Today I.......................................... Options

[cheela]

yup, the bolt that holds my driver side low beam broke. ziptie to the rescue. at least until I find another bolt.

[PegGTS]

If only I could get zipties inside the fender

[Keiri]

Bought ball joints. Hooray for the end of this ghastly noise when I'm driving.

[Poonicus]

Damn, $100 for full 7GC seat set, front and back.
and he will include two door cards.

Since no one else seemed to notice this how and where do I buy a 100$ set of 7th gen seats?

[The_enD]

Not your country.

[Poonicus]

Not your country.

They won't ship? XD with shipping it'd probably be cheaper than I've been finding them over here haha.

[The_enD]

Shipping two seats 6000 miles won't be that cheap...

[Poonicus]

Shipping two seats 6000 miles won't be that cheap...

Yeah I didn't think about that, that's almost half way around the world damn it, we need one of those tunnels from Total Recall XD

[mkernz22]

Mine were a bitch too, but wd40 to the rescue.

No amount of wd40 was getting those bolts off

That's why you use PB Blaster! Best sh!t there is!

[ILoveMySilly97]

Bought a new o2 sensor because of CEL code. Day after I ordered it. CEL went away. Sensor came in today and installed it. Might as well since the old o2 sensor was old. Lol. Also got it for cheap on Rockauto. Bought it for $35 shipped. Denso make also. Lol. Got to love that site.

[eMrock32]

Realized my checking account was empty from putting money into a 15 year old car. Had second thoughts, then didn't care.

[The_enD]

Today I replaced my HID ballasts. Can't believe I've been avoiding doing that. Less than 5 minute work to fix a problem I've had since I own the car. The left headlights always failed to light up, I had to switch on and off several times to fix it...

[DaTerrorist]

today i opened up my xmas presents from fedex

sorry for crappy 1970's looking couch (was a wedding present from the in-laws)

[Red123]

changed alternator belt on my car.

[Special_Edy]

I got a little heavy on the throttle accelerating over some bumpy construction and my wheel hop turned into a loud banging(like someone hitting the firewall with a sledgehammer) present in 1st and 2nd gears under acceleration.

Some tugging and cursing revealed that the front motor mount and passenger side mount both failed and now my engine is just a sloppy bastard sitting in there. Fortunately toyota engineers are clever and though the engine is 'loose' it is contained by the shackle design of the mounts. Unlike the Chevy pickup I had, on which the mounts tore loose from the torque of my 4.2L straight six and the engine flipped sideways in the engine bay.


Oh and two days ago I went through a drivethrough carwash with my sportline drop springs, I dragged the undercarriage on the wheel guides for the conveyer belt the whole way through...

This post has been edited by Special_Edy: Mar 1, 2014 - 8:22 AM

[JoshuaM]

So yeah... Mustang happened



Meanwhile my Celica made it through loaner duty for my friend and has been detailed and put back into storage waiting for me

[SupraKid]

Finally got around to putting the remote start/Alarm in. I had forgotten how nice key-less entry was.

[SwissFerdi]

Oh and two days ago I went through a drivethrough carwash with my sportline drop springs, I dragged the undercarriage on the wheel guides for the conveyer belt the whole way through...

I'd rather keep the car dirty than go through one of those, same for the self-service wash bays with those "foaming" brushes. I know for a fact that the latter causes scratches from grit in the brush, I doubt the rollers in the machine are perfectly clean.

Joshua - how does that American muscle feel? My mother had a silver base model of that gen, auto, 'vert, fairly awful. The interior is made from bits of children's toys.

This post has been edited by SwissFerdi: Mar 1, 2014 - 2:27 PM

[JoshuaM]

Joshua - how does that American muscle feel? My mother had a silver base model of that gen, auto, 'vert, fairly awful. The interior is made from bits of children's toys.

Silver V6 Auto... all of the bads

The power and RWD'ness as amazing, and the sound is awesome (Has intake and exhaust done).... Ride is VERY firm with 18" wheels and lowering springs. Clutch is aftermarket heavy duty and is wayy to heavy (Celica is soo light! ). Handling isn't as bad as I expected, but I haven't pushed it too hard yet (been raining too much this week). But you are right... build wise the car is a pile of cr@p! This is the best I could find within a decent price (slightly above Blue Book), and bits of interior trim were just falling off the whole way home!!!

There is an autocross nearby tomorrow, so if I don't end up going to Tahoe for a day of skiing I'll go and give it a go!

[Spider77]

I got a little heavy on the throttle accelerating over some bumpy construction and my wheel hop turned into a loud banging(like someone hitting the firewall with a sledgehammer) present in 1st and 2nd gears under acceleration.

Some tugging and cursing revealed that the front motor mount and passenger side mount both failed and now my engine is just a sloppy bastard sitting in there. Fortunately toyota engineers are clever and though the engine is 'loose' it is contained by the shackle design of the mounts. Unlike the Chevy pickup I had, on which the mounts tore loose from the torque of my 4.2L straight six and the engine flipped sideways in the engine bay.


Oh and two days ago I went through a drivethrough carwash with my sportline drop springs, I dragged the undercarriage on the wheel guides for the conveyer belt the whole way through...

That last part.....thats why I dont do drive through washes anymore. Well, that and I have an actual driveway/garage now.