95 Facelift
| Year: | 1995 |
| Chassis Code: | ST204 |
| Type: | GT |
| Body Style: | Convertible |
| Transmission: | Manual |
| Color: | Red |
| Location: | Albany, OR USA |
Added over 7 years ago by CelicaRelica.
Performance
- Falken 225/45R17 Ziex ZE750 tires
- Advanti Sport 17" rims 35 offset
- Th forged aluminum Wilwood four piston fixed mount calipers, front and rear
- 323mm cross drilled rotors
- 3mm front spacers (clearance for calipers)
- 10mm rear spacers
- CNC machined steel caliper adapters
- high performance street compound brake pads
- Stainless steel braided Teflon brake hoses
Suspension
- STAGG SHS high performance struts
- High performance Vogtland Sport lowering springs, 1.5" drop front and rear
- KYB suspension strut mounts
- KYB strut damper and bushings
Exterior
- Curren tail lights
- JDM projector low beam head lights
- JDM clear high beams
- OPT7 Fluxbeam LED low beam headlight kit
- ieGeek LED high beam headlight kit
- LED bulb upgrade for all other bulbs
- TRD rear bumper splitters (customized to fit convertible)
- SS-III front bumper splitters
- OEM side skirts
- GT-4 rear spoiler (custom fiberglassed to fit convertible)
- Post facelift front bumper upgrade
- Original factory paint (other than recent trim pieces)
Interior
- New high pile carpet kit
- OE style custom floor mats
- Custom Katzkin 2 row leather interior
All 4 Comments
Getting the side skirts on was a bit of a challenge, they simply were not made to fit a convertible. I used self tapping screws on the under side, that part was simple enough. I tried using trim tape on the top side but there just wasn't enough surface area so the skirts pulled back exposing a large gap. I wound up using 5 minute epoxy and did one section at a time. Because they wanted to spring outward I had to hold each section in place until the epoxy set up. I finished them off by caulking the small gap and used a wet finger to get a nice smooth edge, it's hard to tell where the skirt meets the body. A little touch up paint using an airbrush and the literally look seemless.
Posted almost 7 years ago
I'm not a fan of the verts, but this made me want one super bad!! Beautiful Celica, would love to see a progress thread!!
Posted over 7 years ago
Thanks! Your right, the verts do get a bad rap. Good thinking about the thread. I have a lot of progress pics as I did all the fiberglass work on the splitters and spoiler, they are interesting.
Posted over 7 years ago
CelicaRelica says:
The front and rear bumper splitters were about 2" too short. I cut them them in half and had a friend hold both halves in place with a gap in the middle. While he held them in place I hot glued some thin, small sticks to each side so when removed I knew exactly how much gap needed to be filled. I used clay to form a surface on the outside of the splitter with foil between the clay and the surface then filled the gap with fiberglass from the inside. I removed the sticks, foil clay and there it was, a perfect fitted bumper splitter. I sanded down the fiberglass, finished off the surface with some polyester filler, sanded to match the lines and painted them.
Posted almost 7 years ago