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post Apr 27, 2011 - 4:50 PM
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My Name is Shayne.

I got my 97 Celica GT about 5 years ago with 68k original miles.
This was the first picture taken of it, a couple weeks after I got my license.


The only issues she's had (over time) was a blown clutch, blown heater core, and now a leaking PS boot. The clutch went out after only having the car for a year, I think it was due to previous owner, as when she traded it in she told my dad she was 'tired of shifting'.

Fast forward to about a month before joining here and i installed my first 'performance mod,' an eBay short air intake for $25.


Secondly I painted my stock calipers
Before:

After:


Then came the rims.. I originally wanted 18's but settled with 17's, but I'm satisfied biggrin.gif



Not too long after came the JDM's thumbsup.gif my favorite addition. Thanks to 6gc member ST205WRC.

Installed:


Then I decided on changing up the interior. But wanting to keep the option of going back to stock, i kept the original pieces and painted parts i pulled of a junkyard Celica. And knowing prep work is most important I sanded, primed, sanded, light coat, final coat, and clear coated. biggrin.gif


(Looks 10x better in real life..)


And about 2-3 weeks ago I got some new tint, the original tint was the cheap purple kind and filled with bubbles..
..last week i got my 6gc stickers (thanks to LewFX) thumbsup.gif

And a couple days ago I added the eBay Xentec 10000k HIDs, I think they may be too blue..



..Finally this is how she sits today


Future plans include coilovers (megans ftw), strut bars, header and cat back exhaust, new sound system, and fully renewed interior with Vincent_doggy leather seats.

Exterior wise.. possibly a de-skirt plus mud flaps OR addition of a c-one style bumper and rear spats (unsure though)

A swap was in the plan but seeing as shes my DD and i don't have any other means of transportation it wouldn't be wise to start that project anytime soon..

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post Apr 27, 2011 - 5:26 PM
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Shes lookin good man, good job so far.
Where exactly did you get those "6GC" stickers, I`d like some myself wink.gif
post Apr 27, 2011 - 5:33 PM
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Thanks man, your car looks sick too.

I got from lewfx here:
http://www.6gc.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=45849


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post Apr 27, 2011 - 6:01 PM
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Thank you wink.gif
And ill keep that guy in mind, for the stickers.
Thx
post Apr 27, 2011 - 9:23 PM
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Sick car man. That's an incredibly clean GT, can't wait to see what you do with this bad boy.


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post Apr 27, 2011 - 11:09 PM
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Thanks. Just before i got my rims i came across your car when searching through celicas, you gotta pretty awesome car.


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post Jun 5, 2011 - 2:36 AM
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Small interior update.. I got my white Spree LED Dash kit partially installed. Namely the gauges, clock, ignition ring and cigarette lighter ring..







My next day off I'm going to install the climate control as well as the side courtesy lights..

As an extra bit of a project, I'm considering re-routing the courtesy lights to under the dash on both driver and passenger side, as to illuminate the floor when the doors are open. biggrin.gif


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post Jun 5, 2011 - 3:41 AM
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whys the clock pink?

did that come with spree led? pink clock for the white kit?


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post Jun 5, 2011 - 4:01 AM
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wow i like the LED dash! look nice


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post Jun 5, 2011 - 10:35 PM
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QUOTE (delusionz @ Jun 5, 2011 - 4:41 AM) *
whys the clock pink?

did that come with spree led? pink clock for the white kit?


the clock is pink/purple-ish because of the filter, i guess it offsets the green.. spree updated his FS post for the white kits, hes worked out the pink and will be sending out new/different filters for the white kits.

QUOTE (nics @ Jun 5, 2011 - 5:01 AM) *
wow i like the LED dash! look nice


thanks.

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post Jun 5, 2011 - 11:30 PM
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where did you get the LED's btw? i wanna do my gauge cluster sometime soon biggrin.gif


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post Jun 6, 2011 - 12:49 AM
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QUOTE (nics @ Jun 6, 2011 - 12:30 AM) *
where did you get the LED's btw? i wanna do my gauge cluster sometime soon biggrin.gif

Member here "Spree" is selling them.
Here: http://www.6gc.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=78726

His website is at: http://www.spreeled.com/#/celica-gen-six/4550657923


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post Jun 6, 2011 - 1:06 AM
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QUOTE (smkr3w @ Jun 5, 2011 - 10:49 PM) *
QUOTE (nics @ Jun 6, 2011 - 12:30 AM) *
where did you get the LED's btw? i wanna do my gauge cluster sometime soon biggrin.gif

Member here "Spree" is selling them.
Here: http://www.6gc.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=78726

His website is at: http://www.spreeled.com/#/celica-gen-six/4550657923


cool thanks much!

i have heard from some people that they had bad experiences with the LEDs. how long do you have them on your car?


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QUOTE (nics @ Jun 6, 2011 - 2:06 AM) *
i have heard from some people that they had bad experiences with the LEDs. how long do you have them on your car?


Only 2 days now.. I haven't heard much negativity toward LEDs, weird. Maybe it depends on the kind of LED or companies?


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post Jun 11, 2011 - 2:48 PM
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A little bit of a setback.. today when i was dropping off my roommate, i notice my intake was sounding funny, when i got back home i popped the hood to find my SRI had lost a clamp and fell off, and the engine was sucking unfiltered air kindasad.gif
i was surprised the MAF didn't send a signal since no air was passing by it.

Anyway, i threw on another clamp, and as i was closing the hood i noticed that the top of my radiator has two cracks in it frown.gif

Notice the spray of coolant on the fuse box behind it.

The local autozone had to order my replacement, that's $150 gone.. could have went towards my headers rolleyes.gif


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post Jun 14, 2011 - 7:57 PM
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Installed my new radiator, and while it was out took the chance to clean a little around the engine bay.

Just after taking out the radiator.. notice all the coolant sprayed around the bay (crappy pics)


And after it was installed and cleaned a bit..


Also painted the SRI tube black, tomorrow i will try the heat shield and maybe valve cover.. its too hot outside now (104 degrees!)

One more to add to the list, my front motor mount is busted frown.gif


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post Jun 27, 2011 - 8:56 PM
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Finally got some bass.. I picked up a 12" Sony Xplod sub with box and 600 Watt Dual Amp for just $100.
Bought some vinyl spray to change the gray box to black and changed the gray housing black also.
And for an added touch some red painted screws smile.gif

Here some install pics.

Freshly Removed passenger seat and rear seats.


Followed by plastics and a major CLEAN.. it appears the previous owner had a kid, there was a small broken toy and smashed graham crackers under the rear seats.
Must've also had a dog because under the passenger seat was a crapload of dog hair..



Bit of wiring.. (not me)


Some taste testing before i put the seats back in biggrin.gif


Finally put back together and in working order. Simple and clean, how i like it.


We ran the power chord from the battery, under the fender, quick hop thru the door jamb, inside kick panel, under carpet to amp under passenger seat.
The amp is bridged and has signals from a line converter running from splices off the rear speakers. The remote wire is spliced into the cigarette lighter.
Doesn't sound to bad for a ghetto rig, lol.


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post Jul 13, 2011 - 12:30 AM
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Got around to installing my Kirk Polyurethane Inserts today (Just the front mount)..

Pulled it out and checked the damage.


in..

and installed


The only issue that I came across was with the 14mm bolts that attaches the mount to the crossmember was fighting me. First lost hold of the bolt and it got stuck in the hollow part of the crossmember, then the first bolt went in and the second one refused to go in because the mount wasn't sitting straight so it had to be taken out and re-situated.. then it was fine.

As far as how it performs.. it makes the car feel completely different, in a good way wink.gif
You can dump the clutch and it just glides no major shiftshock.
The vibration that everyone talks about is there.. most noticeable when you first start the car and at idle esp with the a/c on, however its easy to get over. Also you car feel it a good bit in the brake pedal.

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post Jul 13, 2011 - 4:49 PM
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Nice car man, looks like it's coming along well.

Red Celicas with black and silver wheels are a good combo. wink.gif


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damn that mount was blown.


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QUOTE (Batman722 @ Jul 13, 2011 - 6:01 PM) *
damn that mount was blown.


...lol, lets just say it wasn't nice to drive tongue.gif.






Car is looking good man!

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post Jul 16, 2011 - 12:50 AM
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QUOTE (S8S8 @ Jul 13, 2011 - 5:49 PM) *
Nice car man, looks like it's coming along well.
Red Celicas with black and silver wheels are a good combo. wink.gif

thanks. I remember when you first posted pics of your car I was like "my twin!" ..now a much faster twin lol

QUOTE (Batman722 @ Jul 13, 2011 - 6:01 PM) *
damn that mount was blown.

yeah, I babied it like non other, after I first noticed the engine movement, 'til I got the inserts.. feels good to open her up again smile.gif

QUOTE (Euphoria @ Jul 14, 2011 - 12:04 AM) *
...lol, lets just say it wasn't nice to drive tongue.gif.
Car is looking good man!

thats crazy! glad mine didn't get that bad, dont look fun lol
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post Aug 1, 2011 - 5:31 PM
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Last week I celebrated my 20th and it was pretty effin sweet.

i woke up to the mail lady dropping of my 8" midbasses i bought from urbandork. thanks again!


Installed immediately..

My old speakers had major issues lol


Then not even an hour later my roomate told me he'd have his buddy put on my N1 knockoff for me.
so we took it to his shop, and he did a little cut and paste, w/o new header, for now...




I like that the exhaust sound is deep at idle and low rpms, and when im driving and get to the higher rpms it is barely noticeable, not obnoxious lol


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you should really upgrade the rest of the piping. it'll make it deeper and a little louder but u will gain HP


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i want to eventually..
the guy who installed it said he'd put on new pipe from the stock header flange back when i had the money but he was dead against installing a header because he said hes seen teens come in and have him install them and mess up the engines.. but if i brought him the headers anyway he'd put it on for me too

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Alright so lots of updates that happened over the last few months and i posted occasionally in the "today i...." thread and what have you but haven't updated this thread since last summer..

Ill try not to talk too much so LOTS of pictures to show:

First I finally got rid of the horrible gray/beige headliner and went black


and did up the plastics to match


Then proceeded to work on the interior and went for a VIP/Luxury look. I know many of you don't care for a luxury 6gc (for the most part). I enjoy it.
So I vinyl wrapped the interior plastics and got rid of that horrible fast and furious rattle-can red paint.
I also installed "wood flooring," again not everyone's cup of tea, but i like it biggrin.gif

Overall:


Notice the floormats? Wood Floors biggrin.gif

Driver side:


Pass. side:


The rears:


And..... of course the trunk wink.gif


From my point of view:


From the passengers point of view:


Little more of the trunk:


For a quick how to:
Buy some laminate wood flooring of your liking, you could use real hardwood if you wanted but it's be more expensive and time consuming.


And buy some hard-board sheets, mine were 2'x4'x3/16" as well as an adhesive. I chose felt-back vinyl flooring adhesive/leveler and applied with a trowel to the backboard. And place the flooring strips on it.


Traced the floormats:


and cut (we used an angle grinder)



example (rear driver side):



all the inside mats cut:


upclose of drivers floor cut where the trunk release sits


sadly didnt take any in-progress pics when i did the trunk frown.gif

Despoilered!!! and removed the rear wiper


Bought and installed Sokie Tech Hood Dampeners



Also I finally got around to lowering my celica (should have been one of the first mods)
I took a small risk and bought Stagg SHS Struts for 150 shipped off of ebay.
Also to lower it I purchased Megan racing springs.

For those who are thinkin about stagg struts.. tho its only been roughly 2 months I recommend them for those on a budget thumbsup.gif


The night I finally decided to drop it I forgot my roomate lended out his floor jack so i resoted to the old school stock trunk jack.. it was a PITA, just saying rolleyes.gif




Next day pics..
side shot

front gap

rear gap

stance from rear


And Newest Update! biggrin.gif

Last week I recieved my MOOG camber bolts, but held off installing them until I got the rear spacers that I bought.

And yesterday I recieved my Rear 1" Spacers from 6gc member djgeo05, formerly Axel04's celi.



And I installed those woot.gif
Some pics, before and after

wheel gap before

wheel gap after bolts and spacers


before

after



So thats all for now, I think, lol.
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The wood grain is pretty sweet. thumbsup.gif


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QUOTE (mak5603 @ Apr 11, 2012 - 10:47 PM) *
The wood grain is pretty sweet. thumbsup.gif

Thanks!

*side note: i hope to one day be as low as you biggrin.gif


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QUOTE (smkr3w @ Apr 11, 2012 - 9:31 PM) *
QUOTE (mak5603 @ Apr 11, 2012 - 10:47 PM) *
The wood grain is pretty sweet. thumbsup.gif

Thanks!

*side note: i hope to one day be as low as you biggrin.gif


Its a lot of fun man! You'll enjoy every second of it. And look boss as **** biggrin.gif

Coils in your near future? Or what you got planned coming soon? Cars lookin good. thumbsup.gif


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Yeah coils are the plan.. when I figure out how to stop spending for a little bit to save up laugh.gif

had just enough when i got my tax money, chickened out and went cheap with springs kindasad.gif


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Spree LED UV Purple Kit!

Also, modified the cigarette lighter ring to fit to my bubble shift knob.. cant get a decent pic because of the dark/lights
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Fitted my Euro license plate bezel! (from Dustin)
As well as repainted the black trim on the tails and bezel.


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I'll just leave this here...


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Hah nice, custom projection =)
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You doing the "Angel Eyes" Projector mod? I do love that mod... Take lots of pics
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Thanks! LOL

No halos for the project kindasad.gif but something special will be added to em wink.gif


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Quick update:

First attempt to vacuum form a shroud for my retrofit..


Not bad I guess but not what I'm aiming for. Won't be trying again until Monday (stupid work... lol)


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Finished my headlights!


You can see the progress and moar pics >>HERE<<


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Wow smrk, ur car is comin along quite well brother.


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QUOTE (Lil-Joe101 @ Jun 17, 2012 - 1:27 AM) *
Wow smrk, ur car is comin along quite well brother.

Thanks alot man biggrin.gif

Any news on the pending nuptials? wink.gif

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QUOTE (smkr3w @ Jun 17, 2012 - 1:38 AM) *
QUOTE (Lil-Joe101 @ Jun 17, 2012 - 1:27 AM) *
Wow smrk, ur car is comin along quite well brother.

Thanks alot man biggrin.gif

Any news on the pending nuptials? wink.gif


lol, the wut?


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Wow smrk, ur car is comin along quite well brother.

Thanks alot man biggrin.gif

Any news on the pending nuptials? wink.gif


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oh lol, sorry Im runnin on 12 hrs now at work, mind is dozin. Ceremony will be next year when I get back from Afghanistan. Judicial marriage this coming thursday.

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oh lol, sorry Im runnin on 12 hrs now at work, mind is dozin. Ceremony will be next year when I get back from Afghanistan. Judicial marriage this coming thursday.

LOL no worries, very nice tho thumbsup.gif


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Small update:
Got me LED blinkers in the mail and got them wired up.

Installed them in the high beam housings. The pic is when they are lit up. But since the LED strips are using the running light wires, the blinkers are just that- blinkers smile.gif



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Damn I missed alot of stuff going on. I guess it's out with the old and in with the new members laugh.gif Great work man thumbsup.gif Keep it going! Don't stop can't stop


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QUOTE (808celica @ Jul 5, 2012 - 4:13 AM) *
Damn I missed alot of stuff going on. I guess it's out with the old and in with the new members laugh.gif Great work man thumbsup.gif Keep it going! Don't stop can't stop

Thanks man! You and your celica is what really sparked my drive to mod and make my car better thumbsup.gif

Almost everyday I think of something new I want to do with my car but I'm held back by lack of funds.. haha
Also in less than 3 weeks I'll be headed to Vegas for my 21st so definitely need to save for that biggrin.gif


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QUOTE (smkr3w @ Jul 5, 2012 - 5:40 AM) *
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Damn I missed alot of stuff going on. I guess it's out with the old and in with the new members laugh.gif Great work man thumbsup.gif Keep it going! Don't stop can't stop

Thanks man! You and your celica is what really sparked my drive to mod and make my car better thumbsup.gif

Almost everyday I think of something new I want to do with my car but I'm held back by lack of funds.. haha
Also in less than 3 weeks I'll be headed to Vegas for my 21st so definitely need to save for that biggrin.gif

funds will come later down the road when like in my case in the beginning shortcuts are taken to save $, now I have a big man job and can afford doing everything the "right" way


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QUOTE (Tigawoods @ Jul 5, 2012 - 8:12 AM) *
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Damn I missed alot of stuff going on. I guess it's out with the old and in with the new members laugh.gif Great work man thumbsup.gif Keep it going! Don't stop can't stop

Thanks man! You and your celica is what really sparked my drive to mod and make my car better thumbsup.gif

Almost everyday I think of something new I want to do with my car but I'm held back by lack of funds.. haha
Also in less than 3 weeks I'll be headed to Vegas for my 21st so definitely need to save for that biggrin.gif

funds will come later down the road when like in my case in the beginning shortcuts are taken to save $, now I have a big man job and can afford doing everything the "right" way

I like to think I don't take shortcuts smile.gif my roommate has offered to cut my stock springs before I had my megans, said "just rattle can it" on various parts of my car..
But I always opt to wait until I can do it right, because I know I would have to go back and do it over later if I don't do it correctly now. thumbsup.gif


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Got any problems with the spacers/wheels not being hubcentric?


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QUOTE (Syaoran @ Jul 5, 2012 - 4:47 PM) *
Got any problems with the spacers/wheels not being hubcentric?

So far no problems thumbsup.gif
I knew before installing them there's a risk with lug centric spacers, but I only drive like 10-15 miles a day and never drive my car hard so all should be fine.


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QUOTE (mak5603 @ Jul 5, 2012 - 5:11 PM) *
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and never drive my car hard

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QUOTE (smkr3w @ Jul 5, 2012 - 3:15 PM) *
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and never drive my car hard

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laugh.gif meaning i don't beat it to hell


Word. biggrin.gif

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Got an update or two..

Last week I finished my rear conversion from 5x100 to 5x114



And this week I bought my friends touchscreen HU which I'm super excited about. The sound is 100% better than my old stereo and LOOKS better too biggrin.gif



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looks great! anyway it could be set back more?


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QUOTE (Tigawoods @ Nov 10, 2012 - 10:10 PM) *
looks great! anyway it could be set back more?

Thanks! I looked/tried but the mounting holes won't let it move any farther back. Even though it doesn't sit flush it doesn't protrude enough to bother me.
And for 100 bucks with no scratches and works perfect I can't complain much lol.

Also the primary reason for the hub conversion was because it was cheaper to replace with camry parts than celica parts.. and the reason I replaced them was because of a slight wobble on the pass. rear hub and a rollercoaster type sound at slow speeds.

However the sound is still there kindasad.gif not better or worse. So what else could cause that type of sound? I can only think of the endlinks but that doesn't seem likely to me?

Anyone got ideas?

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Describe "rollercoaster"


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QUOTE (Syaoran @ Nov 11, 2012 - 12:59 PM) *
Describe "rollercoaster"

Lol that sound a wooden coaster makes when the carts go over the rivits in the track.


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QUOTE (smkr3w @ Nov 10, 2012 - 9:55 PM) *
Got an update or two..

Last week I finished my rear conversion from 5x100 to 5x114



And this week I bought my friends touchscreen HU which I'm super excited about. The sound is 100% better than my old stereo and LOOKS better too biggrin.gif


Hum , I miss something here . There are 5x114.3 rear bearing assembly that bolt on our car ? From which model/year ?
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QUOTE (frotou @ Nov 16, 2012 - 9:50 AM) *
Hum , I miss something here . There are 5x114.3 rear bearing assembly that bolt on our car ? From which model/year ?


They're for a XV10 Camry (91-96). These have the same hub/bearing assembly as ours except in 5x114 bolt pattern. Also used the camry's rear brake discs!

I had a discussion about before I went through with it. CLICK HERE


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Liking that head unit!
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wheel selection in 5x114.3 is near infinite ............................................................
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QUOTE (rave2n @ Nov 16, 2012 - 12:33 PM) *
Liking that head unit!



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Plasti dipped my wheels white... well two of em anyway wanted to see what they would look like.
Dunno if I'm going to keep em but if i do then I'll have to re dip the rear wheel because I had major runs in the paint

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When are you putting the teq emblems on?


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I really wanna paint my car before the emblems are installed but I'm tempted to say 'f**k it' and put em on now rolleyes.gif


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Do
You can always take them back off.
I still need to get tape to put mine on
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QUOTE (kurt95gt @ Nov 26, 2012 - 9:47 PM) *
Do
You can always take them back off.
I still need to get tape to put mine on
Damn rc trucks keep takin all my money lol

True, and I just bought some double sides exterior tape yesterday for another project wink.gif

I always planned on getting an rc car, but never got around to it.. wanted a Revo 3.3


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Electric is the way to go a e revo with a momba monster kit an a 6cell lipo with make a 3.3 revo its b#tch lol
I'm into drifters an scale trucks mainly although I do have a 1/16 erevo that'll do 65+ lol


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QUOTE (kurt95gt @ Nov 26, 2012 - 11:50 PM) *
Electric is the way to go a e revo with a momba monster kit an a 6cell lipo with make a 3.3 revo its b#tch lol
I'm into drifters an scale trucks mainly although I do have a 1/16 erevo that'll do 65+ lol

I've always had a thing for stadium style trucks tho.. 65? jeez reminds me of the JATO
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okay, Emblems are mounted...


decent light


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seriously considering ditching the plastidip and hit up my local powder coater... my roommate said they quoted him like $35/wheel! biggrin.gif


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Lookin good man
Can't wait to get mine mounted


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QUOTE (kurt95gt @ Nov 27, 2012 - 6:54 PM) *
Lookin good man
Can't wait to get mine mounted

Thanks
I figured out if you triple the tape horizontally in the center of the rear emblem it works perfect for the concavity of the trunk.. thumbsup.gif

Note: I used 3m Extreme Exterior double sided tape and used an exacto to trim

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Wow I must have been out of the loop for a long time, your car is coming along great. All you need is 4wd rav4 front hubs and Camry discs to complete what im too lazy to do. Keep on swimming!


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QUOTE (808celica @ Dec 11, 2012 - 11:30 AM) *
Wow I must have been out of the loop for a long time, your car is coming along great. All you need is 4wd rav4 front hubs and Camry discs to complete what im too lazy to do. Keep on swimming!

Thanks Jon, means a lot!

Probably going to complete the conversion in February, tax season, mainly because I need to replace my driver-side CV Axle so I''ll do it all at once.


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Went to a junkyard yesterday and....... didn't find a celica (shocker) lol


However found an old Toyota p/u with a 22r that had this:

A new old $2 oil cap woot.gif


Also, got my new sub in:

mmmBassss biggrin.gif

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RE Audio is pretty good.


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QUOTE (Syaoran @ Jan 23, 2013 - 3:53 PM) *
RE Audio is pretty good.

I've only heard good reviews smile.gif

Super excited. Just got done cutting all the panels. This box is going to take up all of the space in the hatch wink.gif


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Alrighty, progress of the box and final product.

ports glued and screwed

my roomate thought it'd be fitting to have a written apology to the Lake Havasu PD inside the box rolleyes.gif

Test fit of the lid.


First layer of fiberglass resin

didn't take any pictures of the rest of the resin

Also bondo'd near edges and screws
Primed and near "babies bottom" smooth wink.gif


After a nice white is laid and dry, the SUB and BOX meet for the first time.

Love at first sight LOL

And then the two take place in their final home.

Soon to be bass made in heaven biggrin.gif

And all buttoned back up and proper,

So much for trunk space.. wink.gif

Box:
34" x 25" x 14"
Dual 3" Ports

Amp:
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Sub:
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where will you put the bodies now??


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QUOTE (Tigawoods @ Jan 30, 2013 - 4:03 PM) *
where will you put the bodies now??

dang.. didn't think that one through kindasad.gif


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That's easy... inside the box XD


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QUOTE (Syaoran @ Feb 2, 2013 - 9:04 PM) *
That's easy... inside the box XD

Ahh, but of course! lol

anyway I guess its sort of an update, I wanted to see how long I could run the new system without upgrading the electrical.. about 2.5 days...
lol my car nearly lost all power going to work today, even though i turned the bass eq to -2 and volume offset to -3.

i have 0 gauge on it's way to upgrade the big 3. and will be adding a yellow top to the system in two weeks.

anyone have input on HO Alternators?? I'm tempted but dont want to run the risk if frying any wires with too much juice. Also I don't see the justice in shelling out for an auto GT's alternator for only 10 extra amps.

ebay offers a 160Amp HO alt. but not sure on quality


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QUOTE (smkr3w @ Feb 3, 2013 - 4:41 AM) *
QUOTE (Syaoran @ Feb 2, 2013 - 9:04 PM) *
That's easy... inside the box XD

Ahh, but of course! lol

anyway I guess its sort of an update, I wanted to see how long I could run the new system without upgrading the electrical.. about 2.5 days...
lol my car nearly lost all power going to work today, even though i turned the bass eq to -2 and volume offset to -3.

i have 0 gauge on it's way to upgrade the big 3. and will be adding a yellow top to the system in two weeks.

anyone have input on HO Alternators?? I'm tempted but dont want to run the risk if frying any wires with too much juice. Also I don't see the justice in shelling out for an auto GT's alternator for only 10 extra amps.

ebay offers a 160Amp HO alt. but not sure on quality


As long as the high output alt has a good voltage regulator you won't fry any electronics. Remember alt doesn't push power through electronics, all it does is keep the battery charged for all the electronics to drink from it.

When you start having dimming problems and such it's because the alternator can't keep up with the stuff on the car draining the battery. Our stock alts are very weak (manual celica I believe is 80 amps?)

160AMP alt is good enough for your system. You should look into Diehard Platinum and Sears AGM batteries. They're cheaper than the Optima and are just as good if not better. Compare Optima to Royal Purple.


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post Feb 3, 2013 - 1:29 PM
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Manual is 70 amps, auto is 80.


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Dude, the teq emblems look sick and I am SUPER digging the faux wood grain dash plastics. Keep up the good work!


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Hmm, ill look into em a bit more. I know the electronics wouldnt fry, just checking about safety on unbranded alts.

QUOTE (HectortheRican @ Feb 3, 2013 - 2:24 PM) *
Dude, the teq emblems look sick and I am SUPER digging the faux wood grain dash plastics. Keep up the good work!

Thanks man! smile.gif


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Idk if anyone told you this but your speaker box should fit in your car not the other way around lol jk

Lookin good man bet that hits like crazy



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QUOTE (kurt95gt @ Feb 5, 2013 - 7:05 PM) *
Idk if anyone told you this but your speaker box should fit in your car not the other way around lol jk

Lookin good man bet that hits like crazy

oh, shoot... i guess I'm just learning as i go laugh.gif

yeah it can cause quite a ruckus.. pulled up to my sister's how to show here the new sub and apparently i rattled a few items in her house and woke up the old lady next door (at 2 in the afternoon) who gave my the most evil look every. she hates me. lol


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You know what they say
Go big or go home lol


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Decided to stop being lazy..

Worked on my spare valve cover,
Removed the ribs/lines, added a sweet paint job.


Oh, and touched up my oil cap to match biggrin.gif


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Dude that looks so sick!!! cant wait to see it on your car!
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QUOTE (snagmor @ Feb 23, 2013 - 4:02 PM) *
Dude that looks so sick!!! cant wait to see it on your car!

Thanks man smile.gif

It might be bit before it gets installed tho.. I wanna wait until I get my spare cams re-ground before I put it all together. Just been meaning to get working on it and was bored tongue.gif


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Is that the cover I sold you ?!?!


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