked on, so I got plenty of things to keep me busy (not only uni)

I will most likely start work on the sideskirts, which have been laying around since about april now, then do the front splitters,
But the mirrors are so tempting to work on , might do those first

Hope you enjoyed my update

[BonzaiCelica]

Oh dar. You I've been looking cor that middle white speedometer face gauge for the longest time. Nice updates

[JFXtreme007]

Mate the car looks freaking awesome! i love it! and honestly wouldn't mind a white gauge cluster haha

[JoshuaM]

Mate the car looks freaking awesome! i love it! and honestly wouldn't mind a white gauge cluster haha

That'll come with the BEAMS engine, don't worry

[RoadRage]

Ok so, I have been busy with university lately, but this week I have off and I decided to start working on the things that have been waiting in the garage for me

There is a car show I would like to attend on Sunday so today I am starting

Tj's 6 Day Overhaul

Day One of Six

So my first day off began as setting up the garage as my workshop for the following days to be ready to work for Front SSIII splitters, OEM skirts, JDM Folding mirrors, and Carbon Fibre wrap for interior bits,
It was pretty damn cold outside so I even put a heater up for me


I first started on the splitters, how ever the photo that I thought I bought was a bit different from arrived


The bottom was completely cracked and scratched up and held together by flimsy zipties..


Doesn't matter.. went out and bought supplies and started applying a fibreglass repair kit for the splitters, pretty straight forward except I only applied on the back and stupid me should have applied some resin in the crack aswell..
Will make some more resin tomorrow and fill the crack


While waiting for the resin to dry (before I realized I forgot the crack) I started to work on the mirrors and curious me wanted to open up the motor and take it apart, (Also because i chewed the screws for this mirror and I thought there was a way to see on the other side how far to drill)... then i forgot how to put it back together


I started late today.. and its getting too late tonight so this is my wrap up for Day One..
Big mess left on the table lol



Hope to get much more done tomorrow and put the mirror back together haha,
Stay tuned for Day Two

[JoshuaM]

FINALLY!

[rentaspace]

What about today's progress? o.O

[RoadRage]

Alrighty here we go

Day Two of Six

Started out with cleaning up and putting the mirrors back together neatly and make sure everything seems to be in the right spot


The screws were eff'd on the drivers mirror so I tried to drilled them out and and they weren't budging so intead I made the hole big enough to fit self tapper screws to use as a replacement, haha it does the job


That was it for the mirrors, they are ready for wiring, but they are last on the list so they have been put away and will get back to them when other bits are done


Now this part I done goofed, The night before i forgot to put resin in the cracks of the splitter, so i did that and while waiting for them to dry I sanded down the other splitter,
Ready to start the primer on the good splitter, I started to spray and after 1 coat I realized the primer i bought isn't sticking to the splitter at all and it just runs down..
Worked perfectly fine on a bumper that was done for my friend but obviously not on these splitters (its some plastic, clear primer), So i swapped the primer can with my friend for clearcoat can and went out and bought some proper primer.
Got home and sanded down the old runny primer and started sanding the cracked splitter, only to be too rough and make the recently dried fibgrelass snap off!



Re-applied the resin on the splitter and let it dry, while i finished sanding the good one. By this point I had enough of sanding and my Carbon fibre wrap arrived, so I thought lets get started on that

Pulled out some chunks of the car and started simple

The cigarette ashtray thing

2 HOURS LATER

FINALLY! something


Followed by


Most time consuming thing ever.. I've long lost count of how much time I have spent on this trying to perfect every corner,
this is pretty damn difficult lol, or maybe i am retarded or too much of a perfectionist

But lastly, the most rage inducing piece (so far)


I'd also like to thanks for my GF letting me use her hair dryer haha

By this time it was late late night and i was tired, so I installed the bits I've done so far


Looks good but I went through plenty of rage haha,
thats my wrap up for Day two,
Barely any paint, so tomorrow will be focused on getting on all bits primered

To be continued!

[The_enD]

Sorry to inform you, but fiberglass does not adhere well to plastic.
Force it and it just brakes clean off.

[RoadRage]

Yeah the way it snapped I figured, but this time I used like 3 times the amount of resin, and I sort of tested it with just forcing it by my hand and it kept together

I doubt the splitter will be going through much force anyway, so it does the job
Unless I scrape badly when I'm lowered

[JFXtreme007]

I'm loving the Carbon Fibre look! and yeah if it takes a while because of being a perfectionist, i better not even start

[RoadRage]

Nahh, its not that bad, gives pretty good look for something I paid 10 bucks for

Day Three of Six has begun!

The skirts have been prepped and 1 splitter was ready for primer so I sprayed the 1 splitter


Applied body filler to the bad splitter and let it dry


While waiting to try I started sprayed the primer on the skirts



I moved to the backyard where the second skirt was and noticed some bumps I missed on it and sanded it down a bit all while Oscar (My dog) was just sitting there all concerned haha


I think he wants treats


By this time the body filler has dried so I sanded down the splitter and then primed it



That is it for Day Three, all items primed ready to paint for tomorrow

[RoadRage]

However! Day Three didn't end too well, by the end of day 3 my back was in a lot of pain and I was struggling to walk and was barely able to sit from this bump I had on the back of my spine and I went to the doctor the next morning and was informed I would have to go to emergency hospital and have an operation,

So Day 4 was spent all day in hospital and most of Day 5 and now I need to rest up

Looks like paint will be delayed and wont be on the car by the time of the show but I will still try to attend

[Lil-Joe101]

AWESOME WORK DUDE!!!!

[RoadRage]

Alrighty... I think its time for an update

So my 6 day overhaul got cut short haha, and then I fell behind in Uni and had to catch up, however, Uni for this year is finished so its time to continue

I set up at a friends house and get to finishing off the skirts and splitters




I then tried a test fit and came up pretty well, however they looked completely different colour because the car was dirty as fck haha



In the meantime, my front bumper started to deteriorate really bad, really quickly, as seen in this picture (featuring my cat)


The paint started to peel over the front and at the bottom of the grille, so I took it off to give it a respray


Then it was time to stick the skirts on, drilling holes on the bottom and using mounting tape for the top part, however the tape turned out to be useless, so I got the Sika Sealant out and it did the job, so I jammed some things against the skirt to hold it in place (Yes, that is a printer in there, It's all I could find lol)


It was starting to get dark so I decided to put the bumper back on, unfinished, but it was looking better than before anyway haha



After some time, the sealant dried and this is the final result. For one side anway



Came up pretty nice , still have some sealant to clean up but pretty happy with the skirt

I was determined to finish the rest tomorrow, but I woke up today and its windy and rainy, so I guess the rest has to wait until the sun comes up again.. (hopefully tomorrow)
Until then, driving around with 1 skirt and unfinished bumper haha

[RoadRage]

Update timeeee
An opportunity came up for a set of wheels found by JoshM on the internets that I was very undecided for, but after much peer pressure, I agreed haha

Picked them up the next day for a great deal

17x7 +30 offset on 205/40 tyres

Quite the difference from whats on there haha


However sadly the lugnuts given were the wrong size so I couldn't put them on same day, so I had to use my imagination



Now get ready for a photo montage










The last photo shows how the dirty car is I have been spending the rest of the day polishing and waxing the car

Pretty happy with the wheels anyway, Not the best specs but they look really nice
These wheels however show off that the car needs moar low, which will come in due time

This post has been edited by RoadRage: Dec 20, 2014 - 8:56 AM

[The_enD]

Atrocious wheel gap.