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post Apr 23, 2012 - 5:58 PM
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Hello 6GC'ers,

So here it is, my project thread, or more like a details thread because I don't think it will be evolving very quickly tongue.gif

Getting my Celica:

I decided about 2 years ago that I wanted to get a Celica for my first car (I am 17 now). I was originally looking at '93 model 5th Gen Celica manual Liftback (All lift back 5th and 6th gen Celicas in Aus have the 5S-FE), but once I started saving up a but more I decided to go for a 6GC. I liked the exterior styling of a nice clean 5th gen (has to be the update model though), but I was drawn to the 6th gens for the increased safety features, tighter turning circle, and their much nicer interior. It was also much easier to find them in good condition with low mileage. And I am now completely hooked on 6GC's wink.gif

So I was on the hunt for a '96-99 model ZR Celica (This is the top-spec model in Australia, equiv. to the GT/GT-S) manual with less than 180,000kms. My preference was red, and i wanted a sunroof, but I wasn't ruling anything out.

After searching regularly for a number of months, I came to the conclusion that it was going to be very difficult to find what I wanted in my budget near me. The ONLY car that I found in my state that suited my requirements was from a dealer and felt very untidy when I test drove it, lots of rattles etc. it felt like it had been thrashed... A theory supported when I found a fire extinguisher in the passenger footwell and receipts for heavy duty shocks and coils. Very disappointingly, this was not the car for me.

I kept searching and eventually found 'the one'. A Completely stock standard Silver 1997 model Toyota Celica ZR Manual, in excellent condition, with only 140,000kms (about 87,000 miles). Optional features included being the Factory Sunroof, Air con, Tinting and an Aftermarket Alarm upgrade (update: which I have now found out doesn't work tongue.gif).

It was initially too expensive for me. I kept looking at it every day, wishing that I could afford it... And 'if only' it was $1000 cheaper.... But then one day they dropped the price by $800, and I was on the phone immediately.

The problem was, it was in a dealership in Melbourne, AUS, just under 2000kms away from me. Because of the demand for cars out of Melbourne, it was too expensive to ship, so I had to organize to fly down and drive it back myself (an entire 2 weeks after I got my license).

After a very long process of organisation and the minor inconvenience of them selling the car to somebody else when I was organizing a mechanic inspection, it was mine XD

Here it is:
















The Future:

I have always been very much a fan of the stock look on Celicas (with all of the factory goodies installed of course!), so I do not have any extravagant plans..... And since purchasing my car I am now a broke uni student tongue.gif

But I am planning a few small things:

Aftermarket head unit for iPod integration.
JDM Clear Side Indicators
Spree LED dash kit + possibly everything else as well tongue.gif

I also have a few different ideas about less common mods to do, but they will require a lot of thought and probably some forum threads wink.gif

But you never know, if I keep reading all of you guys project builds I might eventually get a proper mod bug tongue.gif

I will keep updating this thread when I do anything, but I don't imagine I will be moving terribly quickly.

This post has been edited by JoshuaM: Sep 6, 2015 - 11:20 AM


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SOLD :( 1997 ST204 Celica ZR -----> See it here on 6GC!
2013 October Celica of the Month XD
Now: '00 NB8B Mazda MX5 -----> See it here in off topic!

Posts in this topic
- JoshuaM   JoshuaM's '97 Celica ZR   Apr 23, 2012 - 5:58 PM
- - SwissFerdi   The mod bug will bite. Beware. Congratulations, a...   Apr 23, 2012 - 6:51 PM
- - RabidTRD   Good! Stick with the OEM look! Nice to ...   Apr 23, 2012 - 7:22 PM
- - Box   Welcome, nice car!   Apr 23, 2012 - 8:06 PM
- - CelicaZR   Welcome mate shes a beauty   Apr 23, 2012 - 8:32 PM
- - JoshuaM   Thank you everybody for your kind words QUOTE LM...   Apr 27, 2012 - 6:46 AM
- - SwissFerdi   Nice. A new receiver always feels good.   Apr 27, 2012 - 8:55 AM
|- - JoshuaM   QUOTE (SwissFerdi @ Apr 27, 2012 - 8...   Apr 27, 2012 - 6:33 PM
- - RabidTRD   Yes they are. They're more defined too... the ...   Apr 27, 2012 - 10:30 PM
- - JohanFer   Hey, what did you do with the old OEM stereo?   Apr 28, 2012 - 1:48 AM
- - Euphoria   LOL this thread makes me laugh, I had a celica and...   Apr 28, 2012 - 10:30 AM
|- - JoshuaM   QUOTE Hey, What did you do with the old OEM stereo...   Apr 28, 2012 - 5:36 PM
- - Tigawoods   the new headunit looks good! i agree with the...   Apr 28, 2012 - 10:01 PM
- - Euphoria   Yeah they are good cars, my main problems in 3 yea...   Apr 28, 2012 - 11:22 PM
- - JoshuaM   Wow... This is now almost like a year in review...   Feb 20, 2013 - 7:55 AM
- - JoshuaM   Oh, and I forgot to mention the personalised numbe...   Feb 20, 2013 - 8:00 AM
- - RabidTRD   $33 on eBay. $80 http://www.ebay.co...   Feb 20, 2013 - 7:09 PM
- - JoshuaM   I know I CAN get them... I just find it hard to ju...   Feb 21, 2013 - 12:56 AM
- - JoshuaM   HALP! I am having trouble deciding what I sh...   Feb 23, 2013 - 2:52 AM
- - Tigawoods   it sounds like youll be better off with the 7th ge...   Feb 23, 2013 - 7:53 AM
|- - JoshuaM   QUOTE (Tigawoods @ Feb 23, 2013 - 7...   Feb 23, 2013 - 6:21 PM
- - Tigawoods   just use the 7th gen rims to hold you over for now   Feb 24, 2013 - 12:06 PM
- - Malek   Man, that Celi is clean! I wouldn't thro...   Feb 24, 2013 - 12:18 PM
- - SwissFerdi   ^ Formerly had that combination, nice indeed but t...   Feb 24, 2013 - 12:53 PM
- - JoshuaM   QUOTE (Tigawoods @ Feb 24, 2013 - 12...   Feb 24, 2013 - 6:31 PM
- - JoshuaM   They arrived Now just need to wait for the rai...   Mar 6, 2013 - 2:30 AM
- - JoshuaM   All installed that has to be quite simply THE eas...   Mar 7, 2013 - 4:32 AM
- - JoshuaM   Real news... NEW WHEELS!!! Set of 4 1...   Mar 10, 2013 - 10:11 PM
- - richee3   Your dad has it pretty good if the worst thing he ...   Mar 10, 2013 - 10:15 PM
- - Timmyface   LOL, the first thing i seen was the photo at a gla...   Mar 11, 2013 - 6:46 AM
- - JoshuaM   QUOTE (richee3 @ Mar 10, 2013 - 10:1...   Mar 11, 2013 - 10:10 AM
- - JoshuaM   Another very minor update; new shift boot. eBay jo...   Mar 18, 2013 - 8:13 PM
- - JoshuaM   Well I was going to wait to wash and get good pics...   Mar 24, 2013 - 10:05 PM
- - JoshuaM   I came accross a couple of old images that I didn...   Mar 31, 2013 - 5:02 AM
- - SwissFerdi   Lucerne is alpine, I suppose, but the only factory...   Mar 31, 2013 - 4:13 PM
|- - JoshuaM   QUOTE (SwissFerdi @ Mar 31, 2013 - 4...   Mar 31, 2013 - 6:04 PM
- - JoshuaM   Guess what time it is…. PHOTO TIME!!! ...   Apr 2, 2013 - 5:00 AM
- - CelicaZR   I hope you got some jdm projectors on order   Apr 2, 2013 - 8:52 PM
|- - JoshuaM   QUOTE (CelicaZR @ Apr 2, 2013 - 9:52...   Apr 2, 2013 - 10:41 PM
- - Rusty   looks tidy/clean well done   Apr 2, 2013 - 10:41 PM
- - sr666   Heya mate car's looking sweet If I were thin...   Apr 5, 2013 - 7:27 PM
- - cheela   That's a very clean looking celi. Keep up the ...   Apr 5, 2013 - 8:12 PM
- - JoshuaM   QUOTE (sr666 @ Apr 5, 2013 - 7:27 PM...   Apr 5, 2013 - 8:47 PM
- - sr666   Ok mate I'll keep an eye open for you There...   Apr 5, 2013 - 10:43 PM
|- - JoshuaM   QUOTE (sr666 @ Apr 5, 2013 - 10:43 P...   Apr 5, 2013 - 10:59 PM
- - Payne   Love your celica man it's so clean! I...   Apr 28, 2013 - 5:37 AM
|- - JoshuaM   QUOTE (Payne @ Apr 28, 2013 - 5:37 A...   Apr 28, 2013 - 6:06 AM
|- - Payne   QUOTE (JoshuaM @ Apr 28, 2013 - 6:06...   Apr 28, 2013 - 6:15 AM
- - The_enD   Nice Celica   Apr 28, 2013 - 6:03 AM
- - JoshuaM   Sooo, little update... My TRD splitters arrived ab...   May 1, 2013 - 6:51 AM
|- - SwissFerdi   QUOTE (JoshuaM @ May 1, 2013 - 7:51 ...   May 1, 2013 - 7:23 AM
- - rentaspace   I got those exact same side markers from eBay a wh...   May 1, 2013 - 7:10 AM
|- - JoshuaM   QUOTE (rentaspace @ May 1, 2013 - 8...   May 1, 2013 - 7:14 AM
|- - rentaspace   QUOTE (JoshuaM @ May 1, 2013 - 7:14 ...   May 1, 2013 - 7:18 AM
- - JoshuaM   QUOTE (rentaspace @ May 1, 2013 - 7...   May 1, 2013 - 8:05 AM
|- - rentaspace   QUOTE (JoshuaM @ May 1, 2013 - 9:05 ...   May 1, 2013 - 8:11 AM
|- - JoshuaM   QUOTE (rentaspace @ May 1, 2013 - 9...   May 1, 2013 - 4:28 PM
|- - rentaspace   QUOTE ^^^ Nah mate, although it would look better ...   May 1, 2013 - 7:42 PM
- - sr666   looks much better now mate just need them fronts o...   May 2, 2013 - 9:36 AM
- - cheela   looking real good now. what are you planning for t...   May 2, 2013 - 10:03 AM
- - JoshuaM   QUOTE (rentaspace @ May 1, 2013 - 8...   May 2, 2013 - 6:37 PM
|- - rentaspace   QUOTE (JoshuaM @ May 2, 2013 - 7:37 ...   May 4, 2013 - 1:14 AM
- - sr666   Ccuk and respected in the same sentence? That...   May 2, 2013 - 8:39 PM
- - whatthe   Looking really good man   May 2, 2013 - 9:05 PM
- - JoshuaM   QUOTE (sr666 @ May 2, 2013 - 9:39 PM...   May 4, 2013 - 8:56 PM
|- - rentaspace   QUOTE (JoshuaM @ May 4, 2013 - 2:14 ...   May 4, 2013 - 11:16 PM
|- - ILoveMySilly97   QUOTE (JoshuaM @ May 4, 2013 - 6:56 ...   Jun 14, 2013 - 1:50 PM
- - RabidTRD   That's not slammed lol. That's the kind of...   May 4, 2013 - 10:47 PM
|- - JoshuaM   QUOTE (RabidTRD @ May 4, 2013 - 11:4...   May 4, 2013 - 11:17 PM
|- - rentaspace   QUOTE (JoshuaM @ May 5, 2013 - 12:17...   May 4, 2013 - 11:27 PM
- - cheela   hahahah OMG! that's horrible. I had someth...   Jun 4, 2013 - 2:44 PM
- - Euphoria   Love the stock oem look! Considering its so cl...   Jun 14, 2013 - 1:22 AM
|- - JoshuaM   QUOTE (Euphoria @ Jun 14, 2013 - 1:2...   Jun 14, 2013 - 8:08 AM
- - JoshuaM   So it has been a little while since I have updated...   Jun 27, 2013 - 10:00 AM
- - Box   File a claim through eBay, and do it now. You sho...   Jun 27, 2013 - 1:59 PM
|- - rentaspace   QUOTE (Box @ Jun 27, 2013 - 2:59 PM)...   Jun 27, 2013 - 9:57 PM
- - JoshuaM   Yeah, 3 of the lights were packed really well, but...   Jun 27, 2013 - 4:22 PM
- - Box   People just don't know how to pack. When I pa...   Jun 27, 2013 - 10:07 PM
|- - rentaspace   QUOTE (Box @ Jun 27, 2013 - 11:07 PM...   Jun 27, 2013 - 11:21 PM
- - Box   That's why you instead mark them with "CA...   Jun 27, 2013 - 11:51 PM
|- - rentaspace   QUOTE (Box @ Jun 28, 2013 - 12:51 AM...   Jun 28, 2013 - 12:08 AM
|- - Box   QUOTE (rentaspace @ Jun 28, 2013 - 12...   Jun 28, 2013 - 1:29 AM
|- - rentaspace   QUOTE (Box @ Jun 28, 2013 - 1:29 AM)...   Jun 28, 2013 - 6:53 AM
|- - SwissFerdi   QUOTE (Box @ Jun 28, 2013 - 2:29 AM)...   Jun 28, 2013 - 7:38 AM
- - JoshuaM   Now now guys I told him that I would be opening ...   Jul 1, 2013 - 9:06 AM
- - Box   Be careful, he may just be stalling to get past th...   Jul 1, 2013 - 3:50 PM
|- - JoshuaM   QUOTE (Box @ Jul 1, 2013 - 3:50 PM) ...   Jul 1, 2013 - 6:47 PM
- - JoshuaM   Wheel Alignment So last year when registering the...   Jul 18, 2013 - 9:27 AM
- - The_enD   Looking good, time for some HIDs now.   Jul 18, 2013 - 9:36 AM
- - cheela   damn that looks good!   Jul 18, 2013 - 10:25 AM
- - ILoveMySilly97   Everytime I see your car. It makes me miss how min...   Jul 18, 2013 - 2:10 PM
- - Box   Could you post any more pictures?   Jul 18, 2013 - 5:38 PM
- - richee3   Nice update, Josh.   Jul 18, 2013 - 6:08 PM
- - JoshuaM   QUOTE (The_enD @ Jul 18, 2013 - 10:3...   Jul 18, 2013 - 9:01 PM
- - ILoveMySilly97   Should just buy the splitter and paint it yourself...   Jul 19, 2013 - 4:19 AM
|- - JoshuaM   QUOTE (ILoveMySilly97 @ Jul 19, 2013 - 5...   Jul 19, 2013 - 4:51 AM
- - SwissFerdi   $100? I was thinking along the lines of a ...   Jul 19, 2013 - 6:54 AM
- - JoshuaM   Serious? I'll have a look at what's availa...   Jul 19, 2013 - 7:32 AM
- - Box   I think DupliColor may actually make your colour i...   Jul 19, 2013 - 12:31 PM
- - JoshuaM   I'm afraid your argument is irrelephant!...   Jul 19, 2013 - 4:49 PM
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