zake's progression thread, UPDATED 5/16/12 |
zake's progression thread, UPDATED 5/16/12 |
Sep 12, 2010 - 11:00 PM |
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Enthusiast Joined Apr 17, '10 From U.P. michigan GO STATE Currently Offline Reputation: 3 (100%) |
sounds like and interesting project
-------------------- It takes 8,460 bolts to assemble an automobile, and one nut to scatter it all over the road.
Celica: The name is derived from the Spanish word for "heavenly" or "celestial". Back-2-Back July COTM 15&16 |
Sep 12, 2010 - 11:09 PM |
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Enthusiast Joined Dec 9, '08 From Blainville Currently Offline Reputation: 4 (100%) |
Love the color!!!!!!!!
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Sep 12, 2010 - 11:23 PM |
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Enthusiast Joined Oct 7, '09 Currently Offline Reputation: 8 (65%) |
what did you use to plug the holes in the hatch? thanks
also where did you get them? lovin the progress, keep it up! -------------------- NOVAKx17
2000 Eclipse GT- DD=== oil pump went blown up and sold 1997 Celica ST- swapped and sold 2004 Ford explorer xlt 4x4- totaled 1997 Celica Convertible GT- Going Topless (; (18:32:21) yarik83: axel has a sensitive wife. i hear she used to be a lesbian and then became ferdi ( PARTING OUT A GT COUPE http://www.6gc.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=88592 ) |
Sep 12, 2010 - 11:49 PM |
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Enthusiast Joined Mar 16, '09 From New York Currently Offline Reputation: 23 (100%) |
When I did mine, it didnt scratch the paint the basically popped right off. Its the adhesive stuff behind that is hard to get off!
But i imagine with some sort of tar remover stuff it would be pretty easy. I just sanded the stuff, because i was painting my car anyhow, and it actually didnt leave too much scratching and i was forcefully sanding lol -------------------- |
Sep 13, 2010 - 12:04 AM |
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Enthusiast Joined May 29, '09 From Lake Ariel, PA Currently Offline Reputation: 4 (100%) |
if you want to get it more cleanly off to begin with use floss, that's what i used. Car came with the christian fish on the back and the color of it was weird.
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Sep 13, 2010 - 5:55 PM |
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Enthusiast Joined Mar 7, '10 From Ft. Lauderdale Currently Offline Reputation: 9 (100%) |
come to think of it, i think i used bug and tar remover. but it still took a long time and i ended up getting blisters, but it was worth it. iv never used goo gone on paint before, i wouldn't think it was do harm. but I'm not sure. Holy sh!t, blisters?! How long were you working?! And I just went to walmart and tugged on the Toyota one with my hand and it popped right off haha. ha ha, it doesn't take long to get blisters when your pressing as hard as i was, and scrubbing. what did you use to plug the holes in the hatch? thanks also where did you get them? lovin the progress, keep it up! i used silicon gel, and cut little circles out of a piece of plastic, painted them black, then stuck them on the silicon. it seems to work nicely. atleast till i can plug them permanently. -------------------- |
Sep 13, 2010 - 5:58 PM |
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Enthusiast Joined Dec 26, '09 From Albuquerque, NM Currently Offline Reputation: 19 (100%) |
ha ha, it doesn't take long to get blisters when your pressing as hard as i was, and scrubbing. What did you use to scrub? -------------------- taking too long to mod since '09
June '12 COTM '95 AT200 |
Sep 13, 2010 - 6:04 PM |
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Enthusiast Joined Mar 7, '10 From Ft. Lauderdale Currently Offline Reputation: 9 (100%) |
ha ha, it doesn't take long to get blisters when your pressing as hard as i was, and scrubbing. What did you use to scrub? paper towels with bug and tar remover on them, and wet paper towels. -------------------- |
Sep 13, 2010 - 6:08 PM |
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Enthusiast Joined Dec 26, '09 From Albuquerque, NM Currently Offline Reputation: 19 (100%) |
paper towels with bug and tar remover on them, and wet paper towels. I'm gonna try Goo-Gone with paper towels, see if that works. If not, I'll do the tar remover -------------------- taking too long to mod since '09
June '12 COTM '95 AT200 |
Sep 17, 2010 - 5:28 PM |
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Enthusiast Joined Mar 7, '10 From Ft. Lauderdale Currently Offline Reputation: 9 (100%) |
So I went to urban tanks today which is a car audio shop where I live, and I had the guy look at my subs. Within 20 seconds he had them pounding. So I was like wtf did you do?? he said he just reversed the polarity on one of my subs. (I, like a moron, hooked up the wires backwards when i put them in the celica ) so we were talking about "how to make the most of what you have" and he showed me different kinds of boxes, and was explaining how vented boxes can make you subs that much better. so i asked how much it would be for one, and he said 100. so i said i want it. he installs the subs in it and puts it in the car, i turn it on and WOW! it was a significant difference! all that with a 760 watt amp pushing 2 12 inch subs!
old box. my cat is huge. new box, and my tools sitting in the bottom right. thats right, some people ony carry a few. I CARRY THEM ALL! lol vent sub in new box -------------------- |
Oct 17, 2010 - 5:36 PM |
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Enthusiast Joined Mar 7, '10 From Ft. Lauderdale Currently Offline Reputation: 9 (100%) |
thanks to sodo, i was able to replace this. (i didn't know it was like this till i started to replace it. )
replaced with this and in the near future, (hopefully next weekend) i will install this which i also got from sodo. thanks again man. -------------------- |
Oct 22, 2010 - 1:15 PM |
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Enthusiast Joined Mar 7, '10 From Ft. Lauderdale Currently Offline Reputation: 9 (100%) |
ok, so i keep buying stuff for my car that really wasnt on my list. here is my latest purchase.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAP...6146#vi-content -------------------- |
Oct 22, 2010 - 1:21 PM |
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Enthusiast Joined Dec 26, '09 From Albuquerque, NM Currently Offline Reputation: 19 (100%) |
Yeaaaah you'll join the club soon!
We've got embroidered jackets -------------------- taking too long to mod since '09
June '12 COTM '95 AT200 |
Oct 22, 2010 - 1:31 PM |
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Enthusiast Joined Mar 7, '10 From Ft. Lauderdale Currently Offline Reputation: 9 (100%) |
Yeaaaah you'll join the club soon! We've got embroidered jackets ha ha ha, funny you should say that, i was just talking to my mother about embroidering the celica emblem on a hoodie for me. -------------------- |
Oct 22, 2010 - 1:32 PM |
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Enthusiast Joined Jun 18, '09 From Orlando Currently Offline Reputation: 8 (100%) |
What the duck...JDM tails for 120 on ebay, I'll be damned.
-------------------- '97 ST \ Eibach \ KYB \ Kenwood \ Alpine \ Cusco \ OEM+ [sold 10/18]
'93 MX-5 LE |
Oct 22, 2010 - 1:34 PM |
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Enthusiast Joined Dec 26, '09 From Albuquerque, NM Currently Offline Reputation: 19 (100%) |
ha ha ha, funny you should say that, i was just talking to my mother about embroidering the celica emblem on a hoodie for me. Bahaha, I should ask my mom to do that too.. What the duck...JDM tails for 120 on ebay, I'll be damned. That's exactly what I thought. I paid almost twice as much This post has been edited by HectortheRican: Oct 22, 2010 - 1:35 PM -------------------- taking too long to mod since '09
June '12 COTM '95 AT200 |
Oct 22, 2010 - 1:34 PM |
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Enthusiast Joined Mar 7, '10 From Ft. Lauderdale Currently Offline Reputation: 9 (100%) |
What the duck...JDM tails for 120 on ebay, I'll be damned. thats what i thought, i went on last night just typing random stuff in to see if anyone had it, and i said what the heck, and put in jdm tails. these popped up for 6 bucks.. so i was like WOOO and bid. the bid stayed at 26 till around 7 minutes before it ended, thats when it jumped to 66. but its still a deal! That's exactly what I thought. I paid almost twice as much that's the reason why i bought them, i couldn't pass them up. This post has been edited by Zake: Oct 22, 2010 - 1:40 PM -------------------- |
Oct 22, 2010 - 3:39 PM |
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Moderator Joined Jun 29, '08 From Denver Currently Offline Reputation: 59 (100%) |
You watch Ebay close enough and you can always get a good deal. Earlier this year, I let a set go for around $120 shipped. Can't wait to see them on the car! They're very subtle on this color, but make the rear end look perfect.
This post has been edited by richee3: Oct 22, 2010 - 3:41 PM -------------------- "Employ your time in improving yourself by other men's writings, so that you shall gain easily what others labored hard for." -Socrates. Even Socrates told us to use the search button!
2006 Aston Martin V8 Vantage. 1998 Celica GT- BEAMS Swapped. 2022 4Runner TRD Off Road Prenium. 2021 GMC Sierra AT4. |
Oct 22, 2010 - 5:15 PM |
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Enthusiast Joined Mar 7, '10 From Ft. Lauderdale Currently Offline Reputation: 9 (100%) |
wow, that does look very nice! i can't wait
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Oct 23, 2010 - 3:30 PM |
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Enthusiast Joined Mar 7, '10 From Ft. Lauderdale Currently Offline Reputation: 9 (100%) |
so i was working on a little side project for a couple weeks, (weekends only) and im not done yet, but it has gotten too cold to do anything else to it. so here it is around halfway done.
before after-ish with GPS again, im still not done yet. -------------------- |
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