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Enthusiast ![]() ![]() Joined Jul 23, '09 From Fresno, Ca Currently Offline Reputation: 6 (100%) ![]() |
Sup 6gc.net.. I've been on here for a long long time. Love this site, and love the wealth of information. At first it was overwhelming, as I knew nothing about cars. But after reading and reading and reading the information is finally stuck inside my head
![]() ![]() So.. first off, I had a 96 Auto. 25th anniversary edition Number #257 I got hit, and the dude ran. Hella traffic so i couldn't get the plates, and got screwed by insurance, and got nothing ![]() Drove my sisters Chrysler (drove like a boat) for about a year while I saved up. I finally found a black 95 5speed. Looked very very shinny (later found out it was a cheapo paint job, with wax >_< ) for $4,000. But so many thing were wrong with it so I talked the guy down to $3,300. At 16X,XXX miles I thought was a good deal (still knowing NOTHING about celicas, or the difference between ST or GT) I bought it and my friend / mechanic Marty drove it home for me, cause I barely could drive stick and I had to go to school. Now that was back in January. So this is my journal/work in progress with hella pictures / a personal time line so I can see how I have progressed. Sadly can't find any pictures of her when she was up and running ![]() so here she is, after sitting a good year + ![]() Switching out every interior piece, seats, hatch hydraulic lifters, and tail lights. ![]() Face lift bumper, and OEM sideskirts off to be painted. *INSTALL SHOULD BE SOON!** Oh, i also had to pop off the toyota emblem from the silver car, and put it on my black on ![]() ![]() Front head lights were cracked, and held on with bungie cords, so I swapped them in as well. ![]() Sold the interior trunk pieces to Chaa (where is my positive rep for that???? hahaha) ![]() As for the interior pieces, I would look at them side by side, and use the newest looking one. gosh, its great having a parts car!! ![]() Engine.. before I got my hands on it. ![]() I grew up here... Wonder if those are gonna give me cancer.. Pretty sun set though. ![]() These next 4 picutres are my lame attempt at changing the ugly green color for the Air Conditioning.. I was in a hurry, so used nail polish instead of Spray paint. BAD IDEA!! It looks cool during the day... ![]() ![]() ![]() I dunno how I ended up with this amberish color, but I like it ![]() In the end, I plan on doing LED's.. but am waiting on that. Bought the color swatches for $3.01 They cost $0.01 with $3.00 shipping.. hahahaha!! ![]() BEFORE ![]() AFTER.. Except i'm not to fond of this color blue. Imma change it to a darker color one of these days.. ![]() This is her after the interior, head & tail light swap ![]() Around this time is when I finally moved out on my own Which was awesome EXCEPT these pine tees that sploouge pine dust allllll over my car: ![]() Heres an up close shot of it ![]() Finally nice and clean ![]() daaaaamn.. look at that as$! ![]() This post has been edited by benzo: Jan 20, 2010 - 8:32 PM |
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Enthusiast ![]() ![]() Joined Jul 23, '09 From Fresno, Ca Currently Offline Reputation: 6 (100%) ![]() |
Next on the list of mods, was the short shifter! Its a 7th gen ebay short shifter. Got it for super cheap too.
I was so excited to install it I forgot to take before pictures. So i dug around and found these BEFORE ![]() BEFORE ![]() Install.. BEFORE PIC. Old Stock Shifter ![]() Install.. AFTER PIC. New 7gen Short Shifter ![]() So, From this ![]() To this: Finished product ![]() The short shift was an awesome mod! I love being able to shift so quickly, and it feels much more precise. I'm either in gear, or not. This post has been edited by benzo: Jan 20, 2010 - 8:33 PM |
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Enthusiast ![]() ![]() Joined Jul 23, '09 From Fresno, Ca Currently Offline Reputation: 6 (100%) ![]() |
Next on the list was Intake.
Dirty engine bay..!! With the big ole stock air box ![]() I bought a used custom K&N short ram intake. I wasn't found of the color, but it worked real well! Thanks again garin! Installed: ![]() After the intake I was completely in love with the car.. The sound was amazing (even for a puny 7afe) I came across some money so I decided to get to work My clutch was dieing and I was dripping oil. So while Marty the mechanic was working on it I was cleaning up the bay as much as I could. I also got an Optima Red top which I had to lengthen the wires to reach.. not to big of a deal. After I cleaned up the dirt (It doesn't look like I cleaned up much , but I swear it was a lot! ![]() I stupidly thought the gray was primer, but it wasn't!!hahahah whooops ![]() so i painted it gray 4 coats. ![]() Then 4 black coats ![]() I did it in the freezing cold, but it dried pretty well. ![]() Installed!! ![]() ****QUESTION***** Does that extension we put on the intake hurt or negatively affect the intake? opposed to putting it directly on? ![]() Damn.. no more time.. off to night class. ill finish later.. peace!! This post has been edited by benzo: Jan 20, 2010 - 8:46 PM |
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