Bought my first Celica... Options

[aaron4820]

Hello, I'm new to these forums. I live in Asheboro, NC and I just bought my first Celica.


THE GOOD

I bought my first Celica. It is a black 94 ST. It runs and drives great with a minor vibration in the steering wheel. It's very minuscule. The interior is immaculate for its age and at 260,000 miles, it was an one owner car.

THE BAD

It is in desperate need of a paint job, but that is a non issue at this time.

My driver side taillight and left side of the rear bumper does not line up. I thought maybe it could be a minor adjustment error, but after removing the trunk liner, it revealed what appears to be a dent. I'm crushed, I don't know if there is anything I can do to get this fixed. I had so many plans for this little car, but I feel like this needs immediate attention because, I'm a little bit of a perfectionist. Any advice?




DRIVER SIDE




^ That's the fitment issue that I mentioned. Am I being too picky? I want my car to look nice after all I want to do with it :x



^ Inside image of the damaged area.

PASSENGER SIDE




^ This side looks normal however.



^ Inside image of the good side to compare.

Edit: After looking at the damaged area again, it looks like the tail light mounting areas and the license plate mounting area is seperate piece and could maybe just be replaced?. I'm a noob at this, but does that seem like the best alternative?

Btw, the rear bumper seems to be a little off on the driver's side as well.

I wish I wasn't so picky sometimes, maybe it's best to resell my celica in hopes of a better find if this proves to be too expensive Ugh why didn't I notice this as I was buying it? I suppose I was too excited about it being black and a Celica.

This post has been edited by aaron4820: Aug 7, 2012 - 12:32 PM

[mkernz22]

Just so you know, you have your sides mixed up. The driver's side is the messed up side and the passenger side is not messed up (unless you have a right hand drive car lol)

[aaron4820]

Just so you know, you have your sides mixed up. The driver's side is the messed up side and the passenger side is not messed up (unless you have a right hand drive car lol)

Lol your so right. I'll fix that. Omg what was I thinking >.>