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post Jul 23, 2010 - 1:35 AM
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HectortheRican



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I've been lagging on one of these, but I finally have the time to start one up. My mods will come slowly but surely due to minimum wage kindasad.gif But I'll keep truckin'!

I was actually trying and trying so hard to buy a 240, I love the things, but every single one I'd find was either too expensive because they were all SR20'd and S15'd out, or too beat down and crappy. But then one day I came across this Celica because the poster had put '240sx' as a tag. I had honestly never even considered a Celica for a second, when I thought Celica, I thought 7gc, and I never liked those. But once I saw this Celica, I fell in love. And thanks to Spider77, I found this site and it's helped me since day 1. Now that I've got a progress thread, I'll start updating it often. Thanks for looking!

The first day I got her. I actually bought her from a member, vi-tuyen.


Then the very first mod when I started working... early June. Injen SRI w/ Fujita filter. Bought from trdproven.

Out


In


Then I picked up an OEM strut bar from a local part out in late June


Three days after the strut bar, I got into a fender bender with an 18 wheeler. I swiped his tire. Luckily, I was fine, and no damage to the truck, and little damage to my car.

Damage assessment: Cracked bumper, totaled RH fender, smashed sidemarker, bent strut, bent wheel.

Literally 20 minutes before the wreck

sexy angle wink.gif

Then when I got home afterwards

Side


Front (see the obvious neg camber? lolol)


This post has been edited by HectortheRican: Apr 10, 2016 - 2:01 AM


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Posts in this topic
- HectortheRican   HectortheRican's progress thread   Jul 23, 2010 - 1:35 AM
- - richee3   I've had Sportlines, and the TRD's are jus...   Jan 26, 2011 - 8:14 PM
- - HectortheRican   Good to know, I'll just keep the bolts in rese...   Jan 26, 2011 - 8:17 PM
- - AMCMoe   Eibach was contracted to produce the springs for T...   Jan 26, 2011 - 8:20 PM
- - Spider77   Crap, you finally lowering?! Seeing those end...   Jan 26, 2011 - 8:52 PM
|- - HectortheRican   QUOTE (Spider77 @ Jan 26, 2011 - 7:5...   Jan 26, 2011 - 9:05 PM
|- - 808celica   QUOTE (HectortheRican @ Jan 26, 2011 - 4...   Jan 29, 2011 - 12:06 PM
|- - HectortheRican   QUOTE (808celica @ Jan 29, 2011 - 12...   Jan 29, 2011 - 9:12 PM
- - richee3   Ah, those rear end links... They get the best of m...   Jan 29, 2011 - 10:25 PM
- - Spider77   Dont wanna step in, but stripped...   Jan 29, 2011 - 10:27 PM
- - SwissFerdi   Get PB blaster, soak that mothersucker. All over. ...   Jan 29, 2011 - 10:40 PM
- - Spider77   Been talking with him off and on today. Already s...   Jan 29, 2011 - 10:47 PM
- - HectortheRican   Yeah Ferdi, I think I sprayed at least a quart of ...   Jan 29, 2011 - 10:53 PM
- - richee3   I'm not gonna lie. I figured out the bit about...   Jan 29, 2011 - 11:03 PM
|- - Spider77   QUOTE (richee3 @ Jan 30, 2011 - 12:0...   Jan 29, 2011 - 11:05 PM
- - 96stgreendemon   I Hate OEM endlinks..... so many poor dremel wheel...   Jan 29, 2011 - 11:58 PM
|- - HectortheRican   QUOTE (96stgreendemon @ Jan 29, 2011 - 1...   Jan 30, 2011 - 12:07 AM
- - 96stgreendemon   Yeah that will happen lol, it sucks but it will be...   Jan 30, 2011 - 12:54 AM
- - Hazmat   Woot! You are finally lowering! Its ok hec...   Jan 30, 2011 - 8:38 AM
- - whatthe   I demand pics of this dammed endlink rust   Jan 30, 2011 - 11:04 AM
|- - HectortheRican   QUOTE (whatthe @ Jan 30, 2011 - 11:0...   Jan 30, 2011 - 1:06 PM
- - jordisonjr   Took me 8 hours to completely lower my car. But i ...   Jan 30, 2011 - 12:26 PM
- - Spider77   Update? Ya all lowered now?   Jan 30, 2011 - 5:43 PM
- - HectortheRican   She's all buttoned up! The ride's a lo...   Jan 30, 2011 - 9:09 PM
- - HectortheRican   I forgot I had taken a quick shot with my phone. I...   Jan 30, 2011 - 10:50 PM
- - jordisonjr   Thats a pretty good phone pic lol   Jan 30, 2011 - 10:54 PM
- - whatthe   I like your rims keep them. But the offset is a di...   Jan 31, 2011 - 2:03 AM
|- - HectortheRican   LOL, nah nah nah don't worry about that. I lov...   Jan 31, 2011 - 2:14 AM
||- - 808celica   QUOTE (whatthe @ Jan 30, 2011 - 9:03...   Jan 31, 2011 - 2:41 AM
||- - HectortheRican   QUOTE (808celica @ Jan 31, 2011 - 2...   Jan 31, 2011 - 8:59 AM
||- - samir0189   QUOTE (HectortheRican @ Jan 31, 2011 - 8...   Jan 31, 2011 - 10:26 AM
|- - mak5603   QUOTE (whatthe @ Jan 31, 2011 - 2:03...   Jan 31, 2011 - 5:46 PM
- - HectortheRican   Got out today after class, went up to the top of t...   Jan 31, 2011 - 1:40 PM
- - richee3   Looks good, Hector. It's what the car needed.   Jan 31, 2011 - 2:44 PM
- - sunwukongg   dude...i didn't even notice your car is lowere...   Jan 31, 2011 - 4:33 PM
|- - HectortheRican   QUOTE (sunwukongg @ Jan 31, 2011 - 3...   Jan 31, 2011 - 5:44 PM
- - SupraKid   hahahahhahahahahhaha poor hector...its like you ha...   Jan 31, 2011 - 5:47 PM
|- - HectortheRican   QUOTE (SupraKid @ Jan 31, 2011 - 4:4...   Jan 31, 2011 - 6:18 PM
- - 808celica   Give it time Hector. we just giving you beef cuz t...   Jan 31, 2011 - 6:26 PM
- - Spider77   Looks good man, too bad it had to come at the cost...   Jan 31, 2011 - 6:48 PM
|- - HectortheRican   QUOTE (Spider77 @ Jan 31, 2011 - 6:4...   Jan 31, 2011 - 7:07 PM
- - SupraKid   You have finger gap?bwahahhahahahaha..im at like -...   Jan 31, 2011 - 6:54 PM
- - sunwukongg   they do that on purpose to make you come back and ...   Jan 31, 2011 - 7:53 PM
|- - HectortheRican   QUOTE (sunwukongg @ Jan 31, 2011 - 6...   Jan 31, 2011 - 7:55 PM
||- - sunwukongg   QUOTE (HectortheRican @ Jan 31, 2011 - 7...   Jan 31, 2011 - 7:58 PM
|- - SwissFerdi   QUOTE (sunwukongg @ Jan 31, 2011 - 7...   Feb 1, 2011 - 10:24 AM
- - whatthe   Nice drop, have fun with the handling.   Feb 1, 2011 - 8:35 AM
- - 96stgreendemon   looks good..... now LOWAR!!!!...   Feb 1, 2011 - 8:56 AM
|- - HectortheRican   QUOTE (96stgreendemon @ Feb 1, 2011 - 7...   Feb 1, 2011 - 10:36 AM
- - SwissFerdi   Shade is priceless, I wish I had that. Oh, I beli...   Feb 1, 2011 - 10:39 AM
- - Spider77   Um..........85 to 165. Go South after Placitas to...   Feb 1, 2011 - 11:11 AM
|- - 808celica   QUOTE (Spider77 @ Feb 1, 2011 - 6:11...   Feb 2, 2011 - 1:32 AM
|- - HectortheRican   QUOTE (808celica @ Feb 2, 2011 - 1:3...   Feb 2, 2011 - 1:11 PM
|- - SupraKid   QUOTE (HectortheRican @ Feb 2, 2011 - 10...   Feb 3, 2011 - 1:34 AM
|- - HectortheRican   QUOTE (SupraKid @ Feb 3, 2011 - 1:34...   Feb 3, 2011 - 1:36 AM
- - HectortheRican   Josh, you're awesome. Lol   Feb 1, 2011 - 11:19 AM
- - Spider77   Thanks. Youve got a lot of nice areas to drive, s...   Feb 1, 2011 - 11:26 AM
- - HectortheRican   Once the weather gets better, I'm definitely g...   Feb 1, 2011 - 11:29 AM
- - SupraKid   Where did puerto rico come from..?   Feb 3, 2011 - 2:04 AM
- - HectortheRican   Jon was commenting on how the distance of the rout...   Feb 3, 2011 - 2:09 AM
- - HectortheRican   So I took the drive that Josh suggested and may I ...   Feb 28, 2011 - 9:53 PM
|- - njccmd2002   QUOTE (HectortheRican @ Feb 28, 2011 - 8...   Mar 12, 2011 - 10:37 PM
- - 4-eyed-freek   sweet!! roads look like a blast to drive o...   Feb 28, 2011 - 10:03 PM
|- - HectortheRican   QUOTE (4-eyed-freek @ Feb 28, 2011 ...   Feb 28, 2011 - 10:06 PM
|- - Hazmat   That S- Curve looks mad fun.   Feb 28, 2011 - 10:22 PM
- - jordisonjr   So jealous! haha.   Feb 28, 2011 - 11:33 PM
- - SupraKid   I think a more appropriate name for your car would...   Mar 1, 2011 - 12:00 AM
|- - HectortheRican   QUOTE (SupraKid @ Mar 1, 2011 - 12:0...   Mar 1, 2011 - 12:06 AM
- - mak5603   Those roads look sweet. I would LOVE to shred that...   Mar 1, 2011 - 3:27 PM
- - HectortheRican   I installed the OEM mudguards that I got from upsc...   Mar 12, 2011 - 2:49 AM
- - HectortheRican   Norberto. Reminds me of walking around town in Cat...   Mar 30, 2011 - 7:22 PM
- - HectortheRican   Bought a set of kouki fogs, but I shipped them bac...   Apr 19, 2011 - 6:24 PM
- - HectortheRican   Finally, some significant progress. I got my heade...   May 18, 2011 - 10:53 AM
- - SwissFerdi   Thoughts, impressions?   May 18, 2011 - 11:07 AM
- - HectortheRican   Definitely not what I expected. I knew I wouldn...   May 18, 2011 - 12:29 PM
- - jordisonjr   Really? So It's not much louder at all? Thats ...   May 18, 2011 - 1:06 PM
- - HectortheRican   I mean, I can notice a difference. It idles a bit ...   May 18, 2011 - 1:19 PM
- - jordisonjr   Does it sound bad? And yours is an ST right?   May 18, 2011 - 1:52 PM
- - 95CelicaST   Getting rid of the cast manifold will give the sou...   May 18, 2011 - 1:57 PM
|- - HectortheRican   Yeah, it's an ST. Like I said, I liked the sou...   May 18, 2011 - 2:25 PM
- - SupraKid   When you get rid of your cast iron header you gain...   May 18, 2011 - 3:35 PM
- - HectortheRican   I'm getting some work done on my car. I want t...   Jun 9, 2011 - 10:08 AM
- - whatthe   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZN1aP1o_m8...featu...   Jun 9, 2011 - 11:17 AM
- - HectortheRican   I'm getting restless, not being able to get ne...   Jul 15, 2011 - 1:24 AM
- - 808celica   Your strut bar is HellaFlush   Jul 17, 2011 - 1:29 AM
- - tech_cruz787   Hey man bump on a fun thread and really nice ST......   Jul 19, 2011 - 10:53 PM
- - njccmd2002   i dont get the golden ranger thing   Jul 20, 2011 - 8:50 AM
|- - HectortheRican   QUOTE (tech_cruz787 @ Jul 19, 2011 - 10...   Jul 20, 2011 - 9:05 AM
- - delusionz   Damn, The pictures of your car look ****in great...   Jul 20, 2011 - 3:09 PM
- - njccmd2002   oh must be an age thing..... lol   Jul 21, 2011 - 9:39 AM
- - Batman722   QUOTE (HectortheRican @ Jul 15, 2011 - 2...   Jul 21, 2011 - 12:55 PM
|- - HectortheRican   QUOTE (delusionz @ Jul 20, 2011 - 3...   Jul 22, 2011 - 9:45 AM
- - Euphoria   I got quoted $70 here in Aus lol.   Jul 22, 2011 - 1:09 AM
- - HectortheRican   Finally got my post face fogs installed. Here...   Aug 15, 2011 - 12:37 PM
- - Keiri   *thumbsup* Looking good Hec.   Aug 15, 2011 - 1:49 PM
- - Tigawoods   naaah space em out! they are good wheels!   Aug 15, 2011 - 2:50 PM
|- - HectortheRican   QUOTE (Tigawoods @ Aug 15, 2011 - 2...   Aug 15, 2011 - 3:35 PM
- - 808celica   get +25 fronts and +20 Rears.   Aug 16, 2011 - 1:26 AM
- - HectortheRican   Got my bonnet shocks and I absolutely love them. R...   Oct 3, 2011 - 1:38 AM
- - HectortheRican   Resolved the headlight problem, I'm back to be...   Oct 5, 2011 - 10:19 PM
- - HectortheRican   Today, I got a replacement high beam housing from ...   Feb 1, 2012 - 1:52 AM
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