My First Celica, 42000 Miles!!! Options

[skull_kid]

Hey 6gc, this is my first post.
Love the site and the people on it, so I just had to finally get on this thing.

I've been a member since I first started looking for my Celica, which is also my first car, as I always dreamed it would be.

She's a 99 Celica GT hatchback with 40906 miles at the time of purchase.
Silver with black leather interior, alloy wheels, 5 speed.
Bone stock, one owner.

The car has been sitting for the better part of 12 years.

Since transporting her home, I've gotten a full 60k service and tune, and installed brand new JDM taillights.

The only major flaws in the interior is a missing cover for the pocket under the CD player and some cracked leather on the shoulder of the driver's seat.
Here she is:










So, do I win some sort of record for this find?

This post has been edited by skull_kid: Jun 19, 2011 - 6:25 PM

[skull_kid]

I really did feel like this car was special, so I couldn't imagine anyone else driving it.

I installed Spree's LED kit last weekend. It looks amazing. Maybe I'll post a few installation tips and pics later on for people like me who've never done any interior work before.

I've been doing a lot of research around the forum, and I have decided the best way to upgrade a 5sfe with the least amount of cash is to go ahead and put in a short ram intake and new header. I found this listing:

http://www.ssautochrome.com/level.itml/icOid/1430

Check out the MR2 header towards the bottom of the page.
It's the only aftermarket one I could find that explicitly says it will fit the Celica's 5sfe.
I'd be interested to know from you guys if this header is legit.
It looks bolt-on. If I had a friend help me out, do you think we could pull this off?

Will these upgrades actually result in wHP?