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! :-)

[playr158]

coilovers and springs = lower ride height, increase handling ability

sway bars = less body roll, better handling

slotted rotors = brake rotors with slots, they look like this
let me know if you need a reliable source for a quality slotted rotor

sorry the bodykit was specific to that post for that topic, bodykits are personal choice and offer NO aerodynamic benefit, at least for our cars.

Toyota JDM tails is an aesthetic mod for the hatchback celica, its an oem toyota part

Header, its the very first piece of your exhaust system which comes off the motor. I'm not sure which motor you have but you can find them on ebay here
http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll?f...&category0=

you can put together (have someone at a local speed shop) make you a custom exhaust fairly cheap. you can gain around 15-20hp out of it, chose your own mufflers/resonators ect.

as to the reply by celicaZR, since he is an OBD2 motor he's not going to be able to change his timing mechanically. so that isn't really an option for him

as to the INTAKE suggestion, go to K&N and buy a drop in panel air filter, then remove the intake resonator boxes (located behind the driver side fender) and you will have a good performing intake

This post has been edited by playr158: Dec 9, 2007 - 11:22 PM

[DaveQB]

coilovers and springs = lower ride height, increase handling ability

sway bars = less body roll, better handling

slotted rotors = brake rotors with slots, they look like this
let me know if you need a reliable source for a quality slotted rotor

sorry the bodykit was specific to that post for that topic, bodykits are personal choice and offer NO aerodynamic benefit, at least for our cars.

Toyota JDM tails is an aesthetic mod for the hatchback celica, its an oem toyota part

Header, its the very first piece of your exhaust system which comes off the motor. I'm not sure which motor you have but you can find them on ebay here
http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll?f...&category0=

you can put together (have someone at a local speed shop) make you a custom exhaust fairly cheap. you can gain around 15-20hp out of it, chose your own mufflers/resonators ect.

as to the reply by celicaZR, since he is an OBD2 motor he's not going to be able to change his timing mechanically. so that isn't really an option for him

as to the INTAKE suggestion, go to K&N and buy a drop in panel air filter, then remove the intake resonator boxes (located behind the driver side fender) and you will have a good performing intake

Thanks alot for that verbose information.

Trying to find info on these JDM tail lights. See what they look like. Is JDM what they are called in Australia ?

What do "slotted rotors" actually do over the ummm non-slotted rotors?

That much more hp from a simple exhaust swap ? WOW!

I have the 5S-FE motor.
So I am liking the idea of:

- JDM tail lights (need to see them first though and see how much they are)
- Sway bar (again, gotta see how much, how much better handling do they offer? Say compared to lowering and low profile tyres ?)
- new Exhaust

Looking at that short list, I feel I am neglecting the exterior. Hmmm, need to search through the members ride list to see whats out there.