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I'm 23 and I am an IT Trainer, I have had 4 Celicas (5 if you include one I bought up to try fix). Have been driving Hyundai Coupes before then, bought my first Celica as have always loved the look of them and it was the fastest thing I could insure at the time, so as soon as I could, I did
My ST205 was by far the most troublesome Celica I owned but also the best due to the brute power 
The funny thing is if you saw me in the street you probably would never think I was a massive petrol head and work on cars constantly on my drive. I have no idea where my love for cars came from, my dad couldn't care less about cars and most of my friends either don't drive or don't own a car. I have to admit the Celica has served me well but I am looking for something faster now.
Oh and I live in the land of lift
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They will only need grinding off if they are seized. My ebay ones were only on for 6 months so they came off easily, when I fitted the ebay ones the originals were all seized and needed grinding off.
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So after using the ebay ones for 6 months I can report that they hadn't fallen off or anything but today I finally got around to replacing them with decent ones from Euro Car Parts. The fit was brilliant and the quality difference was unbelievable! Look at the difference:
The car feels so much better to drive too! reduced body roll, reduced understeer and the slight clunk from the back has gone too.
Moral of the story is. Buy cheap, buy twice.
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Gasbuscus yours is much shinier than mine lol mine needs a good wash. Personally I don't think the rolled tip suits the celica, slash cut is deffo the way forward in my opinion
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I would take it back and get them to cut off that tip and replace it with a nice 4" slash cut
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I've seen first hand the work from mij, if you want to get overcharged for poor quality work then that's the place for you. I wouldn't take my car there if my exhaust fell off outside the place
Couldn't agree more, I went there once with my first ever Celica, they treated me like crap, I wanted a custom backbox, they cut the little post backbox box off and just welded a straight pipe in place with a tip! Charged me a fortune too, and when I complained they were basically having a go at me saying I wasted their time and just didn't want to know!!
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I've got the eBay ones on with the same problem in that they are shorter but I've never failed a mot or had an issue
Ahh fair enough
I will see how these go, but I think I will probably change them anyway for peace of mind -
There the ones! Did they fail only on rears or on fronts too? As the fronts look ok.
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I fitted a full set of 4 drop links front and rear I bought off ebay when installing my apex springs, the fronts are fine. However the studs for the rear ones aren't long enough meaning the nut doesn't quite go on enough. It is secure and fine but it doesn't go on enough to make use of the nyloc on the nut.
Can anyone recommend a set of good and cheap rear links?
Thanks
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Depends if its a maintenance free battery or not, you may be able to boost its life by adding a mix of epsom salt and de-ionised water.
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I had this exact same problem the other day, my car was missing a splash shield so water got onto the filter and it rusted on. I gave it a blast of plus gas, gave it a few taps with a hammer, stabbed a screwdriver through it and it broke loose eventually after a few sharp whacks. Replacement splash cover fitted, hopefully won't have the same problem next time.
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I remember seeing a green gen 6 identical to this for sale in Llandudno not so long ago, it might even be the same car? It went for £300 and it was relisted a few times too before it finally did go.
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205/45 will be fine for a 7" rim
215/40, or 215/45 will be fine for a 7", or 7.5" rim
225/40, I think you'll struggle to find
If you dropped all the way down to the 215/40 size, you would find the ride much harsher, but acceleration would be noticeably better.
HTH
Kev, do you think there will be a difference in acceleration between 205/45 and 215/45? (this is for me now
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Iv just did some calculations. Your car from stock would of come with 195/65/14 or 205/55/15 tyres.
Either way, if your changing to 17" wheels, to keep the total wheel diameter as close to stock as possible (fixing your speedo issue)
The tyres you should use:
205/45/17 or 215/40/17 or 225/40/17 depending on how wide your wheels are
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Yeah your speedo is slow, which means your tyre circumference is too large. You need to go a size smaller. so if your on 45 now you need to go 40
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Are you comparing this to a sat nav speedo? Car speedos are always calibrated slower by around 5-10% So usually if your speedo says 70, sat nav usually says 65 ish.
If your circumference is bigger than stock then the speedo would be out. Try going down a size? Maybe 225/40?
Going up to 225/50 would make the speedo be more slow as it would be a bigger circumference, meaning your actually traveling more than the speedo thinks
According to this calculator:
http://tire-size-conversion.com/speedometer-calibration/
If you went from 225/45 to 225/40 at 70mph (speedo reading) your actual speed would be 67.52 meaning if you went down to 225/40 tyres you would make the speedo slightly faster than the actual speed.
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I see, had a look today at my RSGT's on the GT4 and there actually 7JJ with 215. I always thought they were 7.5J as 215s fit so well on them. If JJ lips are larger than J then that explains why 205s looks stretched on them.
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Plus gas works a treat, spray it on the night before and if that doesn't work, heat it up.
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I think there is a slight difference between 7j and 7jj. 205s fit on standard t sports perfectly which are 7j, but 205s look slightly stretched on these 7jj wheels. hmmmmm
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ahh ok, but what size fits better on 7JJ wheels? What size are your wheels?
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Hi all,
I just bought some wheels for my gen 7. I plan to replace all the tyres on it before putting them on the car. Now my question is the wheels come with 2x 215/40/17 tyres and 2x205/45/17.
I know the stock t sport wheels are 7J and are factory fitted with 205/45/17 which is what I want to fit. However the new wheels actually say 7JJ while the t sport wheels are 7j. The 215s actually look like a better fit than the 205s, the 205s look SLIGHTLY stretched. But im not sure.....
What is the difference between 7j and 7jj? surely they both mean 7 inches wide? What would be best tyre to fit?
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Will these just clip on like the originals? Will they need weather strips? Can they come painted?
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Like I said via PM, your more than welcome to pop around to do them. Iv recently bought some impacts too which will make the job much easier too
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I always just use standard NGK plugs and change with every service.
multi fit wheels
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I have multi fits, nothing wrong with them