Looks great! Sucks about the other though. When you call about it you should say you were pulled over and ticketed for having nonoperational signals, that way you can yell at them and not feel bad about it.

This post has been edited by Box: Jul 23, 2013 - 7:59 PM

Paint job looks fantastic!

But they defaced a Caldina alloy -.- That is seriously not just a little mistake, but obvious neglect - any professional service should be able to operate without damaging goods, and if they do they should make it right.

You can get them shipped individually from Japan - I could get that organized for you if you like - hopefully at the painters expense! A keep that in mind when you are 'negotiating' with the business tomorrow.

Just finished putting the "GT-Four" decals on the riser blocks and getting the LED strips in the floorboards. Was going to put the antenna in as well but I'm feeling lazy and grouchy. Truthfully, I had Brigette put the decals on. She did fine work. She also impersonated boost noises for me earlier today, so there's going to be a ring in our future. Any girl that loves boost noises and is willing to make the sounds for you is a girl worth marrying! I would do the antenna and the other little things this Saturday but the wifey and I are taking a weekend trip. Nothing too special but it beats spending a hot weekend wrenching on a car.

I'm still disappointed and grouchy about the small things. Totally ruined my day. Yeah, I know the scratch on the rim and the tint being messed up aren't going to change the world, but the taillights not working.... That pisses me off. The body shop is two hours away from where I'm living and I now have no weekdays off. Of course the body shop isn't open on Saturdays either. I'm guessing the problem is where I extended the wiring for my projector sidemarkers, but of course my fenders are now shaved and the front splitters are mounted semi-permanently, making the wiring near impossible to access. Especially a paint to get to on a mere hunch that the issue is inside the wiring in the fender. I may be able to get to it by pulling the front rims off and pulling the splash guards out of the fenders. I'll have to check in a couple of weeks. In the meantime... No nighttime driving.

she loves boost noises.

can you provide that for her?

NO!

I once knew a girl that could purr like a cat, if that counts for anything.

I can't wait for the meet to see this thing. I want my girlfriend to see a decked out Celica in full glory. So she understands my sickness lol

That sucks about the rim. But you know what's worse?

Curbing them yourself. I may or may not have done that recently.

Anyway, your experience only strengthens my distrust of shops. You better believe I'm pulling my motor before handing off the shell for paint!

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im not contributing much to this thread haha

...except righteous hilarity, Mike!

Good luck with the wiring Daniel; are you guessing that a splice may have shorted/cut the wiring to the taillights?

Fat cats on a wednesday morning, huh...

Congratulations Daniel. The paint looks fantastic, I'm curious if you had the bay & jambs resprayed as well? I don't think you'll ever tire of that of that scheme.

As for the other things, that's why I don't trust anyone a wrench or paint monkey with my vehicle. They really should replace or recoat that wheel, though.

Can't really tell from the picture if the scratches are down to the metal or not. If they aren't they might just polish out.

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Lol if she wants to see a fully decked out Celica, fortunately Dustin and Steff will be there. My Celica is a LONG way away from being worthy of anything.



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I do enjoy your random gifs. I have no idea where you get them from, but they are hilarious.


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Not that I have found yet. I'm sure it's something like that. I cut off the plugs for my factory sidemarkers and extended the harnesses up to the projectors. Since they were in my fenders, I'm guessing that my connections got pulled apart and probably patched back together quickly without bothering to check and make sure they were right. Usually not a big deal, except that I can no longer easily get to those wires. I'll have to check on it Saturday morning, I guess.


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The scratches aren't gouged into the metal, but they're definitely through the finish and can't be polished out. They did put some minor scratches in the metal, but nothing serious. I'm more just upset about how pristine these wheels were when I dropped the car off and how this one looks now.

Ferdi- I had the hatch and door jambs resprayed, but we left the engine bay black. No point in paying extra and going through all the extra work for the engine bay. I don't trust any mechanic apart from close friends under my hood, but I know body work is well beyond my skill. Apparently I can't trust other people to do that either.

Moral of the story, don't trust anybody. EVEN YOURSELF.

Car looks great Daniel those wheels should have come factory on the celica cars come along way, I hope it makes the trip out East I'd love to see it!

This post has been edited by Ted95: Jul 24, 2013 - 11:08 PM

I think it's safe to update that sig

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Thanks Cameron! That's part of why I like the wheels so much. I'm building the car with the intentions of keeping the car looking as though it came out of the factory like this.


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I will eventually. Gotta snap some decent pictures of the car first. Maybe tomorrow if the weather stays nice.

Little update, I took some things apart and started looking for the short in my wiring and figure out why my tail lights weren't working. I didn't find any issues, but somehow they magically work again. Beats me, I didn't see anything wrong anywhere in the wiring. Oh well, I guess I'll just wait it out and see how long it lasts. Finished cleaning the interior and got all the dust from the body shop. Replaced my front speakers with Alpine Type R's and swapped subs out between the Celica and the Murano. Installed my window mounted antenna, which works great. It's an amplified antenna so it uses the power that made the stock antenna go up and down. Wiring and mounting it was easy, and so far reception is great. No pictures of anything, maybe I'll take it out for a photoshoot tomorrow.

Could be a break somewhere in the wiring or a connector. That or if there's an exposed spot causing it to short out. Either way, at least they're working again.

That's just it, I can't find any issues at all in my wiring. I'm dumbfounded but oh well, at least everything is working for now. Still need to take it out for a good drive, as I've only been able to drive it once. Eventually I'll get to drive it again...

Maybe it was just the car trolling you.

Nothing special, but slightly better pictures than before.










This post has been edited by richee3: Jul 30, 2013 - 10:30 AM

NSFW! Car porn!

My favorite.



Very nice, Dan. Love it.

Simply amazing

This post has been edited by enderswift: Jul 28, 2013 - 9:56 PM

It makes me like white more than red, which really wasn't hard to begin with. With the roof and tag bezel being black it makes me want to paint your mirrors black too.

Looks fantastic! White is such a great colour for the GT-4 body.

I'll probably stick with red when I finally get mine done, but man, your car looks REALLY good.

Where are the kissy pictures?????

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He didn't want 6gc to see his softer side...

What soft side? I'm a manly man who would never take pictures like that. And I quote:


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^ Perhaps it's not what it implies?