Nothing like a paint job and a little Trust to brighten a day!, Updated project pics - 56K beware Options

[scothaniel]

Well, maybe not a little Trust, but with the black paint you can hardly tell its there.

So, I just got the car back from the Toyota body shop with a fresh paint job and wow, they did a great job. I decided to take a couple of pics as I finished assembling the front end. Ignore the rigged up intake system - thats just there until the motor's broken in enough to run the turbo.

Stealth (not that the hood andbumper wont draw attention)!


Little easier to see-


Side shot-


All together -


The paint guys goofed on the hood spoiler, but we decided we like it better this way:


You can just barely see the bling from outside. Kinda scary how close it is to the hood.


Now the only question is which spoiler to use. Still have the stock wing w/ center post. Also have the 205 wing without lifter blocks (wife says no to the lifters). But I'm almost leaning towards no spoiler - its just so sexy.....


This post has been edited by scothaniel: Mar 24, 2006 - 1:05 AM

[Bigmeanbulldog55]

Pics aren't working, man.

[scothaniel]

Yeah, adding an exta 't' in http will do that!

[CelicaZR]

Nice paint job indeed
Its so shiny.

This post has been edited by CelicaZR: Mar 24, 2006 - 1:09 AM

[celica47]

yo, i know this thread is about your paint job.....BUT WHAT IN The hell do you have under your hood?

[Jen]

It looks nice, if you don't mind me asking.. how much did you pay?

[Defgeph]

Very nice man ! GT four spoiler blocks all the way !

[j0e_p3t]

nice pics. car looks awesome. i say go with the spoiler with raiser blocks... complete the whole gt-four look.

[ZacMan1987]

Beautiful great pics too. I'd say GT-Four spoiler with riser blocks, or none at all. Both looks are AWESOME.

[scothaniel]

No lifter blocks, wife doesn't want them. It's her car, so I cant talk her into it.

yo, i know this thread is about your paint job.....BUT WHAT IN The hell do you have under your hood?

Stockish 3rd gen 3SGE (with turbo pistons), custom td05-14b kit - it will have a 16G once the motor is broken in. I am surprised with the performance of the 3SGE motor. Even with 9:1 pistons and the turbo disconnected, its really a noticable increase in power over the 7A or 5S motors (though not quite as torqy as the 5S).

It looks nice, if you don't mind me asking.. how much did you pay?

The car had a dented up front fenders, key scratches down both doors and rear fenders, and a decent sized dent on one of the fenders - all from the previous owner (except for one dent where I managed to hit a uh.....house!). The body shop quoted $1840 to fix and paint all of that along with the hood /bumper, or $2000 to paint the whole car. Didn't have to think about that for very long.
I got quotes from 2 other shops near me, both were over $4000.

[Drocay]

looks real good man, so fresh so clean.

[afroman]

car is hot, no spoiler is the way to go.i love the way spoilerless cars look.
-Aaron-

[tim86]

ah i love silver celicas... car looks great, along with the engine too! Spoilerless is hot, you should leave it like that

[ThAixGuYx2k7]

ah i love silver celicas... car looks great, along with the engine too! Spoilerless is hot, you should leave it like that

i agree!!! i love the color of our cars man

[vangSTa_celica]

I know your wife doesn't want the lifters, but I personally think they would really complete the look. Either that or TRD?

[dustinkemp]

i think the lifters would look really good on your car.

nice pics man and noone whould knw you were turboed cause not alot of ppl know about the gt4 celica

great idea tho!

[CelicaBuddy]

Oooh I love new paint jobs Its sooooo pretty

[Kadett]

First turbo'ed 3S-GE i have seen pics off. Great job dude. And paintjob is very nicely done!!

What are the HP estimates. 220hp??

BTW why didn't you paint the GT4 hood spoiler?

This post has been edited by Kadett: Mar 24, 2006 - 2:07 PM