Silly97- Nov 25, 2018 :SSFOUR Conversion finished. Pictures posted, Just to keep a record of my cars history. Nothing special. :) Options

[ILoveMySilly97]

Ok....sooo....I know it's a bit late for me to start it but might as well do it now. Lol. I bought my 1997 Toyota Celica GT for $4,500 on February 27, 2012. It had 175,000 miles on the cluster. It was in very good condition. The only problem I had on it was it had a CEL light on. Which was just the speed sensor in the cluster not working. Replaced that and the CEL was cleared. Also my car didn't pass emissions test but I eventually had that fixed after running on premium and Lucas Cleaner. Overall I was more than happy to pay the overpriced $4500.

Winner of May 2014 COTM

"This car is not about racing, this car is not about power; performance, it's purely about being cool."

Previous Owner: http://www.6gc.net/members/9609
Very ricey and not my flavor.

Here's a link to my FB album of my car. It has all of my pics of my silly97.
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.2...0238&type=3

Here some things my car had on when I first bought it:

Bone stock performance
7GC GTS Rims
AG Lowering Springs
JDM Tail lights
Stock side skirts
2post spoiler
Rear tinted windows
Window stickers




Here's what I've done to it so far:

Performance
Injen Short Ram Intake


Suspension
Megan Coilovers


Ichiba Spacers 15mm and extended lug studs all around


Eibach Camber Bolt


Fender Rolled All Around



Exterior
3k Hi halogen bulb


8k Lo HiD conversion
3k halogen fog light bulb
Amber turn signal bulb


Clear side lights


TRD Roof Spoiler REPLICA(Hi-C)


OEM SSIII front grill
Tom's Front Lip REPLICA(Zonz540)


Enkei RPF1 17x8 +45Front +35Rear
Nankang NS1 205/40/17



Interior
TRD Shift Boot


SpreeLED White Gauge Lights


GT4 Rear Strut Bar




I do have a set of GT4 splitters that are waiting to be painted.



The rest of my plans for my car is to get it repainted and installed with the gt4 splitters. I want to go wit the Supra Limited Edition Silver code 1B9. I also want to get a custom exhaust. I really want the JDM projectors also. We will see what else will be added onto my list as days goes by. Lol. Also I'm planning to keep my silly FOREVER!!! XD

How it looks before:



How it looks now:



This post has been edited by ILoveMySilly97: Nov 25, 2018 - 6:13 PM

[Syaoran]

Looks good. Make sure those white seams don't have a texture to it, or it'll show through the paint.

[ILoveMySilly97]

Looks good. Make sure those white seams don't have a texture to it, or it'll show through the paint.

Nope. Its all smooth.

[Syaoran]

Looks good. Make sure those white seams don't have a texture to it, or it'll show through the paint.

Nope. Its all smooth.

Awesome. I didn't see any primer in the previous pic. Are you using any?

[ILoveMySilly97]

Nope. Didn't think of it til today so I'm going to have to make quick run on sunday morning to get my primer. Lol.

[Syaoran]

Use the primer and the adhesion promoter on top of it.

[ILoveMySilly97]

Use the primer and the adhesion promoter on top of it.

Adhesion promoter then primer then colour then gloss. Sounds good?

[ILoveMySilly97]

I hit 200,000 miles last night! XD

[ILoveMySilly97]

Here it is. Finished painting it! Still waiting a couple days for the paint to cure so I can sand it, rub it, polish it, and wax it.

[JoshuaM]

Here it is. Finished painting it! Still waiting a couple days for the paint to cure so I can sand it, rub it, polish it, and wax it.

Looking good... Much better condition than my ones, I just didn't want to try and paint it myself Will be interesting to see how the colour match goes

[doctavic]

Here it is. Finished painting it! Still waiting a couple days for the paint to cure so I can sand it, rub it, polish it, and wax it.

nice work!

[ILoveMySilly97]

Here it is. Finished painting it! Still waiting a couple days for the paint to cure so I can sand it, rub it, polish it, and wax it.

Looking good... Much better condition than my ones, I just didn't want to try and paint it myself Will be interesting to see how the colour match goes

You just need to know what color you need. Mine has aftermarket paint and the previous owner didn't let me know what color my was but I made a guess that it was quicksilver and indeed it was. Perfect match. Lol.

Here it is. Finished painting it! Still waiting a couple days for the paint to cure so I can sand it, rub it, polish it, and wax it.

nice work!

Thanks!

[cheela]

looks good! let's see a picture of them on the car!!! lol. you and me got the same setup now. except I still gotta drop mine.

[ILoveMySilly97]

looks good! let's see a picture of them on the car!!! lol. you and me got the same setup now. except I still gotta drop mine.

Yea I know we do. Lol. Once I put the splits on and your car dropped, then our cars well be identical. Would be funny if we both get projectors at the same time In the future too. Haha.

[cheela]

hehehe. i just might.

just too bad mine's an ST.

[ILoveMySilly97]

hehehe. i just might.

just too bad mine's an ST.

At least it's limited edition. The gt doesn't have much of a big power difference. Lol.

[Syaoran]

hehehe. i just might.

just too bad mine's an ST.

At least it's limited edition. The gt doesn't have much of a big power difference. Lol.

Until you slap a turbo on it properly...

[ILoveMySilly97]

hehehe. i just might.

just too bad mine's an ST.

At least it's limited edition. The gt doesn't have much of a big power difference. Lol.

Until you slap a turbo on it properly...

True that. I wouldn't mind having a 5sfte but then again. It's Cali. Lol.

Sorry for the late update. Been busy working. But here's how the trd rear splits turned out. Didn't fit perfect for some reason and I broke off the rivets on the right side brace while installing it.

[JoshuaM]

Fiiinally You had yours painted a while before I got mine, but I've been driving around with mine fitted for a couple of weeks now

Its a shame that the color match wasn't perfect... But they still look good:) definitely needed on there to go with all that low and your front and skirts.

So now the race for the projectors are on Mine should be arriving in a week or two... But I won't be able to put them on until after exams finish mid-June... So you still have time

[ILoveMySilly97]

Fiiinally You had yours painted a while before I got mine, but I've been driving around with mine fitted for a couple of weeks now

Its a shame that the color match wasn't perfect... But they still look good:) definitely needed on there to go with all that low and your front and skirts.

So now the race for the projectors are on Mine should be arriving in a week or two... But I won't be able to put them on until after exams finish mid-June... So you still have time

Yea it was a shame but it's ok. It was meant to look ok til my paint job in a couple of years. Lol. Im trying to get my hands on projectors too. Just looking around for a decent price. I'm not really looking forward to that hassle of removing the front bumper along with my front lip. Pain in the ass. Lol.

[cheela]

eh? front bumper isn't too bad. Just gotta do it once and then you'll see how easy it is. I can probably take it off in 10 minutes or so now. lol!