 Edsers 1996 GT Project, Car still in hibernation years later! |
 Jul 8, 2012 - 4:07 PM
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My names Ed, and I live in Barcelona, Spain. I am from the Republic of Ireland. I've been living here for 13 years. In that time I've had a number of cars.
First one I got a year after arrival was a '93 Prelude 2.2 vtec. After that I got a '00 BMW 318ci. I sold that to get back into university. So now I've got this 1996 GT. Its covered in dents and scrapes. Pretty tired looking. I want to make it look like new, improve it where I can and try to keep it as standard as possible. I'll be painting it black, and keeping the wheels as they are, just tarting them up a bit. All of this depends on my finances of course, so it'll be a slow process. Patience will be required. Lots of patience.         
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Oct 9, 2012 - 7:14 AM
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i really like how those wheels came out, i havent seen anyone polish the gt wheels yet nice job!
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Oct 10, 2012 - 10:42 AM
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Enthusiast Joined Jul 5, '12 From Barcelona Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
QUOTE (Ted95 @ Oct 9, 2012 - 7:14 AM)  i really like how those wheels came out, i havent seen anyone polish the gt wheels yet nice job! Thanks Ted! Yeh I'm surprised that polishing them isn't done more often. I guess maybe it's because the finish is never going to be as shiney as the original finish. Also, the grained texture of the wheel needs to be sanded off to get rid of all the oxidation and stone chips and curbing, and well, it's a lot of hours... Approx. 4 each wheel for me. Taking into account labour and paints, it'd be cheaper to buy brand new 15s. I guess I'm poor now so my labour isn't worth anything. Also keeps a certain amount of originality to the Celica. I like that. This weekend is a long weekend, so I'm going to the car. I shall be installing the painted console. I'll take photos. Also plan to keep shaping that front wing till its right. Then I don't know what to do. This post has been edited by Edser: Mar 16, 2013 - 10:22 AM -------------------- |
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Edser Edsers 1996 GT Project Jul 8, 2012 - 4:07 PM
Edser Here's some photos during the first days work.... Jul 8, 2012 - 5:28 PM enderswift keep it up dude, we all want to see a celi brought... Jul 8, 2012 - 7:56 PM
Edser QUOTE (enderswift @ Jul 8, 2012 - 7... Jul 9, 2012 - 6:22 AM Edser Here's some more photos of progress.
I took o... Jul 9, 2012 - 7:19 AM Edser It's been a difficult few days, my arm feels l... Jul 11, 2012 - 7:42 AM Edser Just discovered my university fees have nearly tre... Jul 30, 2012 - 4:07 PM Edser I did a bit more work on the wheels this week, sa... Aug 16, 2012 - 5:15 PM enderswift good work bud,
the car has already come a long wa... Aug 26, 2012 - 9:59 AM Edser QUOTE (enderswift @ Aug 26, 2012 - 9... Aug 28, 2012 - 3:24 PM Edser Another photo of a polished wheel
One of the wh... Aug 28, 2012 - 3:45 PM SwissFerdi I can make you some money if you're willing to... Aug 26, 2012 - 10:45 AM Edser QUOTE (SwissFerdi @ Aug 26, 2012 - 10... Aug 28, 2012 - 3:29 PM Edser This weekend I'm going to polish the last two ... Sep 10, 2012 - 7:46 PM yagamius Parles Catalŕ.
Que hi ha, que bé veure com un Cel... Sep 11, 2012 - 2:30 AM Edser Sí que puc parlar una mica, perň jo parlo millor e... Sep 11, 2012 - 7:09 AM Edser Here's the wheel inserts all painted. I went f... Sep 13, 2012 - 1:18 PM Edser I finished one of the front wheels today. I sanded... Sep 15, 2012 - 4:34 PM rivs Looking good man! I'm thinking about paint... Sep 15, 2012 - 4:42 PM Edser QUOTE (rivs @ Sep 15, 2012 - 5:42 PM... Sep 17, 2012 - 4:47 AM Edser Here's a better pic of what the completed side... Sep 17, 2012 - 4:39 AM Edser Front wheel - before and after! Sep 17, 2012 - 4:55 AM Anoroc Looks excellent! Sep 18, 2012 - 5:39 AM Edser QUOTE (Anoroc @ Sep 18, 2012 - 6:39 ... Sep 29, 2012 - 1:27 PM Edser I finally got around to working on the front wing.... Sep 29, 2012 - 1:18 PM enderswift I've seen many, many horribly painted interior... Oct 6, 2012 - 6:42 PM Edser Thanks Enders!
Yeah, I'm going for a subt... Oct 9, 2012 - 3:07 AM Edser So I fitted my center console this weekend. I thin... Oct 12, 2012 - 5:54 PM Edser I fear it will be next year before I can paint her... Oct 14, 2012 - 8:23 PM Edser Right! I'm heading back to work on the car... Oct 31, 2012 - 4:05 PM Edser I painted my Thundercats wheels this weekend. I th... Nov 6, 2012 - 5:15 PM Edser Since I have no money at the mo, I thought I'd... Nov 27, 2012 - 5:52 PM Syaoran Very good with paint and restoration I see... keep... Nov 28, 2012 - 3:06 AM Edser Cheers!
After the rears turned out so well, I ... Dec 1, 2012 - 11:38 AM Edser I noticed that my reversing light looked sort of d... Dec 2, 2012 - 10:45 AM Edser Its been a long cold winter, and I finally got bac... Mar 16, 2013 - 10:16 AM Edser It has been two years, and I have finally got arou... Sep 13, 2014 - 2:28 PM Edser Yippee! Car has been painted! I just went ... Oct 2, 2014 - 6:44 PM JoshuaM A long time coming... but worth it! Hope you g... Oct 2, 2014 - 10:15 PM Nial That looks great. I particularly like the work on ... Oct 3, 2014 - 12:39 AM cheela looks great! now drive it!!! Oct 3, 2014 - 9:23 AM Edser Its great to nearly have it going again, and this ... Oct 11, 2014 - 10:58 AM Edser Wow! I think I've struck gold here. I went... Oct 18, 2014 - 12:02 PM Rusty Left boot is inner & right is outer. Make sure... Oct 18, 2014 - 3:56 PM Edser QUOTE (Rusty @ Oct 18, 2014 - 4:56 P... Oct 18, 2014 - 5:04 PM Edser I started cleaning the leather interior. Its prett... Oct 21, 2014 - 3:19 AM njccmd2002 that is some custom leather, pricy, but well worth... Oct 21, 2014 - 3:38 AM Edser QUOTE (njccmd2002 @ Oct 21, 2014 - 4... Oct 21, 2014 - 3:43 AM Edser Some goodies have arrived!!!
I picked... Oct 22, 2014 - 2:55 PM msk59 Nice work. Love the seats Oct 24, 2014 - 7:59 AM Edser QUOTE (msk59 @ Oct 24, 2014 - 8:59 A... Oct 24, 2014 - 12:48 PM Edser The last few days I've been cleaning and prepa... Oct 26, 2014 - 4:16 PM njccmd2002 wow, what an improvement, i am amazed. does that ... Oct 26, 2014 - 5:21 PM Edser QUOTE (njccmd2002 @ Oct 26, 2014 - 6... Oct 27, 2014 - 3:30 AM Edser Just found a fiver when taking my seats apart. It ... Oct 27, 2014 - 4:06 PM Edser This just arrived! Looks really good, very cla... Oct 28, 2014 - 5:37 AM Edser This just arrived!! Oct 28, 2014 - 2:47 PM Edser Finally the time has come to move the car from its... Nov 2, 2014 - 10:43 AM Edser Just a small update. I took my door cards out of t... Nov 3, 2014 - 3:03 PM Edser Been doing some work on the car on Monday and Tues... Nov 6, 2014 - 2:31 PM Edser This week I stuck on some TRD badges on the wheels... Nov 9, 2014 - 7:01 PM CrossCudi great job !
very unique in color !... Nov 11, 2014 - 1:31 AM cheela Seats looks great. let us know how that dye works.... Nov 11, 2014 - 8:44 AM SwissFerdi Those seats look seriously good. Very nice work. Nov 11, 2014 - 9:29 AM Edser Thanks guys! I'll be doing the front seats... Nov 11, 2014 - 9:29 AM Edser A box arrived in the post today.
What is it?
Wha... Nov 13, 2014 - 4:03 PM njccmd2002 funny,
congratz, i can imagine you jumping... Nov 14, 2014 - 6:21 PM Edser So I fitted the lights. Here's half the job do... Nov 14, 2014 - 6:50 PM Edser This is after one coat of Leatherique.
The do... Nov 21, 2014 - 11:04 AM Edser My USDM double DIN console arrived today straight ... Nov 24, 2014 - 3:25 PM JDUB seats look fantastic! Nov 24, 2014 - 4:41 PM enderswift Great work, those seats look oem! Nov 24, 2014 - 11:27 PM Edser Thanks guys!
More stuff arrived today.
I g... Dec 2, 2014 - 4:11 PM Edser Some pressies arrived today... Guess which one is ... Dec 11, 2014 - 4:02 PM Edser Here's a pic of the fronts all nicely painted.... Dec 11, 2014 - 4:14 PM Edser I put on my rear JDM splitters, I hope to put the ... Dec 18, 2014 - 5:07 PM 4-eyed-freek Car looks great! Good progress so far! Dec 19, 2014 - 9:44 AM Edser QUOTE (4-eyed-freek @ Dec 19, 2014 ... Dec 21, 2014 - 9:56 AM Edser This is my new car, well it's my girlfriends, ... Dec 21, 2014 - 10:07 AM Edser Greetings! Some holiday pics! Dec 31, 2014 - 5:46 AM enderswift Interior shot please Dec 31, 2014 - 8:31 AM Edser QUOTE (enderswift @ Dec 31, 2014 - 9... Dec 31, 2014 - 12:36 PM Edser The new subwoofer has arrived. Doesn't pack mu... Jan 7, 2015 - 4:08 PM Edser Today I fitted the new subwoofer.
It's the Pio... Jan 10, 2015 - 7:34 PM Edser Some more parts arrived this week. I'll put on... Jan 17, 2015 - 6:03 AM Edser I fitted the Dash LEDs. They are a little pink I t... Jan 17, 2015 - 2:37 PM Edser Today I started fitting strip LEDs under the doors... Jan 25, 2015 - 4:18 PM Edser I got my new re-upholstered leather steering wheel... Jan 27, 2015 - 1:51 PM enderswift Wow they did a great joB Jan 27, 2015 - 3:40 PM richee3 The badge from the TRD horn button fits the 7gc wh... Jan 27, 2015 - 3:49 PM Edser QUOTE (richee3 @ Jan 27, 2015 - 3:49... Jan 27, 2015 - 4:53 PM Noahwhite2014 To make the center of your steering wheel less shi... Jan 28, 2015 - 2:57 AM SwissFerdi The tweeters can be spliced into your door speaker... Jan 28, 2015 - 10:39 AM Edser QUOTE (Noahwhite2014 @ Jan 28, 2015 - 2... Jan 30, 2015 - 6:32 PM Edser Just a quick update. I made some mounting brackets... Feb 10, 2015 - 3:24 PM mkernz22 Looks nice!
How is the clock defective? If yo... Feb 10, 2015 - 3:32 PM Edser QUOTE (mkernz22 @ Feb 10, 2015 - 3:3... Feb 10, 2015 - 4:42 PM Edser Just a quick update on m y new head head unit. I g... Apr 19, 2015 - 3:49 PM |
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