6gcer

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Hello everyone, I'm glad to join a great forum. Been reading up on possible mods for my yet to be delivered 6gen. Can't wait. It's a 97 silver liftback automatic. Wish it was a stick but deal was too good to pass up and it might be passed to my daughter for school anyway.

Mods on tap;

Facelift bumpers
SSIII splitters front and back
JDM rear taillights
Projector headlights
DDM HID kit
Racing Hart rims, maybe BBS LM
Eibach Pro kit springs
Injen intake
Greddy exhaust
Upgrade sway bars
Upgrade strut bars
white indiglo gauge
Alpine head unit
MB quart speakers

Any advice where to source products is appreciated.

SwissFerdi

#2

for Alpine Silver.

JDM tails from ebay or here. Front bar is stock, so just get a proper rear strut bar. I would suggest Sportline over Pro Kit springs, and I bought mine from Tire Rack. Intake can be had from ebay, a short ram for quick gratification, or a proper cold-air setup, which will take a bit more thinking to implement. Exhaust...buy the muffler online and then have a local shop make the rest of the bits in between header and muffler to your liking.

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richee3

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Welcome to the forums Sounds like a good purchase and a solid list of plans. You can go ahead and mark the first thing off your list, as '96+ models already have the facelift bumper. Be sure to post pictures when you get the car delivered!

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6gcer

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QUOTE (SwissFerdi @ Apr 18, 2012 - 10:56 AM)

> for Alpine Silver.

JDM tails from ebay or here. Front bar is stock, so just get a proper rear strut bar. I would suggest Sportline over Pro Kit springs, and I bought mine from Tire Rack. Intake can be had from ebay, a short ram for quick gratification, or a proper cold-air setup, which will take a bit more thinking to implement. Exhaust...buy the muffler online and then have a local shop make the rest of the bits in between header and muffler to your liking.

Thanks. Silver looks awesome. I might have to rethink the Pro Kit because it says only 1" drop.

6gcer

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QUOTE (richee3 @ Apr 18, 2012 - 11:01 AM)

>Welcome to the forums Sounds like a good purchase and a solid list of plans. You can go ahead and mark the first thing off your list, as '96+ models already have the facelift bumper. Be sure to post pictures when you get the car delivered!

The car currently has some funky vader bumper that's cracked. So my plan was to buy a new bumper for the SSIII splitter. Any recommendation for a clean front bumper? Definitely will post pics.

Thanks richee3, was reading on the forum last few weeks and you definitely are active on the forum.

richee3

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Ah, yeah, definitely gotta get rid of that cracked bumper. The facelift bumper and SS-III splitters can't be beat. A very clean, subtle setup in my opinion. You might be able to find one in a junkyard or you can keep a close eye on the buying/selling forum here, you might get lucky and find a facelift bumper at a great price

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6gcer

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QUOTE (richee3 @ Apr 18, 2012 - 2:55 PM)

>Ah, yeah, definitely gotta get rid of that cracked bumper. The facelift bumper and SS-III splitters can't be beat. A very clean, subtle setup in my opinion. You might be able to find one in a junkyard or you can keep a close eye on the buying/selling forum here, you might get lucky and find a facelift bumper at a great price

Yep, I'm all over the buying/selling section. Thanks

mandrek

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grats and welcome to the community!!!!

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6gcer

#9

Thanks mandrek.

Richee3 my first choice was the TRD bumper but I guess it's discontinued. I was looking hours on hours and couldn't even find a used one.

Tigawoods

#10

welcome welcome!

it is damn near impossible to find a trd bumper. i think there are 3 members on the forum who have it. one being 808.

go with pre or post face and modify with splitters from there

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6gcer

#11

Thanks Tigawoods, glad to be here. So much info here specifically for the 6gen.

TRD bumper is such a sweet bumper. I'm surprised they are not all over the place. Andy's auto should be replicating that. I hear Doggy is the man for splitters, too bad he's not state side to even consider making the TRD bumper.

kurt95gt

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Doggy an Vincent-doggy. Both make splitters an both do amazing work from what i understand.
Sounds like you got a good plan goin cant wait to see it come together

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6gcer

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QUOTE (kurt95gt @ Apr 18, 2012 - 7:56 PM)

>Doggy an Vincent-doggy. Both make splitters an both do amazing work from what i understand.
Sounds like you got a good plan goin cant wait to see it come together

You and me both, I've never fixed up a toyo.

There are two different doggies? CDW is doggy, where is the other doggy located?

kurt95gt

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I know the name of Vincents site but i cant think of how to spell it
Ill seeif i cant dig you up a link to him

http://www.kamikaze.com.hk/

Thats the link under his profile to his site

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6gcer

#15

Thanks kurt95gt, he has some great products on his site.

kurt95gt

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Yes he does. I hope to have parts from both of them on my celicas

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6gcer

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QUOTE (kurt95gt @ Apr 19, 2012 - 1:04 AM)

>Yes he does. I hope to have parts from both of them on my celicas

Good luck with your build, just finished reading it. What an epic build you got going. Parts from them would be final touches.

kurt95gt

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thanks its been a fun build
Well idk how many parts will make it onto that one

Shes going to stay fairly bare bone since shrs more for power than looks as of right now

But the wife coupe will get decked out lol she wants as close to a ss-iii as she can get looks y's with the coupe

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