DKGT4's Project, 1994 Toyota Celica GT4 Options

[DKGT4]

My "new" toy. Here is the story. Since high school I have been wanting this car. First was the USDM spec however as time went on and I started getting more into these Japanese made vehicles... I got more into the JDM spec of things.

Anyways I wanted to import this vehicle so badly however at that time the GT4 was not yet 15 years of age, so I couldn't import it. While waiting there was a fight going on between importers and Transport Canada going on for the worse. The ruling that one cannot bring a vehicle over unless the vehicle was at least 25 years of age. Since I heard this, I felt that I should give up on my want to bring the GT4 over to Canada... So I bought my first 6th gen, a 1997 Celica GT 5SFE:




Had this vehicle for a while, then found out that the ruling for the 25 year importing fell out. So I imported this baby:




I was now the second owner of this GT4.. and I now obtained my dream car!!!

This is where my story begins...

This post has been edited by DKGT4: Nov 22, 2012 - 12:31 AM

[ricochet1490]

I was wondering how I missed this thread, then I realized it started last year.... Need moar updates!

[DKGT4]

I was wondering how I missed this thread, then I realized it started last year.... Need moar updates!

MOAR UPDATES YOU SAY! OKAY!!!

Anyways.. I started working on some aesthetics cause well... I feel as though I need to update the look of my baby more. Anyways, the JDM headlights are a GREAT addition to the 6GC, however, it just seems too generic... I guess you can guess what I have been working on. Anyways, here are some pics of my current project:

First I took apart my old headlights:


Then I got myself a set of these beautiful things... Motimoto H1 Retrofit Projectors courtesy of Lightwerkz!


I then took a "dremel" tool and cleaned out the inside "stump" as I would call it that holds the old halogen lamp in place.


Then I sanded the inside of the reflector housing and did some fitting to see how everything would look... Doesn't look too bad in my opinion.



My next job was to prime, paint, and then clear-coat the reflector housing and the reflector accent a nice modern black.


After much toil, I put everything back together to see what it would look like and WOW... What a beauty!


Only thing left to do is to find a place where I can take the original headlight lenses and sand them down to make them clear cause as they are right now... Well, lets just say the projector beam will blind a lot of people lol. I can't wait to finish that last piece of the puzzle and install my new headlights!

If any of you guys know where I can get clear lenses for my headlights, it would really save me a lot of time. Otherwise I will have to wait until, like I said, I can find a place that will be able to "de-line" my current lenses.

This post has been edited by DKGT4: Jul 17, 2013 - 10:07 PM