THE RESURRECTION IS DONE!!!! Pics Page 9, Build/Progress thread Options

[Fastbird]

Figure it's a good Valentine's day present for my wife. Our Celica is going into the shop on Saturday next week. Here's a recap of what happened.

Accident the day before Thanksgiving:


So what's being done??

The obvious:
New Hood, Front Bumper Cover, passenger side fender, Projector Low and High beams.

The not-so-obvious:
FULL paint job.
Shaved front marker lights.
Shaved door handles.
Clifford Matrix RSX 3.3 Remote Start Alarm System
DCW Ducktail spoiler is being molded in for a smooth transition.
5th Gen Power Mirrors being put on
3Post Spoiler holes being welded/smoothed
All the little dents/dings being removed.

And immediately after we get the car back:
DCW Gauge Face Cover (like in Dustin's car)
Finishing the Red/Black CF interior stuff
Kenwood DDX-812 going into the car

I'm going to try to get some stuff done before we take the car in, adn I'll be working on the car while it's in the shop. Will keep updating this thread as things progress. I'm SOOOOOOO excited that it's finally being fixed.

This post has been edited by Fastbird: Jun 1, 2009 - 9:09 PM

[Fastbird]

Update -- Haven't seen the car, no reason to. Shop had a harley to finish up for a show, and it took longer than expected. No biggie. If things went as planned I'd have a tuned Vette sitting in my garage right now instead of it being just fired on Friday the 13th. So........

Took the headlights apart last night to mod them in prep for the HID's. I don't have a pot big enough to put the headlights in, so I first tried a sink full of hot water. Nope, not hot enough and I accidentally chipped the glass, but it's cool because it was just the edge. Ok, lets move to a large Wok on the stove. That did the trick. Had both lenses off in under 15 minutes. I've been taking some pictures along the way to make an EXTREMELY detailed write-up on how to do this because the one that's in the how to section just doesn't have enough clear and "big view" pictures IMO. I will say that the insides of these things are amazingly simply. Kind of hard to believe that they run $900 a set given what they are. I found that the factory used grey sealant comes right off with minimal scraping if you hit it lightly with a propane torch first too. Oh, and the factory had a blob of sealant on the chrome section of one light. I never noticed it before because I think it was hidden, but it scuffed it when I took it off.

I have decided NOT to angel eye the high beam lights yet due to not having a car in front of me to see how much of the light is shrouded to figure out what size CCFL ring to get.

That's about it. I'm finishing the lights this weekend, and dropping them and some money off as my car is the #1 project now. I should see the car sunday, I know the side markers have been shaved already and that all hte new body panels are on location. More to come!