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Hello 6GC,

*EDIT*

So...after doing what I did, and learning more about a 6GC, I realized that I wanted a 96+; LE or Anniversary preferred. I just really love the face lift that it got, especially the fog lights! After saving up a little more money and doing some searching, I found one just a six hour drive away. I stole the projector lights from my '94 and happened to realize that the shifter in the '94 was actually a TRD Quickshifter (I thought the previous owner just bought the shift knob). I also took a couple of the rear interior trimming as some were in better shape. I'm in the process of replacing all the plastic fasteners and bolt coverings as I am a little OCD about those kinds of things.

My newly used '97 previously had a little guardrail incident and got a little fender damage on the passenger side, and also lost her sidemarker. I wanted to replace the fender with one of the two sets of fiberglass fenders that I own, but I realized that I liked the OEM look a lot better. Here are some pictures of some progress I made:








Sadly, the previous owner of the '94 just cut the 9006 harness and just spliced in an H4 harness. They also didn't convert the projectors to LHD. Currently don't drive at night as I am waiting for my harnesses to come in and love the look too much to change back.

Now for some questions:
I prefer the older two point spoiler much better than the three point and am thinking of just taking the whole trunk door off the '94 and placing it on my '97. Has anybody done this before? Will they fit flawlessly? If so, how do I disconnect this harness?


"ZOOM IN!!!!"



If the door won't fit, then I guess that blows.

I'm probably just going to part out the older Celica, so if anybody has any requests, feel free to post or PM me.

TO-DO LIST
-Projector high beams
-HID setup
-Front tire exchange
-Trunk door/air wing exchange
-SSIII front bumper grill
-ST202 riser blocks?
-New tires
-New OEM passenger fender

I recently purchased a '94 Celica GT (ST204) that isn't in working order. I don't have any car mechanic experience, but taking things apart and doing some research are some of my fortes.



I am the third owner of this car; the previous owner swapped the engine out, modded the car a bit, and added a turbo (163k body//~60k engine). Somebody stole the bumpers off the car and tried to steal the motor, so a lot of it is disconnected.

I just finished taking apart the interior, and am currently in the process of putting it all back together. There's a little bit of rust on the body, but I was thinking of taking a wire brush on a drill and hitting those spots with that.

Here are some pictures of the interior:
http://i1264.photobucket.com/albums/jj497/...zps9b0c4d32.jpg
http://i1264.photobucket.com/albums/jj497/...zpsed3491b7.jpg
http://i1264.photobucket.com/albums/jj497/...zps6cfbb8c9.jpg

Now about the engine; I can't remember what the person I bought the car off of said he swapped it with. I was to say it's just another 5S-FE, but I could be wrong. I also can't seem to find the label that tells you, so if somebody could help me find that, I could give you the correct information. I do know he added a turbo and that there are several hoses cut, a couple nuts missing here and there, and also no distributor. I do have the original distributor from the original 5S-FE that came with the car including the spark plug wires. I was wondering if I had to use a different distributor since there's a turbo attached?

In regards to what is disconnected, almost all the fluids, the intercooler, the engine since there's no drivebelt, the radiator to the exhaust on the engine?, and several other things. I will gives links for pictures.



I'm just asking for some guidance from people who know specifically about this car, and I figure this is a good place to start.

Thank you!

This post has been edited by MAGutz: Jul 30, 2014 - 10:08 AM

Posts in this topic
- MAGutz   MAGutz's GT Project   May 29, 2014 - 12:38 PM
- - MAGutz   *EDIT*   May 29, 2014 - 1:22 PM
- - njccmd2002   Oh wow, definite a basket case. Its kind of hard ...   May 29, 2014 - 2:13 PM
|- - MAGutz   *EDIT*   May 29, 2014 - 4:05 PM
- - Syaoran   I recommend you start by taking the engine out and...   May 29, 2014 - 11:02 PM
- - njccmd2002   Wow looking at pics on ipad..... Wow... That looks...   May 30, 2014 - 12:58 AM
- - bloodMoney   I would go to a junkyard and pick up a running 94-...   May 30, 2014 - 3:39 PM
- - enderswift   This ^   May 30, 2014 - 6:04 PM
- - MAGutz   *EDIT*   May 30, 2014 - 11:22 PM
- - bloodMoney   I still maintain my position. I would feel so mu...   Jun 2, 2014 - 3:44 PM
- - njccmd2002   Hes got an engine... http://www.6gc.net/forums/in...   Jun 4, 2014 - 4:38 PM
- - bloodMoney   ^^^Well, there you go.   Jun 10, 2014 - 9:15 AM
- - MAGutz   Is there an index of what size vacuum hoses I am s...   Jun 17, 2014 - 4:30 PM
- - njccmd2002   take one sample, and take it to yout local parts s...   Jun 18, 2014 - 5:40 AM
- - MAGutz   qmudbump   Jul 30, 2014 - 12:14 AM
- - bloodMoney   For future reference, it's best to update in l...   Jul 30, 2014 - 10:13 AM
- - MAGutz   I was able to do some work on my Celica this week;...   Aug 7, 2014 - 9:01 PM
- - enderswift   It's good to see you have those manuals on han...   Aug 7, 2014 - 10:36 PM
- - JoshuaM   I was a bit worried for you when you first started...   Aug 12, 2014 - 9:58 AM
|- - bloodMoney   QUOTE (JoshuaM @ Aug 12, 2014 - 9:58...   Aug 12, 2014 - 10:59 AM
- - MAGutz   I picked up some Celica goodies yesterday, but fir...   Aug 13, 2014 - 10:31 AM
|- - Lil-Joe101   QUOTE (MAGutz @ Aug 13, 2014 - 10:31...   Aug 15, 2014 - 6:17 AM
|- - MAGutz   QUOTE (Lil-Joe101 @ Aug 15, 2014 - ...   Aug 15, 2014 - 3:21 PM
- - bloodMoney   You don't need the JDM harnesses. The US ones ...   Aug 14, 2014 - 8:33 AM
- - cheela   TOM's Lip! get it!!! hahahah. ...   Aug 14, 2014 - 10:38 AM
- - Lil-Joe101   Not cool man   Aug 16, 2014 - 4:57 AM
- - MAGutz   I changed my oil the other day and found that my e...   Aug 20, 2014 - 10:12 AM


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