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

[Euphoria]

$1400 is cheap for a conversion! I got quoted $700-800 in a few places for the box alone, not to mention the gear selector, shifter cables, clutch, fluid etc.

Yeah that sucks! partly the reason I never take my car to mechanics and have just learnt along the way, unfortunately you can't really do anything unless you have evidence, they can just keep denying it.

Car looks amazing btw!

This post has been edited by Euphoria: May 2, 2011 - 7:51 AM

[THE20V]

$1400 is cheap for a conversion! I got quoted $700-800 in a few places for the box alone, not to mention the gear selector, shifter cables, clutch, fluid etc.

Yeah that sucks! partly the reason I never take my car to mechanics and have just learnt along the way, unfortunately you can't really do anything unless you have evidence, they can just keep denying it.

Car looks amazing btw!

Thanks man, you really have to shop around to get a good deal though. The first place I took it to quoted $1,100 just to replace the auto. But while I was shopping around, I found a nice bloke at the wreckers who had a manual car there. So I asked him about the conversion, so he said he'd give me everything I needed for the conversion for $500, bargain. But the deal breaker was that the clutch was 70% worn, so I needed to buy a new clutch as well. And then the labour was $700 to get it fitted.
Thats why I just stuck with the auto. But if i'm honest, I sort of wish I went manual, even with the extra cost. I would love my car so much more if it was manual.

Oh well, just have to wait for the engine to go and do a conversion I guess.