Hey all I'm a new and proud 6th Gen Celica owner. Options

[lilguy]

Hey Guys/Girls,

I have just purchased my new to me 1994 Celica (ST204) SX and cant wait to get to Adelaide on Monday to pick it up. In detail the car is a 5 speed manual that has clocked 187,000kms its a metallic blue color with grayish interior. The paint is a little off mainly on the roof and a little bit on the hood and a few tiny spots on the back hatch part, around $1000 for a fix up (quoted from one place in the country) The engine is the stock 53-FE all factory original or replaced with standard parts.

The reasons i chose to get a Celica is because i am currently driving a 1981 Toyota Corolla KE55 Coupe. It has been nothing but good to me and my uncle before me. Also the body of the 6th Gen Celica is a work of art. the curves from the front to the back along the sides are amazing and it is such a modern car for its age.

Plans for this car?

Audio is always a first... haha

ordered the following:

HU: Fusion CA-IP500 (FUSION HEADUNIT WITH AN INTERNAL IPOD DOCK)

Front: Fusion EN-CM650 (FUSION ENCOUNTER 6.5" COMPONENT SPEAKER SYSTEM 240W)

Rear: Fusion EN-FR6530 (FUSION ENCOUNTER 6.5" 3-WAY 200W SPEAKERS)

Boot: Fusion RE-SW120 (FUSION REACTOR 12" SINGLE VOICE COIL 600W SUBWOOFER)

Powered By: Fusion RE-AM90010 (FUSION REACTOR MONOBLOCK AMPLIFIER 900W FOR SUBWOOFER)
and... Fusion EN-AM60040 (FUSION ENCOUNTER 4 CHANNEL AMPLIFIER 600W FOR SPEAKERS)

all of that so far has cost me $548aud posted to me, just need the two 4 gauge wiring kits for the Amps...
Best get this out of the way first: I'm sure a lot of people have lots to say about the quality of fusion, i have been buying and using their products for quiet a few years now and am happy to say very impressed with what they supply, and I'm not out to impress you and what you like that's what your car is for so lets please not turn this in to an audio brand debate, thanks.

If anything this will be one of the more higher powered sound setups i have ran and am still new to the amp/multi amp systems. (got my first amp about 2.5 weeks ago) and just trial and error with it.
So what I would love is some info on the wiring/setup of a system like this in the 6th Gen Celica as that's what I'm sure most of you know your way around the car itself and would be able to inform me of the best places to run the amp power cables to the battery and the best places for the amps and ways to run the speaker wires etc, etc... So any info you can share with me would be the most helpful thanks people.

Also wondering what to do with the boot, with that pesky spare sticking up in the way of everything..... Some ideas or things you have done would help here thanks again...

Secondly I would love to get some nice front bumper, skirts and rear bumper to toughen it up a little, Don't get me wrong the car is nice just a little work on the front end with an aftermarket bumper would make it look a hell of a lot better. I have seen a few on here with the Veilside front ends/kits and I'm in pure envy of it...... but here i have no idea of whats out there as Google didn't help very much at all when trying to search for this kind of thing....

After that's all fitted in i was going to get the money together to get the paint fixed on the roof, hood and back hatch which i think i said before is around $1000 from the local crash repairs for just a sand back and paint match....
The thought of a full respray has crossed my mind like hell I'm saving up the $1000 to get it touched up how much more can it be for a full respray (Obviously of some sort of quality/Standard)
In my head i got the figure of $4000 floating around but haven't even looked in to it so i have no idea...


Lastly would be the engine... I'm on the complete other side of the pole when it comes to engines, On my KE55 4K-C engine I can do the basics like change from the coil to the plugs and all the in between parts of that section, i can change starter motors and air filters and that's as far as i go... haha. So yeah fairly basic and when i look in at the 5S-FE its a complete different ball game, i would be able to change that nicely located oil filter at the front there and that's it lol.
Reading around the 3S-GE seems to be the choice engine swap in prep for a 3S-GTE... so maybe i should look in to this in the distant future...


anyways all thanks for reading, cant wait to start this adventure with my new Celica and hoping to meet some great new people along the way. Also lets try not to overload me and my brain and stick to the basics on all the steps apart from step 1 for now once the audio is set up we can move on to the others.... I think that sounds good as i cant tackle more than one thing at once.....

catch ya all later Thanks again.

This post has been edited by lilguy: Aug 20, 2010 - 9:02 AM