RECONDITIONING MY DAD'S CELICA, Just inherited a lovely celica!! Options

[coneyre]

Hello Celica lovers,

I am proud to say I have just purchased my first celica. I bought it off my father. It has been in my family since my cousin brought it home from Japan in 1995 NEW so it holds a large amount of sentimental value.

Its a 1995 ST202 JAP import 3SFE.

It has seen better days as my dad didnt really take care of it but I love it so I am going to do the best I can to restore it.

I know its not the best celica and certainly not the most powerful (being a 3SFE) but its more than a car to me and I want to get the best performance out of it as possible.

I will post up pics as soon as possible. I havent done anything to it yet and I have some ideas but any advice you pro's have I am all ears and hope one day I will be a celica enthusist too.

[coneyre]

Ok I have decided to leave the engine swap for another day as it is a big job and quite expensive. So I am going to consintrate on the exterior styling. Here is what I have come up with so far:

-Full recondition and respary in original toyota black
-Complete brake upgrade, rotors, pads, calipers (Brembo or k-sport, not sure)
-Complete suspention upgrade, coilovers, springs (grond control, bc racing or A'PEXI and maybe some koni yellows??)
-Projector headlights, clear hight beams
-JDM front clear indicators, JDM side clear indicators
-ROTA or ultralite TA-KA rims with hancook tyres
-Not sure on body kit yet, something modest

This all amounts up to quite alot (respray-€1500, brakes-€1300, suspension €1000, lights-€800 etc) so I wont be starting it untill after christmas.

Thats the exterior anyway, thinkin about the interior. Anyone has any suggestions or ideas or think Im doing something wrong please let me know