hey guys remember how my car looked yesterday????







well this is how it looks now. isn't it just AMAZING!




I would like to thank the Silverado that backed into me for the fantastic new look.
Turned out the guy who hit me was also friends with the cop who showed up at the scene. ****ING GREAT. So theres no doubt in my mind that the police report is going to conveniently be missing the section where its supposed to say whos fault this was (his).

I'm seriously at a loss right now. I just want to give up. I dumped $1500 in body work and maintance into this car over the summer... it never ends



This post has been edited by enderswift: Aug 1, 2010 - 1:21 PM

Yep, I would have been the only 7th gen. damnit, next one I'm going come hell or high water.

hit a deer?

This post has been edited by Bitter: Aug 1, 2010 - 12:57 PM

Pictures!

After Stambo and I got lost, we followed bloodMoney in to the Lone Point shelter.


All the cars lined up for pictures. For some reason, Chris made me park my car down at the end. Let's play "Which car doesn't belong?"



Figures... A bunch of guys standing around, making the girl do all the work. I am curious what Chris was looking at in this picture. Maybe I should submit it to D-Man for ideas.


Heading out for a cruise before going to Mathison for a hike.




Hiking at Mathison.





After the hike, the cars sitting in the parking lot.




Stambo's interior. I love the gauges.


Driving home after the group split up.


Tom, I cropped part of that last picture so that there was no other traffic and I assume you didn't want to see my windshield wipers. I have the full size copy if you want to see it. It's not quite as grainy.

sure that'd be cool. I would deff give d-man that picture lol

It was a great time meeting everyone. I'm down for another meet for sure.

Its all good Richee you got a 6gc sitting at home.

Sorry to hear about the silverado backing into you luke....

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Here you go. The graininess is just from the dirt on my windshield. It shows up when I crop it the picture.


Everyone remember how clean my car was yesterday? Not the cleanest in the world, but clean? You should see it now after 5.5 hours of bugs on the interstate. Visibility through the windshield is zero.

Luke, you should find this guy and burn his house down. That sucks, dude. As long as the police report doesn't say you rear-ended him, you should be alright. Hope for the best. This could be an opportunity for you- JDM high from Lagos?

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Hey, at least you could still show up in a Celica instead of a car you could find in the McDonald's drive through while I'm getting some chicken nuggets for my 4 kids I hope to have my Celica running again by the next meet.

This post has been edited by richee3: Aug 1, 2010 - 1:43 PM

This is how my car looked this morning.





This post has been edited by navseal345: Aug 1, 2010 - 2:54 PM

http://www.amazon.com/RainX-5067043-Bug-Pr...d/dp/B000ENN9LU **** works too btw, but you really only do need ONE coat! any more and its a BITCH to get off the car. a year later and its finally ALL off after I thought 'oh hey more is better, 3 coats!'

enderswift--
Where did it happen??
My Bride & I feel absolutly terrible!!

Ender, if you need somewhere indoors with a good air compressor to pull your old stuff off and put the new stuff on I have a friend with a good metal barn with cement floor thats great for those projects and can bring needed tools from work as well as lend a hand. just sayin

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Thanks big block, it happened in the D&D parking lot by my house. I just wanted a coffee. thats it lol.


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really appreciate it bitter, I've got the equivalent of a shop in my garage because I went nuts on buying tools my freshman year in college so im good there haha. I actually dont even have that much to take apart anyway, only the front bumper since the radiator support can be saved. What I do need is a passenger high beam and a hood, so if you have one or know of one then let me know!

as far as repairs go, I went over to my body guy and we discussed my options. right now it looks like paint supplies are going to be in $150 range, paint labor is $250, booth charge is $100, pulling out the radiator support is $100, a new radiator is $150 (not factoring my 20% work discount), new toyota coolant and some r134a for the AC should cost ~ $90. $740 so far... I still have to find and price a hood and high beam. Surprisingly this is turning out to be more expensive than the damage I just fixed!

This guy wants to keep insurance out of this so i'm gonna take the celi to get a repair quote at the local shop (which is definately going to cost more that $1200) and then I'm gonna give him the price through my guy. I think He'll choose the latter!

~so it looks like im gonna ask for $1,000. So again, if any of you chicago guys know of a local hood and head light please, PLEASE, let me know!

i could try to get a pass. high beam for yea from a celi out by me

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that would be much appreciated. But before you do that I'm gonna try to get parts through advance salvage at work, and also check the junk yards near by. after tomorrow I'm gonna be all ears for parts

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Sounds good to me, if you need anything else theres a few of them with perfectly good tail lights and interior pieces. No one around me does anything with a 6gc just civics

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My compressor is bigger

LOL indeed it is. that thing must push some mean cfm haha. Pretty sure my IR impact would explode from too much torque

But enough of the thread derailment. This is a MEET thread, not a celi casualty thread, so whens the next meet ? This time can I please take a ride in a 3s celi??

This post has been edited by enderswift: Aug 2, 2010 - 2:14 AM

It runs my IR2135Ti very very well, as well as my IR air ratchet and IR palm impact and Mac die grinders.

Yea this next time you can go for a cruise with me in the coupe.

sorry to hear about your car ender. I know the feeling. you saw how mine looks after I got it repaired....

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Hey Stambo,

I finally made up my mind... I'm going 3vzfe this winter..... Iron block and heads will be prime for a future turbo upgrage.....

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thanks man, fact of life unfortunately. You still gonna trade for that GT?


Oh and stambo, I just rediscovered your swap thread and felt dumb for not realizing that was the same car at the meet haha. hows that blowoff valve working out for you btw?

This post has been edited by enderswift: Aug 3, 2010 - 4:15 PM

the blow off valve is working great. I'm happy with my decision to buy it.

keison, that thing will be fast even with out a turbo Also any word on that car show at your school?

looks good guys. Sorry I couldn't make it. Had car trouble when i came back.

hope to come by the next one

Hope you've got all your car troube lined out, Shig. I'd love to make it to the next meet, but I really need to be saving up for a motor for my Celica. Maybe I'll have it running again before the next big meet. I can't wait to see everyone else's pictures and Stambo's video of the cruise.

Alright guys.... Here we go

A few of everyone hanging out...























Enderswift whose car was hit the very next morning. At least we have pics of it while it was still looking good..































Tom setting up his auto x camera for the cruise...



She almost got everyone in this pic...the red one was hiding...



Pics of the hike...









Taking a break...



Hanging around the mini waterfall...



The big waterfall from last time was barely running this time...







This little guy was camouflaged



Nice sunlight...





I'm not sure why everyone was ducking...



This bridge was still under water like it was a month and a half ago...



Some last parking lot pics...







I wonder what this says about the girls who live here?




I'll post up the little vid that I have later...

This post has been edited by bloodMoney: Aug 5, 2010 - 8:56 AM

awesome pics from an awesome day. wish I coulda stayed for the hike

Looking at that picture of me next to my celi makes me realize how akward i must look getting out of one lol

missed token black guy.

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Looks like an album cover for a band. Similar to "Abbey Road." Great shots!

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I will let you know tonight... I am not sure if it's tomorrow or next saturday...

I love those pics...

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rofl "The Celestials" haha