The Many Faces of My Celi, my progress thread (UPDATED June 28,2008) Options

[kloudkicka]

So i've been a member of the 6gc community for awhile now and I have yet to contribute my own celi so i decided its time for me to add a little something over here even if my car isn't completely finished, so first off i got my car in july 2003 with many hopes for my ride, sorry if the pictures are crappy but this is all i have at the moment

herez my car when i first bought it, completely stock


herez my car with its first mod, i lowered the car with ebay coilovers(big mistake) 18 inch rims, and clear side markers and 5th gen clear turn signals


next was the front blitz kit with molded invader side skirts and molded invader rear bumper, as well as jdm taillights
(i know the rear bumper is awful, but at the time it looked aiight haha)



after awhile i picked up a seibon carbon fibre hood and painted my rims gold for a small change


so then i got sick of the car cuz i just got bored of it, so i decided to get the c-one front bumper and i also ordered the gt-four hood ornaments and got a local bodyshop to mold the hood ornaments on the car, it looked alright except it didn't have the curvy look of an original gt-four hood


after getting my car from the bodyshop i decided that speed was what i wanted next, so i got a hold of a 3rd gen 3sgte from a company in calgary and after a week from ordering it, the motor arrived, less than 2 months later the motor was in but not 100%, oh and lets not forget the jdm projectors i scored =)


so after getting the engine in my car, i noticed that the stock hood wouldn't fit over top the top mount intercooler, so of course, the project continues, i ordered a gt-four hood from toyotaworld and within 2 weeks it was here and ready to install


well of course, everyone knowz about this problem, the gt-four hood has a huge gap when put with a stock bumper like my replica c-one kit, so what was the next step for me? you guessed it.....




so now that i got the gt-four front conversion, i had to get rid of the invader skirts and the rear invader bumper, they were just an eye sore and didn't work with the flow of the car at all, so i got a stock bumper, and got a set of trd side skirts and replica trd rear splitters



after finally getting all the pieces and putting the car together this is what i ended up with, totally changed the color to black and i had to change my rides shoes, awesome lookin konigs if i do say so myself, oh and i also got me some kyb-gr2's such a better feel when driving



also got myself a trd rain deflector and a nice cursive celica emblem to put on the front bumper grill


and last but not least, i put on some clear turn lights made from wolfie, their awesome, and yup, my eurou lip waiting to be painted and installed =)
sory the cars super dirty here it just finished raining haha


so thats why i named my thread the many faces of my celi, its been through alot but its finally where i want it to be, please gimmie some feedback and lemme know what you think, keep in mind its not done yet, but its so close now haha, i'll take more pics once my car is totally ready, enjoy

This post has been edited by kloudkicka: Jun 28, 2008 - 4:33 PM

[95CelicaST]

Looks nice, black GT-four conversions seem to be everywhere on here... If I were to give any advice I would say you need to ditch the wheels for a set of the proper offset. Yours sink in, probably with an offset of +42/+48? You need something more like +35/+39.


Other than that my only gripe is the exhaust. When the muffler looks/hangs like that it looks cheap. Invest about 500 into a good custom exhaust that hugs the underbody.

Get that lip painted and installed.

[kloudkicka]

Looks nice, black GT-four conversions seem to be everywhere on here... If I were to give any advice I would say you need to ditch the wheels for a set of the proper offset. Yours sink in, probably with an offset of +42/+48? You need something more like +35/+39.


Other than that my only gripe is the exhaust. When the muffler looks/hangs like that it looks cheap. Invest about 500 into a good custom exhaust that hugs the underbody.

Get that lip painted and installed.

ya thanks for the advice on the wheels, and my exhaust system is currently being done up too, and i have a hks carbon TI waiting to be installed =)

[trdproven]

Looks like you got alotta cash on hand. In my opinion everyone went through the fast and furious phase and its cool that you stuck with the car and transformed it JDM style with a motor even. My last thoughts and your ride will be complete, drop it lower and get JDM style aftermarket rims, volk, work, ssr, 5zigen, sportmax, wedsport, etc.

[purplegt4]

good to see it transformed into something like that!

[808celica]

WOOOT!!! gottah love a shiny *** black celica

[stetsonaw]

wish i had that kinda money

[azian_advanced]

keith, this is the first time you ever posted pics of your car in 4 years?!
the car looks sick btw... i'll be getting my washes at Northgate now too just to catch a glimpse of your car.. lol.
the rims look ok to me.. and a set of spacers will stick them out a bit.
see you around...

[DEATH]

The rims look great it's the tires. The rims appear to be wider than the tires themselves which is what is throwing everyone's opinions off.
Everything else looks great [But then I'd think so wouldn't I?]

[97Celica]

Dude,your car looks SEXSAY!! Nice job!

[playr158]

The rims look great it's the tires. The rims appear to be wider than the tires themselves which is what is throwing everyone's opinions off.
Everything else looks great [But then I'd think so wouldn't I?]

actually what he was talking about was the offset of the wheels not the width of the wheels.
he can fix the offset issue with some spacers...maybe 10mm

[DEATH]

The rims look great it's the tires. The rims appear to be wider than the tires themselves which is what is throwing everyone's opinions off.
Everything else looks great [But then I'd think so wouldn't I?]

actually what he was talking about was the offset of the wheels not the width of the wheels.
he can fix the offset issue with some spacers...maybe 10mm

No I got that - most of us have this sunken look [those of us who don't have spacers or different offsets]. But, maybe it's just me, doesn't it appear that the width of his rim is slightly wider than the width of his tires?

[playr158]

no.

put that "look" is referred to as "stretch" and is pretty common.

[95CelicaST]

and if you put a bigger/wider tire on them in their current offset they'd most likely rub on the strut.

[zero07]

Man Kloud, the car looks sick with the new rims and paint!

Those are some really sharp looking projectors you got there, must have been some really cool guy that got those for you!

This post has been edited by zero07: Jun 24, 2008 - 11:49 AM

[kloudkicka]

hey guys, thanks for commenting, ya i know the rims may look like their thicker then the tires, but thats ok, they'll do for now, don't really wish to spend much more on my car then i already have, although i may give spacers a try


trdproven - ya i sure did go for the fast & the furious look, but i'm very satisfied on how its come along
purplegt4 - thanks for the comment i'm glad to know you likes =)
808celica - your rides what made me go for the black celi, thanks for the comment homie
stetsonaw - well the money came and went haha, but i will be putting that 3 point stut bar i got from you very soon
azian_advanced - yo gerald, ya i'll see you at northgate real soon haha, we gonna have a mini meet and show how peg city does celi's
DEATH - thanks for the comment on the rims, i personally think their a nice set
97Celica - thanks for the comment, your ride looks mighty sexxy too =p
playr158 - i gotta find me some spacers now to see if it makes a difference
95CelicaST - gotta love the yeli celi, but i dunno if you still have it
zero07 - lol thanks so much, you know i got the projectors from a really cool guy haha

This post has been edited by kloudkicka: Jun 24, 2008 - 4:25 PM

[Celicav]

Great transformation! I dig the rims.

[SoDo]

Nice celica. I want to do a swap on mine and paint it black. If you ever get bored, you can always work on my car. lol

[kloudkicka]

Nice celica. I want to do a swap on mine and paint it black. If you ever get bored, you can always work on my car. lol

haha sounds good to me, i'm practically done with my project lol

[RickJamesBish]

Not a fan of the wing at all, but the rest looks mad narsty