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Ok update for the weekend:

Drivers door and hatch solenoids are installed. Have to strip the font bumper cover or at the very least the passenger fender off the car to open the passenger door and be able to put the solenoid in on that side.

Monday the car is going to a local installer for the alarm install. I decided NOT to do it myself as I don't have the time to devote to doing it exactly as I want. That, and I really don't feel like messing with it. I'm going to take a look tomorrow night at removing the factory alarm, but if I don't it's just going to be wired around and left inactive.

Monday night she's going to the shop and the work begins......

Sweet!!! Really looking forward to seeing this!!!

Anyone was door solenoids installed?? I just went from door panel on to 45# solenoid installed and ready to be wired to the alarm in 45 minutes.

Car is ready for tomorrow's alarm install and then to be dropped off tomorrow night.

Ok, new Alarm is in and working sans the remote start. The company wouldn't hook it up in a stick even though the alarm is designed for it. The guy did my ignition harness stuff so all he left for me was to plug in the alarm supplied neutral safety switch and bypass the clutch switch. I'll be doing this after we get the car back from paint. Downside was that a quoted install at 3-4 hours took over EIGHT! So I sat in the shop all stinking day waiting. Good news was that it was a top notch install, very clean and neat. Door poppers all work.

I did get caught having to drive home at night with 1/2 my headlights. Fire the car up and wouldn't you know it, the one low beam headlight that's left blew out about 2 seconds after coming on. Just can't win. Guess I"ll have to upgrade to HID's.

Aw - "shucks" hey?

LOL. Lets get some pics and some videos of the door poppers up,

Will be taking pics and can do a vid on Thursday. I'm working full days today and tomorrow.

In the shop, the work begins!!!

Sadly, I, like a fool, didn't take pics of the door solenoids or a vid of it in action. I am ashamed of myself. I came home early today and freaking fell asleep. Sorry everyone.

HA HA HA!
Just so long as we get to see the finished product, or at least try to get some pics up so we can see some progress along the way!!

Yeah dude; thats cool with me.

I wouldn't mind seeing some pictures of your CF vacuum bag work too. (but thats a different thread methinks)

I'll update that thread right now.

question for y'all:

Our little Devil Horn logo's..........I can get new ones, or I can have them painted on. Whatcha think?

painted would prolly save you a little money I would think?? But I guess it depends on what you want the look of your car as..

I'm leaning toward painting it because it wouldn't be a dirt trap. My wife however thinks that we should just spend the $65 on the new logo's because in her words, "they NEED to be raised to give it some depth."

Paint it? Like in air brush?
If so, I agree with your wife.

Don't paint, or buy new emblems (good luck finding some anyways).

Try these: VINYL DECALS

Not airbrushed, just stenciled and painted on. If I get new ones they're going to be the gel emblems from LikwidArt in England like we got the last time.

Cant you reuse the old one? I thought the car just got hit on the side?

I'm going to try, but I have reservations about the adhesive holding up to a reapplication.

I'd say reuse if you can, and paint um, If you can't reuse em then go w new ones

Ok, so here's my update:

Body parts are running a little more than expected. No fault to slow_yota, but the hood I got from him was FUBAR. We both missed it. So.......

Via the guy doing the body work with his parts pricing hookup at Toyota:

Hood -- $341
Bumper Cover -- $232
JDM Clear High Beam (in stock in CA amazingly) -- $116
Extension Light Socket (accent light in Projector low beam) -- $6.00

More parts to come like seals and stuff I'm sure.

I have both the low beams in my hands, will be modding for a straight cutoff with a FULL pictoral as the write up here doesn't really show how everything breaks down.
High beams I'm hoping to do a CCFL Halo in each one.

We're currently looking at doing the gas cap shave now too. Up in the air on that though as right now I've got cash at hand to complete both the celica and my Vette with a tune...........

NOT deleting the antenna though, but it will be blackened out instead of left chrome.

I should see the car sometime next week, will get pics of progress when able. Fenders are reportedly already shaved of the side markers.