Roj Posted April 17, 2016 Share Posted April 17, 2016 (edited) So my E36 ended up RIP so I needed a new daily. I didn't want to spend much and I knew another MB would make the most sense, so I spent £395 on a Toyota Celica with 183k miles on it! Saw it on Auto Trader, went to view it, liked it, bought it. At the services on the way home from buying her. One daily passing the torch to the other. I know it's a massive step backwards in terms of car, but having a simple little Toyota as a daily does mean I get to run it for pennies, which has already made a difference seeing as my MB6 is currently looking 10x better than it ever did! Taking some time to admire how much blank canvas I have. Parked next to the MB6 for the first time. I've moved back to my parents' house by the way, so I get a sick driveway again! Decided to make it in Juiced on the PS2. A week later I took it to Santa Pod! At this point I'd ripped the front plate off for that sexy USDM look up front. And yes, I did get a video. Best time was 16.9 @ 84mph, after the internet told me it wouldn't do better than 17.5! Then I bought a roll of Penguin Tape, oh yes. Also took the rear wiper off as it didn't work. Got some 8000K HID bulbs and yellow tint film for the fog lights. Yes, I'm that guy who puts HIDs in halogen headlights. I'm officially fed up of new cars that have glare-king headlights as standard. Password JDM plate bracket because the police kept looking at my lack of plate on the bumper. And also a moustache. I also have a double DIN headunit and a light up dildo gear knob in the car but I'll have to get some proper pictures of those. She does have some problems that need addressing. One being all four tyres being borderline legal but I want to put some new wheels on it before buying new tyres. Second problem is the standard Toyota oil leak, I fixed one and then another popped up so that'll have to be looked at. Third, it burns oil faster than any Honda can. And finally, it can't idle for s**t so something is wrong there too. But overall I love it! Oh and as of writing this, it has 188k on the clock. Only had it for 5 weeks so far! Current mod list: - Audio -- Pioneer MVH-AV280BT headunit - Interior -- Light up dildo gear knob -- Penguin Tape wrap - Exterior -- eBay/Sun Woif 55w 8000K HID headlight bulbs -- Yellow tint foglights -- PasswordJDM number plate bracket -- 12x6 number plates -- LED sidelights -- 5000K main beam bulbs -- Totes JDM decals -- Penguin Tape wrapped fuel filler flap -- Rear dewiper - Engine -- Toyosports induction kit - Chassis -- TSW Venom 16x7J ET40 Wheels -- 25mm spacers Edited April 27, 2016 by Roj Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philgor Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 Sad to see the beamer go, what was up with it? The celica seems to be doing well enough for you, what's the plans? Wrc rep? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roj Posted April 18, 2016 Author Share Posted April 18, 2016 13 hours ago, philgor said: Sad to see the beamer go, what was up with it? The celica seems to be doing well enough for you, what's the plans? Wrc rep? Too many electrical faults to the point where the gearbox was stuck in limp mode. I want to make it look something like this. Just nice and simple, low on some nice wheels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philgor Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 Nah, what you want is group B rally spec... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ammarbm Posted April 19, 2016 Share Posted April 19, 2016 That's a nice Celica bro. Seems like you got a new daily at the same time as me and great progress so far. Can you link the bulbs you got for your headlights here. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roj Posted April 19, 2016 Author Share Posted April 19, 2016 23 hours ago, philgor said: Nah, what you want is group B rally spec... Maybe if GT-Four parts were cheaper. 9 hours ago, ammarbm said: That's a nice Celica bro. Seems like you got a new daily at the same time as me and great progress so far. Can you link the bulbs you got for your headlights here. Thanks Here you go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Roj Posted April 27, 2016 Author Share Posted April 27, 2016 Gather round children and let me tell you a tale of Gumtree scumbags and lemons. So I found some TSW Venom wheels on Gumtree for £170 delivered. Advertised as 5x100, so damn skippy I bought that. The bloke arrived with the wheels, cash was exchanged and I put the wheels in the garden for when I had time to fit them. A week later I went to fit them to the car, won't fit. The PCD of the wheels are way larger than the car. I look on the back of the wheel, 5x114.3! I e-mailed the dude telling him to take them back, a week later I get no answer. Fine, I'll make lemonade out of these lemons. Do you know who puts 5x114.3 wheels on 5x100 cars? Subaru boys. How? Adapters. Boom. £78 spent on eBay later and I was ready. Got clearance? That's a 25mm spacer/adapter. Wheels were originally ET40, but now they're ET15 with the spacer. Perfect fitment! Mad arch gap now. Needs lows. Mint. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VTISmichael Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 haha no way me and mate were chatting about venoms at japfest, getting rare now but gd work on the adapters! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roj Posted May 5, 2016 Author Share Posted May 5, 2016 Finally got this thing free of problems! Fixed the idling problem by cleaning the IACV and tightening the throttle cable a bit. And the oil leak has been fixed with a small amount of JB Weld over the pin hole that I found above the sump bolt. It should hold for longer than I plan on owning the car. Just a shame it's currently SORN until I find employment again. It was either this or the MB6! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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