benzos ST('s) work in progress!, From broke auto, to fixed manual. ALL HELP WELCOMED :D Options

[benzo]

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

[benzo]

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

[benzo]

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 decided to finally repaint the intake:

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