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[nwizzle]

This is the story of my car.

I bought my '94 GT from a man in Ootewah, TN in June right before my 17th birthday. It was a internet listing... It looked beautiful in the pictures, so of course I was very excited about $3,000 price covered by an insurance claim from wrecked Maxima (may it rest in peace). I drove 2 hours to find the car and when I arrived... shoot, it was the prettiest thing I'd ever seen. It had a crappy body kit not made for a Celica stuck on with tiny rivets and some kind of caulk, classy flame/lightning bolt decals that had worn down to the sticky, the 18" silver rims had so much clay dust on them they were red, the front bumper at one point had a plate attached and was never repaired, broken high beam and good lord the paint... Plus a couple minor mechanical things, no biggy. I could fill a whole page with the bad. I loved it! I've always been a Celica fan so I took it and promised I'd do all the work myself...

So far in 3 months I have replaced a ruined driver's door and a rusted out hatchid. I removed the side skirts, cut them, extended them with fiberglass and am now molding them back on (the whole kit myself). I bought a Kombat front bumper and have to bend the frame to fit (hit and run in the former life)... I am repainting it myself...


Thanka

This post has been edited by nwizzle: Dec 4, 2010 - 10:43 PM

[96stgreendemon]

if you look online you can find some good deals on paint, most of which is a single stage acrylic paint though, try eastwood.com, they have a ton of different varitiys of custom paint single stage as well as base clear, and i believe some triple stage paint, but i think personally the base/clear paint is best look for the price, not a fan of single stage although it is easier to make touch up repair on