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My "new" toy. Here is the story. Since high school I have been wanting this car. First was the USDM spec however as time went on and I started getting more into these Japanese made vehicles... I got more into the JDM spec of things.

Anyways I wanted to import this vehicle so badly however at that time the GT4 was not yet 15 years of age, so I couldn't import it. While waiting there was a fight going on between importers and Transport Canada going on for the worse. The ruling that one cannot bring a vehicle over unless the vehicle was at least 25 years of age. Since I heard this, I felt that I should give up on my want to bring the GT4 over to Canada... So I bought my first 6th gen, a 1997 Celica GT 5SFE:




Had this vehicle for a while, then found out that the ruling for the 25 year importing fell out. So I imported this baby:




I was now the second owner of this GT4.. and I now obtained my dream car!!!

This is where my story begins...

This post has been edited by DKGT4: Nov 22, 2012 - 12:31 AM

Man i wish we could get these in the usa i want one soo bad
Glad you were finally able to get your dream car. Now if the rest of us could get one we'd all be happy like you are lol

Hey thanks Kurt... Yea I hear that the US rules for importing are a lot more "strict"

This post has been edited by DKGT4: Apr 18, 2012 - 11:00 PM

Yes yrs they are an IT SUCKS!!!!!!!
oh well those thats why we got motor swaps lol

Just another reason to move to Canada. Congrats on the car. More pics please!

Sweet i really think im going to try and import one once the time is up in the U.S. hell only 7 more years of waiting LOL. but seriously that's a nice looking celi, wish we could get some down here

Yes motor swaps... That was what I was going to turn to with the 97' GT... However since the GT4 was available I couldn't pass up the opportunity! Now I have a winter car and summer car. Both 6GC's!!!


Yes good to live here for the import rules hahaha. We almost moved to the 25 year rule... That would have been just
I will definitely post pics of my progression! Soon to come. I have some stuff coming in from Vincent_Doggy and Spree just for some teasers...


Soon. 7 years goes by very quickly... However when you're waiting for something...

I guess we'll just have to stick to the 90-93 All-Trac for now. *sigh*

So these are some things that have already been done... I got a Koyo Radiator for the car and installed it as the stock one over winter (since it was parked outside) cracked... Might as well replace that right? Anyways heres a picture of the radiator along with the progression..






My brother in-law helped me put it in... Great to have a mechanic in the family!
Along with that new rotors, stainless steel brake lines and some audio stuffs and new starter/alarm. Unfortunately I had Vincent_Doggy's radiator cooling plate before however with the new radiator it didn't fit... However one upside to removing the cooling panel is that the hood stand fits again haha!




And also after install and a small wash!



The story continues!

This post has been edited by DKGT4: Nov 22, 2012 - 12:34 AM

Nice!

Wow you work quick
I oddly like the stock 3 spokes didnt think i would

Man I want a st250.
Oh college debt. Can't wait to start working in a couple weeks to pay it off any maybe get a 205 one day.
Sigh..

So after driving my brakes went... Found out what was wrong with them. The install on the SS brake lines was improper and resulted in this:



Pretty unhappy...
Looked everywhere for this on the forums... Just had a set re made from my brother in-law.

Here is the replaced part!






Now I just need to bleed out the brakes!

And guess what just came in today! Thanks Vincent_Doggy!



And also this.. I just couldn't pass it up HAHA




This post has been edited by DKGT4: Nov 22, 2012 - 12:35 AM

congrats on the purchase. it's nice to see more gt-fours coming into Canada.

Sorry to hear about the brakes. At least nothing too bad happened. Once get that done, at least can trust your brakes now.

That's just too cute.

So Was working on this for a bit of the afternoon haha.. I'm not a pro but I'd say that this looks alright...



Now onto the shift boot and e-brake boot.

This post has been edited by DKGT4: Nov 22, 2012 - 12:36 AM

Awesome cars man. And you wash your car indoors? How cool is that.

Thanks for the comment! Indoor car washes are the bomb!

Okay well I got a little carried away with some minor modifying... So I had all of the items and just decided that since I was working on the covers for the center arm rest and shot and e-brake boots, I might as well add on some of the other stuff I gathered over winter. Here it is.







This post has been edited by DKGT4: Nov 22, 2012 - 12:37 AM

Looks amazing
Gotta stop lookin at this thread starting to get alittle jealous of all the gt-4 goodness