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]

Parra area

Cool. Campbelltown for me. I'll check out those forums some more..so far this thread is providing me lots of info.

Who in Sydney do you buy from ? I guess it depends on the parts hey ?

If I were you, I would work on getting an exhaust system, intake, & some good lowering springs for now. You might also want to save up for some nice wheels later on down the road. I would not buy slotted rotors because the car is slow & all of that extra breaking power is pointless for a slow daily. JDM tails cost around $200 and they will add a nice touch to your car.

Ahhh ok, yeah, I'll put these slotted brakes down on my list, I feel likes its braking plenty good.

Is it true that
better exhaust = more noise ?
Cold intake interests me, not much performance pick up is there ? Effects fuel economy ?

look around here for ideas
Styling

Thanks mate *opens in a new tab*

there is no way an exhaust on our cars is going to net 15-20hp

Oh, yeah ? Hmmmm so what would effect the cars performance/take off power the most ? (A 5S-FE motor 6th gen, that is)

[goferris]

Oh, yeah ? Hmmmm so what would effect the cars performance/take off power the most ? (A 5S-FE motor 6th gen, that is)

turbo will give you the most bang for your buck IMO
it will be a bit of money up front but you will gain about 100hp+ by getting a nice turbo set up. for more info on that check out the forced induction section of the site. if you want to see what JDM tails look like you can check my sig or profile. that's what i have on my car. as for the exterior you have a 99 right? does it have sideskirts stock like mine? if so i would look into getting some front and rear ssIII splitters. (just search for them ) it's a simple and subtle look that always looks good.
do you have an automatic tranny or manual? if it's a manual i would highly recomend a 7th gen celica short shifter. shifting feels a lot better with it IMO
but as for everything it will all come to you with a little searching and reading. i'm sure it will turn out nice.
welcome to the site