6G Celicas Forums

To TRD front strut brace, or not to TRD front strut brace... that is the question...

It is cheap, but has a few paint chips where there is now surface rust (no biggy) but it would need painting which would make it less TRD

Loser, I've had five squares for ever now. Then again I average over 6 posts a day, so it really didn't take long.


If it's cheap enough then why not? If you're worried about the "TRD-ness" just touch up the bad spots.

Today I water sanded, polished and waxed my roof. It's a like a mirror now.

3 point makes a huge difference. Just saying.

Found a guy selling his Celica on Craigslist for $1900.... I wish I had waited to buy it, but I am super happy with the celica I bought!

Here is the link if anyone is interested...
http://houston.craigslist.org/cto/3992797094.html

*edit*... BOX - I know... it's red. it automatically sucks.

This post has been edited by Overkill: Aug 10, 2013 - 3:02 PM

The real offence are the garish wheels.


Wait a minute, you bought yours 9 years ago.... That's a long time to wait.

Rust is a fairly common issue on them. I say grab it. A flat black paint job with a subtle TRD logo would look great.

So you change your own oil, but don't rotate tires yourself?

If you don't want it i'll take it. TRD 3 points are hard to find aren't they? That should be reason enough to snatch it up and give it some TLC.


It's soooo easy! Even easier if you have an impact gun with an 75-80lb torque stick and impact sockets. Unless the shop rotates your tires for free, i suppose i could see that.

Almost forgot, Today I took another goody up to De-pere to my body man for a paint job. And started looking for possible donor cars for my swap.

This post has been edited by cyberblader1130: Aug 10, 2013 - 6:32 PM

Maybe he doesn't have a concrete driveway.

Ding ding ding!



The place where I had the tires mounted and balanced provides lifetime rotation and balancing for the life of the tires. I could rotate them myself easily BUT I can't balance them so it's just easier (and free except for the gas involved in driving - which I love so that's not a cost to me!) to take the car to the shop and have it done.

Thanks, Ferdi.

And Box, I don't have a concrete driveway...just a large parking lot full of other vehicles so I'm limited in what I can do. The joys of apartment life...

Don't feel too bad. I have a gravel driveway and have to go to my uncle's to do anything that involves me under the car/lifting it.

Hey Brian, I ended up not needing adapters. Apparently DDM sends you them hooked up with the plug for what bulb you choose, instead of just H1 plugs like most places.





I didn't get my tires ordered till yesterday, the guy I ordered them from has been outta town and just finally had a chance to drive down to the shop and take a look so those won't be put on (along with my springs) till I get back from IL.

Also I fixed my car yesterday (after the H.I.D.s were put in ). Somehow it ended up being the dizzy (I went back and they claimed my old dizzy for warrenty no issue). Now it runs like a beauty.

^Which colour are those? My brother is wanting HID's for his car, but more on the white-ish side. I was looking at DDM tuning for him, I was thinking around 4500K would work.

Glad to hear you got the car problems sorted.

Looks great! Did you ask for the 9006 HID kit? I'm actually waiting for the last bits of my wiring stuff before I install my HIDS.

Glad the dizzy got replaced and all is well, too!

DDM's bulb selection kind of sucks. My 4,500K bulbs are closer to other manufacturer's 6,000K. Apart from that, I have no complaints.

Going off of how experience of how DDM sells (as it seems differ greatly from bulb brand to brand) :

4.5K (what Brian has) - I think their pure white, but well have to wait until Brian gets his hooked up.
5K (this is what I have) - Seems to be a middle ground between hyper white and pure white
6K (what my bud has) - Hyper white

They Hyper whites look awesome. They start having the "washout" effect like the blueish bulbs do, but their extremely bright.

I haven't had much time with mine because my car was running off just the alt last night coming home (dirty terminals) and I haven't had them on today. Hitting the brakes would shut my lights and radio off. And when I got home I actually stalled the car out by tapping the brakes. I'm about to go to Cookout though so I'll let you know when I get back

Also thanks.



Thanks, and nope just the 9005. I might get the high beams later down the road, but I don't use them much. Idk if its just our car or the way my housing is aimed but our low beams shine extremely far. And the high beams...I can see the light reflecting off it 100yards down the road in broad day light...

This post has been edited by travisxcore: Aug 10, 2013 - 9:35 PM

That's what I was afraid of. He was dead set on getting 6K for awhile, then I talked him to no higher than 5K. He's doing a projector mod, still don't need some cop deciding to pull him over, instead of the dick with purple HID's, and getting a ticket he can't afford. Guess I'll try to talk him into the 4,500K.

This post has been edited by Box: Aug 10, 2013 - 9:36 PM

Properly aimed my headlights with Sylvania Silver-Stars have quite a distance to them, high beams especially. With the highs on I feel totally comfortable with what I can see ahead of me, as I would feel during daytime driving. I've thought about doing HIR bulbs since they have the same filament placement as 9005/9006 and the base is near identical, but $20 a bulb plus shipping is kind of steep.

This post has been edited by Box: Aug 10, 2013 - 9:43 PM

I had Silverstars and hated them compared to a set of GE Nighthawks. Both were a 9005 bulb modified to work with a 9006 plug. I keep meaning to invest in a set of HIR's for my high beams. The brightness of HID headlights but they'll work in a halogen housing? Yes please.