Rave's Progress Thread, 3sgte Arrived 11/22/11 Options

[rave2n]

what did you use to cover up broken rain guard?

JB weld to hold form, then molded around with it Aquameld (Fiber Glass Putty). Sanded to shape, painted with Valspar plastic paint.

[rave2n]

Lots of work done today and yesterday...

SSIII Front and Rear Spliters installed, almost got the skirts put on, but I screwed up my paint and have to sand them down.

Seat Covers installed, was a PITA, but done, and they look pretty good...no pics til the clean the interior up =P - I made quite a mess fixing the window motor, then pulling the seats out....found 12 bucks in coins though, aha.

Some fog covers as well.















Now to relax, quite sore from those seat covers!

[TEAMFaint]

Car looks amazing Rave, so clean.
Just need some nice simplistic wheels to finish up the look.

[rave2n]

Car looks amazing Rave, so clean.
Just need some nice simplistic wheels to finish up the look.

Ah thank you sir!

I debated on the wheels for a looong time, but I ended up just scoring some OEM ones, and restyling them. I just couldn't find a wheel/rim within my budget at the time, that looked good. These have actually grown on me quite a bit.

[SwissFerdi]

^ I like them, especially when they have the inner part of the spokes painted black. I wouldn't mind seeing somebody drop the piss out of their Celi with those wheels, and some spacers.

This post has been edited by SwissFerdi: Jul 19, 2010 - 4:14 PM

[Tony-B]

x 2.

20mm spacers and a healthy drop.

Looks great.

[cheela]

makes me want a black car... AND PROJECTORS!!!

[rave2n]

Thanks guys! Its been one hell of a road, and much much more to come. Each change, makes me fall in love with it all over agian!

I like that idea of flushing the wheels up a little bit, dun know about lowering it much more....where it is now is almost outside my comfort zone.

It'll appear much lower once I get the skirts on this coming weekend =) - I'm still trying to figure out how i'm going to jack it up once I have them on, I already have to break out the scissor jack, then the little hydralic....I think I need to find a shop to use =P

[Tom88]

Ive got the same problem jacking the car up. Its on a 40mm drop with euro skirts. Luke(manphibian) had fabricated a small bit of metal as a raiser to get under the skirts. Il try and get a picture for you but it works really well with the scissor jack.

Car looks brilliant mate! Are those likwid art toyota badges?

[rave2n]

Car looks brilliant mate! Are those likwid art toyota badges?

Thank you! The badge on the front is from some anniversary ghost emblem bumper or something like that. Instead of being a metal clip on, it was actually molded with the bumper. I just added some hellica horns on it recently, soon to be painted a reflective color once I make a choice on which.

That would be interesting with the metal extension for the jack.

Oh...Pic of the seat covers, I won't get around to cleaning up inside for a bit, so please ignore the mess!

[Tom88]

Ahh ok. It looks very similar to the liqwid art badges

Out of interest where did you get those seat covers from?

[rave2n]

Damn, that liqwid art badge is bad ass...If i fail on mine, I might sand it down and invest in one of those.

Seat Covers are from Vincent_doggy here on the forum.

[SleekCelica]

You make me very jealous, good sir!

[vincent_doggy]

Damn, that liqwid art badge is bad ass...If i fail on mine, I might sand it down and invest in one of those.

Seat Covers are from Vincent_doggy here on the forum.

Some tips on the front seat cover, the mould is from a JDM ST202, thats a GT
The ST front seats seems smaller, the shoulder/wing part is a bit small relatively to a GT
You simply strike or stuff some cotton, foam or whatever to fill the bulky part.
That won't be noticable, try it mate.

One friendly reminder, your radiator yellowish like that, should closely monitor on it, seems it would broke any minute.

This post has been edited by vincent_doggy: Jul 20, 2010 - 2:26 PM

[rave2n]

Some tips on the front seat cover, the mould is from a JDM ST202, thats a GT
The ST front seats seems smaller, the shoulder/wing part is a bit small relatively to a GT
You simply strike or stuff some cotton, foam or whatever to fill the bulky part.
That won't be noticable, try it mate.

One friendly reminder, your radiator yellowish like that, should closely monitor on it, seems it would broke any minute.

Ah thanks for those tips, I was thinking of something to stuff up there, just havn't got around to it....cotton balls would certainly do the trick...or some of this noise cancellation foam I have. Thanks agian for the goodies, as much as it was a pain to install those covers, they are growing on me daily, and certainly much better than OEM ones.

Whats funny is that pic with the yellowish rad is from when I first got the car =P - Bout 2 years later and its still trucking .I'm trying to avoid changing it until I do my swap, save costs and all.

This post has been edited by rave2n: Jul 20, 2010 - 2:52 PM

[rave2n]

Reworked the intake a bit.

Few other not photo worthly tidbits

[rave2n]

Did all the suspension over this past weekend.

Installed Eibach Sportline springs, along with all new OEM parts. Have to say, feels 20x better than the coilover sleeves...which did function for the purpose, but certainly weren't the best..or even close to good option compared to these springs. Only thing I didn't change out were the mounts, being I just did them about a year ago.

Blacked out the tails a little while ago. Got a rear visor to install, now that its fixed, probally sometime later this week.

Been slacking alot of her, just the cold, and no warm place to work on her is a pain.

Now to figure out my clutch/plate issue!

[SwissFerdi]

^ The Sportline springs are awesome eh? You might miss the adjustability, but I really do think a GR-2/Sportline combo is the best DD lowering solution.

[Keiri]

^ The Sportline springs are awesome eh? You might miss the adjustability, but I really do think a GR-2/Sportline combo is the best DD lowering solution.

Definitely agree.

Rave, when you get a chance post pics of the new hotness.

[rave2n]

Yea loving the springs, feels great going over railroad tracks without getting mild whiplash each time =P - When i get the clutch fixed I'll put'em to a better test =)

Yes yes, pics will come soon! Figured I'd wait til the put the rear hatch visor on, so the candy is that much sweeter =)

Edit: Can't show the front...6 months after getting it fixed, some lady failed to yield and I tboned her.

Its not bad, cracked the bumper on the lower side, and tore plenty of paint off....oh, and broke the mounts for the driver side low-beam projector...not to happy bout that, but her fault. Now the fun of dealing with insurance!

This post has been edited by rave2n: Jan 18, 2011 - 10:47 AM