Lucky. Why they don't have 3L2 I don't know, they must hate me or something.

In my experience with Duplicolor and imports, they always seem to have the more uncommon colors... not the common ones. Idk why. My Camry color didn't exist, (which was on almost every camry around) but my celica color does (I don't see a lot of super white II celica's)

Duplicolor, y u must be weird?

Getting ready to finally put my exhaust on. I've disconnected the lower O2 sensor (post cat, Cali emissions) to see if the CEL comes on. So far (4 miles of driving highway and city) nothing has popped up. The header I have only has one O2 sensor bung and I'm debating running cat-less. I may slap one on, but I don't want to route the downstream sensor wires all the way under the car (because the header is too long to put a cat up front again) if I don't have to... so here goes. So far, nothing when it comes to lights and no difference in the way the engine runs. I'm wondering if it's just a stupid on/off sensor based on if the cat is clogged or not. It's only 2 wires and OBD1, so I can't imagine it being anything super special. Being that it's unplugged (now correct me if I'm wrong) it won't push the "on" circuit when not enough flow is detected? Idk... just a guess. Will leave it that way for a week to see what happens.

CEL never came on, made no difference in mileage. So, second sensor will remain unplugged for the new exhaust.

Today was a very depressing day... I watched my co-worker/friend get run into by some fresh 18yr old driver in her 09 Subaru. She pulled out infront of him in a line of traffic... he hit her and his whole car jumped the curb and rested on the sidewalk.... it was so painful to watch happen and to see the demise of such a rare beautiful VW. Goodbye Corrado.

RIP:


Re-wrapped some wire in black conduit under the hood and washed the Celica in the rain... Not really in the mood to do anything else. Radiator is starting to leak so the GodSpeed dual core aluminum tank radiator will be next on the buy list.

Picture was snapped of me sitting next to her after I washed her and after the accident... This pretty much shows my mood for the day.



I'm also going to be relocating my licence plate lower and in the grille at an angle. I hate the way it looks on the body line right now..

This post has been edited by RabidTRD: May 8, 2012 - 6:09 PM

Wow man, you've done a lot since I've been away, I love the rims you got =)

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Why kids have new cars.... Sheesh... Sorry to hear that. It doesn't look too bad from the picture, can it all not be fixed?

This post has been edited by Box: May 8, 2012 - 7:32 PM

It can be fixed provided they don't give it a salvage title. If they do salvage it, you can't register it. The car will only be good for parts at that point.

Cant get a rebuilt title in ny

Do what most shady car dealers do. Move it to a state where it can be titled, then move it back. That's if they do decide to salvage it, which hopefully they don't. Seems like it'd be cheaper to repair than to replace.

Yeah, good luck finding a nice Corrado in NY lolol

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Very true...damn rust =X

My lug-nuts finally came in!!! YAY!

They've been back-ordered since April 13th and from the time I got the email that they'd be shipping them out, I received them in 1 business day! Summit Racing is legit when it comes to ship speed rofl!




Now I just need my HEI SS Purple Urethane coated brake hoses and to paint the calipers to match! Too happy right now!

These McGard spline drive nuts are amazing. The bottom even rotates as to not scratch your rims! Lifetime warranty and guaranteed against rust or corrosion! They even came packaged with valves!

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This post has been edited by RabidTRD: May 11, 2012 - 12:33 AM

interesting color choice.

Yeah. The calipers will be the same color as the cap on the nuts.

Anyone know what our hub's mounting ring diameter is? I need to buy hub centric rings for my Enkei's and am too lazy to take the wheel off and measure Enkei diameter and hub diameter.

54.1 I think is what your after.

Actually, why size do you need? I have some off my old rims!! Unless you wanna buy from the US to get them quicker haha

This post has been edited by Timmyface: May 13, 2012 - 7:44 PM

love what you did to your celica reminds me off my white one just like yours i kinda miss her tho none the less nice job on it

when are your lines coming in? I really want to see how it all looks together!

Lines aren't even ordered yet. I had to go on UK Ebay to even find them lol.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/220910948195?ssPag...#ht_1266wt_1166
That's the sales post. You can order them in any color and they all come pre-fit and all four are for that price.

I will also be ordering a real Japanese plate that (and I researched this) fits my engine displacement from Sapporo Japan (Like the beer ) It even has 94 in the main numbers, just like the year of my Celica haha.

I'm also ordering HIR's as soon as I can. HIR>HID in our factory lenses.

License plate will be relocated and moved off of the body line (can't stand it's current position), Rad will be ordered ASAP because the current one is finally leaking (I will also be paint matching it to the VC, Alt heat shield and oil PSI sender. Lots of changes will be happening this summer

Also, I have a new project I'm going to be twiddling with on the side. My friends mom owns a Miata that was built in July of 1989. It's one of the first ever built haha. It also has 190k miles on it and had sat for two years. It cranked over on the third crank! She already has the hard top for it and we're working on getting it pretty again. Runs great. Man is it a fun feeling to drive one of those with the top down. I haven't pushed it because it sat for so long, didn't want to damage anything... but I was all smiles driving around the block in it. Smelled of old barn car! (The best smell ever IMO)

a few pics of the miata would be nice lol my dad had one in tampa florida but had an accident whit it now he gots his mazda rx7 and a awd talon

My brother had two Talons. One was a '90 FWD TSi, the other was a '92 AWD TSi. Those damn things had so much torque, they gave me whiplash. He could spin his tires in every gear lol...

This was before it had been touched in 2 years. It sat in this same position.


Re-mounted the plate, filled the tires, and got it running. This is after we drove it around the block:


I need to get a pic up of it now that it's been buffed with compound. I do have one of me and my friend Cuyler (his familys car) working on it though:


This is the other pig we're working on: 1987 Porsche 924 S

wow its in really great condition i find it kinda hard to believe its been siting for two years very nice porsche looks great too seen one of thoes in mcc campus
good luck on your project really like this tread its very original

NA and 924, really? You're seriously lucky.

This post has been edited by SwissFerdi: May 16, 2012 - 7:11 PM

I want a Miata, 924 or 944. What're the odds.

Te Miata sat uncovered in the driveway for those two years too. Should have seen the bugs under the tires. An entire ant hive was under one lol. It was like watching a stream, they all ran in different directions.

It cleaned up pretty well. I'll have pics when I drive it for a week. The 924 has a lot of "waterproof" issues. The back window isn't even sealed up top and he is sucking exhaust fumes in through his blower motor. Otherwise, it chuggs like a champ.

Neither cars were ever winter driven and both are from down south.

Move them back south so they stay nice. Can't blame me for trying.

Hey man, been impressed with your project as its progressed, thought that i would finally post a reply, you have obviously put your heart and soul into the build and that's awesome. Keep up the good work!

Excalibur

Thanks

I just wish I had the money to do this faster

Ahh, money, that thing!, yeah i can sympathize, Ive gone from stable full time work, back to being a broke student!