First i wanna say thank you to Martin (Malpaso) for his support. I had plans of doing this before but never had the funding and a problem with the seller in UK for a long time. And then Martin completed his SS-Four bumper and by looking at his pictures, it solved all the probems i initially had. Thank you Martin, you the man!
So i finally got the bumper from UK after many complaining and off i go to the body shop where i used to work during the summer
I got paint and body stuff for a cheap price since i was their best prep guy they had
For some reason, the grill didn't lineup perfectly... but not noticeable
The things i still need to do (exterior wise):
1. Paint the bumper "teeth" back to black
2. Paint my UK splitters silver
3. Exchange the high beams seal because i "accidentally" painted over them
4. Put the rear ss-III splitters on after paint
5. Getting my rims in about a month or so (and tires)
Do you think i should paint the bumper "teeth" back to black? I'm kinda getting used to it being painted...
C&C welcomed
Gorgeous , is that a stock celica colour? it looks amazing, ss-four all the way !! Your photography skills are amazing too !! The teeth i dont know, i think it will look good either way, tho i do like your foggies yellow, gives it a massive jdm feel. What rims are you planning on going for?
That looks killer, I always wondered when somebody would do it with the preface. Why don't you get the teeth covers. It'll look much cleaner. what about putting the little rectangular vents towards the bottom of the front grill in between the mouth and the grill. Good job though, much props
that looks great.. i like how it still maintains the curvy elements of the celica, not as aggressive as the gt-four but looks more serious just with a modest face. i'd keep the front splitters black..
Yeh keep the eurou splitters black, I like how you relocated the license pate. Did you do some modding on the front bumper too the area along the bumper repeaters to where the stock license plate seems alot more flatened...
damn that hella sexy.. smily face with an angry look
That is sexy as hell! I see another unique master like Malpaso here! That is so damn sexy! Only addition I can think of is making maybe a custom grill and taking out those middle pegs? But even with, it looks really good. I am really liking what I see.
Nevermind I see it is already pretty much done! I love it!
Wow... I must say that is amazing work. I'm glad I had chance to help. It looks so different! And you are right it looks good as it is. In this picture looks simply unbelievable:
Definitely agree with painting those Euro splitters silver. But I'm not sure about "teeth". It looks really good this way...
btw.: what about clear front turns and fender lights? (sorry I do not know how you call those outline amber lights in US )
Paint the fender as well...
looks really nice, I think I side with Malpaso on the leaving the "teeth" silver.
bumper to fender needs to be blended, looks like the silver shades are off.
Looks great !
I'm waiting for better weather to have something like this done to my celi.
Excellent work.
Thank you everyone for such nice comments
whatthe: Yeah, its the stock silver. I did clay bar my car prior to taking these pictures. Plus the lights in the garage brings out a little blue tint to it. And about the rims I am getting a set of ADVAN RCII 17x7.5J +35 in silver. The flatened out bumper in the front is explained below
trdproven: The rectangular holes was the main part of the st204 bumper that was throwing off the alignment so that is why i had to eliminate that part.
Actullay trdproven, i used your picture to make a photoshop image of this concept lol thanks, you had the UK splitters with preface, side skirt, 17in rims and the exact angle i was looking for.
malpaso: i couldn't of done it without you! The front turn signals, i want to keep them amber so it will look more stock (plus finding clear bumper lights are hard for the preface celica) but i might consider the fender lights
vincent_doggy & playr158: Yeah i have like 3 to 4 shades of silver on my car right now as well as 2 different vin numbers BUT i am planning to go BLACK or a LEXUS SILVER in couple years so till then this will do
nice work. Who need body kits these days ? Keep it up
Woah Shig, that looks amazing!
You've done a great job, i love it!
will look even better with the painted splitters
those wheels are super hot
Sick job I love the bumper! Car looks good cant wait to see it with rims!
Shig, you made my car look good, why couldn't you photoshop it into real life. JJ. Im gonna use that pic and tell my friends thats my car now. haha I was about to say those rims look like mine until i looked at the background. But indeed the grill and the hood makes a huge difference - changes the look entirely, you put the preface bumper to good use.
you know at first i didnt know what to expect but my god, this looks amazing!
I say paint the splitters shig because its not like its a lip they are seperated, plus when I painted mine because I ran it black for a lil bit, it looked more better, it becomes part of the car.
yeah, i decided to paint them because like you see in the picture, you can't see them enough to notice them. If it was silver then at least you will notice that something is there...
looks good man!
Shig how did you do your wiring? How I did mine was pretty clean, I took a 9006 heavy duty harness and merged it with an H4 (pretty much the same as H1). This way I created an OEM looking 9006 to H1 Harness adapter.
i love it, looks awesome.
Get the clear high beams when you can bro, it will pull the whole car together.
Still looks awesome and unique either way though.
I'm pretty your stock harness is 9006, well just curious.
I can't wait for those HI Res photos! MODS HURRY UP AND APPROVE! MY wall is waiting for them!!!!
Malpaso, if you read this, is there any chance you can post more of yours as well? I am not going to copy you guys, but I LOVE them and want those on my wall, Well, in Malpaso's case, MORE on my wall.
Looking awesome -- i really like it.
great job so far! can't wait to see the final results!
I am loving it!!!! I have been waiting untill i win the lotto to spend all sorts of money in my celi and THIS was on the list! I am SO SO SO SO SO jealous!!! It looks really amazing, you did a GREAT job with it, you should be very proud
finally had time to paint my rear SS3's
I ordered 199 paint online
sanded down original paint, then primer and paint
clear coat and baking stage
at least 3-4 layers of clear coat but the reflection was sharp enough
you can see the reflection of the heater, good enough for me
due to the bolts that hold these in the rear snapped on me, i used double sided automotive tape.
taking off the old double sided tape was a hassle but finally got it off
from the rear
I need to do something about the duck tail... its not a perfect fit so its lifting up on some parts... double sided tape or epoxy i guess
The color was a perfect match for my rear bumper but not so much with the rear fenders.
As some of you may know, i have a total of 6 different celica's body parts on my car so i have about 4 different shades of silver.
But don't worry, i will be going lexus silver or black in the future so until then, this will have to do.
Great job Shig
Just sell me your exhaust you fool. lol.
Looking really really good !! Any pic of rear side shot?
wow... this shot is amazing!
^ really? haha thanks, its just a picture i took because whatthe asked me to
TA-DA!
Not as light as i thought but i know they are extremely strong rims.
RC stand for Rally Competition
sweet.
OH it's lookin' gooooooooooooood. :Drool:
I just now found this thread... I have no idea where I have been. Car's looking great! Keep up the good work.
when the hell did this happen?
And why those amazing pictures were not in calendar submissions?
The front end reminds me of the 7g so much. I really dont like the Euro Splitters but hell I think they would look great on your car, complete the look.
Either way looks great, I wanna try this out
Ay Shig! Why didn't you put these up for the Calendar? Those shots are by far one of the most amazing shots I have ever seen.
I don't know if anyone responded about this already but instead of painting it black Toyota actually has inserts that goes into the teeth. Thats why one of my teeth is silver is because i found out there were covers on them. I've been meaning to take pictures of it. ( don't know if anyone has already done it yet though)
yeah i'm aware about the inserts for the teeths, someone mentioned them to me, but i decided to keep them silver for NOW. (still need to toss my options around)
i already have a photoshop version of the EUROU lip on the car. As of right now, i am 95% sure i am getting one, or try to get one. One concern is that it makes it look more like a genuine st205 and less the SS3/Gt-Four hybrid version hence loosing the "uniqueness". They look so similar that even members on here wont notice its a GT-III (my version of ss-four) conversion without someone telling them so.
as of the aeromajic, it was my first choice back last year when getting all the parts together. I didn't like the look, i thought i would but it just didn't click for me. I also did c-one lip too but that looked just oh so hideous.
i'm in the process of putting those photoshop jpeg up on my blog.
will post them here too after i get out of my lab
shig the euro lip for the gt4 and the preface look different, much smaller. you'd be the first. the magic lip is big itll look more aggressive if you like it that way.
I love the stance and the look of the 6g with the magic lip, I would defintaly get that to complete your look. But since you don't like it the last lip isn't a bad choice either.
Edit: Strange my post came out as a code
I don't think so shig, the lip shouldnt go lower either higher or equal. In fact just to let you know the toms lip i have is ~1.5" higher than my sideskirts. Thats why i assume the euro lip will be either equal or higher. But even if it was lower, its best to have the front the lower part of the kit rather than the sideskirts as you mentiond.
veryvery nice. good work
ahh i love that ss-four bumper!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! agh must have...
Then i decided to go with the EURO splitters:
but after doing the conversion, i notice that the front splitters are still to high compared to the skirts and it doesn't show very much. And people will suggest me to get a lip even thou i have these on (meaning they can't see them! too small! need to paint!! or change them!)
other issues are that if the lip will go too low compared to the skirts...
in that case i don't mind getting the EUROU skirts either but...
... i'm lost
^^^ I love that old skool pic of my car haha. but see why i changed out my splitters? both types even? I needed a full lip solution. The splitters are never level with the skirts or to the front to the side and never complete.
Looks great!
Clear indicators ?
ss-four bumper very like ......malpaso long time no see you .... when will plan go to HK join our celica meeting ?
this is what have happened since the last post.
Some things i had laying around for over a year and through out last year and this past few weekend, i have installed just about everything i had pilled up.
1. I finally got around to taking off the bumper and switching out my hi beam's rubber
2. Painted the euro front splitters to silver
3. Got center caps for my advans
4. Installed TRD steering wheel from an ae111
5. Installed TRD quick shift v.2
6. Visited my parents and friends in japan, came home with Laile Beatrush F/R strut towers
7. Finally got my seat rails which took forever, I put in the brixII seat
only thing left is to wash my car... only one car wash this year
note: that st. wheel looks amazing!
Im reallllllly jealous of your holding monster seat !!
Damn, fantastic-looking interior. Really nicely done.
its to bad you couldn't make the midwest meet. Either way that new parts look good!
HAWT.
love the steering wheel, and the seats!
how much was the beatrush front bar?
Nice Shig!
I can't wait to see the car again... We'll have to go out for a drink when I get home from school.
Did you keep the TRD rears? I think that a profile shot is in order.... Get out there and wash the car!
i LOVE this celi. should paint it black, red or white though imo only cause im not a fan of silver haha
that is such a great pic.
please, please, please post your picture in here
http://www.6gc.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=76559
I would like to see this beautiful car as Celica Of The Month once...
I posted that pic of both of our cars for this months COTM..... lol
love the car, gives me shivers
Haven't posted in months but the celica is at the hospital for the first time in 8 yrs of owning it.
It finally breaks something that I can't fix in the parking lot and this winter is not helping.
Such a bad time to break but it did well for the 8 yrs owning it.
Looking back at 2011, there are still numerous things i need to fix:
1. My carbon fiber wrap attempt was a FAIL. Need to re wrap it.
2. Ducktail spoiler won't stick to the hatch anymore. Thinking about just molding it on there but I still have the EURO spoiler block. Can't decide which one.
3. The fog light's wires caught on fire. Need to re wire it with thicker wires.
4. Still can't fix my horn. Just might buy an aftermarket one.
5. Not 6gc related but my 2002 GTS was totaled. Having a hard time finding a white exterior/black interior IS250 6spd in this area.
Hope 2012 gets better from here on out.
You need this horn
^ I'll take that into consideration
The silver '02 that was at the meet is totaled? That sucks. What happened? Hopefully nobody was hurt. What's wrong with the 6th gen?
My girl was driving across a street with no traffic lights, then a car came and hit the front passenger side causing her to spin around the way she came from.
Luckily she is safe, but the other driver had some neck injury. Her fault since she didn't yield but the guy was speeding. Also he never showed up in court so the ticket was lifted.
That 7th gen have seen two major accidents in the 1.5 years owning it. Its probably possessed. Time to move on.
As for the 204, its electric issues. The alt is done for, and most likely a short somewhere. Fixing the alt is easy but its the grounding issue that is too much work to find (especially with my work schedule)
BTW, I'm thinking about taking some winter pictures of my car in downtown soon so if anyone in the area is interested in a photoshoot tell me.
Call me when you're ready
I'd be down. I can update you on all the new fsae stuff if you havent talked to Eugene
What's that bumper?
Is it just a GT-4 bumper grille cut and plastic welded onto a GT bumper?
I love my Bride BrixII and all but I always wanted the stock Recaro SR3 ever since I first saw my neighbor's Gt-Four in Japan.
So I've been browsing ebay even after I got the Bride and FINALLY I scored these:
And before anyone asks: No, I will not be selling my Bride seats.... I plan on keeping it as my office chair or connect it to my Logitech
How awesome is that
Hopefully these will arrive before the Midwest Meet.
siiick chair
and i've always loved your ride, cant wait for some updates and photos
I donno what's cooler your new seats or your plans for your old ones lol
<--- Jelly.
I can't wait to sit in them at the meet.
Damn. I love that front bumper. Would go perfect with the TRD front lip. Wonder how that grill would look with the facelifted bumper. Lol.
Nvm. Found a pic. Makes me want to get a gt4 hood and get the facelefted ss4 front bumper. Then throw on my toms lip. Would look much meaner along with the projectors. Hmmmm.....you're giving me more ideas . Lol.
This does belong to sarintr.
You should check out http://www.6gc.net/members/malpaso's page also. He is the father of this style.
Man it looks so mean. Im guessing this is only custom made right. Was never factory or aftermarket?
Bummer. That would cost too much for me but maybe later down in the road when I have nothing else to do to my car. I'll do this.
Bummer. That would cost too much for me but maybe later down in the road when I have nothing else to do to my car. I'll do this.
If I find time I may do it. I happened to have a, uhh, small altercation with a city bus and there's a gash of an inch or two between the passenger headlights. If I refinish the bumper, I may as well mod it.
speaking the devil...
amazing is every single person who used "SS-four" design has in fact unique car because:
- my one is "facelifted" on 1996 ST205
- Shigexile has (as only one btw) "pre-facelift" on 1994 ST204
- sarintr "facelifted" on 1995 ST204 http://www.6gc.net/celicas/ss-4-8225
- vidmav has on JDM SS-III (1998 ST202) also "facelifted" http://www.6gc.net/celicas/1998-ss-iii-hatchback-10789
- and palooke used it on 1996 ST204 convertible with slightly more from GT4 bumper... http://www.6gc.net/celicas/ss-four-c-4594
The same idea but always bit different results in the end. AT200 one is missing in the list
AT200 huh? I should do it to mine then.
but wow, didn't know so many people did this in so many different ways too. awesome!
That is really the greatest look for the 6GC... and Toyota didn't even think of it!
Malpaso pretty much has my dream Celica... I hope to one day emulate it (With a 205), with maybe a TRD spoiler and a slightly different shade of blue (8L5)
Why is it that cheela, Joshua, and I always following each other on threads. Lol. Im thinking we have the same tastes when it comes to styling our cars.
Silver checking in.
Shig's SS-Four is gorgeous in person. Pictures do it no justice.
Always loved the SS-Four look, it's soo clean.
I have always wanted (and hope one day will) do a Preface SS-Four on my coupe, I think that would be cool
I actually started to work on my car again after neglecting it for a while.
First off, I actually sold some of the junk I had laying in my garage back at my parents' house.
I took off my brushed aluminum center dash vinyl thingy and back to the clean stock black panels.
Also replaced my windows switch panels too because I did a horrible cf wrap to them.
Old news but I installed my Recaro seats before the Starved Rock meet.
And as planned, the Bride BrixII went to my logitech so i can play GranTurismo5 in it.
And finally installed vincent_doggy's bling bling mirror polished kick plates.
Something I finally came around doing last week was my horn. I haven't heard it for over a year!
I was surprised to find out so many people with aftermarket steering wheels are driving without horns. Probably the reason why the how-to information was scarce on the internet...
I followed a fellow http://www.alltrac.net/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?f=44&t=19891&start=1515 and "borrowed" some wires, sheet metal, and tools from work.
Next up is to fix my fog lights (not working), climate cluster (really dark), and possibly the hardest to do: Take that stupid bug out of my projectors....
LOL!!! omg, that would BUG the hell out of me. Don't know how you're going to get that bug outta there.
but it's nice to see some updates from you.
Why bug? Because racecar... I would be mad!!!!!
B&E yesterday:
Soooo I'm looking for the rubber boots behind the projectors
also the coupler for the headlights, if anyone knows the part number for this please let me know. Thanks.
Wow, that really sucks
Such wasteful destruction though... they probably made out with about $50 worth of sell-able stuff, whilst causing hundreds of dollars damage
how would someone know you have hid, unless theyve seen the car before......
People are awful.
He mentioned on Facenook that he thinks the people that did this knew the car. I don't understand people sometimes.
They did try to steal the radio but failed.
I guess they didn't have the proper tools because all I saw was crow bar damage on my interior panels.
I'm guessing the HID were stolen because they tried to unhook the batteries (which they also failed to do) and saw the HIDs sitting there.
They weren't going to leave without taking anything....
Not celica related but 2 weeks after my car got broken into, my girl's EVO MR got stolen. Happened in the same parking lot at my condo on the night of april 9th northwest suburbs. Ipass shows they went east towards chicago through the tolls on i-90 by cumberland.
People in the chicagoland area, if you see a graphite grey evo 9 mr with a COBB exhaust, scratches on the rear bumper passenger side and dented rear driver side door let me know please.
My breaking in and her theft are most likely the same group of people says the police.
One of their car is a maroon dodge durango with a banner across the windshield and the other is a silver van.
Thanks for reading bc I'm really furious about this. No one makes my gf cry.
Wow....
Its a very sad day indeed when you can't feel safe at your own home :'(
Wishing for a good resolution for you.
Found the EVO in Chicago in one piece. I haven't seen it in person yet but according to my gf, everything seems untouched.
As for the Celica, window is fixed and HIDs ordered.
What I learned this year so far, not many of my friends give a crap about my Celica but they care so much about the Evo lol.
It can't be helped. Only a Celica owner really knows the true greatness of a Celica
Seeing CheeLa's and Richee3's progression I feel like I need to get back in this but sadly, you won't be seeing much until I sell my condo and buy a house with a garage!
Hopefully this year thou, I'll get her lowered with spacers.
How was it found????
Wow, that's incredibly fortunate! Glad to hear you got your Evo back unscathed.
Damn... this all reminds me my story from 2008 . They stole stuff in value of $25 but made total damage for $1900. Fingers crossed to make everything sorted as soon as possible with minimal loss.
man that's good to hear.
glad everything worked out and hopefully everything is all there.
they cant of known the car that well, or cars in general that well, as any one that knows anything about modifing cars knows celica head units bolt in
I know it gets me mad because I had a really pristine, non-washed out original interior panels which are REALLY hard to come by these days and they break it in half without even taking what they were after.
I never get tired of the "ss4" front end. I'd love one on mine. Beautiful build and I'd choose your celica over the lancer. Lol.
I met up with bloodMoney at a local car meet but he was disappointed on how I still had the stock rims instead of the ADVANS.
"Shigs, you really NEED to change the rims. It just doesn't look right" LOL
As I mentioned here, I don't feel safe to park my car here at my condo (especially with the ADVANS on) so I opted for the next best thing I had... GTS rims.
But the GTS rims too weren't in the best of conditions so I took the time last weekend to clean them up.
Rusted up GTS rims Before and After sanding
Yes, I didn't want to take the tires off... index card is your friend
Side by side comparison of 1 coat of base and primer
Applied 2nd coat
Now 2 coats of clear and the baking (well sun baking) stage
The results were better than I expected! Now, I hope I won't be embarrassing any Celica owners. LOL
You don't feel safe with your Advan's on? Don't worry, they're totally safe in my garage. I'll take then off your hands for you. Better just leave the whole car attached to them too.
ah, 7th gen gts rims. can never go wrong with those.
Looks great Shig!
I can't wait to see it in person
BAHAHAHAHA!
WIN!!!!!
Quick update...
1. Got that bug out of my headlight
2. Swapped out old ripped up shifter boot
But I still feel that I have yet again neglected the car for a while.
So here is a list of things I'm forcing myself to do before next summer:
1. Finish my wide front fenders
2. Add the front lip
3. Sell my euro front splitters
4. Fix my fogs
5. Black headliners
6. Repaint the whole car
7. Restore my ADAVNs
8. Get rid of the springs and go full adjustable suspension so I can finally drop it.
Let's start off with repairs thou: I need to do a parking brake overhaul.
SHIG WHERE THE HELL HAVE YOU BEEN MAN, YOU'VE MISSED SOME GOOD MEETS!
Drove home in the snow wearing the Potenza 760 last night. Fun at first but not when the snow starts accumulating on the road. Time to change to the the Yokohama ice guard. Its that time of year again when your hatch falls on your head.
I also changed my shift boot to a carbon fiber like fabric since the old one was in a bad condition
I also replaced my parking brakes. Take a look at how bad they were!
I was surprised how expensive parking brake cables can go for.
I'll most likely need new rotors for the rears soon. Any recommendations?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/131582847922
Get these. Got sick of hatch falling in my head. Finally replaced mine two years ago. They've been awesome.
And wow. Those rears brakes. Lol
Old news but I wanted to update this thread...
So I finally got rid of my eibach sportline and KYB GR-2 setup and got the BC Racing BR type with swift spring upgrade.
Not too much of a difference but it is much stiffer.
Dropped it a little too low with the 20mm spacers so it rubs often. I need to roll my fenders soon.
Anyone know where to rent them?
Do you still have the old setup? What's your plan with it?
No i tossed it. Front shocks were shot and rears were going to go soon too. Springs were pretty rusted up.
You got the track coil overs and upgraded spring. You taking to track?
Got some tweed and redid the headliner. Use polyester for the sunroof trim.
Going to work on the sun visors next. Looks sloppy now but I'll touch it up as I piece it together.
Who the hell are you?
Sweet! I should do mine but I'm afraid of the sunroof hardware. How hard was it to get around? Looks good.
go do chris, he just asked you
That looks awesome! Has a clean OEM-ish look to it.
I feel inspired to redo my headliner now, looks great.
nothing.....??
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