My Mods, Updated 8-9, gas door write up Options

[QuintinGT]

I felt like making my own thread. So here it is, this is what Ive done so far.






















If you hadnt noticed I like the clean and shaved look. And Im shooting for a Black and White theme, so far i think it looks pretty good. I dont have many big expensive things on my car just lots of little things that took a lot of time and energy, but it is worth it cause no one has a car like mine especially not an interior like mine.

This post has been edited by QuintinGT: Aug 9, 2007 - 2:10 AM

[Jaws4God]

Sweet man!!

How did you do the dash?? I need to do some work on mine and yours looks great!

only suggestion i have is the 3 spoke rims.. gotta get something with more but looking great man!!

[My2Celi]

wow dood mad props. how did you make your gauge cluster so bright like that? did you put a lot of them 5mm leds and plug them to a 12v socket?

[QuintinGT]

Sweet man!!

How did you do the dash?? I need to do some work on mine and yours looks great!

only suggestion i have is the 3 spoke rims.. gotta get something with more but looking great man!!

Thanks, What Part? I Filled all the Holes with Fiberglass then bondo and lots of time! It took me more than 3 weeks.

wow dood mad props. how did you make your gauge cluster so bright like that? did you put a lot of them 5mm leds and plug them to a 12v socket?

Thanks, nope They are just three 194 LEDs(superstars), the real trick is the white paint actually, It reflects the light instead of absorbing it like the black did.

before

after


This post has been edited by QuintinGT: Aug 1, 2007 - 2:10 AM

[celicomx]

Nice mod's man! Keep it up!! How do you did the clear signal of the door?

[Toyoca]

Nice mod's man! Keep it up!! How do you did the clear signal of the door?

you can get that housing off of a tacoma.

sweet ride btw

[QuintinGT]

heres the thread about them

courtesy lights

[OntarioCeli]

Looking good man, keep up the good work..

just thought id throw an idea out for you and any others... I stenciled the toyota emblem and sprayed around it.

[coldbluesteel]

Man, I love those gauges! Your right the white sets it off, like angel eyes. I wonder if silver will have the same effect?

[My2Celi]

ur full of ideas. i tried the superstars and it just craps out for some reason. but man keep up the good work. let us know if theres anything else u left out.

This post has been edited by My2Celi: Oct 15, 2006 - 1:06 AM

[QuintinGT]

I like the toyota emblem, looks good, but I learned my lesson on stencils with my valve cover, i wont be do in more of that any time soon.

Im sure that silver will do very close to the same thing. Try it out and let us know.

When did you try the superstars? I heard that they recently redid the circuitry and if you had problems before you wont with the new ones. Mine have worked perfectly since I got them.

[j0e_p3t]

nice. love what you've done with your interior and what-not.

[hitcachi]

EXTERIOR
Removed front license plate

Siiiicccc!!!!

[trdproven]

Thats some good mods and ideas Quintin.

OntarioCeli, thats a dope idea for the door light.

[My2Celi]

ahhh yyou got rust at the bottom of your door panel.

[shin]

your mods are definitely unique and clean. i like it. especially the switch part that are hidden with the box under the stereo.

[Predator]

props for all the custom and unique ideas

btw, how did you get the texture of the panels back after you modded them?

This post has been edited by Predator: Oct 15, 2006 - 5:26 PM

[mzztoyota]

love it man, real clean Those rims are gonna look soooo sweet when you get 'em...

I can tell that you have spent a lot of time on the interior, but man it so looks well worth it!

[QuintinGT]

Thanks guys and girls, Im glad you like it too.

The panels started out smooth that texture is just from the enamel paint I used.

First off your the man because your interior is the s***. How did you make that switch panel? and how did you relocate the cigarette lighter?

The switch panel was not easy, mainly because of the size of the hazard switch and dimmer. the harzard switch fit without any modification but the dimmer had to be made considerably smaller. if you wanted to do this without all the work it would not be to difficult if you had the hazard, dimmer and maybe one or two other switches, this way it wouldnt be so cramped. The hazard switch has seven wires that connect it so youll have to extend them. i cut off the plug and put in extensions. Keep in mind that your turn signals will not work if the hazard button is not plugged in so dont try to drive in the middle of putting this in. the dimmer has 3 wires that have to be extended.







the cigarette lighter was really easy, I bought an auxiliary output kit at Walmart for 5 bucks(at autozone too) and just drilled the hole and connected the 2 wires to the existing cigarette lighter wires. I would recommend using a mutimeter to find the + - wires cuase I did it wrong the first time and blew a fuse.

This post has been edited by QuintinGT: Oct 15, 2006 - 8:12 PM

[jason]

im curious as to how you relocated the clock set buttons, on my clock they make a contact on the circuitry the display sits on.. i actually lost one of the prong buttons, so i was wanting to do something similar like yours only with small momentary switchs

[presure2]

nice job on the interior mods!

[99GT]

I'm going to try to cig lighter project... cool man.

[QuintinGT]

well Its been a while since i posted in here and i figured it was time to update you all.

well I got some HIDs from Culpable04. I must say I really love them, I got 4500K they're the perfect color.




after that I thought that my car was too perfect so I decided to wreck it
But it kinda turned into a blessing in disguise cause i got to do a lot of custom stuff while I was puting it back together.

this was my car on March 25 Wreck Thread


after that I Ive been spending every second, Im not at school or working, on my car.

I call this "Stage One"




I love Wetsanding! It is so time consuming!


since I had the bumper off I decided to tackle another project, thanks to Shocker for the Insparation and tips.

I painted the bulb surround in the low beams so it would match the blue tint of the high beams i think it turned out sweet.

Plus the Black looks killer!


So after One month this is where Im at,






If you couldnt tell theres brand new Prime 040 (super white 2) paint on hood, bumper, fenders and passenger door.

Shaved:
door handle
marker lights
winshield squirters
emblem
licence plate

New black anodized aluminum grill

and there is a surprise under the hood but i forgot to take pics so you'll have to wait.

so thats Stage One, are you excited for Two and Three?

[Culpable04]

did your HIDs got mess up on the accident ?

the car came back looking better than before.

[m0dd3d1]

So you only shaved the passenger door!? That's got to look odd. Definitely love the super white though! I'm rockin' the dirty white at the moment, defnitely need to paint it.

-Triscuit

[2003cbgts]

hell yea glad u to see you got that fixed.. turned out great man

[QuintinGT]

did your HIDs got mess up on the accident ?

the car came back looking better than before.

nope the HIDs are still working perfectly

So you only shaved the passenger door!? That's got to look odd. Definitely love the super white though! I'm rockin' the dirty white at the moment, defnitely need to paint it.

-Triscuit

Ya for now just the passenger door is shaved but it wont stay that way.

[CelicaBuddy]

your passengers are going to hate you



looking good though!

[Insanity-74]

Wow...very smooth...quite possibly the best non GT4 Celica I have ever seen....love it.

[QuintinGT]

Wow...very smooth...quite possibly the best non GT4 Celica I have ever seen....love it.

Thanks that is the best compliment i have ever recieved! I just cant wait till I get stage 2 & 3 done cause there wont be any more "quite possibly"

NEVER BE AFRAID TO TRY ANYTHING NEW, REMEMBER AMATURES BUILT THE ARK, PROFESSIONALS BUILT THE TITANIC.

I love that quote! it is so true my car would still be stock if i were still afraid to make mistakes.


Well if you were wondering what the surprise under the hood was, here it is.

[95CelicaST]

Nice hood dampers. Where did you get them?

[j0e_p3t]

looking good. engine bay looks really clean. nice work.

[super13jew]

Nice hood dampers. Where did you get them?

X2. i need to know

[BBoYRuGGeD]

niiiiiiiiicccceeeee!!!

-bboy

[QuintinGT]

Nice hood dampers. Where did you get them?

X2. i need to know

They're from a 97 park avenue prolly doesnt help you guys. i got them in a junk yard. if you really want to do this, expect to spend the majority of a saturday, fabricating brackets and making sure it closes right. I spent well over 8 hours on those things it was worth it though.

[QuintinGT]

as you can see my clear turns didnt fair too well in the wreck.
I had some time lately and heres what I ended up with.






sorry bout all the bugs thats the one thing i dont like about driving in the spring/summer.
that and getting screwed on gas prices!

more to come soon

Mike,

This post has been edited by QuintinGT: May 17, 2007 - 2:08 AM

[6strngs]

ooh so smooth! I like!

[LewFX]

i like the grille black, nice

[QuintinGT]

Hi All I thought it might be time for a update.


words arn't nesesary


Oh and I was pretty excited about this too



This post has been edited by QuintinGT: May 26, 2007 - 1:13 AM

[Slick]

Lookin' good! How long have you had them on and are they still shiny? I've heard that they change color after awhile because of the heat.

[Insanity-74]

As ever, fantastic car.

You need to keep an eye on your radiator though..when they go brown like that it means that they are nearing the end of their life, it may well last for years, but still worth keeping an eye on for cracks etc.

again.....lovin the car.

[DSToyo]

man your car has allways been super clean! where did you get that header?

[QuintinGT]

Lookin' good! How long have you had them on and are they still shiny? I've heard that they change color after awhile because of the heat.

Yes they are still shiny for now. they started out chrome and I only drove it about 10 mins coming home and now they are gold. they arent going to look real good in a couple weeks but Ill have my header wrap by then so I dont really care.

As ever, fantastic car.

You need to keep an eye on your radiator though..when they go brown like that it means that they are nearing the end of their life, it may well last for years, but still worth keeping an eye on for cracks etc.

again.....lovin the car.

Thanks for the heads up. i was kinda wondering why it was brown. ill keep checking it. Are the koyo aluminum radiators on ebay any good?

man your car has allways been super clean! where did you get that header?

Thanks, Im trying my best I brought the header from kcizzle, a member

[Insanity-74]

Koyo radiators are pretty much the best you can get..one day I`ll fit a Koyo to mine when I can afford one, expect to pay quite alot of money for one, but they are worth every penny/cent, but you`ll never need to buy another one baring any unforseen events.

[6strngs]

here's where I got my koyo:
http://intensepower.com/newkoyalrad.html
it was the cheapest I could find, but they had had it on sale for only $300. to be honest, I noticed no difference, the engine still gets just as hot, maybe it cools down a little faster after being driven, but that's about it...

[DSToyo]

iirc, when your radiator gets to be more of a yellowish color, it will need to be replaced soon. somewhat like this.
*sorry netrata for jacking your pic

This post has been edited by DSToyo: May 26, 2007 - 7:26 PM

[Blakout16]

yeah the header turns purpe-ish, and doesnt look bad at all.

[CelicaDrifter80]

Nice car, what type of CAI/SRI are u using?

[yota1994]

hey i noticed that your clock was a lot brighter and looks to be a different clor....did you do something to it or is it just from the picture or what??? just wondering

[QuintinGT]

Nice car, what type of CAI/SRI are u using?

Its the accord intake from Ebay, and a K&N filter.
Link

hey i noticed that your clock was a lot brighter and looks to be a different clor....did you do something to it or is it just from the picture or what??? just wondering

Actually I did do something, I cut a piece of clear plexi-glass and glued it into the place where the tinted piece of plastic is. them I used a purple notebook divider to turn the green clock light white. you can used what ever color you want.

[QuintinGT]

Newest addition



Red turns
Red needles
Reverse Glow Guages


they glow both green and blue.

if you noticed, i decided to not put in the triangular corner pieces in. I liked the look of just the three circles. I found a good use for them though can you spot it?




This post has been edited by QuintinGT: Jun 10, 2007 - 12:49 AM

[yota1994]

alright man thanks...if i got any questions about the clock i let u know....did u use the triangle pieces behind the air vents???

[NaderG]

Great car , i love the interior work you done but i think its time for new rims ! lol , anyways what did you use for your clock , i used a blue tick tack box and it turned out kind of greenish , i like the colour on yours , what did you use ?

[95CelicaST]

Now its time to update the wheels.

3-spoke Advan's ftw
3-spoke anything else ftl

[QuintinGT]

Nice car, what type of CAI/SRI are u using?

Its the accord intake from Ebay, and a K&N filter.
Link

hey i noticed that your clock was a lot brighter and looks to be a different clor....did you do something to it or is it just from the picture or what??? just wondering

Actually I did do something, I cut a piece of clear plexi-glass and glued it into the place where the tinted piece of plastic is. them I used a purple notebook divider to turn the green clock light white. you can used what ever color you want.

^^^^^

Great car , i love the interior work you done but i think its time for new rims ! lol , anyways what did you use for your clock , i used a blue tick tack box and it turned out kind of greenish , i like the colour on yours , what did you use ?

Now its time to update the wheels.

3-spoke Advan's ftw
3-spoke anything else ftl

agreed, you want to buy them for me


Look my car can fly!



Finally new KYB struts, Ive been bouncing around on the old ones way too long. I got to put in my new ST sway bars too. cant wait to go take some corners way too fast

[goferris]

your car looks sweet. you need to get your skirts and splitters back on though. other than that looks really good

[jason]

mr car handles great around corners, but arent gt sway bars thicker/stiffer than st's?? could be wrong but thats what i always thought

[QuintinGT]

ST = Suspension Techniques

[brianforster]

i liked the other gauges the best, but other than that you seem to have an intense passion for your car and are always tinkering with something and for that i respect you

good looking car, cant wait to see more

[QuintinGT]

i liked the other gauges the best, but other than that you seem to have an intense passion for your car and are always tinkering with something and for that i respect you

good looking car, cant wait to see more

Wow thanks its compliments like that make the insane amount of time I spend on my car worth while,
Thanks

Cant wait to show you more, wont be too long, I got some things Im working on that I hope you all have never seen before.

[QuintinGT]

double post

This post has been edited by QuintinGT: Jun 23, 2007 - 2:05 AM

[NaderG]

how much did the new suspension parts cost you ?

[QuintinGT]

how much did the new suspension parts cost you ?

lets see.

$150 for the Susension tech sway bars, got them as a package deal on my parts car.
sportlines $130 but have had them for a while, bought them from a member.
KYB's $200 but I made my dad a deal that if he bought me The struts for my car. that I would install the struts on his camry, the shop was going to charge him $720 to do his camry. I went online and ordered the struts for both of our cars for $516. so basically i got them free just had to install them for two cars. good deal for both of us

[QuintinGT]

only suggestion i have is the 3 spoke rims.. gotta get something with more but looking great man!!

Great car , i love the interior work you done but i think its time for new rims ! lol ,

Now its time to update the wheels.

3-spoke Advan's ftw
3-spoke anything else ftl

well It seems like you guys are trying to tell me something

Well here you go
you'll just have to wait to see them though. Dang I guess if you really wanted to you could just read the box and look them up, oh well
I Bought them Brand new for only $105 a wheel



I've been busy this weekend. I'm house sitting for my boss, And I got the key to the Bodyshop Haven't left much.




Is header wrap supposed to darken?
Or should I have not started the car till it had dried? oh well whats done is done.
Looked cool steaming


So any way I wrapped my header and used the rest on the intake, probably won't make much of a difference though since its not a CAI.




Oh ya and this turned out pretty good

I Polished the aluminum part, it looks sweet. You can't really tell in the pic,


Two Words

ONE WIPER




Heres what I filled the other hole with.

since I dont have them on the hood anymore

And yes it does actually work, although this link may not, if its doesnt Ill fix it when Im on my own computer.


Wow that turned out to be a really long post, thanks for looking

[m0dd3d1]

Wow! Very nice....although I couldn't see the video. Really cool idea though.

[Insanity-74]

ST = Suspension Techniques

I do hope your joking with that.

Sorry but there is no way an ST sway bar is thicker than a GT sway bar...at best they will be the same.

[6strngs]

ST = Suspension Techniques

I do hope your joking with that.

Sorry but there is no way an ST sway bar is thicker than a GT sway bar...at best they will be the same.

no, he's saying that he got suspension techniques sway bars, he just called them "ST" sway bars for short. they aren't from a celica ST.

[Dragondog]

how did you get the wiper to go back that far

will that pass inspection?

This post has been edited by Dragondog: Jul 30, 2007 - 7:16 AM

[malpaso]

Wow! Very nice....although I couldn't see the video. Really cool idea though.

x2 (both... about idea and about video )

[QuintinGT]

sorry I didnt realize it still didnt work. ill fix it tonight

we dont have inspections here;)

[QuintinGT]

these should work

[Chanh55]

Nice car man... I like all the little innovative mods.

You should get a mini-tripod for your night shots and interior shots. That way it's not all blurry.

Good work.

[elvasoshexai]

wow... today was the first time i saw this thread... and i'm really impressed with all the innovative/creative mods! keep up the gd work!

[QuintinGT]

Im really close to being done with the Exterior

Heres some teasers

Goodbye moonroof And before you all tell me Im stupid for taking out the moonroof, I have my reasons, wanted more head room.



shaving some more stuff off


This might blow your mind at least I hope it does.

Yes this is the driver side whats missing?



this was a couple days ago its painted now, and looks amazing, but you'll have to wait untill its all together to see it

[pnoywitmustrdsau...]

hey quintin, i was wondering if you still have your oem rear struts after you installed the new kyb struts

[QuintinGT]

hey quintin, i was wondering if you still have your oem rear struts after you installed the new kyb struts

nope tossed them they were in bad shape

[m0dd3d1]

Did you save the Toyota emblems while you were at it? That's pretty cool about the antenna hole, although I do like my moon roof and I like the rear middle brake light. I definitely understand what you're saying about the head room though being 6' I'm always banging my head on something.

Post Pics!!!

[DSToyo]

ahh snap, you doin one of those flip down license plate things with the gas? i love the mods!

[Valo666]

Im really close to being done with the Exterior

Heres some teasers

Goodbye moonroof And before you all tell me Im stupid for taking out the moonroof, I have my reasons, wanted more head room.



shaving some more stuff off


This might blow your mind at least I hope it does.

Yes this is the driver side whats missing?



this was a couple days ago its painted now, and looks amazing, but you'll have to wait untill its all together to see it

no gas cap cover any more/relocated filler neck?

How much is the roof costing you?..i got a car that had a solid roof in the first place, but the guy who first owned went out and bought some cheap after market sunroof that leaks now. I was gonna just get a patch pannel welded in, but the cheapest quote i got was $2500 just to do the work cuz they wanted to weld an entire new roof on it.

[QuintinGT]

Did you save the Toyota emblems while you were at it? That's pretty cool about the antenna hole, although I do like my moon roof and I like the rear middle brake light. I definitely understand what you're saying about the head room though being 6' I'm always banging my head on something.

Post Pics!!!

Ya I have them floating around here somewhere, you need some?

ahh snap, you doin one of those flip down license plate things with the gas? i love the mods!

something Like that but you'll have to wait, Im very close.

no gas cap cover any more/relocated filler neck?

How much is the roof costing you?..i got a car that had a solid roof in the first place, but the guy who first owned went out and bought some cheap after market sunroof that leaks now. I was gonna just get a patch pannel welded in, but the cheapest quote i got was $2500 just to do the work cuz they wanted to weld an entire new roof on it.

yep it completes my shaved look

You know how to weld? I did it myself, and yes I replaced the whole thing, welding a patch panel would warp the roof so bad you'd never get is straight again.
It cost me $200 for the roof with headliner, and the rest of the necessary bits.

[QuintinGT]

well Here it is, finally!
my exterior project is basically done, pending new wheels and splitters.

I call it "Custom OEM" everything is factory except the tails but not one body panel is left alone.
oh ya and I have done 99% of it myself the only thing I didn't do was spray the paint.

Hope you like it as much as I do

Heres a list of what i have done

Shaved:
marker lights
all emblems
windshield squirters
front license plate
door handles
rear wiper
rear squirter
antenna
third brake light
gas door

removed third post from the spoiler
removed amber from jdm tails and painted them black

Replaced the roof with one w/o a moonroof

custom one-off swing-out-tail-light gas-door






more pics here

This post has been edited by QuintinGT: Aug 4, 2007 - 2:24 AM

[Dragondog]

i like that was it hard to do the gas door switch?



what do you use to fill in the hole left by old gas door? where can i get some?

This post has been edited by Dragondog: Aug 4, 2007 - 7:32 AM

[Driveby]

Cleantastic, props to you mate

[Batman722]

do you plan on putting the OEM skirts back on ?

[b1gr3d]

get you some jdm headlights, new wheels---PLEASE, and a mild kit/OEM splitters and what not. love the smooth look, gonna do the squirter mod, probably a variation of the gas door delete, and the black roof myself

[QuintinGT]

i like that was it hard to do the gas door switch?

yes very!

what do you use to fill in the hole left by old gas door? where can i get some?

the old gas door, just welded it in place

do you plan on putting the OEM skirts back on ?

yes along with SSIII splitters cant wait.

thanks for the compliments

Mike,

[QuintinGT]

only suggestion i have is the 3 spoke rims.. gotta get something with more but looking great man!!

Great car , i love the interior work you done but i think its time for new rims ! lol ,

Now its time to update the wheels.

3-spoke Advan's ftw
3-spoke anything else ftl

well It seems like you guys are trying to tell me something

Well here you go
I Bought them Brand new for only $105 a wheel

so I guess I need to spell it out

I have Wheels Im just saving up to put tires on them.



If you would like them on faster you can make a $5 dollar donation to my tire fund
Paypal- mqh516@gmail.com

Hey its worth a try

[peterkos]

Hey dude, that is totally awesome that you have put so much work into thise! Nice outcome!

Can I ask where you got the white/clear lense for you door-light? Is it a toyota-part?

[devilsden97]

Hey dude, that is totally awesome that you have put so much work into thise! Nice outcome!

Can I ask where you got the white/clear lense for you door-light? Is it a toyota-part?

^custom part. few people have them on the site.

I just noticed, is your hood painted black?

[QuintinGT]

Hey dude, that is totally awesome that you have put so much work into thise! Nice outcome!

Can I ask where you got the white/clear lense for you door-light? Is it a toyota-part?

^custom part. few people have them on the site.

I just noticed, is your hood painted black?

Door light? do you mean the courtesy lights? if so go back to page one it talks about them

no the hood is white

[Dragondog]

how did you reroute the gas thing did use the same piping or did you have to buy new stuff and modify? give some details on how you did that

[CelicaST_CALI]

dude u are freaking awsome!!!!!!!!!

[95CelicaST]

Door light? do you mean the courtesy lights? if so go back to page one it talks about them

no the hood is white

I think he meant Roof.

[94celigts]

Are you going to sell those euro front splitters, if so let me know thanks im looking for a set.

[QuintinGT]

Are you going to sell those euro front splitters, if so let me know thanks im looking for a set.

they got mashed in my accident so theyre not much good. I think I threw them away.

[94celigts]

Are you going to sell those euro front splitters, if so let me know thanks im looking for a set.

they got mashed in my accident so theyre not much good. I think I threw them away.

Aww, well if u do find them ill gladly pay shipping for them to me. If you didnt throw them away

[Shocker]

WOW MAN I JUST SAW THIS THREAD .WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LOOKS AMAIZING..
\sorry for all the caps it needed them

[Insanity-74]

As I have previously stated......Love this car...it is truely awesome...lovin the hidden fuel filler cap...very clean looking...IMO the best looking 6gen by far here....just a shame its not a GT4.. Anyway Fantastic job mate...Brilliant car 110%

[Jlacker3]

Looks great man, those new rims are awesome!

[Celica_Kid95st]

Looks really good man. Nice work! It looks futuristic I think.
-John