New guy with a 4gc lolwut Options

[Thaifight-R]

Hi everyone!

My name is Andrew, and I have an '89 Celica GT-S (5spd gen1 3SGE powered ST162). (I also have a '12 Chevy Sonic Turbo, but I'm not gonna talk much about that since this is a Celica forum. LOL)


The car was originally owned by my dad, but he gave it to me after it started having overheating issues. My Celica is my first car, and although I am only able to drive this thing to the nearest bus stop and back, I absolutely love it.

As for me, I'm the stereotypical broke college student that really loves cars and joins way too many car forums.
Huge fan of Japanese cars, especially Toyota's, but I like Domestics and Euro's as well (albeit my knowledge of them is a lot more limited...)
I am also a lover of "Stanced" cars, and currently intend to take this route with my Celica. (Already have my Chevy as a functional sleeper)



Current plans for the ST162:
-ST165 Alltrac conversion (got most of the kit already. Just have to refurbish and install it.)
-5th gen Celica Ground Control Coilover sleeves
-Koni Yellow Shocks
-install ST162 lip on Alltrac bumper, and '162 side skirts under the '165 skirts
-17x8 2 piece BBS Style 5's (need to refinish them first)
-gen 3 3SGE (originally planned on getting an ST185 3SGTE installed but got screwed over by a mechanic. Eventually determined after reading a bunch of 3SGTE threads that it would not be feasible with my measly college student budget and lack of mechanical automotive experience)

I post most often on ST162.net (username here is Thaifighter) and Sonicownersforum.com, but you can also find me lurking on Celicatech, Alltrac.net and Zilvia.net. I'm on a lot more forums, but I rarely ever log onto them since they were more for looking at classifieds, and researching on new cars to buy. (Before I picked up my Chevy for my DD)

I've actually been lurking around 6gc for a while thanks to google references of 3SGTE and 1MZFE swap threads. Recently joined because I have a question I've been wanting to ask the 6th gen Celica community about ST202 Celica's vs. ST206 Curren's (going to create another thread for that since it will be very picture intensive. haha hope that's ok) since I might "technically" become a future 6th gen Celica/Curren owner and because I like being on a lot of Toyota forums. Just from reading previous posts, you guys seem so much more friendly than those on forums such as Zilvia or HondaTech. LOL

Thanks for reading and have a nice day!

This post has been edited by Thaifight-R: May 28, 2012 - 5:16 AM

[ricochet1490]

Might belong in "Off Topic", but good to see a 4th gen in decent shape. Interesting plans for sure. It'll be different, that's a plus.