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Toyota Celica Portfolio
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For a number of months of having my Provisional Licence, driving my mothers Pink Ford Festiva, I began searching for my very own first car.
The trek of saving my money began, until I bit the bullet and decided to start getting serious. I had my mind set on a small hatch car at first.
First came to mind was a Mazda Astina 323. Upon searching throughout the Newcastle area, no cars took my fancy.
As a younger boy, in my Car Racing Video Game stages, I had always liked the look of the Toyota Supra. So my mind was set, I wanted
one.
Again upon searching, all that I found were Turbo versions, in which I was unable to drive, or the price exceeded my current budget.
My dad than suggested a Toyota Celica, in laymans terms, the younger brother of the Supra. I loved it, even more than the Supras.
Come the morning of October 10, my 19th birthday, my Mother, Father and I set out to Sydney to look at a Celica.
When we first arrived, I loved the look of it in the flesh, but under closer inspection, this particular Celica wasnt well looked after.
Waking up at 6am that morning felt like quite a waste to my birthday morning. I wasnt the happiest kid on the way home, until dad foundanother car advertised on Ebay.
At first sight, this car was 100x better than the previous Sydney car. Paint was perfect; inside was immaculate; the asking price was very
reasonable, the car was mine.
Cash in hand, we took the car, drove it home there and then.
In turn, this was the beginning of my project, Step 1: Finding car was complete.
Step 1: Find CarStep 2: Find Inspiration
Step 3: Carry out Modifications
Step 4: Enjoy
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Whilst searching the internet to find basic information about my new car; Wheel Stud Pattern etc., I discovered a forum.
www.6gc.net. Whilst only just joining this forum today I have already learnt so much, just seeing the possibilities that lie within this car.
Owning a Red Toyota Celica, these 2 cars were the first I saw that I fell in love with.
This is what I wanted my car to look like.
Step 1: Find Car
Step 2: Find Inspiration
Step 3: Carry out Modifications
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As soon as I got the car home, first up, take some photos to see where I have come from once I have finished.
Everything about this car
was completely stock
standard. The car was
originally owned by 2 older
lady drivers, so it has been
kept in the most immaculate
condition.
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When observing these pictures,
the first things I would like to are:
New Rims/ Wheels
Window tint
I plan on taking this slow, so I
know everything will be done
exactly how I want it.
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Choosing what Rim style, size and tyre profile has been on my mind for a couple of months. Originally I was leaning towards a Gloss Black
finish with a red lip.
Re-calculating my funds, I decided to go down with a cheaper option instead of jumping straight into expensive rims. I have never been abig fan of big chrome wheels, so my final decision is these:
With the selection of wheels, my car is now booked in to have them fitted and balanced,
accompanied by professionally installed window tint.
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The only complication so far, was deciding what percentage window tint I should get installed. The legal limit for cars made after 1994 was
a 35% Visible Light Transmission (VLT). Considering my car WAS a 1994 model, and the fact I didnt see much improvement with the 35%, I
decided to go darker, and run the risk of getting in trouble.
15% Window tint is now installed, along with the 17 Rims.
Complication:
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Now that I have done the first modifications to my car, I didnt want to stop.
Looking back onto the two cars in which my inspiration is coming from, along with looking at the above photo, one main thing that would
stand out would be to remove the orange from the car.
Side Indicators
These clear side indicators
were bought online at:
www.carmate.com.au
They were a direct
replacement of the OEM
ones.
Packaged with the
indicators were Amber
coloured bulbs, to permit the
possession of clear indicators
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Front Indicators
Installing the front
indicators were a bit of a
challenge. There are nofull Clear Replacement
housings for this style of
bumper, so I had bought
just the clear lens. To
install these I had to
remove the old orange
lens, by heating up the
silicone holding it, and
replacing it with the
clear.
Complication:
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Tail Lights
The rear tail lights
were a simply plug-
and-play concept.
The only
complication in this
process was to
unbolting the old
tail lights. Toyota
decided to put
them in near
impossible spots to
reach get a tool in
without the hassle
of dismantling
majority of the
interior plastics.
Complication:
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Research
King Springs Coilovers
King springs: King springs are a whole new set of springs ranging in a number of sizes; Low, Super Low and Super Super Low. When buying
new springs, new struts should also be bought alongside them. King springs are a set height and stiffness, but is usually the cheaper option.
Coilovers: Coilovers are similar to King Springs, although these are a whole complete setup, of struts and springs. The main advantage point
of coilovers > springs are that that are height and damper adjustable. By choosing coilovers you can choose how smooth or rough your
ride is. Smoother has benefits of comfort and quietness, Rougher is aimed at better handling and control. You can adjust the height to your
liking depending on the purpose you bought them for.
Decision:After getting a number of prices of King Springs and coilovers I came to the following conclusion.
King Springs, through my friends discounts, came to a rough total of $1000, not including the installation.Coilovers, through a different friend totalled at $1199 Delivered to my door.
In the end, the set of Coilovers won me over, and decided that I would tackle the job of installation myself, with the help of a friend.
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BC BR Racing Coilovers
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Installation:Before
After:
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The amount of effort required to even undo all the bolts in the setup provided enough complications as themselves, but towards the end I
was faced with a problem.
The problem with aftermarket parts is they are never going to be a 100% direct replacement of original.
You can see that the black bracket on the Coilovers is about 1 inch away from the
factory brake line mount.
Leaving this unmounted could result in the line getting caught between the hub setup
and potentially disarming my brakes.
Because of this, I couldnt just leave it be.
For the moment, because I needed my car, this was the temporary solution
Complication:
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Since most of my information has come from the 6GC Forum, I thought I should pay my respect to them and purchased a set of stickers for
the car.
These stickers were bought
off a member from the
6GC Forum.
Two stickers are located
on both rear quarter
panels of the car.
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Purchased a set of JDM Headlights from Japan, Only took 2 weeks to get here.
I bought this set of
headlights online from a
website
www.rpmgarage.com.
They were second hand,
and because of this, when I
received the package I was
missing two parts.
Two rubber seals that
protect the rear of the
headlight to get water inside
did not come with them.
I used Gaffa Tape to
temporarily seal the lights,
until finding proper seals.
To install the headlights, the
front bumper had to be
removed.
Once reading up how to
take it off, everything went
smoothly.
Complication:
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When I purchased my wheels, I didnt research enough to understand what the +45 offset meant. Now that I have, Im wishing I saved
more and bought better fitting wheels. When looking at the car, the wheels are sucked into the body. In a result of this, I bought a set ofJJR Wheel Spacers2x 25mm and 2x20mm.
I installed the 20mm ones up front:
Before: After:
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Complication:When test fitting the wheel spacers on the front hubs, the studs were poking out 5mm, causing them to rub and not tighten properly onto
the rims. To get around this I had to grind off the 5mm to make them fit.
With the back wheels, because I used the 25mm spacers, the wheels stick out just too much, causing the guards to rub on them.
Progress at the moment:
Wheels
Tint
Indicators Grill
Taillights
Suspension Stickers Headlights Spacers
Roll Rear Guards
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After a long debate of which style of body kit to go down, I decided to stick with the OEM SSIII Parts.
I bought: Euro Styled Front Splitters Stock SSIII Side Skirts
Euro splitters were bought from UK Ebay, and specially sent over to me. The side skirts were bought online from a website
www.rpmgarage.com. Both parts arrived in different colours, so had to sand them back, and paint them to my car colour.
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A few months later, SSIII Rear Splitters
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To go along with the Exterior modifications to the car, I thought it was about time to focus on the interior.
I bought a full Kicker Sound System pack, consisting of:
4x 6.5 Speakers15 800w Subwoofer350w 2 Channel Amp
Pioneer 3100 Headunit
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Custom Boot InstallThe headunit and speakers were basic Plug and Play procedures, but I felt like working on the subwoofer more.
After running the wires from the front to the back of the car I was presented with this
As seen here, the
reason why I bought a
slimline subwoofer is
because of the
placement of the sparetyre. The slimline just fits
between the back seats
and the spare tyre.
Because of this, I
decided to create a
false floor for the
subwoofer to sit on.
Complication:
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Step 1: Removing Everything:
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Step 2: Basic Floor Shape:
To achieve
this shape, I
removed the
carpet lying in
the boot and
traced it ontoa piece of
particle
wood.
The hole in
the right is the
new
placement of
my AMP.
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Step 3: Supports
Here I added
underneath
supports, and cut a
hole for the
subwoofer to sit in
on an angle.
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Step 4: Upper Panel
After sitting the
subwoofer into the
hole, leaning up
against the seats, I
made a rough
outline to create an
upper panel.
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Step 6: Wrapping in Vinyl
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To change the look of the interior of the car, I began with the lighting. I bought a set of Blue SMD Leds as a kit from a member on the 6GC Forum.
The blue kit included:
4xBlue 194 SMD LEDs3xFlat T5 LEDs
Clock Filter
I Also bought a further 2 T5 Leds forthe indicators.
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Custom made Speedo dials:
Day-time
Night Time
The way the new dials were made, with the outlines of the
numbers instead of full numbers, I decided to change the blue to
white LEDs for better visibility. I than purchased an EL Panel and
put that behind the dials.
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When installing the new dials, the surrounding bezel caught my eye, and bought some 3M Carbon Fibre Vinyl Wrap.
When using this specific carbon wrap, I had to heat the sticker up to form the shape of what I was covering.
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Exhaust2 Custom Cat-Back
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Intake Short Ram Intake with Cold Air Feed + Pod Filter
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IntakeCold Air Intake Box
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HIDHigh Intensity Discharge, provides a major increase in light spread, visibility, and colour in night time driving. I bought a set of 6000kColour temperatures H1 Slim HID Kit from DDMTuning.com.
Here is a colour temperature chart of available colours:
This kit was a simple Plug-and-play prototype, everything worked out completely fine.
Final Product
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Since the beginning of this whole project, I have always liked the style off the SSIII Celica, although having an older style front bumper
limited me to putting the front splitters on. As far as I knew, the splitters were made to only fit the Face lifted front bumper, but with little
modification, I was able to
make them fit.
ComplicationTo make these fit my style
of bumper; I had to shave
off a tiny bit in each corner
of the splitter for a more
tighter fit.
When installing them I
pulled these inwards, and
tightened them in place.
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