My Project Thread!!!!, 94 celica GT Import ST202 Options

[94TRDcelica]

Hi guys, ive been on here a while and decided to post my project thread, im a member of UK forum primarily for jap cars so Ive jsut copied and pasted it over - What do you think?

Thought I'd start a project thread for the celica as I seem to have an endless amount of stuff that I want to do to her! Enjoy!!!

1. Dynamat the rear and sorted a few rattles in the rear quarter panels!


2. new alpine speakers for the rear.


3. New HKS air filter


4. Oil catch can.


5. Cleaned cams up, painted rocker and manifold. TRD oil filter, castrol magnatec oil, oil pressure gauge, water temp gauge and volt meter on A-pillar pod (I will get pics of these when I remember next)


6. Exhaust heat wrap. Getting the heatshield chrome painted soon!


7. Cleaned Intake manifold adn throttle body - they were full of carbon S**t!




8. Cleaned and painted distributer


9. New fan belt and power steering belt. lightweight pulleys are on the agenda. and need to loosen belts as they are squealing on full lock!


10. Custom CAI created and installed, a definate increase in throttle response and noise. :rock:











11. TRD thermostat installed, compare it to the original one. Also TRD radiator cap.



12.


And finally my GT4 rear strut bar, got it for a bargain off fleabay!
primed

Painted

Installed, with finishing touches of stickers :rock:






I then proceeded with the interior!!!!!

1: original ring

2: green condom thing on boring bulb.

3: 2x BLue 12v led's, 2x transistors, shrink wrap, and the bulb holder.

4: Soldered the bulbs and transistors in place.

5: created the loom.

6: Done!


Changed the bulbs behind the dash to white led's then changed them again to differnet led's that emit wide angles of white light!!!!




Changed the bulb around the cigarette lighter to a blue led, this was tricky becasue its so small and getting the right amount of light in without the lighter when switched on casuing a fire :lol: that would be an expensive mistake for a small mod!


Next I wanted the change the bulb's behind my AC control unit to blue Led's.

1: This is the circuit board - I added three wide angle blue led's. Plus changed the orange screen heater buttons to red led's (Top). And made a mini circuit board to hang down for intense side on lighting. (Nicked from a fibre optic lamp). This was reeally hard and made a few mistake burnign holes in the board but its all working fine now!!!!!


2:And this is how it now looks at night - cool huh? I also changed the clock colour to blue by using a blue plastic filter screen and removing the original horibble brown piece.





Kirkosaurous Motor Mounts - Also new clutch and machined flywheel - Forgot to take pics though!!!!!



More Led's, this time in the door handles and in the door pockets. I wired them into the window lock button so they can be switched off just in case coppers don't like it!


Heatshields and custom radiator cooling plate back from Powder Coating! Fitted and sticker'd - looks so much better under there now!!!!





So ive been a busy bee recently. Yesterday, after the rain the weather was quite nice so I decided to wash, clay, detail and wax/polish all over in preparation for the new skirts.






I even Polished my exhaust - I'm having a midlife crisis, LOL!





Today I fitted GT4sideskirts, I think they might me TRD ones but not sure, they are definately not standard celica skirts as they reach higher up on the body of the car compared to stock skirts - They look very similar to the C-one ones without the indents!!! Anyway here are the photos for the job.

Skirts, in need of repair:


Sanded and wet rubbed, rubber compound rubbed and fine crack filled:


Had a few fibreglass patches to fix:


Primed:


Painted:


After much debate I decided to give the lacquering a shot, was quite chuffed with the reuslts:


Took about 2 hours to prep them, check alignment, drill holes etc but its finished at last and very ahppy with the reults. They need to be blended a little, and a small section needs to be stuck closer to the body but overall I am quite happy, sets the cars stance of quite nicely!!!






Cleaned over again and all finished, just cracked open an ice cold beer and basking in the sun marvelling my work B) :lol:




My next project is tyres and suspension (once it's got through the next MOT! )

Thanks for looking :wave:

[99GT]

Looks really really good!

[Valo666]

wow..nice work man. looks like youve been pretty busy.

[Mangozac]

Great stuff. I'm picking up some strut bars soon and this makes me think about painting them. And painting anything else in the engine bay that will come off easily!

Oh BTW, those parts you wired with the LEDs are resistors, not transistors. But I'm sure you knew that

[tomazws]

Awesome job painting your skirts!~

[supershannon77]

Awesome work..you put a lot of time and effort into your car and everything is coming out amazing...very impressive.

[Batman722]

looks great, some nice mods there

now the bad, you're burning oil

[_mikeE]

Awesome work man, your engine bay looks soo clean.

[Insanity-74]

looks great, some nice mods there

now the bad, you're burning oil

How can you tell??????

Fantastic job by the way...awesome work......particularly like the blue LEDs on the interior

[94TRDcelica]

Thanks or the comments - Its a work in progress!

In regards to burning oil - There's no blue smoke coming form the exhaust and the engine works smoothly, also oil consumption is fine!

I believe that it was burning oil by the previosu owner but it has ben fixed since then, however I am keeping an eye on it!!! Should really do a compression test to see if any of the valves are worn!

But thanks anyways!

[tomazws]

looks great, some nice mods there

now the bad, you're burning oil

How can you tell??????

x2.... how can you tell!?!??!

[D-Man]

Beautiful. Simply Amazing.

2 Woots for you!

[Batman722]

How can you tell??????

x2.... how can you tell!?!??!

both heads are from the same year (97) and about the same mileage (180K)
the one on the left was burning oil, the one on the right wasn't.

[snapshotgt]

How can you tell??????

x2.... how can you tell!?!??!

both heads are from the same year (97) and about the same mileage (180K)
the one on the left was burning oil, the one on the right wasn't.

But judging by color could that just mean the oil is a little dirty, right?

Here was my V6 out of the junk yard, and i know the oil was just a little dirty...

[manphibian]

Some great work, engine bay looks amazing!


I'm worried about the heat wrap on the exhaust manifold.

Heat wrap + cast manifold = crack city

[l19tly]

nice work mate!

have you managed to find a lightweight pulley set???

get some trd front and rear splitters on will suit those sideskirts!

[dtlwrc]

What a great job... Your car looks great! I love it!

[joehernandez]

How can you tell??????

x2.... how can you tell!?!??!

both heads are from the same year (97) and about the same mileage (180K)
the one on the left was burning oil, the one on the right wasn't.

same thing i was going to say batman, i know beacause my car burns a little bit oil at starts,
but anyway
you your car looks excellent!!!
i might pm you for some info on the transistors!!

[Jared95]

Wow very nice...lots of time ...motor is super clean...love it.

[94TRDcelica]

How can you tell??????

x2.... how can you tell!?!??!

both heads are from the same year (97) and about the same mileage (180K)
the one on the left was burning oil, the one on the right wasn't.

same thing i was going to say batman, i know beacause my car burns a little bit oil at starts,
but anyway
you your car looks excellent!!!
i might pm you for some info on the transistors!!

But the one on the right has clearly been cleaned!!!!! My car doesn't produce blue smoke and it doesn't idle funny and i dont have to top with oil! So IMO its not burning oil! When i first got the car (A year ago) and did its first oil change in my posession the oil was really dirty, now its nice and clean, ill probably take the cams out at some point and have them properly cleaned!!!! Oh and my car is a 94 with 100,000 miles!!!!

nice work mate!

have you managed to find a lightweight pulley set???

get some trd front and rear splitters on will suit those sideskirts!

Haven't managed to get the pulley set yet! Got set back with a clutch and flywheel re-machine!!!

Splitters are on the agenda - or a possible full front kit!! Not sure yet!!!

Thanks for the comments!!!


Thanks for all the nice comments guys, really appreciate it! Good to know the efforts, blood and sweat is appreciated! LOL!

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