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post Nov 20, 2013 - 10:15 PM
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I decided that it was about time that I did a build thread to show my progress. My father surprised me with the car about 4 years ago. It was a very happy surprise as I've always loved 6th gen Celica's. It had 235k miles on the clock, and only cost $850. It needed a bit of interior work and a trans rebuild but besides that it was in pretty good shape. This is what it looked like when I got it.





Not long after I got it I decided I wanted leather seats so I bought some 7GC seats and put them in.

Sorry the pics aren't the best but all I had was a cellphone camera. The seats were the last thing I did for awhile as I had little money and interest. My interest was revived earlier this year and I decided to reconstruct my Celica to be better than it ever was. The first thing I did to start this was buy a GT-4 body.

After that I graduated from high school and got some nice JDM tails as a present.


With my car looking better and better by the day I decided it was time for some better looking wheels, and a decent set of tires.

Not long after that I scored a nice deal on some projectors, and retrofitted them with HID's. After that I decided it was time to plastidip the whole car white so it would all match.


Update on my future plans
I know have my plans set out for the car. My plans are
Acquire and install cool and rare JDM parts
Manual transmission swap.
A decently built 5s
Upgraded brakes with Avalon calipers in the front.
Complete suspension rebuild including sway bars.

This post has been edited by 1994Celica: Mar 6, 2016 - 11:36 PM


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post Jul 25, 2015 - 7:06 PM
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Dropping the subframe is pretty much mandatory. Removing those hub is literally 80 percent of what makes this job suck. Buy a torch, or buy a press, and good luck


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- 1994Celica   1994 Celica's Reconstruction   Nov 20, 2013 - 10:15 PM
- - Box   I know, the picture isn't the best in the worl...   Jun 25, 2014 - 6:50 AM
- - Justin73   I like the JDM rubber mat, do you have the link to...   Sep 28, 2014 - 8:00 PM
|- - 1994Celica   QUOTE (Justin73 @ Sep 28, 2014 - 9:0...   Sep 28, 2014 - 8:24 PM
- - 1994Celica   Bumping this from the dead! Started work on th...   Jul 25, 2015 - 4:38 PM
- - enderswift   Dropping the subframe is pretty much mandatory. Re...   Jul 25, 2015 - 7:06 PM
|- - 1994Celica   QUOTE (enderswift @ Jul 25, 2015 - 8...   Jul 25, 2015 - 8:29 PM
- - Box   Lots of Liquid Wrench and let it sit for awhile. ...   Jul 25, 2015 - 11:11 PM
- - 1994Celica   Progress today! The entire sub frame is off. I...   Jul 26, 2015 - 4:21 PM
- - 1994Celica   Preview of what's to come after the suspension...   Jul 26, 2015 - 8:29 PM
- - Box   Wooooo go faster bits!   Jul 26, 2015 - 8:42 PM
- - Batman722   Wins.   Jul 26, 2015 - 8:50 PM
- - Box   Pie.   Jul 26, 2015 - 9:59 PM
- - 1994Celica   Yep yep. Ready to get my suspension done. I'll...   Jul 26, 2015 - 10:04 PM
- - Box   Just take your time and double check everything an...   Jul 26, 2015 - 10:55 PM
- - 1994Celica   Bushings were finished today. Lot of money for som...   Jul 28, 2015 - 5:27 PM
- - njccmd2002   oh those times. worth it.   Jul 29, 2015 - 1:02 AM
- - 1994Celica   I hope it is... I've got a crap ton of money i...   Jul 29, 2015 - 11:04 AM
- - msk59   I read through your post and that is significant a...   Jul 29, 2015 - 11:26 AM
|- - 1994Celica   QUOTE (msk59 @ Jul 29, 2015 - 11:26 ...   Jul 29, 2015 - 2:09 PM
- - Box   And a short time to get there, I'm west bound ...   Jul 29, 2015 - 3:08 PM
- - 1994Celica   Progress today! Although nothing huge. New str...   Sep 10, 2015 - 10:04 PM
- - Box   Swap drivetrains already.   Sep 11, 2015 - 5:02 AM
|- - 1994Celica   QUOTE (Box @ Sep 11, 2015 - 6:02 AM)...   Sep 11, 2015 - 7:50 AM
- - 1994Celica   Progress today! Entire subframe is back on wit...   Sep 26, 2015 - 2:30 PM
- - 1994Celica   Car is on 4 wheels again! It has new calipers,...   Oct 3, 2015 - 7:02 PM
- - Box   All that work and not going for a test drive?   Oct 3, 2015 - 8:53 PM
|- - 1994Celica   QUOTE (Box @ Oct 3, 2015 - 8:53 PM) ...   Oct 3, 2015 - 8:58 PM
- - njccmd2002   ooohh, i love shiny bits. pretty.   Oct 5, 2015 - 8:20 PM
|- - 1994Celica   QUOTE (njccmd2002 @ Oct 5, 2015 - 8...   Oct 5, 2015 - 11:05 PM
- - njccmd2002   i remember when i started my beams swap, it was li...   Oct 6, 2015 - 4:19 AM
- - Box   Nothing compared to cramming in the 2GR eh?   Oct 6, 2015 - 5:15 AM
- - njccmd2002   i meant nothing, cuz the bastard did not start...   Oct 6, 2015 - 6:44 PM
- - 1994Celica   I'm honestly not worried about getting the eng...   Oct 6, 2015 - 9:47 PM
- - njccmd2002   Manual swapping is a breeze if you got all them pa...   Oct 7, 2015 - 11:58 AM
- - mkernz22   Literally the easiest job ever if you have all the...   Oct 7, 2015 - 12:56 PM
- - Box   Hardest part would be putting in the master cylind...   Oct 7, 2015 - 3:33 PM
- - 1994Celica   Well thats good to hear. The rear bushings weren...   Oct 8, 2015 - 8:22 PM
|- - Batman722   QUOTE (1994Celica @ Oct 8, 2015 - 9...   Oct 9, 2015 - 9:50 PM
- - BonzaiCelica   So your not going to even take off transmission to...   Oct 9, 2015 - 11:07 AM
- - 1994Celica   Nope. If it comes back to bite me in the ass then ...   Oct 9, 2015 - 3:28 PM
- - njccmd2002   Yup. I changed it a year or 2 later   Oct 9, 2015 - 4:43 PM
- - BonzaiCelica   Yup buy 99 Celica pressure plate and a stage 2 5sf...   Oct 10, 2015 - 4:28 PM
- - Box   I'd just go ahead and do the clutch while ever...   Oct 10, 2015 - 5:07 PM
- - 1994Celica   I know it's probably a good idea to swap the c...   Oct 10, 2015 - 9:07 PM
- - 1994Celica   So a lot happened today. No more 5s and auto. Next...   Jan 30, 2016 - 10:03 PM
- - Box   Wooo, now can sell the drivetrain to your average ...   Feb 3, 2016 - 6:46 PM
- - 1994Celica   Soon..... Yesterday I cleaned my engine bay up som...   Feb 7, 2016 - 7:53 PM
- - njccmd2002   Dat fender. gosh....   Feb 9, 2016 - 9:23 AM
|- - 1994Celica   QUOTE (njccmd2002 @ Feb 9, 2016 - 9...   Feb 9, 2016 - 10:33 PM
- - Box   Someone forgot their car apron.   Feb 9, 2016 - 3:09 PM
- - 1994Celica   My car now has three pedals and a shifter! Wir...   Feb 13, 2016 - 10:27 PM
- - Box   Huzzah, appropriate amount of pedals!   Feb 14, 2016 - 3:05 AM
- - enderswift   wiring is not a big deal. you literally have to ru...   Feb 14, 2016 - 11:09 AM
|- - 1994Celica   QUOTE (enderswift @ Feb 14, 2016 - 12...   Feb 15, 2016 - 2:23 AM
- - 1994Celica   Got some minor stuff done today. New Beams cluster...   Feb 20, 2016 - 9:04 PM
- - Box   Woo!!!!!!   Feb 20, 2016 - 10:26 PM
- - 1994Celica   Beams engine is in. Still need to figure out how t...   Feb 27, 2016 - 7:39 PM
- - mkernz22   You better hope the clutch and rear main seal are ...   Mar 1, 2016 - 1:03 AM
- - 1994Celica   The engine only has 55k miles on it so things shou...   Mar 1, 2016 - 10:53 AM
|- - mkernz22   QUOTE (1994Celica @ Mar 1, 2016 - 10...   Mar 1, 2016 - 11:34 AM
- - 1994Celica   If it's hell, then I'll have no one to bla...   Mar 1, 2016 - 12:02 PM
- - Twaggs   Question for ya? How does the plasti dip hold up?...   Mar 2, 2016 - 9:09 PM
|- - 1994Celica   QUOTE (Twaggs @ Mar 2, 2016 - 9:09 P...   Mar 3, 2016 - 8:11 PM
- - 1994Celica   Engine is fully in and runs!!! Need to...   Mar 5, 2016 - 4:44 PM
- - Batman722   Nice. Why a custom fuel filter bracket ? I assume ...   Mar 5, 2016 - 4:56 PM
- - 1994Celica   Hmm didn't know that the st bracket worked. Th...   Mar 5, 2016 - 5:02 PM
- - Box   VICTORY BURNOUTS!!!   Mar 5, 2016 - 5:06 PM
|- - 1994Celica   QUOTE (Box @ Mar 5, 2016 - 6:06 PM) ...   Mar 5, 2016 - 6:10 PM
- - richee3   The ST fuel filter bracket doesn't fit a GT fi...   Mar 5, 2016 - 6:16 PM
- - 1994Celica   Anyway to modify the st bracket to fit the GT filt...   Mar 5, 2016 - 8:07 PM
- - 1994Celica   So Sunday my brother and dad got some stuff done w...   Mar 8, 2016 - 10:50 PM
- - Box   Yay moving! I imagine it'll feel like an ...   Mar 9, 2016 - 6:12 AM
|- - 1994Celica   QUOTE (Box @ Mar 9, 2016 - 6:12 AM) ...   Mar 10, 2016 - 9:31 PM
- - cheela   congrats! love that everyone is starting their...   Mar 9, 2016 - 10:36 AM
- - Box   I was thinking you did the suspension as well too,...   Mar 10, 2016 - 10:28 PM
- - 1994Celica   Beams runs well, car is quick. Loving the 5 speed ...   Mar 12, 2016 - 6:25 PM
- - richee3   Check and clean the ISCV for the idle. They are no...   Mar 12, 2016 - 11:50 PM
- - 1994Celica   No it never showed signs of over heating. Temp gau...   Mar 13, 2016 - 8:05 PM
- - 1994Celica   So either my fan relays are bad or my fans are bad...   Mar 17, 2016 - 1:15 PM
- - njccmd2002   so is your car originally st or GT. if a Gt, i su...   Mar 17, 2016 - 7:08 PM
|- - 1994Celica   QUOTE (njccmd2002 @ Mar 17, 2016 - 8...   Mar 17, 2016 - 8:24 PM
- - njccmd2002   yeah, your fans should have come on. have you che...   Mar 17, 2016 - 10:37 PM
|- - 1994Celica   QUOTE (njccmd2002 @ Mar 17, 2016 - 11...   Mar 17, 2016 - 11:12 PM
- - njccmd2002   im trying to remember, and as far as wiring, there...   Mar 18, 2016 - 12:22 AM
|- - 1994Celica   QUOTE (njccmd2002 @ Mar 18, 2016 - 12...   Mar 18, 2016 - 8:21 PM
- - 1994Celica   Jumped the two terminals and still nothing. Guess ...   Mar 18, 2016 - 9:03 PM
- - njccmd2002   Make sure all 3 fuses work   Mar 19, 2016 - 12:30 PM
- - 1994Celica   Cleaned the idle control valve today. It helped th...   Mar 26, 2016 - 10:03 PM
- - njccmd2002   and the fans? working?   Mar 26, 2016 - 10:43 PM
|- - 1994Celica   QUOTE (njccmd2002 @ Mar 26, 2016 - 10...   Mar 26, 2016 - 10:53 PM
- - Box   There are aftermarket kits that have a sensor and ...   Mar 26, 2016 - 11:53 PM
- - richee3   Do you mind posting here in detail what you did wi...   Mar 26, 2016 - 11:56 PM
|- - 1994Celica   QUOTE (richee3 @ Mar 27, 2016 - 12:5...   Mar 27, 2016 - 12:41 PM
- - njccmd2002   I think you may not be getting power in the corcui...   Mar 27, 2016 - 7:24 PM
- - njccmd2002   Those 30 amp fuses   Mar 27, 2016 - 7:28 PM
- - richee3   Any luck yet?   Apr 1, 2016 - 12:48 PM
- - 1994Celica   Haven't really had time to mess with it due to...   Apr 1, 2016 - 1:12 PM
- - njccmd2002   how about now? did you unplug the plug that goes ...   Apr 14, 2016 - 6:05 PM
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