Tigawoods' 1995 Celica, Racing n Stuff Options

[Tigawoods]

cant say yet. we are taking a road trip out west and chicago is one of our stops. itd be over the summer, this or next

[Stambo]

well lemme know, ill meet up with yea for lunch or something

[808celica]

Mike, whenever you're ready

Say the word and the bumper and fogs are yours, you still need to get those Euros off my hands



This post has been edited by 808celica: Nov 17, 2010 - 2:58 PM

[Tigawoods]

ew! you went with the post-face!
i need to get my cams and exhaust setup finished, then ill be good to go for the other things

[808celica]

like i said bro, say the word and its yours

[Tigawoods]

going under the knife once again today.
exhaust is coming off to get mended.
the rear right coilover is coming off to get sent out for a new shock
and if im up for it the cams and vac lines are getting checked

[Culpable04]

the coilovers have to be send out in pairs to get rebuilt

if one of your rears goes bad, you should rebuild both rears together, or you'll have a hard time getting both rears to perform equally, thus throwing your balance off.

[Tigawoods]

i know but at the time i didnt have enough $ for the other shock. i plan on getting new coilovers in the near future. these ones are dying

[whatthe]

curious how many Ks did they go through to this day?

[Tigawoods]

i hope not many lol



opened up the timing belt cover and....

there was absolutely no tension on the timing belt....problem solved?

[Mycurse180]

Hey man...I'm really liking your build thread. Light weight, auto-x, windy road racer.

I'm really liking that for a theme.

I just got a 95 GT coupe...I wanna go in a similar direction...Lightweight and great handling. I wanna keep it budget friendly...What do you think of lowering springs and new shocks? How much of an impact will that have on bettering the handling?

[96stgreendemon]

Personal opinion but i would get Ksport/D2 coilovers, ST swaybars, and twosrus endlinks, makes for an awesome combo, its what i have on mine, i believe he has a similar setup, and the difference is night and day between stock and modified, but swaybars make a huge huge difference even between having coilovers on it, the swaybars made it so much better

[Mycurse180]

I believe you, I do...But I'm not investing that kind of money into this thing. It's not a valuable car.

What sways are you guys running? What kind of difference would I be looking at with some lowering springs, new shocks and sways?

[Tigawoods]

my friend, if you want to start modding cars, budget friendly isnt a phrase that really presents itself often haha.
i did pay about 400 for my coilovers from a fellow member, they were used for about 700miles
and granted they arent the best coilovers i could have gotten, but they do the job well.

price wise coilovers arent that much more expensive than a spring shock setup. megan racing coilovers go for around 7-800 new

in the long run, youll be happy that you got coilovers.

im not saying that a spring shock setup is bad, alot of people on here have them and swear by it, but from my personal experience and for what i use the car for, coilovers are a must. (coilovers are a stiffer ride than a spring shock setup btw, unless if you soften the shocks on a coilover setup)

sway bars that most everyone runs on here are
suspension tech sway bars. you can find them on optionimports.com
and while doing them it would as 96stgreendemon had stated, twos r us end links, because you will have to take them off anyways.

sway bars will increase steering response and body roll (lessen roll)
spring and shock will lower the car (and center of gravity) also making it stiffer, less body roll etc.
youll be excited because it will always feel like your driving a racecar to work haha.

i dont want to sway you in any particular direction, i just want to make sure that you are modding you car appropriately in a way that it will be beneficial for what you will be using it for
might i ask what part of pa your from?

This post has been edited by Tigawoods: Jan 4, 2011 - 12:41 AM

[Stambo]

^^ good set up. I think if i didn't have much of a budget i would go towards koni yellows with ground control adjustable springs. Can never go wrong with koni's

[Tigawoods]

timing is almost complete.
got the coilover back today, it was all loosened up so i decided to lower it a bit.
took off the other rear and tried to loosen it but i dont have the wrenches. my friend said he may be able to provide me with some
other than that, repainting a few things
checking the taillights
replacing some various bulbs around the car
and...trying to figure out what my next purchase is going to be.
possibly spacers, but i am positive i will encounter a rubbing issue that i would be in no mood to work on

[czwalga]

Do you know anyone local with the stock alloy wheels. I'm trying to buy up as many as I can locally.

[purplegt4]

i'm semi-local. i got some beat (needs paint) stock 15" 2000 celica gt rims. also an extra set of rubber too (yoko trz - non mounted brand new) paid ~200 for the set of tires.

[Tigawoods]

junkyard wise i am not sure. celicas are hard to come by. other than a few of us, there isnt really anyone who could provide you with any. im selling my steelies soon w/o tires though.

look out for similar cars with same bolt pattern.

[czwalga]

Good call.


My GT came with non-hubcentric wheels. So i'm looking for about 8 of a hubcentric that fit. All neons have 5x100 the same bolt pattern, there's a million of them, they have some ok looking wheels.