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]

I'm back.

Next on my list was to fix my horrible oil leak. It was the real main seal. & install a new clutch. I have no clue how old the clutch was.. and i learned how to drive stick on it so it was toast.

check out how much oil was in here





I was gonna buy brushes from autozone.. but they were like 5 bucks a pop.. and did not last long.
Dollar Tree FTW!!!



After a good hour or so! Nice and clean


New OEM Fly Wheel



I'm sooo lucky to have such a good friend with a lift and every tool needed to work on cars. He has saved me sooooooo much money.
For those of you who went to the meet, it was my buddy Marty.


Anyways, we somewhat fixed my oil leak (i'm still leaking.. just not nearly as bad as it was ) Got new clutch and flywheel.. and brand new tires


Got clear corners too.

And license plate LED bulbs. Nice little addition..


Then I sorta went on a little shopping spree and bought HIDs, TRD License plate and floor mats.



First I used this head light restoration kit and buffed my headlights. No before pics . It really did make a difference to me though



Old head light on the left... HID 4300k On the right



Left HID, right normal OEM stock head lights.


4300ks !!!










This post has been edited by benzo: Feb 4, 2010 - 12:13 AM

[HaysoosKreesto]

Looking FANTASTIC! Loving the way that magnaflow sounds .

Not to stray off topic but...

And license plate LED bulbs. Nice little addition..

Electricity*

[benzo]

Looking FANTASTIC! Loving the way that magnaflow sounds .

Not to stray off topic but...

And license plate LED bulbs. Nice little addition..

Electricity*

hahahaha!! finally someone noticed..

i was skeptical about those at first.. cause of all the misspelled words on the back, but they look really nice