Hello from Ireland!, :D Options

[Pedro_202]

Hello every1!

Just bought me a Celica today and what a buy it was, i set out to look at a silver 1998 2.0GT and when i took a look at it i was surprised to see allot of Japanese writing and a 3S-GE engine code. needless to say that with a few niggles i took her home for £1450 quid and what an amazing drive she is.

Jus wanted to say hi to every1 im busy trawling this site for all the information i can since im an avid car enthusiast i wanna know everything about my baby!

will shoot up some photos soon!

Thanks Pedro

[Tony-B]

No bother Pete, I’m originally from Donegal but living just a few miles from smithborogh in threemilehouse!!. You should also check out www.celicaclub.co.uk, plenty of info and a few more N.I members there.

Just checking out the pics of your car and I think you should double check that it is an import. The Japanese writing around the id plate is on all mk6 celicas as they were manufactured and built in Japan (unlike mk7’s).

Import celicas don’t have headlight washers on the front bumper or rectangle rear no. plate recesses. There is a few other tell tale signs but it would need closer inspection.

Best way to tell is from the VIN code. You said in an earlier post that it was ST202.
Just check for the letters that come after it. According to toyodiy;

Jap SS-II is ST202-BLMVF
UK GT is ST202R-BLMGFW

There is no real difference between them both (except from 10/98 Jap’s got Beams engine, projector lights etc). The UK car will be better protected against rust, have slightly better brakes and already be mapped for UK/Irish petrol. There is a slight decrease in power with the UK car but nothing major, just a few HP mostly due to lower octane petrol and a different map.

Also insurance for a UK car will be a fair bit cheaper. This can only be good!!??


Cheers

T