A nice clean car for jACE

[jACEDesignsLtd]

Since its quite evident that an automatic transmission can ever be made to go fast on the celica...I've decided that "go" mods are just a waste of money for my car, it will never benefit any significant hp gains unless i get a manual transmission. With that fact, I am choosing the "show" route. But not like the big time mods that wins the import shows, but just the small subtle ones that make other celica owners say something like: "That celica is different, but I can't quite put my finger on it" Like the JDM style. I like natural looking mods that appear to be factory optioned. Theives think its a stock car so they won't break in. Cops won't give you a Vehicle Inspecton Ticket cause it doesn't appear to be illegally modified.

Current appearance mods
TRD springs
TRD oil cap
TRD filter
BF delete
White Painted Engine Covers (http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid25/p8eab96d60e1be28922b3d237c75efeb1/fd89d554.jpg) (soon to be red)
Black Calipers (http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid25/p8a0c9f9e6d77c4bcc193a405598fbd8b/fd89d55c.jpg)
Painted Sideskirts (http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid25/p6facdb31c33b9b2f59dd6929d07d8eb1/fd89d52c.jpg)
JDM style neon footwells (http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid20/pa4d7fd35ad19510cd3bdcf487b00e876/fdb80838.jpg)
Matching Orange Center console (http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid20/p4cc45f30f2a3bbc3ab894270d6c062dd/fdb80836.jpg) and stock stereo LCD, and Clock
Leather Shiftboot


Coming soon...
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid27/p72409ddf71356ce289f59bffcfb81485/fd73e272.jpg

In order:
Blue Batmobile's V9 kit
CelicaGarage's Power antenna mod
Wings West Front Lip
TRD sideskirts
etc..

what do you guys think about gun metal gt rims??

[1zzfe]

nice car Jace... i'm one of the member of TC vancouver... have been there almost 2 yrs.... heard your name for a long time as well... but never meet you in person..

btw.... nice pic... it looks cool..

hm... don't get your GT rims power coat... wait till someone sell some ncie rims on RS... for me... is always a waste to power coat the stock rims...

[jACEDesignsLtd]

Hey 1zzfe, I'm TC-125. Yeah, your picture inspired me to get my taillights redded out from Blue Batmobile (V9 kit). I only have a 1 inch drop from the TRD springs which imo looks good for stock rims. If I were to get aftermarket rims (which I don't have the $$ now), then I'd get the car lowered 2" and get a full bodykit to even out the rest of the car. Since I have the extra set of GT rims just sitting at home collecting dust, I thought of maybe gunmetalling them. It would cost me a couple of hours of sanding and painting them myself (powdercoating is too expensive and too much labour to remove rubber for now).

GT pic (taken from the net)
http://www.y2kcelica.freeservers.com/mygt.JPG

GT pic gunmetalled
http://webdisk.berkeley.edu/~cftofu2k/gt_gunmetal.jpg

My car right now (the pic was taken during half the TRD spring install; back is higher than the front.
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid25/p4f698338e7c5ac82869d66633aede72e/fd89d540.jpg

GT-S rims gunmetalled
http://webdisk.berkeley.edu/~cftofu2k/gts_gunmetal.jpg

what's your opinions?
p.s. props to cftofu2k for the pics

[1zzfe]

acutally... the GTs in GM is nice.. but not the GT one man... but let say if you have time to do it your-self... then why not... still looks ok...

btw... are you look to get the JDM TV console... if so... why don't you ask john... he can make it... and is super nicely done... try talk to him

[jACEDesignsLtd]

k thanks, yeah I'll talk to john on icq heheheh

[digitalSamurai]

hey, i have almost finished my rear strut tower bar.. i'll have it on at the revscene meet.. need to paint it still..

[jACEDesignsLtd]

Originally posted by digitalSamurai
hey, i have almost finished my rear strut tower bar.. i'll have it on at the revscene meet.. need to paint it still..

Hey biggs it was dope! Kinda reminded me of these guys

http://www.rc31.com/celica/troy001.jpg
http://www.rc31.com/celica/troy001.jpg
http://www.rc31.com/celica/72402031.jpg
http://www.rc31.com/celica/72402029.jpg

Yeah, I was thinking of going to the junkyard across from the Richmond Casino and picking up some steel. My dad has a blowtorch and we could possibly make our own rear and front tie bars