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[PegGTS]

I should have taken a picture when I got my wheels and tires...fit 4 wheels with tires plus 4 more tires in my car

[RoadRage]

Well it has been over one week and have yet to do anything on my to do list....
I think it might be a bit of a rush to get everything done on time

This post has been edited by RoadRage: Jun 6, 2016 - 10:14 AM

[RoadRage]

I actually started!
Last night i gave the garage a superclean and set out all the things needed while i proceed to live in the garage for the next 3 days


Started ripping out interior chucks, door cards for re-wiring and interior pieces for painting


Fished a wire through to use for the ghost lights, and started taking the plastifdip off the interior pieces.. that took forever, but eventually it was done!


That was it for last night, this morning got up and went out shopping to pick up some supplies,
Came back home and started on a service aswell cleaning up the front lip
The Rhino lip has ripped off and the splitters have a huge amount of stone chips, will be repainting them when i replace front bumpers but for now just did a little touch up job



Now this part was inspired by a user on here: PegGTS, picked up some laminate floor boards to use as a new boot floor


Thanks to his help and advice on how he did it, put them together and glued a piece of MDF to the back of it, letting it try and will trace and cut out either later today or possibly tomorrow


With the door cards off, the lining was looking poor, so swapped it out for the red ones I had laying around.. Too much red now Box?


Also some parts arrived! Sadly don't think these will be on before my timeline, will be done another weekend


Checklist:
- Install rear visor
- Fix rear splitters
- Fix front rhino lip
- Boot re-design
- Service
- Galaxy interior
- Red door cards

More to come

[Box]

TOO MUCH RED A LONG TIME AGO. What's this Galaxy interior?

[CelicaDICE]

TOO MUCH RED A LONG TIME AGO. What's this Galaxy interior?

My guess is he'll add a strobelight that would replace his interior dome light. Thats what he probably meant by Galaxy interior.

This post has been edited by CelicaDICE: Jun 10, 2016 - 10:03 AM

[RoadRage]

TOO MUCH RED A LONG TIME AGO. What's this Galaxy interior?

My guess is he'll add a strobelight that would replace his interior dome light. Thats what he probably meant by Galaxy interior.

Ha nope, nothing to do with lights, i dont even know how the 'galaxy' will come out, but still gonna give it a shot! thats up next! or visor..

FOR NOW...
The wood has been carved out and after much effort of trying to make it fit, ITS IN!!



A rough mock up of how it should sit with the sub and strut bar..


still needs refinement but I think its good enough for now!

Checklist:
- Install rear visor
- Fix rear splitters
- Fix front rhino lip
- Boot re-design
- Service
- Galaxy interior
- Red door cards

Onto the interior!!

[PegGTS]

Ha nope, nothing to do with lights, i dont even know how the 'galaxy' will come out, but still gonna give it a shot! thats up next! or visor..

I know

That trunk looks familiar somehow...

[RoadRage]

I can't believe I'm actually on track haha i thought i wouldn't get half of these things done

THE GRAND REVEAL - of the so called 'galaxy' interior

My interior pieces have been through carbon fibre and brushed aluminium, which the cheap wrap bubbled under the Australian sun, and the grey Plastidip wasn't doing it for me anymore
Browsing Facebook one day, I saw one guy advertising doing the underside of bonnets in this 'galaxy' paint, that I found pretty cool and I messaged him if he would do my interior pieces.. He never replied
So i thought screw him and try it myself, so here goes

With everything out, did a coat of black then small patches of different purples and blues


Played around with it till i found a mix of colours that I liked, then sprayed some white on my finger and flicked it.. The final turnout out


And installed!


Only have night time photos at the moment, will get photos of everything with a better camera and with better lighting,
But here it is! Its not quite fitting with all the red on the interior but i really like it!

Moving on
I honestly have no idea why I installed these 'ghost lights', but I had them so why not haha, put them in the door cards with a switch to turn on and off
A bit rice I know thats why i put the option to turn them off


After that I went to bed and then the entire day I went out with my mum and girlfriend to a soup festival
Got to eat some soup and pet a baby goat so can't complain


Now finally home again, its back to work!


Checklist:
- Install rear visor
- Fix rear splitters
- Fix front rhino lip
- Boot re-design
- Service
- Galaxy interior
- Red door cards

Visors up next!

This post has been edited by RoadRage: Jun 12, 2016 - 8:09 AM

[Box]

Tee hee, baby goat. I mean... Interesting process there, could use glow in the dark paint for the stars. Now you have to undo all the red so it goes together.

[RoadRage]

Undo all the red?! Never
A bit slack with the update, but.... I did manage to complete everything on time for the meet

The Prep:
The visor had a crummy Tom's sticker that was a total pain to remove so it was suggested to get some headlight lens remover to clear up the scratches, and surprise! It worked


It still left a mark in the visor so to try and cover that up, I printed a TRD sticker
Getting late late into the night (its actually almost sunrise) Feeling like I lost all sense of sanity I managed to attach the visor to the car and wait for the Sika to dry



Also finished up tidying up the boot, red door cards and fix rear splitters, but one side feel down again a few hours later anyway


Also got a better shot of the 'Galaxy' interior in the morning before the meet


The Meet
With everything actually tidy for the meet (and squezzing in time to wash the car.. badly) It was a blast!


We were allowed to go on the track for a few laps and one of the Photographers got a nice shot of the Celica


Celica No 2
Now having space in my garage, it was time to bring the ugly duckling celica over from where it was left outside in the front garden
..Looking a bit worse than before haha


The two celicas finally reunited


Now to find some time to work on both of them!

Other Stuff
Went for a drive up to the snow again, while visiting mum before leaving, I took this photo, which I thought was neat


Since it was the first proper snowfall of the year, there was actually a line to get up the mountain


But once though, built a snow man and found a nice spot to park in



In other news, PegGTS was nice enough to send me his ST204 vanity plate as a present


aaaand cats still like my car



The Future
For now, I have been working on the 2nd Celica getting that ready to go back on the road so it can go to a good home, while mine still has the strut mounts and camber bolts, aswell as some new bushes to be installed soon.
Thanks for reading. Stay tuned

[BonzaiCelica]

hmm that trunk woodboard, were you the one who asked me about it im alomst sure it was you...

i like the rear black lip on the bumper. looks nice. will try this out myself...

[Box]

Sure you have enough air fresheners? Also your cat needs a top hat.

[RoadRage]

May have gone overboard on the fresheners, haha
I'll let you know I've significantly reduced the amount

Have some small updates but nothing major, and will post some photos at a later date,
But for now enjoy this rolling shot of the last cruise I went on

[PegGTS]

May have gone overboard on the fresheners, haha
I'll let you know I've significantly reduced the amount

Have some small updates but nothing major, and will post some photos at a later date,
But for now enjoy this rolling shot of the last cruise I went on

Meh.

[Box]

I'm still waiting for a cat in a top hat.

[RoadRage]

hmm that trunk woodboard, were you the one who asked me about it im alomst sure it was you...

i like the rear black lip on the bumper. looks nice. will try this out myself...

I do not remember, I first enquired to Paul (PegGTS) about it, since he made one, and he forwarded me your thread from 2008, so thank you for the original idea
Also in case if you're wondering, the rear lip piece is called Rhino Lip that i got off eBay

I'm still waiting for a cat in a top hat.

Does this satisfy your needs?


In addition!


Have something exciting to announce shortly!!! (Granted it happens)
Stay tuned!

[PegGTS]

What ever could it be?

[Box]

The Photoshopped top hat will suffice for now.

Hmmm, maybe it's a BEAMS or 3S-GTE.

[RoadRage]

I'll let you keep guessing

announcement will be made this coming week!

[RoadRage]

Announcement time! Not going to write it all out right now, will write more detail later, but Box is a mind reading wizard!

Introducing the newest family member!



I need a bigger garage


More info to come shortly