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[Dennisthe10]

Hi guys

Been looking for a low-cost project to keep me ticking over for a while now. Have been lurking on 6gc for a while so thought f*ck it, lets do this!

Anyway, found an SR. It seemed half-clean with the exception of some 1/4 rust and a few dents so I thought I would start to try and restore it and keep it as a daily driver (as its the SR the insurance is affordable for me at the mo)

So I'm looking for some input into what to get done and what kind of problems I should be checking on one of these? I may even wrap it when the bodywork is done next year so anyone have any experience they can pass on? I have done some cheap interior mods on other cars a few years ago and have started with ordering some low cost interior mods to keep me ticking over (spreeLED kit, touchscreen head unit, carbon fiber interior wrap)

Thanks



This post has been edited by Dennisthe10: Feb 17, 2013 - 3:39 PM

[Dennisthe10]

If you disconnect the stereo does it help the lights?

Should have been a ground wire in the harness too.

thanks ricochet, all sorted now

Thanks Ryan, fan of your old car, nice to see you keeping your eye-in on here

I was considering the plate holder swap actually, might get one and try it then sell it on if I dont like it

I have also come to terms with the limited power upgrades now too, I'll be swapping out at some point though, just not yet, I might even get this f***ing plate holder off at some point too


Anytime mate glad you like it. I've been working on the 2 today and I can safely say the Celica is far less grief lol

What air filter do you have on at the moment? I've had a Blitz on the 6 GT I had then replaced it with a K and N panel filter and on my old ST I had a Pipercross panel filter and in both cases I can honestly say if you've got a cone then swap it for a panel filter you'll get a better throttle response from it (and it'll save you fuel as well)

As for the plate holder if you've got your numberplate holder in and stuck then there's 2 bolts (one either side of the boot catch) Undo the plastics from the inside and remove your lights all at the same time. I believe there are 2 bolts lower down as wellwhich may be your problem

I'm happy to stick around here I update my MR2 thread in my old 6 thread occasionally but there's a fair few people I get along well with (Josh, Timmyface and plenty others)

If there's anything else I can help you with please give me a shout and I'll see what I can do

Ryan

So weird that you say that as I did have a cone but it failed the mot on emissions (only last week) so i put the standard air box and filter back in and decided to go back to flat panel and am awaiting my K&N being delivered! spooky!

There were two bolts but they had been spot welded onto the body for some reason (looking around, someone has been hacking at the rear panel too so assume related at some point in its history) Got it all sorted now anyway (eventually forced the screws out using hulk-like strength) so gonna order an import holder and deal with the weld issue then when I have more time