celica newb! Options

[windowlicker]

been on here off and on for the last couple weeks since i recently got the car. its a 96 25th aniversary with the 1.8 liter "torqueless wonder" engine. can't complain too much since i picked up the car from a co worker for $700. got the car because i got in an accident where my srt 4 was totalled and i'm still fighting with the insurance company to get it covered.

i'm not really familiar with the celica, as it is my first, but i had a toyota back in high school and loved it (1980 toyota tercel hatch FTW!!). i look forward to talking with some of you guys and hopefully i can learn a few things about the celica from you guys. as far as the car goes, not really looking onto investing much in the car. maybe a few things like a k&n drop in filter, strut bars and possibly sway bars, new tires, new battery, maybe new spark plug wires, but over all, not much. gonna leave it as a commuter car and take it to a couple rallyx events till i get something nicer. of course since the car is so good on gas, i'll keep it even after i get another quicker car.


the first two pics are the most recent. i painted the wheels black cause before they were all tarnished/rusted and looked like ass. i think the car looks way way better. now i just need to paint the calipers and drums. also need to get the rally lights i have setting in my room put on.















oh yeah, and the string that was holding up the headlight in the last pic has since been fixed.....it now has adjustable zip ties....FTW!

[SoDo]

Nice ride. I can't believe that u picked that up for $700!! Lucky. You'll like the car more and more. I would rather have my celi than a neon srt4. Higher quality car and its not a neon. If you complain about speed, invest in a 3sgte, AWD. Roflmao at the pedobear. gg

This post has been edited by SoDo: Jul 24, 2008 - 10:38 PM

[windowlicker]

Nice ride. I can't believe that u picked that up for $700!! Lucky. You'll like the car more and more. I would rather have my celi than a neon srt4. Higher quality car and its not a neon. If you complain about speed, invest in a 3sgte, AWD. Roflmao at the pedobear. gg

the quality of the car was pretty similar in my opinion, but i was really attached to the car. if you have never driven a neon srt4, i recommend it. i had a 1990 300zx before the srt and after driving one, i fell in love with it. thing that sucked for me was that i was 3 more payments away from having it paid off when it got totaled. as far as handling, that car was awesome with the limited amount of mods i did. i had hotchkis front and rear sways, front and rear strut tower bars, powerslot front rotors with hawk hps pads, rear toe adjusters with more adjustment length (looked real similar to the ones on the celica, but beefier) and when i was running falken azenis rt 615's, that car took to canyon roads like it was on rails. power wise i just had a k&n typhoon cold air intake, buddy club racing spec condenser (grounding kit), mopar spark plug wires, and a buddy club spec 3 muffler (got rid of the restrictive dual tips). the power was about perfect for the canyons.

i am glad i got the celica, no doubt its a great car. i am sure it will grow more and more on me, but i just can't see investing much on this car. if i wanted a faster celica i would try and find an alltrac, but a big part of me is wanting to get another 300zx twin turbo and build it up. i don't know what it is about the 300zx tt, but i really like the looks and also being able to get 400rwhp with an intake and ecu flash from jim wolfe is very inviting. i'm also considering saving up for an evo 8 since i can get parts from buddy club for super cheap (used to work for them and the guys are really cool still).