The white rescued Celica. (1994 ST204) Pictures galore., Suspension re-do time! Options

[RabidTRD]

I was thinking this guy:
http://thmotorsports.com/mishimoto/mishimo...4/i-398479.aspx

Lifetime warranty sounds nice Plus, it's a real brand lol and Megan has never sat well with me... idk why. Plus, this is Japanese. Megan is an American copycat as far as I know.

Also, my fans kick on quite often with the OEM radiator... which tells me that my engine runs pretty hot, all the time. I feel like this will be next on my buy list after I get the clutch, and CV axles replaced.

Then comes new slotted rotors.

This post has been edited by RabidTRD: Apr 23, 2012 - 5:21 PM

[mandrek]

OUCH!!!.. 262!!!!.. well i hope that comes with the fans... i paid $170 for the godspeed rad and 2x 12" fans.. fir price IMO.. and not that much more than an OEM replacement..

[Box]

I was thinking this guy:
http://thmotorsports.com/mishimoto/mishimo...4/i-398479.aspx

Lifetime warranty sounds nice Plus, it's a real brand lol and Megan has never sat well with me... idk why. Plus, this is Japanese. Megan is an American copycat as far as I know.

Also, my fans kick on quite often with the OEM radiator... which tells me that my engine runs pretty hot, all the time. I feel like this will be next on my buy list after I get the clutch, and CV axles replaced.

Then comes new slotted rotors.

What I'd go with then. Megan products are made in Taiwan if I recall correctly.

[RabidTRD]

Not really update... more of fixing her up from winter abuse.

Wiper arms got sanded down and repainted:


Becca helped me polish


After polish and before wax


Which photo looks better, you decide:

(Samsung Rogue cell phone camera)


(Kodak Easyshare POS)

After wax:

(Shiny as ****)






(I really like this shot)







(I love the lines on this car)



My lugnuts will be in soon, I've located some steel braided brake line with urithane coating on the outside in any color of my choice (HEL brand), the whole set of four $150ish to my door. Will be painting the calipers ASAP. I also think I've located the rattling in the rear passenger side wheel area. I'm thinking it's the shoes... it goes away when I pull the hand brake.

[Box]

YO DAWG, I HEARD YOU LIKE MIRRORS. SO WE PUT A MIRROR, ON YO MIRROR!!!

Sorry, had to do it.

[RabidTRD]

Lol I have adjustable blindspot mirrors on both sides. The driver side is for the obvious, but since the passenger side doesn't require one (because it's technically a blind spot mirror as it is) I adjust it to view curbs for parallel parking. (Big thing in NY) and I've never hit a curb in the Celica. They also help a lot while backing out of narrow driveways (which I have)

What is even more fun about that photo is the fact that my mirror is reflecting a mirror image, bouncing off my glass.

This post has been edited by RabidTRD: Apr 26, 2012 - 10:53 PM

[Box]

Had to make it official.



Seriously though, great job! Looks great. Now just need to touch up that spot on the front, be good to go!

[RabidTRD]

Had to make it official.



Seriously though, great job! Looks great. Now just need to touch up that spot on the front, be good to go!

Yeah... I'm good at painting small things... I'm afraid to tackle the bumper with a rattle can lol.

Ideally, I'll be getting the whole lower half repainted and rust-repaired for $600 from a local guy that did my Camry

[Box]

Not that hard to do. My brother repainted the front and rear bumpers of his Maxima with Duplicolor Perfect match. Worked great, and was around $50 for all the paint, clear, primer, etc... Looks great. The bumpers look better than the rest of the car now though. Not sure if Duplicolor has your color though. I checked for mine when I was looking at raiser blocks, didn't have the 3L2 but in touch up kits... Maybe they'll have your's in aerosol cans.

[RabidTRD]

Not that hard to do. My brother repainted the front and rear bumpers of his Maxima with Duplicolor Perfect match. Worked great, and was around $50 for all the paint, clear, primer, etc... Looks great. The bumpers look better than the rest of the car now though. Not sure if Duplicolor has your color though. I checked for mine when I was looking at raiser blocks, didn't have the 3L2 but in touch up kits... Maybe they'll have your's in aerosol cans.

They do. I repainted the splitters with it, my gas cap with it and I even have the small scratch fix.

[Box]

Lucky. Why they don't have 3L2 I don't know, they must hate me or something.

[RabidTRD]

In my experience with Duplicolor and imports, they always seem to have the more uncommon colors... not the common ones. Idk why. My Camry color didn't exist, (which was on almost every camry around) but my celica color does (I don't see a lot of super white II celica's)

[Box]

Duplicolor, y u must be weird?

[RabidTRD]

Getting ready to finally put my exhaust on. I've disconnected the lower O2 sensor (post cat, Cali emissions) to see if the CEL comes on. So far (4 miles of driving highway and city) nothing has popped up. The header I have only has one O2 sensor bung and I'm debating running cat-less. I may slap one on, but I don't want to route the downstream sensor wires all the way under the car (because the header is too long to put a cat up front again) if I don't have to... so here goes. So far, nothing when it comes to lights and no difference in the way the engine runs. I'm wondering if it's just a stupid on/off sensor based on if the cat is clogged or not. It's only 2 wires and OBD1, so I can't imagine it being anything super special. Being that it's unplugged (now correct me if I'm wrong) it won't push the "on" circuit when not enough flow is detected? Idk... just a guess. Will leave it that way for a week to see what happens.

[RabidTRD]

CEL never came on, made no difference in mileage. So, second sensor will remain unplugged for the new exhaust.

Today was a very depressing day... I watched my co-worker/friend get run into by some fresh 18yr old driver in her 09 Subaru. She pulled out infront of him in a line of traffic... he hit her and his whole car jumped the curb and rested on the sidewalk.... it was so painful to watch happen and to see the demise of such a rare beautiful VW. Goodbye Corrado.

RIP:


Re-wrapped some wire in black conduit under the hood and washed the Celica in the rain... Not really in the mood to do anything else. Radiator is starting to leak so the GodSpeed dual core aluminum tank radiator will be next on the buy list.

Picture was snapped of me sitting next to her after I washed her and after the accident... This pretty much shows my mood for the day.



I'm also going to be relocating my licence plate lower and in the grille at an angle. I hate the way it looks on the body line right now..

This post has been edited by RabidTRD: May 8, 2012 - 6:09 PM

[NYp8tBaller07]

Wow man, you've done a lot since I've been away, I love the rims you got =)

[Box]

Today was a very depressing day... I watched my co-worker/friend get run into by some fresh 18yr old driver in her 09 Subaru. She pulled out infront of him in a line of traffic... he hit her and his whole car jumped the curb and rested on the sidewalk.... it was so painful to watch happen and to see the demise of such a rare beautiful VW. Goodbye Corrado.

RIP:

Why kids have new cars.... Sheesh... Sorry to hear that. It doesn't look too bad from the picture, can it all not be fixed?

This post has been edited by Box: May 8, 2012 - 7:32 PM

[RabidTRD]

It can be fixed provided they don't give it a salvage title. If they do salvage it, you can't register it. The car will only be good for parts at that point.

[kurt95gt]

Cant get a rebuilt title in ny

[Box]

Do what most shady car dealers do. Move it to a state where it can be titled, then move it back. That's if they do decide to salvage it, which hopefully they don't. Seems like it'd be cheaper to repair than to replace.