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[Spider77]

Yesterday evening I was watching channel RTL There was the chase scene 6 gen celica



If you want to watch;
http://rtl-now.rtl.de/alarm-fuer-cobra-11.php

Starts 1:58, ends round 4....apparently celicas can flip other cars in the air, good to know....

[hjesse11]

Just primered the entire driver side with one coat. Passenger and roof will get done next week. Wet sanding will be the week after that. Dk what color ill want, kinda stuck between the sti mica blue and some kinda lambo or carrera orange

[808celica]

drove the car out and came across the same cop who tagged be He told me my car looks uglier now since the last encounter, I told him yup we both know why.

[smkr3w]

^LOL he should feel bad and look the other direction if you so happen to lowar it again

Today i swapped out my passenger side cv axle, as well as changed the transmission fluid.

[njccmd2002]

trd lug nuts, should i say more.

[mak5603]

New TRD shift knob. Best $31 I've spent recently.

Hate to be bearer of bad news, but thats not true TRD. I regretfully picked up this exact one about 8 months ago on Ebay as well for about $30 for my St165. Reason i say this, is I have a true TRD shift know that came with my TRD quick shifter for my 6th gen and there is NO comparison. The actual TRD is true leather with nice tight stiching, the Ebay one has bad, weird, sloppy stiching and material in comparison. Also, on the true TRD the decals are flipped over, and face the same way on both sides, on the replica, one of the stickers is backwards.

Also why trd knobs are $50-80. Not $30. Still an alright knob for the money though, I guess. I was just personally pretty disapointed as it looked like a real TRD knob on the add, screw ebay.

[richee3]

^^ Lol. I know, don't worry. I just never have been a fan of a black plastic ball that pretends to be a shift knob. This one might not be real, but it's not bad value for the money. But mostly...

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Installed a TRD short shifter in the Celica..
. . .

I just needed something to go with that

This post has been edited by richee3: Mar 24, 2012 - 2:28 PM

[mak5603]

^^ Lol. I know, don't worry. I just never have been a fan of a black plastic ball that pretends to be a shift knob. This one might not be real, but it's not bad value for the money. But mostly...

. . .
Installed a TRD short shifter in the Celica..
. . .

I just needed something to go with that

For sure i agree. I was mad at first, but then my buddy said he'd trade me his knob for it and I still couldn't trade even the TRD replica .

[Spider77]

Washed the dirt thats been raining the last few days and took her out to my old stomping grounds. Apparently since they repaved the roads its become more popular

[Tony-B]

Ditched OEM Beams exhaust for Kakimoto-R.




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[richee3]

Mak- I had my suspicions that it was a replica when I saw the price tag, plus the eBay listing I bought it from looked like a typical eBay cheap replica listing. I has my suspicions confirmed when I got to see a real TRD shifter earlier this week. But I don't really mind that it's a replica. My only gripes were that it wasn't threaded and I wish it was weighted a little more but I'm still satisfied with it.

Tony- Its too bad you don't still have your stock exhaust. I'm actually looking to change mine to stock BEAMS exhaust and Nengun is being a huge pain.

[kurt95gt]

Richee3- why dont you just take it to a shop an have a 2.25 exhaust ran with a stock style muffler an a aftermarket cat?

[KAOS]

Richee3- why dont you just take it to a shop an have a 2.25 exhaust ran with a stock style muffler an a aftermarket cat?

I was told to go full 3" from the headers back... but then I just laughed to myself because I thought 3" wouldn't provide enough back pressure... am I right?

I want to stick to my 2.5 or maybe 2.75" custom exhaust.


PS - today I rolled my window up. Might not seem like too daunting of a task, but when you have no battery and power windows... well... its tricky to accomplish.

This post has been edited by KAOS: Mar 24, 2012 - 9:17 PM

[richee3]

Richee3- why dont you just take it to a shop an have a 2.25 exhaust ran with a stock style muffler an a aftermarket cat?

That's pretty much the plan, but we don't really want aftermarket exhaust. I'm just looking for a factory BEAMS muffler and the rest can be done anywhere.

[Batman722]

Richee3 is a BAMF, no jive.

I have a 2.5" header back on my Beams with a small muffler (a little loud).
A 2.25" would be OK, but I would recommend a 2.5" with a bigger muffler.

[richee3]

Richee3 is a BAMF, no jive.

I have a 2.5" header back on my Beams with a small muffler (a little loud).
A 2.25" would be OK, but I would recommend a 2.5" with a bigger muffler.

Lol I don't know about being a BAMF, but I did get the ISCV cleaned. There was quite a bit of crust and a lot of greenish-brown goop in there. The car smells a lot better and opened up a little power. As for the exhaust, we're just trying not to get too loud. I've done exactly 0 research on it do I don't know of any good mufflers that would only be a little louder than stock. I've already got poly front bushings on the way and will have the Racing Beat end links ordered soon It's amazing how the trip up there got a lot more expensive after we got home.

[kurt95gt]

Flowmaster makes a muffler called the hush power muffler
Its quiet till you really get on it

[diegohiga]

Try to get a set of 18x9.5 et35 with 225/40 tires and it was impossible to fit them in the front. The wheel stick out a lot! And the tires rubs a lot too. The only way to use this set up is if your car is raised i guess

[3WayStunna]

Yesterday evening I was watching channel RTL There was the chase scene 6 gen celica



If you want to watch;
http://rtl-now.rtl.de/alarm-fuer-cobra-11.php

Starts 1:58, ends round 4....apparently celicas can flip other cars in the air, good to know....

Lol celica as a getaway car?? Now thats pretty awesome....cops wouldve been screwed if it was a GT4 though

Try to get a set of 18x9.5 et35 with 225/40 tires and it was impossible to fit them in the front. The wheel stick out a lot! And the tires rubs a lot too. The only way to use this set up is if your car is raised i guess

Wow those are some large wheels for a celica.....are you trying to have a show car, or is this setup more for grip...if grip i wonder why such a small tire??

[diegohiga]

The tires were already mounted on the ims on my friends' scion. So i wanted to try.to fit them in my car but it was impossible lol i have a 18x8.5 et48 and installing a 15mm on the front and already have 25mm on the back. So this will be pretty flush.