Project 6g Celica 20v completed, Then and Now Options

[netrata]

Well I got my car back from the paint shop yesterday. I am finally done with what I wanted to do with the car. The 20v 4age was swapped onto the car back in Febuary 2006 and was up and running in March. I managed to keep my a/c system and power steering using custom made parts. The car was in the shop for repaint early June and I slapped on 18" rims and sold my 17" ADR's. This is as far as I can go with the car because of lots and lots of bills. It's been almost $10,000 into the celica to get it back to running condition and so forth. Below is several picks from beginning to end. Enjoy!

When the car was in it's original state:

Ok, this is all of the pics I got so far. Maybe I'll have plans on doing more to the car, but bodykit and splitters is out of the question (I'd feel sick about cracks and chips ). I want to keep it looking as stock as possible. Maybe go with Carbon fiber interior panels, put back my sound system, and Curren tails,but that's as far as i'll go.

This post has been edited by netrata: Jul 4, 2006 - 1:58 PM

[CelicaSTX02]

Great job dude and great swap. No offense, but spending close to $10,000 is a bit much for the results you have though. Did you get rip off a lot along the way of finishing your car?

[netrata]

Great job dude and great swap. No offense, but spending close to $10,000 is a bit much for the results you have though. Did you get rip off a lot along the way of finishing your car?

I'd say the rip off had to be doing the body work and paint job. Cost like $4600 to do it (I replaced all the rubber weatherstripping, new hood, and the new oem spoiler). Then came the a/c system. Cost me about $1500 to fix it (There was tons of leaks, but I don't know why ). To do all of the p/s and a/c lines cost me like $250. Then sending the harness to Dr. Tweak cost around $400 the first time. Then about $170 the second time because I was having problems. That cost alot because I want sending it express mail to him or 2 day shipping. Then about $1200 with shipping for the rims and tires from tirerack. And everything else like the engine, afm, and new cap, rotor, t-belt, and external reservoir was the rest. Maybe around $2000 for all those. So yeah, almost $10,000 of investment into the car. I actually feel sour about spending so much, but the Celica is my favorite ride, so to me it was worth it