New here .. Hi!! .... suggestions...., Gimme your suggestions for personalising my new Celica, please. Options

[DaveQB]

Hi all.

Love the idea of this site, dedicated to a generation of Celica's and their owners.
I have never been into Car's (even though my Dad was a racer, mechanic and started the Morgans Owners Car Club of Australia when he was alive), but now I had to get a new car, did the research and came to the conclusion I wanted a Celica, bought a 6th gen and have been driving it for about 3 weeks. Loving it. I am now itching to personalise it; to make it unique and MY car.

So.... I have a stock basic 99 Celica. What can I do ?

What I have done is:

installed good quality blue wipers
blue tyre valve caps
tinted the side and rear windows (just did that yesterday)
multiple little interior things like floor mats, etc.


What I am thinking of is ways to effects its look so its not so ... stock standard.
I'd also wouldn't mind a little bit more power too, but nothing crazy; I am no mechanic.
It seems to have a little bigger wheels then standard, 15" 205/55 I think. But good quality tyres with lots of tread left, so I will stay with them til they die.


Anyway, just saying "hi" great site, glad I am here! :-)

[DaveQB]

Well the whole point of personalizing is to make it something that you like . I myself don't know what you like so I can't help you with the visuals of the car but I can give you a few suggestions for some HP mods. First off start like everyone else and get an intake. There are two ways of accomplishing this. You could A. Make your own, or B. Buy a kit online. There are also two different types of intakes. You have a short ram intake which is like a 60* elbow which will end where the air box is. Or you could spend a few extra dollars and so with a cold air intake which if I'm not mistake goes through the fender. Another option to getting an intake is to bump your timing by a few degrees and using 91 octane gas . Just a few suggestions to get you on your way.

Well I do realise people can't say what I like, but what options are there out there ? Your dealing with a totally car blind person ....til now. So need suggestions, links to image etc, of little things one can do to change the look from stock standard! :-)

I have ran into cold air intake. So this is something one can install themselves or best to take to a mechanic ? A big costly job ? How much does it improve your take off/performance ? Doesnt impact you fuel economy ?

Bumping my timing ?? I generally fill with Premium (95) unleaded.