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post Nov 6, 2008 - 11:46 PM
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Like the title says, I have done a couple of things to my car to update the exterior. Just simple things that cost next to nothing, to kinda give my car an updated look and make me feel like I've actually accomplished something, even though I've done absolutely nothing at all. Both are easily reversible, and one of them will be unless almost every person on 6gc says they love it. The odds of that happening are slim to nil though, so I'll probably change it back next week.

Anyway, the first little tweak I did (this is the one I will change back) is the spoiler. I have the 3 post spoiler, and I got bored the other day and took it off to see how my car would look. The wingless look kinda sucked something awful since I have absolutely no other mods like JDM tails to set it off. So while it was off, I got the idea of taking the middle post off and seeing what that looked like. So I currently have a 3 post spoiler modified to be a 2 post. Like I said, I'm changing it back, I just want to hear everyone's opinion.







The other thing I did isn't as easy to reverse, but I kinda like it. I've looked high and low for a set of rims that I actually like on our cars, but I never seem to find anything that seems perfect to me. I know I'll probably catch a lot of flak for this, but I kinda like the factory wheels. However, mine are just a little beat up... I guess the guy who owned the car before me can't tell where the curbs are. And the center caps have almost no paint left on them. I was gonna repaint the Toyota emblem in the middle of the center caps to be the same chrome that they came out of the factory with, but I decided I'd be original. I bought the chrome spray paint, but I also bought a can of Dupli-Color black spray paint, matched to my car. So I taped off the rest of the center caps and sanded the emblems down and repainted them black to match the car. Granted, up close, they look like s**t because the caps themselves are really faded and the black paint is new, so the contrast looks bad. Plus when you just look at the cap, you can tell that the black paint just doesn't belong there. But I think they look alright on the car. So in the pictures I took, I tried my best to hide the fading on the center caps and get at least some black paint on the car in the picture so you guys can see it all together. This can be reversed too, and I can still make them chrome just like they came. Let me know what you guys think.

















Oh yeah, I forgot to say this about the center caps. I messed the tape up on a couple of them and didn't realize it until after I had already painted them, so I have to take them off and redo them anyway, so if you guys would rather see them back with the original chrome, I can do that just as easy.


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post Nov 8, 2008 - 1:46 PM
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The spoiler looks good!


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Posts in this topic
- richee3   Did a couple of things to the ol' Celi...   Nov 6, 2008 - 11:46 PM
- - CelicaST_CALI   great mods!!the 2 post looks good to me...   Nov 7, 2008 - 12:00 AM
- - richee3   Haha thanks. I kinda like the wheels, but I need t...   Nov 7, 2008 - 12:06 AM
- - vile_v   you my friend are really good at masking off small...   Nov 7, 2008 - 12:35 AM
- - enderswift   i like the 2 post idea   Nov 7, 2008 - 12:53 AM
- - shegarhuney   it looks very nice!!.. i mean your spoiler...   Nov 7, 2008 - 9:54 AM
- - richee3   QUOTE you my friend are really good at masking off...   Nov 7, 2008 - 11:28 AM
- - Slick   The spoiler looks good!   Nov 8, 2008 - 1:46 PM
- - RickJamesBish   It does look good...I would try this, but I don...   Nov 8, 2008 - 1:53 PM
- - richee3   QUOTE It does look good...I would try this, but I ...   Nov 8, 2008 - 3:00 PM
|- - RickJamesBish   QUOTE (richee3 @ Nov 8, 2008 - 4:00 ...   Nov 8, 2008 - 5:34 PM
- - Legit94GT   !!!!!!!!!...   Nov 8, 2008 - 4:06 PM
- - richee3   QUOTE !!!!!!!!...   Nov 9, 2008 - 1:39 AM
|- - RickJamesBish   QUOTE (richee3 @ Nov 9, 2008 - 2:39 ...   Nov 9, 2008 - 9:21 AM
|- - richee3   QUOTE I took the spoiler off and loved it. Problem...   Nov 10, 2008 - 8:58 PM
- - RickJamesBish   4 cars is a lot for 19...she's my first and I...   Nov 10, 2008 - 9:02 PM
- - 97celiman   no joke---why so many?   Nov 10, 2008 - 9:57 PM
- - richee3   Hahahah long story. I'll give you guys the qui...   Nov 10, 2008 - 10:41 PM
- - RickJamesBish   I don't have floor mats either...only in the b...   Nov 11, 2008 - 4:19 PM
|- - richee3   QUOTE (RickJamesBish @ Nov 11, 2008 - 4...   Nov 11, 2008 - 7:05 PM
- - RickJamesBish   Used, black.   Nov 11, 2008 - 9:55 PM
- - richee3   Ah, ok. My old red Celica had a black interior and...   Nov 12, 2008 - 9:14 PM
- - RickJamesBish   I have no front floormats, I killed the antenna, a...   Nov 12, 2008 - 9:20 PM
- - richee3   Hahahahaha well hey, your car is clean. You've...   Nov 13, 2008 - 3:35 PM
- - RickJamesBish   Troof.   Nov 13, 2008 - 3:37 PM
- - richee3   Hahahaha I'm thinking maybe I should change th...   Nov 13, 2008 - 8:28 PM
- - RickJamesBish   Ship me your rims, I'll put them on, and then ...   Nov 13, 2008 - 8:56 PM
- - GriffGirl   I like what you've done with the wheels. It ma...   Nov 14, 2008 - 2:30 PM
- - richee3   QUOTE Ship me your rims, I'll put them on, and...   Nov 15, 2008 - 2:22 PM
|- - RickJamesBish   QUOTE (richee3 @ Nov 15, 2008 - 2:22...   Nov 15, 2008 - 6:00 PM
|- - richee3   QUOTE (RickJamesBish @ Nov 15, 2008 - 6...   Nov 16, 2008 - 10:49 PM
- - RickJamesBish   @ snow   Nov 17, 2008 - 3:28 PM
- - richee3   Yeah, I hear you. Good thing it didn't stick...   Nov 17, 2008 - 7:51 PM


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