Well, very long overdue but I figured I'd start this thread so I'm not posting everywhere else.
but, I'll write more later. Just wanted to start the thread and that's pretty much it. !
stop by later for a big update.
lol.... cool story bro.
yup.
Pics pics pics
This.is.the.best.thread.EVAR.
I didn't have money so photoshop was my best friend. LOL
but alas, she stayed stock.
then finally, coughed up some dough for some JDM tails from Vincent Doggy. best mod ever I think.
got those first, and then scoped around on ebay and found the JDM roof spoiler not too long after.
before
after
I like it black, with the splitters, but I'm bias..for apparent reasons
LOL! yeah, that was a long time ago when I was just dreaming. but i've grown to love my green. I guess i'm biased too.
FEBUARY OF 2008
sad sad day.... I crashed my car...
there were no pics. I pushed it back into the deepest crevices of my mind.
Crash was not my fault. stupid walmart chick on her stupid cell phone backed right into me as i was leaving the parking lot.
wouldn't have been so bad if the airbags hadn't gone off and smash my frickn' windshield. I swear Toyota should've done something about that design???
but i was so stuck. I needed a car badly and the insurance gave me $5000 for the car. I really didn't have time to search for a car so I decided to just fix it. !! I kick myself for that. could've just bought a front clip and been swapped out by now. LOL oh well. bad timing is all.
drove my brothers' civic while they fixed it.
6/17/08
all fixed and
more goodies were purchased.
OEM sides
TOM's lip. SEXY!
oh yeah, also bought clear side markers and turn signals a while before this picture. just didn't take other pics til then.
9.28.08
I drove around with a white lip on for a while because the stupid people that painted my car didn't frickn' put primer on the bumper. drove around and it started to peel off bit by bit.
So I kept the lip on to hide the paint chips. I'd rather rock a white TOM'S lip than paint chips.
eventually went back to the shop and complained. they were like.. "oh, wasn't our fault. someone must've put some sorta chemical on it before we got it." TOTAL BS of course. I could see that no prep work was done. so i got a repaint for free
then i quit my job and focused on school for a while. so the mods stopped.
eventually i kicked myself into remembering that I had a lip and side skirts to paint. so i got on it
5.2.09
a little wavy but, hey not bad for my first time and being that i used spray can also, looks pretty damn good!
so here's some shots of it when i first put it on my car.
then my spray can got clogged up so I stopped. couldn't paint my sides.
also, this was the same time that I made some custom door sills.
forgot to add.
bought a 3rd brake light overlay.
cheep and effective. LOL
bought a new HKS style filter from ebay because my old one wasn't doing the job
and
bought a strut bar from ebay.
it wasn't the neon ones.
It was actually made for our cars but probably not enough support for it because I can't seem to find it anymore????
fits perfectly and is pretty sturdy too. works well. wish i had more info on it.
Hmm that break cover is something I've been looking for.
Debating if wanted to create it in the cursive type of celica writing. Being I need to de-badge my hatch, I still wanted it to be known it is a celica. Love it.
yeah, i remember trying to find it in cursive too but I just settled for that one. would be cool if you could make one.
UPDATE
Pissed at myself cuz I just messed up my fender. link here: http://www.6gc.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=81774&hl=
so....
to make myself feel better I'll put up my semester project I was working on at school.
I loved going to school just to do something I'd really love like taking photos of my cell.
so here is my magazine that I made featuring my cell. LOL
Front Cover:
Back Cover:
so there it is. I think that would be the big update that will bring this thread up to date finally. Another other incidences and upgrades shall be posted up here accordingly. Hopefully no more bad stuff to come. My cell won't look like that for a while. but it'll give me incentive to fix it up and make it even better.
12/19/11
stone vs celica.
stone wins
damage isn't bad because there's no dents just scratches. very deep scratches.
looks like it got mauled by a bear
and the lip?
I love the magazine type thing you made!
got another set of clear turns from mkernz22. thanks!
and another surprise will be on the way shortly as well...
what is it? stay posted to find out.
Nice Chee! I'm really liking the mag article.
This summer, you should make one about/at our meet
my "new" set of clears! thanks again mkernz22.
not gonna put them on yet. too lazy although weather has been beautiful in Wisconsin lately !!
and an even bigger surprise!
SAMSONITE?
do they make racing seats?? what could it be?
Is it amother box of angrybirds
RARE SAMSONITE CF KEVLAR DYNAMO ULTRA LIGHTWEIGHT RACING SEATS
WITH USB 2.0!!!
Woah, sexy pipe. You better take a sound clip, though it has been heard many times, its not the same on your own ride =)
give a try cleaning off more of that paint off of the canister.
I got alot off of the one side but I gave up on the other. (it is also the top side so it wont be viewable when installed)
i think i stated in my FS thread, but just to remind you. the hanger on the left, needs to be adjusted. it is too long giving the exhaust a little sag. Either bend it more, or cut and re-weld it, whichever is easier for you.
yes, i remember seeing that. I will make sure to fix it. thanks for reminding me.
BREAK
It's so sad to depart from my beloved glorious green celi.
I'm taking the next 5 months in Korea so I can't take it with me...
Everything is on hold 'til I come back.
I'll still be online probably just not as active.
bored so I'm posting up some old pics of stuff i never put up.
this was when i upgraded/painted my brakes
brakes were gonna be off so i decided to paint them while i was at it.
ATE PremiumOne Slotted Rotors & Akebono pads
DOCTOR, my celi's bleeding!
then did the drums as well.
my dad helping me put everything back together.
finished!
bought them off tirerack
http://www.tirerack.com/brakes/brakes.jsp?model=PremiumOne+Slotted+Rotor&make=ATE
they work just like slotted rotors. I like the look of them and they work alright.
a little bit of an OE upgrade but not incredible come to a full stop in .01 sec power
but for my 7a, don't need much i guess
Brakes look great, Cheela!
Great looking car! Sorry to hear about your misfortunes here and there. I got a kick from your magazine though, was really cool.
ALSO:
i got bored, real bored and well, the spray can was sitting there.... and i wasn't gonna paint anymore calipers or anything so......
BEFORE:
MASK MASK MASK:
SPRAAAAYYY:
UNMASK:
PUT BACK TOGETHER:
BAM!!!!!!
Nice! I should paint mine one of these days.
I like it!
my mess of car parts waiting for me at home when I return. lol, it's gonna be fun.
just got the best out-of-country buy of the year.
7th gen GTS rims!
awwwww yeeeeeaaaahhhhh!
Nice man, I love the 7th gen GTS rims on our cars
yeah, got a great deal on them too. can't wait to come back and put them on!
That'll look good for sure.
soon.........
I like it!
Someone needs rear splitters lol
Rims will look great tho
SS-III will flow with the rest of the body kit.
TRD replica will bring the look of the car down towards the rear. Ie bring the weight of the rear down (when you look at it)
I have TRD rear and OEM sides, looks funny side-on.. Full TRD is definitely a good look
yeah i don't like how the ssiii look from the rear, but i like how it looks from the sides.
the TRDs look kinda weird from the side but they look awesome from the rear i think.
ah, decisions decisions. but that's ok. just minor stuff. maybe i'll get both and switch them on and off. LOL
I can't believe I haven't commented on this yet. what time are you coming back to install all those goodies =)
Beautiful car! This is my cars twin haha same color and year. Just got done swapping in some jdm tails and it makes such a big difference.
hahah cool! post some pics of your car! I wanna see! and ur in WI too. We should meet up sometime.
It looks like Christmas!!!!!! DO EET!
Haha I used to live in Green Bay, actually just moved up to St Paul. Hung out a couple times with Tao and his celica, really fast car. I think I actually pmed you awhile ago, I used to see your car every so often at tournaments and stuff.
more boredom
before:
maybe after:
thinking not red but maybe a redder orange
looks like the back of your lip is only primed
You mind photoshopping the stock rims gold? Sold my 5zigens, now I'm thinking about getting a set of gold rims for my car.
sorry photo bucket's been weird all day. finally got it up.
was thinking about doing bronze for mine too but I just feel too normal with that color.
I'm thinking like a brembo gold, my next set of rims will probably be that color. After I get my swap done I'll get some ssr professor sp1's in brembo gold
How about Copper.
Haven't had the time to admire your car in the daylight yet, every time I see it it's always dark out haha
back home update:
came home....
7th gen rims on. YES!
caliper ate my brake disc... NO!!!
so i took apart my front end to change broken headlight and etc. yay?...
also looking to replace my radiator soon.
and also Im broke.
how she sits right now:
Soo...... Your sending me that toms lip while its off the car right
Just have harry put it on my tap
Dude I just had a preminision of ur car, lol. Ever thought about goin with a "DESERTFOX STYLE" stance. Would look sick.
Mine too bro. That n the carbon creations rx7, lol
Joe stop posting porn
Dude this is the car that inspired me to build. I even pulled a few ideas from it. i.e 3 gauges in the dash, e-brake boot, n splitter.
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this thread seems a little dirtier now. heheheh
Im just glad to be of service cheela. That will be $20. breakin bread aint cheap sir, lol
ok guys I'm missing something
was replacing my radiator. got it out
took my fans off and this is what one of them looked like.
definitely missing something. is it just a big washer or did it get eaten up.
anyone have that washer or whatever it is lying around?
this was because i let some stupid shop do the repairs when i crashed a few years back.
this was also part of the the beautiful repair job.
YUP, that's a piece of wood used to hold my high beam in place.
not to mention that every single tab was broken and was basically held in place by the bumper only.
and yeah the radiator is leaking because of the shop as well. thats' why I have to replace it.
more sad news. this is what kept me from going to the midwest meet
but on a happier note, haven't posted pics of my 7th gen rims yet so while it's sitting:
well got a fan from the junkyard. also found a high beam with all tabs and tweeter covers but no tweeters
but now fan is bolted back on and radiator is in. gettin there.
at the junkyard there was a 94 GT hatch that I took the high bream off of. was still almost all there. let me know if anyone needs parts I might be able to go back and dig around. also was an ST as well, picked pretty well but who knows. and a crashed coupe. I'll go back and take some pics if u all want. but was glad? to see 6gcs in the junkyard for me. Around here, they're pretty rare at junkyards.
The new wheels look great!
thanks. hopefully I can get her outta the garage for a proper photoshoot.
almost ready for the road again with some new goodies...
I like it!
DROP THE HELL OUT OF HER CHEELA
working on it guys.
hopefully it'll happen soon.
so radiators in and working, brakes are fixed, high beams tinted.
but now my hood won't open. WTF! oh well i'll see what i can do.
alright, another good junkyard dive.
found 5 6gcs.
got a new hood latch assembly
also picked up some tweeters to go with my tweeter covers. I read that there is a wire there to just plug in right?
also, got the "TOYOTA CELICA" emblem off the rear as well as a GT key light ring, and a Toyota Security light for under your dash.
(these are extra parts so if anybody is interested shoot me a PM)
I'll most likely go back and dig for more treasure! hehehehe
there were a couple GTs there, with two post spoilers. gonna grab one for me soon.
sorry no pics...... yet.
Got some new mods on today.
clear door lens from a lexus
wrapped my headers
picked up a GT strut bar
AND the big decision!....
I'm leaving it on for now.
What you have, plus Euro risers. Anyway, looks nice.
Must be an ST thing.
I want the Euro risers too.
I want the doGGy half risers.
The black spoiler actually looks good, Cheela! Matches the roof spoiler.
I know, I specifically picked a black just so it blends in a little bit better. not too bad for a junkyard find. $20 lol
it was either that or this red one:
and I know we got a midwest two/three tone thing going on but I'm still a little shy.
What about the one on the top right of the page behing the red camero?
What about the one on the top right of the page behind the red camero?
don't think that's a celi over there.
Junk had them separated into imports and domestics.
Im sorry lol, I noticed that after I had posted. (Blond moment)
Did you drill new holes for the two post? Overall difficulty?
was excited to put it on and didn't wanna drill it until I got some body prepping materials ready so I just took off my 3post and cleaned the hatch as good as I could.
then used the little covers for the door cards to pop on top of the holes to cover it for now since I had a few extras. then some tape on the inside just to be safe. and then I just used the one bolt on each side that matched up with the 2 post and bolted it on.
the hatch already has a spot you can see where the other hole would need to be drilled so I don't think it would be too difficult but for now, I'm rolling ghetto style. took it on the highway a few times and it held up fine. no shaking, no rattle, no flying off my car and killing a nice family on the road so it's good for now.
CHEELA, I MISS YOU BUDDY ANY UPDATES!?!?!
hahaha itll be nice and warm over here in the east and youll still be thawing out
well since you came to check up on me, I figured I better get my butt in gear too so I recently bought some TRD rear spats. Waiting for it to arrive to I can throw them on since they were already painted green too. Hopefully it's a close color.
I like those clear lens for the courtesy light. Never understood the red lens...
Header wrap looks solid!
Not so sure on that rear visor...its looks off for some reason on your car...might be the coloring..
Edit: Annnd I just realized I reply'd and missing the most recent page...ah well.
Not sure if you still have it arranged that way, but please buy a proper tie-down for the battery. It's not fun when the battery shifts and as a result, the positive connection is compromised and hello, no power steering nor much brake response. See how that suits in the middle of a turn in traffic. Camry has a workable bolt and tie-down assembly, harvest from junkyard.
I have an extra battery tie down
Lookin good!
well got my TRD rears in and put them on this past weekend.
there were imperial jade mica green which wasn't too far off of my stock green so I threw them on and it looks pretty damn good.
now if only the weather would cooperate and stop being jack@zz I could wash my car and take some pics cuz that's all we care for. hahaha
well, an update I guess. not much but here's a pic of my TRD spats.
car looks much dirtier in person. hahaha
gawd! that exhaust looks tiny. I think it needs to go.
Sexy!
thanks! nowhere as sexy as yours but it's gettin there.
Very nice, and yes your right about that exhaust
I forgot which forum I asked you this but how'd you install it? Did you use the same holes for the mudflaps and used a self tapping screw and drilled it into the rear bumper? Did you remove the old strip of adhesive and replaced it with double sides tape?
Sorry for asking so many questions but I'm about to get my painted and out on.
-------sorry for the double post------
I thought so. I looked under my rear bumper and there were no holes besides the two holes all the way in the middle of the bumper but that's too far to reach for my splitters. I'll just bolt it in to the same holes as my mud flaps and use 3m double sided tape.
just a recent picture, nothing new. just driving and lovin' it.
wondering what to do next?
struts or exhaust?
Moar low, then exhaust.
GIMME BACK MY WHEELS!
Looks good but a drop would be nice for it, however with ****ty roads I can't blame you.
I NEVER scraped when dropped on my Eibach Sportlines. I barely scrape tucking wheels with my D2 Coilovers... the only thing that scrapes is my low hanging exhaust and sometimes the front splitters. You'll be fine with TRD's. Your roads can't be worse than upstate NY roads.
FULL tank of gas and my won't even move. hahahah!
broke the alternator adjusting/locking bolt/bracket while changing the belt. sheesh!
I should stop doing maintainence. ends up being more work than it should be.
Working on my car is always 1 step forward, 2 steps back, then 2 steps forward and one step back... depends on what I'm fixing, but it usually ends in rusty broken bolts and more repairs than I need to do.
ain't that the truth!
I don't even have rust to use as an excuse, but I hear you guys on that.
Well, got it all fixed up now.
been driving around for a while wingless, then decided to throw my euro riser blocks on.
(sorry for the sucky quality)
GTS RIMS!!!! I miss mine so much. I recommend you to never get rid of them. Sold mine and now I'm missing them. Lol. Your car looks much better with the gts rims.
LOL. yeah I know. I love them. I looked for mine for a long time. Trying to find a decent set without curb rash and whatnot. Most people use them for winter tires here so they suck. hahahah.
I think it matches my style that i'm going for. OEM/JDM stuff so it only makes sense that a set of OEM rims will match my car. I've never liked too many aftermarket rims and the ones I like are out of my current price range. hahaaha.
I bought 2 sets and picked the best 4 wheels.... then sold my second set for twice what I bought it for So total price for my 4 nice wheels was like $110 or something
yeah, I got mine for about $150. Had my sister and her bf go pick it up for me while I was in Korea. hahahaha. too good a deal to pass up and they were FLAWLESS with tires as well.
SMALL UPDATE FOR TODAY:
changed my oil finally after about 2 weeks being overdue but didn't drive it anyways. just sat in the garage.
also, change my brake pads to EBC Green Stuff and man!!! what a difference!!! they bite like crazy.
finally got the fog switch and relay put in.
hooked up my set of fogs to test and they work!
now just waiting on the second set of fog lights to come in since the first set broke in shipping... hopefully they will come through.
I'd like a set of 7gc GT-S wheels too
I've scraped on eibach sportlines, but its mainly entering a business where the curb high.
Splitters, yea. They are gunna get hit.
FL roads are horrible.
no, it was all plug and play. the control stalk just switches out with a few screws and then I just crawled under the driver's side and plugged in the relay. I already had the fuse for it strangely enough. but not sure for yours since yours is pre-facelift and I don't know if you have the wires for it as mine is all there.
Big things on the way.
took apart the front end. (sorry for the blurry picture)
put LEDs in side markers. got a couple more for the interior.
mounted my fog lights.
Love the car, just reread your whole thread
I am in the same boat, good new is im getting my rims today so shes gonna have a new look finally, plus waiting for myside skirts still
look what came in today!!
can't wait!
Nice... You put them on yet?
nah, it's got daily driver duty once again. Corolla's got electrical issues so sorting that out first and then racecar.
Off road use only, pffft.... I think you're the first to get the EZ Street series.
hahaha yeah "off road".
but I think a couple others have used them before. I'll let you guys know how they are once I put them in.
Everyone else I've seen has the orange Street series. Anyhow, let us know how your off road use only suspension works out.
Grey and red. Orange is k-sport
since I'm doing up the suspension and gonna have to take off my end links, I said what the hey and bought me some racing beat end links for the rear. I'll probably do ST185s for the fronts later.
NOW FEATURING MOAR LOWER!
needs MOAR
here's how she sits for now.
had to get a wash to get all that grease and "other" liquids off
Awesome. I approve
YES!!!!
I will work down to your level.
I think that is the perfect level of low how it is (y)
Just need some spacers and that elusive paint job
Looks good.
Looks Great Cheela congrats
Looks awesome! perfect height in my opinion
Looking good Chee La!
Awesome height! Looks good
now rear disc swap.
thanks guys!
and yeah Bitter, I've changed my drums once... after I said, the next time I need to do that, I'm ditching it for discs.
Loving the megans.
Something i've always wanted to do ever since i got my celica was tint my own windows.
Today I finally did it. Didn't turn out bad at all but that damn rear windshield if a b***h!
sides went on fine but got a little crease in the rear windshield.
Tint is 35% all around from Northerntint.com.
forgot to add that I put some 20mm spacers on before the last midwest meet.
sitting moar flush now but had to throw my stock GT rims back on because the tires on my 7th gens were done done DONE.
looks great!
so I sneezed and my seats flew out.
and I only found 20 cents, crumbs, and a hair tie. not enough for a 3sgte.
Could be enough for a manual conversion.
I'm sure I can rig up some shifter cables with the hair tie.
UPDATE:
so I took off my spoiler. sanded and primed the riser blocks. still have to sand and prime the spoiler. I've been rocking' it spoilerless for a while. kinda like it. hahaha
anyways, bigger update.
so a month ago, I found a great deal on something that I wanted to save and surprise the members at the midwest meet but ended up not being able to make it to that meet. been keeping it under lock for a while now and since I might have to throw the celi into hibernation soon, I might as well spill it.
found a full set of 7th gen cloth seats for sale by a newcelica member that was actually pretty close by and for a very good price of $150. they got some leather ones and threw those in so these were leftovers with no rails or anything. which.... wasn't a problem for me at all since I wasn't gonna need them anyways.
On to the pics!
side note... i really need to stop taking pics with my iPad. gotta get back to using an actual camera. hahaha
Need to clean these seats better..
previous owner had dogs. long haired.
Looks great! All you need is a 7th gen steering wheel to match.
With great power (coilovers), comes great responsibility (spiderman). Aesthetics may be top of mind, but from an engineering stand point....You may be slightly lower than your ideal roll center for the best possible handling. Either way...Great work, and looking great!
Cheela: What else is involved in installing 7 gen seats. does bolt match up? Mine is 96 ST.
haven't updated in a while but ask and you guys shall receive hahaha.
new steering wheel. 7th gen wheel + rav4 airbag combo.
now I got 6th gen on the outside and 7th gen on the inside.
out with the old
in with the new
Awesome! I always wanted to put the Rav4 Airbag on my Celica(haven't had any luck finding one in good condition though). Just looking at it from the pictures. It blends in quite nicely!
thanks! yeah it does. You should do it. It would look nice in your celi too. Seeing as yours is a 98 and already has a 3post wheel, shouldn't be hard at all. just keep an eye out on ebay. got my airbag for $70.
installed these:
took all day. don't ask...
but tightens up everything. cornering feels nice.
I think with this, the suspension should be set for now. (strut bars, coilovers, & endlinks)
don't think I'm gonna do sway bars as I like the ride to not be so harsh hahaha.
not quite caldina rims, but I swapped rims with the matrix. lol
looks funny but its a temporary setup until I can afford tires for my 7th gen rims.
matrix is gonna use my stockies as winter setup.
That's a funny looking Integra.
it's the vtech crew.
green one's an integra type-r
grey one's an civic hatch type-r
muahahahha
Them dubs.
hey it looks nice, with those links, in front or back? i tried ordering some roca for the front, and are recalled.
Did I miss it? Where did you get the endlinks?
Cool. Spanks!
5000k HIDs becuz I says so.
Can't see from all the glare! *walks into wall and falls down*
there isn't much room to fall down... I'll just squint my tiny asian eyes.
at least your car runs, mine, well, lol... thats some strong lighting
well it runs.... but I think the little 7a is finally going. getting some decent smoke on startup now. not sure if it's from moisture from just sitting or not.
haven't taken it out for a drive yet so we'll see how bright it is.
welp.... who's got 2 thumbs, 2 steering wheels, and... a broken clockspring??
this guy!!
Whoops.
Back to the junkyard you go...
that's what I was thinking but then Mai See told me to check my junk before I go back to the junk. lol.
So i looked through my spare parts and sure enough, had one laying around. we're all good.
lmao!
Ain't it nice when that works out?
MOAR JUSTIFICATION FTW!
sometimes you do dumb things. like ride on these awesome racing slicks.
these are back from when I just came back from Korea, graduated college and was broke and jobless.
Literally had $27 in my bank account. so plan for next summer is to get tires on these and put them back on my celi.
Holy crap, just a little overdue
not to mention the camber wear from when I first dropped it on coilovers.
luckily i didn't get to test them in the rain.
*uh oh, just dropped some money for something on ebay.
Tires by any chance?
so....... yeah... hehehe..
I like strip teases!
well, that's all you're gonna get for now.
i'm back at work so I'll unpack it tonight.
one more for now.
hopefully i'll be installing tonight.
mmmhhmmmm carbon! <3
Cant wait to see it on the car!
well.... this kinda sucks.. but I'm over it. contacted the seller, we'll see what he says. not much he can do I'm sure. if nothing then probably just throw a hood spoiler over it and call it a day or paint it.
tis but a flesh wound.
Looks like the box was damaged in shipping. Has a hole. Sometimes i dont accept packages like that.
yeah I wasn't home to take a look at it. it came around 1 or 2 and I was still at work.
Hate when that goes that way
Well got some good news at least.
The hood will now only cost me $200. The seller agreed on a partial refund since this was the last hood in stock.
Not a bad deal at all.
Perhaps could touch it up some so it's not blatantly obvious, at least you were able to get a sizeable refund.
yeah, might get a hood spoiler to cover it up or some vinyl.
all in all, not the worse thing to ever happen.
and I was quite surprised at the refund as well. I went in expecting the typical, "not my problem, call and blame the shipping company" response but this guy was pretty cool.
fitted and installed. the crack isn't too noticable. although the dirty bumper is. hahaha. if weather is good this weekend I'll pull her out and give her a good wash and actually get some real photos up.
Looking good with that CF hood!
The CF hood is so much more "subtle" on a dark colored car.
It looks awesome, despite the damage. Luckily its not super noticeable!
It's really subtle on a black or dark grey car.
thanks guys.
yeah it seems like the only carbon fiber hoods I see are on white, red, or black cars.
I'm glad it's subtle. all the little things I've done to my celi are a bit subtle (aside from the red drums, I was fresh outta high school at the time lol)
Can't wait to see it in the sun though. then we'll get a good look of how it blends in or not. ?
plans for 2016:
-tires
-exhaust
-spoiler
-rust
-paint
hopefully that will fix some of my mistakes from the past.
Tires should be like this: TIRES
What kind of an exhaust are you going to go with? I've been thinking about apexi ws2. I don't like the fart can sounding exhausts so that kinda eliminated 99%.
If you don't want your car to sound like a bumbled bee you'll want a muffler with baffles. So far I've liked Magnaflow's XL line, their only baffled muffler, as it's what my brother used on his 2.0T Genesis Coupe and the 5.9 Durango and both sound really good. The Genesis especially surprised me as it's deep and rumbly with no rasp at all, which I imagine the turbo helps out a little there in that regard. Flowmaster, FlowTech/Hooker, and Thrush/Dynomax are others that offer baffled mufflers.
I'll have to check out that xl line. The ws2 isn't cheap haha. It's 280ish for an axle back.
what headers do you have on?
pulled my celi out this weekend. just for a bit.
Did you polished and wax you Celica? Cause its looking good!
nope! it's literally been sitting in the garage all winter. crud and dust building up on it.
I literally just pulled it out and brushed off the crud.
the camera and weather just makes it look like that. it's pretty bad in person.
Jesus man, those tires. I'd have just GIVEN you my old noisy tires off the Celica if you'd wanted them. I gave Joe my old brakes for his Corolla :lol:. Every time I upgrade stuff I have little to no use for the old stuff, so it either just sits and collects dust or gets thrown out.
yeah i know. big NO NO. but fear not. the only driving they did was litereally less than 5 miles a day in town going 30 at most during the summer.
Those tires are fine...for hard parking.
got stuff.
Yay nice looking hood pins!
it'll only look nice if i don't mess it up. hahaha. measure twice. look it over. measure 3 times. double check. and.............. F*CK!!!!! hahaha
got tires put on my 7th gens and finally installed them back on the car yesterday. went with bridgestone potenza RE760. feels good to finally get these back on. now just need to paint that door and my spoiler.
Looks great man!!!
Still have my lip I see lol
Looking good as always man
Yay new rubber!
I have two lips!
Like your car
the lip is mine..
Cant believe how much of this thread Ive missed. OMG
haha yeah got some good progress made for a while there.
but it's slowed down a bit since I just bought a house so time and $$$ going towards that for now.
speaking of which. I don't think I've posted a pic of my garage/home in here yet.
Your car is such an attention whore getting in the way of all the pictures of your house.
Seriously though, congrats.
yeah... i know. wipers up and everything. hahaha.
but thank you. it's great having your own personal space to do whatever.
Looks a little drafty in the winter though.
yeah, that's my current project right now.
gonna try and board it up a little for this winter.
and maybe try and stuff my 2 celis in there.
it's probably the last nice day we're gonna have for a while so I took her out this weekend and did a quick photoshoot.
she's dirty from sitting in the barn but she don't care, she still looks good.
Can't tell if just really tall or used a ladder.
maybe I just have wings and can fly. Did you ever think of that? hahaha.
Then how would you fit into it to drive?
wings out, windows down??
Why do 7G stock wheels look better on your 6G than any 7G?
Maybe cause they contrast better than on the 7G? 7G is somewhat aggressive already so the wheels look normal on the car but on something older and less aggressive they 'pop'. Maybe.
that's true. also, 16's might have been a bit small for them when during that time regular cars were moving up to 17s and 18s for standard OEM rims already.
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