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> Whatthe's Celica Progress Thread, A bucket full of rice right next door to a paddy field. Be warned.
post Nov 9, 2008 - 12:58 AM
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Well here it is, i bought the 1998 2.2L Celica sx-r (i think its GT) probably 3 months ago with 58,000km and the 3rd owner. It was a stock mofo car, my first car and i intend to keep her for life with many presents to spoil her.

Background
Was looking for my first car back in 08, was never sure what to buy. Wanted a NA white supra, god they were beasty looking things. But was always told left, right and centre they were too expensive to maintain and for petrol too. Looked into ftos (baby supra) but too many tiptronics not enough manuals around. That and my dad was like "GET A TOYOTA".

Out of the blue, saw a bargain of a white 98 celica with very low ks. Went out to wollongong that night with my parents with a large sum of cash to look at this celica. Who knew on the spot i would buy it that night and drive it back in the heavy rain. It was a hit or miss, he was leaving back overseas in 2 days and if he didnt sell it it would go to the dealers. Was in head over heels even tho i didnt really like the look or shape of this generation celica. This is my first car, and i plan to keep it for a life.

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- whatthe   Whatthe's Celica Progress Thread   Nov 9, 2008 - 12:58 AM
- - whatthe   And this thread would not be complete without some...   Nov 9, 2008 - 1:08 AM
- - stetsonaw   can't wait to see more progress looks good m...   Nov 9, 2008 - 1:52 AM
- - Lil-Joe101   Looks awesome dude. Keep us updated.   Nov 9, 2008 - 2:53 AM
- - RickJamesBish   It does look good. Some rims are necessary to offs...   Nov 9, 2008 - 9:15 AM
- - samir0189   haha, whatthe, i always thought your car was yello...   Nov 9, 2008 - 5:57 PM
- - slick_celica   very tidy motor Looking well, when you lower her ...   Nov 9, 2008 - 6:50 PM
- - CelicaZR   Good work so far It was nice to meet you!   Nov 9, 2008 - 8:29 PM
- - Rusty   projectors and rims for the win   Nov 10, 2008 - 12:18 AM
|- - Rusty   QUOTE (Rusty @ Nov 10, 2008 - 5:18 P...   Jun 29, 2009 - 1:15 AM
|- - whatthe   QUOTE (Rusty @ Jun 29, 2009 - 4:15 P...   Jun 29, 2009 - 1:38 AM
- - whatthe   Dont worry ive invested in a tripod and it should ...   Nov 10, 2008 - 12:38 AM
- - whatthe   **UPDATE 11/11/2008** Recived my TRD Seat Belt Pa...   Nov 10, 2008 - 9:35 PM
- - Euphoria   nice! where did you get them and how much? als...   Nov 10, 2008 - 10:15 PM
- - NGHTKD   all u ss-iii guys keep your parts up-data-way, ye...   Nov 14, 2008 - 11:19 PM
- - Cutrara   Very clean looking car... you may want to do the s...   Nov 17, 2008 - 3:34 PM
- - RickJamesBish   Who needs radio...   Nov 17, 2008 - 3:41 PM
- - whatthe   **UPDATE 19/11/08** Now what could this be? ...   Nov 18, 2008 - 8:02 PM
|- - Skinerp89   QUOTE (whatthe @ Nov 18, 2008 - 8:02...   Feb 25, 2009 - 1:14 AM
|- - whatthe   QUOTE (Skinerp89 @ Feb 25, 2009 - 5...   Feb 25, 2009 - 10:07 AM
- - Rusty   sweet, get me some   Nov 19, 2008 - 1:52 AM
- - RickJamesBish   Wow, those are nasty...JDM tails and projector hea...   Nov 19, 2008 - 3:57 PM
- - 99GT   Whats your interior? The only think I don't l...   Nov 20, 2008 - 8:46 AM
- - CelicaZR   Black and red interior (just like the SS-III)   Nov 20, 2008 - 3:59 PM
- - Lil-Joe101   Dude ur celica is coming out great. U deff need tp...   Nov 27, 2008 - 5:15 AM
- - Rusty   Those Front bumper projector style indicators woul...   Nov 27, 2008 - 7:00 PM
- - Defect   put an exaust on next man not a canon lol   Nov 27, 2008 - 9:23 PM
- - NGHTKD   whatthe - the indicators look fantastic. where di...   Nov 28, 2008 - 12:38 AM
- - whatthe   I bought my indicators from here. For everyone tha...   Nov 29, 2008 - 8:29 PM
- - Rusty   damn, I hate living in NZ I cant get them (shippin...   Nov 30, 2008 - 12:00 AM
- - richee3   I'm digging those indicators! Your car is ...   Nov 30, 2008 - 2:39 AM
- - whatthe   An exhaust that i picked up from TRDboy Exhaust...   Dec 18, 2008 - 4:31 AM
- - Rusty   looks nice what size 2.5"?   Dec 20, 2008 - 12:23 AM
- - Lil-Joe101   Finally got hunh? Looks great.   Dec 20, 2008 - 3:51 AM
- - whatthe   Are you feeling em? i am slightly   Jan 26, 2009 - 9:07 PM
- - malpaso   simply amazing work... I just still love pure SS-...   Jan 27, 2009 - 3:31 AM
- - NGHTKD   they'll look amazing cnt wait to c! cal.   Jan 27, 2009 - 3:44 AM
- - whatthe   I would of had them on today...BUT i remembered th...   Jan 27, 2009 - 3:47 AM
- - 95CelicaST   225/45R-17 is exactly what you need.   Jan 27, 2009 - 10:27 AM
|- - BonzaiCelica   QUOTE (95CelicaST @ Jan 27, 2009 - 10...   Jan 27, 2009 - 11:38 PM
- - whatthe   They are on now, i have mixed feeling about them.....   Jan 28, 2009 - 1:07 AM
- - Promasta   looks good so you went with 225/45/17? wow that do...   Jan 28, 2009 - 2:23 AM
- - whatthe   no rubbing what so ever, yeh i know it needs to ge...   Jan 28, 2009 - 3:17 AM
- - whatthe   Vincent_doggys interior stuff installed. Looking m...   Feb 18, 2009 - 9:35 PM
- - trdproven   U def need the trd knob.   Feb 18, 2009 - 9:56 PM
- - whatthe   Yeh im going to buy one now, after i just broke my...   Feb 18, 2009 - 9:58 PM
- - Euphoria   you have the modding bug worse than celicazr haha,...   Feb 18, 2009 - 10:58 PM
- - trdproven   I recall someone selling theirs here for 50 bucks ...   Feb 19, 2009 - 12:06 AM
- - whatthe   Yeh its sold already....   Feb 19, 2009 - 12:07 AM
- - trdproven   EBAYYY   Feb 19, 2009 - 1:01 AM
- - stetsonaw   yeah, that was an extra i came across... looks go...   Feb 19, 2009 - 9:08 AM
- - whatthe   Cusco Rear Strut Bar Type OS Fitted, thank to the ...   Feb 24, 2009 - 1:39 AM
- - trdproven   what much difference did it make?   Feb 24, 2009 - 6:10 AM
- - ImportChick95   So far, I love everything you've done to your ...   Feb 25, 2009 - 12:50 AM
- - relyks95gt   you are in dire need of a drop!!!   Feb 25, 2009 - 1:04 AM
- - CelicaZR   Nice rear strut brace I think I've the same ...   Feb 25, 2009 - 7:23 AM
- - NGHTKD   you selling the rims you just bought?!?!?...   Feb 25, 2009 - 11:37 AM
- - Rusty   I got bulbs with mine whatthe (i followed your lin...   Feb 26, 2009 - 12:26 AM
|- - whatthe   QUOTE (Rusty @ Feb 26, 2009 - 4:26 P...   Feb 26, 2009 - 12:34 AM
- - delusionz   White Celica FTW.   Feb 26, 2009 - 1:01 AM
- - whatthe   And projectors   Jun 28, 2009 - 9:00 AM
- - Euphoria   very nice, looks like im gonna be the only 6 gen o...   Jun 28, 2009 - 11:34 AM
- - freddy121389   after all that work on your celica, you'd just...   Jun 30, 2009 - 3:04 AM
- - whatthe   Who said anything about selling my baby? Hehe keep...   Jun 30, 2009 - 3:19 AM
- - whatthe   This isnt really an update, but since im bored her...   Jul 11, 2009 - 8:18 AM
|- - garin   you should buy some ksport coilovers i hear they a...   Jul 11, 2009 - 12:11 PM
|- - trdproven   QUOTE (garin @ Jul 12, 2009 - 3:11 A...   Jul 20, 2009 - 8:04 PM
|- - Tigawoods   QUOTE (trdproven @ Jul 20, 2009 - 9...   Jul 22, 2009 - 8:37 AM
- - Rusty   pics of the projectors installed?? any chance of ...   Jul 12, 2009 - 12:33 AM
- - whatthe   Yeh Rusty projectors wont be on as you will find o...   Jul 12, 2009 - 11:33 PM
- - 808celica   nice stock tires   Jul 13, 2009 - 2:15 AM
- - Shigexile   coming along great!   Jul 13, 2009 - 4:41 PM
- - whatthe   And more goodies have arrived. Thanks to darthri...   Jul 19, 2009 - 10:29 PM
- - Euphoria   seriously does ALL your money just go straight to ...   Jul 19, 2009 - 11:36 PM
- - Malek   Agreed^ but the intake filter is right next to the...   Jul 19, 2009 - 11:57 PM
- - whatthe   The pod filter is actually routed under the batter...   Jul 20, 2009 - 7:39 AM
- - darthripley   the door sills are a nice touch - glad you are ple...   Jul 21, 2009 - 7:32 PM
- - whatthe   More jdm parts on my car. A pair of window visors....   Jul 28, 2009 - 10:47 PM
- - SwissFerdi   Holy crap, where do you get all this crazy cash fl...   Jul 28, 2009 - 10:52 PM
|- - whatthe   QUOTE (SwissFerdi @ Jul 29, 2009 - 1...   Jul 28, 2009 - 10:57 PM
- - Rusty   what do the 2 seat adjusters do? (I only have one ...   Jul 29, 2009 - 1:54 AM
- - delusionz   The other adjuster tilts the backrest and remember...   Jul 29, 2009 - 5:07 AM
- - delusionz   The door sills are a very nice touch.. I got them ...   Jul 29, 2009 - 5:21 AM
- - whatthe   Some touch up paint on the tyres, done one side at...   Aug 5, 2009 - 6:12 AM
- - Nartanian   Very very nice job I think. Now all you need is a ...   Aug 5, 2009 - 9:39 AM
- - SwissFerdi   It goes against some things in my head, but I LIKE...   Aug 5, 2009 - 4:06 PM
- - whatthe   Bought this tyre pen specifically made for dressin...   Aug 6, 2009 - 1:53 AM
- - Tigawoods   i like the look! i might try that for a day or...   Aug 6, 2009 - 12:57 PM
- - delusionz   Looks like a racing car   Aug 6, 2009 - 4:32 PM
- - whatthe   Just won a bidding for this package. I really cant...   Sep 13, 2009 - 1:54 AM
- - johnnehh   I can't wait! That's going to look AMA...   Sep 13, 2009 - 2:48 AM
- - BonzaiCelica   dang that bumper and everything that came along wi...   Sep 13, 2009 - 5:03 AM
- - MrAyasli   Woah ! Your celica's looking nice. + from...   Sep 13, 2009 - 8:19 AM
- - NGHTKD   i can get that lip for AU250 imported. but i guess...   Sep 13, 2009 - 9:32 AM
- - Rusty   Some local guy was selling the SS-III kit front re...   Sep 14, 2009 - 12:32 AM
|- - whatthe   QUOTE (Rusty @ Sep 14, 2009 - 3:32 P...   Sep 14, 2009 - 3:36 AM
- - MaskedMan   Wow it's looking really good!   Sep 14, 2009 - 4:23 AM
- - whatthe   In progress, going to finish it off tomorrow !   Sep 26, 2009 - 2:54 AM
- - whatthe   Bumpers back on, need to go out for lunch. Only ne...   Sep 26, 2009 - 7:43 PM
- - delusionz   Nice looking bits!!! <3 your bonne...   Sep 26, 2009 - 9:58 PM
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