[Need new plates, recommendations...]

I got my (standard uk with gb flag) set for £12.99 delivered with fittings from perfectplatesuk on eBay

If you want standard these are fast, cheap and good quality

[Cravo is moving to the dark side - Formerly Tentative Interest Thread]

I'm an ex multipla owner enthusiast... Lets not talk ugly lol

"An" or "the only" lol

[being a bit naughty]

On paper they are 190 but all the guys who've had them dyno'd have never made the magic number

[Arch Rolling Gen 7]

A mate has it done on her 306 gti-6 a few years back and no tabs the paint was fine

A few years later though rust became an issue, by folding back you create a small space where crap and water collect

[Lucky escape!]

I think this counts as a bit of a win and a bit of a loss:

Win: no points

Loss: smoothie got warm

Lol

[A CREDIT TO THE CLUB]

What sort of club is this turning into now???? Lol and should I get a fruit bowl to put keys into??

It would be the only swingers party where everyone went home in a celica though lol

[A CREDIT TO THE CLUB]

I'm never in it just in the I hate that c**t group

We love ya Ryan, your unique brand of comedy reminds me a bit of al murrays pub landlord, straight to the point and lots of laughs. In real life I like to think your 6"2, speak loudly and always have a pint in your hand ;-)

[Cheap Gen7]

Recently sold my 140 for £850 but it did need a bit of work

Think that people are a) no buying sports coupes right now and worried abou 140s burning oil

Bad if your selling but a great time to buy

[quick tyre question]

Had them on the front of mine and isn't rate them, lots of wheel spin in the wet

Toyo proxes were cheaper and better (bargain price on mytyres.co.uk)

Uniroyal rain sport 2 are apparently better as well and similar price

Mytyres.com were cheaper than camskill though the website was pants the delivery takes a few days

[I hate maths...]

I've been in an "old shape" cupra 225 which was chipped to 240 and I've also been in Ants celica

Gotta say the celica felt faster, I'm into bikes too and the "dyno god gave me" says it will be close

[I hate maths...]

Live my gen 7 and having decided to keep it I thought it was time for some mods:

Ordered everything I need to lower the car

Then notice that the rust on the rear arch is getting worse, the boot seal has failed and its leaking in and the tax is due

Its probably only worth 900 and having done some maths it's 120 to tax for 6 months, 250 for the arch sorting and 80 for he lowering plus 75 for the alignment

Maths sucks.....

Now im thinking I should sell it and get a newer one taxed and get that lowered

What do you guys reckon ?

I've got a grand in savings so if I sold this (I would make the seller aware of the faults by the way) I could spend 1800 on a newer one

Or is a grand on a gen 6 gt better spent ?

Anything I get would need to be S reg or newer though so I could use my private plate

[Cost for fitting parts]

I had my disks and pads all round done for £120 so that sounds okay

I'm just about to book my car in for the lowering springs and drop links fitting and have been offered to get it done for £80 someone else quotes £100 so your overpaying on that - not sure where your based but drop martinking6 or ams a line

4 wheel alignment I've been quoted £75 from demon tweeks

[Angry at comments about the car.]

I've got a 140 and I will admit I considered selling it, but for the money there isn't anything available that's half as cool

If my 140 engine goes bang, I'll whack a new engine in

I wouldn't worry one bit bud

Have have a awesome looking car that's great fun to drive

Enjoy

[stupid a55 and clutch!]

Sounds like a rough day Sai... Dude from work lives in Bethesda and spent 4 hours on the 55 too, his shitty 2003 focus handled it but stank so your awesome celica will be fine

Next time your on the 55 you'll be heading towards Chester to get your ass whooped by me at go karting LOL

[Oh great..... :(]

This happened to my wife in her works car park last month (I put up a thread about it) police now in involved (we have CCTV) apparently the damage is a civil matter but leaving the scene of an accident is criminal matter, police went round to the woman's house yesterday and sorted it

Give em a ring, I was surprised by how keen the police were to investigate

[Anyone fancy fitting some lowering springs for me....]

Thanks for all the input guys

Was hoping it was a cheap, easy job I could pay for with a few beers

Sounds like I need an expert.

Rsvr, Martin & Rory thanks all for offering. Nice to have options, I plan to stop messing about and buy the springs so you may be hearing from me soon

[Anyone fancy fitting some lowering springs for me....]

.... very very close to buying some spring for my Gen7

Been quoted £75 - £100 quid for the fitting which I can't afford right now.

Wondering if there is anyone near Chester who wants to save me a bit of cash by helping (read doing all the work) for me ?

Worth an ask

Thanks all

- Scott

P.S: wouldn't be for a few weeks

[What a noise !]

Good of your boss to help out there top fella you for asking

Wonder what the strangest favour we been asked is?

I once checked a mole for Adex

I've seen people lending each other wheels and stereos but there must be some weird favours out there, a mole check might take some beating though :-)

[What a noise !]

There I was just sat at my desk working away when I hear this awesome noise. One of the lads in the office says.... god that car sounds good.

A quick look out of the window and who is it..... Supersai in his white Gen7 (used to belong to seven)

Man that thing sounds (and looks) awesome

Sai posted in off topic a while back looking for an entrepreneur to interview so I hooked him up with my boss.

3 reasons for this post:

1, Awesome to see (and hear) a Celica outside the office

2, Awesome to finally meet another celica club member

3, Good to see that the forum works, not just for car related stuff but other things too

BIG celica club group hug !

[Bonnet Vent...]

Ghoul: the title was "bonnet went" I looked at the thread expecting to see pics of a bonnet flying off !!

[Retread tyres]

Tyres = probably the most important safety feature on the car, I wouldn't scrimp on them with retreads.

Couldn't have said it any better... Spot on

[Ok! Tell me all about it........]

The white big bumper 3dr gti with Bbs rims was the car I always wanted too :-)

I've always liked coupes and after a number of little hatches including a corsa Sri, a Clio 16v and polo I got a rover coupe turbo... Then a Megane coupe which I sold I my mate wen i got a company car, after 4 years in a company car I moved jobs and needed a car, having just moved house my budget was 2k and I needed a reliable coupe, it was a toss up between a gen6, a gen 7 and a BMW coupe

All the bmws seemed to have rusty wheel arches and the 7s seemed to be in nicer condition than the 6's (probably just cos they were newer) so that's how I got mine

Ah, and I had an Astra gte for 3 weeks at one point, piece of shiz that was

[Any idea what this is ?]

its basically an override switch, my Clifford g5 has one, you can type in codes like up,up,down,up,down to turn the alarm on and off if you lose the remote, think you can also hit valet mode and change settings

Need the booklet to tell you codes, of course the one to switch the alarm off is unique to your unit

[smaller rims = cheap tyres appears to be a myth]

Yes, the size and how common it is does affect the price, suppliers buy common sizes in bulk and get a discount which they can pass on

[nice to know]

That is nice to know

I was debating between getting a 6 or 7, but went for the 7 in the end one factor being that parts would be easier to get hold of