95 Celica GT "Castrol" Project, Page 14. Interior Project. Options

[CastrolCelica]

The Celica, in particular the Castrol rally car, was my dream car when I was young. The Prius is being passed on to my wife, and I finally purchased a "new" GT. While it won't be a perfect replication, it'll make me happy, and that's all that matters, right? The goal of my goal is to make sure the car DOESN'T become a ricer and stays classy as close to the GT-Four original as I can with my abilities (and my wallet )

The car, including the hood, will all be repainted white as the car is heavily oxidized. Many parts including the air intake hose, radiator, exhaust, ect were replaced. Lots of dry rot, but the car is rust free (except where she was hit a long time ago behind the tail light, which we'll fix). It's been shipped from Texas, so lots of sun damage, no rust. Tomorrow begins the last bit of the repair work (bondo door dings and fix rust) before we get it painted. All that, and then the removal of the ugly country blue pinstripes convinced me to dive head first into this project.

The mods so far:

Castrol decals custom made (a few Sega ones as well, in homage of Sega Rally )
VIS carbon fiber hood (installed)
OEM white allow wheels (refinished in front of the car.. the ones on the car now are horrible steel ones)
Cold air intake and cone filter (the original air intake hose was rotted, so why not upgrade for the health of the car)
New headers
New drilled rotors and brake pads
New spark plugs
New wires and clamps
New performance radiator
25th anniversary seats
DVD/GPS 4" screen player
New speakers
New side mirrors
New paint job
New exhaust
New antenna


Car when I got it for only $2800:












So far (the replacement spoiler came with the mounting holes for the spoiler blocks bondoed closed...yay. Now I'll have the refiberglass the crack in the old spoiler I wasn't planning on using). Most of the car's trim has been stripped.. which is why the doors and headlamps look funky :











I'll take more pics of the body work, and of the engine by Tuesday before it gets sent off to be painted. Of course, stripped, it's ugly right now.. but it'll be nice soon. The Castrol decals I had made will be installed 30 days after the paint job is done. Enjoy guys, updates soon.

This post has been edited by CastrolCelica: Jan 8, 2010 - 10:24 AM

[CastrolCelica]

Not a big job by any means, but I finally found a fix to a minor problem of mine. As super high quality as the VIS hood is, and despite how well it fits (as if it's OEM) the one thing that hadn't turned out like expected were the windshield wiper nozzles not fitting into the hood. The shape was correct, but the hole wasn't anywhere near large enough for the nubs to fit through.

As many of you guys know, finding replacement nozzles WITHOUT ricey led lights embedded in them is extremely hard. When you do find them, they're usually made for a specific model car, OEM or not.

I found these after a lot of searching, and they fit the car perfectly, and look very similar to the ones that were on the Celica originally. The existing hose was much too long for this setup, and I ended up shorting it on one end and extending it with a hose extender on the other. It works very well, and is nice and taught enough that I don't need to glue it down or hold it up with clips. I'm extremely pleased with how it looks. Again, I'll take a picture of the engine area once everything is installed hopefully this Saturday, but here's a pic of the outside for now .