Finaly done....or am I?... *UPDATED Nov 3*, Starting winterizing/rear end overhaul Options

[Valo666]

So i spent tonight puttin my TwosRus end links in and just fixin the car up a bit.
So heres a comparison of the rear links

I couldnt get the front links compairison because i hadda torche the endlinks off cuz they are soooo rotten.

Installed: Front


Installed: Rear


and i decided to paint my exhaust piping and muffler black just because it was sooo freaking dirty and was gettin a bit rusty looking and would pop out in compairison to the rest of my undersideof my car



So this weekend, im gonna be doing more work on the car *weather pending*, gonna fix all the paint scratches and de-badge the rear again, and maybe if i can paint the calipers and start working on cleanin up my engine bay and fix my interior.

This post has been edited by Valo666: Apr 11, 2007 - 10:04 PM

[djspike]

why did you replace your end links?

[Valo666]

front ones have never been replaced, the rear ones i did about a year ago, but the lower joint on the drives side rear was completely shot..there was no resistance what so ever. Plus i was gonna go with some bigger swaybars, but this was cheaper and stiffened up the ride alot. Im still gonna be adding polyurethane body mount bushings soon.

[Valo666]

so nothing majour to update on. Im just trying to get my parts all together b4 i start doing the bigger work. Last night i decided to fix the back of my seat and re-located my amp aswell as relocate my sub. My sub was sittin with the sub pointing up at the hatch cover for the longest time and it sounded good, but took up ALOT of my trunk space. So i decided to move it.
So its now sitting very snugly under my rear strut bar. I mounted the amp to the side of the box and made the wires a little more hidden/taped them up with electrical tape.



But within the next few weeks, alot of the majour parts are gonna be coming together...exterior work peices, interior, and some engine parts. So there probably wont be any updates/big progress reports done for the next 2 or 3 weeks. I got some mods that are coming up that only...2 people know about. So when you see the next post, there should b some good new items.

[Valo666]

So i got some better pics of my newer mods/changes. Better pics of the new relocated sub and amp and strut bar covers

I decided to re-upholster my hatch tray again. Went to the local auto supply store and bought me some black vynal. I did it on the front steps of my townhouse on top of a little tabel with spray adhesive and a pair of safety siccors..lol Turned out decently.


Also after almost 2 years of procrastanating, i went and painted my calipers/fixed the paint on the front ones.




Pretty close colour match.

Also if you didnt read my other thread in the exteior styling section, i got a set of OEM EU splitters from Manphibian. They look pretty good.


Also, i managed to get somethin ive wanted for awhile. So im gonna b either mounting this on the back of my car *depending on what i do with my hatch*, or im gonna put it on my dash. Im thinking the dash more so though.


Also, i managed to score me a set of JDM tails for free today....kinda.

I have my old exhaust system from my 87 supra and my friend has an 89 Cressida who wants to put an exhaust system on, so i told him i had it. He told me he would buy it, so i told him if he could get me a set of JDM tails and like $50. So i should get my JDM tails in a few days time.

Thats all for now. Im slowly adding more things as time goes. I got about another $500 that im gonna b using for the celica and some new upgrades and mods. Some of which I have to figure out my choise for what im gonna do about the hatch. my hatch is rusted quite a bit, so i might b going to a FC hatch, so i might b going with somethin different/new that hasnt been made yet. Or i might b going with GT-4 blocks if i stay with my OEM hatch.

[tim86]

nice work man, your celi is really coming together... keep it up

[Valo666]

so i got bored this morning waiting for my buddy to wake up, so i decided to find something to do on the car. I decided from insperation of vincent doggies post about the arm rest cover. Any ways, i broke out my headliner material i bought and decided to re-upholster it.

The pics make it look really bright, but it almost matches my sparcos perfectly. Not bad for my 3rd attempt doing upholstery *hatch cover twice*








whadda you think??

[OrbitalGT95]

thats is really nice..totally feeling it...i have a feeling ur celi is gonna be kick ass when its all done

[Valo666]

im still debating about my headliner. Im thinking of doing it either red or black, but im not 100% sure yet. What do you guys think?? I wont be doing it untill July probably because i gotta save up to buy a new sunroof

[C3L1CA]

I love these kind of threads, always makes me want to go start a new project. Car is looking good and I'll have to keep checking back often to see all the progress.

I would say do black for the headliner, you may not always have red seats and a black headliner just looks awesome

[purplegt4]

black headliner.

[airfron]

+1 on the black headliner. everything looks good so far.

[96bluevert]

dang, you stole my idea, i'm about to redo my armrest after seeing seeing vincent doggie's thread too..lol where'd you get the material from?

looks really nice! i'd say go with the black headliner because you don't want to overdo it with the red on the interior. keep up the good work!

[Valo666]

dang, you stole my idea, i'm about to redo my armrest after seeing seeing vincent doggie's thread too..lol where'd you get the material from?

looks really nice! i'd say go with the black headliner because you don't want to overdo it with the red on the interior. keep up the good work!

Local autoparts store has an upholstery section..bought about 2 feet of it to do my door cards too eventually. For that, plus the vynal to reupholster my hatch tray + a can of $13 spray adhesive was like $36 or somethin. Its U/V resistant to which is good.

[96bluevert]

$36 to mod the interior a bit?..sounds really nice to me! thanks, i'll check around at a few stores

[Valo666]

more work done..lol..well..kinda. Just some new parts.

Somethin ive been wanting since i got my car. This was the first mod i ever wanted to do to my car, but for some reason it always got pushed aside. Ive dumped tons of $ into my car with mods, repairs, etc, but yet never had the $250 to get a set of these, well, the wait is over...

wrapping

hint hint...



more hints....















alright...heres the pics..lol





i got a set for essentialy free..i traded my buddy my old exhaust system off my MKIII supra thats been sittin in my garage for 2 and a half years..lol. So i finaly got them today when i got to school. I even ran out to my car on our 10 min smoke break to throw em on the car.

Any ways, its funny cuz it was mailed and it cost the guy $374 Hong Kong dollars for shipping. Ive never seen a $50 stamp b4 though...weird..any ways..back on topic..lol

I decided to go out and get some new speakers...best buy had these on sale for $50 a pair. They are 120W, 80W RMS. Now bad for the price.



Also when i was back in Toronto, i went out to JRP *performance shop*, and got me a nice HKS hoodie for $40, they had a sale on all their clothing.



also when i was there i got this...



Now....lets play the "whats wrong with this picture" game...


any one??

[j0e_p3t]

front seats don't match?

[Valo666]

bingo...im rockin the GF's momo RS-GT seat for the week. I gotta re-tap 3 of the holes for the seat mounts.

Nothin says fun like drivin in a single peice bucket for 3 and a half hours

[LeonStryfe]

Hey bro, when I checked out your vids, you're engine has some nice growl. Are you still running the 5sfe? Is it because of the header that your engine sounds like that? Nicely doen btw.

[Valo666]

yea its still a 5s, i think its a combo of my exhaust, headers and intake. She does growl pretty good. Im gonna take some good videos of my car probably in the next few days. I only have a few vids from inside my car, but i dont have a single vid from outside my car. But yea, my car pulls pretty good compaired to some of my other friends 5s powered celicas. Im just waitin till i actually tune my car on the dyno in a few days at my school and using my neo.