95 Celica GT "Castrol" Project, Page 14. Interior Project. Options

[SwissFerdi]

I just tried to find the ones I bought on ebay...seems they don't make them anymore.

[CastrolCelica]

I just tried to find the ones I bought on ebay...seems they don't make them anymore.

I thought Best Buy carried these things. Then again, I have no idea what I'm talking about lol as I dont know what I need to do anyway.

I have the tweeter/fronts and backs with a new head unit. That's all I know. I think the head unit comes with some mounting thingy as it was already in a car once. Is there no way to mount the new speakers as is, even if they're the same size as the old ones?

[richee3]

The rear speakers, yes. The front speakers, not really. They are 6.5" speakers in an 8" hole. You have to make new brackets to hold new 6.5" front speakers.

[CastrolCelica]

The rear speakers, yes. The front speakers, not really. They are 6.5" speakers in an 8" hole. You have to make new brackets to hold new 6.5" front speakers.

So is there a work around?

[96stgreendemon]

i will have to check this out, if there is no bracket you should be able to modify the orginal bracket

[SwissFerdi]

So is there a work around?

Yes, I bought brackets on ebay, specifically made to fit 6.5" speakers on a Celica. I looked for you this afternoon, couldn't find them.

You can separate the metal bracket from the speaker upfront, but you'd have to use a torch to do that.

This post has been edited by SwissFerdi: Nov 19, 2009 - 7:42 PM

[richee3]

i will have to check this out, if there is no bracket you should be able to modify the orginal bracket

Kinda... but not really. It's not exactly a bracket. It's more of just the entire speaker. I don't have my old front speakers anymore or I'd get a picture of them for you. To modify the original bracket, you'd have to cut out the original speaker and remove any glue, then your new speaker would still be too big for the hole. It's just more effort than it's worth. It's much, much easier to make a new bracket. Took me all of 5 minutes to make both.

Castrol, the workaround is to make a new bracket for the speakers, or some members on here have replaced their speakers with 8" speakers to fill the 8" hole.

[CastrolCelica]

Do you think we could make a new bracket easily, Kyle?

[96stgreendemon]

uh not 100% sure, just depends on how the bracket is made and all that. like i had said before i never replaced the front i just know how to get to them lol, uh i dont have a battery powered jig saw either

[windowlicker]

where'd you get your graphics and how much were they if you don't mind me asking? i've been thinking about doing the same thing, but do all the graphics in black to go on my black car. sounds weird, but i like the idea of people noticing it when they're close up, but not really from a distance. also when i get it dirty its way easier to see with the dust i pick up from rallyx events.

[CastrolCelica]

where'd you get your graphics and how much were they if you don't mind me asking? i've been thinking about doing the same thing, but do all the graphics in black to go on my black car. sounds weird, but i like the idea of people noticing it when they're close up, but not really from a distance. also when i get it dirty its way easier to see with the dust i pick up from rallyx events.

I got them online, but he doesn't do anything custom.. it's just the Castrol logos. They're expensive. It was, with shipping, over $350 I think. However, you can go to most body shop places, show them what you want, and they can make custom ones for you. I like your idea a lot and I think it could be really cool. Btw, shoot me a PM sometime about the rallyx stuff.

If you want, I have a chart of all my logos (well.. most), where they are in relation to the car, and what they look like if that would help you. I'll have to find a way to scan it, but it would help if you took that to a graphics guy and just said you wanted that but in black. The only things missing from the chart are the graphics on the front bumper, rear bumper, and the roll call on the side of the door (all of which I can tell you what they are, and their sizes)... I'll have to take another look at it to double check though.

Btw, nice avatar. I love deadmou5.

This post has been edited by CastrolCelica: Nov 20, 2009 - 2:36 AM

[Nial]

where'd you get your graphics and how much were they if you don't mind me asking? i've been thinking about doing the same thing, but do all the graphics in black to go on my black car. sounds weird, but i like the idea of people noticing it when they're close up, but not really from a distance. also when i get it dirty its way easier to see with the dust i pick up from rallyx events.

Go to www.skewer.co.uk and talk to Mook...he`ll do anything you want with spot on accuracy with the graphics...quality is second to non with non of the usual mistakes that graphics companies make when puting together Castrol sticker kits

[CastrolCelica]

where'd you get your graphics and how much were they if you don't mind me asking? i've been thinking about doing the same thing, but do all the graphics in black to go on my black car. sounds weird, but i like the idea of people noticing it when they're close up, but not really from a distance. also when i get it dirty its way easier to see with the dust i pick up from rallyx events.

Go to www.skewer.co.uk and talk to Mook...he`ll do anything you want with spot on accuracy with the graphics...quality is second to non with non of the usual mistakes that graphics companies make when puting together Castrol sticker kits

I doubt it. I tried to get specific parts of the Castrol kit from him before and he couldn't do it. I doubt he'd do the kit in black then, but an email will never hurt.

[Nial]

where'd you get your graphics and how much were they if you don't mind me asking? i've been thinking about doing the same thing, but do all the graphics in black to go on my black car. sounds weird, but i like the idea of people noticing it when they're close up, but not really from a distance. also when i get it dirty its way easier to see with the dust i pick up from rallyx events.

Go to www.skewer.co.uk and talk to Mook...he`ll do anything you want with spot on accuracy with the graphics...quality is second to non with non of the usual mistakes that graphics companies make when puting together Castrol sticker kits

I doubt it. I tried to get specific parts of the Castrol kit from him before and he couldn't do it. I doubt he'd do the kit in black then, but an email will never hurt.

I know Mook...he has just made me a specific one off kit without question.......I have seen the Castrol kit in black, silver, white etc all from Skewer so I know it can be done.

[CastrolCelica]

where'd you get your graphics and how much were they if you don't mind me asking? i've been thinking about doing the same thing, but do all the graphics in black to go on my black car. sounds weird, but i like the idea of people noticing it when they're close up, but not really from a distance. also when i get it dirty its way easier to see with the dust i pick up from rallyx events.

Go to www.skewer.co.uk and talk to Mook...he`ll do anything you want with spot on accuracy with the graphics...quality is second to non with non of the usual mistakes that graphics companies make when puting together Castrol sticker kits

I doubt it. I tried to get specific parts of the Castrol kit from him before and he couldn't do it. I doubt he'd do the kit in black then, but an email will never hurt.

I know Mook...he has just made me a specific one off kit without question.......I have seen the Castrol kit in black, silver, white etc all from Skewer so I know it can be done.

Lol ok, well then he doesn't like me then haha.

Anywho, got some fun updates. I'll be getting some fog light covers from Vincent here to cover the two non-fog filled holes in my bumper. Also, I'll be getting that set of GT-Four stickers I needed.

Mudflaps should be in.. well I hope.. any day now. I'll be sure to post pics as soon as they come in.

[Nial]

I`ll give him a kick for you and tell him to stop being so mean

[windowlicker]

what mudflaps did you go with?

[96stgreendemon]

I literally just took my covers off when I installed my fogs tonight

[CastrolCelica]

Ok guys, I have some updates. First off, I'd like to thank Aerl, Kyle and Ben for their help with my speakers. If it wasn't for them, I wouldn't have my Apline speakers in.

Now.. I have one simple rule.

ALWAYS BELIEVE RUDE BEST BUY EMPLOYEES...but don't pay their prices.



Long story short, we weren't able to get the new head stereo unit in because we didn't have the appropriate wiring harness. We bought two, and each seemed wrong. One fit the stereo but plugged into an amp which we thought didn't exist, and the other had the ends we thought we needed but didn't fit the stereo.

So today, I decide to look at the car with fresh eyes. I take off the trim and look at what we thought was the ECU yesterday, and realized the only batch of wires coming in OR out was the very wiring harness we were looking for. Yes.... this was an amp. READING ALSO HELPS! haha. The ECU can be spotted about 2 feet deeper in the car's dash.

SO, I got the wire I once bought after returning another I had bought, and started hooking up the new stereo. Here is my progress at that point. The stereo works:



Now, I have a deeper problem. The trim still doesn't fit. I use a dremel and a drum sanding bit and make the hole a bit larger and make the rounded corners in the top area more angular to fit the new head unit. I put velcro on the underside and topside of the stereo to block out any dash LED light that could come through, and test fitted it. It still didn't go through. After looking at it over and over, I realized that these little tabs on the side of the head unit were catching on the trim. I dremeled these off, and walla, it fit! I put the trim back on the car and everything fit. I took a piece of spare black ABS plastic that I had from a previous costume in a volunteer group I'm apart of (the 501st) and trimmed it to fit the hole under the head unit. It's now glued to the back of the trim. I did this because the old bin didn't fit.

I took the stereo back out, and fit the GPS antenna in the car near the top of the dash for the best signal. It's not strong enough to work from under a garage, but once you pull out, it works... which is awesome . Free GPS! Woot!

The DVD player function works as does the radio.... now for the auxiliary wire for the iPhone/iPod support. My kit came with two chords and I tried the first. I soon realized that I only got sound on the left side of my car. I looked at the other chord and saw it had two ridges (for stereo).. and the one coming out of my car... had one (mono sound).

Sigh.....

I took off the trim .. again.. and put the new chord in. I re-taped the excess chord together with electrical tape and put the trim back on. NOW everything works, with stereo sound . Btw, in case you didn't see what I did, the auxiliary chord is coming from the stereo through the little storage bin in the dash. I drilled the hole in the top of the holder so the wire wouldn't want to fall out and so you couldn't see light come in from the LEDs behind the dash. I rewired everything and turned the car on... smoke started coming from the dash.. but not the stereo (whew!). It was fortunately only the cigarette lighter. It seemed the filament shifted and started burning against the side of the lighter wall. I threw this away, counted my blessings, and put the trim back on with everything functional now .


I'm left with this!:







This post has been edited by CastrolCelica: Nov 23, 2009 - 12:11 PM

[SwissFerdi]

Very very nice man. What was the trouble you had with your speakers, I'm guessing the mounting adapters? Mine were pretty easy to do. Which Alpines do you have?