Proformance mods vs. styling mods(excessive camber, slammedness ect.) Options

[RabidTRD]

Excessive camber is probably the worst thing to ever hit the after market world ever, aside from maybe fart can exhausts on slow ****ty under powered cars.

75% of the Celica's on here, mine included lol

Haha well it's just my opinion. I hate those exhaust notes so bad it drives me crazy. On the rally car I had a straight pipe exhaust for while, which pretty much had that fart can sound.

I was shifting into 5th gear at like 30 mph cause I was embarrassed of the noise. Put a resonator on it and it doesnt sound toooo bad now. For 4cyl and exhaust, most sound bad... Subaru's sound pretty good, Also neon SRT4's with the right exhaust for some reason.

Focus's are probably the worst.

I love the rumble of a boxter engine. My buddy has a exhaust leak behind his cat and keeps complaining about the sound. I just sit there and enjoy the music of that H4. Has such a pretty tone.

People just slap cans on stock pipe and it sounds like ass. It also does nothing for performance... that's what gave the glasspack (aka fartcan) a bad name. I'll rock my fart howitzer all day, every day though. I don't even know what it sounds like yet because my friend hasn't been able to help me re-route the exhaust under the axle for the 2.25" piping I've got .

Here is another video, this one mostly old Toyota's and Nissan's that are all pretty slammed. I still think it can be done well.
http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F...amp;h=uAQElHnbB
That's all in Japan and is how they do it. They don't slam them like the German boys do, they slam them without excessive camber


Here is a clean well slammed 7th gen owned by a guy I know:




Believe it or not, that license plate folding out (making it look like a paper blowing in the wind or like you're going really fast rofl) is a JDM thing. I've seen a lot of cars in Japan with that. I guess it's because that rear plate is riveted to the car and that's about all they can do?

[RabidTRD]

I see this as more for looks:




This post has been edited by RabidTRD: May 29, 2012 - 4:19 PM

[Syaoran]

I love the rumble of a boxter engine. My buddy has a exhaust leak behind his cat and keeps complaining about the sound. I just sit there and enjoy the music of that H4. Has such a pretty tone.

There's no such thing as boxer rumble. It's the UEL Headers (plural for the boxer) that reproduce that sound. Any 4 cyl can sound like that, it's all in the header.

Equal Length headers for performance on a subie make it sound like any other I4

[TannerEsser]

looks like a racecar to me

i live in north america stfu. lol i said celica not gt4

This post has been edited by TannerEsser: May 29, 2012 - 8:22 PM

[richee3]

looks like a racecar to me

Yeah, this kinda strikes me as a racecar too.



The way I see it, the 6th gen is a neutral car. If you want to get performance out of it, you can swap a 3S. If you want to keep the stock engine and make it look great, that's easily done as well.

This post has been edited by richee3: May 29, 2012 - 8:41 PM

[TannerEsser]

You can only fit a half finger between my tire and the wheel well which is low enough for this car for me.

That being said, I do like slammed cars. I drool over Euro sparklers (Euro cars slammed so low they shoot up sparks) and would love to slam an old Corona that my customer is trying to get rid of. However, bags do nothing for performance (Please learn to spell that word because when you say things like "proformance," it makes you look ignorant) and the only proper way to slam a car and maintain the correct cornering ability is to use coils.

I know guys that will cut sway bars out just so they can slam their car as low as it can go. They have fun creeping down streets... but that's not what the Celica was intended for. It's not a creeper, it's designed to take corners at high rates of speed.

"You can only fit a half finger between my tire and the wheel well which is low enough for this car for me."

really? a half finger? do you possess a half finger?


"That being said, I do like slammed cars. I drool over Euro sparklers (Euro cars slammed so low they shoot up sparks) and would love to slam an old Corona that my customer is trying to get rid of. However, bags do nothing for performance (Please learn to spell that word because when you say things like "proformance," it makes you look ignorant) and the only proper way to slam a car and maintain the correct cornering ability is to use coils."

ok cool.. thanks for the correction. id give a f**k but i ran out, sorry.


"I know guys that will cut sway bars out just so they can slam their car as low as it can go. They have fun creeping down streets... but that's not what the Celica was intended for. It's not a creeper, it's designed to take corners at high rates of speed."

A celica id designed for getting to point A to point B. idk how many cars you have driven but if you think your celica is made to take corners at a high rate of speed, consider that it is a front wheel drive car that tends to get A LOT of under steer. so go ahead and drive strait into a wall. or pray you don't hit a good bump on a turn cause bump steer will kick in and your car will turn a random direction. so hold on to your wallet chain tight cause it doesn't feel good to hit a wall at "high rates of speed". ass. PROFORMANCE

This post has been edited by TannerEsser: May 29, 2012 - 8:43 PM

[S8S8]

I'm definitely not a fan of slammed.

My car sits pretty low on the coilovers, but it's been set for optimum handling rather than looks.

That picture of the old Skyline and Subaru look ridiculous! 99% of normal people would think something was wrong, and maybe the suspension was broken!

[kurt95gt]

Dude you do you ask for other people opinions an then get mad when you get answers
every thread i see by you turns into a fight.

An rabid is right( to some degree) my celicas feel alot more stable in corners at higher speeds that many other cars ive owned
It corners better than any of my old mustangs my firebird, ny nova an my old 240sx
Yes they are a good a to b car but with some work they can be a very good corning car too ab a fast car with the right tuning
If you dont like what everyone has to say sell the celica an buy a honda

[SwissFerdi]

A celica id designed for getting to point A to point B. idk how many cars you have driven but if you think your celica is made to take corners at a high rate of speed, consider that it is a front wheel drive car that tends to get A LOT of under steer. so go ahead and drive strait into a wall. or pray you don't hit a good bump on a turn cause bump steer will kick in and your car will turn a random direction. so hold on to your wallet chain tight cause it doesn't feel good to hit a wall at "high rates of speed". ass. PROFORMANCE

Listen guy, I understand where you're coming from, but you sound arrogantly inexperienced when you demean others in this manner. Understeer is not the end-all of a driving experience, it can be mitigated and controlled. As for Celica's standing in a performance "orientation", that's personal opinion I guess...but to me, the ST and GT strike a nice balance of economy and willingness to provide "the fizz."

Source: I'm James May.

This post has been edited by SwissFerdi: May 29, 2012 - 10:02 PM

[TannerEsser]

A celica id designed for getting to point A to point B. idk how many cars you have driven but if you think your celica is made to take corners at a high rate of speed, consider that it is a front wheel drive car that tends to get A LOT of under steer. so go ahead and drive strait into a wall. or pray you don't hit a good bump on a turn cause bump steer will kick in and your car will turn a random direction. so hold on to your wallet chain tight cause it doesn't feel good to hit a wall at "high rates of speed". ass. PROFORMANCE

Listen guy, I understand where you're coming from, but you sound arrogantly inexperienced when you demean others in this manner. Understeer is not the end-all of a driving experience, it can be mitigated and controlled. As for Celica's standing in a performance "orientation", that's personal opinion I guess...but to me, the ST and GT strike a nice balance of economy and willingness to provide "the fizz."

Source: I'm James May.

no one is addressing bump steer! its dumb! and i meant like as far as fwd cars go, its on the low end of the performance spectrum, its a heavy car.

[BonzaiCelica]

that celica is just perfect. You can see the top of the wheel which makes it look way better than only being able to see the rim like that old school bmw!

[mak5603]

Dude you do you ask for other people opinions an then get mad when you get answers.

Yeah man.. You still need to let people have their opinions. If someone doesn't agree with your opinion it doesn't mean they are attacking you. Different strokes for different folks as they say.

[Rusty]

This got out of hand pretty quickly.