Hi there all Celica fans,came across this site a few years ago while looking at RB kits fitted to celicas.loved that blue one from the far east but then it was kinda spoilt the the stupid front bumper etc,but I love wide cars (back in the 80s when it was all about wide bodykits etc)
see a few familuar faces on here (Nial,Fuppy) so I thought its well worth joining and seems a popular site,
anyways to my celica bought it 6 years ago in a sorry state (£1750 + 250 for the gt4 high wing) supposedly immaculate LOL

So this is what it was like when it came off the transporter,covered in dirt inside and out,could no see out of windscreen,wipers not working washers not working,numberplate missing,flat battery,the list went on

a good clean up and a lot of polishing it starts to look kinda normal.plus the usual mods projectors/kouki rear lights
without going into too much detail,like Isaid I love wide cars so once it was running ok after all the oil leaks water leaks etc were sorted it was time for some wide arches to go on

euro front splitter and a undertray fitted as well as sideskirts,BC coilovers.leather T-sport seats from a gen 7.

however the car was so low it was rubbing the splitter on bumps etc so more modifications was needed.tried the C-one front bumper but that was a no no,just did not look or suit the car.
so I made my own
supra mk4 Do-luck front bumper

just shows what a big car the supra is
bottom half cut off the gt4 bumper and top cut away from the supra bumper

think it was 5 or 9 inches cut out the middle of the supra then fibreglassed over to bond it together



taking shape

so onto the next stage

a new steel headgasket fitted along with new waterpump/timing belt dizzy etc. Greddy oled boost controller (1.2 bar)
a hybrid turbo clocked for a FMIC cold air intake and water/meth injection

additional header tank and swirlpot,alloy radiator with slimline fan.front mounted oilcooler and a strutbrace including a brake stopper

heat guard for the turbo



new set of XXR 527s 18 x 9.75 with 255 x 35 x 18 rainsports


with the TRD rear wing

Welcome! That front bumper is so rad man! The car itself looks relatively clean as well!!!
On the bumper, did you have to do any molding-like fabrication to get the lines to match up w/ the celica front?

Welcome!
Celi looks great! wide arches look nice, did u cut and weld or just fiberglass?
Front bumper is pretty cool and unique too. Fits the look very well.

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the bumper pretty easy to fit together,kept the original mounting parts and molded the supra bumper into that,the remaining sides were molded onto the wings to get a smoother look,fibreglass wrapped around with steel bracing inside then filled and smoothed,
was really wanting the Bomex supra bumper but for the price i could not justify incase it went pear shaped.but i love the look of it now

so i had a problem again with the wide arches with cracks appearing after a few months,no way was i going to do the a 3rd time

looked so good too but thats the way it was



also forgot to mention that awful fuel filler flap was replaced with a pipe welded to a HONDA CBR filler cap and fitted to the bodywork,looks way better in my opinion



3 inch bore stainless exhaust

carbon dipped vents

alloy rainguard aswell

rear end/diff fully polybushed

batt in boot and a 4 point brace made up

then the cracks started to appear
so on to the Rocket Bunny (Byba kits nissan S13 RB arches)

rear hubs 85mm spacers with a 9.75 rim


fitting was not too bad but did not want the riveted add on look,so I have opted for a more factory subtle look

cracks you can see here
first inch cut away

another inch or 2 cut away

bunny arch fitted with kleco pins once in right shape it was bonded and pins removed when dry.


fibre paste all around to make it strong/inside aswell

now thats wide


rear bumper has been for a GT86 RB rear diffuser to go on

GT86 RB diffuser prob go for the rear wing aswell

coilovers lowered 20mm here

thinking something like this

I like the build. are there any plans to get wider wheels to properly fit?

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to be quite honest these wheels i thought would be big enough,there 9.75 x 19 with an ET20 but the arches are so wide you would struggle with a wheel to fit even an 11inch rim would be too small,also have to consider its a GT4 so all tyres have to be the same size,255 x 35 x 18 rainsports
without the risk off sliding/skidding in the wet the 255 was the max width i wanted to go too.

Pretty cool build.
Glad to see this platform still goin!

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thanks i came across this site a good while ago when someone had posted up about a Rocket Bunny build on the Philipinnes i think it was,as nice as it was there were a lot i didnt like about it too,but its a great starting point,
seems a lot of info on here.


rear wing to modify when it arrives (bargain on ebay)

rear wing off ebay

was in a mess plus it wasnt properly lined up

lined up and bonded together

held together with tape,thats the section that i replaced

alloy plates and fibre paste inside to bond it together

a few goes with filler until its all smooth

riser blocks

fibre glassed over to get an oval shape


first layer of filler


angle maybe needing a slight adjustment
rear wing now 62 inches wide.riser blocks bolt in existing holes,still to finish a few bits,

numberplate surround carbon dipped


wing risers cut down and extended

Rocket Bunny GT86 rear diffuser cut down and 2 inches out the middle,exhausts slots made bigger to fit the GT4 tailpipe

recess cut into bumper for the diffuse ti fit intp

Whoa man! I wish I had the fabrication skills you had to do these things. I like the rear diffuser, matches the look of the car.

Holy **** dude

I see you have the side of the diffuser being held by the quarter panel, how are you holding it in the center?

the 3 holes on the recess have m8 bolts so its easy to take off (well supposedly)


50mm foglights for the rear diffuser

my user name

more polishing on the paintwork,with the graphics being painted on its time consuming but its starting to look the part







head is off and getting skimmed ready to go back on

inlet manifold cleaned and painted

a god time to clean the engine bay and paint it

Nice photo updates! Are you upgrading anything at all for the motor while parts of it is out and about?

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head skimmed valves reground new seals etc,FMIC stainless exh manifold (hopefully an external wastegate welded into this) header tank upgraded with a better route for pipework.Hybrid CT26 turbo,Greddy oled boost controller 1.2bar,3 inch stainless system.Coolingmist water/meth injection,
plan us to forge the engine in the future (400/500hp) and run a Link G4 ECU but it all depends on funds as these are not cheap to do,next thing is a big brake kit for the front 356mm with 8 pot calipers either D2/Ksport or similar,



new hoses fitted at the same time,water pump timing belt etc
6 years of ownership and been on the road for 3 of them,be 2 years come xmas fixing/modifying and done 1/4 mile up the road and back