windter time is coming... so that means... work and saving money... with teh exception of me going on vacaton with fam... next week for 2-1/2 weeks.. im not sure what i wanna get next for my car, anything motor is out of the question right now, but maybe exterior, rims/tires, drop, anything else? i dont know which one to do first...and thats what i need help on.. just some opinions on what to do next.. thanks in advance...

new lights... the yellow... ewww. looks like urnine

Do the drop

DONT DO DROP! WE HAVE SNOW!!! the worst thing can do its because you have to learn a new way to drive, car handles different........ HORRIBLE!!! espcially where you live, from what I've seen they do a crap job cleaning ground...

Snow? What's snow?

Alright, if not the drop then get some street slicks on a set of fat 18s.

From Skokie, Illinois <- we have about 7" of snow on the ground right now... + ice from week... it's somewhat bad here... (I'm about 20 minutes away from him...)

tbh, you dont want to do anything that will change the control/handeling of a car since you will have to learn how to handle it, and snow is not a place to be learning that on...

This post has been edited by Celicam8: Dec 16, 2007 - 12:12 AM

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yea....u cant see the bottom of teh tire's sidewall was jsut out there shovelling... its a bitch.. ahha but yea.. agreed on teh no drop... and when spring hits ill start on some rims...18s? would they look overboard on the car? jw cuz ive seen 18s on some they look nice but wasnt sure if there was a drop or not on them, cuz i know sometimes big rims with no drop.. just looks funny...

any way... celicam8 where u from?

lx.. originally i was in SoCal... moved here a few wks ago... im in desplaines..i was shovelling 2 min ago... and 2hrs ago, the snow was comming down nice... owell my car doesnt look like it will be moving for a little while... its kinda burried...

and as far as rimsize 17" give you best control and handeling... 18" imo are way too big for a car like this... you should think about 17" and adding a spacer... but as i said before, hold out on things where you will be altering how the car will be responding and handeling... way too much to learn on pavement like this..

Save your money for spring, and buy some exterior stuff... maybe clean up and dynamat it if you are a audiophile...

yea... i plan to do lots of exterior stuff...

i want front and rear splitters.... like on coomers celi...and the sideskirts...not sure where to get those... i really think it would look sexy especially in black...and im planning on a whole body repaint.. i got a dent in the front left fender....not sure if i wanna hammer it out then bondo or just order a new fender... but yea... as for my future future plans on what to do next... im 18.... fresh in college...im gonna have this car for teh next 4-5 years maybe... and prolly plan on keeping it after college...or pass it down in the fam.. but i really wanna do a tranny swap... and hopefully a 3s swap... i got a shop minutes away from my house who are willing to do it... also another shop where my friend got his 3s swapped into his mr2.... soo ....its all just time and patience... just really eager...love this carrr sorry for all the dot dot dots hahah i type like that i dunno why

money wise... i just recently sold my 90 crx...for 900... and my pops has the money... still hasnt forked it over..i want it. damn it. haha.

im planning on working in a home health as an assistant for a PT... soo ima be focusing a lot on school... so a brief hiatus hopefully on touching the celica after this spring...i need that mula...

but yea most def not gonna let go of this car for a while so ima do what i can...

This post has been edited by lx130: Dec 19, 2007 - 2:05 AM

i drove a massively lowered car, with 2" of ground clearance under the motor in 6"+ of snow....i didn't have a problem?!
neither do any of my friends....

here is a 2.5" drop on coilovers + 18" wheels



as for your fender issue, i would just get a new fender.

umm curren tails are a nice clean simple modification that you can do as well, carbon fiber trunk lids are even better
maybe clear side markers from procarparts helps clean things up a bit.


This post has been edited by playr158: Dec 19, 2007 - 9:14 AM

You wont haver a problem in the snow with a drop. I dropped my car and it drives just fine. Its the tires you'll have to worry about. IMO 17 for looks and 16's for handeling. 18's crap, but some times look good on the celi.

I never said he will have a problem... I was saying he is lowering the car it feels different and learning how its supposed to feel is not what you want to do on snow... my car is lowered also and I have no problem, except that they dont know how to clean roads here if their life depended on it