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Thought about a progress thread for a while, but i should have started when i first got it, but i'll try my best to show most stuff anyway.

October 10, 2009. My 19th birthday. I woke up real bright and early, birthday morning, to drive 2 hours to sydney to look at a celica.
Horrible condition, and i was dissapointed. Young P platers car which wasnt looked after at all. they knew i was coming early that morning, car was filthy, tail light broke, sh*t everywhere in the car, you could tell its been mistreated.

The trek home was quite a sad one, i thought hey, a car for my birthday would have been sweet (even though i was paying haha).
Once home, stopped by another for sale which was advirtised on ebay, and picked her up.

Talked them down near $4000 off the price, so was a fair deal.

Heres the first pics i took.








200k km's on the clock, but previously owned by only 2 older lady drivers, so i'd say its never hit 100, smile.gif

The first mod i chose to do was to remove those horrid hubcaps, and get wheels and 15% Tint.
17" CSA race rims, 205/45r/17 Tyres.



At the same time i painted my calipers red. smile.gif


Around the same time as my wheels, i installed my sound system. I don't have a pic on here atm, but can get some if requested.

Pioneer 3100 Headunit, 2x 6.5" Kicker Splits, 350w 2ch Kicker amp, 800w Slimline Kicker 12" Sub. The stupid spare wheel required me to either get a slimline, or make a new floor or remove the tyre, so i went the slimline, its decent enough for my liking atm.


The next 'Mod' to my memory would be the Crystal clear side indicators, with silver bulbs.


Followed by wolfies clear front indicators, and a cheap Mesh grill.


Than through months of searching, looking for good deals, i found a set of JDM Tails.


Removed the inner orange lens.



A few months of saving, and contemplation of which suspension line i should go down, i finally chose a set of BC BR Racing Coilovers. 30 way adjustable damping, camber adjustable top mounts.



It sat like this for a while, untill my slow ebay addiction kicked in, and i picked up a universal rubber lip.



It didnt serve much purpose, nor did i try and cut it properly. It was a unique look, so i thought what the hell. When i took it off, there were scrape marks UNDERNEATH the lip, which was strange. Silly low cars.

Than next, came one of the best additions.... the 6GC Sticker! Lovin it.



Next came Projectors. Spent the day learning how to remove the front bumper for the first time, and wiring them up smile.gif


Whilst installing the projectors i picked up a SAAS pod filter and aluminium pipe. Pics upon request, bit of a qhetto setup though, haha.

This is how she sat for a few months.

I finnally got sick of the sucked in look in the wheels, and decided on some Spacers
JJR 20mm in the fronts, and 25mm in the back

Before


After



To make the spacers fit, i had to grind off say, 2mm off the studs, which i thought was an acceptable amount. First time with an angle grinder though..was an experience haha.
I DO scrape a little when taking corners too fast, or have a car full. The rears are only JUST touching, so i shall get them rolled soon.


For quite a while, i had liked the look of the euro splitters. One day i found a decent conditioned set, and got them shipped right away.
A week of them being in my possession, painted and installed.


A week later, my OEM sides arrived, also quickly followed by paint and installation smile.gif

And this is pretty much where it is currently at.

I have a set of rear SS-III splitters to be painted in the next weeks and installed, but apart from that, i'm fair content.
Continuously looking out for a few goodies that i may purchase, JDM sills, rear oem seat covers, new wheels smile.gif
But appart from that, im happy atm, and will now start looking into Headers/Exhaust/Performance mods.

Heres a couple more pics for the lols.





Hard to tell, but i added little key hole plugs smile.gif




P.s. As you can see my camera quality/skills have also progressed smile.gif Will post some interior shots another day.

Cheers

This post has been edited by Timmyface: Dec 22, 2015 - 5:16 AM


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- Timmyface   Timmyface's progression   Feb 3, 2011 - 6:51 AM
- - Timmyface   Edit before i buy these suckers!!   May 1, 2012 - 2:11 AM
|- - smkr3w   QUOTE (Timmyface @ May 1, 2012 - 3:1...   May 1, 2012 - 4:20 AM
|- - spy00005   QUOTE (Timmyface @ May 1, 2012 - 3:1...   May 1, 2012 - 10:16 PM
- - BonzaiCelica   haha wow you going to get big 4 piston brembo on r...   May 1, 2012 - 2:47 PM
- - jordisonjr   These look unreal. I'd forsure go with these a...   May 1, 2012 - 4:16 PM
- - Timmyface   That edit won me over too soon!! Very soo...   May 1, 2012 - 10:22 PM
- - SwissFerdi   Timmy, that should be effing illegal. Do it.   May 7, 2012 - 9:16 AM
- - Timmyface   Got a little suprise... in a few hours   May 10, 2012 - 9:26 PM
- - RabidTRD   I have one too!!! Yours is more exci...   May 10, 2012 - 10:18 PM
- - Timmyface   Oo what's yours!!   May 10, 2012 - 11:51 PM
- - RabidTRD   Purple McGard lug nuts   May 11, 2012 - 12:06 AM
- - Timmyface   I has red   May 11, 2012 - 3:41 AM
- - Timmyface   I'll leave these here: I'll try go out...   May 11, 2012 - 8:43 PM
- - kurt95gt   Your cars so clean it looks Photoshopped   May 11, 2012 - 9:04 PM
- - Timmyface   ^ If you notice on the ground, theres still bubbl...   May 11, 2012 - 9:16 PM
- - kurt95gt   My wife wants your car in blue an about an inch hi...   May 11, 2012 - 9:34 PM
- - Timmyface   I Really want to drop it a little more. The back w...   May 11, 2012 - 9:39 PM
- - kurt95gt   Once i get coilovers for the 1mz my goal is to hav...   May 11, 2012 - 9:48 PM
- - mandrek   WOW!!! size, spec, spacers?   May 11, 2012 - 10:10 PM
- - Timmyface   18x8/9 +30. No more spacers   May 11, 2012 - 10:11 PM
- - jordisonjr   Oh. My. God. /thread   May 11, 2012 - 10:14 PM
- - RabidTRD   Amazing. Love it!   May 12, 2012 - 12:19 AM
- - Timmyface   RE: Timmyface's progression   May 12, 2012 - 12:22 AM
- - spy00005   WOW.   May 12, 2012 - 10:22 PM
- - Timmyface   .. Lololol ^ i tried   May 13, 2012 - 2:26 AM
- - Ehrgeiz   Love it!   May 13, 2012 - 6:45 PM
- - CelicaZR   One word - lovely   May 13, 2012 - 8:58 PM
- - Ted95   Beautiful as always, nice choice man!   May 14, 2012 - 8:31 AM
- - beams78   words cant describe this....   May 14, 2012 - 12:18 PM
- - BonzaiCelica   they look real great!! perfect stance, the...   May 14, 2012 - 3:34 PM
- - jordisonjr   Did you repaint your car, or is your photgraphy sk...   May 14, 2012 - 4:22 PM
- - Timmyface   thanks guys. Have a little rubbig issue up front b...   May 14, 2012 - 5:19 PM
- - Timmyface   ^Lowered the rear. Lowered it down to the rim on t...   May 21, 2012 - 5:30 AM
- - mak5603   Looks really nice man! What size tires you...   May 23, 2012 - 12:24 PM
- - jordisonjr   ^Bags are for grocerys   May 23, 2012 - 1:58 PM
- - mak5603   ^^ Si senor. Eff bags (lol, don't know if anyo...   May 23, 2012 - 2:36 PM
- - Timmyface   Bags are good if your going for pure looks. But I ...   May 23, 2012 - 3:04 PM
- - excalibur   Mate, what a sweet looking car, much respect, lovi...   May 26, 2012 - 5:06 AM
- - Timmyface   ^Thanks man! My car either came factory witho...   May 26, 2012 - 5:07 AM
- - excalibur   Looks so clean without, other question, where abou...   May 26, 2012 - 5:13 AM
- - Timmyface   I got it from a local auto store (SuperCheapAuto) ...   May 26, 2012 - 5:26 AM
- - excalibur   Got to love supercheap auto!. all this info...   May 26, 2012 - 5:30 AM
- - Timmyface   No updates, just photos. Think i might add a red ...   Jun 10, 2012 - 5:11 AM
|- - WhipCreamCelica   QUOTE (Timmyface @ Jun 10, 2012 - 5...   Jul 16, 2012 - 10:00 PM
- - Timmyface   A photo that actually contains an update!...   Jun 16, 2012 - 12:23 AM
- - Smaay   nice pics!!!!   Jun 16, 2012 - 1:37 AM
- - Ted95   niceee touch with the red stripee car looks good m...   Jun 16, 2012 - 11:02 PM
- - RabidTRD   Ooh the stripe looks good.   Jun 18, 2012 - 10:19 PM
- - SwissFerdi   So how are those applied? My wheels don't have...   Jun 18, 2012 - 10:23 PM
- - Timmyface   Seeing as my tyres are stretched, I put these on t...   Jun 18, 2012 - 10:27 PM
- - mkernz22   How do you get that much of a motion effect at suc...   Jun 18, 2012 - 11:29 PM
- - Timmyface   Clamp your camera to your car somehow. Rig/auction...   Jun 18, 2012 - 11:53 PM
- - Timmyface   Resizing and Graininess is bad, but i like the red...   Jun 19, 2012 - 6:43 AM
- - RabidTRD   My ex has this stuff lining her grill on the Civic...   Jun 19, 2012 - 2:46 PM
- - Ehrgeiz   Timmy~ What's the offset on your wheels? I...   Jul 7, 2012 - 10:00 AM
- - Timmyface   I seen you were running them and was quite confuse...   Jul 7, 2012 - 5:09 PM
- - Ehrgeiz   Wow, really? That's so weird. I'm adding a...   Jul 7, 2012 - 5:46 PM
- - mak5603   I want 17x9's or 18x9's so bad! You g...   Jul 7, 2012 - 6:02 PM
- - Ehrgeiz   Yeah, I have 225/40 all around but tbh, I should...   Jul 7, 2012 - 6:09 PM
- - Timmyface   Yeah i'm running 225 in the rear and 215 up fr...   Jul 8, 2012 - 6:23 AM
- - HectortheRican   Nice touch with the red lip, Tim!   Jul 8, 2012 - 12:32 PM
- - Timmyface   Little update, Recently replaced my clutch, as it ...   Jul 12, 2012 - 2:39 AM
- - Lil-Joe101   Love it. Still trying to come up with a design for...   Jul 12, 2012 - 10:19 AM
- - Timmyface   Splitters and skirts can be from a local Toyota de...   Jul 16, 2012 - 10:02 PM
- - whatthe   Looking good chief   Jul 17, 2012 - 12:47 AM
- - Timmyface   Wow, them pictures of my boot were terrible. Sm...   Jul 18, 2012 - 7:22 AM
- - rave2n   Sweet ride   Jul 18, 2012 - 7:26 AM
- - Ehrgeiz   QUOTE Dear lord. That's it, I'm getting ...   Jul 21, 2012 - 7:19 AM
- - Lil-Joe101   Lol   Jul 21, 2012 - 10:17 AM
- - RabidTRD   Have you thought about getting chrome amber bulbs ...   Jul 23, 2012 - 11:48 AM
- - Timmyface   I have! But it's a lot of effort that I do...   Jul 23, 2012 - 3:05 PM
- - RabidTRD   Is this another case of not being able to get them...   Jul 24, 2012 - 10:52 AM
- - Timmyface   Nah, auto shops and eBay have them, I'm just l...   Jul 24, 2012 - 5:14 PM
- - Timmyface   Update!! Plan B for my wheels. When my fr...   Oct 12, 2012 - 11:55 PM
- - CRTRD   Car looks amazing bro keep up the great work   Oct 13, 2012 - 7:57 AM
- - Edser   First of all, awesome car! I really love it...   Oct 14, 2012 - 7:25 PM
- - SwissFerdi   Loads of understeer with that setup, but ballsy in...   Oct 14, 2012 - 7:27 PM
- - Timmyface   Edser: the back seats fold forward not back. I can...   Oct 14, 2012 - 7:43 PM
- - RabidTRD   POKE! POKE! POKE!   Oct 15, 2012 - 4:22 PM
- - jordisonjr   Dat Fitment, Dat Poke!   Oct 16, 2012 - 1:20 PM
- - Edser   Right. I've missed something here. Whats this ...   Oct 16, 2012 - 5:34 PM
- - CelicaZR   spotted at Toyotafest Lookin good   Oct 16, 2012 - 6:02 PM
- - Timmyface   No way! How far away were you, don't reall...   Oct 16, 2012 - 6:31 PM
- - Edser   Oh I get it now. I had poke on my last car. Turns ...   Oct 16, 2012 - 7:04 PM
- - CelicaZR   My friend parked next to you the other silver 6GC....   Oct 17, 2012 - 4:07 PM
- - Timmyface   Ah sweet. Shame we didn't actually meet haha. ...   Oct 17, 2012 - 4:30 PM
- - CelicaZR   yea i saw your car but didnt see you hanging aroun...   Oct 17, 2012 - 6:26 PM
- - sr666   Dude that car looks awesome. You've convinced ...   Nov 12, 2012 - 10:13 PM
- - Timmyface   Removed my rear wiper today. Not for TOO long thou...   Nov 17, 2012 - 4:56 AM
|- - Red123   QUOTE (Timmyface @ Nov 17, 2012 - 4...   Nov 18, 2012 - 9:21 AM
- - RabidTRD   Laser beam wiper blade?!   Nov 17, 2012 - 10:13 PM
- - richee3   Carbon fiber hatch?   Nov 17, 2012 - 11:04 PM
- - Timmyface   No carbon fibre hatch or laser beam. I was going ...   Nov 18, 2012 - 2:04 PM
- - Red123   Thanks Timmy. I'll try to do that.   Nov 18, 2012 - 4:08 PM
- - SwissFerdi   I second that method, it works well. Just annoying...   Nov 18, 2012 - 5:56 PM
- - Timmyface   Yeah takes quite a while. I might look into it aga...   Nov 18, 2012 - 6:05 PM
- - Antz5SFE   this is by far my favorite 6GC.   Nov 22, 2012 - 1:05 PM
- - Timmyface   So: Buckled my rim. Doing about 80km/h hit a ham...   Nov 24, 2012 - 4:34 PM
- - Timmyface   Turned out my rim had a 20cm or so crack in it. So...   Nov 27, 2012 - 1:32 AM
- - Timmyface   Regarding my thread on wheel spacer bolts, turned ...   Nov 28, 2012 - 6:29 PM
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