Jul 23, 2010 - 1:35 AM
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I've been lagging on one of these, but I finally have the time to start one up. My mods will come slowly but surely due to minimum wage
I was actually trying and trying so hard to buy a 240, I love the things, but every single one I'd find was either too expensive because they were all SR20'd and S15'd out, or too beat down and crappy. But then one day I came across this Celica because the poster had put '240sx' as a tag. I had honestly never even considered a Celica for a second, when I thought Celica, I thought 7gc, and I never liked those. But once I saw this Celica, I fell in love. And thanks to Spider77, I found this site and it's helped me since day 1. Now that I've got a progress thread, I'll start updating it often. Thanks for looking! The first day I got her. I actually bought her from a member, vi-tuyen. ![]() Then the very first mod when I started working... early June. Injen SRI w/ Fujita filter. Bought from trdproven. Out ![]() In ![]() Then I picked up an OEM strut bar from a local part out in late June ![]() Three days after the strut bar, I got into a fender bender with an 18 wheeler. I swiped his tire. Luckily, I was fine, and no damage to the truck, and little damage to my car. Damage assessment: Cracked bumper, totaled RH fender, smashed sidemarker, bent strut, bent wheel. Literally 20 minutes before the wreck ![]() sexy angle Then when I got home afterwards Side ![]() Front (see the obvious neg camber? lolol)
This post has been edited by HectortheRican: Apr 10, 2016 - 2:01 AM -------------------- taking too long to mod since '09
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Aug 30, 2010 - 6:50 PM
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I'm a pretty big fan of that sticker stuff. I've always had it planned in my head to throw it onto assorted pieces in the interior.
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HectortheRican HectortheRican's progress thread Jul 23, 2010 - 1:35 AM
whatthe At least now you have good offset... Your tyres ar... Jul 23, 2010 - 2:05 AM
HectortheRican QUOTE (whatthe @ Jul 23, 2010 - 2:05... Jul 23, 2010 - 2:10 AM
cheela nice! keep us updated. and go at it with the m... Jul 23, 2010 - 10:49 AM
HectortheRican I didn't take a whole lot of pics of the repai... Jul 26, 2010 - 9:23 AM
Success21 QUOTE (HectortheRican @ Jul 26, 2010 - 1... Jul 26, 2010 - 11:21 AM
HectortheRican QUOTE (Success21 @ Jul 26, 2010 - 11... Jul 26, 2010 - 11:33 AM
HectortheRican On 7/24, exactly a month after the wreck, I finall... Jul 26, 2010 - 5:08 PM
NOVAKx17 WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT!! haha
nice job ... Jul 26, 2010 - 5:15 PM
Spider77 Looking pretty good, maybe I'll have a chance ... Jul 26, 2010 - 5:17 PM
HectortheRican QUOTE (Spider77 @ Jul 26, 2010 - 5:1... Jul 26, 2010 - 5:18 PM
whatthe Its nice to see the celica back up and looking bet... Jul 27, 2010 - 8:32 AM
HectortheRican Just ordered the crystal clear Depo turn signals f... Jul 27, 2010 - 2:13 PM
cheela Did you get the full set or just the signals? Jul 27, 2010 - 3:56 PM
HectortheRican QUOTE (cheela @ Jul 27, 2010 - 3:56 ... Jul 27, 2010 - 4:12 PM
HectortheRican Welp, found out I have a flat today. It'll be ... Jul 30, 2010 - 6:28 PM
Bigblock WOW you did great work!!
Here's hopin... Jul 30, 2010 - 6:35 PM
HectortheRican Finally got around to making my SSIII grille fit. ... Aug 4, 2010 - 1:17 AM
Spider77 I like the progress youve made with this so far. ... Aug 4, 2010 - 4:38 PM
HectortheRican QUOTE (Spider77 @ Aug 4, 2010 - 4:38... Aug 4, 2010 - 7:16 PM
block looks great. keep up the good work. you need tho... Aug 4, 2010 - 7:21 PM
HectortheRican Welp, Megan Racing pissed me off. After I ordered ... Aug 7, 2010 - 9:14 AM
Spider77 Wow, sucks about your coilovers...they should of o... Aug 7, 2010 - 9:15 AM
HectortheRican QUOTE (Spider77 @ Aug 7, 2010 - 9:15... Aug 7, 2010 - 9:18 AM
Spider77 In all honesty then, if they did nothing to keep y... Aug 7, 2010 - 9:34 AM
HectortheRican QUOTE (Spider77 @ Aug 7, 2010 - 9:34... Aug 7, 2010 - 9:41 AM
Spider77 Roger that! Aug 7, 2010 - 9:51 AM
cheela 11 weeks just sucks. forget them. Aug 7, 2010 - 10:12 AM
HectortheRican QUOTE (cheela @ Aug 7, 2010 - 10:12 ... Aug 7, 2010 - 10:25 AM
whatthe Go BC and never look back! Aug 7, 2010 - 11:01 AM
HectortheRican QUOTE (whatthe @ Aug 7, 2010 - 11:01... Aug 7, 2010 - 11:25 AM
HectortheRican I got my Falken 512's installed and got an ali... Aug 9, 2010 - 2:08 PM
97celiman I never had the clear turns, I bought the sidemark... Aug 9, 2010 - 2:57 PM
HectortheRican Just painted my OEM strut bar SSIII red. Kind of a... Aug 12, 2010 - 3:48 PM
HectortheRican Here's the painted strut bar
I gotta clean up... Aug 13, 2010 - 12:18 PM
rave2n looking good! Aug 13, 2010 - 12:28 PM
Spider77 Jeez...wish my Injen was black. Looks nice though... Aug 13, 2010 - 12:33 PM
HectortheRican Thanks guys! And yeah, hopefully! Aug 13, 2010 - 1:09 PM
Hazmat Oh damn, I didn't know you had a progress thre... Aug 13, 2010 - 4:07 PM
HectortheRican Thanks man! I sure hope so! Will you be ab... Aug 13, 2010 - 6:53 PM
Hazmat I'm hoping so. I find out tomorrow but I don... Aug 13, 2010 - 8:19 PM
HectortheRican Well let's keep our fingers crossed! Aug 13, 2010 - 10:29 PM
Hazmat Well I was right again. No dice. Stuck working all... Aug 14, 2010 - 3:58 AM
HectortheRican That sucks man But definitely! Aug 14, 2010 - 7:51 AM
Hazmat Maaan you had to move already?! I really wante... Aug 19, 2010 - 5:40 AM
HectortheRican I'll be coming back regularly, so definitely... Aug 19, 2010 - 10:53 AM
4-eyed-freek i know this is a stupid question but what is that ... Aug 20, 2010 - 3:53 PM
HectortheRican QUOTE (4-eyed-freek @ Aug 20, 2010 ... Aug 20, 2010 - 4:16 PM
Spider77 I got that with my new Tennessee plates, just have... Aug 20, 2010 - 4:19 PM
HectortheRican QUOTE (Spider77 @ Aug 20, 2010 - 3:1... Aug 20, 2010 - 4:28 PM
4-eyed-freek have to love michigan for only making u have one p... Aug 20, 2010 - 4:25 PM
Spider77 Hells yeah, both cars have been registered in the ... Aug 20, 2010 - 4:46 PM
HectortheRican QUOTE (Spider77 @ Aug 20, 2010 - 3:4... Aug 20, 2010 - 4:57 PM
Spider77 Yeah, the navy throws me a few bones here and ther... Aug 20, 2010 - 4:58 PM
HectortheRican Finally some progress! I bought a spare ash tr... Aug 30, 2010 - 5:17 PM
Spider77 Gotta say that looks real real nice! Aug 30, 2010 - 8:34 PM
Hazmat QUOTE (Spider77 @ Aug 30, 2010 - 9:3... Aug 30, 2010 - 10:24 PM
SwissFerdi QUOTE (Hazmat @ Aug 30, 2010 - 11:24... Aug 31, 2010 - 11:03 AM
HectortheRican Thanks guys! That was my very first shot at wr... Aug 30, 2010 - 10:20 PM
HectortheRican Thanks bro! Aug 30, 2010 - 11:31 PM
mkernz22 That looks pretty sweet with the CF sticker/ wrapp... Aug 31, 2010 - 2:22 PM
HectortheRican Lol glad I could inspire people Aug 31, 2010 - 2:58 PM
4-eyed-freek when i go off to school i might try to wrap some p... Aug 31, 2010 - 3:30 PM
HectortheRican Thanks man. I think that's it though. I don... Aug 31, 2010 - 4:51 PM
HectortheRican Just bought about $260 worth of Celica goodie... Sep 6, 2010 - 2:11 PM
4-eyed-freek pics? Sep 6, 2010 - 2:43 PM
HectortheRican When I get them! Patience! Haha Sep 6, 2010 - 3:51 PM
4-eyed-freek ok ok ..i just moved into my aprt. for school so i... Sep 6, 2010 - 11:16 PM
HectortheRican Same here. I used to be in Fort Worth, TX but now ... Sep 7, 2010 - 12:00 AM
HectortheRican I got the 3 white LEDs that I ordered for my guage... Sep 9, 2010 - 12:49 PM
HectortheRican I got part #2 of my Celica bundle! Euro option... Sep 10, 2010 - 6:37 PM
4-eyed-freek nice man lookin sexy.. if i still had my original ... Sep 10, 2010 - 10:08 PM
smirnoff Looking good Hector, I'm getting a kick knowin... Sep 11, 2010 - 3:18 AM
HectortheRican QUOTE (smirnoff @ Sep 11, 2010 - 2:1... Sep 11, 2010 - 1:51 PM
96stgreendemon looking good with the euro splitters, how you doin... Sep 11, 2010 - 2:13 PM
HectortheRican I found a parking space in a corner with almost a ... Sep 11, 2010 - 4:25 PM
HectortheRican Got my brand spankin' new JDM tails from vince... Sep 14, 2010 - 10:23 PM
mak5603 QUOTE (HectortheRican @ Sep 14, 2010 - 1... Sep 14, 2010 - 10:26 PM
HectortheRican QUOTE (mak5603 @ Sep 14, 2010 - 9:26... Sep 14, 2010 - 10:27 PM
mak5603 QUOTE (HectortheRican @ Sep 14, 2010 - 1... Sep 14, 2010 - 10:29 PM
HectortheRican QUOTE (mak5603 @ Sep 14, 2010 - 9:29... Sep 14, 2010 - 10:31 PM
cheela whoo~!!!! seriously one of the bes... Sep 14, 2010 - 10:26 PM
jcbass7 man, nothing looks better than those tails. Gotta ... Sep 14, 2010 - 10:26 PM
4-eyed-freek wooo!! lookin sharp Sep 14, 2010 - 10:27 PM
HectortheRican I'm gonna be going on a mods lent for a little... Sep 14, 2010 - 10:56 PM
monkey_matt JDM rear lights are the best exterior mod here in ... Sep 14, 2010 - 11:43 PM
97celiman disc conversion next. Sep 14, 2010 - 11:59 PM
HectortheRican QUOTE (97celiman @ Sep 14, 2010 - 10... Sep 15, 2010 - 1:14 AM
whatthe Well if anything Brake pads upgrade and change bra... Sep 15, 2010 - 2:47 AM
HectortheRican I got my brakes replaced 2 weeks ago all around. R... Sep 15, 2010 - 7:53 AM
whatthe What pads did you switch to? I want to change mine... Sep 15, 2010 - 8:09 AM
HectortheRican QUOTE (whatthe @ Sep 15, 2010 - 7:09... Sep 15, 2010 - 11:26 AM
96stgreendemon EBC Green Stuff is good for dd, lots of dust but a... Sep 15, 2010 - 12:45 PM
HectortheRican Installed the JDM tails today! Still haven... Sep 15, 2010 - 9:12 PM
whatthe Looks good! Sep 15, 2010 - 9:18 PM
HectortheRican Thanks! Sep 15, 2010 - 9:22 PM
samir0189 those tails look great, but i have always wondered... Sep 16, 2010 - 9:12 AM
HectortheRican samir, I was wondering the same thing. I mean, no ... Sep 16, 2010 - 10:01 AM
4-eyed-freek man those looks sweet, nice buy hector! Sep 16, 2010 - 10:12 AM![]() ![]() |
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