My 00 TRD GT-S 6-Speed Progress, *updated pics 7/11/08* Options

[97Celica]

I have my sideskirts on the way and my front lip and rear lip sitting next to me...hopefully in a week it will be painted.

As far as the 94 goes it's sitting on 18's now but still need the airbags and windshield installed. I'll take pics when I actually go visit my mom...it's sitting in her garage.

This post has been edited by 97Celica: Jul 11, 2008 - 10:42 PM

[Crzybakerdog]

How much did you pay for your 00gts and how many miles?

[97Celica]

I got it for like $8,500 with 48k I think? I basically stole it from this rich kid that didn't know crap about cars...I don't feel bad though...cuz his mommy bought it for him for his high school graduation and now he's going to college in new york and didn't have space for a car...his loss,my gain

[97Celica]

Fedex tracking says my sideskirts are going to be delivered tomorrow afternoon... So I tossed on my TRD rear lip,TRD spoiler and my Vizage Urethane front lip




ass shot #1,stock wing





ass shot #2, TRD Wing

This post has been edited by 97Celica: Jun 2, 2008 - 9:17 AM

[97Celica]

What's this?! Sideskirts?! Yay!

[daazndood]

thats awesome man! i think 7th gens look frikken sick when just lowered and lip kitted. (6th gens too)

[Akira_g4]

Dude looks good so far! it'll look good when its all together gotta love the 7th gens

[97Celica]

The front...however I may do a C-One front bumper....it will cost me $700 so I am considering it....but,that's only $200 less than an authentic TRD front...so,I dunno!

Do you guys like the front? I know it's hard to see with the black. But,it's a Urethane front lip extension for the 00-02 front bumper.

This post has been edited by 97Celica: Jun 6, 2008 - 7:11 AM

[goferris]

looks good. personally i like the eyebrows on the 7gc as well as a bigger scoop. i do love the rear wing and lip though.
i just wish that the 6gc had half of the aftermarket support that the 7gc does.
you never know. a 7gc may be in my future

[97Celica]

Picked it up today...paint coming VERY soon as my GF wants everything out of our place and ON my car..rofl

[97Celica]

True love is having your GF polish your exhaust ~

Yup,she's a keeper! aha

[gt_driFFter]

Nice! My friend has a Silver GT that I really like:

[97Celica]

Last night I cleaned out my MAF and my Throttle body...it actually made a HUGE difference...I was rippin down the road and passed BlkCelica95 going the opposite way on the road...Last second I heard his blow off valve...gave him a call but he was on the way to a friend's house and it was dark out. Gonna try to get with him for a photo shoot soon.

[97Celica]

Pollen FTL. My cousin just got his new GT-S too



AND my NEW TRD EXHAUST!!!



This post has been edited by 97Celica: Jun 9, 2008 - 9:57 PM

[goferris]

Pollen FTL. My cousin just got his new GT-S too

black with silver rims and silver with black rims LOL. lookin good

AND my NEW TRD EXHAUST!!!

what happened to the rear lip? you should get these
ebay
and these
ebay 2

[97Celica]

I have all the parts for the bodykit,they're off the car until I get it repainted. I'm lookin for the 3 lens style projector headlights so I'm not gonna do eye lids...and I'd love that hood scoop if it was ABS plastic or metal...I just don't want to deal with CF on a metal hood.

This post has been edited by 97Celica: Jun 10, 2008 - 3:07 PM

[97Celica]

So...I got THESE in the mail today...



Waiting on my JDM style headlights...

Presure2 sprays my car this weekend! w00t!

[joehernandez]

its looking nice man,
i wonder how it is going to look with that tail lights

[97Celica]

Last shot of my car before it hit the paint shop

[presure2]

hehe car was painted yesterday.
pics tommorow after 6 steve.
everything is looking great!
tommorow will just basicly be pics of the car painted, everything off, and ill get pics of it as it gets put back together over the next day or two.

[97Celica]

Don't tell me you forgot your cigs again...rofl

PICS!!

This post has been edited by 97Celica: Jun 30, 2008 - 7:08 PM

[presure2]

[97Celica]

Lookin hot! The only thing I don't see is the original oem front valance that the Vizage lip gets drilled into.



Manny,this is better than Christmas

This post has been edited by 97Celica: Jul 1, 2008 - 10:15 AM

[97Celica]

[manphibian]

Another great job

I'm actually thinking of shipping mine across

[presure2]

so, we had a bit of a problem.
it seems the front lip wasnt properly attached by one of the guys who reassembeld the car, and steve had a problem on the ride home.
needless to say, the front lip is now damaged, and steve is NOT happy.
im 100% sure that we will be able to fix it for him, however, he is still faced with the inconvienience of bringing the car back down to us, and leaving it for a day or 2 to get it back 100%.
with the shop closed for the holiday weekend, there isnt much that we can do for him till monday, but come then steve, we will take care of ya.
sorry man.
on a good note, the car looks GREAT.

[block]

looks good. loved it when i had mines. loved the 6spd and the vvtil. i bought mines for only 5k in Xcellent condition and sold it for 8k. ill get another gt-s one day GL!

[97Celica]

Damnit... now no one will race me...aha... It just reminds me of the new Celica commercials...

7th Gen Commercial

This post has been edited by 97Celica: Jul 5, 2008 - 9:49 PM

[RickJamesBish]

I like those tails.

[97Celica]

One last pic before it goes in for the "touch up"...rofl.

[97Celica]

New head lights!

New tail lights!

[Akira_g4]

ohh dude where did you get the TYC lights??? I've been looking everywhere for those!

[97Celica]

Craigslist is my friend

[Akira_g4]

ahh got ya! ill check it out now

[94Celi604]

car looks really nice!

[supra12big]

car looks good, i remeber when i had my old gts, i had it modded pretty well, it was a real quick na. Only things i didn't like about the 00 gts, horrible shift gates, bad tranny, motor was nice, it got me everywhere, until i blew it:(*

[97Celica]

I've heard mixed things....pretty much you need to replace the lift bolts before 60k,not redline it,and only hit lift when the engine is fully warm. I try to treat it like a turbo and I've spanked a lot of expensive cars that I thought would have been faster including Porsches....the only bad part about having a 7th gen is the 7th gen forums,they are all self righteous dinks over there who think they know everything. 6gc is way more helpful and considering I still technically own one (eventhough I am not driving it ATM) I like being here.

[Smaay]

congrats on a 7th gen, i have 3 of them myself. one is making 600HP to the crank. good source of info is at www.newcelica.org

[supra12big]

actually, the first series lift bolts( in the 00) had a recall on them, so i would change them out soon, next lift bolts maintaince is required every 15-30k, u can hit lift after the second bar on the temp gauge, but wait till its fully warmed up, all in all its a fun little car, good gas milage, and relaiblity, just don't miss shift, the 00 had very tight shift gates, 03+ are probally the best since they bumped the rev limiter up to 8200 again, but urs can go to 8400, thats what makes the 00 the fastest year, hows ur landing lift skills?

[devilsden97]

actually, the first series lift bolts( in the 00) had a recall on them, so i would change them out soon, next lift bolts maintaince is required every 15-30k, u can hit lift after the second bar on the temp gauge, but wait till its fully warmed up, all in all its a fun little car, good gas milage, and relaiblity, just don't miss shift, the 00 had very tight shift gates, 03+ are probally the best since they bumped the rev limiter up to 8200 again, but urs can go to 8400, thats what makes the 00 the fastest year, hows ur landing lift skills?

Couple of questions: (bold area in quote denotes area of question)

1) i know yamaha made the motor for the gts, and i know the 3sgte needs a tune up every 30k miles, but replacing the lift bolts every 30k seems like a big ordeal. (grant it i dont own one im just curious about it, where are the lift bolts? etc?)
2) what happens if u hit lift (which im assuming means the VVTI kicks in b4 its fully warm? (i presume some kind of damage or un needed wear, im looking for more specifics)
3) What does the term "landing lift" mean? (u used it above)

edit: sorry to jack your thread

This post has been edited by devilsden97: Jul 17, 2008 - 2:43 PM

[97Celica]

The motor is a 2zzge,I can keep lift going thru several gears and pretty much my tranny will not let me mis-shift at all...it actually locks my gears behind me so I can't shift into them at high rpms...dunno how or why. I bought new lift bolts and it's pretty easy,just requires taking the valve cover off.The old bolts are fully threaded the new ones look like bullets with a clean end that has no thread at the bottom.

And it's vvtL-i

you don't want to TRY to lift before it's warmed up because it will bump the gov. and the motor will top out as if redline was only 6k instead of 8,400. I accidentally did it once.

This post has been edited by 97Celica: Jul 23, 2008 - 9:11 AM

[supra12big]

!.) lifts bolts are adjascent at the top of the 2zz's valvetrain, located on the top of the camshafts. more or less in the center groves of them.

2.) When you hit lift, it locks the cams in a way, i can't explain it as good, and engages a higher lift in the valves, kinda like a vtec, mivec thing

3.)Landing lift is simple, 1-2nd gear is the hardest for most people since u either have to chirp or slip the clutch, cause it wasn't acutally made to land at 6k, every other gear is, landing lift keeps you in the powerband of the 2zz's goodness, thats y the gts is a very quick car with light mods, and a good driver, it can hand/beat alot of things

[devilsden97]

Thanks, sorry for borrowing your thread.

[97Celica]

thought I was actually gonna lose to a Type-R last night til my lift kicked in and I blew his doors off...haha...It's true what the 7th gen dudes say...LiFT is like a DRUG!



This post has been edited by 97Celica: Jul 18, 2008 - 6:52 PM

[supra12big]

lift is a great thing, but boost is the real drug