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[jordisonjr]

I just wanted to keep track of my mods and all that, thought maybe some people would be inerested in following along. It was a bone stock red 1995 Celica hatchback GTS and this is the most recent pics I have of her. Tint was probably the first thing I added, 15% all around. I love it, just dark enough during the day, and I can still see at night.



First Thing I did was added a sound system.
- 3 10" MTX subwoofers
-1000w Clarion Amp
-Pioneer AVH-P4000DVD Double Din





Next I added a canister style muffler. Not sure the brand, but it was cheap, and sounds pretty good. It may get changed eventually, but for now it will do.



I Really liked the look of HID Headlights, so I picked up some 8000k HID's from Futurvision, I local company in my city and I haven' had any problems.



Added a Short ram Intake that I ordered off ebay, and I love the sound of it. I've had so many people ask me if my car is boosted because it sucks so loud. Even A mechanic I took it to asked if it was. Maybe I should start looking for a new one... haha.



I wanted to focus on the interior next. Now it may not be everyones thing, but I wired up some LEDs uner neith the dash and inside the air vents. My dad and I made a custom Mount for the switches out of plexiglass. I removed the pocket, as I really had no use for it and Mounted he switches there. I foudn some of this wierd sheet of a giant sticker that was black called "Mack Tack" and it just happened to match the exact texture of the stereo trim so I used that To cover it.

Now some pics:





You can't see it that good, but I think it looks really awesome. Shortly after his i changed the dash lights to red too, but I don't have a picture.

My Celica had the dreaded water in the highbeam, I tried drilling it out before I really did any research, Didn't work out tooo great but it got the job done temporarily. Luckily I got a wicked deal on some headlights locally of Kloudkicka. This picture means a lot to me cause its probably the first real work I've ever done on a car, and I did it all by myself.



I stared looking at 6GC all the time and that's when I really caught the modding Bug. Unfortunately I couldn't really afford the direction I wanted the car to go, So I had to go the cheap route. I had I good idea of what rims I wanted, but couldn't afford it, so I went ahead and painted the stock rims for the time being just for a little change. ALso added an aluminum grill to get rid of the big open space





Ordered some Riser Blocks from vincent, and painted them to match the wheels, because I knew matching the red body would be fairly difficult to do, so this is how it will sit for now.

After plenty of saving up and a TON, and i mean a TON of research, I bought some Tien S-Tech's and I couldn't wait for them to arrive. The roads in my city are complete crap, so spring choice was a big choice, because I knew I wanted to get 18's and possibly add skirts and some TRD front and rear splitters.

I did the reading and decided s techs would be the best because It gave a drop, but didn't slam the car, and would reduce the wheel gap, but would still be a good daily driver and was also affordable.

Here's a before and after picture.




This took me about 7 hours, by myself. I really didn't know exactly what I was doing so I took my time. I managed to get almost all of the nuts and bolts off wih ease. Except on the last strut. The nut was stripped and the bolt had to be cut off. The endlink nut was also stripped so I replaced those, and my celica sat for a few days while the parts came in to the stealership haha. Finally got it on the road and couldn't be happier.

My car doesn't bottom out, and the ride was very close to stock.

Thats basically how the car sits right now, and Im really happy with it, except the modding bug has not left, but money kinda holds me back.

Little photoshoot I did with my moms point and shoot, they turned out not bad.







That's It for now, Any ideas, suggestions, comments, or whatever are welcome. I plan to update this thread as I go along. But you can expect an update REEAALLL Soon.

Thanks for looking, Colin.

This post has been edited by jordisonjr: Sep 7, 2016 - 9:56 AM

[Johnnyny]

looks good what are your future plans turbo swap ?

[jordisonjr]

Not too sure at this point, I may turbo it eventually, I don't really have the knowledge for a swap, bu we'll see what happens. I was planning on importing a g four this summer, but some things came up and it's gunna have to wait till next summer.

But for now I think Im just going to get he exterior looking how I want it, just a nice clean looking car.

[jordisonjr]

Sneak peak, Wheels are in. Proper photo shoot is a must, and I'll probably have pics up this weekend, but for now:



This post has been edited by jordisonjr: Jun 5, 2010 - 5:16 PM

[kloudkicka]

niice, looks like the very first set of rims that i had on my car, good choice

Sneak peak, Wheels are in. Proper photo shoot is a must, and I'll probably have pics up this weekend, but for now:

[Goonter]

looks good man. Wish i can lower mine but i like riding stock. Met up with Azian_Advanced a few days ago and he's down for a meet. We should def have one when my buddy's GT-FOUR arrives

[jordisonjr]

Kloudkicka: Thanks man, We should get a meet going some time, there's at least like 4 or 5 us in the city with 6th Gen's.


Goonter: That's sick, I'm totally down man. Its nice with the Tien s tech springs, it gives it a good look to the car, but not too low, and the ride is very close to stock. Only problem is my tires rub a tiny but in the back, when I go over the ****ty bumps in winnipeg haha.

This post has been edited by jordisonjr: Jun 7, 2010 - 6:51 PM

[jordisonjr]

Alright, so as promised I got some more pics. I went out with my girlfriend, and her sister(the photograhper) and got some nice shot's with the new wheels.
I'm pretty happy with how they turned out.
I know they are not the best photo's, but she's never taken pictures of cars before but here's the best of what we got:














I know the one of the wheel with the crane is really blurry, But I thought it was such a great picture either then that, that I had to post it, haha. Anyways this is my car so far.
Comments are welcome.

This post has been edited by jordisonjr: Mar 26, 2012 - 4:16 PM

[bhawk94]

Your wheels look really good with the stance of the car, but can I suggest removing the grill mesh? I think the car would be much cleaner without it.

[Goonter]

Your wheels look really good with the stance of the car, but can I suggest removing the grill mesh? I think the car would be much cleaner without it.

Actually i think the mesh would look good black. Simple rattle can job

[jordisonjr]

I think it looks wayy to open with nothing there.
Do you really think its that bad?

[Remy]

You need the 94-95 OEM JDM/Euro fog lights it'll look soooo much better.

[bhawk94]

I think it looks wayy to open with nothing there.
Do you really think its that bad?

I agree with you that it is very open, but putting a cheap piece of metal mesh in there doesn't help it look better. I feel that I can say this because I did the same thing a couple of years back, I even painted it black at one point. I realized a liked it much more without it. The OEM fog lights and/or a nice front lip would be better. In the end do what you want to do, after all it's your car

[Tigawoods]

need to get a kit now. the car seems a bit too high for the rims and it would be hard to lower it any more than it already is ( i assume its lowered)
get some skirts and lips er somthing!

[jordisonjr]

bhawk94: Yea I know what you mean by not wanting to put a cheap piece of metal in there lol. I only did it as a temporary fix, and I guess it sorta grew on me and I overlooked it. I can't really afford fog lights right now, ut it was a part of the plans eventually, but I do have some other things I would like to get on the car first that take prioirty.

Tigawoods: It is lowered on Tien S-Techs. Right now, I think I want to do some Trd front and rear splitters, and Trd or 404 skirts. I don't have the moeny for it now, but it is the plan for the future, but who knows how long that will last, I've changed my mind so many times already, so we'll see what happens haha.

[NGHTKD]

I think it look gets great right now. ST205-esque style is the only that looks good without a kit. I'd just drop it a bit more. Good work!

[Euphoria]

looks awsome! maybe some jdm tails and a facelift bumper or gt4 front

[jordisonjr]

Im not a huge fan of the facelift bumper, unless its got a full SS III kit, but I really like the prefacelift with trd front and back splitters, so I don't think I don't think i'd go with a facelift just cause its more money that could be spent else where on the car.

[zonz540]

The new wheels make a night and day difference, good choice. Now, drop it!

[Tigawoods]

bhawk94: Yea I know what you mean by not wanting to put a cheap piece of metal in there lol. I only did it as a temporary fix, and I guess it sorta grew on me and I overlooked it. I can't really afford fog lights right now, ut it was a part of the plans eventually, but I do have some other things I would like to get on the car first that take prioirty.

Tigawoods: It is lowered on Tien S-Techs. Right now, I think I want to do some Trd front and rear splitters, and Trd or 404 skirts. I don't have the moeny for it now, but it is the plan for the future, but who knows how long that will last, I've changed my mind so many times already, so we'll see what happens haha.

sounds like your on the right track! now make up your mind and get em! lol

[jordisonjr]

zonz540: It's lowered on Tien S-techs, It just doesn't look as low cause the rims make the car sit high, but once theres skirts and lip it will look a lot lower. Unfortunatelly, the terrible roads in my city wil not allow me to have it slammed.

Tigawoods: My mind is pretty set on the TRD kit, but moneys an issue with paying for college and stuff. But hopefully it can happen soon!

[block]

nice. i miss my red one. imo, best color for the celica.

[jordisonjr]

Alright so I got a small update.

Ever since I got my rims on I've been hearing an awful clicking sound coming from the rear.
Found out that the endlinks were loose and it was movement in the sway bar causing the sound.
So I went to tighten up the endlinks, and they are basically stripped so i didn't want to tighten them anymore so...

I've ordered new Endlinks from twosrus and they are in the mail as we speak..

[jordisonjr]

Installed the st185 rear endlinks.
Definately got rid of the noise from the rear end and Im pretty satisfied.
Camera is not uploading pics right not, so there will be some later on.

he ride is back to normal again, proformance wise there wasn't much of a change but I haven't really pushed it yet, and the links are also at the same length as the stock ones.

IM kinda confused on the length they should be for a car tha has been lowered. I've done some research and still can't figure it out, so if anyone wants to give some input, that'd be great.

[jordisonjr]

[Ted95]

i noticed on the grill u made u have what looks like the tie wraps around the black bars, what i did with my mesh grill was take the black bar covers off, tie wraped the mesh to the bar then placed the cover over it, if u do it properly with the tie wrap lock facing the back of the car the covers will go on easy and it will look better, jus my input.

love the rims btw

[jordisonjr]

Ted95:

Really? I didn't even know those came off haha.
I did it a long time ago, they used t be black but they faded a lot and are more visible now.
Do the covers just snap off?

Thanks for the input and I'm glad you like the rims haha.

[jordisonjr]

Finally Got pics uploaded
here are the twosrus st185 rear endlinks:


And installed:




Also working on repainting my gt four riser blocks.
The paint got taken off the day after i painted when I washed it
So there should be an update soon.

[jordisonjr]

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This post has been edited by jordisonjr: Aug 22, 2010 - 7:05 PM

[jordisonjr]

FINALLY, got the riser blocks re install after painting them once again.
Basically, had to keep redoing them becasue Im a perfectionist and kept finding flaws.
They still aren't perfect, but I redid them so many times that I got sick of it.

Pics:

[Ted95]

Ted95:

Really? I didn't even know those came off haha.
I did it a long time ago, they used t be black but they faded a lot and are more visible now.
Do the covers just snap off?

Thanks for the input and I'm glad you like the rims haha.

ya they snao right off, then u can just slide them back on. i kno this because when i painted my car i took them off so thats how i found that out lol

[jordisonjr]

Ted95:

Really? I didn't even know those came off haha.
I did it a long time ago, they used t be black but they faded a lot and are more visible now.
Do the covers just snap off?

Thanks for the input and I'm glad you like the rims haha.

ya they snao right off, then u can just slide them back on. i kno this because when i painted my car i took them off so thats how i found that out lol

Ha thanks man, I defiantely didn't know that.
Ill have to get that done soon haha.

[block]

st185 endlinks fit on our cars? sweet. ill order some.

[jordisonjr]

Yea those or the Miata endlinks from Racing Beat.
Although im not sure if the front endlinks from either fit out car.
I only got the rears

[azian_advanced]

st185 twosrus fronts will work on our cars.. just not the racingbeat ones.

[jordisonjr]

Quick cell phone pic

[jordisonjr]

Well bad news.
The Celica needs a new clutch.
Winter's in a few months here, so its really not worth it for me to replace it now whennits just gunna go away for storage.
It'll be money spent on a winter car, and I guess we'll see what happens next year.

[azian_advanced]

Winter driving in the celi is so much fun though.. and its way more comfortable than other cars I've driven. I might be the only 6gc in the city who drives through the winter..

What car are you planning to get for the winter?

[jordisonjr]

Yea, I've done in once.
The reason for not winer driving it isn't because of the weather.
I snowboard, and my interior started to get really beat up the first winter I drove it, and its really inconvenient driving from spot to spot and having to remove my boots cause its 5 speed.
Always driving from rail spots around the city so its sort of a pain.
I also can't fit all the gear i need like lights and shovels and boards and people haha.

I'm not really sure what Im getting for the winter. I'm not to picky.
Looking for an auto four door, and preferably an import, thats not a piece of **** that i can keep for more then one winter.
Okay, maybe I'm picky.. haha
Looking to spend around 2000 ish cause I still got school to pay for and stuff.

[Euphoria]

Its pretty crazy how much wear winter puts on your cars, even 25 year old cars here don't look like that underneath here in Australia.

Car looks great on the outside though!

This post has been edited by Euphoria: Oct 8, 2010 - 9:16 AM

[jordisonjr]

Yea I know winer is really hard on cars, esppecially where I live.
Fortunately I'm prety sure i was the first to winter drive it because there is like 0 rust on it either than the doors.
And i've seen some 6gc's with some bad rust so I'm pretty lucky.
That was another reason I decided to stop.

And thanks for the compliment, but is still not at the look I want yet.
The mod bug has taken over, but school is more important ATM.

This post has been edited by jordisonjr: Oct 8, 2010 - 12:11 PM

[Goonter]

st185 twosrus fronts will work on our cars.. just not the racingbeat ones.

I actually drive mine. As far as i know Kloud is too. I saw his car the other day with no lip and sideskirts on it. Denley does also >.> TBH i think i've seen 4 6GCs that i dont know that drives theirs.

[jordisonjr]

Yea I saw Kloud's recently too.
I dunno who Denley is, I didn't know there was others from Winnipeg aha.
I've also seen a few driving around too, but they were prety beat, and rusty. Mostly older people driving them.

I wish I was driving my car. I'm sick of a 4 door automatic cavalier with no sounds system haha.
Looking at pictures of the Celica doesn't help either.

This post has been edited by jordisonjr: Jan 20, 2011 - 11:37 AM

[Goonter]

Yea I saw Kloud's recently too.
I dunno who Denley is, I didn't know there was others from Winnipeg aha.
I've also seen a few driving around too, but they were prety beat, and rusty. Mostly older people driving them.

I wish I was driving my car. I'm sick of a 4 door automatic cavalier with no sounds system haha.
Looking at pictures of the Celica doesn't help either.

I've seen a matte black one witha veilside kit. and another black one at superstore on mcphilips, both in their 20's i would say. Denley is my close friend, he bought Azian's tom's lip for hit GT4. I'm torn between going back to the philippines for a month of selling my car to my GF and getting a GT4.

[jordisonjr]

I've also have a potential buyer for my car so I can't ge a GT four. Hopefully the price is right though, and i just gotta fix the clutch first and we'll see what happens.
Does Denley have a legit GT four, or just the front end conversion?
If its a gt four is it black, cause I've only seen one gt four in the city and it was black. Its was the first and only time I've seen it, and I was daaammnn jelous, hahaha.
We should definately get a meet or a photoshoot goin this year, theres quite a few in winnipeg now.

[azian_advanced]

yeah, denley has a legit st205 in red. denley let wynn (Goonter) and i drive it, and it was awesome.... i could only imagine him taking advantage of the traction on the 'four laughing at the rest of the fwd and rwd all going 10 below the speedlimit. but anyway there's also a black one (GTFOURST205guy) and another white gt-four which i've only seen once in the st. james area, so that's 3 st205's in winnipeg as far as i'm aware.

[Mycurse180]

Beautiful car man. Great taste.

[jordisonjr]

Azian: Thats sick, Im hoping I can get a gt four this summer or next if the two potentials buyers for my car will come through.

Mycurse: Thanks man.

[Goonter]

Theres 3 GT4s that i know of in the city. 1 is my buddy Denley, and the other two i met in AWD meet last fall. Ian an Ryan both black GT4s. i havent seen the white one yet. if all the guys i know of were to have a meet we'll have 7 . If the ones ive seen came we'd have about 10

[jordisonjr]

I'd say that would be a pretty decent turnout. Gotta get my clutch fixed first though, if thats actually what's wrong with it, Im still not convinced..

[jordisonjr]

My poor carcovered in snow for the winter
Got a huge snow storm so i figured i should clear it off, snapped a quick pic too.

[delusionz]

Do those 3 switches turn off individual lights?

I like what you've done with the air vents

I like your head unit too

[jordisonjr]

Yea I have lights under the dash/seats, and then the ones in the vents.
One switch is for the vents and the other for the ones under the dash and seats.
I was gunna wire my amp to the middle one so I could turn my subs on and off but I didn't really get aroudn to it.

I didn't really use the compartment there so I thought why not throw some switches in there. Make it look a little cooler. If it was turbo'd I definately would have put gauges, or some other elctrical thing for the turbo haha.

I put those lights in a long time ago, I've kinda outgrown them but don't raelly want to go through the hassle to take them out, plus its in storage haha.

[Needles]

My poor carcovered in snow for the winter
Got a huge snow storm so i figured i should clear it off, snapped a quick pic too.

yeah u should clear it off cause it can damage your suspension if u leave all the snow there....

[jordisonjr]

Yea i have been everytime it snows, thats just from one storm.
The car is on jackstands as well so it won't affect the suspension.

[jordisonjr]

Been a while since last updated.
But winter is just about over now so some parts are coming in.

Order a clutch from lithiatoyotaparts.com, nothin' special just the OEM replacement, but the local delaership wanted 550 for parts alone, and I ended up getting it for 260 shipped, so I'm pretty happy with what I saved.
Next I just gotta find a shop to do it for a decent price.

Also will be getting a new battery in the near future, and reinstalling my subs, amp, deck, and HIDs back into the car, and she'll be ready to go again!

I can't wait, itd been a looooonnng winter.

[THE20V]

I have to say, I really respect what you have done with your car. There's not many people who know how to tastefully mod a car on a budget without making it look cheap. But you sir have succeeded wonderfully. My hat goes off to you.
You have only done minor mods, but together, the car looks awesome.

[jordisonjr]

Thanks a lot man.
Yea its hard for me goin to college, I come on this site daily, and everyday see something new I want haha.
There's a ton of stuff I wanna do to it but just can't afford right now.
I'd rather not do anything at all to the car and wait to do it right then put some cheesy parts on that will make it look worse.
I already get enough crap from locals about the riser blocks, but I like it haha.

But thanks!

[jordisonjr]

FINALLY!
Came home from school to see this:



My clutch has finally arrived, so now I can buy a battery, and pull it out of storage and get the clutch in.
Unfortunately I missed the delivery guy, and I have to wait till tomorrow to pick up my new parts

[dudeofchaos]

Sick mods nice man. You celica looks very good!

I have the exact same delivery notice in my car right now for my tune up parts. I can't wait but I went there 3 times and they said that my package was being suspended or something like that. Meaning it is probably held by the mail guy or whatever, lol. Still waiting to have my jdm tails and trs shift knob.

You should get the tail lights too man, it would give it a whole new sick look!

[jordisonjr]

Thanks a lot man.
I know my next mod is gunna be either a header or jdm tails, i dunno what I can afford yet though.
Can't really afford a whole lot of mods this year cause of school, but Im getting a 45% rebate on my insurance, and just had a job interview at an engineering firm so finger crossed and maybe Ill be able to afford some new parts haha,.

Also just got a text from my buddy who works at the post office and they have arrived, so Ill be picking them up after class!

[jordisonjr]

Wooooo got my parts!
Now all I need is a battery so I can pull my car out of storage and take it in to have the clutch installed.

[jordisonjr]

Wooo just dropped the car off at the transmission shop.
Clutch is getting installed and it should be done sometime tomorrow!
So pumped.

[jordisonjr]

Well today was a frustrating day.
Was supposed to pick up the car at 4, so I called just before i was gunna leave, and they said don't bother because they damaged one of the axle seals and needed to find a new one.
So I got a call about 45 min later and they said they found a seal, so I was off to pick up my car, halfway across the city.
Get there, pay for it, my ride leaves and I go to leave in my car. GO to take of and all I hear is clunk clunk clunk.


Got the car up on the hoist to see what went wrong(sounded like the axle popped out) checked it out and the axle was still in place and did not slide out.
SO they drove it on the lift and everything was fine, so they dropped it back to the ground.
Backed it out of the shop no problem, put it in first and clunk clunk clunk again.

Back on the lift, they tried to pry the axle out of the tranny and it wouldn't budge, But it still clunked and would not drive, as if the axle was out.
This was right before the shop closed so they said they'll look at it on monday.
Called my house, no one was home, called my dad who was my ride and he didn't have his phone.
So I sat outside the shop for 45 mins while I wanted for my buddy to pick me up.

Definately not impressed.

[Nartanian]

Sorry to hear. Hopefully it gets resolved quickly. What clutch did you get?

[jordisonjr]

Yea hopefully, Im thinking they just rushed puttin in the axle and something screwed up, but I guess I gotta wait till Monday.
I just got the OEM Toyota clutch, I don't see a swap or turbo being very feasable anytime soon anyways.

[jordisonjr]

Picked the car up and I was super stoked. Got my rims on and the stereo re-installed and drove it basically all day... and then I heard more clunking.

Apparently I picked the worst trans and diff shop in the city because this is the second problem.
They ended up breaking one of the clips on the driver side axle so it would not go into the tranny properly.
But now the passenger side is clunkin, everytime I shift, hit a bump, or start pressing the breaks, and I know it has something to do with what they did.

I took a look at it, and I'm thinking it has something to do with the nut that bolts the hub in, because it was basically finger tight, and with no wheel on the lugs had about an 8th of movement within the rotor, which shouldn't happen. So I'm thinking they just forgot to tighten something, but I don't want to start messing around with things before I contact the shop, because then they could turn around and say you messed with it so we're not gunna touch it now.

Sonow I gotta wait till tomorow and talk to the shop, and hopefully this will solve the problem.
But I can say one thing, I'm very unimpressed and beyond frustrated.

[njccmd2002]

sorry bro, thats why DIY is better.

[jordisonjr]

Yea definately.
Only thing is I had a cast on for 2.5 months cause I needed surgery on my wrist, so there was no way I would have been able to get anything done on it.
Definately wish I would have gone another route..

[opie_7afe]

if your in canada i would keep yer celica as your winter DD and save up for a GT-4 as your legaly able to import/own them there......would be the best route and be less work needing to do a swap..... looking good though man keep it up!

[Needles]

Wooooo got my parts!
Now all I need is a battery so I can pull my car out of storage and take it in to have the clutch installed.

nice part !

This post has been edited by Needles: Jun 2, 2011 - 5:11 AM

[jordisonjr]

if your in canada i would keep yer celica as your winter DD and save up for a GT-4 as your legaly able to import/own them there......would be the best route and be less work needing to do a swap..... looking good though man keep it up!

Thanks man.
I've definately thought about it and looked into it a lot.
But right now its just not feasable for me money wise, with paying for college and everything, but maybe one day.
My parents are also really against RHD, especially my dad because of stories he has heard about his buddys helix and my buddies silvia, he doesn't believe that almost all of the parts froma USDM celica are interchangable.

And they co-signed for my car so I can't really argue with them right now, but who knows, maybe sometime in the near future, or if this motor goes out, or something major happens, I could do a 3sgte swap. I've just started reading about that swap for interests sake, so maybe one day haha.

But for now I gotta fix whats wrong with it before I can mod anything else like I planned for this year, Unfortunately.
Gotta love unexpected problems happening all at once..

[jordisonjr]

Took it back to the shop, and they said there was nothing wrong with it, and that I could drive from Winnipeg to Calgary and back(over 1000km) and it would be safe

So I took it to another shop adn they checkd over everything that the first place would have had had to touch in order to do the clutch, they said they couldn't find anything. They found that the front brake caliper was sticking so they cleaned it out and nothing.
The only thing they could think of was worn out bearings within the axle, but that they couldn't tell untill they pulled it apart.
They recommended I get a new axle, so I got it back, and the proble is still there.
The motor moutns and everything were checked and all other bushings and they were a little worn, but nothing that would cause that problem.

He said the only other thing he could think of would be the struts, beacause he had it driving good right after, and then when he took a u turn, there was a big bang and the sound came back. So he readjusted the spring within the strut and it drove good again, and then the same thing happened.

I knew the struts need to be replaced anyways, so I may as well give it a try, even if its not the solution, which Im hoping it is.
So I ordered some KYB gr-2's and KYB mounts all around.

Got all the parts, and got the two rear struts installed.
WHen I take teh front two out of the box, one of the struts does not rebound at all, So now I have to send them back and wait for a new one arrrive.
I also found out that the rubber spring insulators below the spring were completely torn up, so I ordered those today.

And I'm really hoping this solves the problem, because my car has been sitting on jack stands since before winter, and I'm really anxious to drive it.
The two days of driving it after the clutch was done was such a tease.

[PolliS_5S-FE]

Suprising how these problems always just "seem to happen" after a shop has it aye. One of the many reasons i always try to do things myself as you never really know how much effort theyve put in or if they botched something up and decided to say nothing about it. Bearings are a good exaample of this. I understand in your case you werent able to do it with your wristthough

[Needles]

i had clunk sound on my celica before my swap, i didnt know what that was, my front crossmember was broken, but as i get going i notice a big loose in the driver side spendel, (this some kind of cylinder that can pop out slowly and need to be replace it become loose, i changed all the assembly, from shock to the tab and no clunk no more for me, if that can help

This post has been edited by Needles: Jun 2, 2011 - 5:20 AM

[jordisonjr]

Suprising how these problems always just "seem to happen" after a shop has it aye. One of the many reasons i always try to do things myself as you never really know how much effort theyve put in or if they botched something up and decided to say nothing about it. Bearings are a good exaample of this. I understand in your case you werent able to do it with your wristthough

Yea I know exactly what you mean.
I try to do as much as I can as well but sometimes theres things you just can't do.
Although the part that really frustrates me is that no one can really tell me what is wrong with it.
The second shop checked over absolutely everything in the front end, and couldn't find anything really out of place, or that the first shop did wrong.
So what I think happened is that something was worn out, but not enough to make noise, and when the clutch got done, it got distrubed, causing it to make noise once reassembled, which would have happened regardless of where I took it.

I'm really hoping that replacing the struts will fix it, cause if not I'm kinda back to square one not knowing what is causing it.
Althought it will be quite the wait, because Ill have to ship the damaged strut back and wait for the new one to ship out which could take a while.

Although I contacted KYB and they said that the shaft could have dried out or developed some surface rust during shipping and that I should put a bit of lubricant or oil on the strut, and that may cause it to rebound normally again.
So I'm gunna try that tonight after work and hopefully that will do something, which would be really awesome if that did solve the problem.

[NYp8tBaller07]

man sorry to hear that, hope you get the car in order =)

[jordisonjr]

Thanks I hope so too haha.
As soon as the the rubber spring insulators get here i can atleast put one of the front stuts on, and then i would be able to tell if my problem is solve, cause the noise is coming from the passenger side.

I ordered them yesturday though, so it will be a couple of days.

[jordisonjr]

Finally something good.
Contacted th seller of the struts and he's going to exchange them as long as i pay to ship the bad one back, but he's going to pay to ship the newone to me.

[jordisonjr]

Awesome, more good news!
Toyota just called me and said that the spring insulators I ordered just arrived.
Mine were completely shot, and thats why I could only get the back struts on.
But now that they have arrived I can atleast get one front strut on, and then I just gotta wait for the last one to come in the mail.

Theres also a meet tonight close by, so if I can get it done by then I can atleast drive it there and back.

[jordisonjr]

Well I should have saw this coming.
Put the new strut and spring insulator and mount on the passenger side which was the one making noise.
And sure enough, it still makes the sound.

I have no clue what it is.
Although the rotor on the passenger side can move in and out about 1/4" when the wheel is off, and the driver side doesn't move at all, so I'm thinking that may be the problem.

[jordisonjr]

Any one got any ideas?
Help would be great.
Cause I have absolutely no clue what it could be.

[jordisonjr]

So me and a buddy crawled under there today and were pretty determined to figure out what it was.
We pryed around at the bushings and didn't really find much and were pretty stumped.
So we put the wheel back on and dropped the car, and tried to make the car clunk again just by moving the wheel forward and back by hand.

We managed to make it clunk, so one of us clunked the wheel while the other looked, and we found that the rear bushing on the lower control arm was the culpret.
Everytime it would clunk, the lowere control arm was pivoting forward about an inch or so forward and back, so I guess when the break is applied it puts a force on the LCA which caused that clunk only at initial breaking.

I find this kind of odd, because the noise was not there before the clutch was replaced, and after it was one the clunk was present. I'm thinking mayb just having them working around the front end agitated the already worn out bushing enough to produce a noise.

The other thing that kind of pisses me off is that the second shop could not figure it out, because they said they checked all the bushings and that some were a little worn, but couldn't produce that noise, and made me go and change the struts and the axle. Now I know the struts needed to be changed, but to have to change the axle when it was not needed was quite the waste of money, so now I have a perfectly good axle sitting in my garage.

But on the other hand, i had been looking into the poly urethane bushings from gt4-racing.eu already, so now I have the chance to upgrade, and hopefully my car can be back on the road ASAP.

Thanks for everyones help, I appreciate it alot, I dunno what I'd do without 6GC.net, I've learned so much already ust from reading.

And If anyone is looking for a GT passenger side axle, I may sell it for the right price.

[NYp8tBaller07]

thats great that you found the problem =)

[jordisonjr]

Yea, its too bad I had to dump all that cash into it, but at least it was fixing one thing that already needed to be done haha.

[NYp8tBaller07]

yea im going to have to get new suspension soon, thinking of progressive springs and new struts

[RabidTRD]

I have the same problem with my 94. It's that bushing at the base of the rear adjustable control arm. Both sides clunk when I go over bumps. Dealer wants $300 for both sides, so I just have to come up with the money.

[jordisonjr]

I have the same problem with my 94. It's that bushing at the base of the rear adjustable control arm. Both sides clunk when I go over bumps. Dealer wants $300 for both sides, so I just have to come up with the money.

I just called Toyota and its even more in Canda.
ITs 256 per side, for each control arm.
They don't sell teh bushings separately.

Your better off to just get the poly urethane bushings for 100 bucks, and put them in.
Even if you ahve to apy someone to do it, it will probably be cheaper than buying new control arms and installing them yourself.
I'm planning to get teh Poly urethane bushings, ASAP, and Ill try to put them in myself with a buddy.
It doesn't look too difficult

[RabidTRD]

Does energy suspension make bushings for them? I would totally do that. That way I wouldn't have to get an alignment. I already have the bushings for the sway bars by energy.

[jordisonjr]

I'm pretty sure they don't.
As far as I know there is only one person who makes them.
Theya re polyurethane bushings, so it will improve your suspension as well not just make it stock.
But I just ordered mine from here: http://www.gt4-racing.eu/index.php/toyota-...spension-bushes Because thats what most of the other members are using and I've heard good things.

And I couldn't find anywhere else that had them.

[RabidTRD]

Wow thanks for that link. That'll help for sure.

[jordisonjr]

Yea no problem man.
I just found it myself actually. ordered from them on tuesday:)
Hopefully I can tackle the task of installing them myself.
The most work i've ever done on my car was lowering it.

[jordisonjr]

Well the car is basically ready for the strut and the bushings to be installed, just have to remove the control arms, and wait for the parts to get here.
Unfortunately, Canada post is on strike and only deliver a couple of days of the week ATM, so hopefully it doesn't take too long for the bushings to get here..

[azian_advanced]

We're almost half way through the summer and you haven't driven your car yet? ouch. It seems like there's always one problem after another. Well goodluck with the repairs. Hope you get the car back on the road asap.

[jordisonjr]

Yea its been a nightmare.
Just one thing after another, and its all been out of my control.
Shouldn't be a problem gettin it done, as long as nothing else comes up once its done..

[Needles]

when its happen to me whit my old 5gc 1991, (paid 300 buck) i didnt want to spend money , so i fix it for 0$ in 10 minute, putting whit hammer some little nail inside around the bushing, and cut some rubber in circlev( buy strap rubber and cut it) and put it on the back of the bushing and put back the bolt whit some washer to push the rubber , it will affect the movement if you tightened too much, but

pro- its work, no shaking no more

cons- u lose comfort and stability, since its metal to metal, and no more bushing
but u feel more the road from the rear, not a big difference for normal driving,
u have keep the wheel centered to keep alignement- tough (u can change the alignement later whit some more pin inside the bushing
but i wont suggest to do that,

but for someone who dont have money or want to fix it now, it can help
that least on my old celica till she died

This post has been edited by Needles: Jun 16, 2011 - 7:15 AM

[jordisonjr]

You want me to put nails in my bushings?
No thanks.
I don't want to ghetto rig my car like yours..

[jordisonjr]

A buddy came over tonight to give me a hand.
On the driver side we got every bolt out for the lower control arm, except we ran into the endlink dilema.
Could not get the end link off, so we moved to the passender side.
On the passenger side, there was no problems with the endlink, except the bolt on the control arm that threads into the sub frame (19mm), came out about an inch and will not come out any farther by turning it with a wrench.
It started to rain, and I don't have a garage to work in so we had to call it quits.

With the endlink, I tried using the allen key method and a wrench, and the allen key started to slop so I left it so it didn't strip.
We then tried to hold it with a vice grip and turn it with a socket/wrench, and it didn't budge.
I want to avoid having to cut the endlink at all costs, cause I can't afford new endlinks right now.
If I do have to cut it, is it a harm to drive the car without the front sway bar hooked up for a while till the endlinks came in the mail?

Not sure what to do with the last control arm bolt, has anyone else ran into this problem while removing their lower control arms?

[azian_advanced]

it's ok to drive without the front sway bar hooked up but you will have to drive slowly through turns and avoid large bumps while avoiding sudden movement with the steering wheel to avoid body roll. a temporary solution would be to get some wire and loop it through the sway bar and control arm several times, but you'd still need to buy a pair of links asap if you do.

[jordisonjr]

Yea, I'd just be thinking about driving it like that while waiting for endlinks to get here. and I twould only be on the driver side, because we managed to get the passenger side off.
I'm still gunna give it another shot today later on after the car show.