Installed my newly received Injen intake tonight! Thanks perkyshadow!



Love the way it sounds, so meann.

Quick video:
http://s1334.photobucket.com/user/PegGTS/m...b5.mp4.html?o=1

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You know what will be cool, if the red was actually transparent red and there was ligh underneath, so it will glow. Would look bad ass at night IMO, but won't be fairly easy to make.
The power source could be taken from different places like the running light or even the stop lights.

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That would be really cool for somebody who knows what they're doing lol cause I am clueless in that area. Plus I'm planning on filling the letters anyways. But I would love to see that done by somebody with the knowledge (you?? )

I plan on changing my spoiler, but it won't a GT4 one, something very exotic.

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Euro risers!

Your JDM cup-holder is nice, almost makes me want to stay single DIN.

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Something that has never been attempted on a Celica before... and many others.

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Single DIN master race

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Make your own riser blocks for the three post spoiler. I've always been curious how that would look.

Got my custom exhaust installed yesterday! Tanabe Hyper Super Medalion muffler, Vibrant resonator, Manzo header and custom 2.25" piping. I think it sounds good, nice and deep and rumbly at idle and until about 3k rpm then it gets loud

Just have a video for now, will get pictures soon

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6cFYrfNri8...be_gdata_player

This post has been edited by PegGTS: Jan 17, 2014 - 10:38 AM

looks good. sounds good.

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Thanks I'm happy with how it turned out, not too loud unless I floor it.

Some pictures of the exhaust. I like it, it looks nice and stock






And the header:

WTF. I want mine to sound like that...

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Hehe yeah she sounds nice really happy with how it turned out! Sounds better in person too.

This post has been edited by PegGTS: Jan 18, 2014 - 11:01 AM

Not so much of an update but went out for a "winter is almost over" photo shoot today

Finally got a chance to update this from the other day.

I've been wanting to do something different with my license plate bezel lately and thought of this and just had to do it. I thought about doing the whole bezel black but wanted to do something a little more original that hasn't been done. I ordered the decal from JasonTX a while ago and just got the chance to put it on. It was my first time working with a decal this big and with something as corner-y and complicated as the license plate bezel Considering that I think it turned out pretty well, other than a few spots that are only noticeable from right up close. I'm going to try and touch up a few spots and maybe eventually completely redo it, but for now I'm happy with it.

I love how it looks, not too obnoxious but definitely different. Threw on the vanity plate for a quick shoot, let me know what you guys think




This post has been edited by PegGTS: Apr 29, 2014 - 12:54 AM

I love it, very nice

I have the urge to throw an E-Honda decal on there now.

This post has been edited by Box: Apr 29, 2014 - 2:21 AM

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Thanks man!

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I knew you wouldn't like it lol. Oh well, you don't own a Celica anymore, I don't have to impress you

This post has been edited by PegGTS: Apr 29, 2014 - 2:30 AM

You don't even know who E. Honda is do you? You poor deprived child. I'll have a Supra, so you'll have to impress me doubly.

If course I know who E Honda is I'm more of a Mortal Kombat person though.

You should have E. Honda doing the hundred hand slap on the side of the bezel.

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if use have a couple of air bubbles under the vinyl you can poke them with a small safety pin and use a heat gun (lowest setting) and a little pressure on the bubble to work it out.

very nicely done for your first larger decal.

if you do ever redo it i'll make that bottom ray a little thicker since some of it is lost in the bend

This post has been edited by JasonTX: May 3, 2014 - 10:44 AM

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Thanks for the decal, it looks great And if I redo it I might get you to make all the rays a little longer because I ended up having to stretch the vinyl quite a bit with a hairdryer to get it to fit, it did turn out well considering though.

Another quick update (Pictures ahoy):

Got my SSIII front splitters and door sills from Josh not too long ago. Got the door sills installed right away and finally got around to installing the splitters on Saturday before going to a meet. I also repainted my rear splitters and installed those along with my rear mudflaps again. I need to get some better double sided tape to hold the splitters on because the stuff I have now is cheap and doesn't hold them lol. I also want to repaint the rear splitters because they turned out a lot more yellow than the rest of my car. I'll probably repaint the front ones too when I can find a paint that matches lol because they're a little scratched from shipping I think. But overall I'm happy with how everything looks, just need sideskirts!

Oh and I "fixed" my door handle from when it got broken into until I can get it to a shop to get fixed for real haha. This tape matches better than the paint on my rear splitters, maybe I'll just wrap them in this!



Parts!


Door sills in!


Just to show the colour difference


And finally here's some pictures from the meet with jordisonjr's car. My camera got a smudge on it at some point and I didn't notice so some of them might be a bit smudged















And here's some shots of kloudkicka's sexy car



Oh yeah, and I played some limbo too


This post has been edited by PegGTS: Jun 2, 2014 - 11:56 AM

I guess I can update this, been a while lol. Long post and lots of pictures incoming!

Where to start...well first of all, I finally filled my riser blocks and repainted them flat black. Then I wasn't happy with my filling job and redid it. then I wasn't happy with it again and am in the process of redoing them again I'm also currently redrilling the holes to mount the blocks to the spoiler because they were slightly off and it was bugging me lol







Next I decided to grind down my brake hubs and repaint them because they were unbelievably rusty from last winter (I had just replaced them over the winter so they're pretty new brakes)

Before:



After (I wasn't too worried about the overspray on the rotor since it would just rub off when I use the brakes):



Next I took apart the front end to try and see what was going on with the bumper bolts. The whole front end it pretty beat up so it was a huge pain in the ass to get it off. This picture sums up how I felt after getting the bumper off.



Turns out one of the bolts on the bracket that mounts the bumper to the fender is broken. I'm just going to saw them all down and weld new ones in when I get a chance.


Installed my clear highs while I was at it as well.






Also tested out my custom lows and found out that they're pretty much toast. One of them is missing a tab, the other one has fallen apart inside and was rattling and the projector glass has a crack in it, they don't have any way to secure a bulb into them...I am going to try to make them work because they would look really good but I don't know if I can...





This is how the socket looks on the lows



Oh and I also mounted my fog lights while I was at it. Didn't have the time to wire them up so they're just there for looks for now haha until I can get a chance to do it




Then I finally replaced my shot hatch struts...that I just replaced in the fall already. I tried talking to RockAuto about it but they only had a 3 month warranty on them No more holding my hatch open with my head!



Then I decided to repaint the rising sun on the license plate bezel rather than a decal because it was starting to peel in a few places because I suck at applying big decals I mixed up some paint for cheap at work and sprayed it. The paint is Mazda Velocity Red, paint code 27A. I scuffed up the white then masked off around the decal, peeled the decal, scuffed up the paint underneath it, shot it with the red a few times, then peeled off the masking tape and re-cleared the whole bezel to give it an even shine throughout. Pretty happy with the results.




At some point I also managed to bend a rim on a pothole despite the amount of meat on my tires...



Last week I had my door handle repaired finally from when it got broken into, they did a really good job on it.




Right now I am currently working on fixing the rust all the way around my car, then hopefully going in for paint!

This spot wasn't too had, just surface rust. Grinded it down, treated the metal with Picklex 20, body filler, glaze, and primer.



This spot turned out a lot worse than I expected. started to grind it down then I went right through the metal...found lots of body filler there already. So then I had to make a decision; quick fix, or long-term fix. Decided it wasn't worth it to weld new metal in at this point so I just grinded it down as much as possible and treated the rust, filled and primed it. Perhaps when the rust comes back I'll weld new metal in, but for now it just doesn't seem worth it.



And lastly, I received my spacers on Friday and installed them! 25mm in the rear, 20mm in the front. Pretty happy with how they sit now, I just need to lower it a little bit now. Although the back tires rub when I go over bigger bumps so I will need to get the fenders rolled.










And that's it for now! Wow it's been a while since I've updated this lol

Great work. Looks good. Any links to picklex? I'm always on the lookout for new stuff to fight rust with

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Here's the website for it. Not sure where to buy it in the states but I work at a automotive paint store in my city and that's where I got it. It's awesome stuff, we have a rusted rad shell on display that was treated with it on one half about three years ago and it's still clean. And the floors get mopped like 5 times a day in the winter so that thing should be rusted to hell lol. It's super easy to use too, just spray it on and leave it wet for about 10 minutes then wipe it off.

http://picklex20.com/

This post has been edited by PegGTS: Aug 10, 2014 - 12:23 PM

nice update!

Shame about the rust

hopefully it doesn't come back any time soon lol

With the winters we have I'm sure it will be back within a couple years at most...I'll deal with it properly then

Damn that rear license plate frame looks awesome. I'm glad giving you vote for Celica of the month