first day i had her
the new wheels for her day 2
Before she went in
new wheels and tires on her day 3
cleaned her all up
her new short ram intake
New stereo i installed
Super whites
day i got her back from the tint shop, old tint was cracked and i couldn see out of the back window
essentially the finished product for now, all of th cost me just over 3400, only paid 2300 for the car, let me know what you all think, im new to the whole celica thing but all my cars have been JDM so im no stranger to that. just let me know what you think about mods, i was thinking headers exhaust and maybe coilovers and definately some gt4 risers
The pajama bottoms in the stereo shot made me laugh.
Joking aside, it looks MUCH better. I really like it. I was never a fan of that color, but you made it look good with the wheels and tint. Is that the original paint job? If so, it's held up VERY well over the years, I'm quite impressed! You'll soon find many other things to upgrade.. it's a bug, it'll get ya .
A couple suggestions:
PLEASE clean out your engine bay. I know, I know, it's not ever high on the priority list, but it'll make that new air intake all the more special when everything around it is gleaming as well .
It almost may be time to replace your rear (or for that matter both while you're at it) rotors. They look quite rusty.
But yea, great start bud. Stay here and read up some. You'll learn about a BOATLOAD of things you can do to improve your Celica.
cool, i just want the car to look good, im looking at headers soon but right now its postponed due to money, it was either put more into the car or pay my tuition for this semester lol
Wow, I've never made that many changes on the first day/week and I'm on my 3rd Gen6 Celica. Looks like they're all good changes too, nice.
I've never changed wheels, changed my lights months into it, stereo has always come last and never done tints.
Intake always on day 1 though
That's odd, you have a '96 model, which has the facelift bumper (as it should,) but has the '94-95 spoiler. I guess whoever owned the car before you had the good taste to change it.
The car looks good, and so far you've been very tasteful. Keep up the good work!
Nice-looking 6GC man. Richee, I think that's because it's an Anniversary model...don't quote me on that.
Swissferdi: Nope, my '96 25th Anni has the three-prong bumper.
Greendemon, nice looking car - I had that color on my 94 but the paint was nowhere near the condition yours is in. I like all the changes you've made, the tint definitely made an impact to work well with that particular color.
I could've sworn I read that somewhere here...alright, learned something new. I thought prefacelift and facelift parts were never interchanged.
Yes, that is indeed the right spoiler. The only thing you'll have to do is drill new holes in the spoiler, I believe.
Removing the spoiler is pretty easy. Just take off the interior plastics, starting with the small cover in the center. I would take a screw driver and apply a small amount of force to the outside of the trim, and then the clips will just pop out of place. Since you have a 2-post, all you have to do is use a wrench to undo the 2 bolts on each side and that's it. The spoiler will probably need a bit of force to come loose. Good luck.
I've seen risers for around 150, there are usually a few sold by members each month.
cool cool sounds good bro, i think that will most likely be the last thing i do to her, i wanna keep her looking classy, maybe a new exhaust for her but thats in the future
i finally got my other car sold so now i have 2 grand cash in my hand so im thinking risers
Get some clear sides, i think they would look really good with that color and are only like 25 bucks on ebay.
risers, oem side skirts and jdm tails. plus tanabe df210 drop springs would really make this an amazing looking car
yea i just wish i had more money to spend on her, im all tapped out now so i gotta wait awhile before anymore work, so many things i wanna do to her like a short throw, jdm tails, ss ii spliters and risees, then get the hood repainted, its nice to dream
You did some great updates within the first few days with your new Celica. The wheels are such a huge improvement. Although, instead of spending your money on "performance" mods for that engine, I think you would get more bang for your buck by tightening up the suspension, adding some OEM Toyota liftback side skirts, OEM foglights and basic maintenance to be sure it is operating at it's best. Good luck, looks great so far!
yea i was thinking about lowering it or putting some bars on it but money is tight right now, and i think the previous owner did something with the suspension, it is alrealy pretty tight going around turns with little body roll, but some jdm parts would be nice
To be honest, the Celica GT's were always praised for their tight steering and suspension from the factory. I cant imagine the ST is much different. The car's driving dynamics are some of the greatest in it's class.
You're right. I don't experience much body roll, and my steering is quite responsive.
ok its been awhile but here are some new more current pics of the car, new mods, jdm tails, ssiii blocks and spoiler, new system, and the s2k antenna modd, let me know what ya think,
You can afford JDM tails and you can't get your lazy butt over here in Columbus? haha
Looks great so far. It's funny how far the cars come in such little time. I'll have to post pics of my Celica up here too. I've done a few mods since last time I posted.
Btw, nice signature.. wonder who made it .
ha ha i have had jdm tails for awhile, but yeah some guy with a white and green and red car made my sig for me , but just let me know when u need me to come up, i just started a new job so just let me know a few days in advanced, and im in gulf shores alabama till the 5th lol, but the beach is about 50 degrees, not "beach weather"
96stgreendemon-Great find on a sweet Celica!! It's looking good!!
So something awesome happened today, i spent a week in alabama and left my car home, when i get home i find this, hood and spoiler painted, new spark plugs, new valve cover gasket and a toyota window decal
great progression!!!
love the gts rims!!!!
haha wish I had parents that did stuff like that.
That's awesome! Haha.
That is if not one of the best things parents could do. Man your smile on your face must of been oceans wide.
Merry christmas, thats great.
Lucky you.
It's looking good.
thats very cool of your parents.
Great update and fantastic Christmas present!
Hope to see more from you.
Hey Kyle! Wow talk about a Merry Christmas, huh!? The car looks MUCH better....though I guess I need to make you a new signature now though, right? haha
Don't worry, I'm used to it. Not that many people notice, but I've gone through 6 variations for mine alone haha.
But yea, your car seriously looks like a little green demon now. It's freakin gorgeous. One concern though.. PLEASE find another car to drive while your paint cures. Salt from the snow storms outside will severely damage it!
ha ha i dont have another car to drive, maybe i can get my girlfriend to cart my assa round, how long will it take it to cure?
yeah my parents are freaking amazing, i was coming home with my girlfriend from a trip to alabama for 2 weeks, i get home and open the garage door to go upstairs and i see this, i almost pissed myself i was so suprised, my parents and my grandparents were hiding down there waiting for me to get there and video taped the whole thing, im pretty sure i was jumping up and down and screaming like a teenagge girl, but hey its freaking awesome, the few thinks that were flaws with my car are finally gone now, and she is show quality, i love it, and am afraid to drive her lol
Haha, that's so nice . I'm glad you had a great Christmas.
Regarding your paint, can you find out if they did a single stage enamel or a base/clear? That's important to know. The base/clear cures MUCH faster, but if they did what I did, and just did a really nice durable single stage enamel, than you're looking at 3 weeks minimum for cure time.. and that's in warm weather. Cold weather will make it go slower.
I chose single stage because white Celicas were done with that originally, so I wanted to keep it all the same. Your green color, like the red, is a base/clear. But it doesn't mean that's what they used to paint your hood and spoiler.
Either way salt and water for that matter are horrible for a curing paint job. It will not only discolor your paint (because it soaks into the curing paint) but it might actually chip off as well since the paint is weak. Curing paint is like a sponge. While 3 weeks is the magical mark for single stage enamel, 2 weeks is safe in non-road salt water. The best thing you can do is garage it, especially in weather such as this. I'd beg your gf to "cart your ass around" haha if I were you.
Anywho, it looks great and enjoy it.
Does your rear badge say "STX" ?
ha ha yes, yes, took it off a 5th gen coupe at the junk yard
so the past few weeks i have been ordering some parts and getting othhers ready, i plan on having my car built to a replica ssiii by the summer, i am still waiting on splitters form vince, and rears from dustin15brown, and a hell of a deal on skirts from straightthuggin4ya, and my short shifter, monday all my classes were cancelled so i was able to get some work done, i got my clear side markers on as well as putting my alpine type s speakers in the back, still waiting on the front, but i will have pics up soon.... stay tuned for more
nice progress yo!!
k so i got up early today and put the short throw in, let me just say it was a big pain in the ass but o so worth it, also got my speakers in yesterday as well as my skirts, so i just have to put the front speakers in soon and get the side skirts fitted soon, but as asked for here are all the pics, please excuse how dirty the car is, it has been snowing non stop up here
this is the repaired spot that was fixed
these are the old amber markers
these are the clears
this is how the subs were run before, i re ran the rcas down the other side now so there is no interferience
old shifter
the new short throw, no i did not hack it off, it twas a kit
and the new skirts
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Nice progress! Can't wait to see it in person..hopefully at the spring meet!
I'm looking everywhere for 7gc rims..no one seems to have any around here..
so i have aquired some parts over the past few weeks so i thought i would show you all my progress
this is the repaired spot that was fixed
these are the old amber markers
these are the clears
this is how the subs were run before, i re ran the rcas down the other side now so there is no interferience
old shifter
the new short throw, no i did not hack it off, it twas a kit
and the new skirts
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Just a test fit, few pics of them
skirts, they may need some work to fit
painted and then sanded back down due to cheetah pattern
gun and setup i was using
this is after the second coat
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so this is the progress over the past few weeks, this is why i have not been as active on here
Listen, I can tell you're proud of your modifications...but please put the correct car in your profile, you DON'T have an SS-III.
Having said that, nice progress.
You do good work!! Skirts & splitters look pro!!
Anxious to see the final results....!
Looking good! Can't wait to see it all put together. Gives me something to look forward to
ha ha and yeah i cannot wait to get them on, just gotta wait for the paint to cure and then mount them,
and ferdi, its an SSIII to me
Dude! I love your car man. You are really getting some where now. That color is freaking awesome. If you shaved off those front USDM fender lights on the side. It would look super sicker. Can't wait to see the SS-III lip kit on man. Awesome paint job too on the side skirts. You need to get some mud flaps. I've seen those rally mud flaps with the lip kit and it looks sex x4. I got my GT4 front end done. I'll send you some pics when it stops snowing every freaking day. Your car's color flow 100% with the 2k GTS Celica rims.
thankyou very much, i have put alot of work into making those look good, i love the positive feedback, and i wanna see your gt4 front end
thankyou, i primed and sanded them over and over again to fill spots and scratches
I agree with Ferdi.
If only you had a chance to drive a REAL SS-III (or a Celica with Superstrut & LSD conversion and a 200BHP 3S-GE motor) lol.
Try going 60mph around a hairpin in your ST or GT with your foot flat. LOL then come back and tell us it's an SS-III.
Sorry to kill your buzz but your bodykit doesn't make a GT into SS-III spec, but rather an 1998 facelift lookalike.
Just as though a Ferrari Enzo bodykit doesn't make an MR2 anymore than an MR2 Enzo lookalike, you'd be a laughing stock if you took such a thing to a Ferrari meet.
On another note, props for getting some OEM style extensions that I like, atleast you have taste
So i got the rear splitters installed i sold the skirts because i needed the money but hopefully i can get some new ones soon, but here are the splitters
so got a little update for everyone, after selling the skirts and paying my bills i got a rather large paycheck my way, so i found myself some oem side skirts, listen to the best part, they were only 140 shipped to my house, thanks to decalsondemand, he told me about them having the skirts on car-part.com, so after a few places fell through i lucked out and found a place in alabama that shipped them to me, and let me tell you these things are in great conditoin, just gotta sand them down, paint, and install, will have some pics up as soon as i can
^^^ Can't wait to see this! then all you need are the front ones to finish and you got your self a SS-III in a awesome rare OEM paint color.
yup i have the front splitters ready to paint, gotta sand down the skirts and then prime them and paint them, then the hard part of putting them on ha ha
Looking good.
Are you going to remove your badges. It'll look neat.
Just a suggestion.
yeah i debadged the rear on sunday, but i put ssiii logos on it ha ha
Edit: o yeah i went out this morning and bought my paint aand clearcoat, priming them tonight and the paint will be sprayed hopefully tomorrow morning
so i found myself having some spare time today so i used it to finally compleate my ssiii replica, front splitters installed as well as oem skirts on her, but unfourtinately i will not be able to lower her anytime soon due to my driveway, will have pics up soon
Hey 96stgreendemon--
Man I'm glad for you to get this stuff installed!!
Are you doing your own prep & paint? Looking good!!...
yeah i did all of my own paint and install on all of my parts, pics will be up soon as i can find my camera and i get my computer back, im on an old ibookg4 right now so still trying to figure it out, but as for parking it on the street i live off the main road so there is no on street parking unless i walk a mile to and fro my car
So for your enjoyment, picccsss up!!
sorry about pic quality, took them with my phone
Nice work!
Remember you joining 6gc! Look forward to some more mods
nice work on the car man. your painting is impressive i'de be pleased if mine turns out half as nice as yours
thank you, the painting is not as hard as you think, it all comes down to prep work, as long as you take your time and are not in a hurry it should turn out nicely
looks great dude, keep up the excellent work
I like that look with that color a lot, nice car man
looking good!
so got some bad news today, after putting the kit on my car i was checking my oil and found out i have a crack in my exhaust manifold, so i was kinda pissed, then i got to thinking, and its looking like a good time for some headers, ordered some tonight, just not sure when they will be on
what headers you order?
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got the race guys headers
it was a brand on ebay, they are the 4-2-1 pipes and stainless
o and here are are some new pics i took this morning
hot, im not going to say do it, but those rims powdercoated white would look filthy with that color
^^^ Holy good God! Is there any other US Celica with this OEM color that looks this sexy???? Cause I haven't seen one yet...
^^ ha ha not sure how they would look in white, if someone could photoshop it that would be great, and thankyou, this car has come a long long way from stock, now for some coils and a 4agze ha ha
Very nice pictures! I'm definitly gettin pictures with this car at the meet haha
my progress thread died when i lost my Celica funds to another toy. your car is coming along great!
ha ha awesome, i was gonna go the way you did with the trd but they just didnt do enough for the very front for me, but they look great on your car
im now the proud owner of a skunk2 catback
NICE!
Was browsing eBay and it popped up
so i got the headers installed today after trying for 6 hours to do it on my own and just paid for it, the car actually sounds the same just about, but it does breathe better
lookin good! you need to lower it now!
i wish i could be lower, but my driveway will not allow for it, i almost scrape now as it is
ok people so i have some updates for you some big and some small
replaced spark plugs and wires the other day
ordered my coilovers about a week or 2 ago
towsrus endlinks sitting in my room
washed my engine bay
cleaned my air filter
and last but not least i painted the drums and the calipers all the way around pics up soon
look in the pics above, will take some more tomorow
So update have done some things recently but no pics ha ha
new thermostat and toyota red rad fluid
bought me some 5th gen mirrors that need some minor repairs and paint
going to look at a new drivers side door tomorrow
changed my oil castrol gtx high mileage
got my clear turns
new shocks for the back hatch
a new hid set up for the fogs
new strut bar
vds tinted gas lid
and to top it off new spedo decals
pics will be up as soon as possible
bump for pics of my new black glow gauges
from this
to this
^ Damn, that looks awesome. Hard to install? The needles scare me.
One thing: you do realize you got the ones for a GT, right?
not too bad to install just took forever because im a damn perfectionist, its a curse really, i did a custom mount for the dimmer and on off switch too so that took alot of time and also extended the wires so i could put the switch where i wanted to, but as far as hooking up the power i just used the power and ground from the radio for power
yeah the gauge faces were the shortest part of the whole ordeal, just use silicone caulk to put them on with, just be sure to use the kind that air drys and not the quick drying which has a drying agent in it which may warp the gauges
Those look pretty good. Do they light up white or blue at night? Looks like a light blue in the picture.
more of a white color, i like them alot, just gotta change the bulbs for the needle now, it dont look so good with the **** green color needles
Details! Link, maybe?
http://www.amazon.com/94-99-Toyota-Celica-150mph-Speedo/dp/B003I8G8QQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=automotive&qid=1276926699&sr=8-1
here ya go im pretty happy with them so far, bright as hell thought when on all the way
That's not a bad deal at all. I would be more satisfied with a more stock-ish looking font, but I'll probably pick a set of those up. Great find!
so tonight i got the final piece for my ssiii replica, the ssiii grill thanks to FORGMANN
ok so i have done a few small things lately while still waiting for my coilovers, which i have been told may be here in early august, not gonna hold them to it, but anyways made some progress on a few exterior mods and interior mods
refinished the rims
What you all think about the rims?
Schwing and my SSIII grill
Car also has a new clutch in in and a genuine TRD shifter woot!
Holy awesome looking wheels, Batman! Nothing but good progress in this thread. There have never been any "Would it look cool if I did this?" moments. Only good stuff.
thanks, i wasnt sure about the color at first but so much better than the silver, was just a PITA to do, strip, sand, primer, sand again, paint, wait ten minutes, paint, wait ten minutes. paint wait ten minutes, clearcoat, wait ten minutes, clearcoat, wait ten minutes, clearcoat, now wait 3 hours before they can go back on, took me all day on wednesday but so worth it all in the end
So a few nights ago me and some friends tackled my coilovers, went lower but not slammed like i would like because i scrape bad enough going down my driveway not, but here are some pics for ya, dont have any of the install though. the coilovers are D2 street full coilovers with front pillowball mount, new twosrus endlinks, let me know what you think
looks good
but u have gt-4 riser blocks with SS-III emblems... talk about mixed msgs. lol
looks real nice
The riser blocks had the SS-III emblems on them when i got them, kinda what set the replica idea in motion
Nice....def needs moar lowar...also GT brakes are a MUST with 7th gen rims...
Looks AWESOME, especially in this color. I'd never thought I'd like a celica in this color.
Next thing you need are spacers!
(And a new more powerful engine of course)
Definately looks good with the coils in. But cmonnn mate drop it lower!! Theres always ways around your driveway. Planks of wood in the drain area to even it out. Or get some concreate and even it out. Or just park it outside. Oh yeh nice bronze 7gens stockies.
Lookin' good man! Since I had to move to Albuquerque for college, I'm out of a job. But once I start working again, I'll be getting my coils too! I already have a set of camber bolts and a pair of Miata Racing Beat end links. I really wanna get a bushing set
I can't wait to see what else is in store for her!
yeah i need to put the camber bolts on the back, i went with twosrus endlinks, the car handles so so well now its like im on rails, but rough roads suck
o yeah taken yesterday first rolling shot i have
WOW!! SEXY!!!
vera nice!
Are Camber blots a must?
What exaclty do they do, and where do they go?
So..... i went another inch lower the other day, still rides great but is a pain in the d!ck getting up and down my driveway, and the spoiler is off because it was coming loose and i decided i was going to order new pads for it before putting it back on. what ya think?
and the girlfriend took window paint to my car, ignore it, she still hasnt figured out its lowered lol
moar lowwww!
then spacer to flush out the 7th gen wheels would be very rad.
i know whacha mean about rough roads with coilovers, i dread mine a lot of the time.
Also, I think you should throw on an Apexi N1 muffler to replace your current. Straight cut looks so much better than angled.
I still need to take the short drive to check this car out.
ha ha do it, me and some local guys meet on fridays most of the time
Bump for some new pics, got the new mirrors on and painted
The pedo bear sticker made my day
I love your car, man
ha ha yeah i got a ton of those stickers, and thanks, its still getting there lol
Looking good Demon.
on the Pedo Peek. LOL
Sometimes i just wonder why? seems like every freaking time i do something to upgrade the car something else takes a $hit, like with the coilovers, get them installed and find out i need new CV joints, ok i can deal with that, get the new CV's installed and the axle seals need to be replaced now or the cv is getting a bad seal, not to mention im burning oil worse than an old dodge mini van, just tired of everytime i do something its always something else that needs to be fixed...... end rant
its called opportunity for improvement.
do this, dont put oil, burn your engine and then sell me your shell for 500 bucks..
Hey thanks, and not too long i think prep and all about 4 or 5 days, but i had other stuff i had to do too so it could have been less, but its not all too bad, only way i have learned is by doing.....
Oh yeah and update, finally stopped leaking tranny fluid, got tired of it leaking so without ever messing with anything besides changing the tranny fluid i decided i was gonna install a new CV and a new inner tranny seal, 4 hours later and im done
finally have an update, spent the last few weeks molding and perfecting my splitters, just painted them and here are the results, more pics will be up later, but its looking like i dont even need to cut and buff the paint
Ok here are the pics, not the best pics but you get the point, the red primer in the first few pictures helps find high/low spots in the paint or chips things like that, filled all those with some glazing compound and the small pinholes where the bondo had air in it, but all those black circles you see are places i marked to be filled, there is not a single imperfection in the splitters, paint was a pita because my fan filter blowing out got clogged which caused some issues but looks pretty good IMO worked at least 20+ hours on getting these perfect and molded to my car but the result was worth it
I can't wait for the install pictures!!
Some quality work man, good job.
Finally got it all put back on and it looks great, no more gaps anywhere
It looks awesome! Great job!
Veeery nice lookin Celica!!! But u know it...
thanks, shes my baby lol, and already planning for the spring/summer:
Rear Disc conversion
18mm front bolt on 54.1 hubcentric spacers
33mm rear bolt on 54.1 hubcentric spacers
Hopefully some new rubber
maybe new wheels but thats a big maybe
The front and rear splitters will be coming off soon for the winter though, ive put way too much time into them to break them off in the snow
Bump for some new pics
and this is my favorite one
^ Post bigger pics tosser
I was going to take off my wing again today, i think youve made me keep it on.
lol i will, and i have been debating on taking the wing off too.... just cant bring myself to do it
Ahhhh that's so nice
and when I have enough money to paint mine, I'm gonna take off the wing.
i like my wing but some days i look at pics from when it was off and i like it too......
but on a side note, the 7afe is on her last leg, which means im going to need a new engine here soon, so after thinking about it long and hard i have finally decided that im going 3SGTE in the spring/summer
Nice!
Swap engine is good idea. Tell me is it expensive thing in USA. I suppose u gonna get a bit used one??
pretty sweet dude looks great!
thanks cam, So as some of you may know i just ordered some more goodies for her as a christmas present, front and rear Suspension Techniques Swaybars
Have fun installing them luls /.
is it really that bad?
i just spent the last 20 mins reading and seeing the progression and all i have to say is nice job it looks good
i have my stands i will use, i have access to a lift, but its gonna cost me
and yes the lime green ones
thanks
Woot! got my swaybars in the mail today, hmmmm, now when to install them
the one thing that pist me off was that the bolts are allen key.
other than that, not too bad
wait the bolts that hold the old one are allen key? i know the new ones are but didnt know about the stockers
Well that was a PITA, took 6 hours with 2 friends helping, the exhaust bolts were rusted on, which took 2 hours to get it off, then the manuveing of the bars in and out gas tank etc, front and rear are on though, hoping to go for a drive in the morning as long as there is no snow on th eground
Congrats on the install!
As others have said, nothing has pissed me off as much as installing a rear swaybar, I can't even remember how I got it on. Think I just went **** it, push!
Great modification, worth the effort!!!
Make sure you get some awesome tyres and rip it up hard yo.
Tires are next lol, the ones i have now are sticky, but could always be stickier, and what do you all have your rear set on? for now mine is set on understeer since they are thicker i wanted to get used to them before going really stiff lol, thoughts?
Install pics from last night....... yeah that was a fun 6 hours.... My car is our campfire
I hate those retarded front sway bar bolts
Really wish i could of got a pic of the front too....... pretty sure my car has more rust on the bolts than anywherer else
So i got a new camera for christmas and snapped some pics of the celica lol, merry christmas everyone
Some good tread for the snow, you can see the green from the new ST swaybars
In the Snow
Not sure why, but i love this shot
I love this camera, takes some awesome shots, lemme know what ya think
i like the new camera! it does take some pretty nice shots, i'd have to agree!
any new plans for the celica for the new year?! (=
Thanks, but as far as the new year nothing till spring and then a drum to disc swap and 25mm spacers front and rear, and i will probably drop her another 1/2 inch or so
Oh yeah, disc brakes will be on soon!
Also pretty sure spacers will be ordered within the next month
Finally Gave in and bought me some 25mm spacers, cant wait to see my flushness ha ha
and hopefully my rear brake swap from ACMOE will be at my house today, its nice to have money again
I think I may be getting 25mm spacers in the very near future too. Can't wait to see your flushness!
25mm ftw! Glad to see more and more celicas getting hooked up with spacers.
I just need to find someone with a fender roller that i can use for the rears, and then from there the coils will be adjusted lower he he
LUUUUCKY, thats going to look sick. I want coils bad.
i love mine, ride is a little on the rough side, but with the swaybars the car handles like crazy
You should be able to rent them from a local shop,if not just use a rubber mallet and a heat gun, we did it on my buddies silvia and it worked great
Only issue with the mallet is remember when i got hit last year? they put some bondo in there, so slow and lots of heat would be the best option for me, im hoping that some of the local guys may have one
Oh yea, that may not be the best idea then.
Thought about it but i think one of my friends has an eastwood roller which will make it nice
Bondo is only going to "move" to a certain degree. It depends how much you put on but id be really weary about doing that as it may crack then ull have to sand that area down, rebondo and repaint..
Heat gun and mallet is a horrible way to "roll" fenders compared to using a roller, saying they are so damned cheap to rent.
I didnt put the bondo there, i was busy around the time i got hit and decided to pay someone else to fix it for me, but it looks like the bondo there is minimal, so what is there will hopefully stretch just a bit, and trying to figure out now if i can compress the front anymore... but i cant wait for the spacers to get here they shipped yesterday, but it may be a little while before they go on, i still have to find a day im off work and the wife will stop nagging me
^ Wait what your married?!?
Might as well be
Gf problems Kyle? It's common knowledge that if your under 30 you can't have a nice celica and girl at the same time.
Women are always the problem.... besides brakes, took me and a friend about 5 hours to put on the disc swap, and there is a way to replace the cables without actually removing part of your exhaust, but the main issue was not being able to fit the disc over the brake pads for the internal parking brake, pretty sure i had everything on there right, as far as the springs go, but it wouldnt slide on, ended up filing down the pads to get the rotor to slide over
if the disc wasn't going over your pads, that means something really isnt adjusted right...
my left rear ebrake partially locked on me, and I was still able to get the disc on and off with no problem.
Kyle, there is a star adjuster you should have adjusted to get the rotor to slide on, its how you adjust the parking brake once the rotor is on.You use a screwdriver and spin the teeth clock wise or counterclockwise,which spins the cylinder over a threaded cylinder and lengthens or shortens, it sits between the bottom of the 2 pads.
It was weird, yeah i know about the star adjuster and it was all the way tucked all the way in and there was slack on the ebrake cable, it was definately odd,
Anyway i beat the rotor on with a deadblow and drove it till it loosened up lol, i was going on hour #8 of the install and was getting short tempered, but its all good now
Oh and the spacers are here, but i need to roll my rears, which will hopefully be done next tuesday and then the spacers will go on, and i will be going lower, then once the weather breaks for good the splitters are going back on.... still debating on the blacktop or silvertop swap though, it may happen..... but then again it may not i need to buy a truck for work so there may go that money
So, decided to fit the spacers today, the rear still needs to be rolled but that will be done soon hopefully.... here are some teaser pics of my dirty ass car and garage
Mmmmm nice....
Gaw, I don't know whether i wanna get spacers or S/T sways now.
He he i have both..... get sways, everyone else can see rims, but you can feel the difference in the sways, personally i would pick sways over stance any day of the week
Hmm... well I DO have a kickass road to have some fun on over here... (4,000 feet to the top, loads of fun on the way down. Perfect mountain/scenic/togue road)
Yeah i really need to roll these fenders
I'd vote sways hector. Damn, for some reason i dont like it ...idk maybe its just the pictures but im putting my 7th gens up FS...
Problem is it needs to be lower, im adjusting the coils once i have the rear rolled or i will destroy my back quarters and tires
sways > spacers
Wheels loos good.
did you have to extend your studs? or is there enough thread? looks reallly good bro
i bought the bolt on spacers, not really a fan of the extended studs, makes me nervous for some reason
Soooo today i got tired of waiting on dude with a fender roller so went to work with a mallet, and it turned out really well actually, so the spacers are on and she got a little more of a drop, right around 15mm, more pics tomorrow when she is clean
Damn!
That's like THEE perfect ride height with those rims/tires.
Looks sick!
Looks good man, can't wait to see it with your splitters on.
hella flush!
So apparently i need to beat the fenders in some more, driving to campus this morning all i heard was rubbing everytime i hit a bump or took a turn, so the hammer will be coming back out.... and some touch up paint lol... some more pics, i was going to wash her but its retarded cold again
Just stiffen her silly, thats what I did on the old tein SS, the ride hurt my kidneys but no tire rub on HUGE spacers..
i did stiffen the rear lol, still has enough bounce to rub
Now imagine a spring/strut combo, 17's, and 25mm spacers if you think that rubbings bad, haha.
You need a fender roller, but it looks good!
yeah a fender roller would be nice,
but anyways, before i left for vacation i started refinishing my wheels, now they are primed but im stuck on what color to paint them.... im sort of tied between going with white wheels, or staying with the darker gun metal look... thoughts?
Lol, I told you I thought white would look sick way back before you painted them the first time and you didn't like it. I think it looks good as I see a lot of pastel or close colored cars with white wheels that I think look awesome. Maybe at least try it out, because they will get super dirty. But the color you had them looks great too.
Teal.
Hahaha your slicing your tyres. Good times i remember when i did that. Really gave me the ****s.
Stick with the dark gunmetal.
I say the gunmetal. White looks good, but on darker cars.
Oem silver... just saying ;0
So tired of rubbing, every time i hit a bump i rub, think the car will be coming back up, not much. but just enough so i can retain functionality of it, hate to do it but also hate rubbing everywhere i go
^I can understand that
If i put more than 1 person in my dub, its nonstop rubbing. and so much for aggressive turning
Lol what agressive tuning
Yaaaayyyyyy, it was finally warm enough on a day when i wasn't busy as hell so i actually got to put the splitters on and wash her..... still rubbing though, but its cool, it gets quiter when the gas gets lower lol
That looks sexayyyyyy. Hurry up and roll them fenders lol
the fenders are rolled, but they need to be rolled more, im waiting on a guy around here to let me borrow his eastwood roller
Haven't really updated in awhile, been doing alot of work and alot of research.
-first off, some a$$hat hit my rear fender and took off about a week ago, so trying to fix that, and they keep giving me the wrong shade of paint.
-Fenders are now rolled in rear no more rubbing
-Spending has begun for the 3S swap, pod, Afm wideband, oil press, and boost gauges have all been ordered
-looking for gaskets and such now, and also need to get in touch with _Jim_ about a motor
-Plan is to have the 3s by end of the summer, but so far the list is looking pricey, good stuff to come here shortly stay tuned!
Allright Folks, lots of parts coming in this week
-Apexi intake filter
-Oil pressure, Boost, and data logging wide band came in yesterday
-Kirk Motor mounts are in
-Rear 1/4 panel is painted (again)..... and still not matching FML
-got the gauge pod in
Just need to go ahead and wire everything up and well be set, and getting the bung welded in the test pipe
car looks good bro, the spacers and the rear splits look nasty!
and congrats on starting to get stuff for the 3s swap. but listen lol take it from me, its a veryyy pricey project for a kid who is workin at a grocery store like myself lol. take your time and dont skimp out on anything. my 3s swap has already reached a year and i havent even put it in yet lol. (its going in the beginning of May ) but seriosuly, take your time and dont rush it, bc its going to get costly fast. good luck kyle!
Oh yeah, i've got about a 3pg spread sheet of random parts and fittings i need for the motor, list says about 3500 more as of now, but im sure that will change
Yeah, but hell whats money anyways? im already up to my arse in student loans, so whats another 5 grand lol
So small update here, few days ago i finally got the bung welded into the test pipe for the wideband 02 sensor, yes on a 7a (i got tired of having a 200 gauge that did nothing lol. now i need to fix an exhaust leak where i fudged up the gaskets but oh well, and buying a parts GT here in a couple weeks that i will be pulling parts off of for the swap.
Still looking for a 3rd gen 3sgte though, trying to find a reputable place to buy one from, messaged _Jim_ a couple times but no responce so still on the hunt, coming into a little bit of money here soon so some more buying will start soon! keep posted for updates
Just an update on some awesome-sauce, Picking up a GT parts car sometime next week!!
Well time for me to beat a dead horse, well a dead dragon rather, finally drove to get the parts car this weekend, and wow let me say this, what a freaking heap lol. there are 2 straight panels on the entire car, but the important stuff is there so were good there. car will be parted out this week so if you are interested in anything shoot me a message and i will see if i have it
Edit: moved to the FS thread.
Soooo..... Went and spent some money today..... when i say some i mean alot.... first of many teaser
Moar Teaser
I like what I'm seeing there.
Take a better look at the numbers lol.... they are something special
Here is a hint, look at the exhaust manifold.... there is something different
Awesome, Congrats!
Lol look at the exhaust manifold and vin number, there s something special about it
WRC
i dont see it. whats different? is that a gasket replacement kit? general tune up?
Yes it is a WRC edition GT4! main difference you can see from this pic is the way the exhaust manifold heat shield is, different shape than others, for the lol "anti-lag".... yeeaah.....
but yeah gasket replacement kit, timing belt, cap and rotor, water pump and other misc parts
does this make cars go faster? i could have sent you a couple stickers for free. woulda been the same end result just alot cheaper
niceee bro! cant wait to see this swap!
congrats dude
well i decided on keeping it mostly stock for now, money is tight after buying the clip, a new DP is in order and i will be keeping the w2a IC setup rather than the front mount i wanted, but that will all come in due time
and to get it in really i just need to do a tune up/gaskets/timing and water pump
and i need Shift linkage for the s54 and a throttle cable and im basically set, plus fluids lol
nice clip greenangel its really look good, congratulation, and dont do like me take your time
Update with some awesome sauce! Found an e153 transmission up here out of a 1991 lexus es250 for the swap!! so looks like the s54 will be going up for sale, send me a pm if interested in the s54
Nice, with or without LSD?
Im looking between 2, one is lsd the other is not, but one is mr2 and the other lexus es250
LSD!!!!
I want the one with the LSD, but still waiting for the guy to get back to me with a price on it....
hey Kyle, did you get the swap from ZeroLift? they had one that looks identical last week when I was at their cruise-in.
oh and are you keeping the gt-4 chassis tag or the e154f tranny?
Yup it is from Zerolift, and keeping the chassis tag.... but think we could work somthing out for the e154f......
Fahk YeS! going in the morning to get the car, then once its in my garage it will be fired up one last time before the motor comes out and maintainance begins..... feeling a mad scientist laugh coming on here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGN4B7GQZJ0&NR=1&feature=fvwp
So update with no pics lol, motor is out, fender was trashed, bringing it back to life though, maintenance will be done soon
Well i finally had a spare second tonight so i thought i would add some pics.... and its about damn time
ended up unbolting the subframe and dropping the engine out the bottom, made life alot easier
MMMH tasty
Cams look great! not a mark on them, and they were that clean when i pulled the vc
So many questions can be raised from this picture lol.....
Soooo F%cking clean
For now the name of the game is maintenance, so far a full overhaul of the timing system (idler pullys, tensioner pullys, and tensioner), swapped waterpump and seal, pulled the upper and lower oil pans and cleaned/resealed. replaced oil pump gasket, front main gasket, cam shaft seals, and other misc things. waiting now on timing belt and plugs/wires to get this show on the road.... goal is to have the motor in the second week of july, but that all depends on if i can get this transmission or not, looking for an e153, found a couple but seller backed out, back to the garage for me!
Lawl
Yeah, clutch setup was purchased from southbend a few weeks back, went with their stage 2 setup which should hold up just fine.
As far as progress goes this week should be entertaining, I was on vacation this past week but did a lot of shopping for the car while I was there, sold the W2A system, bought the piping for my front mount, bought new plugs, wires, and a wolboro 255. Got my lsd inner axles, and found an E153 lsd that I'm waiting for, only a few small details left to get and we should be ready to go in! This week should be full of win! And on another note I want a clear upper timing cover lol, and may have found a place to make them, but would need at least 25 pieces to get them to make them, anyone else be interested in one for the 3rd gen?
So doing a slight tuck on the motor and relocating some vac lines, i am removing the factory boost controller but, can i also remove these two plugs?
And this black vac line here goes to the intake mani, therefore the cap can just be placed on the other side correct?
now this one, should be easy, the two lower lines in the picture are coolant lines correct? therefore they can be removed and the lines bridged together without issue? and that larger hose (from what i measure 1/2" ID that can be capped at the sensor on the tb or no?
and just a nice pic of the motor.... in a finished basement..... covered in car parts... i know looks like **** lol
Just to help visualize you want this but 3rd gen ..
I'd be down for a clear cover for 3rd Gen. Haha, my 10x20 storage unit looks just like you basement! Good **** bro!
Bump need some help with these vac lines
Can't cap the large hose that is how the car idles. Needs to run to air intake box or intake pipe. I've never seen the vac line stuff u got sitting on the box of gloves. My gen 3 don't have em. Where were they running to...
Really starting to get pissed now, been waiting on my LSD diff for a month now, that's what's holding the entire swap up, and class is about to start back up which sucks because now idk when I will be able to swap. Just disappointed mostly
I intercepted the package
Hey i pmd u
And swap starts NOW!
Out of curiosity, what will you do with the 7A? I'd be interested in your header and midpipe, assuming it's modified to fit already.
wow spent the last hour reading this an I gotta its an amazing build will
diff gave me an idea of what I wanna do to mine
Selling it lol, ferdi if you want it then it's yours, also have cat delete tapped for wideband
Oh yeah the important part, motor was pulled last night, had the front end stripped and engine pulled by myself in 5 hours. He'll even I am impressed with that lol, tonight the bay will be seam welded and depending on how late it happens to go it may get painted also, pictures will be up as soon a i get the chance to upload them
Congrats on the start of the swap! Hope everything else goes painlessly good luck bro!
-Matt
Just curious, could you not have started this work without the LSD?
nicee, its exciting isnt it? post some pics up my dudeee
So its update time!
-wednesday night the 7a was pulled along with ac lines and such that will be replaced
-Thursday i began to scrape seam sealer from the engine bay to seam weld it to make it a more ridgid frame (the rest of the car will be done this winter!)
-so yesterday i had the entire day off so i finished seam welding the bay and resprayed the engine bay, had some friends come over last night and we began to start to get it all back together. Got the rear main done on the 3s, Had the Flywheel on, put the clutch and pressure plate on, and then had problems with teh transmission that i still need to figure out which haulted us for the night. no idea why but the transmission is locked up, the input shaft is spinning when in neutral, but wont spin when its in gear. this means first thing tomorrow morning i have to tear back into the transmission and figure out what is going on with it, really bummed but hopefully its something simple, just a big pain in the ass having to pull it all back apart when i was already there once before. but i will update with pictures when i have teh chance
if I'm not mistaking, you should NOT be able to spin the trans by hand when in gear. if you put axles and hook it up to the hub / tire, you " may " be able to spin the tire and the input shaft should spin, but I don't think you can spin the input shaft by hand while in gear.
when in neutral, if you spin the input shaft, can you see the differential spinning ?
EDITED
idk bout yall, but i have a spare c52 and i an spin by hand, in gear, and feel the diff move. my e53 was the same.
So fixed the trans problem, had to swap out duff rungs and forgot to before I installed the LSD, so that's fixed now. Motor went in yesterday, rad got hooked up, wiring work got started, just gotta get everything situated, planning on a late night tonight and hoping that I can get her fired up tonight if all goes as planned! Wish me luck folks
Hell yes! Good luck, man!
So got most of the loose ends tied up tonight.... and fired her up.... she roared to life the first time, i couldnt believe it.
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