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Ok....sooo....I know it's a bit late for me to start it but might as well do it now. Lol. I bought my 1997 Toyota Celica GT for $4,500 on February 27, 2012. It had 175,000 miles on the cluster. It was in very good condition. The only problem I had on it was it had a CEL light on. Which was just the speed sensor in the cluster not working. Replaced that and the CEL was cleared. Also my car didn't pass emissions test but I eventually had that fixed after running on premium and Lucas Cleaner. Overall I was more than happy to pay the overpriced $4500.
![]() Winner of May 2014 COTM "This car is not about racing, this car is not about power; performance, it's purely about being cool." Previous Owner: http://www.6gc.net/members/9609 Very ricey and not my flavor. Here's a link to my FB album of my car. It has all of my pics of my silly97. https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.2...0238&type=3 Here some things my car had on when I first bought it: Bone stock performance 7GC GTS Rims AG Lowering Springs JDM Tail lights Stock side skirts 2post spoiler Rear tinted windows Window stickers ![]() Here's what I've done to it so far: Performance Injen Short Ram Intake ![]() Suspension Megan Coilovers ![]() Ichiba Spacers 15mm and extended lug studs all around ![]() Eibach Camber Bolt ![]() Fender Rolled All Around ![]() Exterior 3k Hi halogen bulb ![]() 8k Lo HiD conversion 3k halogen fog light bulb Amber turn signal bulb ![]() Clear side lights ![]() TRD Roof Spoiler REPLICA(Hi-C) ![]() OEM SSIII front grill Tom's Front Lip REPLICA(Zonz540) ![]() Enkei RPF1 17x8 +45Front +35Rear Nankang NS1 205/40/17 ![]() Interior TRD Shift Boot ![]() SpreeLED White Gauge Lights ![]() GT4 Rear Strut Bar ![]() I do have a set of GT4 splitters that are waiting to be painted. ![]() The rest of my plans for my car is to get it repainted and installed with the gt4 splitters. I want to go wit the Supra Limited Edition Silver code 1B9. I also want to get a custom exhaust. I really want the JDM projectors also. We will see what else will be added onto my list as days goes by. Lol. Also I'm planning to keep my silly FOREVER!!! XD How it looks before: ![]() ![]() How it looks now: ![]() ![]() This post has been edited by ILoveMySilly97: Nov 25, 2018 - 6:13 PM -------------------- |
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Looks good. Make sure those white seams don't have a texture to it, or it'll show through the paint.
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1994 Celica GT Liftback |
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Looks good. Make sure those white seams don't have a texture to it, or it'll show through the paint. Nope. Its all smooth. ![]() -------------------- |
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Looks good. Make sure those white seams don't have a texture to it, or it'll show through the paint. Nope. Its all smooth. ![]() Awesome. I didn't see any primer in the previous pic. Are you using any? -------------------- 1993 Celica GT Coupe - sold
1994 Celica GT Liftback |
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Nope. Didn't think of it til today so I'm going to have to make quick run on sunday morning to get my primer. Lol.
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Use the primer and the adhesion promoter on top of it.
-------------------- 1993 Celica GT Coupe - sold
1994 Celica GT Liftback |
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Use the primer and the adhesion promoter on top of it. Adhesion promoter then primer then colour then gloss. Sounds good? -------------------- |
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I hit 200,000 miles last night! XD
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Here it is. Finished painting it! Still waiting a couple days for the paint to cure so I can sand it, rub it, polish it, and wax it.
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Here it is. Finished painting it! Still waiting a couple days for the paint to cure so I can sand it, rub it, polish it, and wax it. ![]() ![]() Looking good... Much better condition than my ones, I just didn't want to try and paint it myself ![]() ![]() -------------------- ![]() SOLD :( 1997 ST204 Celica ZR -----> See it here on 6GC! 2013 October Celica of the Month XD Now: '00 NB8B Mazda MX5 -----> See it here in off topic! |
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Here it is. Finished painting it! Still waiting a couple days for the paint to cure so I can sand it, rub it, polish it, and wax it. ![]() ![]() Looking good... Much better condition than my ones, I just didn't want to try and paint it myself ![]() ![]() You just need to know what color you need. Mine has aftermarket paint and the previous owner didn't let me know what color my was but I made a guess that it was quicksilver and indeed it was. Perfect match. Lol. Here it is. Finished painting it! Still waiting a couple days for the paint to cure so I can sand it, rub it, polish it, and wax it. ![]() ![]() nice work! Thanks! -------------------- |
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looks good! let's see a picture of them on the car!!! lol. you and me got the same setup now. except I still gotta drop mine.
-------------------- ![]() *1997 Celica ST - 3SGE Greytop BEAMS *1977 Celica RA29 - Classic Cruiser *2005 Matrix AWD - dedded but still hanging around like a ghost 2019 Rav4 XLE Premium - Sports mode is fun. |
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looks good! let's see a picture of them on the car!!! lol. you and me got the same setup now. except I still gotta drop mine. Yea I know we do. Lol. Once I put the splits on and your car dropped, then our cars well be identical. Would be funny if we both get projectors at the same time In the future too. Haha. -------------------- |
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hehehe. i just might.
just too bad mine's an ST. ![]() -------------------- ![]() *1997 Celica ST - 3SGE Greytop BEAMS *1977 Celica RA29 - Classic Cruiser *2005 Matrix AWD - dedded but still hanging around like a ghost 2019 Rav4 XLE Premium - Sports mode is fun. |
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hehehe. i just might. just too bad mine's an ST. ![]() At least it's limited edition. The gt doesn't have much of a big power difference. Lol. -------------------- |
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hehehe. i just might. just too bad mine's an ST. ![]() At least it's limited edition. The gt doesn't have much of a big power difference. Lol. Until you slap a turbo on it properly... ![]() -------------------- 1993 Celica GT Coupe - sold
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hehehe. i just might. just too bad mine's an ST. ![]() At least it's limited edition. The gt doesn't have much of a big power difference. Lol. Until you slap a turbo on it properly... ![]() True that. I wouldn't mind having a 5sfte but then again. It's Cali. Lol. Sorry for the late update. Been busy working. But here's how the trd rear splits turned out. Didn't fit perfect for some reason and I broke off the rivets on the right side brace while installing it. ![]() ![]() -------------------- |
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Fiiinally ![]() ![]() Its a shame that the color match wasn't perfect... But they still look good:) definitely needed on there to go with all that low and your front and skirts. So now the race for the projectors are on ![]() ![]() -------------------- ![]() SOLD :( 1997 ST204 Celica ZR -----> See it here on 6GC! 2013 October Celica of the Month XD Now: '00 NB8B Mazda MX5 -----> See it here in off topic! |
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Fiiinally ![]() ![]() Its a shame that the color match wasn't perfect... But they still look good:) definitely needed on there to go with all that low and your front and skirts. So now the race for the projectors are on ![]() ![]() Yea it was a shame but it's ok. It was meant to look ok til my paint job in a couple of years. Lol. Im trying to get my hands on projectors too. Just looking around for a decent price. I'm not really looking forward to that hassle of removing the front bumper along with my front lip. Pain in the ass. Lol. -------------------- |
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eh? front bumper isn't too bad. Just gotta do it once and then you'll see how easy it is. I can probably take it off in 10 minutes or so now. lol!
-------------------- ![]() *1997 Celica ST - 3SGE Greytop BEAMS *1977 Celica RA29 - Classic Cruiser *2005 Matrix AWD - dedded but still hanging around like a ghost 2019 Rav4 XLE Premium - Sports mode is fun. |
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