HUGE transformation, take a look!, You won't believe this... Options

[GotToyota]

As most of you remember, my car looked like this:



Now it looks like this:

[alaNi]

Fail!

[GotToyota]

I'm glad that you think so.

I couldn't pass up the opportunity for a newer car with lower miles.

[bccentaur3]

I love the Em2's. I used to own one. I'm assuming you sold your celi and picked up your buddies car? Dezod turbo it up mang.

[99Celica]

Fail!

epicly

[njccmd2002]

i tought you had totaled your car and it was covered with blood. But reading your explanation, it makes sense now JK

Good luck, guess you are leaving us now.

[alaNi]

Trying to think how many opportunities I passed up to keep my car - I would never EVER downgrade to a civic though

This post has been edited by alaNi: Nov 10, 2008 - 1:46 AM

[GotToyota]

Think what you want, I honestly don't care.

And why do people say that I'll leave because I no longer have the car? I'm still staying here.

[Random_Stranger]

It's still a Honda. Nah, jk lol. I guess you just roll with what you like. I am digging those projectors though! Very naaice!

This post has been edited by Random_Stranger: Nov 10, 2008 - 2:54 AM

[D-Man]

Fail!

epicly

yeah.... Super-Uber-Massive-Epic-Failure on this one.

But as long as you're happy Enjoy!

[Spider77]

Wow, I was expecting something like a gt-4 conversion or something. Finally did it huh? Well, Im not gonna say anything bad as I know why you did it. You still gonna be putting the meets together?

[Rayme]

It's great. It happens to be fed up with older car some times. Nice one!

PS: I went through a suby and now I got a Honda and I'm still around, lol!

This post has been edited by Rayme: Nov 10, 2008 - 9:07 AM

[RickJamesBish]

Epic, epic, epic fail. I would take my Celica, as stock and boring as it is, over an even more boring Civic anyday.

[96bluevert]

I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that's a nice car to choose! I'd still much rather have a 6th gen celica, but if you are ready to move on, then you gotta do what you gotta do.

Those cars have alot of potential. Enjoy it!

[GotToyota]

Thanks for the comments (those that were positive).

I wanted to move on and like I said before, I got a newer car for free so I decided to take the jump.

Josh: I'll still be putting together the meets.

[spolski07]

k20 swap or its a fail jk bro, just glad i got the rims off your hands before you sold it

[MercuryFree]

Did your car contract that flesh eating bacteria?!

[97celiman]

it is sad that you dont have a celi...maybe you could fix up the parts car (the suspension is ummm ballin?) but ya-180k 95 for 120k 01-id do it, well i dunno if i would but i dont drive nearly as much, plus we all know youll be coming back supra, celica, civic, mr2????

i mean considering it was straight up trade nice....no going from drive to neutral pretending like you still have a manual : )

but the best part...
VTEC GOES BBBBBRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!x a trillion
+ it is pretty muchly like boost...seriously
good luck man...dont get to crazy with it

[Akirad1]

hey well sad to hear the celicas gone not everyone can pick a 125,000 95 like i did but good luck with the civic.
you just wont be as stand outish now but glad you gotta a newer car and since hondas are reliable as well you seem to have gotten good trade. cant wait to see it at the next meet

[RickJamesBish]

If it was a free trade, I can't hate on you for that...but that's pretty high mileage for an 01.

Screw it, I can't fight it. You go from a clean, crisp white Celica with nice rims and everything else to something like that? The Civic has NO style compared to the Celica.

Makes me

[GotToyota]

Thanks for your kind words, but the Civic I feel has just as much style. Plus the Celica was far from perfect.

[RickJamesBish]

I'm sure it wasn't perfect, you can't expect any 13 year old car to be, but I see Civics just about everywhere I go...they're known as economy grocery-getters, unless you have an Si. At least Celicas have some old-school sports car rep.

[Rayme]

I'm sure it wasn't perfect, you can't expect any 13 year old car to be, but I see Civics just about everywhere I go...they're known as economy grocery-getters, unless you have an Si. At least Celicas have some old-school sports car rep.

Sorry to blow your balls but celica's have the rep of being S L O W x999. They look cool and that's much about it!

... ok well they do have some other qualities..

[RickJamesBish]

I think I'd know what a slow Celica is...7A-FE coupled to an automatic, aka...MY car.

But they're at least somewhat cool...Civics are just so common. Plus you can say it backwards and it's the same thing, that's just weird.

[GotToyota]

The Civic is just about as fast as my other car was, except it starts to pull around 80+.

The main reason I did the trade was for aftermarket choice. There are MILLIONS of parts the the Civic, I am honestly sick of the 6GC having nothing good going for it.

[RickJamesBish]

I guess so...that's the ****ty thing about USDM. I'm thinking a JDM or European GT-4 tuned to around 350bhp and customized to my liking would probably be perfect. But, that's not possible here.

[6gccelica]

Well the Celica looks way better! Jk I am liking the car, still getting use to driving a 5 speed.

[CAMAricer]

I don't get it...the point was to own a newer car with less miles, but with less personality and style?


Civics are so....generic. Not saying they are bad/good, just...really typical cars.

[GotToyota]

They may be generic but at least there are 3438564858495 ways to customize it. Most of the Celica's on here have the same stuff.

This post has been edited by GotToyota: Nov 12, 2008 - 6:31 PM

[manphibian]

They may be generic but at least there are 3438564858495 ways to customize it. Most of the Celica's on here have the same stuff.

Class?

[DEATH]

They may be generic but at least there are 3438564858495 ways to customize it. Most of the Celica's on here have the same stuff.

Class?

Nice Nice

[GotToyota]

They may be generic but at least there are 3438564858495 ways to customize it. Most of the Celica's on here have the same stuff.

Class?

Oh thanks.

[97celiman]

true statement although every1 got what they wanted new car with lower miles/older car with more class...and miles although i think the mileage part is somewhat insignificant cuz ones toyota and ones honda...i mean cmon

[RickJamesBish]

true statement although every1 got what they wanted new car with lower miles/older car with more class...and miles although i think the mileage part is somewhat insignificant cuz ones toyota and ones honda...i mean cmon

You kidding me? Toyo > Honda

[GotToyota]

You guys are harsh.

[RickJamesBish]

Not really, you should've known. I can commend you on newer and lower miles, but other than that...it's a Civic. Not even an Si, just a Civic. Everybody has one and it's known as an econobox and not much else.

Besides, you even went from a manual to an auto. :fail:

[mikew04]

You got what you wanted, right?
And that makes YOU

Good for you
Honda makes great cars, enjoy!

[GriffGirl]

Hey say what you will about Civics, but they're still rock solid damn good cars. IDK about it having more style, but hey, to each his own and I think it's awesome that you sold your car and got a car that you're really excited about!

[Rayme]

Not really, you should've known. I can commend you on newer and lower miles, but other than that...it's a Civic. Not even an Si, just a Civic. Everybody has one and it's known as an econobox and not much else.

Besides, you even went from a manual to an auto. :fail:

Lol, give the guy a break! you have 7 posts in this thread hating on the honda. His civic looks pretty nice compare to the crap out there. Honda and Toyota's reliabilty is pretty much the same and well..Honda just makes more interesting cars than Toyota nowadays.

[97celiman]

ya really toyota is kinda slacking in the usdm...i mean i gotta say a civic is a civic is a civic but its whatever and btw toyo = honda in reliability...hondas and toyo beat out the rest of the competition even foreign market...its all good

[samir0189]

Congrats on the new car, or newer anyway.

anyway, you really had to have expected some flaming, you did post a honda on a site full of toyota owners, so what you think is "harsh" is probably just the love we still feel for our cars.

Good luck, BOTH honda and toyota have great reliability. You should have no worries for a long time to come.

But manual to auto was kinda a fail though...

[block]

yeah, i guess you're right. there are a gizillion ways to rice out a civic jk. whatever makes you happy man. dont listen to these guys. even though we have similiar mods, we stand out and we live far from one another lol so no one notices. me personally, i think those are the ugliest years of civic ever made. but again, it's what you like right? dont listen to these guys bashing. enjoy what you have bro

Congrats on the new car, or newer anyway.

anyway, you really had to have expected some flaming, you did post a honda on a site full of toyota owners, so what you think is "harsh" is probably just the love we still feel for our cars.

Good luck, BOTH honda and toyota have great reliability. You should have no worries for a long time to come.

But manual to auto was kinda a fail though...

why would you want a manual on a grocery getter civic? lol jk

[samir0189]

why would you want a manual on a grocery getter civic? lol jk

haha, lol, i was really trying hard not to flame the guy man! you spoiled it.

well once he is happy with his auto-shifting, grocery getting, civic that's all that counts.

[manphibian]

I was only joking mate. The car looks fine to me, we don't get those kinda civics over here, so i don't really know what it's like. Our civics are ok, the type R's anyway It could be worse, you coulda bought an American car

Surely you didin't expect everyone on a Celica website to congratulate you on swapping your Celica for a Honda?

are you cereal?

[Random_Stranger]

They may be generic but at least there are 3438564858495 ways to customize it. Most of the Celica's on here have the same stuff.

nevermind

This post has been edited by Random_Stranger: Nov 13, 2008 - 5:19 AM

[DEATH]

I'll say this - put the right motor in it and those are the fastest year civics - I believe they are the lightest right? Some rediculously low weight like a MKI MR2 light almost.

[Daftboy]

The car is nice...I like Honda...not that year civic though...also the rims are nice but those ricer 100 dollar projectors with angel eyes got to go...

[GotToyota]

The headlights are already gone. I have nice stock headlights now.

And Death, these are really light. I think around 2700lbs?

EDIT: Nevermind, 2222 lbs.

This post has been edited by GotToyota: Nov 13, 2008 - 11:15 AM

[DEATH]

The headlights are already gone. I have nice stock headlights now.

And Death, these are really light. I think around 2700lbs?

EDIT: Nevermind, 2222 lbs.

That's what I was thinking. With the right motor swap and a Turbo kit that car will be a monster [And it wouldn't cost 10K for that car - the joys of Honda to be sure]
IMO Honda = Toyota for reliablity

This post has been edited by DEATH: Nov 13, 2008 - 11:30 AM

[D-Man]

it's everything that's attached to the honda with zero reliability. Everyone that i've ever known to have one has random sh!t go wrong with it. Like an ex girlfriend of mine had a civic, and when she unpluged her radar dectectr from the cigg lighter, it blew the interior fuse, the signal/break lights fuse, wiper fuse and the foggs fuse. Just from unplugging something the ac went out after 8 months. THe exhaust man. had loosened itself about the same time. Radiator fan fell off while driving ((and fluid went everywhere, i was driving behind when it happened, hallarious to watch, not so much fun to get beat up for laughing when she finaly pulled over ))

IDFK, in my exp. i would never own one. Nor a kia for that matter, i i've already given up on mercury products.

[azian_advanced]

this is the only honda i'd buy (excluding the s2k and nsx of course)..

[GotToyota]

The headlights are already gone. I have nice stock headlights now.

And Death, these are really light. I think around 2700lbs?

EDIT: Nevermind, 2222 lbs.

That's what I was thinking. With the right motor swap and a Turbo kit that car will be a monster [And it wouldn't cost 10K for that car - the joys of Honda to be sure]
IMO Honda = Toyota for reliablity

I'm thinking about turboing it, would be a lot of fun.

[block]

add 200 more lbs. check around if you dont trust me

[GotToyota]

That would probably be right, it just said 2222 on the first Google link.

[GriffGirl]

it's everything that's attached to the honda with zero reliability. Everyone that i've ever known to have one has random sh!t go wrong with it. Like an ex girlfriend of mine had a civic, and when she unpluged her radar dectectr from the cigg lighter, it blew the interior fuse, the signal/break lights fuse, wiper fuse and the foggs fuse. Just from unplugging something the ac went out after 8 months. THe exhaust man. had loosened itself about the same time. Radiator fan fell off while driving ((and fluid went everywhere, i was driving behind when it happened, hallarious to watch, not so much fun to get beat up for laughing when she finaly pulled over ))

IDFK, in my exp. i would never own one. Nor a kia for that matter, i i've already given up on mercury products.

Sorry, but I gotta consider the source here - the guy who wants to turbo his car BEFORE giving it a basic tune up. Everything attached to it has zero reliability? I know first hand that that is absolutely FALSE. My ex has/had a '97 Civic (she wrecked it a year or so ago and now it's put away for when the kids get old enough) and she literally drove that thing into the ground and it NEVER ONCE broke down. She doesn't know jack about oil changes, fluid, NOTHING. The kids stomped the sh1t out of it, the dog ate it, everything you could imagine, and boy we took that car EVERYWHERE, on some serious road trips and through terrain that anything with 2WD should never see. That car, while in my opinion was ugly and had no guts, got GREAT gas mileage (40 mpg) and just took a beating like a champ.

So your one story about this chick's car? I guarantee you it's an isolated case. That story goes more along with many American cars. Manphibian is right.

this is the only honda i'd buy (excluding the s2k and nsx of course)..

LOL I saw that thing on the news the other night, and while they were showing it the weather guy's mike was on and he was like "OUCH! THAT'S gotta hurt!" It was funny as hell.

I own a Honda now... but it's one of these (not this exact one but same model)




Happy birthday to me!

[RickJamesBish]

I just think they're boring, but that's a repost x 2 12314253245434

[GotToyota]

I just think they're boring, but that's a repost x 2 12314253245434

And a coupe with a Camry motor isnt't? Ignorance is bliss if you haven't driven a Civic yourself.

[RickJamesBish]

And a coupe with a Camry motor isnt't? Ignorance is bliss if you haven't driven a Civic yourself.

And ignorance on your part is that I have indeed driven a Civic. A 2008 Fiji Blue Si coupe, to be exact...it was cool and definitely fast, but I didn't care for the interior ergonomics nor some of the exterior.

[Akirad1]

i drove three Civics in my life and loved the drive everytime, 99Si, 95 hatch, 04 Si hatch
people can hate on the civic all they want cause everyone has them but they are very nice reliable cars

[95CelicaST]

First, congrats on the newer car. If it makes you happy then screw everyone else.


On that note, that body style civic is by far the worst. I think the EP3 SI hatch was the best looking car from that generation. I personally wouldn't have traded a Celica for it, but that is just me.


However - with that said, it looks very clean. And as long as you're happy thats all that matters.

[NgoFcukinWay]

A buddy of mine who works for Honda told me that Honda makes their brake rotors out of scrap metal left over from when they make the rest of the car, so he recommends that those get replaced with better ones as he has worked on a few with the OEM rotors and they cracked. How true can that be? I've no idea, but it's just something random I was told.

Nice car though. I thought about getting one of those before the Celica mainly cuz that body style is one of the few that doesn't get stolen here in town and it's got Honda reliability.

As for the 3049867340 parts for the Civic compared to 249 parts for the Celica, it's all generally the same parts with different brand names; some with slightly better quality than others, but when it boils down to it, most are mass produced in China. How else do they keep up with the demand from tastefully done/riced out Civics? It's up to people like us 6GCers who let our creative juices flow and experiment with stuff to get us stuff like custom 7A-FTE exhaust manifolds, 5S-FTEs, 5S-GTEs, 1MZ swaps, and so on. That's where our aftermarket support comes from. Just my $.02

edit #2: now that I think about it, it's probably about demand. Silly me.

This post has been edited by NgoFcukinWay: Nov 16, 2008 - 11:48 PM

[GotToyota]

And a coupe with a Camry motor isnt't? Ignorance is bliss if you haven't driven a Civic yourself.

And ignorance on your part is that I have indeed driven a Civic. A 2008 Fiji Blue Si coupe, to be exact...it was cool and definitely fast, but I didn't care for the interior ergonomics nor some of the exterior.

You're ignorant since you haven't driven the model Civic that you're mocking.

[Akirad1]

yeah that model is a good ride as well that wishbone supension is pretty good

[Taskbot]

Congrats on the car.

Its too bad everyone seems to be hating on it though. I like it. Its not necessarily the most stylish car around but it is certainly a platform that you can play with. I mean, its a perfect car to be a sleeper. It doesn't look like a ricer car (yet) and it drives a hell of a lot faster than my car does (and my car DOES look like a ricer car).

Just get a K20 and you're set or there's even a small community that does great things with the D series, though you'd have to strengthen the bottom end a lot.

[RickJamesBish]

And a coupe with a Camry motor isnt't? Ignorance is bliss if you haven't driven a Civic yourself.

And ignorance on your part is that I have indeed driven a Civic. A 2008 Fiji Blue Si coupe, to be exact...it was cool and definitely fast, but I didn't care for the interior ergonomics nor some of the exterior.

You're ignorant since you haven't driven the model Civic that you're mocking.

Dude, if you like your car, that's completely fine. I hope you and her have many happy years together. However, that is just my opinion and it'll stay that way.

[dustin15brown]

If it was a free trade, I can't hate on you for that...but that's pretty high mileage for an 01.

Screw it, I can't fight it. You go from a clean, crisp white Celica with nice rims and everything else to something like that? The Civic has NO style compared to the Celica.

Makes me

I'm sure it wasn't perfect, you can't expect any 13 year old car to be, but I see Civics just about everywhere I go...they're known as economy grocery-getters, unless you have an Si. At least Celicas have some old-school sports car rep.

I think I'd know what a slow Celica is...7A-FE coupled to an automatic, aka...MY car.

But they're at least somewhat cool...Civics are just so common. Plus you can say it backwards and it's the same thing, that's just weird.

true statement although every1 got what they wanted new car with lower miles/older car with more class...and miles although i think the mileage part is somewhat insignificant cuz ones toyota and ones honda...i mean cmon

You kidding me? Toyo > Honda

Not really, you should've known. I can commend you on newer and lower miles, but other than that...it's a Civic. Not even an Si, just a Civic. Everybody has one and it's known as an econobox and not much else.

Besides, you even went from a manual to an auto. :fail:

You got what you wanted, right?
And that makes YOU

Good for you
Honda makes great cars, enjoy!

I just think they're boring, but that's a repost x 2 12314253245434

RJB- STFU and GTFO, not your car, not your thread, not your place to bash or repeatedly state your opinion..... It gets old very quickly and shows your ignorance and lack of maturity.
*rant over*
I agree completely with Mike here.... Get what makes you happy, and everything else shouldn't matter. Goodluck with the car we hope you stick around, and as always, your photography is very well done

[spolski07]

RJB- STFU and GTFO, not your car, not your thread, not your place to bash or repeatedly state your opinion..... It gets old very quickly and shows your ignorance and lack of maturity.
*rant over*
I agree completely with Mike here.... Get what makes you happy, and everything else shouldn't matter. Goodluck with the car we hope you stick around, and as always, your photography is very well done

you sir, are my hero

[RickJamesBish]

Check my last post, that's exactly what I said as well. But fine, you have your point.

[GotToyota]

RJB- STFU and GTFO, not your car, not your thread, not your place to bash or repeatedly state your opinion..... It gets old very quickly and shows your ignorance and lack of maturity.
*rant over*
I agree completely with Mike here.... Get what makes you happy, and everything else shouldn't matter. Goodluck with the car we hope you stick around, and as always, your photography is very well done

Marry me.

[CelicaST_CALI]

Besides, you even went from a manual to an auto. :fail:

dont u have an auto....an auto 7a,thats a fail in celicas...

This post has been edited by CelicaST_CALI: Nov 17, 2008 - 11:52 PM

[95celgt]

Besides, you even went from a manual to an auto. :fail:

dont u have an auto....an auto 7a,thats a fail in celicas...

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA for real mang!!!

as for honda, its fine but i only like the rsx a-spec i had once and the new Si 4 door.....

your car IMO, is the BEST looking civic excluding the newest

the coupe, on some og's, ws2 muffler, slam it down, polish da shizz outta it.....DONE

[RickJamesBish]

Besides, you even went from a manual to an auto. :fail:

dont u have an auto....an auto 7a,thats a fail in celicas...

Which is exactly what I said.

[TheMadScientist]

I'm sorry had to do it, JK . My friend drives hondas and we give each other crap

[soulshadow]

Dude, where can I find that Honda Civic body conversion kit?

[yaj204]

what a disappointment