My ST205 replica, SOLD THE CELI..... Options

[THE20V]

Hi,

Here is the story of my Celica build. My RX8 had just been stolen and my wife was pushing me to just buy a cheap daily for myself. So having a long history with Celica's and ST165's. I thought i'd buy a Celica. So I found this 'Automatic'...yes I know. One owner, old lady Celica. I thought, that had to be a good cheap daily. So I bought it and the thing just snowballed. I'll let the pictures tell the story.

This is a picture of it infront of the lady's house, the day I bought it.



First thing I did was buy GT4 Raiser Blocks.



Then came the 18 Inch Rims



Then came the GT4 bonnet



Then it got lowered 2 inches



Then we did a very bad paintjob on the bonnet at home and got some 17 inch rims, which I think are UGLY.



Then came my final set of 17 inch rims, and a GT4 bumper, because someone at work reversed into me, yeeaaah.



Then came a full respray, and clear indicators, front and side.






Then came the JDM tails.



Then came the tinted windows.





All this happened over a 2 year period. I am pretty happy with the way it looks now. The only things I would love to do, is get some wider tyres and some spacers to give it a nice stance. And also, when the 5SFE dies, I am tossing up between a 3SGTE or the Camry V6 motor.

Any feedback or thoughts, go ahead.

This post has been edited by THE20V: Jun 18, 2011 - 1:36 AM

[THE20V]

well my intention is to build a full on GT4 Replica, so I thought the badges would finish it off.

[THE20V]

Well I took the car out the other day and the Auto Gearbox just kept slipping and wouldn't shift past first. So I thought it may be time for some kind of conversion. I priced up the following:
Auto Replacement $680 fitted
Manual Conversion $1,400 fitted
3SGTE Conversion $6,000 fitted.

Well in the end I decided to just replace the auto, for a few reasons. Cost, the headache of doing a conversion and the fact that it's a daily driver. Also, it helps that it's Auto cause my wife doesn't drive manual and sometimes we need to swap cars.

Anyway, it's being replaced in a few days.