Bought another Gen 6 :), Smirnoff's Big Yellow Taxi Options

[smirnoff]

Seen a Celica for sale at the end of last week, as soon as I saw it I fell in love with it. It is an import, needs a few wee bits and pieces done to it but overall it's not too bad. The only downside is it's the 3F-SE engine and not the 3G-SE, I don't mind though as I'm looking for a car to do up nicely for the shows so not overly concerned about the performance. Also got it for the bargain price of £700 ($1067) Some pics for you;







Plan to put on black raiser blocks and may change the bonnet to black as well.

Done a few jobs to the front today;

Before I started;


Got rid of this;


Fitted this; Thanks to Rob at Likwidart


Fitted number plate surround and Fly Eye Kit to all the lights;

[rave2n]

Wow...1067...thats amazingly cheap.

Beautiful pickup! Loving the likqid badges...temping me to reconsider my "custom" work on my bumper =P

[smirnoff]

Wow...1067...thats amazingly cheap.

Beautiful pickup! Loving the likqid badges...temping me to reconsider my "custom" work on my bumper =P

Thanks I thought it was a steal at that price, the guy I bought it off pointed out that the boot (trunk) wouldn't lock, the bonnet latch wasn't working, the handbrakes were shot, the front passenger side shock was shot and would probably cost about £200 ($300) to get fixed and hence the good price, I had all these fixed myself in about an hour and cost me nil

[rave2n]

boot (trunk) wouldn't lock, the bonnet latch wasn't working, the handbrakes were shot, the front passenger side shock was shot and would probably cost about £200 ($300) to get fixed and hence the good price, I had all these fixed myself in about an hour and cost me nil

Hah, aftering owning my cellie for about 2 years now, i'd laugh at those simple flaws....back in the day I'd be scare to buy it =P

[smirnoff]

boot (trunk) wouldn't lock, the bonnet latch wasn't working, the handbrakes were shot, the front passenger side shock was shot and would probably cost about £200 ($300) to get fixed and hence the good price, I had all these fixed myself in about an hour and cost me nil

Hah, aftering owning my cellie for about 2 years now, i'd laugh at those simple flaws....back in the day I'd be scare to buy it =P

I know what you are saying, the bonnet catch just needed connected to the the pulling lever in the car ~ 3 mins fixed it, the trunk latch needed a spring, got one from a friend ~2 mins replaced it, the handbrake just needed an adjustment at the shoes about 15mins including removing the rotor and aligning the hole in the rotor and the biggest job was removing the front strut and replacing it with one I took from my GT awhile ago (McPherson thank goodness I didn't need Superstrut) took around 30 mins. A year ago I wouldn't have known how to adjust the handbrake on a Celica

This post has been edited by smirnoff: Jul 22, 2010 - 9:36 PM