Alrighty here we go

>>Day Two of Six>>

Started out with cleaning up and putting the mirrors back together neatly and make sure everything seems to be in the right spot


The screws were eff'd on the drivers mirror so I tried to drilled them out and and they weren't budging so intead I made the hole big enough to fit self tapper screws to use as a replacement, haha it does the job


That was it for the mirrors, they are ready for wiring, but they are last on the list so they have been put away and will get back to them when other bits are done


Now this part I done goofed, The night before i forgot to put resin in the cracks of the splitter, so i did that and while waiting for them to dry I sanded down the other splitter,
Ready to start the primer on the good splitter, I started to spray and after 1 coat I realized the primer i bought isn't sticking to the splitter at all and it just runs down..
Worked perfectly fine on a bumper that was done for my friend but obviously not on these splitters (its some plastic, clear primer), So i swapped the primer can with my friend for clearcoat can and went out and bought some proper primer.
Got home and sanded down the old runny primer and started sanding the cracked splitter, only to be too rough and make the recently dried fibgrelass snap off!



Re-applied the resin on the splitter and let it dry, while i finished sanding the good one. By this point I had enough of sanding and my Carbon fibre wrap arrived, so I thought lets get started on that

Pulled out some chunks of the car and started simple

The cigarette ashtray thing

2 HOURS LATER

FINALLY! something


Followed by


Most time consuming thing ever.. I've long lost count of how much time I have spent on this trying to perfect every corner,
this is pretty damn difficult lol, or maybe i am retarded or too much of a perfectionist

But lastly, the most rage inducing piece (so far)


I'd also like to thanks for my GF letting me use her hair dryer haha

By this time it was late late night and i was tired, so I installed the bits I've done so far


Looks good but I went through plenty of rage haha,
thats my wrap up for Day two,
Barely any paint, so tomorrow will be focused on getting on all bits primered

To be continued!

Sorry to inform you, but fiberglass does not adhere well to plastic.
Force it and it just brakes clean off.

Yeah the way it snapped I figured, but this time I used like 3 times the amount of resin, and I sort of tested it with just forcing it by my hand and it kept together

I doubt the splitter will be going through much force anyway, so it does the job
Unless I scrape badly when I'm lowered

I'm loving the Carbon Fibre look! and yeah if it takes a while because of being a perfectionist, i better not even start

Nahh, its not that bad, gives pretty good look for something I paid 10 bucks for

>>Day Three of Six>> has begun!

The skirts have been prepped and 1 splitter was ready for primer so I sprayed the 1 splitter


Applied body filler to the bad splitter and let it dry


While waiting to try I started sprayed the primer on the skirts



I moved to the backyard where the second skirt was and noticed some bumps I missed on it and sanded it down a bit all while Oscar (My dog) was just sitting there all concerned haha


I think he wants treats


By this time the body filler has dried so I sanded down the splitter and then primed it



That is it for Day Three, all items primed ready to paint for tomorrow

However! Day Three didn't end too well, by the end of day 3 my back was in a lot of pain and I was struggling to walk and was barely able to sit from this bump I had on the back of my spine and I went to the doctor the next morning and was informed I would have to go to emergency hospital and have an operation,

So Day 4 was spent all day in hospital and most of Day 5 and now I need to rest up

Looks like paint will be delayed and wont be on the car by the time of the show but I will still try to attend

AWESOME WORK DUDE!!!!

Alrighty... I think its time for an update

So my 6 day overhaul got cut short haha, and then I fell behind in Uni and had to catch up, however, Uni for this year is finished so its time to continue

I set up at a friends house and get to finishing off the skirts and splitters




I then tried a test fit and came up pretty well, however they looked completely different colour because the car was dirty as fck haha



In the meantime, my front bumper started to deteriorate really bad, really quickly, as seen in this picture (featuring my cat)


The paint started to peel over the front and at the bottom of the grille, so I took it off to give it a respray


Then it was time to stick the skirts on, drilling holes on the bottom and using mounting tape for the top part, however the tape turned out to be useless, so I got the Sika Sealant out and it did the job, so I jammed some things against the skirt to hold it in place (Yes, that is a printer in there, It's all I could find lol)


It was starting to get dark so I decided to put the bumper back on, unfinished, but it was looking better than before anyway haha



After some time, the sealant dried and this is the final result. For one side anway



Came up pretty nice , still have some sealant to clean up but pretty happy with the skirt

I was determined to finish the rest tomorrow, but I woke up today and its windy and rainy, so I guess the rest has to wait until the sun comes up again.. (hopefully tomorrow)
Until then, driving around with 1 skirt and unfinished bumper haha

Update timeeee
An opportunity came up for a set of wheels found by JoshM on the internets that I was very undecided for, but after much peer pressure, I agreed haha

Picked them up the next day for a great deal

17x7 +30 offset on 205/40 tyres

Quite the difference from whats on there haha


However sadly the lugnuts given were the wrong size so I couldn't put them on same day, so I had to use my imagination



Now get ready for a photo montage










The last photo shows how the dirty car is I have been spending the rest of the day polishing and waxing the car

Pretty happy with the wheels anyway, Not the best specs but they look really nice
These wheels however show off that the car needs moar low, which will come in due time

This post has been edited by RoadRage: Dec 20, 2014 - 8:56 AM

Atrocious wheel gap.

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It is He does have TEIN springs waiting to lower it... just needs to get new shocks. And those tires are smaller than we anticipated which isn't helping the matter

Needs more tire Haha kidding, looks nice man! Just some low and spacers and you're good!

You're gunna need more than Tien Springs to fix that.

Yes the wheel gap is horrible

The Tein springs is all I got so I'll have to make it work

I'll post better details later, but I have been back at making full use of the Celica and exploring Australia

Trying to be as 'Aussie' as possible for the Australia Day long weekend

Thought I'd post an update because why not

Celica is still going strong haven't done much to it since last update, still needs moar low

But I've been pretty good and taking it places and getting it a bit muddy haha


And then clean it for a few hours

Scratching up the paint.

This post has been edited by Box: Aug 3, 2015 - 6:59 PM

Beautiful landscapes

Another update,
I got a puncture on the way home one day, and decided it was time for a new set of tyres as I did not like how skinny my current ones were and 3 of them were low on thread anyway, and then my celi was off the road for a week getting a new throttle and clutch, but now it runs great

So went out for a cruise with another 6gc buddy and we ended up snapping these pics




Which led to a cruise in the mountains where we found snow! (Yes snow in Strayaland)



I still wanted to try a different colour for the interior, and I was sick of the wraps I tried peeling and bubbling, so I gave Plastidip a try, and I'm liking how its come out, nice and subtle



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In more exciting news, A GT-Four bumper and bonnet came up for sale in another state, and I jumped on it, but tried a ridiculous offer first, and he accepted it! and threw in a few extras for extra $50.
Thanks to Ryan (Rentaspace) for picking it up for me and keeping it till I drive ~900km up to Sydney in a few weeks. Obviously it will be while till its on my car till I bring it back to Vic and paint it




A week after than I was linked to a cheap 95 SX, and it had Caldinas, it was a too good of a deal to pass up!


So with the help of some friends, and a permit I drove it home, the engine ran perfect, however the ride wasn't the smoothest! Click and clunks and a whole bunch of noises were coming from it, but it made it home! and the 2 Celicas met for the first time


I jacked it up and check out the problem, and both bearings seem gone along passenger CV joint, and then I got curious about the Caldinas...







I love the look, I can't decide between the two.. going to keep the gold ones for a while anyway, i just got new tyres, I pulled out my old 15's from the garage and put those on the second celica, and put the Caldinas away, now its time to decide to keep this car as a back up, part it out, or repair its problems and try to sell again... hmm tough decisions

I personally like the look of the Gold wheels, but a bigger tire size would help get rid of some of the wheel gap a lot.
I wish I coudl run that wheel on my car

I did get bigger tyres, went from 205/40/17 up to 215/45/17, and reduced wheel gap a bit, i still need to get new shocks so i can put my Teins in.

Instead, I'm getting distracted by stuff like this...
I was visiting a wrecker to try find some various small parts and behold I found this in one of the Celicas!


Red Leather! in near perfect condition. some small scratches
I had a bit of a think, and even though it seems a bit tacky I decided to buy since it was super cheap and give it a try
crammed into friends car


At home



Will give a good clean and fit in my car and see how I like, if not I will sell on

So finally home and quickly changed the seats over because that night I was leaving for a roadtrip from Melbourne to Sydney with a few mates
Didn't take pics till later in the journey, and unfortunately I forgot to bring the memory card for the camera so it was useless, had to settle for phone pics





Met up with James (JFXtreme007) and snapped a few pics




Then went to the yearly Toyotafest event but didn't take any pics haha
Picked up the GT Four bits from Ryan and headed home (yes all crammed in the boot)
Second we got home I was eager to try out the new bonnet



Quite nice besides the different colour , but the original bonnet back on since silver looked silly, and i need to modify the latch,
I got plenty of things to keep me busy in the garage now,

Also I was letting my turtle have a wander in the grass in the front yard and got this picture with the second celica, two turtles in one pic haha



More updates to come... hopefully

I like what you have done with the black plastic trim between the front spats and the rear spats. what car is that bit of trim from?

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It looks like a universal "E Z Lip" to me.

wow. that red leather looks great!!

It's actually a universal ''Rhino Lip" of eBay for 30 bucks, basically same thing as the EZ Lip but this one claims to be more 'durable'

Thanks cheela


THE LUCKY STREAK CONTINUES!

Friend contacted me of this beauty popping up at a wrecker, of course I ran down to take a look


seems like a 3S-FE import, had a few JDM goodies but 90% of the stuff was really worn out and looked disgusting, I salvaged what I could, got my hands on the visor, Forgmann spoiler, TRD rear spats, rain guards and it also had an air purifier! I never seen one so I thought why not




Not bad I think

annnnnd in other news, I finally placed an order on a part thats been long overdue.... more updates incoming

Did you get the rear window visor? And are you keeping it? haha

Yes I did! And I am keeping it

Test fitment with an iPhone haha


and all the other parts i picked up


In other news, something underneath the car started making a really bad rattle and I couldn't figure out what, turns out it was a loose bracket, got a cool shot though haha while I had it checked out



Annnnd the BIG announcement!! This finally happed


New KYB shocks to go with my Tein springs I've had in the garage for a while now
expect moar low soon

About time...

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Only took 1 year and 3 months to acquire shocks hopefully it wont take that long to install haha..

I'm gathering a few more items so I can install all at once while the cars apart