Malek's Progress Thread, Final Product! 183 paint.. Options

[Malek]

So..I bought my car used on January 21st of 2009. It was the "other" option. My first car was a 2001 Mitsubushi Eclipse Gt. I riced it out, and yeah, it ran like total ****. I sold it and I was looking to buy a 300ZX, found one, but I would get raped on insurance. So I happen to find a celica on autotrader.com. I went and looked at it, drove it..bought it..It begins..

First Modification: Took that stupid front license plate bracket off. (Yes I know it's illegal in Ohio..but I don't like it)


Second Modification: Car cover to help protect from 1&1/2 in. thick ice + snow


Third Modification: New Valve cover Gasket and along the way I decided to..clean? From this...


To this...


Third and so on: SOUND (Pioneer Premier HU, Boston Acoustics, Pyramids, Rockford in a box, SPL amp, Audiobahn Cap..)


Fourth..I'm gonna stop numbering cuz I don't remember the order anymore : Washed and Waxed (5 hours of love with with my car)




7th Generation Short shifter..From this:


To this...


Then, uumm..changed my hatch for Earth day. I gave my car a green cape cuz its practically an emission free Earth super hero. NBD
No haha the original hatch was rusted so good thing my dad had a 96 celi sitting at his shop. I took the hatch and put it on mine. Along with clock cuz it was brighter than mine..and the rearview mirror since my sub shook it and broke it and..I took a lot of stuff from that one haha


Then it was time to change the brakes..Cross-drilled Kinetic Rotors and NON-squeak pads. I don't remember the brand but I was so into that it won't squeak..They squeak.. But they work great..


Then I stopped taking pictures for awhile..However, during that time, I sound deadened basicly my whole car with carpet padding (I tried it out since I read about it on this website) AND IT WOORKS!!! I definitly recommend it..

And then I become sick and stay at home..and magically all of a sudden things start coming in the mail

COUGHgt4blocksCOUGH


COUGHspatsCOUGH


COUGH...I was feeling better by this one





......Somewhere a long the way, I ordered the Accord cold air intake from ebay. I installed it. I didn't really like that it bulged out of my wheel well. so I cut it and made it a short ram...I was gonna leave it stock but I realized that my intake tube cracked. Like many other members on here. So I used TRD Tape to hold it over (Masking and Duct tape) And then sometime near that time I took out my sub. It was WAAYY too heavy and my head would hurt after the first song.


Then after that..I don't think I'm forgetting anything..I let it sit the way it was and started modding my Ninja. First with clip-ons, DynoJet, 2 bros exhaust, removed snorkel, Rear seat cowl, Competition Werkes fender eliminator, Pro-grip grips and tank pad..But this is a Celica forum. My ninja has it's own progress thread somewhere else But what the hell..why not..(clip ons weren't installed in this picture)


Oh and I looked at my miles a couple days ago..I thought it was pretty cool haha I wish it didn't have so many miles tho..







And this concludes my progress report..I think..for now atleast. I will be updating within days because I am in Indiana staying with my dad for the summer and he owns his own Maaco..where I do my own body work and paint. But I'm going to another Maaco tomorrow to get an estimate just for fun I'll share with you their estimate for my car tomorrow or the next day. I hope you enjoyed this post. Please leave comments/questions. Thank You

-MALZ
(malek)

This post has been edited by Malek: Jul 16, 2009 - 1:39 PM

[Malek]

So I just went to another Maaco in the area. THEY ARE EXPENSIVE AS SH**!! they charge 699.95 for Supreme paintjob and 150 with integrated clear coat. Our supreme is 549.95 and 119 for integrated clear. They said 2 hours to fill in the front hole where my license plate was and 5 HOURS to install the splitters!!

HMM...NOPE!! after paint, materials, labor, and tax. it totals 2,032.39!!! Two thousand!! WHATT!! hahahaha

For anyone in Indianapolis, and wants to get there car painted..Don't go to the one on E. WERGES street (southside maaco)! They told me lowest price guarenteed in the area..NOPE!! The one on East Washington street is the way to go (east side maaco) Talk to Sam.

I have not started on my car yet. I wanted to get an estimate from them just to see what theyd charge. I plan on starting next monday..


..and a side note. I got a ticket coming back from the estimate..76 in a 55, it sounds bad but the cop was sitting right in front of the speed limit sign where it changes to 65..he wrote me down in the 55 tho..

This post has been edited by Malek: Jul 16, 2009 - 1:46 PM