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Nihil's '97 ST slowly getting somewhere - 6G Celicas Forums

EnthusiastJoined Jul 17, '12From SloveniaCurrentlyOfflineReputation:0(0%)
6th Generation Celica › My Project
Funny thing happened the other day... I own this car a year now and only yesterday, when I had to use the information about the date of the first registration of the car, I noticed the year is 1997 an...
Topic ID: 85178 • Post ID: 9682254

Nihil's '97 ST slowly getting somewhere - 6G Celicas Forums

EnthusiastJoined Jul 17, '12From SloveniaCurrentlyOfflineReputation:0(0%)
6th Generation Celica › My Project
I've done a poor job with the interior painting, though not visible on pics here, and failed miserably with vinyl wrapping of some interior pieces (wasn't even worth taking a photo
but that's what you...
Topic ID: 85178 • Post ID: 9682252

Nihil's '97 ST slowly getting somewhere - 6G Celicas Forums

EnthusiastJoined Jul 17, '12From SloveniaCurrentlyOfflineReputation:0(0%)
6th Generation Celica › My Project
After a long winter we finally got some sun so I can work outside. Here is what happened today:
The before/after picture
And both fitted on the car
Such a difference, feels like the car is 3 years new...
Topic ID: 85178 • Post ID: 9682250

Nihil's '97 ST slowly getting somewhere - 6G Celicas Forums

EnthusiastJoined Jul 17, '12From SloveniaCurrentlyOfflineReputation:0(0%)
6th Generation Celica › My Project
Ok, latest update, but a month late since I'm lazy - winter tires Maxxis 205/50R16, great grip on dry or wet surface, a bit loose on snow, but so is any tire.
Wheels are some cheap Alessio I reused fr...
Topic ID: 85178 • Post ID: 9682249

Nihil's '97 ST slowly getting somewhere - 6G Celicas Forums

EnthusiastJoined Jul 17, '12From SloveniaCurrentlyOfflineReputation:0(0%)
6th Generation Celica › My Project
yeah, but Bridgestone, Michelin and Dunlop are up from 150€ ($190) apiece where Hankook/Falken/Toyo are about 100€ ($130)... 600€ for tires seems a bit too much to me, but 400€ is reasonable
This post...
Topic ID: 85178 • Post ID: 9682246

Nihil's '97 ST slowly getting somewhere - 6G Celicas Forums

EnthusiastJoined Jul 17, '12From SloveniaCurrentlyOfflineReputation:0(0%)
6th Generation Celica › My Project
Wow, good to know, no kumho for me then... How about Hankook, Falken or Toyo? Same price range, perhaps a bit higher...
Topic ID: 85178 • Post ID: 9682243

Nihil's '97 ST slowly getting somewhere - 6G Celicas Forums

EnthusiastJoined Jul 17, '12From SloveniaCurrentlyOfflineReputation:0(0%)
6th Generation Celica › My Project
My cousin helped me with main service: timing belt, other belts, filters (oil, air), water pump and spark plugs are replaced. Now she runs like new
I also replaced courtesy lights, trunk light and clu...
Topic ID: 85178 • Post ID: 9682241

Nihil's '97 ST slowly getting somewhere - 6G Celicas Forums

EnthusiastJoined Jul 17, '12From SloveniaCurrentlyOfflineReputation:0(0%)
6th Generation Celica › My Project
Ok, today I replaced the hood latch that was pretty much just rust... And it gave me quite a problem, as I locked my hood with latch cable detached from the mechanism
Before:
Comparison:
After:
Topic ID: 85178 • Post ID: 9682240

Nihil's '97 ST slowly getting somewhere - 6G Celicas Forums

EnthusiastJoined Jul 17, '12From SloveniaCurrentlyOfflineReputation:0(0%)
6th Generation Celica › My Project
QUOTE (delusionz @ Sep 2, 2012 - 6:03 PM)
manifold heat shield - paint it with high temp exhaust paint, its not worth shining it up since its steel, it will rust right away
Are you sure it's steel? Th...
Topic ID: 85178 • Post ID: 9682236

Nihil's '97 ST slowly getting somewhere - 6G Celicas Forums

EnthusiastJoined Jul 17, '12From SloveniaCurrentlyOfflineReputation:0(0%)
6th Generation Celica › My Project
Yesterday I polished exhaust manifold cover plate on my 7a-fe engine, I just messed up a bit using too harsh sandpaper for the first brush, as it left scratches all over the plate... But it kind of tu...
Topic ID: 85178 • Post ID: 9682233

Nihil's '97 ST slowly getting somewhere - 6G Celicas Forums

EnthusiastJoined Jul 17, '12From SloveniaCurrentlyOfflineReputation:0(0%)
6th Generation Celica › My Project
So today I had a day off and I decided to sew a shift boot, since my mum's oldschool sewing machine just got back from repair shop and she lend it to me.
First I ****ed up just at the finish and had t...
Topic ID: 85178 • Post ID: 9682232

Nihil's '97 ST slowly getting somewhere - 6G Celicas Forums

EnthusiastJoined Jul 17, '12From SloveniaCurrentlyOfflineReputation:0(0%)
6th Generation Celica › My Project
So today, as promised, I painted the lower plastic parts of the dashboard. White of course, same process as the door panels.
I like how it turned out, but I'll probably need to smooth it out and give ...
Topic ID: 85178 • Post ID: 9682231

Nihil's '97 ST slowly getting somewhere - 6G Celicas Forums

EnthusiastJoined Jul 17, '12From SloveniaCurrentlyOfflineReputation:0(0%)
6th Generation Celica › My Project
Ok, yesterday I got a 7 gen airbag, so today I replaced my worn 6 gen wheel with leather 7 gen wheel.
Quite easy mod, started by removing the old airbag from the wheel, then I removed the wheel with a...
Topic ID: 85178 • Post ID: 9682229

Nihil's '97 ST slowly getting somewhere - 6G Celicas Forums

EnthusiastJoined Jul 17, '12From SloveniaCurrentlyOfflineReputation:0(0%)
6th Generation Celica › My Project
Ok, since you all say my door panels are in great shape, I'll leave it at that for now.
How about cleaning and preserving the vinyl? Anybody knows any good products to revitalise vinyl, perhaps to sl...
Topic ID: 85178 • Post ID: 9682227

Nihil's '97 ST slowly getting somewhere - 6G Celicas Forums

EnthusiastJoined Jul 17, '12From SloveniaCurrentlyOfflineReputation:0(0%)
6th Generation Celica › My Project
Nothing is actually wrong with the door vinyl, I just think it would look better in white leather...
As for the center console piece (arm rest), I just cut a sheet of artificial leather, large enough ...
Topic ID: 85178 • Post ID: 9682220

Nihil's '97 ST slowly getting somewhere - 6G Celicas Forums

EnthusiastJoined Jul 17, '12From SloveniaCurrentlyOfflineReputation:0(0%)
6th Generation Celica › My Project
Ok, today was a nice day to do some paintwork on the interior and I got a day off at work. So I decided to start with the door pannels, grabed some spray paint and plastic primer and I gave it a go.
F...
Topic ID: 85178 • Post ID: 9682218

Nihil's '97 ST slowly getting somewhere - 6G Celicas Forums

EnthusiastJoined Jul 17, '12From SloveniaCurrentlyOfflineReputation:0(0%)
6th Generation Celica › My Project
EDIT: moved pictures from the first post.
Second post:
Ok, to gently start this thread, here is what I made today.
I bought a 10mm foam and a sheet of white artificial leather. Although I planned on d...
Topic ID: 85178 • Post ID: 9682215

Nihil's '97 ST slowly getting somewhere - 6G Celicas Forums

EnthusiastJoined Jul 17, '12From SloveniaCurrentlyOfflineReputation:0(0%)
6th Generation Celica › My Project
Hi,
this is my Toyota Celica ST, year 1997 (first i believed it's a 1998, but later realized it's a 1997...), with an 1.8 l 7A-FE engine. I bought it about 2 months ago (Edit: summer of 2012). It's cu...
Topic ID: 85178 • Post ID: 9682213

gauges have no light - 6G Celicas Forums

EnthusiastJoined Jul 17, '12From SloveniaCurrentlyOfflineReputation:0(0%)
6th Generation Celica › Interior/Audio/Electrical/Wiring
Ok, one thing: when you turn on the lights, do you have the dimmer connected? Cluster lights will not turn on if you have the dimmer disconected.
Had the same problem when I was converting my dash to ...
Topic ID: 85055 • Post ID: 9681896

gauges have no light - 6G Celicas Forums

EnthusiastJoined Jul 17, '12From SloveniaCurrentlyOfflineReputation:0(0%)
6th Generation Celica › Interior/Audio/Electrical/Wiring
If everything is exactly the same, I'd suggest that you replace just the circuit. Remove all the bulbs, unscrew everything and it should come right off. This way you keep the milage reading and cluste...
Topic ID: 85055 • Post ID: 9681894
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