95 Celica GT "Castrol" Project, Page 14. Interior Project. Options

[CastrolCelica]

The Celica, in particular the Castrol rally car, was my dream car when I was young. The Prius is being passed on to my wife, and I finally purchased a "new" GT. While it won't be a perfect replication, it'll make me happy, and that's all that matters, right? The goal of my goal is to make sure the car DOESN'T become a ricer and stays classy as close to the GT-Four original as I can with my abilities (and my wallet )

The car, including the hood, will all be repainted white as the car is heavily oxidized. Many parts including the air intake hose, radiator, exhaust, ect were replaced. Lots of dry rot, but the car is rust free (except where she was hit a long time ago behind the tail light, which we'll fix). It's been shipped from Texas, so lots of sun damage, no rust. Tomorrow begins the last bit of the repair work (bondo door dings and fix rust) before we get it painted. All that, and then the removal of the ugly country blue pinstripes convinced me to dive head first into this project.

The mods so far:

Castrol decals custom made (a few Sega ones as well, in homage of Sega Rally )
VIS carbon fiber hood (installed)
OEM white allow wheels (refinished in front of the car.. the ones on the car now are horrible steel ones)
Cold air intake and cone filter (the original air intake hose was rotted, so why not upgrade for the health of the car)
New headers
New drilled rotors and brake pads
New spark plugs
New wires and clamps
New performance radiator
25th anniversary seats
DVD/GPS 4" screen player
New speakers
New side mirrors
New paint job
New exhaust
New antenna


Car when I got it for only $2800:












So far (the replacement spoiler came with the mounting holes for the spoiler blocks bondoed closed...yay. Now I'll have the refiberglass the crack in the old spoiler I wasn't planning on using). Most of the car's trim has been stripped.. which is why the doors and headlamps look funky :











I'll take more pics of the body work, and of the engine by Tuesday before it gets sent off to be painted. Of course, stripped, it's ugly right now.. but it'll be nice soon. The Castrol decals I had made will be installed 30 days after the paint job is done. Enjoy guys, updates soon.

This post has been edited by CastrolCelica: Jan 8, 2010 - 10:24 AM

[Nial]

A full wrap will be a nightmare to put on...decals will be much much easier.

Even going to the expense of getting them painted on would be better & cheaper than a full wrap. Even Toyota just use decals.

If you get a bit damaged / vandelised then you`d be gutted...the whol lot would need doing again...with decals you can just replace the effected part.

This post has been edited by Nial: Sep 29, 2009 - 3:33 PM

[CastrolCelica]

A full wrap will be a nightmare to put on...decals will be much much easier.

Even going to the expense of getting them painted on would be better & cheaper than a full wrap. Even Toyota just use decals.

If you get a bit damaged / vandelised then you`d be gutted...the whol lot would need doing again...with decals you can just replace the effected part.

I totally agree. Saying it's just "decals on a white car" is kinda looking past the fact that that's all the original really was (decoration wise). But hey, to each their own. I hope to wow you with my "simple" decal set.

[Nial]

A full wrap will be a nightmare to put on...decals will be much much easier.

Even going to the expense of getting them painted on would be better & cheaper than a full wrap. Even Toyota just use decals.

If you get a bit damaged / vandelised then you`d be gutted...the whol lot would need doing again...with decals you can just replace the effected part.

I totally agree. Saying it's just "decals on a white car" is kinda looking past the fact that that's all the original really was (decoration wise). But hey, to each their own. I hope to wow you with my "simple" decal set.

If you need any pictures of genuine TTE cars or kits that I know are 100% accurate for reference to make sure they are correct then I have enough to satisfy even the most ardent Castrol Celica enthusiast