high school car show Options

[monkey]

^^^ well put ^^^

[96bluevert]

BlueVert, i think i've seen your interior somewhere... Didnt you post it in a thread? I believe it looked pretty good... Or maybe that was someone elses....

lol..don't think it was mine, I might have posted a picture like a year ago, but most are exterior for my pics. I should do that next photoshoot You can see my seat covers (sort of) in my sig, not too much blue.

I agree w/ griffgirl, you should think about some cheap dress up for under the hood too (paint valve cover,relay box cover, and stock front strut bar if you have one). And of course clean it all up while you're in there..

edit: this is what I'm kind of talking about, nice and clean and simple...


This post has been edited by 96bluevert: Mar 25, 2008 - 2:51 PM

[CelicaBuddy]

Looks like you gotta buncha ideas covered buuuuuut... haha reminds me when i put my car in my HS car show a couple years back...

Kids brought in theyre rich parent's souped up cars and obviously won whatever contest there was to be won. There were quite a few people upset about that because here's me who actually bought the car myself, and put in all this work, but then some rich lil prick comes along and brings daddy's Ford GT

Only in high school I tell ya... lol Well anyways GOOD LUCK and have fun!

This post has been edited by CelicaBuddy: Mar 25, 2008 - 4:13 PM

[DippedInSauce]

im in high school.. i only have 1 mod (gt-four riser blocks)... they seem to do the job IMO.

i get alot of attention from the blocks

[D-Man]

we all remember my story from when i was in high school and i didn't like a rich kid

i still see that referenced in forums from time to time...

[6strngs]

I'd paint the stock wheels black and paint the calipers. then some interior paint if you're into that sort of thing. very little money spent, but a huge improvement. see my profile for pics of black alloy wheels.

[Zelstin]

Step 1. Color themed interior (Check out my profile)

Step 2. Paint Calipers and rims

Step 3. Wash and Wax

Step 4. Go through your school parking lot the day before the show and spray paint all the cars that still look better than your celica

[jt_3212]

^^^i like that idea haha.
and cool. sounds like you guys got me going in the right direction and i'll put up some pics of the progress. so thanks!

[goferris]

we need to see some pics of the car b4 you do anything too drastic. LOL
this is what i'm planning on doing on my car which would end up looking very similar.
buy some high heat paint and Paint the valve cover red or blue and paint the calipers red or blue.
paint you interior panels a light silver similar to the SSIII

if you paint your rims i would suggest a gunmetal over black. or you could do it like pittfirefighter has his rims (looks really good IMO)

some few cheap mods i've already done
this shift boot
a 7th gen short shifter kit like this
a TRD shift ball fromt first toyota parts for like $20

then toothbrush clean everything. maybe get some of those EL Glow gauges or something if you are into that. otherwise get some nice LEDs in your gauges from culpable.

[jt_3212]

alright cool, as soon as i get my camera back i'll put them up.

[D-Man]

PADDLE SHIFTERS!!
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/M3-SMG-SHIF...sspagenameZWDVW

[jt_3212]

haha if only they worked. not that i could do that either though.

[D-Man]

They dont, it's all for show. But your trying to show right? i want one, just for color accent.

[jt_3212]

yeah i figured they wouldn't work but that does look cool. adds a little custom flare to it. haha is it hard to put an aftermarket steering wheel on?