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Topic #76176 367 posts Started by jcbass7
Nice! If I ever get tired of the SSIII, I'll switch lol

taking too long to mod since '09June '12 COTM'95 AT200
New switch that I will wire in to use for my GTFour fog lights



Also it was my bday last week and my buddy got me this sweet TRD polo




This post has been edited by jcbass7: Nov 17, 2010 - 9:10 PM
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>Awesome thread!! Just gotta install the lows, front springs, and lose that pin stripe thumbsup.gif


Thanks man biggrin.gif

yea I want to get that pinstripe off there bad, but its underneath the clear coat.

I've got 404 sides and a Euro front lip that need a little TLC and then they will be going on as well.

frown.gif that sucks, at least its not TO obnoxious and we are probably the only ppl that actaully notice it haha.

What are you planning to run in the rear?TRDs?
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>Awesome thread!! Just gotta install the lows, front springs, and lose that pin stripe thumbsup.gif


Thanks man biggrin.gif

yea I want to get that pinstripe off there bad, but its underneath the clear coat.

I've got 404 sides and a Euro front lip that need a little TLC and then they will be going on as well.

frown.gif that sucks, at least its not TO obnoxious and we are probably the only ppl that actaully notice it haha.

What are you planning to run in the rear?TRDs?



Yea I figure I'll do TRD's. I've wanted to get a Zapt rear for a long time now, but just can't source one from anywhere over seas.
If I knew the fog switch was going to be in here I would of cleaned it up alot more.....
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>If I knew the fog switch was going to be in here I would of cleaned it up alot more.....


looks almost brand new to me biggrin.gif (check picture above)
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>Ahh. They look nice!



Got them real cheap too, 300 shipped from South Carolina. I'm very pleased with them so far. I'm going to put them in as soon as I get a chance.


Nice seats mate smile.gif
i have the same one in my car and for me it was a big pain in the ass to change the bracklets becouse they been welded so hard...but good luck in changing - the car feel so luxury with these leather seats biggrin.gif

cheers
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i should be getting a gt-4 bumper soon, and i have been reading around on the install, and there is one thing that is a bit fuzzy to me and since you have done it, i figure i could try to ask you. did you have to modify anything to close the hood? i know about the crash bar mod, but in the convert to a gt4 front end thread, it was saying that the hood would hit before it could close. is there truth to this?

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QUOTE (Zake @ Nov 23, 2010 - 9:39 PM) *
>i should be getting a gt-4 bumper soon, and i have been reading around on the install, and there is one thing that is a bit fuzzy to me and since you have done it, i figure i could try to ask you. did you have to modify anything to close the hood? i know about the crash bar mod, but in the convert to a gt4 front end thread, it was saying that the hood would hit before it could close. is there truth to this?


The part of the GT-Four bumper thats above the Toyota emblem is taller than a USDM front bumper. So yeah, if you have a Stock hood, it will sit lower than the top part of the bumper, but there's an easy fix for that!

... buy the GT-Four hood too! LOL laugh.gif

Jess - can you get a more accurate shot of this phenomenon from the side for us?

This post has been edited by KAOS: Nov 24, 2010 - 10:38 AM

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>i should be getting a gt-4 bumper soon, and i have been reading around on the install, and there is one thing that is a bit fuzzy to me and since you have done it, i figure i could try to ask you. did you have to modify anything to close the hood? i know about the crash bar mod, but in the convert to a gt4 front end thread, it was saying that the hood would hit before it could close. is there truth to this?


The part of the GT-Four bumper thats above the Toyota emblem is taller than a USDM front bumper. So yeah, if you have a Stock hood, it will sit lower than the top part of the bumper, but there's an easy fix for that!

... buy the GT-Four hood too! LOL laugh.gif

i know it will sit lower, but will the stock hood still close? (i dont want a gt4 hood kindasad.gif )

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it still closes and looks alright. ill snap some pics asap. I'm in the middle of switching over the 6g seat rails to the 7g seats, adding the seat heater elements and watching the office biggrin.gif
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>it still closes and looks alright. ill snap some pics asap. I'm in the middle of switching over the 6g seat rails to the 7g seats, adding the seat heater elements and watching the office biggrin.gif

cant wait to see what the seats look like in there, and
this episode is a classic. laugh.gif

This post has been edited by Zake: Nov 24, 2010 - 11:21 PM

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Finally got the trd front suspension and the 7th gen brakes off of the black coupe. I'll try to get them on the car tomorrow when i swap in the new clutch.

here are the pics requested of the gt4 front bumper and stock hood.












I don't have the upper support that runs along the bumper and i didnt do the tall washers or metal tabs to account for this either. I'll do that when i put the gt4 hood on, but the pics give you a good idea how it sits. I can open the hood just fine and it doesn't look bad, unless you get real close and see its not the right hood/bumper.


EDIT: wow you can really tell I need more clear coat on that bumper!
happy thanksgiving, more to come tonight.

This post has been edited by jcbass7: Nov 25, 2010 - 12:41 PM
That actually doesn't look half bad! You should throw some LED's in the gap so you can make some sort of accent light that will shine up the hood lol
Is it pretty tricky to get the hood opened?

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hey thanks for posting those pics. it looks like it fits much better than i was thinking it would. now i cant wait till mine comes biggrin.gif

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>Is it pretty tricky to get the hood opened?


Opens easy, a little tighter, but not a problem at all.
So I've been fighting with the 7th gen seats for a while and cannot switch the brackets over like I read in a different thread. I am convinced that my older version seats (94) are causing the issues so I am drilling the mounting tabs off of the rails and welding them over to the other seats. Gives me an excuse to use the new welder I bought and I can finish this project.

I'm also adding the heated seat elements while I'm at it.

some pics off the differences:






the mess i created:
^ yes like mine wich is preface model you cannot switch the brackets so that i am telling you that is not so easy...but the final result is very very nice biggrin.gif

good luck
Looks like a big hassle!! But worth it in the end thumbsup.gif

Btw, nice jammies laugh.gif

taking too long to mod since '09June '12 COTM'95 AT200
nice Micky Mouse PJs you got there.

my st205 swapandour Beams swap
OK STOP. U use the metal support of your celica and put the cushion of the 7th gen celica into your metal support.

The metal support of the 7th gen does not nor will ever fit any 6th gen.

Thats what i didi with my mr2 seats

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.........please excuse that post, DayQil makes me silly. After looking at the last post here, I had no idea that the 94 is way off from the other years. Totally sucks. If I had a spare set they'd be yours, but I had 94's. Best of luck!

This post has been edited by Spider77: Nov 26, 2010 - 4:49 PM
ok i see ur problem

the 94 seats and 95 seats are different..

these are ur seats



and these are my seats




notice the diffrence in the knob.. the earlier seats had more plastic, thats why your basket is different...

I have some baskets and rails, lmk do not weld, see how my mr2 seats fit fine...

put a close up pick of yout 6th gen rails...you may just need the plastics and the baskets, and no the whole bracket...

this is the bracket, if it looks like this, then just get the other parts.


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worked all day yesterday for about 12 hours in my buddy's garage. Got a lot done. Looks like from everyone's posts I just need the seat guts from a 95+. I've had 5 celicas and never knew the seats changed over the years, probably since all 5 have been 94's. Anywho, here is the progress...

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-Installed OEM clutch disk with Exedy stage 2 pressure plate (manny correct me if im wrong)
-Installed Kirkasaurus poly motor mounts
-Installed TRD front lowering springs
-New output shaft seals while I was at it as well

This took me way too long..

The garage I was lucky enough to spend some time in..


Chucks and Coveralls


The trunk of parts to put on:


removing stuff..



old clutch..



I didn't get as many pictures as I wanted since I was busy most of the time and my hands were completly black and greasy. I took the brakes off the coupe to put on the celica, under the impression that they were the front brakes from a 7th gen. (this is another one of the wonderful things the owner of the coupe told me was on the car that ended up already being removed..) anywho, I noticed they looked small, but took them with me anyways and sure enough they were way smaller than the stock brakes GT front calipers, so I suspect they were just ST front calipers? I didn't know the ST front's were that much smaller than the GT's?




thats the pads of the GT brakes on my car and the pad of the other calipers I am holding next to them.

This post has been edited by jcbass7: Nov 27, 2010 - 11:12 AM
what a nice garage bro!.

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>what a nice garage bro!.


not mine, but definitely nice doing the work there and not outside in my driveway biggrin.gif
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QUOTE (jcbass7 @ Nov 16, 2010 - 2:46 PM) *
>I love ebay



i decided to copy you and i bought this too tongue.gif

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Pic with the front lowered. Finally looks decent. Got the valve stems replaced since one was leaking and got an alignment.