Hey guys, my name is Carlos. I'm 19 and this is will be my first Celica/car mod. The car currently has a replaced 5SFE w/ 80,000 miles. Chassis has 137,000 miles.

Day I picked her up



Weekend 1:

Fixed nasty dent in rear bumper, changed the oil, flushed the radiator and replaced antifreeze.



Body work done. I have also cleaned/re-sprayed/re-sealed high beam housings and cleaned lens (pics to come)





Engine cleaning! Before/after:



More pics with the new paint to come after I wash today

This post has been edited by arcticmonkey: Nov 18, 2011 - 3:36 PM

header an exhaust are always good
looks like your off to a great start
good luck

First thorough car wash!



This post has been edited by arcticmonkey: Nov 18, 2011 - 7:19 PM

Wow been a long time since I've updated this. Just got the timing belt and water pump replaced and got an oil leak around the crank seal fixed. AND I replaced the radiator. I've put in a short ram and some new spark plug wires, next is a 7th gen short shifter.



Got some goodies in the mail awaiting strut mounts so I can put these bad boys on





These are some mods I will do soon:
Cold air box
Red brake calipers
SS-III grill
JDM tails

Mods to come in the next year:
SS-III splitters/sideskirts
Side marker relocation

Wow that engine bay cleaned out real nice.
How did you go about cleaning it?

Great job on the body work and paint! Looking good.

you are off to a great start! a fast progression