Well i think it's about time i sat down and made a progression thread since ive had my car for about 3 and a half years bought it January 08. (please bare with me i don't have great memory and won't remember the details and the time of mods might be a lil out of place but here goes)

this is what i drove around before a great car roomy, reliable, strong engine, great family car a cressida.




but i was 19 young naive and still under the influence of the fast and furious movies (unfortunately) and didn't want a family car i wanted a sports car.
so i wanted a 90-93 celica with the pop up lights a 5th gen loved those car and wanted a stick shift car to learn and use as a DD for work and college. So i looked and i looked and i looked but while looking i stumbled upon a 94 celica GT stick shift lot of miles but good price and i knew the motor could give me like double what it had for just under 2K a couple on dings here and there high beam broken driver side fender dented but strong engine nice color i liked the tan interior even though the seats were torn up. so i picked it up. here the pics from the dealer









Got it and within a couple days sold the cressida(which i do miss great car)

first thing had to get a shift knob lol didn't have one and a $20 purchase at autozone took care of that but those $20 were the first of many purchases throughout these 3 1/2 years the very first "MOD" well i buckled down and learned how to drive stick shift in this car got the hand of it after some days of practice with my pops didn't "master it" till like a year latter.

the first things i did were get seat covers and steering wheel cover and full tune up plugs wires oil ect.


crappy but matched and got the job done and a decal for the trunk window one on each side


after the year I started doing small mods and found this website which helped me tremendously in combination with eBay so i could afford to do mod's on my car i started.
First Reverse indigo gauges got these for 30 bucks from a company called auto concepts on eBay by far the nicest looking gauges i saw at the time for price range all white at the day time completely dark at night except the numbers


still have em on still look great only i scratched them rear the center and barley noticeable bug kinda bugs me I HAVE NEVER seen another set to buy tried but all the other ones don't appeal to me as much so stuck with these and replaced the bulb with crappy led's at this point (did a full LED with high quality ones a lil down the line) and got a chrome bezel for it.



bought a LED under body kit, big mistake looked real nice and flashy never really used them i installed them poorly so one fell off at some point should have just saved the money but you live and learn.

got a nice key from ebay


got some nice celica dragon decals for each rear quarter panel window


got clear side markers and momo pedals loved the pedals but wore them out very quickly.


Completely washed clean scrubbed the engine and painted some components. replaced some lines with blue silicone tubing ect got some nice compliments (gonna try and restore it haven't kept it as clean and nice)
Also got a Injen SRI from eBay for about 100 bucks which was great added a great song to the engine




at this point replaced my old crappy rubber carpets with vincedoggy's celica carpets and also did the shifter, ebrake, and arm rest covers.

got some 8500K 80watt Xenom "HID" bulbs for the front

and to this day some thing i regret putting blue Vinyl sticker stuff all over what i now realize was a great black interior trimming




Change the stock rear lights to the 100000X better kouki JDM tails

My radiator at this point was busted and leaking so i decided to go with this (wanted koyo but was out of my price range)


so far has still held up well

got my hands on some euro fogs which i wired and loved the look they added and the light at night time

Got a FULL body paint job took out all the ding and dents and got it nice and smooth Blue Spectra Mica (love the color)














custom modded the interior clock to look blue with photography filters.


got tired(lol PUN) of my stock steelies and painted them graphite and painted calipers blue





upgraded all my speakers and the head unit a jvc mobile kw-avx810 headunit and 8inch menphis speakers 6.5inch,4inch,1inch kicker speakers and change to the 7th gen antenna base and a stubby antena and got mirror cover from vincent doggy

also did a lil brake light mod how to is floating around some where out there



i had a alarm system that was installed but its was unplugged (maybe dealer didn't have alarm remote) hooked it up and have remote made works fine nothing special but nice to have some sort of alarm

okay this is were everything hits the Fan after all this withing a month of painting and fixing a rainy evening i got on a ramp to get on the high way and hydro planed right into the ramp divider this completly put me out of sync with my car stopped moding it and investing money in it so for about 2 yrs i just drove it and that's it.




recently i kinda fell in love with it again and picked up where i kinda left off i bought the vince doggy door card inserts and custom door sills, got the clear courtesy lights and put blue led in them,

Bought some recaro evo IX seats and installed the with corbeau brackets




DID the whole GT4 Front end conversion(during a hurricane lol)








got projector high beams




upgraded my battery terminals



got a whole body kick front and rear splitters and side skirts






WRC Rain guard and celica custom pedals






IF this is long just read it over the course of 3 yrs that's how long it took me to get here lol


as far as future plans i got a whole list and ill post it tomorrow or thrursday and there probably a bunch of stuff i missed but this was way too big of a update to begin with and i didn't want a lot of lil post so sorry all.

------------------------Car Plans (future)-----------------------
Exterior

OEM the stuff that are Replica (hard to get and expensive so little by little)
Paint - First priority
Tint - Light blue get done at the same time as paint
Lower - in suspension list
Rims TC rims painted white i am working on
Small stubby antenna that actually picks up stations and not just looks good

Interior

Seats replace rear with 7th gen black or grey leather
Wash carpet stains out (old stains since i got the car -got quite a few out already) got a whole black carpet in excelent condition going to swap at some point
Reupholster headliner (waiting on fabric to come in)
Get Door card inserts professionally redone
TRD Shortshifter (its hard to find one)
Get something for the e-brake like a nice handle or something MOMO Pitstop E-Brake cover

Handling/Suspension (this is what im going to be working on)

Front and rear sway bars and links (probably SP's)
Underbody brace (maybe not)
Good Front strut bar
Coilovers - tein if can get at good price if not megan (in the mean time got a set of eibachi sportline and kyb shocks)
want to do the ST205 Big double piston brake conversion at some point

Performance/Power

At some point (not soon) a 3SGTE swap want 3rd gen or higher
a Transmition with LSD
Forged pistons for the 3sgte (je or hks or wisco)
3'' exhaust for the 3sgte and a good muffler

This post has been edited by spy00005: Oct 26, 2011 - 12:41 AM

wow what a transformation! nice future plans. You should of kept that cressida, it was a classic and rwd too!!

another paint job soon?

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thanks man, i wish i could have kept it. they were my first cars were my dads and he gave em to me to learn to drive and use. i had 2 a 86 and a 88 (the 86 was run down and hit and run while it was parked ) but the 88 was great lot of miles but strong as hell but couldn't afford insurance for two car plus we have 4 cars in our family my celica, a sienna a previa and a camry. had to let it go.

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yea as soon as the guy im going to get comes back hes out of the country he does good quality work and pretty fast and he does body work i need to get some rust removed before it eats up the whole car. wanted to have it painted beginning of september but now hoping by end of september.

I'd suggest doing the jdm sidemarkers mod to your current fenders. It will complete the look 100%

I agree with Bonzai. Do the JDM sidemarkers then get that thing painted. That's a great color and it's going to look fantastic when it's done. Definitely go 7th gen wheels in white. Or even something similar to the factory SS-III or GT4 rims would look great.

well just got this today going to paint it chrome

just bought some eibach sportline springs with KYB shocks time to get lowered. X]

This post has been edited by spy00005: Sep 18, 2011 - 12:07 AM

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Ahh so you took him up on it?

get a 7th gen short shifter. they work awesome!

yea i took em but not gonna install em for a while i decided to get sway bars ,drilled slotted rotors good brakes and new tires for tc rims and do it all at the same time so handling will skyrocket.

i'll wait for trd shifter its worth the wait. maybe get 7th in the mean time.

Amazing job man! Good work!

finally got the material i was waiting for
time to re do my headliner still have to finish up minor touch up respray edges to secure it and cut it but almost done.




pretty close colorwise i can make it work

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Check out Wagner Thermoquiet ceramic brakes. Advance Autoparts sells them and they're lifetime warranty. That means you can beat the **** out of them and just keep getting free ones. They also stop the car very easily and smoothly.

there no advance auto any where around where i live i just checked but ive heard good things about hawk HPS so i think im going with those. first step is ordering the sway bars and end links, then slotted rotors brakes and ss lines, then paint and tire the tc rims and lower it and to top it off an alignment. so waiting till i get it painted because i wanted to do that before it gets too cold.

i want to go with black headliner and black visors as well. I would of done that if I was you. But I see original interior color was tan.

This post has been edited by BonzaiCelica: Sep 24, 2011 - 4:18 AM

i like the tan/beige color i don't know why everyone hates it so much and its close enough that i don't have to redo the visors just clean them up and the sun roof cover as well. might change the carpet to black but redo the doorcard inserts with this and sew in the celica dragon from the door cards i bought from vince doggy.

did a couple of quick things. had headliner installed with out visors now got those on and the sunroof surround and its centered before it hung to close to the driver side




and installed my mirrored radiator bracket cover and cooling panel (gonna paint it maybe blue maybe silver)



Also got a quote to get my car completely fixed/painted rust removed and front lined up right. so paint coming real soon hopefully.

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No one does this. its a LIMITED lifetime replacement warranty meaning it only covers manufacturer defects, not wear and tear. The only reason people get away with free pads is because they bitch and moan enough so that whoever is behind the counter gives in.

/sorry off topic

This post has been edited by enderswift: Oct 1, 2011 - 11:11 PM

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Yeah that sounds pretty stupid to me Its like buying an eraser and complain that its worn down lol

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Actually, at my store we do. I asked my boss and apparently it's a local thing. But we reward our customers who buy the more expensive pads and rotors. Anything Wagner, we warranty for WARE. It's not because of complaints, it's because we take good care of our customers who spend good money.

Wagner Thermoquiets and Wagner rotors are warrantied in full.

It's really at the discretion of whoever is behind the counter, some places do it routinely and it probably works out for them with repeat sales. Thing is, you cant run a business like that and it just ends up making people think they have free brakes for life. I'm just pointing out that this isn't an official thing and that you aren't entitled to free pads. But if you find a place that switches them out then more power to ya.

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We try to get our commercial customers to do it because in the end it benefits them, and we get credit for the parts when they bring them back. You're right though... Idk if any other places outside of Rochester actually do it. We only warranty our Wagners for lifetime though. The Wearever Gold's are a one time replacement, and the basic Wearever Silvers have no wear warranty. The idea is, you can upgrade to the better pads and we'll keep you coming back. Customer service is our #1 goal haha.

i did this at autozone before and the more expensive ones they replace for wear, but i hate the autozone 2 blocks from me because no one in there knows sh!t about cars and its a headache, i doubt they care about customer service at all. the lady manager is the WORST person you could ever deal with, but o well.

I once took a BOV to autozone...The guy thought I had alien weaponry in my hand

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Damn... A lot of work you have done.

thanks man i still have a long way to go till im done but i won't stop, by the way i love your car it looks amazing you always take such awesome pictures of it, its soooo clean and just love that mirror finish your car is amazing man.

Little update haven't been working as much on it as i had wish but today i got a FLAT TIRE >_< o well that's cars.
sooooo here we go

added the clear 3rd brake light im loving it.



also New E-brake cover love its feel and look compared to the stock, might be a little flashy for some but i like it




also getting some painting done over the week end.
Rims not going in till spring but i'm gonna sand paint and clear coat them. then get some tires any suggestion? nothing killer expensive on the budget.




redid my valve cover but broke the lil plastic hose on top got a hose in there but anyone know what thats for gonna just get another one and paint it gonna use this one temporarily i guess.





also painted the vince doggy cooling panel to match(sort of) my mirror steel radiator brackets. not real chrome but the paint is close enough to the look i want.




my real camera broke so now i got to replace it all these are cell phone pics but hoping getting a decent camera for black friday only about a month away)
and want to install the vince doggy underbody panel

was hoping to drop the car off at the paint shop this saturday but i might get some deals i just CAN'T refuse!!!!

This post has been edited by spy00005: Oct 26, 2011 - 12:48 AM

The broken plastic tube is the PCV Valve; you can pick another up at any parts store for about 8 dollars with the rubber grommet it sits in.

Also, the TC rims are looking good; you sticking with white for the final color or something else? I got a set of General Altimax HPs in 215/45/17 trim for about 400 bucks and they're pretty nice tires for a higher performance all-season with good tread life.