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Sure thing, man. My spoiler was a bit different as the previous owner had drilled the holes out larger than they were intended. If you have it stock, you need to follow the instructions below:

1. Saw off the white protrusions (looks like little white anchors that go into the hatch). These need to be sawed completely off. There is one per each side of the spoiler.

2. Take your spoiler blocks. Get two screwdrivers with magnet ends that will hold the bolt. Make sure there is a washer with the bolt and push it up the large hole and push it through to the small hole on the other side of the spoiler block.

3. KEEP THE SCREWDRIVER PRESSED AGAINST THE BOLT. If you let go, you run risk of either the bolt coming off as you're working on the other one, or when you try to put in on the spoiler, having it pushed out of the hole and into the spoiler block. I recommend using one of those keychain bright LED lights to use as a flash light to look down inside to see where the bolt head is, just in case your screw driver comes loose... and it probably will at some point .

4. Do this for each of the two holes.

5. Have the spoiler upside down on a safe surface for your paint and put the spoiler block where it should go, under the spoiler ends. Line up your bolts and set the block down gently on the spoiler so the bolts go into the holes and begin screwing the bolts in with each screw driver. You MUST make sure the screwdrivers are being held down to keep the bolt in place, or you risk them coming out of the spoiler block holes.

6. Do this for the other block.

7. Now you should have each block on. Take off the black plastic trim piece that's on the under side of your hatch. It's only attached by clips, so just pull cautiously until they all pop out. You will see TWO holes were the old spoiler bolts where to hold the spoiler. The middle hole isn't a bolt hole, it's where the old anchors used to be on the spoiler that you sawed off. This time they will attach to the spoiler blocks instead of the spoiler.

8. MAKE SURE that you have the foam on the bottom of the spoiler blocks so it doesn't damage your paint when you set it on your car.

9. Bolt in the 2 bolts per side tightly. Close the hatch lid to see if you can hear any rattle. If not, it's tightened well enough. Put the trim piece back on, and you're done.

Mine was different as the previous owner drilled the holes out larger, then put a large hole next to it to fit a clip on nut to essentially make the hole the same size it was originally. I doubt you have this set up as this isn't stock.

If you have any questions, let me know.

This post has been edited by CastrolCelica: Nov 12, 2009 - 10:07 AM

Good job

the white paint you got looks sweeet, it looked so good without the decals, but now it looks so custom'd, awesome work bro, is this your daily driver? or just for show

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Thanks a lot . Yep, it's my daily driver. It's very interesting driving to work in it now every day. I think I'm going to cause someone else to have an accident one day from being distracted

Yea, it looked absolutely beautiful without the decals, I agree.. and like you said, it looks worlds better now though. I still have plenty to do to it, but I feel like I've come such a long way in this.

PS: Anyone who wants to do decals on a car to this extent... take some time off work or something and get plenty of aspirin for back pain. It's really a pain in the ars.

oh wow daily driver? even better, i'd love to see that riide on the streets just outta nowhere, i'd probably get distracted for sure haha, wat kind of white was that anyways, i just painted my car pearl white and i love how it looks in the sun, check it out on the multimedia section, but ya looks like alot of work was put into it, i'd be so happy if i were you

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I'm betting the cops give you more looks now as well.

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x2. Infact, it would be funny if a cop pulled you over to ask you about the car

Eh, there's no law against having decals on the car. Yes, the car will get more police attention, but as long as he isn't speeding or doing anything else, he shouldn't get pulled over.


But there's always that one cop that feels like being a douche.

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Yea guys, I don't think I'm going to get in trouble. Some of you guys with NOS and rediculous aftermarket drag spoilers I think would be flagged down before me. Sure, I like to accelerate and enjoy my car, but I'm not one to go barreling down the highway at 90mph or anything. I'm pretty smart, and realize I'm a magnet. I can't afford tickets so of course I'll be smart about it.

Btw, I've seen two cops so far; the one eyed my car, smiled and gave me a thumbs up, and the other passed by me while staring. When I looked back at him, he quickly looked forward and speed off. Both times the windows were up with illegal tint. So far so good.

As a side note, headers will be in tomorrow. Pictures of the engine bay soon.

This post has been edited by CastrolCelica: Nov 15, 2009 - 12:22 AM

^ lol sounds like Columbus Ohio is a pretty badass place. Down here in Cali they would follow you and pull you over on something they'll figure out later.

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Sounds about right for a state that restricts pretty much any after market performance part on the assumption it will worsen your smog emissions rating even if the part could help. I have a guy on another forum who expresses tons of problems with California and is amazed I've been able to do half of what I've done.

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Oh its easy to get around emission standards. Just find a corrupt smoger and pay him 300. It sucks to do but at least I only have to do it every other year.

Edit: sorry to spam your thread, just thought you would enjoy that. You have a beautiful car and I wish I could have it .

This post has been edited by HaysoosKreesto: Nov 15, 2009 - 4:37 AM

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Haha, it's no problem. Interesting to know... how do you know who's corrupt without risking exposing yourself? Thanks for the compliment. It's a joy. Every time I open the garage door and have a big bright smile on my face. In fact, I've found I give myself excuses to go somewhere just so I can drive in it haha.

Regarding the headers and pictures, I have to apologize to everyone. The guy who was helping me out bailed again, so I won't have anything anytime soon. I have a buddy in Dayton who helped me with the rotors who is going to help me instead if he can't. So, it'll get done eventually.. not before the Ohio/Kentucky meet, but soon. Thanks for everyone's support and patience. It'll be done soon, I promise.

i hope you use castrol oil.

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Funny you ask, I do!



Though I don't have Michelin's on my car.. hmmmmm.

" how do you know who's corrupt without risking exposing yourself? "

Family Secret


"Regarding the headers and pictures, I have to apologize to everyone. The guy who was helping me out bailed again, so I won't have anything anytime soon. I have a buddy in Dayton who helped me with the rotors who is going to help me instead if he can't. So, it'll get done eventually.. not before the Ohio/Kentucky meet, but soon. Thanks for everyone's support and patience. It'll be done soon, I promise."


damn, that sucks. I hope it all works out as well as it already has worked out.

I love coming to your build thread and being in awe of your car.

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bring them to the meet and i will help you put them on, just bring tools lol

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Haha, who said I have new tires ? I have 75% tread left on these, so when I need new ones, I'll get Michelin's.

But as we talked about before, I can bring my speakers and DVD/Nav and you can help me with that .

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Yea, I should be able to get it done sorta soon. My friend is willing to help me not this Sunday, but next Sunday..... but I kinda have to weasel my way there. First full day my fiancee will be home and I want to go work on cars... ehhhh don't know if that will fly well haha.


Thanks for the compliment. It's not perfect and it's not the best Celica here.. not by a thousand miles, but I enjoy it so much and I think that's all that really matters. The encouragement from you and other members here though helps quite a bit!

Btw, mudflaps will be here in about 3 business days. You have NO idea how excited I am about those haha.

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Speaker installation is really easy, pending that you have mounting adapters.

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Yea, it seems I need to purchase some before Saturday.

I just tried to find the ones I bought on ebay...seems they don't make them anymore.

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I thought Best Buy carried these things. Then again, I have no idea what I'm talking about lol as I dont know what I need to do anyway.

I have the tweeter/fronts and backs with a new head unit. That's all I know. I think the head unit comes with some mounting thingy as it was already in a car once. Is there no way to mount the new speakers as is, even if they're the same size as the old ones?

The rear speakers, yes. The front speakers, not really. They are 6.5" speakers in an 8" hole. You have to make new brackets to hold new 6.5" front speakers.

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So is there a work around?

i will have to check this out, if there is no bracket you should be able to modify the orginal bracket

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Yes, I bought brackets on ebay, specifically made to fit 6.5" speakers on a Celica. I looked for you this afternoon, couldn't find them.

You can separate the metal bracket from the speaker upfront, but you'd have to use a torch to do that.

This post has been edited by SwissFerdi: Nov 19, 2009 - 7:42 PM

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Kinda... but not really. It's not exactly a bracket. It's more of just the entire speaker. I don't have my old front speakers anymore or I'd get a picture of them for you. To modify the original bracket, you'd have to cut out the original speaker and remove any glue, then your new speaker would still be too big for the hole. It's just more effort than it's worth. It's much, much easier to make a new bracket. Took me all of 5 minutes to make both.

Castrol, the workaround is to make a new bracket for the speakers, or some members on here have replaced their speakers with 8" speakers to fill the 8" hole.

Do you think we could make a new bracket easily, Kyle?

uh not 100% sure, just depends on how the bracket is made and all that. like i had said before i never replaced the front i just know how to get to them lol, uh i dont have a battery powered jig saw either

where'd you get your graphics and how much were they if you don't mind me asking? i've been thinking about doing the same thing, but do all the graphics in black to go on my black car. sounds weird, but i like the idea of people noticing it when they're close up, but not really from a distance. also when i get it dirty its way easier to see with the dust i pick up from rallyx events.