Phony? Who, me? Nah. I hit the gym (and steroids) hard, started smoking, and I love cutting trees up with a chainsaw. Kissy pictures are for scrawny little 160 lb guys who post lame car pictures on Facebook.

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I'm love it! I'm love it! Aaahh want it....

looking good!

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This post has been edited by Celisauras16: Jul 30, 2013 - 8:40 PM

^Totally not the chainsaw wielding, steroid taking, cigar smoking, bacon eating MAN you had use to believe you were. Get a life you loser.

This post has been edited by Box: Jul 30, 2013 - 8:38 PM

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That wasn't me. This is me:



That being said... WHO THE F*** IS KISSING MY GIRLFRIEND IN THAT PICTURE?!?!?! I'll kill him...

More importantly he drove YOUR CAR!!!!

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Who are you kidding? Whoever that guy is, he got there one of two ways.

1. He drove another car.
2. He rode in the passenger seat.

And for the record, I love Brigette for totally delivering in this thread.

This post has been edited by bloodMoney: Jul 31, 2013 - 10:43 AM

I don't particularly care how he got there. I have photographic evidence that he is kissing my girlfriend. Clearly I'm going to have to break up with her. She can keep the dogs and the apartment. I only need the Celica.

In other news, I'm shopping around for a new rim or for a repair shop for this one... No real luck so far. May just have to bite the bullet and keep it like this. The tail lights are still working great, as are the floorboard LED's. I'll be installing a set of those in my Z as well. I'm not liking my Alpine Type R speakers too well. The mids and highs are decent, but lows, not so much. Gotta get everything tidied up before August 17th...

now wait a minute? BRIGETTE's your girlfriend??!!!
all this time I thought the Celica was your girlfriend.

lol! looking real good though. Can't wait to see this in person at the next meet.

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Brigette is his girlfriend and The Celica is Brigette's.... So it's a package deal

But the car just looks amazing, keep the pics rolling!

And did you end up getting back in touch with the shop?

Who needs women when you have a nice car anyhow?

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You need her when the title to the nice car is in her name lol

Hmm.... May be onto something there Kurt.

I am so confused about what's going on in here....


But the car looks amazing

Did a cheap and easy mod today. Shift bushings have needed to be replaced for a while and I've avoided the cheap brass bushings from Ebay because, frankly, they suck. About 5 second of research on teh interwebz led me to a different solution: skateboard bearings. They're dirt cheap, easily accessible, and the perfect size. In addition to the skateboard bearings, you'll need a couple of small washers to act as spacers.

Here's what I started with:


Here are the new bearings and washers:


Now, I completely forgot until I popped the hood and got down to the shift bushings that the Celica uses two different size bushings, so I was only able to use one of the bearings today. It's really not a good idea to use the other bearing as a shift bushing anyway. One cable selects the gears and the other only pushes from side to side. The cable that selects gears actually rotates two directions, so a solid bushing (such as the Ebay brass bushings or these bearings) would cause more stress on your shift cables and will eventually wear the cables out. Fortunately, that's the cable with the larger bushing so the new bearing won't fit.

Due to how worn out my old bushing was, I now have much crisper shifts. It's still not as tight as I'd like, but it isn't far off. The cost of the Speed Source shift bushings is around $30. Ebay brass bushings are $12-15. My total for the bearings and washers: $4.07. Here's the how-to.

http://mr2wiki.com/AllModels/ShiftBearings

Nice

I'll have to do mine too. Once I replace this STUPID battery.

Since I bought two bearings and could only use one, I can send you the other if you want.

The bronze bushings aren't crap. They are expensive though when compared to this. I'm using bronze bushings and there was a definite improvement over stock rubber bushings in terms of shift feel.

I have the Speed Source ones too. The shift are a bit more choppy and mechanical but alot more precise

I have heard other alternatives that worked as well.

This post has been edited by Tigawoods: Aug 19, 2013 - 5:02 PM

If I get a Celica again can you get the parts and send them to me at no charge?

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I almost bought a set of brass bushings from eBay, then I noticed people saying that they caused shift cable failure due to the lack of flexibility. Then when I went to swap, I was glad I didn't buy them because my shift cable bushings are two different sizes. I've noticed some members around here say they have the brass bushings, but all the kits I've seen (SW20, ST204, ZZ30) sell two bushings the same size. Did later model Celicas have different shift cables than earlier years? I'll check ToyoDIY in a little while. In the meantime, if I could find a replacement for my other bushing (OEM or not) I'd go ahead and replace it. May go ahead and replace the cables soon, who knows.

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Apparently so, my shift cables are both of the same size. When I ordered my bushings they came in staggered sizes. I had to return one and got one of the same size as the other one. One was the size of a quarter and the other was the size of a dollar coin almost. I had to use two of the smaller ones.

I might try roller bearings. I've never heard of any shifter cables broken due to brass bushings but the theory behind the roller bearings allowing the cable some slop is a good one.

That sounds like the set I need. I just checked and compared part numbers from a '94 Celica to my '98, both use the same shift cables. It's possible the previous owner swapped them out for an aftermarket set or something. Where did you get your set from?

^Ummm.. info? 0.O

he blew the engine,

because racecar...

No... because mark.

RACEKOR!!

No, kurt95gt and BlueCelicaWife came down from Ohio to help pull the motor. Dustin and Stef suspect my steering rack is the cause of my weird torque steer issue so I picked up a new steering rack, inner tie rod ends to go with the outers I bought last year and never installed, passenger side motor mount, poly motor mount inserts, and plenty of engine degreaser for the engine bay. Turns out the rack we got, although the dimensions are the same, is not for a Celica. So now the engine is out, the bay is clean, and we're at a standstill. We considered replacing the tie rod ends and putting the rack back in and putting the motor back in but we didn't go through all this work to give up and put the same rack back in. So I guess we're shut down, I'll have to buy another rack Tuesday and get back into the car next weekend.

I gotta say, I'm finding it hard to concentrate on the Celica lately. Those in the know know I've got my sights set on a different car.