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![]() Enthusiast ![]() Joined Jul 13, '09 From Australia Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) ![]() |
Hi,
Here is the story of my Celica build. My RX8 had just been stolen and my wife was pushing me to just buy a cheap daily for myself. So having a long history with Celica's and ST165's. I thought i'd buy a Celica. So I found this 'Automatic'...yes I know. One owner, old lady Celica. I thought, that had to be a good cheap daily. So I bought it and the thing just snowballed. I'll let the pictures tell the story. This is a picture of it infront of the lady's house, the day I bought it. ![]() First thing I did was buy GT4 Raiser Blocks. ![]() Then came the 18 Inch Rims ![]() Then came the GT4 bonnet ![]() Then it got lowered 2 inches ![]() Then we did a very bad paintjob on the bonnet at home and got some 17 inch rims, which I think are UGLY. ![]() Then came my final set of 17 inch rims, and a GT4 bumper, because someone at work reversed into me, yeeaaah. ![]() Then came a full respray, and clear indicators, front and side. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Then came the JDM tails. ![]() Then came the tinted windows. ![]() ![]() ![]() All this happened over a 2 year period. I am pretty happy with the way it looks now. The only things I would love to do, is get some wider tyres and some spacers to give it a nice stance. And also, when the 5SFE dies, I am tossing up between a 3SGTE or the Camry V6 motor. Any feedback or thoughts, go ahead. This post has been edited by THE20V: Jun 18, 2011 - 1:36 AM -------------------- 2 X ST165 GT4's
1 X ST162 Celica 1 X AE82 Corolla Seca SX 1 x AE92 Corolla 20 Valve Turbo (THE20V) And currently a 1995 Celica SX |
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![]() Enthusiast ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Joined Aug 15, '10 From The Best Coast Currently Offline Reputation: 12 (100%) ![]() |
VERY nice looking car, i love the gold/blue combo.
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Nice looking celica! Love the gold rims!
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Why the gt4 badges?
-------------------- Mike W
1996 Toyota Celica ST205 GT-FOUR GT2860RS turbine, TiAL mvr44, JE 86.5φ piston, Clutchmasters FX400, APEX P-FC 269awhp / 273ft-lbs |
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![]() Enthusiast ![]() Joined Jul 13, '09 From Australia Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) ![]() |
well my intention is to build a full on GT4 Replica, so I thought the badges would finish it off.
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1 X ST162 Celica 1 X AE82 Corolla Seca SX 1 x AE92 Corolla 20 Valve Turbo (THE20V) And currently a 1995 Celica SX |
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![]() Enthusiast ![]() Joined Jul 13, '09 From Australia Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) ![]() |
can anyone recommend what spacers to get and how thick to get them?
-------------------- 2 X ST165 GT4's
1 X ST162 Celica 1 X AE82 Corolla Seca SX 1 x AE92 Corolla 20 Valve Turbo (THE20V) And currently a 1995 Celica SX |
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i run h&r spacers. my rims have a different offset than yours so you'd want to calculate that for your set.
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All this happened over a 2 year period. I am pretty happy with the way it looks now. The only things I would love to do, is get some wider tyres and some spacers to give it a nice stance. And also, when the 5SFE dies, I am tossing up between a 3SGTE or the Camry V6 motor.
Any feedback or thoughts, go ahead.-THE20V If your building a gt4 replica might as well stick with and go the the 3sgte. Great build by the way man. pretty clean. -------------------- From Japan to Texas my st202 follows me.
![]() Being different from every angle of the word, leading the Revolution (TOYOTA NATION) The RHD st202 that made it from Japan check it out. http://www.6gc.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=78103 |
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![]() Enthusiast ![]() Joined Jul 13, '09 From Australia Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) ![]() |
Finally got around to ordering spacers today, I went 25mm all round. Should be on by mid next week. I'll post pics soon as I get em on.
-------------------- 2 X ST165 GT4's
1 X ST162 Celica 1 X AE82 Corolla Seca SX 1 x AE92 Corolla 20 Valve Turbo (THE20V) And currently a 1995 Celica SX |
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Enthusiast ![]() ![]() Joined Aug 29, '08 From AZ, US Currently Offline Reputation: 21 (100%) ![]() |
a skirt would be nice.. not forgetting splitters!!.. and jdm projectors too.. hehe
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![]() Enthusiast ![]() Joined Jul 13, '09 From Australia Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) ![]() |
I was contemplating on whether to get skirts or not before I got it resprayed. But I decided I preferred the clean untouched look. If I did want to get any bodykit, it would have to be the TRD skirts, with the front and rear lips. I would definately love projectors....who wouldn't. But for the time being I think that money would be better spent on the engine conversion.
-------------------- 2 X ST165 GT4's
1 X ST162 Celica 1 X AE82 Corolla Seca SX 1 x AE92 Corolla 20 Valve Turbo (THE20V) And currently a 1995 Celica SX |
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Whats the offset of your wheels? I have 25mm Spacers all around too, bet it will look real similar, which I think looks good.
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2014 Toyota Rav4 XLE |
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![]() Enthusiast ![]() Joined Jul 13, '09 From Australia Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) ![]() |
Man, your car is hot, what size tyres/wheels have you got? Honestly I have no idea what the offset of my wheels are. If mine ends up looking anything like yours, i'll be loving life. I tried on a 30mm spacer on the rear, at the place I ordered them from. It looked awesome, but it looked like it may have issues with scrubbing. But mainly the reason I chose the 25mm's was price, they were much cheaper because they're a standard item, whereas the 30mm would have to be custom made he reckons. I paid $220 for 25mm for on all four.
This post has been edited by THE20V: Mar 20, 2011 - 11:31 PM -------------------- 2 X ST165 GT4's
1 X ST162 Celica 1 X AE82 Corolla Seca SX 1 x AE92 Corolla 20 Valve Turbo (THE20V) And currently a 1995 Celica SX |
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![]() Enthusiast ![]() Joined Jul 13, '09 From Australia Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) ![]() |
I finally got my 30mm spacers front and back fitted. My wheels are 40 offset. It did scrub at first, but then some massaging soon sorted that out.
I must say i'm really happy with the result. What do you think? This is in the workshop getting fitted with the spacers ![]() And the result: ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The sucked in look bugged me for so long, I am happy with the way it looks, now I want to work on the interior and engine conversion -------------------- 2 X ST165 GT4's
1 X ST162 Celica 1 X AE82 Corolla Seca SX 1 x AE92 Corolla 20 Valve Turbo (THE20V) And currently a 1995 Celica SX |
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![]() Enthusiast ![]() Joined May 11, '10 From Australia Currently Offline Reputation: 2 (100%) ![]() |
Man that looks so nice, the wheel offset and the height of ur car is perfect
![]() Looking at the pic wen u first got ur car... Far out its come a long way lol. |
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Enthusiast ![]() Joined Nov 7, '09 From Owen Sound Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) ![]() |
looks sweet with the 30mm, what was your wheel offset before?
This post has been edited by KALLusion: Mar 31, 2011 - 10:57 AM -------------------- " Trailers are for camping. Cars are for driving & it does not matter how much money you have if you ain't enjoying it. "
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nice looking car man
-------------------- 2001 Celica GT-S Turbo
1997 Supra TT 6speed 1997 Celica 3MZ/1MZ swap 1990 Celica All-Trac |
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![]() Enthusiast ![]() Joined Jul 13, '09 From Australia Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) ![]() |
looks sweet with the 30mm, what was your wheel offset before? Thanks, the wheels are 40 offset. -------------------- 2 X ST165 GT4's
1 X ST162 Celica 1 X AE82 Corolla Seca SX 1 x AE92 Corolla 20 Valve Turbo (THE20V) And currently a 1995 Celica SX |
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hawtt
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dude soooo sexy, great job, im very jealous and want to do that soo bad. but trying to mix performance and style and sometimes go wrong lol
-------------------- st205 powered ss3 coupe
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