my custom front & rear lips, what do you think? |
my custom front & rear lips, what do you think? |
Jul 27, 2004 - 4:58 AM |
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Enthusiast Joined Oct 24, '03 From Cyprus Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
Couldn't find anything that i like so i went custom. Costed me about $500 in total.
Front lip is a modified type R lip. Looks unbelievable in person. Rear lip is a modified lip for MX5. I am thinking of putting black mesh grills on all holes. What do you think? |
Jul 27, 2004 - 5:03 AM |
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Enthusiast Joined Jan 17, '04 From Illinois Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
Awsome job! The front in particular looks very clean. You can tell the rear was not made for a Celica.
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Jul 27, 2004 - 5:11 AM |
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Enthusiast Joined Mar 23, '03 From New Orleans Currently Offline Reputation: 5 (100%) |
i like the front, dont know how much of a difference it is. but it looks good
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Jul 27, 2004 - 6:40 AM |
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Enthusiast Joined Oct 28, '02 From Europe, Lithuania Currently Offline Reputation: 8 (100%) |
Front is awesome Neoklis, really good looking, about the rear.. hmm Not bad, but could be better
-------------------- Ex celica owner - just a guy from other side of the pond...
Full custom Projects from restoration to performance builds <<<<<< DCw / JDMart >>>>>>> |
Jul 27, 2004 - 6:54 AM |
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Enthusiast Joined Oct 24, '03 From fort smith, ar Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
i love the front...and i don't really like the back. but, mad props for goin custom. we need to see more custom kits and whatnot instead of teh 404, 404a, invader, and c1 knock off.
-------------------- former celica owner. |
Jul 27, 2004 - 9:08 AM |
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Enthusiast Joined Oct 24, '03 From Cyprus Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
Personally i wanted the holes in the rear lip bigger so the black mesh grill would be more evident. Basically this was the only kit that seemed to be fitted easily at the time and the holes on the original kit were quite smaller.
In the end, my giberglass guy had some trouble with them as the Celi is wider than the MX5 and Type R and had a lot of trouble modyfying them up to this. Good thing we agreed the price upfront. I will be posting a pic from the side. Its really unbelievable. Even spoilerless, the gt4 is now extremely beatiful. |
Jul 27, 2004 - 9:23 AM |
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Enthusiast Joined Mar 8, '04 From Newport, RI Currently Offline Reputation: 63 (99%) |
awesome
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Jul 27, 2004 - 9:53 AM |
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Enthusiast Joined Sep 25, '03 From cranston RI Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
i agree the back really doesnt fit the celica... it needs to be a bit wider... but again, you get alot of respect for doing something custom..
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Jul 27, 2004 - 4:23 PM |
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Enthusiast Joined May 25, '03 From Ft. Wayne, IN Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
Love the front
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Jul 27, 2004 - 5:42 PM |
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Enthusiast Joined Aug 29, '02 From ny to philly Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
looks good. did your fiber guy cut the pieces in half and extend them that way? or add glass to the sides? I think I would prefer the vents being out further, like this:
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Jul 28, 2004 - 1:29 AM |
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Enthusiast Joined Oct 24, '03 From Cyprus Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
my glass guy cut and extended the sides. There was also some problem with the curves so he had to split semi-cut them to bend more and fit the celi. You see, i wanted a small front lip because i don't want to hit it all the time. First day on and i hit it twice. Even now i cannot go up and down basements and rumps as the front hits and i can't go backwards on them as the large apex exhaust had to be lowered to fit with the rear lip. |
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Jul 28, 2004 - 1:37 AM |
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Enthusiast Joined Jun 30, '03 From O-town, FL Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
I don't like either. They both look really flimsy and not meant for a Celica. The GT FOUR front has too many openings in my tastes. But nevertheless, it's a good quality job and I am a big supporter of custom work.
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Jul 28, 2004 - 4:04 AM |
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Enthusiast Joined May 2, '03 From San Diego Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
Looks so clean....I like it! Awesome job! It looks so fancy.
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Jul 29, 2004 - 1:41 AM |
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Enthusiast Joined Oct 24, '03 From Cyprus Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
and here are some sideview pics
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Jul 30, 2004 - 12:53 AM |
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Enthusiast Joined Oct 24, '03 From Cyprus Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
what? no comments on the new pics?
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Jul 30, 2004 - 4:18 AM |
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Enthusiast Joined Jul 9, '04 From Leicestershire, UK Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
**drools**
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Jul 30, 2004 - 4:47 AM |
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Enthusiast Joined Oct 28, '02 From Europe, Lithuania Currently Offline Reputation: 8 (100%) |
Neoklis, you deffinantly have to change the wheels.... they look kinda old on your car now, and get some bigger once...and somthing is not right witht he rear (maybe cuz im used to see gt4 with spoiler )
And fron is really look amazing, whole car is looking exelent... -------------------- Ex celica owner - just a guy from other side of the pond...
Full custom Projects from restoration to performance builds <<<<<< DCw / JDMart >>>>>>> |
Jul 30, 2004 - 9:37 AM |
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Enthusiast Joined Oct 24, '03 From Cyprus Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
Yes the spoiler will go back on, but also, black mesh grill will be set at the empty space on the rear lip aswell. You have to believe me that they look 100 times better in reality. my camera is really useless.
rims have been on my mind for some time now. I already selected what i am going to get but i am a bit short on cash right now. |
Jul 30, 2004 - 2:18 PM |
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Enthusiast Joined Sep 18, '03 From Dirty Jersey Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
i have to say that it looks awesome and mad props for custom...but i also have to say that i think the back would look a lot better with that rear lip being molded onto the car to take away from some of the extra curves. good job though. cant wait to see it with the spoiler
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Jul 30, 2004 - 4:27 PM |
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Enthusiast Joined Oct 13, '02 From Blairstown, New Jersey Currently Offline Reputation: 6 (100%) |
I think it all looks great. I give you tons of credit for buying the parts and having the guts to cut them up in order to make them fit.
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