hehe new project car/daily driver.., painted pics PG7!! Options

[presure2]

so the shop behind ours at work be brought in this celica a few weeks ago, hit in the nose, bent up hood, bumper, and highbeams..i looked at it,..and thought, hmm, that'd be a cool project car..
i asked the guy about it a couple weeks ago, and he said, "gimme 300$, and its yours, parts are too expensive for it"...
needless to say, ill be picking it up next weekend.
once its fixed up a bit, it will replace my daily driver now, my 93 civic.
i figure what the hell, i work on enough celicas, only right i should be driving one daily!
the wifey drives the beast daily, and i drive it as well, but it will be nice to have my own now as well.

so its a 95 GT,185,000 miles. unfortunately, its an auto, but i figure, no biggie, it will be nice to teach my daughter to drive, (she recently got her permit) and later on,... not like ive never done a auto to manual conversion before! lol
run and drives quite well, even with the front end damage, hell, it didnt even damage the radiator, and it looks like it had recently been replaced! SCORE! lol
its Bright Iris Pearl ..i call it "burple" again, at least my daughter will approve, purple is her favorite color!
a couple pics as it sits:
the good:


the bad



the ugly



it even has the manuals




yay!
hey migga, at least you wont be the only one the girls point and laugh at for having an auto at the meets now!!
BWAHAHAHAH

[Stogbob]

Grats on the pick up I'm sure you will fix it up well haha

[goferris]

airbags didn't even go off? nice find. what are your plans for her? you know you can't leave her stock. that just wouldn't be proper

[97lestyousay]

That should buff out ok. lol
Nice find I was wondering if you got it.

[supershannon77]

Awesome Manny I cant wait to see what happens in the future with this baby....that celica is one lucky celica it got an awesome owner!!!

BEST OF LUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[hongkongnerdboy]

whos your daddy

[presure2]

airbags didn't even go off? nice find. what are your plans for her? you know you can't leave her stock. that just wouldn't be proper

That should buff out ok. lol
Nice find I was wondering if you got it.

Awesome Manny I cant wait to see what happens in the future with this baby....that celica is one lucky celica it got an awesome owner!!!

BEST OF LUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

thanks guys, nothing really "planned for it right now, other than just getting it fixed up and on the road again.
although, i DO have a super rare set of lotus skirts i could throw on it..and a slightly damaged gt-4 front bumper.....hrmmm

[supershannon77]

well at least Jenn can stop laughing at ur car hahahahahahaha

[CelicaZR]

Nice pickup Manny
Cant wait to see what you've got installed for it.
Welcome to the "I got 2 6gcs club"

[96bluevert]

only $300? Damn. nice find! Should be a nice little project for you, have fun with her.

[TheMadScientist]

Sweet find you stole that thing!

[Random_Stranger]

Dude you got that for $300?! I paid $3500 for mine with 112k miles on it with a salvaged title. Dang it! LOL That's cool though. I can't wait to see what you do to do. I wish my dad wasn't a dead beat and hooked it up with a car and fixed it up. Just make sure your daughter doesn't date guys who don't drive. You wouldn't want a loser in there or even trying to drive it.

[Batman722]

NICE !!!

we have enough spare parts between us to get that back to looking good.

$300 you can't go wrong. I think my car was worse than that at one point.

[snapshotgt]

Awesome find Manny.

[hurley97]

NICE!

haha auto... you suck


airbags go off?

[lagos]

Thats a STEAL.
Nice find Manny!

[spolski07]

any chance of selling the lotus skirts?

[rayneezy23]

im trying to get rid of my invader front if you want pm me if your intrested

[presure2]

any chance of selling the lotus skirts?

not unless you want to GROSSLY overpay..lol

thanks for the offer ray, im all set with the invader.

steff:
they didnt go off..the kid who the car belonged to hit a trailer hitch, i dont think it was hard enough to set them off.

thanks guys, i cant wait to get this thing back up and on the road.

[x_itchy_b_x]

Nice Manny. your drive way is going to be just insane when everyone gets together there.

[Celicav]

That is great man. I want to see pics of the two Celis side-by-side...since the colors are sorta similar you could pretend it is like before and after with the Pimp My Ride show

[presure2]

Nice Manny. your drive way is going to be just insane when everyone gets together there.

hehe yea, it'll be crazy, man!

That is great man. I want to see pics of the two Celis side-by-side...since the colors are sorta similar you could pretend it is like before and after with the Pimp My Ride show

BWAHHAHAH

[presure2]

so, my cousin was interested in my civic for his son...and i am interested in the manual parts off the GT sitting in his yard.
needless to say, we've come to a comprimize!
migga, sorry, i just couldnt stay in the auto GT club with ya!
hehe

[laff09]

hahaha, that was quick. Tomorrow turbo kit and meth injection

[devilsden97]

so, my cousin was interested in my civic for his son...and i am interested in the manual parts off the GT sitting in his yard.
needless to say, we've come to a comprimize!
migga, sorry, i just couldnt stay in the auto GT club with ya!
hehe

lol.. i havnt been on the forums in a while.... then i get to see this.... so many tears.


good luck

[Defgeph]

Good stuff. I think you might be able to buff that bumper out.

[bccentaur3]

SO Manny, what are your exterior plans for your very own celica?

[presure2]

i was finally able to start tearing into the car...
heres what we got:





no plans for the car are set in stone..for now, i just wanna get it on the road.

i have the lotus skirts that i will prolly put on the car...i was telling the wifey the other day..i REALLY need JDM tails, and springs...

[hurley97]

so when are we doing the auto-to-manual swap?


as always, anything you need me to order from work just let me know

[jcbass7]

i was finally able to start tearing into the car...
heres what we got:





no plans for the car are set in stone..for now, i just wanna get it on the road.

i have the lotus skirts that i will prolly put on the car...i was telling the wifey the other day..i REALLY need JDM tails, and springs...

You can take my springs/gr2-s off my hands if you want, otherwise they will just sit for another two years. lemme know

[tomazws]

Are you SURE you got this car for your daughter and not for yourself?!?!?!?

[joehernandez]

damn you have luck!

[ILuvMyCelica95]

NICE !!!

we have enough spare parts between us to get that back to looking good.

$300 you can't go wrong. I think my car was worse than that at one point.

I was Just going to say ChickenMan prob has everything you need.

any chance of selling the lotus skirts?

not unless you want to GROSSLY overpay..lol

thanks for the offer ray, im all set with the invader.

steff:
they didnt go off..the kid who the car belonged to hit a trailer hitch, i dont think it was hard enough to set them off.

thanks guys, i cant wait to get this thing back up and on the road.

That was done by a trailer hitch! holy crap.

so, my cousin was interested in my civic for his son...and i am interested in the manual parts off the GT sitting in his yard.
needless to say, we've come to a comprimize!
migga, sorry, i just couldnt stay in the auto GT club with ya!
hehe

lol.. i havnt been on the forums in a while.... then i get to see this.... so many tears.


good luck

OMG it's AUTOBOY! I lol every time i see your car


Congrats Manny that's awesome! $300 is a real steal, cant wait to see how this turns out

[presure2]

Are you SURE you got this car for your daughter and not for yourself?!?!?!?

ohh, no, tom...this is DEFINETLY NOT for my daughter...i will let her drive it (while its still auto anyway..lol) but its definetly going to be MY car.
ive been telling the wifey, now i can make a new name....the REAL pressure2...lmao
since all my time here has been with her car.

jesse:
ill take you up on that...although we may have to arrange a 100 installment payment plan..lmao things are tight moneywise...at least till the old house sells. but yea, shoot me a PM with what your thinking...maybe we can work somthing out.

joe: thanks.

tina...you know D, hes like having a personal celica junkyard as your best friend! haha
we'll see how things go...right now, i just wanna get the car on the road...i've thought of prolly a dozen diffrent ways to go about this thing already...im sure ill go thru a few dozen more before i actually start doing anything. hardest part right now, is once its fixed, its going to need paint...since jenns car is the color i always wanted on our celica, picking a color for this one isnt going to be so easy.

[goferris]

well, let's see, you already have the gt4 conversion. ssIII replica anyone?
either way i'm still jealous.

[jjbenzo]

well, let's see, you already have the gt4 conversion. ssIII replica anyone?
either way i'm still jealous.

I agree...since you have the 3sgte in the greatest color ever, I vote for a 98 SS-iii replica...

[spolski07]

well, let's see, you already have the gt4 conversion. ssIII replica anyone?
either way i'm still jealous.

I agree...since you have the 3sgte in the greatest color ever, I vote for a 98 SS-iii replica...

he is 5sfte not 3sgte



and i think you should do a beams swap

[rayneezy23]

damn you always do great work, i can't wait till this one gets finished

[tim86]

nice find, its funny how obsessed everybody is with the auto to manual swap tho... does it really matter when u have a 5sfte already? I'd just fix the body damage and not waste too much more money on it

This post has been edited by tim86: Mar 8, 2008 - 5:10 AM

[presure2]

well, let's see, you already have the gt4 conversion. ssIII replica anyone?
either way i'm still jealous.

I agree...since you have the 3sgte in the greatest color ever, I vote for a 98 SS-iii replica...

he is 5sfte not 3sgte



and i think you should do a beams swap

naa, never a beams swap for me. if im gonna swap, it would definetly be to a built 3sgte.
200na hp would feel slow, compared to the 5sfte car. i cant do a swap, and be SLOWER than my wifes car!! haha

ive been thinking about some SSIII stuff...the SSIII rear extensions work pretty well with the lotus skirts, and i bet the fronts would as well...

and yea, the manual swap matters that much.
nothing i do to this car will be a "waste of money" as you put it.

[presure2]

a little 6gc love, and wala:



im gonna pick up the newer hood from dustin tommorow:





just for refrence, and browsing ease, this is what it looked like yesterday:

[Random_Stranger]

Already a huge difference. You are the MAN! Great work

[presure2]

so, im thinking of a color somthing like this...any thoughts? suggestions?

[snapshotgt]

Love it.

[GriffGirl]

That is almost EXACTLY the color I want to paint my car, should I ever scrape up the funds to have it painted.

I've always been a big fan of the gunmetal/metallic charcoal colors - elegant, understated and sexy as hell. Maybe some nifty iridescent metallic stuff mixed in so it reflects pinks and greens or blues in different light at different angles. Subtly though, nothing ostentatious.

[hurley97]

I'm going to keep pushing for 1G3 Magnetic Grey Metallic

[96bluevert]

That would look really good! I like.

[x_itchy_b_x]

thats my next color such a classy yet aggressive color.

[Defgeph]

Thats a sweet color. Nice fender

[CelicaST_CALI]

nice color..... gunmetal rims??

[jjbenzo]

How about Toyota's Thundercloud metallic? Used on 4Runners and Land Cruisers only I believe.

[presure2]

I'm going to keep pushing for 1G3 Magnetic Grey Metallic

thats what the pic is, sweetie

[ILuvMyCelica95]

beautiful color

with black powder coated rims and a polished lip.

[hurley97]

I'm going to keep pushing for 1G3 Magnetic Grey Metallic

thats what the pic is, sweetie

yay... do it do it... I love it! there were like four '07 Camry's that color in the shop all at the same time yesterday. I didn't have my camera on me and I was working (obviously) so I couldn't take any pics, but it was a sign!

[presure2]

WOOOT car is all registered, and on the road.
first day driving it.

first impressions:

damn, stock suspension is much softer than 5 yr old (AKA worn out) kybs and sportlines!

auto is boring.

stock speakers suck.

damn, even a stock auto celica has TONS more TQ and power than a 93 civic Vx. lol

i havent had a chance to pickup the hood from big D yet, ill prolly do that on sunday.

im 90% sold on magnetic grey pearl for the color, i think it will look pretty sweet.
it will be a nice contrast to the wifeys car, which is much more bold looking compared to the grey. i think i will be going with a more "sleeper" look, if you can call it that.

[97lestyousay]

Nice work, the grey should look great. Are you putting the lotus skirts on it?

[presure2]

Nice work, the grey should look great. Are you putting the lotus skirts on it?

ya, i think i am, randy.

[hurley97]

im 90% sold on magnetic grey pearl for the color, i think it will look pretty sweet.
it will be a nice contrast to the wifeys car, which is much more bold looking compared to the grey. i think i will be going with a more "sleeper" look, if you can call it that.

what can I do to complete the other 10% of the sale?

I was going to ask to "test drive" a new Camry to your house but I'm not sure when or if they will even let me.

[trdproven]

never go wrong with neutral colors - it might be a tough one to put gun metal wheels on it, you don't want it to monochromatic. you can pass with bronze on it, - i've seen that scheme many times.

[96bluevert]

auto is boring.

Hey! I resent that remark. lol

[jason]

i think the ss3 extensions, lotus sides, spoilerless, projectors, gunmetal wheels with polished lip and MAYBE tint to match the dark theme (dunno if your into tint) and that would be one NICE car... still sleeper till the blow off =)

[hurley97]

auto is boring.

Hey! I resent that remark. lol

I agree with Manny 100% on that one! I did it for 2-1/2 years and I still don't know how I made it that long.

[96bluevert]

auto is boring.

Hey! I resent that remark. lol

I agree with Manny 100% on that one! I did it for 2-1/2 years and I still don't know how I made it that long.

I know, I was kidding. I'd much rather be driving a manual than auto. But I'm used to it, so I can deal

[presure2]

so, i've been driving around in the car for a few weeks, with the dented up hood and stuff..gotta love it!
this week, we finally started the bodywork.
i spent the better part of all my breaks and lunch at work on monday working on 2 dents in the drivers fender, lol, and my buddy paul (the REAL body man..LMAO) worked the rest of the drivers side dents yesterday.
today i messed with the roof and such, and paul did the passanger side dents.
the hatch on this car has rot around the window, luckily i have another in better condition to replace it with, and such.

a quick sneak peek:



slowly but surely, its getting there. i still need to get off my lazy ass and pick up the hood from dustin.

[supershannon77]

I cant wait to see it finished...after what u promised me what will happen hahaha..nice work so far.

[goferris]

i guess i need to get a job at a body repair shop so i can get all the work done on my car LOL.
i too can't wait for the finished product.

[hurley97]

the hatch on this car has rot around the window, luckily i have another in better condition to replace it with, and such.

what's up with the removal of the corner of the picture lol

i still need to get off my lazy ass and pick up the hood from dustin.

we actually have 2, the red one you are going to take and the black one from your moms house. and we need to get rid of both of them very soon... we need to clean out the massive piles of car parts we have everywhere

[Defgeph]

Thats one sweet celica. I'd rock it

[presure2]

finally getting around to doing some more work on my celica...(no, not the one in my sig!)

deleted the drip rail last year, finishing the hatch now.
this is the practice run.







lots more to come soon!!

[97lestyousay]

Nice to see it starting up again.

[SwissFerdi]

NICE! But why not swap the 5S-FTE into this hatch and the 3S-GTE into the '94 GT?

[Batman722]

nice fade !

[presure2]

NICE! But why not swap the 5S-FTE into this hatch and the 3S-GTE into the '94 GT?

because the 5sfte is jenns thing, and dropping a 2nd gen 3s, without major mods, into her car would be a major dissapointment.

[SwissFerdi]

because the 5sfte is jenns thing, and dropping a 2nd gen 3s, without major mods, into her car would be a major dissapointment.

Right, I kind of forgot it wasn't your car...but you could package it as this: throw the 3S-GTE (3rd gen, then) into her car, and fix this one up and transfer the old engine. Tell her to trade cars since her '94 is older, it's been the same for a while, and you'll fix this one up, it'll be 'newer,' and she'll have the dependable engine while you have the new-fangled commodity that hasn't necessarily been proven to work in this new car.






























































And if that doesn't work, steal that sucker.

[97lestyousay]

because the 5sfte is jenns thing, and dropping a 2nd gen 3s, without major mods, into her car would be a major dissapointment.

Right, I kind of forgot it wasn't your car...but you could package it as this: throw the 3S-GTE (3rd gen, then) into her car, and fix this one up and transfer the old engine. Tell her to trade cars since her '94 is older, it's been the same for a while, and you'll fix this one up, it'll be 'newer,' and she'll have the dependable engine while you have the new-fangled commodity that hasn't necessarily been proven to work in this new car.



And if that doesn't work, steal that sucker.

All of this has me confused, Jenn is Manny's wife. What difference doe's it make what engine is in this car?
If you think Jenn is some girly girl that wouldn't know the difference you must be new. So, I am not picking a fight,
I just don't understand why it matters. They can drive each others cars whenever they want so I don't think they call
it stealing.

This post has been edited by 97lestyousay: Oct 4, 2009 - 11:30 AM

[SwissFerdi]

I know she knows the difference, I'm just joking man.

This post has been edited by SwissFerdi: Oct 4, 2009 - 11:32 AM

[presure2]

I know she knows the difference, I'm just joking man.

its all good man, no offence taken at all.
naa, jenn loves HER car.
shes had it since 99, and wouldnt trade it for the world.
if anything, it would be a 3rd or 4th gen 3s that would go in her car, and i wouldnt take her 5s, we'd prolly sell alot of that stuff off to make some money back from whatever swap she wanted to do.
the way the plan is supossed to go, my car will be much more subtle than jenns, while still having enough done to it to make it a looker.
engine plans for my car are still a wash right now, i'll cross that bridge down the road at some point.

[SwissFerdi]

its all good man, no offence taken at all.
naa, jenn loves HER car.
shes had it since 99, and wouldnt trade it for the world.
if anything, it would be a 3rd or 4th gen 3s that would go in her car, and i wouldnt take her 5s, we'd prolly sell alot of that stuff off to make some money back from whatever swap she wanted to do.
the way the plan is supossed to go, my car will be much more subtle than jenns, while still having enough done to it to make it a looker.
engine plans for my car are still a wash right now, i'll cross that bridge down the road at some point.

I hear you. I'm the same way with mine and well, just compare it to most 6GC's here and it's nothing in comparison...but at least it's MY nothing.

And on your car...I say SCREW the norm and keep it as is. Really. Get some insanely subtle splitters, projectors, JDM tails, and a duckbill, put some nice wheels under it and lower it, but not much. And then...BEAMS or 4A-GZE. You will have the ULTIMATE sleeper.

This post has been edited by SwissFerdi: Oct 4, 2009 - 1:56 PM

[OOBE]

Wow, how did I miss this thread? Anyway, now I'm like all excited to see how the car will end up.

[samir0189]

I missed this thread as well... i didnt realize you had a second celica!

If the first one is any indication as to how this one is gonna turn out, i can't wait to see what it will become.

[Hazmat]

Great thread presure2! I feel a second monster in the works

[delusionz]

once its fixed up a bit, it will replace my daily driver now, my 93 civic.
i figure what the hell, i work on enough celicas, only right i should be driving one daily!
the wifey drives the beast daily, and i drive it as well, but it will be nice to have my own now as well.

your wife has a turbo celica and you dont even have any celica until now?

*poders letting partner take gt4 to work and leave me with ss3*

Uhhh unbearable thought.

[presure2]

and the project continues....



freshly cut, and just held together with a couple sets of vice grips and clear packing tape.

[Keiri]

That new bumper design looks very unique...I can't wait to see the finished product.

Watching this thread with immense interest.

[Rusty]

wow thats different, GT top and gt4 bottom bumber


cant wait till its finished

[delusionz]

Lol nice, Can't picture it

[playr158]

vice grips and packing tape.. haha epic.
be interested to see how she turns out.

[devilsden97]

im really liking this movement to "hybrid" bumpers. rather then buying body kits. allows it to retain the oem look, but be different then the others on the road.

good work

[epocsirhc]

Was the gt-4 bumper already messed up? Also how is the rest of the bodywork going?

[presure2]

Was the gt-4 bumper already messed up? Also how is the rest of the bodywork going?

Thanks guys!
I started bonding it back together last night, a few hrs or work and I'll be able to test fit it.

Yea the gt4 bumper was from the accident I was in several years ago in jenn's car.
It was damaged on the drivers side corner, the whole tab that attaches to the fender was ripped off.
Once it's ready to test fit I'll post more pics.
The rest of the bodywork is still in various rough stages.
I'm not very motivated so work happens very slowly. Lol

[96bluevert]

That's really cool!

Are you going to finish it up with GT-4 fogs and turn signals?

[playr158]

I'm not very motivated so work happens very slowly. Lol

X2

[Fate]

haha i was wondering why you were just selling the top half of a gt4 bumper. i look forward to seeing it on the car.

[presure2]

getting there...

[EKAn]

that looks nice, cant wait to see it all finished on the car

[njccmd2002]

is that yellow primer? or filler?

looks, IDK different. Looks good, if you take the teeth out, looks like a modified TRD bumper

[presure2]

is that yellow primer? or filler?

looks, IDK different. Looks good, if you take the teeth out, looks like a modified TRD bumper

yea, its marhyde yellow primer.

thanks guys!

[ajmorris1977]

and the project continues....



freshly cut, and just held together with a couple sets of vice grips and clear packing tape.

i don't suppose you have te top section you cut off for sale, i'm doing the opposite to mine next month?

[presure2]

i don't suppose you have te top section you cut off for sale, i'm doing the opposite to mine next month?

nope. i sold it here, someone snatched it up within 2 days of me posting it. lol

a couple more pics.
the more i look at it, the more im starting to like this...

[CelicaZR]

Hot stuff Manny