TheAllBlackEverything aka BlackSamurai, whoever said progress was a slow process was probably talkin about me Options

[MisterRay]

didnt really plan on opening a progression thread but thought i would give it a go.

Member name: MisterRay but Ray will do
Market: UK
Year: 1997
Model: ST
Frame & Type: AT200 Hatch
Engine: 7A-FE
Transmission: TBA

i currently own a 1997 ST hatchback which i bought in MARCH 2012. only paid £500 for it as it was recorded as accident damaged and the guy thought his cambelt was going (was actually the power steering belt squeaking but i kept that quiet) i bought it on 74k and its currently got 81k on the clock give or take a thousand lol it was completely stock and mostly still is. but i have changed a few things here and there when i had the time (and moneyl)



the picture is a little deceiving. the hood has paint chips the front has paint chips. age related marks etc.

APRIL 2012

when i bought the car the condition of the seats was very good other than the colour fading along the top of the back seats but the plastic trim was, for the lack of a better word, ****ed. it had paint peeling, scratches, gouges, holes drilled etc. so decided to replace a couple of the pieces and respray them on a budget as a quick fix. resprayed the plastic trim pieces red. used cans. in the shed. on a cold rainy day lol pics arent of best quality tho. £16 later...




bought some black with red trim floor mats. red interior led kit from Spree (SpreeLED) and installed some footwell lights controlled by a toggle switch while i was at it.



MAY 2012

decided to install some puddle lights on the doors. reasons are self explanatory lol used 30cm white 5050 SMD led strips and wired them to the courtesy door lights.


JUNE 2012

thought it would look cool if i could get all 4 headlamps to light up so went to the garage across the road and had my sidelights quad converted. he added 2 more 501 holders, tapped into the original sidelight. and drilled holes on the side of the inner headlight.




end result



JULY 2012

my birthday came up so my woman decided to upgrade my sound system as a gift

2x 8" Bassface subwoofers for the front doors
2x 6.5" Bassface coaxials for the rear
1x 15" Bassface subwoofer for the trunk.
6 channel Cougar amp.
JVC XR411 Double Din head unit
RMS is in the 1500 region. cant remember off the top of my head.

would highly recommend these speakers as an upgrade from stock btw. it isnt competition grade but definitely worth every penny!

the 8's

the 15

the 6.5s


AUGUST 2012

my dad decided to borrow my car for the day and through no fault of his own it ended up in a collision. some guy decided to pull out and drive into the side of my car. had it repaired privately. that was the last time my dad drove my car lol

after the accident



after repairs



SEPTEMBER 2012

got a job in September so was jus racking up the hours while i had the chance. did absolutely nothing on the car for next few months lol

FEBRUARY 2013

some1 decided to take a baseball bat to 1 of my rear lights and knocked off the bumper also. probably an ex. but that did give me an excuse to buy sum rear lights. got these off ebay. the guy sprayed em before he sent em out. bumper still doesnt sit completely flush on the left side because 1 of the clips broke and paint came off where it got hit aswel. (touched up now tho)


APRIL 2013

this is probably the biggest thing i have done to the car. bought some red leathers off Vincent (Vincent_Doggy) and some heated seat elements then had a go at installing it. also re-wired the front footwell lights so it didnt look so unprofessional and added sum rear footwell lights too. whole car has a nice red glow to it when my sidelights come on.

also i dont actually know where the pictures of front seats have disappeared to lol i do have some tho.

the seat covers


the heated seat elements

harness

switch - rocker switch with 3 settings. high, off, low


before




after







MAY 2013

didnt do much else to the car until this year. was saving up for a holiday at the time.

MARCH 2014

during one of the weekends my cousin sister stayed over so decided to take her out for a meal and sum shisha. so while driving to the shisha lounge the car fell into a damn crater. basically there used to be speed humps on that road, but the council removed them and didnt repair the roadway! the holes are literally about 4/5 inches deep and 1m wide on a street with no damn street lights.

anyways fell into that hole and cracked/bent/buckled my 2 of my alloys so had to buy another set.

bought sum 18x8j VW alloys with et35. vinyl wrapped them in carbon fibre because the paint job was utter crap. vinyl helped cover the rash, blemishes etc




some1 also broke into my car and managed to steal... a USB stick... yes. thats what they broke in for.

bought a replacement for £40

washed

installed


also changed the headunit to a Pinoeer BT350 Single Din. matched my red interior lol

APRIl 2014

tinted the car. 5% rear 35% front. looks good but cant see **** out the back windows not that i ever look back anyway.





car as it sits at the moment


ordered some OEM tweeters and covers for the front doors from a 6gc member aswel (HijoDeLobo)



MAY 2014

decided to make a switch panel out of plexiglass as the old button pieces got lost/broke. wrapped that in carbon fibre vinyl
also wanted to change it up a bit and vinyl wrap my centre console in brushed aluminium. looks decent but personally i prefer paint.




the wrap


the install







installed a 12v socket with a dual usb charging port as the cig lighter has been disconnected to power my heated seats.

tools. ready to do sum damage


drilled the hole. sanded it down. popped in the us ports. and flush mounted them. none of that stickie outie crap.




wired the socket up to the switch. tested. and pushed it onto the back of the charging ports.


reason why i installed a switch was because i tend to leave my ecig charger plugged in. sumtimes its just nice to flip the switch and turn it off.

ordered this gear knob on wednesday. awaiting delivery.

made for a MK1 Golf. seems like alot of their stuff fits in my car.

few things on my to do soon list...

replace the driver side window switch panel that i snapped in half.
paint interior trim (still deciding on colour... also big shout out for the input by alot of the members here)
change those disgusting orange side repeaters to smoked ones.
install the rubber euro splitters sitting under my bed.
change those silly washer nozzles to the corolla mist ones.
fight the temptation to order a speedo bezel from the End.
buy 35mm lowering springs

This post has been edited by MisterRay: Jun 20, 2014 - 6:59 PM

[richee3]

It's just now occurred to me that I forgot to take into account that you're on the other side of the pond. Looking on Ebay UK, it looks like IS300 clocksprings are cheaper here in the States than they are over there, so it may be worth ordering one from over here. I searched for Altezza and IS200 clocksprings as well. The IS200 clockspring looks like it should work but the pictures aren't very clear.

If it helps any, the part number is 84306-60050, whereas my '98 Celica that came with a three spoke wheel is 84306-07010. It's basically identical but the IS300 clockspring has two extra wires for the E shift.